August 15, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Valley. This is aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
in the valley and all across the country. Well, it
may be late in the summer season, but fresh summer
fruits remain plentiful. Rod Bain starts us off.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
Here.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
We are August summer fun days at the beach or lake.
Yet the some fall may already be of the air.
You know, craft stores covered in wall the wall, orange
brown and yellow decorations, pupkin spice, something or other.

Speaker 4 (00:38):
Just keep in mind.

Speaker 5 (00:39):
Mid summertime, summertime, some sum summertime, summertime, summertime, some some summertime.

Speaker 3 (00:44):
And that means plenty of time to enjoy those fresh
fruit favorites of the season. USDA Research economis Catherine Weber
is above those keeping track of how much fruit is
being produced across the country and how much we get
to a joy each year. Among the popular produce desired
by consumers, peaches.

Speaker 6 (01:06):
Flingstone peaches are grown almost exclusively for the processing market,
primarily canned frozen, while about three fourths of California free
stone peaches are destined for the fresh market.

Speaker 3 (01:16):
Add in traditional peach production powerhouses like Georgia and South Carolina,
and there are expected to be plenty to enjoy this season.
Don't forget apricots.

Speaker 6 (01:27):
California, the primary apricot producing state, is expected to account
for twenty eight thousand tons, or ninety one percent of
the total US crop. Eras estimates that about fifty five
percent of apricosts this season will go to the fresh market,
with the remainder being processed.

Speaker 3 (01:43):
And while a fourth of July staple, there are still
plenty of sweet cherries to a enjoy.

Speaker 6 (01:49):
At two hundred and sixty thousand tons, the Washington sweet
cherry forecast is fifty eight thousand tons more than last
season and the largest crop in eight.

Speaker 3 (01:57):
Years, and Catherine Weber reminds us there are more fresh
fruit varieties in season for the remainder of the suburb
available for US to eat.

Speaker 6 (02:07):
Fresh strawberries and raspberries from California. Blueberry harvest from Washington
and Oregon to Michigan, New Jersey, and Georgia. Domestic watermelon
shipments also peak in the summertime, especially from top producing
states Florida, Georgia, California.

Speaker 7 (02:21):
And Texas.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
Table grapes such as those produced in California are already
being shipped through the suburb, with USDA providing its table
grape production for a cast for this year as part
of its August series of reports. I'm broad Bay reporting
for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
Farm News Ahead. You're listening to Waglife. Bob Quinn here
with some farm news this morning. Friends. While analysts are
still trying to understand the big corn crop prediction coming
out of the USDA, Jesse Allen has more on the
potentially record high corn crop coming out of the field
this year.

Speaker 8 (02:59):
Eight point eight bushels per acre. That was the number
printed by USDA for a national average cord yield estimate,
along with a record production forecast of sixteen point seven
billion bushels, indicating that the USDA believes we potentially have
the largest US corn crop in history on our hands
this year. Traders, analysted farmers continue to react. Craig Turner

(03:22):
with Stoneack said post report that he's still trying to
wrap his head around some of the numbers.

Speaker 9 (03:26):
Man, But ninety seven million acres in a one eighty
eight yield, if you had I mean that, I mean
they get that kind of yield on that amount of
planted acres really is as bearish as a scenario as
one could concoct in their imagination. Right, And here we
are and we're no, we're not that far below four
dollars in December. Right, it feels like we're going to

(03:48):
make a bottom here at some point in the end
of August.

Speaker 8 (03:51):
According to Tyler Shaw with agmarket dot Net, the court
number was definitely a surprise.

Speaker 10 (03:56):
You had to do a double take number one. You know,
first I had to do it. You pre report interviews
and they asked what everyone's going to be looking for,
and I said, well, most likely the headline number is
going to be yields. And obviously that was a whoa moment.
Not only did they come in high, they came in
higher than the highest level of any analyst expectations and
a reminder that a lot of analysts got mocked for

(04:17):
coming out with some of those high expectations on yields.
So I hate to see the blowback we're going to
see over the next few days on this one. The
second take that I think you kind of did in
the corn was all of a sudden, you glanced and
you looked at the production and the math did that up.
No one was talking about an increase to acres. You
take those two alone, you just increase production by a
billion bushels. And I think if there's one more kind

(04:38):
of takeaway from the day, it's that we increased production
by billion bushels. On the August WOSDI and corn was
only down twelve thirteen cents at the end of the day.

