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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, valley. This is agwife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well friends,
USDA's annual Almond Outlook provides some favorable facts regarding US almonds.
Rod Bain starts us off.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
If you love alban's, here's some facts for you. Courtesy
of USDA Research economis Catherine Webber.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
United States is the largest producer of almonds in the world,
accounting for about eighty percent of global.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
Production last season, and of that total, almonds account.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
For about sixty percent of trina acredge in California, followed
by pistachios and.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Walnuts, the Golden State being far and away the largest
alban production state in the US. Now, alband lovers, will
you have plenty of these nuts for stacking, baking, or
consumption this year? While according to Weber.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
The twenty twenty five California almond production forecast is three
billion pounds.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Or put another way, if realized, the.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Twenty twenty five crop would be the second largest on record,
smaller only than the three point one billion pound crop
produced in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
What's behind the production numbers start with favorable weather conditions
during the all but growing season.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
This year, a mild spring in California and timely rain
supported nut growth and bolstered yields. This was despite variable
weather during almond bloomin pollination, concerns about lack access to
pollination services, and lingering impacts from the extreme heat experience
last summer.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
As for those favorable yields of this year's albug crop.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
The twenty twenty five almond yolk forecast is two thousand,
one hundred and sixty pounds per acre. This is a
nine percent year over year increase in yield and the
highest yield since twenty twenty one.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Yet another factor for the dear record almond crop for
California expanding acreage.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
In twenty twenty five, almond bearing acreage is expected to
reach a record one million, three hundred ninety thousand. That's
an increase of less than one percent from twenty twenty four.
California almond acreage has more than doubled since the early
two thousands, after growing at an average rate of more
than four percent per year from two thousand to twenty
twenty one, growth in almond bearing acreage has slowed since
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twenty twenty two.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
So yes, you should have plenty of almonds available to
consume this year, but keep in mind several parts of
the world also want US almonds as well.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
On average, the US exports about seventy percent of almond
production each year.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
And regarding global demand.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
In the first ten months of the marketing year twenty
twenty four to twenty five, the United States exported one
point seven billion pounds of almonds on a shelled basis.
That's three percent higher than the five year average for
that period. In particular, two destinations, the European Union and
India together accounted for about fifty percent of this season's
export volume.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I'm Rodbane, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Well, friends, coming up, we'll look at the USDA's farmland
Value Report. To your listening to Waglife, Bob Quinn, here
were some farm news this morning, friends, While a new
us DA report on farmland shows the highest values in history.
Chad Smith has the numbers.
Speaker 5 (03:05):
USDA's Land Value Summary confirmed another increase in the value
of US farmland. Danny Munch, an economist with the American
Farm Bureau Federation, said the value rose four point three percent,
or one hundred eighty dollars per acre.
Speaker 6 (03:21):
Bringing the national average to a record high four three
hundred and fifty dollars per acre. This marks the fifth
consecutive year of land value increases, though the pace has
slowed over the years. Crop land values rose by four
point seven percent to eight hundred thirty dollars per acre,
and pasture land values climbed five percent to nineteen hundred
and twenty dollars an acre.
Speaker 5 (03:39):
Cash rents also hit record high levels, rising zero point
six percent to one hundred and sixty one dollars per acre.
Much said the slower rise in land price is compared
to previous years is due to multiple factors.
Speaker 6 (03:53):
As commodity prices have receded and the farm income picture
has been more uncertain. That has caused land price increases
in the community to deflate or be more uncertain. Unlike
prior years when Midwest row crop states saw double digit increases,
we actually saw no double digit increases across states this year.
The biggest increases or in Michigan, Tennessee, and South Dakota.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
He said these changes in value will have a mixed
impact on us and agriculture.
Speaker 6 (04:16):
On the positive side, continued to increase in real estate values,
means that the primary asset many farmers own, which is land,
has grown in value. That means it really strengthens the
balance sheet and can improve access to credit. On the
other side, that rate of growth has slowed, so that
means the expansion of equity has also slowed.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
Learn more on the market Intel paget fb dot org,
Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Well Friends. Beef producers continue to see high prices for
their products. Dave Weber, senior protein analyst for Terrain AGG says,
while things are good, don't forget to work risk management
into your marketing plans.
Speaker 7 (04:52):
I think as we're looking at talking to producers across
the firm credit system here over the summer, a lot
of them are pleasantly surprised how high prices are. We
had expectations for high prices. They've outperformed our expectations. I
think we've seen a lot of cattle move through the
video options as a way to try to capture that revenue.
If you're still in a marketing plan that's moving cattle
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here late August September, I'm probably trying to find a
way to do at least some risk management to protect
those prices.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
It's important to take advantage of the available tools.
Speaker 7 (05:23):
Forward contracting helps with some of that. There's tools like
RP and futures and options. I always encourage folks to
think about their risk management programs as ways to get
less long. So anything you can do there to get
less long as part of that protection mechanism, there's lots
of profit here to capture. We need to start working
on doing that.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Risk management will get more important when producers eventually begin
to rebuild their herds.
Speaker 7 (05:49):
As we look at the next twelve to twenty four months,
that need for protection tends to increase from a cycle standpoint.
As we start expansion, we start seeing bigger calf crops.
It's about a thirty month timeframe from when we start
that expansion to win CAF price's turnover. So we need
to get our heads wrapped around what we're going to
do from a planning standpoint and protecting some of that revenue.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Again. Dave Weber, Terrain agg with US Well Friends. The
USDA says this season's domestic almond crop would come in
as the second largest on record if realized. Rod Bain
has our story.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Plenty of all bids for consumers this year. According to
USDA Research ecadamist Catherine Webber.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Twenty twenty five California almond production forecast is three billion pounds.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
The Golden State being far and away the largest albon
production state in the US, and of that total.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Twenty twenty five crop would be the second largest on record,
smaller only than the three point one billion pound crop
produced in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Factors behind the increased production Dubbers include this year a.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Mild spring in California and timely rain supported net growth
and bolster yields. This was despite variable weather during almond
bloomin pollination, concerns about lack access to pollination services, and
lingering impacts from the extreme heat if experience last summer.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Of annual US all but production odd average, seventy percent
of that is exported, with our country exporting one point
seven billion pounds on a shell basis in the first
ten months of the twenty twenty four to twenty five
marketing year. Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of
Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Farm US. This morning, you're listening to wag Life.
Speaker 8 (07:22):
It's another Agnews update foreign ownership of domestic farmland. More
after this.
Speaker 9 (07:31):
This is Shaquille O'Neill reminding you that anytime is a
good time for the cooling, drying freshmen of gold bond
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Speaker 8 (07:51):
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders on prohibiting foreign ownership of
farm land the.
Speaker 9 (07:58):
Last couple of months.
Speaker 12 (07:59):
We've passed new legislation just this year allowing us to
prohibit them from now not only owning farmland in our state,
but from building or buying land around our military bases
and critical infrastructure. It is something that has to happen
and something that states have been leading the way on,
but unfortunately our states can't do it alone.
Speaker 9 (08:21):
That's why events like today matter so much.
Speaker 12 (08:25):
That's why leadership from people like Secretary Rollins matter so much.
The fact that we now have a president who understands
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our country but around the world. You know, we've talked
a lot about today a country's ability to feed itself,
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but that's not the only place, and that's not the
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to feed itself, fuel itself, and fight for itself to
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is every component of that. And we now have a
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within his power to make sure the United States continues
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to be the greatest country on the face of the planet.
Speaker 8 (09:15):
It's another Agnews update.
Speaker 13 (09:19):
I'm Russ Coler, a dairyman from Utah. Safety. Know your limits.
Heat stroke is life threatening. Know the symptoms confusion, loss
of consciousness, seizures, high body temperature, hot dry skin, and
profuse sweating. Reduce your risk during the heat of the
day by working earlier or later, allow time for water
and rest breaks by drinking two to four cups of
(09:39):
water each hour.
