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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
here in the valley and all across the country. While
a Southern Maryland cattle operator is no stranger to farmers'
markets or diversity in his business, his latest venture operated
his first ever farmers market in Washington, d C. Rod
Main has our story.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
The recent Great American Farmers Market at Washington, d C
brought vendors from all across the nation. According to Agriculture
Secretary Brook Rawlins.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Thirty states represented fifty ooths.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
One of those vendors Charlie Sasser the third He's a
fifth generation Southern barrel, a farmer who specializes in beef cattle.
Yet he acknowledges that it operates a commercial cal cafe business.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
I myself need faster turnover so I can't hold on
the calves for eighteen months to get him finished.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Out, leading to expansion of operations.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I've done calcaff I've ran hiris stockers before I've caved out.
Brett Heffers just trying to act as a commercial cattle producer.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
His parents farm provides a range of products from hay
to livestock to eggs from leg heads, and it was
during a bid July cattle transport that Charlie reached at
Epithety during what he calls windshield time.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
My mom had been used in a stock trailer that
I bought last year off in auction. She had kept
her laying hens in there just to get him started.
I thought to myself and Mike, she's using my stock trailer.
Why don't I have to get my own chickens and
put in a stock trailer.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
That led to barbering and purchase sek of leg heads
and more stock trailers.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
My mentality was, I'm already growing the grass, I've got
the cows to knock it down. I'm already driving to
the farm to check the cows twice a day, So
what's one more a little enterprise where I just have
to pick up the eggs and dump feed and fill
waters and just check them twice a day.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
So was new venture, happily called Get Laid Egg Company,
was only twenty five days in when he received a
call to fill a vendor's booth at the Great American
Farmers Market.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
This is my first farmer's market with my label, and
that I'm attending.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Barely enough time to get chores, stud and put a
side in front of his booth to state his business
batters or promotional flyers or sight e jet Now, farmers markets,
whether local to you or at the national ball in
the nation's capital, provide education to consumers about where and
how their food and products come from. Like examples from
Charlie Sasser the Third, I.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Certainly want to sell eggs, but I also want to
educate people about how I'm raising cattle and just agriculture
in general.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
And although not a stranger to Farber's markets, Charlie also
took advantage of educational opportunities about the ins and outs
of farmers markets with his fellow vendors in between sales
and discussions at his own booth.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Well, I talk to them.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
I'm more interested in finding out about their operations, how
they're raising things.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Broad Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, D's.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Well, friends, the latest US DADY report is predicting a
record large corn crop and a very big soybean crop
as well. What will that do to prices? That story
is ahead also some insight on when the southern border
might or might not reopen to cattle shipments coming into
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the US from Mexico. We'll be visiting with the Texas
agg Commissioner. Ahead you're listening to ag Life Bob gwenn
Back was some farm used today with trade uncertainty on
the mines of many farmers. The August World ag Supply
and Demand Estimates report through the corn market a curveball.
Chad Smith has more on that story.
Speaker 5 (03:26):
As farmers and ranchers across the country geurop for fall harvest,
The August WISD provided some insight into how production may look.
Faith Parum, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation,
said it looks like a big US corn crop is
on the way in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 6 (03:44):
The big story is we have a record US corn crop,
yielder up, acreages up, soybeans are holding steady, and wheat
experts got a small bump. But really what everyone's talking
about is that record corn crop, and it's going to
really set the tone as we head into harvest and
start making decisions.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
Parham said this report plays into the larger story of
global agriculture trade.
Speaker 6 (04:03):
Markets reacted pretty quickly. Corn slipped at the news of
large supplies, and we saw small boost and swaving prices.
Traders are really balancing the signals of a big US
crop against global demand.
Speaker 7 (04:14):
She said.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Uncertainty remains even as farmers prepare for the harvest season.