Speaker 8 (04:46):
And Shall added, you can get mad at the numbers
or find a way to navigate these markets that are
trading these numbers. As we head into harvest, I'm Jesse
Allen reboarding well friends.

Speaker 1 (04:56):
Like other commodity growers, sunflower producers are deeper into a
busy growing season. John Sandbochan, executive director of the National
Sunflower Association, said things are looking good for this year's crop.

Speaker 11 (05:09):
Even in the high planes. You know, the last few
years we'd had drought conditions and you've had a lot
of rain there at Kansas and Nebraska, and it's looking
great right now. Honestly, I haven't seen the corperated this
high in a long time. People always have to be
aware of insects. Obviously, we're just a magnet forum. You know,
our moths and things like that, but that's something that
you know, people can control with a good spray.

Speaker 1 (05:27):
Like many other producers, sunflower growers got a boost when
Congress passed the Reconciliation Bill.

Speaker 11 (05:33):
One of the things that we spent a lot of
time on was when Congress was working on the Big
Beautiful Bill. The provisions in there for the Farm Bill
have just been phenomenal for our producers. We got higher
reference prices, better crop insurance coverage, loan rates were increased.
They could be able to add some acres to their
base acres. So we worked really hard on that, and
you know, was just really thankful to see all that

(05:53):
come to fruition because, honestly, you know, the way the
Farm Bill was progressing, I mean, it was going to
be difficult to get something through cong So it was
our best vehicle and glad it worked out.

Speaker 1 (06:02):
He talked about what sunflower growers want to see in
the rest of the Farm Bill this fall.

Speaker 11 (06:06):
The thing is our priorities were all met within that
Big Beautiful Bill. I mean, there really isn't any other
programs other than inn were always cognizant of conservation programs.
We want to make sure that they're focused more on
working lands than on retiring land. But other than that,
I mean our main objectives were achieved within that reconciliation bill.

Speaker 1 (06:25):
John Sanbochan National Sunflower Association. Takes a lot of work
to grow and crop during the season. That takes even
more work to get it moved where the commodity needs
to go. That means farmers need good rail service. Senator
Tammy Baldwin out of Wisconsin, sponsored the Reliable Rail Service Act.
In a time of low commodity prices and higher cost
for inputs, Reliable rail service has never been more important.

Speaker 12 (06:48):
Part of this process is getting our products to market,
and we do so in the AG sector in many
different ways. Almost monopolies could dooopolies. Some people have called
it among our great rail services, and that means that
they have given very body service to many of their customers.

Speaker 1 (07:06):
Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin farm news. You're listening to WAG Life.

Speaker 13 (07:11):
It's another agews update. Ethanol production climbs while exports surge Midsummer.
More after this.

Speaker 14 (07:21):
Here's farmer and landowner John Pruf.

Speaker 15 (07:23):
We purchased the land about three years ago and there
was an old farmstead on there with trees. We're going
to clear the lands we could farm through it. We
thought we knew where the pipe was, so we didn't
call to get it located. The work on our property
led to the damage of a light crude pipeline. Fortunately
no one was hurt, but it could have been much worse.

Speaker 14 (07:39):
Never assumed the location or depth of underground lines. Always
call eight one to one or visit clickbefore youdig dot
com before you start work. A message from the pipeline
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Speaker 13 (07:49):
Ethanol production rose to a six week high for the
week that ended July twenty fifth, reaching one point one
million barrels per day. That's one point seven percent higher
than the week and two point one percent above the
three year average, and that's according to EIA data analyzed
by the Renewable Fuels Association. Though output slightly below last

(08:12):
year's level, the four week average now stands at an
annualized rate of sixteen point seven to one billion gallons.
Stocks climbed the twenty four point seven million barrels highest
since mid May, while gasoline supplied used to measure fuel
demand rows two point one percent to nine point one
five million barrels per day. Blender inputs ticked up slightly,

(08:36):
as did ethanol exports, which jumped forty two point six percent,
now an estimated one hundred fifty four thousand barrels per day.
For contexts, US ethnol exports topping one billion gallons just
halfway through the new marketing year. USDA expects the record
one point eight five billion gallons in exports by year

(08:57):
in Meanwhile, no ethanol imports recorded for over a year.
It's another AGEWS update.