Speaker 14 (09:41):
This public service message is brought to you by Farm
Bureau and the US AGG Centers.
Speaker 8 (09:47):
American Cattle News reopening the southern border with Mexico for
live feeder cattle, good or bad.
Speaker 13 (09:55):
More after this, I'm Russ coler from Utah. Safety. Know
your limits. Heatstroke is life threatening. Know the symptoms confusion,
loss of consciousness, seizures, high body temperature, hot dry skin,
and profuse sweating. Reduce your risk during the heat of
the day by working earlier or later. Allow time for
(10:16):
water and rest breaks by drinking two to four cups
of water each hour.
Speaker 14 (10:20):
This public service message is brought to you by Farm
Bureau and the US AGG Centers.
Speaker 8 (10:25):
The threat of New World screw worm has caused the
US to close the border with Mexico for feeder cattle.
That's recently reopened justin Douglas's Arizona. Robbie Kirkland is a
family feeder from Vega, Texas.
Speaker 15 (10:44):
Those cattle are used by you know, farmers, backgrounders and
then feed lots, so all different sectors of the of
the you know, of the market of the of the bechain.
Those cattle will come across and then like I said,
a lot of them will be fed, you know, particularly
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in our region. I'm in the Texas cattle feeder region Texas, Oklahoma,
New Mexico, and then probably some up into maybe southern
part of Kansas. But uh, you know the majority of
them would be fed in in our region, and so
those cattle would come in a lot of them will
get we'll be put on pasture, could be gone wheat pasture,
could be summer grass pasture, and then like I said,
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would go on into the to the to the feed
lots sector. And and that's kind of how they're used.
Speaker 8 (11:31):
And why is this important to continue.
Speaker 15 (11:34):
Take a million head roughly out of the supply for
you know, shutting off the ports in in between Mexico
and the US. So that's put a really strain on
the numbers in the you know, in the feed lots,
on our grass, on our wheat pasture because of just
you know, just sheer numbers. So that's made a huge impact.
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And so in our region we would say that there
would be around fifteen percent of the cattle on feed
or in our possession would be cattle historically from.
Speaker 8 (12:08):
Mexico American cattle.
Speaker 13 (12:10):
Meuse.
Speaker 9 (12:16):
This is Dairy Radio now Milkie Monday.
Speaker 16 (12:19):
Dave krasal Ski, stone Necks, dairy broker in Chicago, Day
have an increased milk supply and increased components resulted in
increased dairy products of almost every kind in June that
according to last week's Dairy Products report.
Speaker 17 (12:33):
Yeah, that's right. Nothing wild here though. I mean, if
you look historically, we're not overproducing any products. Really. We
got plenty of milk, it's going into products. Mozzarella was
pretty strong. I would say we're putting a little bit
more effort into the monzarella. We get some new mozzarella
processing capacity here in the US that's probably helping that
as well. I guess the one area I would look
at would be non fat. Non fat production came in
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at one hundred and forty million pounds thirteen million pounds
heavier than we were expecting, so versus our expectations, it
was heavier, but it's still down one one point four
percent versus last year, so we're kind of underproducing non
fat and inventories of non fat and also down about
one and a half percent, so we don't have a
lot of inventory of non fat, and our production of
non fat is maybe off a little bit. It's a
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little strange to see that the non fat market is
just kind of chopping sideways here in the one twenties,
almost as far as the eye can see as you
look at it on the futures board. So kind of
an interesting piece from the dairy products report, but otherwise
we're operating nothing here that's going to move the market
one way or the other dramatically.
Speaker 16 (13:30):
Well, they increased milk and dairy product I'll put puts
more importance on exports, and June's looked pretty good.
Speaker 17 (13:37):
Absolutely, it does. Yeah, I think. I mean the US
demand has been well, depending on the product to get
on the line, and cheese has been flat. It's probably
been better for butter, and it's been probably a little
bit better for non fat as well. But US domestic
demand is critically important. But when it's quiet, it certainly
matters that we can export product, and we've certainly been
able to do that this year. In June, US milk
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equivalent exports were up fourteen point four percent. Our expectation
here in stone X was to be up about four percent,
so ten percent better than we thought it was going
to be. And part of that was a surgeon way
the way permeate, WPC and lack cooase shipments to China.
China had imposed one hundred and twenty five percent tariff
on US products in the month of May that they
actually dropped in the middle of May, so we saw
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basically lack of imports to China. Exports from the US
to China in the month of May, but that made
up for lost time there in June, so real strong
into China. Also cheddar experts and butter exports really good,
you know, cheddar experts. We expected one hundred fifty million
pounds of cheddar, which is great. I mean, it's you're
right at the cusp of a record there. If if
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that's not an exact record, I'm not sure off the
top of my head, but it's it's darn close. And
on butter, it was about fourteen million pounds of butter,
so we don't export near as many pounds of butter,
but that's one hundred percent greater than a year ago.
So we're doing fantastic job exporting, but the domestic demand
is the one that's a little wonky and quiet at
best right now.
Speaker 16 (14:59):
Thank you, Dave. Dave Zewski Stonehacks Dairy Group, broker in Chicago.
Speaker 9 (15:03):
This is Dairy Radio now.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
One of the more interesting USDA World Agricultural Supplied to
bad estimates every year. The August edition that according to
World Agricultural Outlook board chair Mark Jekanowski, who explains why
this is the.
Speaker 18 (15:18):
Time when we start to move off of the trend
to yield forecasts for the fall harvested crops and start
to get some actual data from the ground on what
to expect in terms of the yields for corn and soybeans.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
In particular, that data is based on actual farmer surveys.
Speaker 18 (15:35):
September, we'll start to get some actual field collected data
on yields and that will continue at the harvest season. Really,
this August why kind of kicks off that process of
getting a much better sense of what to expect for
those fall harvested crops.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
The August wadi AT National Agricultural Statistic Service crop production
reports are scheduled for release this Tuesday, Dude Eastern Time
broad bad Reporting for the US depart of Agriculture in Washington, DC.
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Speaker 10 (17:02):
Off ground harvest of almonds is to cut out the
dust problems as well as pathogens on the crop is
a big goal of the industry, but there are challenges
on how to dry down the almonds and the stockpiles
instead of on the orchard floor where it's normally done.
I'm Patrick Cavanaugh with a California Tree Nut Report, part
of the vastag Information Network. You see mar said students
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have found an innovative way to maybe.
Speaker 9 (17:24):
Just do it.
Speaker 10 (17:25):
You're Yana Medina Fernandez, who is in the innovator to
grow school of engineering it you see.
Speaker 21 (17:30):
Mer said, we're focusing on when it comes to drying almonds,
the problem is that they may a lot of dust
and then with that it comes like health issues and
then the almond board has been trying to fix that
issue for quite a while now.
Speaker 10 (17:42):
So if almonds could be harvested in a catch frame
and then put in boxes and then sent to the
huller where they be stockpiled, there's an opportunity. But you
got to dry those almonds down, and it's all about
getting air in that pile of almends.
Speaker 21 (17:54):
Is that instead of pushing here, we're pulling air. So
we have a pipe that has a very specific hole
pattern to ensure there's uniformity with the air. And then
for hours, we had two prototypes three meters and six meters,
so we played around with how much load, how many
times of almonds we were working with.
Speaker 10 (18:10):
So traditionally the almonds be on the ground conditioning it
would take about one to two weeks for them to
get the moisture level down.
Speaker 21 (18:16):
For us, we were able to go from pat of
the nineteen point two percent and we went down to
the thirteen point two percent in three days, which is
pretty significant.
Speaker 10 (18:24):
That's progress being made and off ground harvesting.