Speaker 6 (04:19):
So our USDA outlook really depends on moving these record
corn exports. With harves just a few weeks away and
starting for some, we already see tight farm margins, so
farmers are really going to need clear information on where
export stands to decide on how they market their crops.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
You can learn more on the market Intel page at
fb dot org. Chad Smith, Washington Well friends.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Hay growers across Washington and the Pacific Northwest have enjoyed
a great year when it comes to growing conditions, but
unfortunately the same camp you said about the economic conditions
growers face. Andrew Eddie, president of the Washington State Hay
Growers Association, says input costs for growers have shot up
considerably over the past three months.
Speaker 7 (05:02):
So that's that also is factoring into kind of what,
you know, what we got going on and makes our
upfront costs a lot more for a crout st. Hopefully
we maybe get close to making break even on and
giving our return on investment, but it's a little tough
to pencil that one out.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
In addition to those elevated input cost demand is soft
both internationally and domestically, he said. Despite the dry conditions
and reduced forage across the West, it remains to be
seen if the livestock sector will tap local hay growers
for additional feed.
Speaker 7 (05:32):
They'll be hunting for it, they'll be looking for it,
but then it comes down to kind of what they're
willing to pay and what they can afford to pay.
To be honest, with the corn market being a little
taking a little bit of a hit over the lost
a little while, I think corn is going to be
fed more as it kind of always is, and it's
cheaping up where it's a good energy source for a
cheap price, and so I think they'll choose that over alfalpha.
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But hopefully, well we'll kind of see a turn and
kind of build on that and go from.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
There talking hey and hay supply. The small livestock trade
through US ports of entry along the southern border is
still closed due to the spread of the New World
screwworm in Mexico. Now, the question now is when the
border reopened. Texas AGG Commissioner Sid Miller says he's not sure.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
You know, I get that question a lot, and they
don't have anything deafinite. I can tell you when we
successfully stopped the advance of the screwworm fly for so
let's say sixty days, and are we see it pushing
back down. We'll probably open it up now. Then there
is a possibility that we could open it up in November, December, January,
in the dead of winter. That's actually when we get
most of our feeder cattle in from Mexico.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
A great deal of cattle imports from Mexico take place
in mid winter.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
A roping cattle or feeder cattle coming December and January.
For the most part, there's not much fly activity in
those cold months, and they might even limit it to
January and February. So it could open then just because
inactivity of the fly. So, but I don't get to
make that call. That's USBA, but I am going to
make that recommendation.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Texas AGG Commissioner Sid Miller well friends the Hemp Feed
Coalition announced that hemp seed meal for laying hens was
published in the Association of American Feed Controlled officials' main publication.
Speaker 8 (07:08):
Now.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
The milestone comes two years after the organization's Ingredient Definition
Committee voted to approve hemp seed meal for this use,
making a hard earned victory for hemp and poultry producers nationwide.
Despite the achievement, HFC and its members stressed that the
regulatory path to the market for hemp feed remains riddled
with bureaucratic red tape. Farm News. This morning, we're listening
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to WAG Life.
Speaker 9 (07:33):
It's another agnews update foreign ownership of domestic farmland. More
after this.
Speaker 10 (07:43):
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 gym.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
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Speaker 10 (07:55):
Animals, or hard day's work. Stay cool with gold bond
pott of spreads.
Speaker 9 (08:00):
With h Arkansas Governors Sarah Huckabee Sanders on prohibiting foreign
ownership of farm land.
Speaker 5 (08:09):
The last couple of months.
Speaker 11 (08:10):
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. That's why
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events like today matter so much. 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
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today a country's ability to feed itself, 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
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is willing to do everything within his power to make
sure the United States continues to be the greatest country
on the face of the planet.
Speaker 9 (09:26):
It's another agnews update.
Speaker 12 (09:29):
I'm Russ Kohler, 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
(09:50):
water each hour.
Speaker 13 (09:51):
This public service message is brought to you by Farm
Bureau and the US AGG Centers.