Speaker 16 (09:06):
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Speaker 13 (09:33):
Deeal American Cattle News major changes coming to USDA. We'll
have more after this.

Speaker 14 (09:44):
Here's farmer and landowner John Prue.

Speaker 15 (09:46):
We purchased the land about three years ago. And there
was an old farmstead on there with trees, and we're
going to clear the lands we could farm through it.
We thought we knew where the pipe was, so we
didn't call to get it located. The work on our
property led to the damage of a light cruded pipeline.
Fortunately no one was hurt, but it could have been
much worse.

Speaker 14 (10:02):
Never assumed the location or depth of underground lines. Always
call eight one to one or visit clickbefore youdig dot
com before you start working. A message from the pipeline
operators for egg safety campaign.

Speaker 13 (10:13):
What could you do with four billion dollars? What could
usda do for four billion dollars? USDA's Deputy Secretary Stephen
Vaden before the Senate ad Committee on their reorganization plan.

Speaker 17 (10:31):
We do have an estimate, Senator, regarding how much, at
a minimum, we expect to save once costs are taken
into account, and that's approximately four billion dollars. How did
we get to that number. We got to that number
by looking into account the head count reductions as a
result of the deferred resignation program. Those alone will save
the Department of Agriculture approximately one point nine billion dollars net.

(10:52):
You've mentioned the state of our buildings, and you are
unfortunately correct, particularly when it comes to the National Capital Region,
and you're looking at the four buil buildings that the
Secretary's memorandum proposes to vacate the value of the deferred
maintenance on those buildings. The liability on USDA is two
point two billion with a B dollars hard to conceive,

(11:13):
but that is the calculation when you add those four
buildings together of how much maintenance they need to bring
them up to modern standards. And so when you add
those two sums together of expected savings, you're starting out
with more than four billion dollars. That is before we
take into account the lower cost of living for employees,

(11:34):
the lower lease rates that we will have to pay
in the five hubs. Of course, the full value of
that will only know when the plan is finalized after
consultation with Congress, but we start out at a baseline
of four billion dollars worth of savings.

Speaker 13 (11:48):
Many will relocate to Raleigh, Kansas City, and Theiannapolis, Sport
Collins and Salt Lake City. American Cattle News.

Speaker 1 (12:01):
This is Dairy Radio.

Speaker 18 (12:02):
Now it's time for our feed form Friday with Doctor
Mike Hutchins, Professor Emeritus from the University of Illinois.

Speaker 19 (12:08):
Hello, Mike Well, welcome to today's feed form, and our
topic is going to be looking at bromoform as a
feed additive. This was presented in the June Journal of
Dairy Science from doctor Paul Kanoff from the University of Nebraska.
Bromaform is found in algae and can be synthetic produced
to make it more stable as well. The interest in
brumaform has to tie in with methane reduction. Certainly, we

(12:32):
are well aware that methane is one of the greenhouse
gases that can be a problem in the environment, and
we have products such as three NLP which reduces methane
production from the room itself thirty percent. We can also
look at essential oils that reduces it by ten percent,
and monenzen will reduce it by five percent. And so
this algae form was first being looked at in California

(12:54):
in terms of response in terms of methane release. Here
in animals, study involved twelve mid lacation Jersey cows in
a Latin square design and there were three treatments to
these Jersey cows. One was of course no product being
fed to these cows. The next one was being a
zero point four to six percent of the dry matter
as a commercial product, that would result in giving these

(13:17):
cows about a point two six grams, not very much
at this point, but certainly very small levels here. And
then the third one was a doubling of that zero
point ninety three percent of the dry matter of this
commercial product, resulting in slightly more than zero point five
grams of the bromoform going to these animals. They measured
methane reduction by measuring cows breathing out and that was

(13:38):
about a nineteen percent reduction, and it was linear going
to the higher levels. So the question is perhaps even
a higher level might be more effective. There has been
reports as high as fifty percent or more that the
bromiform type products can reduce methane production as well. There
was no in this study. There was no differences in
dry matter intake which averaged forty two pounds to these

(14:00):
Jersey cows, no difference in milk yields that resulted they
were producing sixty one pounds of milk, or no difference
in energy correct in milk which is corrected the three
to five, which would be equivalent of seventy seven pounds
of milk. However, there was a linear decrease in milk
fat in these Jersey cows. They were at about a
five point two percent and then went down to four
point nine and that was a linear decrease as the