Speaker 4 (18:26):
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With the AG Information Network. I'm Patrick Kavanaugh. You are
listening to Aglife. I'm Dwayne Merley. Clown numbers have been
declining for the past few years. However, with a bullish
cattle market, it may be time for producers to start
retaining more females. Developing replacement heppers by using quality management,
implementing parasite control, and building her immunity all play a
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vital role in longevity. Doctor David Sherbroun, a professional services
veterinarian with Berringer Engelheim, talks about why heifer development is
critical to success.
Speaker 23 (20:00):
So heffer developments definitely critical for cattle producers because if
we have developing healthy heifers, that means we're setting up
our foundation of our herd for the future. You know,
in order to have a healthy and productive cow, that
animal must be started out correctly. And it's not just
necessarily about that postwinging development. We need to think about
development as that calf as well. If we have a
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healthy heifer, they have the ability to be productive for
eight to ten years, which is definitely in these economic times,
very valuable for the producer. If we can get those
first calf heifers to calv early, they're more likely to
breed back sooner, and if they breed back sooner, then
they will stay on that herd longer.
Speaker 24 (20:40):
There are many things to keep in mind when selecting
and developing replacement haffers.
Speaker 23 (20:44):
Number one would be the age of the animals, so
the date of birth, so we know that an older
animal is more likely to be prepared to calve early
and be more reproductively.
Speaker 9 (20:55):
Sound just to that added age.
Speaker 23 (20:57):
And then along with that usually we'll see size is
a big factor, so size it breeding. Ideally, we want
to see those heifers to be at least sixty percent
of their mature weight at the time of their first breeding.
Body conditions score at calving is definitely one thing that's
definitely vital, not only for heifers, but also for cows
as well, and we really want to see those heifers
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be it a body condition score of six, and that's
using a scale of one through nine. We want to
get those heifers bred as soon as possible so that
they actually calve in that first calving window.
Speaker 24 (21:30):
Producers can use good management practice those to keep their
heifers healthy and productive.
Speaker 23 (21:35):
So the three categories will be management, vaccination, and parasite control,
and so management's really pretty simple. It's good animal husbandry,
excellent nutrition, making sure that we're having low stress handling,
trying to protect those animals from different environmental conditions, you know,
try to keep them out of the heat. And so
then the second categories will be vaccination and so that's
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obviously trying to prevent diseases and in doing these vaccinations
pre breeding to really get ahead of the game. And
so there's many different diseases that we're looking at on
the reproductive side, Bovia viral diarrhea BVD, and there's three
different types. If we really want to try to select
a vaccine that has excellent protection for all three strains
of the BVD, and then we can also get some
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cross protection amongst the lepto strains, and then we're going
to have much more effective health protocol and helping to
develop those heifers.
Speaker 24 (22:26):
And controlling parasites is also important.
Speaker 23 (22:29):
We really want to decrease the parasite load in these animals,
specifically gascrointestinal parasites, because they just rob the animal, even
if it's not an obvious sign that they're infected with
these worms in order to have the heifers better utilize
their nutrition. You know, we get rid of those worms,
then they're going to gain weight, better get to that
weight that we want them to get to. And so
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one thing that we need to look at maybe with
heifers is using an extended release injectable dwormer that will
actually give us full season up to one hundred and
fifty days of protection.
Speaker 24 (23:00):
Again, that is doctor David Sherbrun, a professional services veterinarian
with bearing no Engelheim and for more tips on building
your herd future and protecting your replacement heifers, talk to
your veterinarian or visit Healthy Heffers dot com. That's healthy
Heifers dot com. This is sag life. The weather has
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been great for hate producers in the Pacific Northwest. Andrew Eddie,
president of the Washington Hay Growers Association, says the twenty
twenty five crop is looking pretty good across much of
the Columbia River Basin.
Speaker 22 (23:34):
Just finished up second cutting.
Speaker 25 (23:36):
Third cutting will probably start two weeks or so, maybe
a week. Prop wise, things are looking good. As far
as movement, things are not so roasy.
Speaker 24 (23:45):
Eddie noted that a lot of buyers in the United
States and internationally are holding on right now, which is
limiting how much hay is moving he out of the
Prices aren't helping growers out either.
Speaker 25 (23:55):
Prices are probably on average between i'd probably say already
and forty dollars below break even what it calls us
to grow the cross. So combine that with slow movement
and you know upfront costs to grow it, and things
are things are a little tight.
Speaker 24 (24:10):
And Eddie also said that input costs continued to be
a challenge for growers. You've been listening to AG Life.
I'm Dwayne Merley.
Speaker 26 (24:19):
It's time for California Egg today on the AG Information Network.
Speaker 4 (24:23):
I am Hayley's ship. It's been a tough stretch for.
Speaker 26 (24:26):
California's dairy producers, but here is a bright spot straight
from the farm to the food scene. The California Milk
Advisory Board, funded by California's dairy farm families, just launched
the twenty twenty five Real California Grilled Cheese Sandwich Contest.
It's a national recipe competition aimed at getting more California
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dairy onto restaurant menus across the country. Professional chefs are
invited to compete in two categories. They've got California Classic,
which is up to three California cheeses no other ingredients,
and then California Freestyle, which is cheese plus unlimited editions
as long as dairy makes up at least half of
the sandwich. Eight finalists will be selected based on creativity, flavor,
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and their use of real California dairy. Each will receive
one thousand dollars, and two grand champions will take home
an additional one thousand dollars. The contest runs through September nineteenth,
with winners announced this fall. Full entry details are available
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Speaker 1 (26:44):
Bob Quinn Here were some farm ws this morning, friends.
While a new USDA report on farmland shows the highest
values in history, Chad Smith has the numbers.
Speaker 5 (26:54):
USDA's Land Value Summary confirmed another increase in the value
of US farm land. Danny Munch, an economist with the
American Farm Bureau Federation, said the value rose four point
three percent, or one hundred eighty dollars per acre.
Speaker 6 (27:10):
Bringing the national average to a record high four three
hundred and fifty dollars per acre. This marks the fifth
consecutive year of land value increases, though the pace has
slowed over the years. Crop land values rose by four
point seven percent to eight hundred and thirty dollars per acre,
and pasture lend values climbed five percent to nineteen hundred
and twenty dollars an acre.
Speaker 5 (27:29):
Cash rents also hit record high levels, rising zero point
six percent to one hundred and sixty one dollars per acre.
Munch said the slower rise in land price is compared
to previous years is due to multiple factors.
Speaker 6 (27:42):
As commodity prices have receded and the farm income picture
has been more uncertain. That has caused land price increases
in the community to deflate or be more uncertain. Unlike
prior years when Midwest row crop states saw double digit increases,
we actually saw no double digit increases across states this year.
The biggest increases or in Michigan, Tennessee in South Dakota.
Speaker 5 (28:00):
He said, these changes in value will have a mixed
impact on US agriculture.
Speaker 6 (28:06):
On the positive side, continued increase in real estate values
means that the primary asset many farmers own, which is
land has grown in value. That means it really strengthens
the BALANCEEE and can improve access to credit. On the
other side, that rate of growth has slowed, so that
means the expansion of equity has also slowed.
Speaker 5 (28:21):
Learn more on the market Intel page at FB dot org.
Chad Smith, Washington, Well Friends, Let's talk trade now.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
US Meat Export Federation urging the US Trade Representative to
review access issues in Africa and the Caribbean. As we
hear in this report.
Speaker 27 (28:37):
The US Trade Representative is reviewing the African Growth and
Opportunity Act, which provides favorable access to the US market
for products from thirty African nations. In exchange, these African
countries are supposed to open their markets to US products,
but as the US Meat Export Federation explained in comments
submitted to USTR, that hasn't been the case with two
of Africa's largest markets. USMIF President and CEO Dan Halstrom
(29:01):
has more details.