Speaker 9 (09:57):
American Cattle News reopen the the southern border with Mexico
for live feeder cattle, good or bad. More after this.
Speaker 12 (10:08):
I'm Russ Kohler, a dairyman 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 water and rest breaks
by drinking two to four cups of water each hour.
Speaker 13 (10:30):
This public service message is brought to you by Farm
Bureau and the US AGG Centers.
Speaker 9 (10:35):
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 Douglass, Arizona. Robbie Kirkland is a
family feeder from Vega Texas.
Speaker 14 (10:54):
Those cattle are used by farmers, backgrounders and then feed lots,
so all different sectors of the of the you know,
of the market of the of the beef chain. So
it's cattle will come across and then like I said,
a lot of them will be fed you know, particularly
in our region. I'm in the Texas cattle feeder region Texas, Oklahoma,
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and 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, would go on into the to the to
the feed lots sector. And and that's kind of how
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they're used.
Speaker 9 (11:40):
And why is this important to continue.
Speaker 14 (11:43):
Take a million head roughly out of the supply for
you know, shutting off the ports in and 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 week pasture because of just
you know, just cher 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 9 (12:17):
Mexico American cattle.
Speaker 13 (12:19):
Meuse.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
This is dairy radio now.
Speaker 15 (12:26):
Curtis Bosma, vice president of producer Services with High Ground.
Speaker 16 (12:30):
Dairy in Visalia, California.
Speaker 15 (12:32):
Curtis, The Agriculture Department sees a lot of milk ahead
according to last week's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates reports,
and perhaps the biggest eye catcher was its estimate on
US corn production.
Speaker 17 (12:45):
Yeah, looking at the report, I mean I think there
was an expectation that we were going to see corn
yields moving higher, but not maybe to this extent. The
one to eighty eight point eight yield projection for the
US corn crop is quite staggering. US also added just
over two million acres to the balance sheet for corn
as well. So with that that combination of yield and acreage,
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we should have the largest corn crop on record here
out of the US. So obviously that's been putting a
lot of weight on the corn futures and brought those
to the new contract lows for the new contracts.
Speaker 15 (13:18):
More corn means more Malka. Ahead, let's take a look
at the dairy supply and utilization report last week that
gives us a look at what demand looks like.
Speaker 17 (13:27):
Yeah, looking at supply utilization report on the chief side
of things, overall usage up slightly. And again on this one,
you know, with all of the additional processing capacity specific
to the class three kind of market there, it's nice
to see that exports have been kind of picking up
the slack there a little bit. So exports have been
carrying their weight. Looking at here, total exports up yere
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to date about almost twelve percent, whereas domestically we're up
just barely past where we were last year at this time.
So that has been kind of nice to keep that
market and balance to a certain extent. And looking at
butter again in something similar, where domestic demand has been
carrying the weight. You've seen a lot of increased production there.
I think a lot of that's drew to what you see.
(14:07):
You know, milk composition components are through the roof. Everybody's
cranking out high component milk, and luckily, yeah, domestic demand
has been able to kind of make up for some
of that. So domestic demand here year to date up
almost five percent. For the month of June was up
to seven percent. So that to keep that market in
balance to a certain scent.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
How about powder, Curtis, Powders are a.
Speaker 17 (14:25):
Little bit of a different story. So both non fat
and dry way have been struggling from a demand perspective.
I mean, year to date those two are down, you know,
five to eight percent, and again we split that demand
with both domestic usage and a lot more reliance on
exports for those two products. And some of that export
demand I would say, specifically for like the skim solids
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and non fat dry milk has kind of been displaced
of you know, our top customer from the export market
being Mexico for that, and they've been the top importer
of cheese, so as they import more cheese, they import
less skim solids and non fat, so it's been kind
of one splicing the other.
Speaker 15 (15:00):
Thank you, Curtis. Curtis Bosma, vice president of producer Services
with High Ground Dairy in Visalia, California.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Here's dairy farmer Hank Wagner and his daughter Laura with
another simple miracle moment.