(14:22):
level increased as well. They also measured digestibilities, so there's
no differences in organic matter digestibility, crude protein, starch, or
fat digestibility as well. And actually there was a slight
increase and metabolizable energy with the higher levels of the
romaform product in there. They discovered, they analyzed and they
did not detect any residue of the romiform at the

(14:45):
current detection levels here in the study. None of this
milk was sold, however, and these calls were destroyed because
FDA has not allowed this product to be added, and
that's why the research study was being conducted to see
what type of responses we might see. There's also some
increase in hyder in here, a linear increase, which indirectly
has some impact on greenhouse gas as well. There is

(15:05):
no costs listed here in terms of getting this product
compared to say, some of the other products on the
marketplace that can vary anywhere from basically eight cents to
as high as fifty cents per cow per day, and
there's also been some work being reported on using seaweed.
There are different colors of seaweed brown, green, and red,

(15:26):
but there are quite variable in the level of a
bromoform you'll find in here, and therefore the responses will vary.
So our takeo messages on are that methane production will
continue to be a challenge in our environment here with
dairy cattle and beef cattle. The economics for dairy farmers
will be very important. In other words, they were going
to have to either see a decrease and the methane
being produced and being financially rewarded for it, or a

(15:48):
response in milk production or malk components to recover any
cost current at this point, and listeners be well aware
that global form will need FDA approval before it can
be fed. Well, that completes the program for today. Thanks h,
I have a great day.

Speaker 20 (16:00):
Thank you, Mike.

Speaker 18 (16:00):
That's doctor my Cutchins, Professor emeritus from the University of Illinois,
featured every Friday here on our feed Forum Friday on
Dairy Radio.

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Speaker 18 (16:36):
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Speaker 20 (16:42):
Now, the California Walnut Board has a new feel good campaign.
I'm Patrick Cavanaugh with the California tree Nut Report, part
of the vastag Information Network. Robert Verloop is President and
CEO of the California Walnut Board and come.

Speaker 22 (17:00):
The feel good campaign is one that we started earlier
this year, and the focus is it's part of a
larger strategy that you know, walnuts are considered by many
people consumers to be your grandmother's nut, and that's why
you find it in a baking aisle. Where people, do
you know banana nutbread? And we've been talking over the
last couple of years that walnuts are produced too, and

(17:20):
we need to appeal to a younger and broader audience,
and so the Field Good campaign was really designed to
talk to and with a younger consumer. You'll see that's
got a lot more energy to it, a lot more excitement,
a lot of new recipes, and just the imagery that
we're using is more in tune with kind of that
twenty to thirty five year range. It doesn't mean that

(17:43):
we were walking away from our core customer because they
want to see all the goodness of the walnut, whether
it's health and wellness and taste and flexibility, versatility. But
we want to appeal to that next generation that's coming
up that looks at food a little differently, both from
a usability but also from what is the food doing

(18:03):
for me? And fuel good comes out of I feel
good about the food that I'm eating.

Speaker 5 (18:08):
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Speaker 20 (19:05):
With the AG Information Network, I'm Patrick Kavanaugh.

Speaker 2 (19:08):
Turning your harvest into help for the hungry. Chad Smith
had more on how you can help.

Speaker 7 (19:14):
Midwest Food Bank invites farmers to join the farm at
Forward program and turn their harvest into help for hungry
neighbors in rural America. Food in security is rising in
rural areas due to distance, economic strain, and access In
many small towns families struggle to access basic groceries. Farm
It Forward lets farmers use their grain to meet this

(19:35):
growing need. Eric Hodal, CEO of Midwest Food Bank, talks
about how it works.

Speaker 23 (19:41):
Farmit Forard is a program that we have available for
local farmers to donate grain and allow the proceeds of
that donated grain to be given to Midwest Food Bank.
And so there's four easy steps to that program. The
farmer will inform the elevator the number of bushels that
they want to donate to Midwest Food Bank, and then
step number two is they provide the MFB address and

(20:03):
information to the elevator. The third step is then the
elevator will process the cell of the grain and make
out a check to Midwest Food Bank and they'll mail
the proceeds correctly to Midwest Food Bank. And then the
last step is a donor acknowledgement will be sent from
Midwest Food Bank back to the individual to thank them
for their donation.

Speaker 7 (20:24):
It's a program designed to combat food insecurity in rural America,
which has grown in recent years.