Speaker 28 (29:02):
Starting with South Africa, It's very difficult to ship pork
variety meats in there from the US, and there's also
a lot of nonscience based restrictions around pork muscle cuts
in addition, the third item is there's no access for
processed pork products into South Africa. So on the pork side,
there's a immediate opportunity if we get something as simple
as pork hearts, could turn into three four hundred metric
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tons a month overnight if we were to get some
of these restrictions lifted. On the beef side, access is better,
but the tariff rate is very high, in excess of
thirty percent from most of the beef muscle cuts into
South Africa. You look at Nigeria, the situation is even worse.
Nigeria is completely closed to fresh and frozen US red
meat beef from pork. We currently only have access into
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Nigeria for US pork, processed meats, sausages.
Speaker 27 (29:49):
In particular, the Caribbean Basin Initiative is a similar program
for Caribbean countries. Here USMEF file concerns with USTR over
access for US pork in Jamaica.
Speaker 28 (29:59):
But Jamaica being the primary example on the pork side,
which for decades has maintained an unjustified ban on US pork,
and the US pork industry at MAF as well has
been working closely with POSTS for years to try to
open this market, and so far we haven't had a
lot of success. So you know, this is a good
opportunity under the Caribbean based initiative to finally make an
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impact here and really leverage Jamaica into following science and
getting some access for US support products.
Speaker 27 (30:31):
For the US Meat Export Federation. I'm John airith Well friends.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
The USDA says this season's domestic almond crop would come
in as the second largest on record if realized. Rod
Bain has.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
Our story plenty of all bids for consumers this year.
According to USDA research economist Catherine Weber.
Speaker 3 (30:49):
Twenty twenty five California almond production forecast is three billion pounds.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
The Golden State being far and away the largest alban
production state in the US, and of that total.
Speaker 3 (30:59):
Twenty twenty five would be the second largest on record,
smaller only than the three point one billion pound crop
produced in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
Factors behind the increased production numbers include this year a.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
Mild spring in California and timely rain supported net growth
and bolstered yields. This was despite variable weather during all
in Blumen pollination concerns about lack access to pollination services
and lingering impacts from the extreme heat experience last summer.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
Of annual US allbit production, on average, seventy percent of
that is exported, with our country exporting one point seven
billion pounds on a shell basis in the first ten
months of the twenty twenty four to twenty five marketing year.
Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Farm US. This morning, you're listening to Aglife.
Speaker 11 (31:46):
From the EVER Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
With wildfire conditions in California expected to increase in coming months,
state officials express concern about staff and funding cuts at
the US Forest Service, a division of the US SAD.
The proposed federal budget for twenty twenty six includes a
reduction in Forest Service spending, including fire suppression. Patrick Wright
(32:08):
of the California Wildfire and Forced Resilience Task Force says
this creates concern in the fedsibility to step up and
meet our targets. Tariff uncertainty continues to weigh on US
grain prices, and it's causing a lot of countries to
take a step back and reevaluate, either at getting more
negotiations done or a look at other routes to meet
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their needs. Canada has a new teriff rate of thirty
five percent. Products included in the US Mexico Canada Agreement,
though are exempt. Mexico has a deadline extension of ninety
days before their tariffs go into effect. For the first
time in more than two decades, Australia will accept shipments
of fresh and frozen US beef. National Cattleman's Beef Association
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Kent Baca says this is a huge win. He says
Australia isn't likely to be a huge export market, but
it's really about opportunities. While the US has an exported
beef to Australia since two two thousand and five, Australia
has sold more than twenty eight point seven billion dollars
worth of its beef to the US.
Speaker 4 (33:06):
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Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffic share the
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Farmers make sure your slow moving vehicles signs and lights
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Speaker 1 (34:09):
Bob quin back to wrap up AG life for today friends.
Speaker 24 (34:11):
Well.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
The US Grains Council has a new name. Chad Smith
has the details.
Speaker 5 (34:16):
The US Grains Council has officially changed its name to
the US Grains and Bioproducts Council. US Grains and Bioproducts
Council President and CEO Ryan Legrand said the name change
completed a two year process.
Speaker 29 (34:30):
We hired a market research firm and discussed in depth
with our board, with stakeholders, and with our full staff.
We've been promoting distillers grains to overseas markets for twenty years.
We have been promoting and developing markets for ethanol for
ten to eleven years in overseas markets.
Speaker 30 (34:48):
So those two products have been part of our.
Speaker 29 (34:51):
Identity and practice, but not in name, and so we
thought it was time to really fully incorporate every product
within our portfolio into our name and create a name
that will carry us well into the future if we
continue to evolve, maintain relevance with the times, and carry
out that mission of developing markets, enabling trade, grooving lives.
Speaker 5 (35:09):
Not only is this the right time for a name change,
but La Grand also said it was overdue.
Speaker 30 (35:15):
We didn't want to do anything hastily.
Speaker 29 (35:17):
We wanted to make sure that this was right for us,
and so we did that and probably could.
Speaker 30 (35:21):
Have done it several years ago.
Speaker 29 (35:23):
As our chairman's Mark Wilson, we have an annual theme
for our chairman each year.
Speaker 30 (35:26):
The Time is Now is his theme.
Speaker 29 (35:28):
Mainly, we reached out to the corn States and to
the Sorghum check Off. These are our major major funders.
We also talked with our ethanol partners. We've got some
huge support coming from the ethanol industry, Growth Energy or
Noble Fuels associations, so you know they were involved in
the talks as well, and we wanted to make sure
it was right for everyone.
Speaker 5 (35:47):
The name change is timed well because of the potential
new applications for biofuels coming online.
Speaker 29 (35:54):
SA is on the horizon. Let's hope it can become
a reality one day. Hopefully when it does, we'll prepared
for with this name. Bioproducts incorporates everything coming out of
ethanol plants today and hopefully well into the future. Another
one is sustainable marine fuel that's starting to pop up
on a lot of the grade oars. Ethanol can really
contribute to cleaning up the fuel, cleaning up the emissions
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coming from these ocean going vessels, and we're hoping to
play a role in that, so Bioproducts our name would
be inclusive of sustainable marine fueld as well.
Speaker 5 (36:23):
The organization has a track record of adapting to new opportunities.
Speaker 30 (36:27):
I think it has.
Speaker 29 (36:28):
Nineteen sixty we started out as the US Feed Grains Council.
By the time nineteen ninety eight rolled around, when we
changed the US Grains Council, we were doing much more
than just feed grains.
Speaker 30 (36:38):
At that time.
Speaker 29 (36:39):
This organization didn't see the ethanol boom that was coming
just a few short years later that would lead us
into DDGs promotion that.
Speaker 30 (36:45):
We've been doing for two decades now.
Speaker 29 (36:47):
We didn't see the ethanol culture coming that we've been
doing for over a decade now. So we continue to
evolve and will continue to evolve, and that's a step
we've taken with this namement.
Speaker 30 (36:56):
We're very excited for today and the future.
Speaker 5 (36:59):
Again, that's Ryan the Grand the President and CEO of
the newly named US Grains and Bioproducts Council, Chad Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (37:07):
With that, Friends, about of time for today, Thanks for
joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition of Bag
Life
Good morning, valley. This is agwife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well friends,
USDA's annual Almond Outlook provides some favorable facts regarding US almonds.