Speaker 18 (15:12):
Vacations are exciting and can produce multiple positive experiences. It
may be a time to think and dream more broadly
about what is possible.
Speaker 19 (15:20):
For many people, the first hurdle to overcome is believing
that a vacation is possible for them. They may think
that they cannot take time away from their businesses or
they can't afford it.
Speaker 18 (15:30):
Thoughts are powerful. If you believe that a vacation is
not possible, you are right. It may sound ridiculous, but
if you believe something can happen, it starts some things
into motion.
Speaker 19 (15:40):
What you believe sets your mind up to be able
to look for options to make it happen or solve
any potential problem standing in the way. There are many
miracles associated with taking a vacation, but only those who
act will enjoy them.
Speaker 8 (15:53):
That's Hank Wagner and Laura Rodd's, author of the book
Simple Miracles for More go to become better leaders, And
there's the Bell.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
Food safety should be a consideration for parents as they
pack school lunches for their children. USDA food safety expert
Meredith Corrothers says most important to remember from a food
safety perspective, keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold.
Speaker 6 (16:18):
What I find is a lot of people don't realize
how many things are perishable and how important it is
to keep foods cold, especially when we're talking about packing
lunches for younger kids.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
A brown paper bag lunch is not the way to go.
Speaker 6 (16:31):
Pack your child's food into an insulated container for many
different reasons.
Speaker 5 (16:36):
Using an insulated bag is the way to go.
Speaker 6 (16:38):
It helps keep that cold therein will help keep your
food safe and cold for the appropriate amount of time
until lunchtime.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
Or back to school and school lunch food safety tips
are available through USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline one eight
eight eight MP Hotline or by email at MP Hotline
at USDA dot Go. I'm Rodbain, reporting for the US
Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.
Speaker 20 (17:08):
A feel Good campaign from the California Walnut Board and
Commission is helping millennials feel good about eating walnuts. I'm
Patrick Cavanaugh with a California Tree Nut Report, part of
the vastag Information Network. Robert Verloup is President and CEO
of the California Walnut Born and Commission.
Speaker 21 (17:26):
They helped me with sleep and gut health and just
brain health, and I feel good also because I'm helping
family farms, and so when you look at it, this
feel good concept is all encompassing, but it really comes
back to I feel good about the decisions that I'm
making to feed myself my family. And there's an interesting
component that kind of came out of the research, and
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that is younger generation loves to entertain with food and
in a sense wants to show off of their culinary
expertise and the diversity of what they enjoy and a
lot of it's related to travel, and you know, we're
so much more attuned to how other people eat food.
So one of the things we see also is the
aspect of entertaining and entertaining friends with food and settings,
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and so that's part of this whole concept, is not
only the food itself, but also the setting of where
we're eating the food. So we're excited about it. We
think it's a nice shift away from kind of our
more conservative approach and it's in line with our long
term strategy. We need to get more people to eat
more walnuts, more often at a higher price.
Speaker 20 (18:29):
Sounds like a win win for sure.
Speaker 16 (18:32):
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Speaker 22 (19:32):
Cotton growers in many areas are experiencing a positive shift
this year thanks to improved irrigation and early season rainfall.
Maxwell Smith, extension cotton specialists at Oklahoma State University, says
this year has been a switch compared to pass seasons.
Speaker 23 (19:49):
Definitely been a change of pace and definitely more excitement
in the region about actually making a crop once again.
And the crop is looking really good. Lots of early rains,
got in good stands, got growing really good. Test pressure
has been really really low thus far this season, and
then out the irrigation water is there to help us
out and get us through the rest of the year.
It's looking really good.
Speaker 22 (20:09):
The growing season started well for cotton producers.