Speaker 23 (20:30):
It has food insecurity. It does not select a zip
code or a demographic and even when you think about
just the economic robustness of Rule America, it can be
pretty difficult in terms of employment, high earning jobs. Just
the income for a family in Rule America typically is
maybe a little bit more strained, and so food insecurity

(20:53):
definitely exists as well as just then access to food.
You know, when you think about Rule America, the ability
to get to a gross restore or to get to
a city and to be able to purchase food, you
really have to kind of optimize that trip.

Speaker 7 (21:06):
Midwest Food Bank provides a lot of food to small
town pantries across rural America.

Speaker 23 (21:11):
That's where Midwest Food Bank, by providing food to our
food pantries, is a great support because many of these
small towns and cities do have a food pantry that
allows somebody to be able to go. It could be
at a church, it could be at just a community building,
but Midwest Food Bank provides a variety of nutritious food
to those pantries that allows the individuals that are food

(21:32):
and secure to come and select those items.

Speaker 7 (21:34):
Farmers who'd like to help supply money for food through
a charitable grain donation can check out their website.

Speaker 23 (21:40):
The best place to go is our website, which would
be Midwest Foodbank dot org. And if you go to
Midwest Foodbank dot org you can find the Charitable Grain
program and that has a very simple four step process
to follow. And we would just again be grateful for
any producer of grain, and it can be any commodi.
The elevators have the means of selling it, so it

(22:02):
could be corn and soybeans, it could be wheat or milow.
It's a great fit for farmers because they are feeding
the world, but in addition to providing food for the world,
it's an opportunity for them to provide food for those
that can't afford to purchase food.

Speaker 7 (22:17):
Again, that's Eric Cotal of Midwest Food Bank Chad Smith reporting.

Speaker 2 (22:22):
The USDA announced the latest loan interest rates that went
into effect on August first. The USDA Farm Service Agency
loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers
start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures,
or meet cash flow needs. Now FSA offers farm ownership,

(22:44):
operating and emergency loans with favorable interest rates and terms
to help eligible agricultural producers obtain financing needed to start, expand,
or maintain a Family Agricultural Operation. I'm Dwayne Merley.

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Speaker 25 (23:56):
It's time for California AGG today. On the AGG Information
network I am Hayley's ship well. Two new USDA reports
are painting a mixed picture for twenty twenty five strong
crops on one hand, but high costs and tight margins
on the other. The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Report

(24:16):
brings the first field of based yield projections for the
twenty twenty five to twenty six crop year. Rice production
is pegged at two hundred and eight point five million
hundredweight thanks to more acres harvested with prices up to
fourteen dollars and twenty cents. Cotton output is down sharply
to thirteen point two million bills, lifting the price to

(24:36):
sixty four cents a pound. Sugar supplies are higher on
more beats production and bigger beginning stocks, pushing the stocks
to use ratio to seventeen point seventy five percent. Meanwhile,
the Farm Production Expenditures Report shows twenty twenty four US
farm costs at four hundred and seventy seven point six
billion dollars, just under last year's record, but still more

(24:59):
than thirty percent higher than five years ago. California tops
the list at forty eight point six billion dollars, reflecting
the high cost of specialty crop production, labor and irrigation.
For market intel on both reports from the American Farm Bureau.
Visit aginfo dot net.

Speaker 5 (25:17):
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And how receptive is this age group to your sales
pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best place

(25:38):
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when they are well, quite frankly farming. You know, it's
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Speaker 25 (26:15):
With California AGG today on the AG Information Network. I
am Hailey's ship.

Speaker 1 (26:20):
Bob Quinn here with some farm us this morning, friends.
While analysts are still trying to understand the big corn
crop prediction coming out of the USDA, Jesse Allen has
more on the potentially record high corn crop coming out
of the field this year.

Speaker 8 (26:35):
One hundred and eighty eight point eight bushels per acre.
That was the number printed by USDA for a national
average cordiald estimate, along with a record production forecast of
sixteen point seven billion bushels, indicating that the USDA believes
we potentially have the largest US corn crop in history
on our hands this year. Traders, analysts, and farmers continue

(26:57):
to react. Craig Turner with STONEACS said post report that
he's still trying to wrap his head around some of
the numbers.