Rod Bain starts us off.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
If you love alban's, here's some facts for you. Courtesy
of USDA Research economis Catherine Webber.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
United States is the largest producer of almonds in the world,
accounting for about eighty percent of global.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
Production last season, and of that total, almonds account.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
For about sixty percent of trina acredge in California, followed
by pistachios and.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Walnuts, the Golden State being far and away the largest
alban production state in the US. Now, alband lovers, will
you have plenty of these nuts for stacking, baking, or
consumption this year? While according to Weber.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
The twenty twenty five California almond production forecast is three
billion pounds.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Or put another way, if realized, the.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Twenty twenty five crop would be the second largest on record,
smaller only than the three point one billion pound crop
produced in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
What's behind the production numbers start with favorable weather conditions
during the all but growing season.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
This year, a mild spring in California and timely rain
supported nut growth and bolstered yields. This was despite variable
weather during almond bloomin pollination, concerns about lack access to
pollination services, and lingering impacts from the extreme heat experience
last summer.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
As for those favorable yields of this year's albug crop.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
The twenty twenty five almond yolk forecast is two thousand,
one hundred and sixty pounds per acre. This is a
nine percent year over year increase in yield and the
highest yield since twenty twenty one.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Yet another factor for the dear record almond crop for
California expanding acreage.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
In twenty twenty five, almond bearing acreage is expected to
reach a record one million, three hundred ninety thousand. That's
an increase of less than one percent from twenty twenty four.
California almond acreage has more than doubled since the early
two thousands, after growing at an average rate of more
than four percent per year from two thousand to twenty
twenty one, growth in almond bearing acreage has slowed since
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twenty twenty two.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
So yes, you should have plenty of almonds available to
consume this year, but keep in mind several parts of
the world also want US almonds as well.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
On average, the US exports about seventy percent of almond
production each year.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
And regarding global demand.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
In the first ten months of the marketing year twenty
twenty four to twenty five, the United States exported one
point seven billion pounds of almonds on a shelled basis.
That's three percent higher than the five year average for
that period. In particular, two destinations, the European Union and
India together accounted for about fifty percent of this season's
export volume.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I'm Rodbane, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Well, friends, coming up, we'll look at the USDA's farmland
Value Report. To your listening to Waglife, Bob Quinn, here
were some farm news this morning, friends, While a new
us DA report on farmland shows the highest values in history.
Chad Smith has the numbers.
Speaker 5 (03:05):
USDA's Land Value Summary confirmed another increase in the value
of US farmland. Danny Munch, an economist with the American
Farm Bureau Federation, said the value rose four point three percent,
or one hundred eighty dollars per acre.
Speaker 6 (03:21):
Bringing the national average to a record high four three
hundred and fifty dollars per acre. This marks the fifth
consecutive year of land value increases, though the pace has
slowed over the years. Crop land values rose by four
point seven percent to eight hundred thirty dollars per acre,
and pasture land values climbed five percent to nineteen hundred
and twenty dollars an acre.
Speaker 5 (03:39):
Cash rents also hit record high levels, rising zero point
six percent to one hundred and sixty one dollars per acre.
Much said the slower rise in land price is compared
to previous years is due to multiple factors.
Speaker 6 (03:53):
As commodity prices have receded and the farm income picture
has been more uncertain. That has caused land price increases
in the community to deflate or be more uncertain. Unlike
prior years when Midwest row crop states saw double digit increases,
we actually saw no double digit increases across states this year.
The biggest increases or in Michigan, Tennessee, and South Dakota.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
He said these changes in value will have a mixed
impact on us and agriculture.
Speaker 6 (04:16):
On the positive side, continued to increase in real estate values,
means that the primary asset many farmers own, which is land,
has grown in value. That means it really strengthens the
balance sheet and can improve access to credit. On the
other side, that rate of growth has slowed, so that
means the expansion of equity has also slowed.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
Learn more on the market Intel paget fb dot org,
Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Well Friends. Beef producers continue to see high prices for
their products. Dave Weber, senior protein analyst for Terrain AGG says,
while things are good, don't forget to work risk management
into your marketing plans.
Speaker 7 (04:52):
I think as we're looking at talking to producers across
the firm credit system here over the summer, a lot
of them are pleasantly surprised how high prices are. We
had expectations for high prices. They've outperformed our expectations. I
think we've seen a lot of cattle move through the
video options as a way to try to capture that revenue.
If you're still in a marketing plan that's moving cattle
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here late August September, I'm probably trying to find a
way to do at least some risk management to protect
those prices.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
It's important to take advantage of the available tools.
Speaker 7 (05:23):
Forward contracting helps with some of that. There's tools like
RP and futures and options. I always encourage folks to
think about their risk management programs as ways to get
less long. So anything you can do there to get
less long as part of that protection mechanism, there's lots
of profit here to capture. We need to start working
on doing that.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Risk management will get more important when producers eventually begin
to rebuild their herds.
Speaker 7 (05:49):
As we look at the next twelve to twenty four months,
that need for protection tends to increase from a cycle standpoint.
As we start expansion, we start seeing bigger calf crops.
It's about a thirty month timeframe from when we start
that expansion to win CAF price's turnover. So we need
to get our heads wrapped around what we're going to
do from a planning standpoint and protecting some of that revenue.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Again. Dave Weber, Terrain agg with US Well Friends. The
USDA says this season's domestic almond crop would come in
as the second largest on record if realized. Rod Bain
has our story.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Plenty of all bids for consumers this year. According to
USDA Research ecadamist Catherine Webber.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Twenty twenty five California almond production forecast is three billion pounds.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
The Golden State being far and away the largest albon
production state in the US, and of that total.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Twenty twenty five crop would be the second largest on record,
smaller only than the three point one billion pound crop
produced in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Factors behind the increased production Dubbers include this year a.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Mild spring in California and timely rain supported net growth
and bolster yields. This was despite variable weather during almond
bloomin pollination, concerns about lack access to pollination services, and
lingering impacts from the extreme heat if experience last summer.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Of annual US all but production odd average, seventy percent
of that is exported, with our country exporting one point
seven billion pounds on a shell basis in the first
ten months of the twenty twenty four to twenty five
marketing year. Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of
Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Farm US. This morning, you're listening to wag Life.
Speaker 8 (07:22):
It's another Agnews update foreign ownership of domestic farmland. More
after this.
Speaker 9 (07:31):
This is Shaquille O'Neill reminding you that anytime is a
good time for the cooling, drying freshmen of gold bond
powder spread, like after the.
Speaker 10 (07:39):
Gym, a Grabbin elevator ride.
Speaker 9 (07:41):
For golf, for working with farm animals.
Speaker 11 (07:44):
For a hard day's work, Stay cool with gold bond
pott of.
Speaker 9 (07:47):
Spreads, stay with gold mine.
Speaker 8 (07:51):
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders on prohibiting foreign ownership of
farm land the.
Speaker 9 (07:58):
Last couple of months.
Speaker 12 (07:59):
We've passed new legislation just this year allowing us to
prohibit them from now not only owning farmland in our state,
but from building or buying land around our military bases
and critical infrastructure. It is something that has to happen
and something that states have been leading the way on,
but unfortunately our states can't do it alone.
Speaker 9 (08:21):
That's why events like today matter so much.
Speaker 12 (08:25):
That's why leadership from people like Secretary Rollins matter so much.
The fact that we now have a president who understands
who our real enemies are and is willing to take
them on is making a huge difference not just in
our country but around the world. You know, we've talked
a lot about today a country's ability to feed itself,
(08:49):
but that's not the only place, and that's not the
only role agriculture place. A country has to be able
to feed itself, fuel itself, and fight for itself to
truly be free. And that's why what this group represents
is every component of that. And we now have a
president who understands it and is willing to do everything
within his power to make sure the United States continues
(09:12):
to be the greatest country on the face of the planet.
Speaker 8 (09:15):
It's another Agnews update.
Speaker 13 (09:19):
I'm Russ Coler, a dairyman from Utah. Safety. Know your limits.
Heat stroke is life threatening. Know the symptoms confusion, loss
of consciousness, seizures, high body temperature, hot dry skin, and
profuse sweating. Reduce your risk during the heat of the
day by working earlier or later, allow time for water
and rest breaks by drinking two to four cups of
(09:39):
water each hour.
Speaker 14 (09:41):
This public service message is brought to you by Farm
Bureau and the US AGG Centers.
Speaker 8 (09:47):
American Cattle News reopening the southern border with Mexico for
live feeder cattle, good or bad.