Speaker 23 (20:12):
We started this year with a really good moisture profile
in our soil and planting conditions were really good. Now,
I will say after some of the cotton did come up,
we did have some storms and some high winds that
lose some of it out and cost of replanting, but
our soil temperatures were good, had the moisture underneath it,
and then continued to see intermittent rainfall for about a
month after the start of cotton planting, which really helped
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that plant get up and get growing and not have
us need to turn on the irrigation too soon.
Speaker 22 (20:41):
Smith, those things have right up over the last several weeks.
Speaker 23 (20:45):
I will say to an extent, it has kind of
turned off in the last two to three weeks hasn't
rained very much over much of the cotton grown area.
Getting all that moisture early really stretches us further into
the season without relying on irrigation. And then when we
get there into late July early August, when we're in
that peak blame stage and we really need to keep
that plant from stressing, we have that irrigation water still
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in our reserves, so to help us finish.
Speaker 22 (21:09):
A good crop again. That is Maxwell Smith, Extension Cotton
Specialists at Oklahoma State University. Artificial intelligence is making its
way into US agriculture. Doug Johnson of Johnson agg Outlook
talks about how AI if it's into production agriculture.
Speaker 24 (21:25):
What I'm talking about here is we've got to be
careful on what we expect out of it. Right now.
If you go and do AI for just say searching information,
it'll give you answers. But what I'm finding is the
answers are not as accurate right now. It's in the
early learning. And my concern in our society is are
we diligently fact checking the answers that we receive from
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this AI tool now in agriculture, if you look at
AI and the technology. There's a whole new world out
here that it could enhance development.
Speaker 22 (21:56):
AI has the potential to do amazing things across different
agric cultural sectors.
Speaker 24 (22:01):
I talk about spot sprayers using lasers instead of chemicals.
Talk about cell phone apps where you can actually go
to the cattle sale and you can points your phone
right at the cattle and it'll tell you the weight
of the cattle. So there is all kinds of new
AI technology available. That's not what I'm concerned about. I
think that's awesome. What I'm concerned about is as we
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go in and say, tell me about X, and we
use AI and it gives us an answer. And what
I have found is AI is more inaccurate. It is
more bias than being accurate and unbiased.
Speaker 22 (22:35):
One of the concerning things is where AI gets its
information from.
Speaker 24 (22:39):
In part, AI gets information from Facebook, you know, the
ultimate news source, right that everybody laughs about. So AI
is looking at what is the most populous opinion out
there and says, well that must be truth. I've got
examples of AI. So this lab raised meat movement, I
went into AI and I typed in. I said, is
lab raised meat better than farm raised meat? And it
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said yes, and then it gave me reasons why lab
raised meat is better. We both know lab raised meat
is failing in its development. It is not better for
the environment, it's not cost effective, uses more water, the
whole story. But AI said yes, it's better. What if
you are not in an.
Speaker 22 (23:16):
Ag area again, That is Doug Johnson of Johnson Ag Outlook.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
USDA's annual look at farblad values and cash reds. According
to chief Accattabis Seth Buyer and Aicade, it's a cool
a good year over year growth, but that tread more
reflective in.
Speaker 8 (23:32):
Cash rents showing flat value changes year over year. Or
we're seeing the farmer's assessed value of their agriculture re
estate increasing by four point three percent.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Breaking down lab values by crop lads and pastures.
Speaker 8 (23:44):
If we separated out into cropland, still producers assess that
cropland increased four point seven percent in twenty twenty five
to thirty dollars an acre, so assessing that cropland is
increasing at a greater rate than overall ag land and
pasture land showing an even larger increase at four point
nine percent, hitting one nine twenty.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
Dollars far real estate value by state, reflect a year
over year increases in all forty eight states in the CONTIGUOUSUS,
led by an eight point four percent farm land value
increase in North Carolina. I'm road Bad reporting for the
US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 25 (24:21):
It's time for California egg Today on the Aggie Information Network,
I am Hayley's ship Well California Citrus Mutual says that
the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley is sounding
the alarm on the region's water future. Earlier this month,
the Blueprint sent formal letters to both the San Joaquin
Valley Congressional delegation and US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgham,
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urging significant federal investments in California's water infrastructure. The outreach
follows passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which
set aside one billion dollars for certain water projects, a
critical first step toward an estimated twelve billion dollar need.