Speaker 9 (27:02):
Man. But ninety seven million acres in a one eighty
eight yield, if you had I mean that, I mean
they get that kind of yield on that amount of
planted acres really is as bearish as a scenario as
one could concoct in their imagination. Right, And here we are,
and we're you know, we're not that far below four
dollars in December, right, it feels like we're going to

(27:24):
make a bottom here at some point in the end
of August.

Speaker 8 (27:27):
According to Tyler Shaw with agmarket dot Net, the court
number was definitely a surprise.

Speaker 10 (27:32):
You had to do a double take number one. You know.
First I had to do a few pre report interviews
and they asked what everyone's going to be looking for,
and I said, well, most likely the headline number is
going to be yields. And obviously that was a whoa moment.
Not only did they come in high, that came in
higher than the highest level of any analyst expectations, and
a reminder that a lot of analysts got mocked for

(27:53):
coming out with some of those high expectations on yields.
So I hate to see the blowback we're going to
see over the next few days on this one. On
the second take that I think you kind of did
in the corn was all of a sudden, you glanced
and you looked at the production and the math did
that up. No one was talking about an increase to aggres.
You take those two alone, you just increase production by
a billion bushels. And I think if there's one more

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kind of takeaway from the day, it's that we increased
production by billion bushels. On the August WOSDI and corn
was only down twelve thirteen cents at the end of
the day.

Speaker 8 (28:22):
And shall add it. You can get mad at the
numbers or find a way to navigate these markets that
are trading these numbers as we head into harvest. I'm
Jesse Allen reporting.

Speaker 1 (28:31):
Well friends of joint venture between Minnesota based Cargill Company
and Germany based Helm has established a new fuel plant
in Eddieville, Iowa. The bio Industrial facility will produce next
generation plant based chemical called utane diol or BDO, as
an alternative to fossil based fuel sources. Steve Kiper, the

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incoming first vice president of the Iowa Corndroors, said, biochemistry
is a big topic of conversation right now.

Speaker 26 (28:59):
We were just in Washington, DC, and biochemistry is one
of the things that people are starting to talk about more.
When we've got chemistry that will directly replace petroleum products,
it's better for the consumer, it's better for the environment.
Even if people insist that we need to have petroleum,
which we do. We still need to have petroleum, it
extends the life of that.

Speaker 1 (29:17):
It's a great opportunity for corn farmers.

Speaker 26 (29:19):
We've found in the past few years there's places for
things like electric cars and stuff, but there's a lot
of places it's very impractical, and so this is a
great opportunity for us to get into that consumer field
consume corn, which we can produce way more corn than
what they can consume right now, and we can produce
it at a lower cost, for a lower cost input

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and be good for everyone.

Speaker 1 (29:43):
As a corn farmer, Kuyper is excited to see this
plant coming online after years of development.

Speaker 26 (29:48):
I wanted to see this thing up and run in
and start to burn through corn, especially with corn prices
where they're at today. The more we can consume and
deliver it'll help everybody in our local area.

Speaker 10 (29:58):
Here.

Speaker 1 (29:58):
The factory will produce Kira, a plant braised chemical that
can be used in manufacturing everything from apparel and footwear
to beauty and personal care products, automotive, electronics, and packaging. Well,
it's been quite a growing season across rural America with
no shortage of challenges. Chris Clark, the Crops and Soils
Outbreached Specialist, University of Wisconsin Extension, said the challenges began

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early with wet weather in that state and several others.

Speaker 27 (30:24):
It was quite wet early and some of that additional moisture.
In certain areas, certain soil types, we had a little
bit of uneven emergence, but it wasn't terrible. But in general,
I would say it's a great crop season. Probably the
worst thing was fitting in dry hay in between all
the rain that we were getting. That was maybe the
biggest thing. Now in certain parts of the state, you know,

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we've maybe gone five days without rain. We have to
wait for our crop to grow a little bit more
of a root system. It got spoiled because it was
raining every day there for a while, so its roots
are pretty small. So now it's going to expand a
little bit more energy to dive some roots a little
bit deeper. But we've got good subsoil moisture that we
shouldn't see too much issues with that moving forward.

Speaker 1 (31:10):
It's important to keep good soil health in mind even
during the rush of harvest. Chris Clark out of Wisconsin
farm use you're listening to WAG life.