Speaker 13 (09:55):
More after this, I'm Russ coler from Utah. Safety. Know
your limits. Heatstroke is life threatening. Know the symptoms confusion,
loss of consciousness, seizures, high body temperature, hot dry skin,
and profuse sweating. Reduce your risk during the heat of
the day by working earlier or later. Allow time for
(10:16):
water and rest breaks by drinking two to four cups
of water each hour.
Speaker 14 (10:20):
This public service message is brought to you by Farm
Bureau and the US AGG Centers.
Speaker 8 (10:25):
The threat of New World screw worm has caused the
US to close the border with Mexico for feeder cattle.
That's recently reopened justin Douglas's Arizona. Robbie Kirkland is a
family feeder from Vega, Texas.
Speaker 15 (10:44):
Those cattle are used by you know, farmers, backgrounders and
then feed lots, so all different sectors of the of
the you know, of the market of the of the bechain.
Those cattle will come across and then like I said,
a lot of them will be fed, you know, particularly
(11:04):
in our region. I'm in the Texas cattle feeder region Texas, Oklahoma,
New Mexico, and then probably some up into maybe southern
part of Kansas. But uh, you know the majority of
them would be fed in in our region, and so
those cattle would come in a lot of them will
get we'll be put on pasture, could be gone wheat pasture,
could be summer grass pasture, and then like I said,
(11:25):
would go on into the to the to the feed
lots sector. And and that's kind of how they're used.
Speaker 8 (11:31):
And why is this important to continue.
Speaker 15 (11:34):
Take a million head roughly out of the supply for
you know, shutting off the ports in in between Mexico
and the US. So that's put a really strain on
the numbers in the you know, in the feed lots,
on our grass, on our wheat pasture because of just
you know, just sheer numbers. So that's made a huge impact.
(11:57):
And so in our region we would say that there
would be around fifteen percent of the cattle on feed
or in our possession would be cattle historically from.
Speaker 8 (12:08):
Mexico American cattle.
Speaker 13 (12:10):
Meuse.
Speaker 9 (12:16):
This is Dairy Radio now Milkie Monday.
Speaker 16 (12:19):
Dave krasal Ski, stone Necks, dairy broker in Chicago, Day
have an increased milk supply and increased components resulted in
increased dairy products of almost every kind in June that
according to last week's Dairy Products report.
Speaker 17 (12:33):
Yeah, that's right. Nothing wild here though. I mean, if
you look historically, we're not overproducing any products. Really. We
got plenty of milk, it's going into products. Mozzarella was
pretty strong. I would say we're putting a little bit
more effort into the monzarella. We get some new mozzarella
processing capacity here in the US that's probably helping that
as well. I guess the one area I would look
at would be non fat. Non fat production came in
(12:54):
at one hundred and forty million pounds thirteen million pounds
heavier than we were expecting, so versus our expectations, it
was heavier, but it's still down one one point four
percent versus last year, so we're kind of underproducing non
fat and inventories of non fat and also down about
one and a half percent, so we don't have a
lot of inventory of non fat, and our production of
non fat is maybe off a little bit. It's a
(13:15):
little strange to see that the non fat market is
just kind of chopping sideways here in the one twenties,
almost as far as the eye can see as you
look at it on the futures board. So kind of
an interesting piece from the dairy products report, but otherwise
we're operating nothing here that's going to move the market
one way or the other dramatically.
Speaker 16 (13:30):
Well, they increased milk and dairy product I'll put puts
more importance on exports, and June's looked pretty good.
Speaker 17 (13:37):
Absolutely, it does. Yeah, I think. I mean the US
demand has been well, depending on the product to get
on the line, and cheese has been flat. It's probably
been better for butter, and it's been probably a little
bit better for non fat as well. But US domestic
demand is critically important. But when it's quiet, it certainly
matters that we can export product, and we've certainly been
able to do that this year. In June, US milk
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equivalent exports were up fourteen point four percent. Our expectation
here in stone X was to be up about four percent,
so ten percent better than we thought it was going
to be. And part of that was a surgeon way
the way permeate, WPC and lack cooase shipments to China.
China had imposed one hundred and twenty five percent tariff
on US products in the month of May that they
actually dropped in the middle of May, so we saw
(14:20):
basically lack of imports to China. Exports from the US
to China in the month of May, but that made
up for lost time there in June, so real strong
into China. Also cheddar experts and butter exports really good,
you know, cheddar experts. We expected one hundred fifty million
pounds of cheddar, which is great. I mean, it's you're
right at the cusp of a record there. If if
(14:40):
that's not an exact record, I'm not sure off the
top of my head, but it's it's darn close. And
on butter, it was about fourteen million pounds of butter,
so we don't export near as many pounds of butter,
but that's one hundred percent greater than a year ago.
So we're doing fantastic job exporting, but the domestic demand
is the one that's a little wonky and quiet at
best right now.
Speaker 16 (14:59):
Thank you, Dave. Dave Zewski Stonehacks Dairy Group, broker in Chicago.
Speaker 9 (15:03):
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One of the more interesting USDA World Agricultural Supplied to
bad estimates every year. The August edition that according to
World Agricultural Outlook board chair Mark Jekanowski, who explains why
this is the.
Speaker 18 (15:18):
Time when we start to move off of the trend
to yield forecasts for the fall harvested crops and start
to get some actual data from the ground on what
to expect in terms of the yields for corn and soybeans.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
In particular, that data is based on actual farmer surveys.
Speaker 18 (15:35):
September, we'll start to get some actual field collected data
on yields and that will continue at the harvest season. Really,
this August why kind of kicks off that process of
getting a much better sense of what to expect for
those fall harvested crops.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
The August wadi AT National Agricultural Statistic Service crop production
reports are scheduled for release this Tuesday, Dude Eastern Time
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Speaker 10 (17:02):
Off ground harvest of almonds is to cut out the
dust problems as well as pathogens on the crop is
a big goal of the industry, but there are challenges
on how to dry down the almonds and the stockpiles
instead of on the orchard floor where it's normally done.
I'm Patrick Cavanaugh with a California Tree Nut Report, part
of the vastag Information Network. You see mar said students
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have found an innovative way to maybe.
Speaker 9 (17:24):
Just do it.
Speaker 10 (17:25):
You're Yana Medina Fernandez, who is in the innovator to
grow school of engineering it you see.
Speaker 21 (17:30):
Mer said, we're focusing on when it comes to drying almonds,
the problem is that they may a lot of dust
and then with that it comes like health issues and
then the almond board has been trying to fix that
issue for quite a while now.
Speaker 10 (17:42):
So if almonds could be harvested in a catch frame
and then put in boxes and then sent to the
huller where they be stockpiled, there's an opportunity. But you
got to dry those almonds down, and it's all about
getting air in that pile of almends.
Speaker 21 (17:54):
Is that instead of pushing here, we're pulling air. So
we have a pipe that has a very specific hole
pattern to ensure there's uniformity with the air. And then
for hours, we had two prototypes three meters and six meters,
so we played around with how much load, how many
times of almonds we were working with.
Speaker 10 (18:10):
So traditionally the almonds be on the ground conditioning it
would take about one to two weeks for them to
get the moisture level down.
Speaker 21 (18:16):
For us, we were able to go from pat of
the nineteen point two percent and we went down to
the thirteen point two percent in three days, which is
pretty significant.
Speaker 10 (18:24):
That's progress being made and off ground harvesting.
Speaker 4 (18:26):
Farm work is tough and so it's staying safe on
a road. Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffic
share the same space, whether you're behind the wheel of
a tractor or a car. Here's what you need to remember.