The Blueprint thanked lawmakers for that down payment, but stressed
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the need for more, especially for major convenience repairs and
expanded water storage. Setting a UC data study, the group
warns that without action, the state could lose up to
nine million acre feet of water annually by twenty fifty,
along with fourteen and a half billion dollars in economic
damage and three million acres of farmland. The Blueprint says
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it is committed to science based solutions that benefit people, agriculture,
and the environment.
Speaker 16 (25:38):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer
you have to go digital. Hmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest,
LinkedIn and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, but
which one? Oh on how receptive is this age group
to your sales pitch during non work social time. Maybe
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the best place to reach a firearm with a farming
solution message is when they are well, quite frankly farming.
You know, it's easy for us to find them during
the day, as most farmers are behind the wheel of
a pickup truck or farm equipment with the radio on.
Listening to this station for the agg Information Network of
the West News. If you'd like to deliver information about
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your terrific product or service, give us a call and
we'll connect you directly with our community of loyal farmer listeners.
Reach real farmers right here, right now as they listen
to what is important to their farm operation. They trust us,
They'll trust you.
Speaker 25 (26:36):
This is California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
I am Haley Ship. For more agnews, check us out
online at aginfo dot net.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Bob gwinnback with some farm use today, with trade uncertainty
on the mines of many farmers. The August World AGG
Supplying Demand Estimates report through the corn market a curveball.
Chad Smith has more on that story.
Speaker 5 (26:58):
As farmers and ranch across the country gear rop for
fall harvest, The August WAZDI provided some insight into how
production may look. Faith Parum, an economist with the American
Farm Bureau Federation, said it looks like a big US
corn crop is on the way in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 6 (27:16):
The big story is we have a record US corn
crop yields her up, acreages up, soybeans are holding steady,
and wheat experts got a small bump. But really what
everyone's talking about is that record corn crop, and it's
going to really set the tone as we head into
harvest and start making decisions.
Speaker 5 (27:30):
Parham said this report plays into the larger story of
global agriculture trade.
Speaker 6 (27:36):
Markets reacted pretty quickly. Corn slipped at the news of
large supplies, and we saw a small boost and soaving prices.
Traders are really balancing the signals of a big US
crop against global demand.
Speaker 16 (27:47):
She said.
Speaker 5 (27:47):
Uncertainty remains even as farmers prepare for the harvest season.
Speaker 6 (27:52):
So our USDA outlook really depends on moving these record
corn exports. With harves just a few weeks away and
starting for some we already tight farm margins, So farmers
are really going to need clear information on where export
stands to decide on how they market their crops.
Speaker 5 (28:06):
You can learn more on the market Intel page at
fb dot org. Chad Smith, Washington, the Environmental.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
Protection Agency announced a new action aimed at protecting farmers, truckers,
and first responders from sudden power loss caused by diesel
exhaust fluid systems NOW. The new guidance was developed after
listening to farmers concerns and will allow for a more
reasonable and flexible approach to DEAF system warnings. Even Scott Mason,
the EPA's regional administrator in the South Central Region, was
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surprised at how quickly the announcement took place.
Speaker 26 (28:39):
I'm extremely proud to say that from that roundtable that
we had in Oklahoma that we took this back to
the Administrator and to our Office of Air. They got
to work. They started digging in and really looking at
this and basically what's going to happen, and this is
action that's going to take place now and down the
road too. So it's the two for one in a sense,
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it's really going to benefit our ag sector.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Mason talks about the challenges farmers face from deaf system warnings.