Speaker 28 (31:20):
From the ag Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
Acuweather says the transition to autumn will bring cooler air
and sweater weather to millions of Americans, while others will
deal with lingering summer heat. Long range expert Paul Potolk
says areas of the Midwest will experience very pleasant stretches
of fall weather, but some eastern and western states will
face stubborn summer heat and humidity. The warmest weather will

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be focused from California to Texas, northward into Oregon and Idaho.
The USTA's National agg Statistics Service recently released its twenty
twenty five Land Value Summary. The US farm real estate value,
a measurement of the value of land and buildings on farms,
average forty three hundred and fifty dollars per week for
twenty twenty five, up one hundred and eighty dollars or
four point three percent from last year. California was the

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most expensive, with farmland real estate valued at thirteen thousand,
seven hundred dollars per acre, up two point two percent.
US crop land value averaged fifty eight hundred and thirty
dollars per acre, up four point seven percent. While the
original Make America Healthy Again Commission report said glyphys eate
and other pesticides may have a negative impact on children's health,
the upcoming report will be different. The next Mohawk Commission

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report will respect the regulatory frameworks that found glyfaisate to
be a safe product to use. EPA Deputy Administrator Nancy
Beck says it's important to remember that EPA Administrator Lee
Zelden and Egg Secretary Brook Rawlins are members of the Commission.

Speaker 4 (32:40):
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Speaker 29 (32:48):
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Speaker 28 (33:36):
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Speaker 1 (33:50):
Bob Quen back to wrap up AGLI for today friends. Well,
It's no secret that agriculture is a dangerous occupation. Chad
Smith has a.

Speaker 7 (33:57):
Story It's no secret that agriculture is a dangerous occupation.
The National Grain and Feed Association is celebrating at sixth
Harvest Safety Week on August eighteenth through the twenty second.
Jess McClure, Senior Vice President Safety and Regulatory for the
National Grain and Feed Association, talks about the importance of

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Harvest Safety Week.

Speaker 30 (34:19):
The National Grain and Feed Association is a national trade
association that represents member companies that operate over eight thousand
facilities in the grain, feed and processing industry. Safety is
one of our cornerstones, and we have always worked to
ensure that safety is one of our primary areas of
effort as we strive to cultivate healthy workplaces in agriculture.
Each year, towards the end of August, we dedicate a

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week to sharing these safety resources, and ngfa's sixth annual
Harvest Safety Week is August eighteenth through the twenty second.

Speaker 7 (34:48):
The NGFA has some new safety resources to share.

Speaker 30 (34:52):
Our theme is safety First, Harvest Ready. We're going to
be sharing some new safety videos and we'll have pre
recorded presentations by members of the NGFA Safety, Health and
Environment Committee on storage piles, moving vehicles, extreme weather including
heat and cold, and worker fatigue. They're designed to be
easily watched and are based on the vast resources available

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on NGFA dot org forward slash Safety.

Speaker 7 (35:17):
He talks about how people can participate in Harvest Safety Week.

Speaker 30 (35:22):
Anyone can sign up to receive Harvest Safety Week emails
from NGFA at NGFA dot org forward slash Safety. We
also encourage everyone to share these emails, videos, presentations, and
individual resources with their customers and networks, and on social media.
Use hashtag HSW two five and tag NGFA.

Speaker 7 (35:48):
It's all about helping to keep people in agriculture safe.

Speaker 30 (35:51):
The goal of Harvest Safetyweek, like our other safety related content,
is to make agriculture a safer industry. Employees of our
member companies and their customers and suppliers work every day
to transform our harvest into food, feed and fuel. As
an industry, we're committed to do whatever we can to
boost effective safety awareness and practices. That's why our theme
is safety First, Harvest Ready.

Speaker 7 (36:12):
Safety is a topic on farms and ranches that needs
to be discussed year round.

Speaker 30 (36:17):
Harvest Safety Week occurs annually, but the content is available
year round because our industry is always active. I think
one of the most important parts is that all of
the resources that are not reserved for NGFA members at
NNGFA dot org can be shared throughout the year. It's
important to recognize the support of the National Grain and
Feed Foundation, which provides critical resources. The more we can
boost our awareness and encourage the use of safety best practices,

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the more our workers will arrive home safely at the end.

Speaker 2 (36:44):
Of the day.

Speaker 7 (36:44):
NGFA encourages its members to share harvest safety resources throughout
the industry and with farmer customers. Chad Smith reporting.

Speaker 1 (36:53):
With that friends a ount of time for today. Thanks
for joining us back Monday morning with another edition of
Baglife