Tractors move slower, be patient, don't pass on hills or curves. Farmers,
make sure you're slow moving vehicles. Signs and lights are visible,
and everyone's sailor, especially on rule roads. One moment of
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With the AG Information Network. I'm Patrick Kavanaugh. You are
listening to Aglife. I'm Dwayne Merley. Clown numbers have been
declining for the past few years. However, with a bullish
cattle market, it may be time for producers to start
retaining more females. Developing replacement heppers by using quality management,
implementing parasite control, and building her immunity all play a
(19:48):
vital role in longevity. Doctor David Sherbroun, a professional services
veterinarian with Berringer Engelheim, talks about why heifer development is
critical to success.
Speaker 23 (20:00):
So heffer developments definitely critical for cattle producers because if
we have developing healthy heifers, that means we're setting up
our foundation of our herd for the future. You know,
in order to have a healthy and productive cow, that
animal must be started out correctly. And it's not just
necessarily about that postwinging development. We need to think about
development as that calf as well. If we have a
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healthy heifer, they have the ability to be productive for
eight to ten years, which is definitely in these economic times,
very valuable for the producer. If we can get those
first calf heifers to calv early, they're more likely to
breed back sooner, and if they breed back sooner, then
they will stay on that herd longer.
Speaker 24 (20:40):
There are many things to keep in mind when selecting
and developing replacement haffers.
Speaker 23 (20:44):
Number one would be the age of the animals, so
the date of birth, so we know that an older
animal is more likely to be prepared to calve early
and be more reproductively.
Speaker 9 (20:55):
Sound just to that added age.
Speaker 23 (20:57):
And then along with that usually we'll see size is
a big factor, so size it breeding. Ideally, we want
to see those heifers to be at least sixty percent
of their mature weight at the time of their first breeding.
Body conditions score at calving is definitely one thing that's
definitely vital, not only for heifers, but also for cows
as well, and we really want to see those heifers
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be it a body condition score of six, and that's
using a scale of one through nine. We want to
get those heifers bred as soon as possible so that
they actually calve in that first calving window.
Speaker 24 (21:30):
Producers can use good management practice those to keep their
heifers healthy and productive.
Speaker 23 (21:35):
So the three categories will be management, vaccination, and parasite control,
and so management's really pretty simple. It's good animal husbandry,
excellent nutrition, making sure that we're having low stress handling,
trying to protect those animals from different environmental conditions, you know,
try to keep them out of the heat. And so
then the second categories will be vaccination and so that's
(21:55):
obviously trying to prevent diseases and in doing these vaccinations
pre breeding to really get ahead of the game. And
so there's many different diseases that we're looking at on
the reproductive side, Bovia viral diarrhea BVD, and there's three
different types. If we really want to try to select
a vaccine that has excellent protection for all three strains
of the BVD, and then we can also get some
(22:17):
cross protection amongst the lepto strains, and then we're going
to have much more effective health protocol and helping to
develop those heifers.
Speaker 24 (22:26):
And controlling parasites is also important.
Speaker 23 (22:29):
We really want to decrease the parasite load in these animals,
specifically gascrointestinal parasites, because they just rob the animal, even
if it's not an obvious sign that they're infected with
these worms in order to have the heifers better utilize
their nutrition. You know, we get rid of those worms,
then they're going to gain weight, better get to that
weight that we want them to get to. And so
(22:49):
one thing that we need to look at maybe with
heifers is using an extended release injectable dwormer that will
actually give us full season up to one hundred and
fifty days of protection.
Speaker 24 (23:00):
Again, that is doctor David Sherbrun, a professional services veterinarian
with bearing no Engelheim and for more tips on building
your herd future and protecting your replacement heifers, talk to
your veterinarian or visit Healthy Heffers dot com. That's healthy
Heifers dot com. This is sag life. The weather has
(23:21):
been great for hate producers in the Pacific Northwest. Andrew Eddie,
president of the Washington Hay Growers Association, says the twenty
twenty five crop is looking pretty good across much of
the Columbia River Basin.
Speaker 22 (23:34):
Just finished up second cutting.
Speaker 25 (23:36):
Third cutting will probably start two weeks or so, maybe
a week. Prop wise, things are looking good. As far
as movement, things are not so roasy.
Speaker 24 (23:45):
Eddie noted that a lot of buyers in the United
States and internationally are holding on right now, which is
limiting how much hay is moving he out of the
Prices aren't helping growers out either.
Speaker 25 (23:55):
Prices are probably on average between i'd probably say already
and forty dollars below break even what it calls us
to grow the cross. So combine that with slow movement
and you know upfront costs to grow it, and things
are things are a little tight.
Speaker 24 (24:10):
And Eddie also said that input costs continued to be
a challenge for growers. You've been listening to AG Life.
I'm Dwayne Merley.
Speaker 26 (24:19):
It's time for California Egg today on the AG Information Network.
Speaker 4 (24:23):
I am Hayley's ship. It's been a tough stretch for.
Speaker 26 (24:26):
California's dairy producers, but here is a bright spot straight
from the farm to the food scene. The California Milk
Advisory Board, funded by California's dairy farm families, just launched
the twenty twenty five Real California Grilled Cheese Sandwich Contest.
It's a national recipe competition aimed at getting more California
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dairy onto restaurant menus across the country. Professional chefs are
invited to compete in two categories. They've got California Classic,
which is up to three California cheeses no other ingredients,
and then California Freestyle, which is cheese plus unlimited editions
as long as dairy makes up at least half of
the sandwich. Eight finalists will be selected based on creativity, flavor,
(25:10):
and their use of real California dairy. Each will receive
one thousand dollars, and two grand champions will take home
an additional one thousand dollars. The contest runs through September nineteenth,
with winners announced this fall. Full entry details are available
at Real California Milkfoodservice dot com and of course we've
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got a link to that up on our website aginfo
dot net. Again, a contest running through September nineteenth. Attention
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which ultimately means your crops continued to perform during times
of excessive heat. As a result, plants treated with PARKA
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Speaker 1 (26:44):
Bob Quinn Here were some farm ws this morning, friends.
While a new USDA report on farmland shows the highest
values in history, Chad Smith has the numbers.
Speaker 5 (26:54):
USDA's Land Value Summary confirmed another increase in the value
of US farm land. Danny Munch, an economist with the
American Farm Bureau Federation, said the value rose four point
three percent, or one hundred eighty dollars per acre.
Speaker 6 (27:10):
Bringing the national average to a record high four three
hundred and fifty dollars per acre. This marks the fifth
consecutive year of land value increases, though the pace has
slowed over the years. Crop land values rose by four
point seven percent to eight hundred and thirty dollars per acre,
and pasture lend values climbed five percent to nineteen hundred
and twenty dollars an acre.
Speaker 5 (27:29):
Cash rents also hit record high levels, rising zero point
six percent to one hundred and sixty one dollars per acre.
Munch said the slower rise in land price is compared
to previous years is due to multiple factors.
Speaker 6 (27:42):
As commodity prices have receded and the farm income picture
has been more uncertain. That has caused land price increases
in the community to deflate or be more uncertain. Unlike
prior years when Midwest row crop states saw double digit increases,
we actually saw no double digit increases across states this year.
The biggest increases or in Michigan, Tennessee in South Dakota.
Speaker 5 (28:00):
He said, these changes in value will have a mixed
impact on US agriculture.
Speaker 6 (28:06):
On the positive side, continued increase in real estate values
means that the primary asset many farmers own, which is
land has grown in value. That means it really strengthens
the BALANCEEE and can improve access to credit. On the
other side, that rate of growth has slowed, so that
means the expansion of equity has also slowed.
Speaker 5 (28:21):
Learn more on the market Intel page at FB dot org.
Chad Smith, Washington, Well Friends, Let's talk trade now.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
US Meat Export Federation urging the US Trade Representative to
review access issues in Africa and the Caribbean. As we
hear in this report.