Speaker 26 (29:08):
If the tractor that they're operating runs out of death
or if the system sensor fails, it's programmed to automatically
shut down or severely restrict powered. Now it could literally
strand them in the middle of a harvest, which happens
all the time. That's one of the things we heard
about at the roundtable. It's very frustrating for the act community,
and really the same goes for truckers too, our first responders.
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We've even heard horrifying instances of that happening when there
are ambulances, for instance, who are trying to transport a
patient to the hospital and the vehicle slows down to
a very slow mile per hour. So this affects any
vehicle that uses diesel fuel. So, as I mentioned, we're
fixing the problem.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Now, what does the EPA solution look like.
Speaker 26 (29:50):
We're going to be fixing it for the future. So
what that looks like is for vehicles of people already
own and that they're using, and for those manufactured in
the future. The engine and equipment may manufacturers can right
now revise the software in existing vehicles that triggers these shutdowns,
and then starting in the model year twenty twenty seven,
all new diesel on road trucks must be engineered to
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avoid sudden and severe power loss after running out of death.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
New guidance is designed for both older equipment and newer options. Well, friends,
most farmers want to farm, not to cultivate the Internet,
but one tech advisor says in twenty twenty five, a
web presence is a necessity. Mike Davis has our story.
Speaker 27 (30:30):
Most farmers want to farm, not cultivate the Internet, but
one tech advisor says in twenty twenty five, a web
presence is a necessity. Brand management advisor Rick Harrison has
been telling farmers that in today's business climate, every farm
needs its own website.
Speaker 28 (30:47):
And the reason for that is because in today's day
and age, your website is what your brick and mortar
building used to be. It is where people go to
learn more about your business, where they go to learn
more about your brand, to learn more about your story.
As soon as they get any sort of interest in you,
one of the first things that they'll.
Speaker 29 (31:05):
Do is go to your website or look for your website.
Speaker 27 (31:07):
Harrison says, you don't have to be a tech wizard
to create an attractive and informative website.
Speaker 28 (31:13):
It's a fairly simple process to set one up through
platforms like Wix or square space or Shopify. There are
a few options out there that are more tailored for
the ag industry, like Barntdoor or grace Cart. You will
pay a little bit more of a premium for those,
but they are more tailored for our world.
Speaker 27 (31:33):
He stresses that a website should not be left out
of your branding strategy.
Speaker 28 (31:37):
It is where people gravitate to in order to learn
more about you and your business. There's only so much
that you can tell through your Facebook page, and your
website gives you your own space in order to be
able to capture your audience and keep them more engaged
with you for a longer amount of time.
Speaker 27 (31:55):
That's brand management advisor Rick Harrison I'm Mike Davis.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Farm this morning. You're listening to Aglife.
Speaker 30 (32:04):
From the Egg Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
Washington State lost thirty seven hundred farms between twenty seventeen
and twenty twenty two, on average of two farms per day.
That's according to the USDA Sensus of Agriculture and the
recently released Mental Health and Suicide Prevention for Agricultural Producers
and Workers Report compiled by the Washington State Department of Agriculture.
The report cites many factors, including the rising cost of
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agricultural production. Washington's suicide rate consistently exceeds the national average.
India may be looking at a one percent drop in
the country's gross domestic product after President Trump added potential
tariffs to their goods. Analysts say the new cost were
imposed on India because it purchased Russian oil. New Delhi
reacted strongly to the announcement, calling the move unjustified. The
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Indian government said the country was being unfairly targeted because
other nations are buying oil from Russia and not getting
targeted by the White House. In twenty twenty three, small
family farms sold two point four billion dollars worth of
food directly to consumers more than any other farm type.
A small family farm earns a gross cache farm income
of under three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and most
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assets are owned by the producer, their households or relatives.
Mid sized family farms that are in between three hundred
and fifty thousand and a million, and non family farms
of any size reported far less direct to consumer sales,
at six hundred and fifty two million and four hundred
and two million, respectively.
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Speaker 1 (34:33):
Bob Quinn here to wrap up aaglie for today friends.