Speaker 27 (28:37):
The US Trade Representative is reviewing the African Growth and
Opportunity Act, which provides favorable access to the US market
for products from thirty African nations. In exchange, these African
countries are supposed to open their markets to US products,
but as the US Meat Export Federation explained in comments
submitted to USTR, that hasn't been the case with two
of Africa's largest markets. USMIF President and CEO Dan Halstrom
(29:01):
has more details.
Speaker 28 (29:02):
Starting with South Africa, It's very difficult to ship pork
variety meats in there from the US, and there's also
a lot of nonscience based restrictions around pork muscle cuts
in addition, the third item is there's no access for
processed pork products into South Africa. So on the pork side,
there's a immediate opportunity if we get something as simple
as pork hearts, could turn into three four hundred metric
(29:24):
tons a month overnight if we were to get some
of these restrictions lifted. On the beef side, access is better,
but the tariff rate is very high, in excess of
thirty percent from most of the beef muscle cuts into
South Africa. You look at Nigeria, the situation is even worse.
Nigeria is completely closed to fresh and frozen US red
meat beef from pork. We currently only have access into
(29:46):
Nigeria for US pork, processed meats, sausages.
Speaker 27 (29:49):
In particular, the Caribbean Basin Initiative is a similar program
for Caribbean countries. Here USMEF file concerns with USTR over
access for US pork in Jamaica.
Speaker 28 (29:59):
But Jamaica being the primary example on the pork side,
which for decades has maintained an unjustified ban on US pork,
and the US pork industry at MAF as well has
been working closely with POSTS for years to try to
open this market, and so far we haven't had a
lot of success. So you know, this is a good
opportunity under the Caribbean based initiative to finally make an
(30:23):
impact here and really leverage Jamaica into following science and
getting some access for US support products.
Speaker 27 (30:31):
For the US Meat Export Federation. I'm John airith Well friends.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
The USDA says this season's domestic almond crop would come
in as the second largest on record if realized. Rod
Bain has.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
Our story plenty of all bids for consumers this year.
According to USDA research economist Catherine Weber.
Speaker 3 (30:49):
Twenty twenty five California almond production forecast is three billion pounds.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
The Golden State being far and away the largest alban
production state in the US, and of that total.
Speaker 3 (30:59):
Twenty twenty five would be the second largest on record,
smaller only than the three point one billion pound crop
produced in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
Factors behind the increased production numbers include this year a.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
Mild spring in California and timely rain supported net growth
and bolstered yields. This was despite variable weather during all
in Blumen pollination concerns about lack access to pollination services
and lingering impacts from the extreme heat experience last summer.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
Of annual US allbit production, on average, seventy percent of
that is exported, with our country exporting one point seven
billion pounds on a shell basis in the first ten
months of the twenty twenty four to twenty five marketing year.
Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Farm US. This morning, you're listening to Aglife.
Speaker 11 (31:46):
From the EVER Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
With wildfire conditions in California expected to increase in coming months,
state officials express concern about staff and funding cuts at
the US Forest Service, a division of the US SAD.
The proposed federal budget for twenty twenty six includes a
reduction in Forest Service spending, including fire suppression. Patrick Wright
(32:08):
of the California Wildfire and Forced Resilience Task Force says
this creates concern in the fedsibility to step up and
meet our targets. Tariff uncertainty continues to weigh on US
grain prices, and it's causing a lot of countries to
take a step back and reevaluate, either at getting more
negotiations done or a look at other routes to meet
(32:28):
their needs. Canada has a new teriff rate of thirty
five percent. Products included in the US Mexico Canada Agreement,
though are exempt. Mexico has a deadline extension of ninety
days before their tariffs go into effect. For the first
time in more than two decades, Australia will accept shipments
of fresh and frozen US beef. National Cattleman's Beef Association
(32:49):
Kent Baca says this is a huge win. He says
Australia isn't likely to be a huge export market, but
it's really about opportunities. While the US has an exported
beef to Australia since two two thousand and five, Australia
has sold more than twenty eight point seven billion dollars
worth of its beef to the US.
Speaker 4 (33:06):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on road.
Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffic share the
same space, whether you're behind the wheel of a tractor
or a car, here's what you need to remember. Tractors
move slower, be patient, don't pass on hills or curves.
Farmers make sure your slow moving vehicles signs and lights
are visible and everyone's sailor, especially on rule roads. One
(33:28):
moment of caution can save a life. Let's work together
to keep our roads and are firm safe. This message
was brought to you by the AG Information Network.
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Speaker 1 (34:09):
Bob quin back to wrap up AG life for today friends.
Speaker 24 (34:11):
Well.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
The US Grains Council has a new name. Chad Smith
has the details.
Speaker 5 (34:16):
The US Grains Council has officially changed its name to
the US Grains and Bioproducts Council. US Grains and Bioproducts
Council President and CEO Ryan Legrand said the name change
completed a two year process.
Speaker 29 (34:30):
We hired a market research firm and discussed in depth
with our board, with stakeholders, and with our full staff.
We've been promoting distillers grains to overseas markets for twenty years.
We have been promoting and developing markets for ethanol for
ten to eleven years in overseas markets.
Speaker 30 (34:48):
So those two products have been part of our.
Speaker 29 (34:51):
Identity and practice, but not in name, and so we
thought it was time to really fully incorporate every product
within our portfolio into our name and create a name
that will carry us well into the future if we
continue to evolve, maintain relevance with the times, and carry
out that mission of developing markets, enabling trade, grooving lives.
Speaker 5 (35:09):
Not only is this the right time for a name change,
but La Grand also said it was overdue.
Speaker 30 (35:15):
We didn't want to do anything hastily.
Speaker 29 (35:17):
We wanted to make sure that this was right for us,
and so we did that and probably could.
Speaker 30 (35:21):
Have done it several years ago.
Speaker 29 (35:23):
As our chairman's Mark Wilson, we have an annual theme
for our chairman each year.
Speaker 30 (35:26):
The Time is Now is his theme.
Speaker 29 (35:28):
Mainly, we reached out to the corn States and to
the Sorghum check Off. These are our major major funders.
We also talked with our ethanol partners. We've got some
huge support coming from the ethanol industry, Growth Energy or
Noble Fuels associations, so you know they were involved in
the talks as well, and we wanted to make sure
it was right for everyone.
Speaker 5 (35:47):
The name change is timed well because of the potential
new applications for biofuels coming online.
Speaker 29 (35:54):
SA is on the horizon. Let's hope it can become
a reality one day. Hopefully when it does, we'll prepared
for with this name. Bioproducts incorporates everything coming out of
ethanol plants today and hopefully well into the future. Another
one is sustainable marine fuel that's starting to pop up
on a lot of the grade oars. Ethanol can really
contribute to cleaning up the fuel, cleaning up the emissions
(36:15):
coming from these ocean going vessels, and we're hoping to
play a role in that, so Bioproducts our name would
be inclusive of sustainable marine fueld as well.
Speaker 5 (36:23):
The organization has a track record of adapting to new opportunities.
Speaker 30 (36:27):
I think it has.
Speaker 29 (36:28):
Nineteen sixty we started out as the US Feed Grains Council.
By the time nineteen ninety eight rolled around, when we
changed the US Grains Council, we were doing much more
than just feed grains.
Speaker 30 (36:38):
At that time.
Speaker 29 (36:39):
This organization didn't see the ethanol boom that was coming
just a few short years later that would lead us
into DDGs promotion that.
Speaker 30 (36:45):
We've been doing for two decades now.
Speaker 29 (36:47):
We didn't see the ethanol culture coming that we've been
doing for over a decade now. So we continue to
evolve and will continue to evolve, and that's a step
we've taken with this namement.
Speaker 30 (36:56):
We're very excited for today and the future.
Speaker 5 (36:59):
Again, that's Ryan the Grand the President and CEO of
the newly named US Grains and Bioproducts Council, Chad Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (37:07):
With that, Friends, about of time for today, Thanks for
joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition of Bag
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