While farm internet use remains steady over a two year period,
how growers use the Internet appears to have changed. Rodbain
has our final report.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
USDA's every other year look at fib Technology Use reveals over.
Speaker 29 (34:51):
All internet access eighty five percent of farms this year
reported that they have Internet access. That's actually equal to
what we saw back in twenty three.
Speaker 2 (35:00):
Yet, as Lands Holding of the National Agricultural Statistic Service
points out, there are indications within USDA's Farm Tech Use
report that how growers use the Internet has changed over
the past two years. A specific trend of note.
Speaker 29 (35:16):
Fifty percent reported that they actually purchase inputs for their
operation on the web. That's up eighteen percentage points from
what they reported back in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 2 (35:26):
And for marketing activities for their farm operation.
Speaker 29 (35:29):
Twenty nine percent said yeah, I go on the web
to do that. That's up six points from twenty twenty three.
So even though overall access hasn't necessarily changed, what they're
doing is certainly moving forward.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
Now, what about trends in nonfarm use of Internet by.
Speaker 29 (35:44):
Farms specifically when we asked them for non agg related activities,
we did actually see just a slight downturn and what
they might be doing in that space, but again only
four percentage points, so not a significant difference from what
they've reported two years ago.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
What types of Internet access are available and used by
farm operations in twenty twenty five compared to two years ago.
Speaker 29 (36:08):
The big topic is really around broadband access, and we
did see an increase there four percentage points from twenty
twenty three. So now fifty five percent of producers reporting
that they have broadband access, but seventy four percent have
cellular access, and so there's obviously high speed options there
as well.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
And in case you were wondering, yeah.
Speaker 29 (36:30):
Believe it or not, there's still some folks in some
very remote areas still reporting dial up access.
Speaker 2 (36:36):
Yet with a significant number of farm operations with sub
form of high speed wireless internet, how is that reflected
in the tech used?
Speaker 29 (36:45):
Eighty two percent have smartphones, that's pretty comparable to twenty
twenty three, but thirty five percent now say they own
a tablet or a similar portable.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
With that friends amount of time today, thanks for joining us.
Back tomorrow morning with another edition, A Baglife
Good morning, Valley. This is aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. While
a Southern Maryland cattle operator is no stranger to farmers'
markets or diversity in his business, his latest venture operated
his first ever farmers market in Washington, d C. Rod
Main has our story.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
The recent Great American Farmers Market at Washington, d C
brought vendors from all across the nation. According to Agriculture
Secretary Brook Rawlins.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Thirty states represented fifty ooths.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
One of those vendors Charlie Sasser the third He's a
fifth generation Southern barrel, a farmer who specializes in beef cattle.
Yet he acknowledges that it operates a commercial cal cafe business.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
I myself need faster turnover so I can't hold on
the calves for eighteen months to get him finished.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Out, leading to expansion of operations.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I've done calcaff I've ran hiris stockers before I've caved out.
Brett Heffers just trying to act as a commercial cattle producer.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
His parents farm provides a range of products from hay
to livestock to eggs from leg heads, and it was
during a bid July cattle transport that Charlie reached at
Epithety during what he calls windshield time.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
My mom had been used in a stock trailer that
I bought last year off in auction. She had kept
her laying hens in there just to get him started.
I thought to myself and Mike, she's using my stock trailer.
Why don't I have to get my own chickens and
put in a stock trailer.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
That led to barbering and purchase sek of leg heads
and more stock trailers.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
My mentality was, I'm already growing the grass, I've got
the cows to knock it down. I'm already driving to
the farm to check the cows twice a day, So
what's one more a little enterprise where I just have
to pick up the eggs and dump feed and fill
waters and just check them twice a day.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
So was new venture, happily called Get Laid Egg Company,
was only twenty five days in when he received a
call to fill a vendor's booth at the Great American
Farmers Market.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
This is my first farmer's market with my label, and
that I'm attending.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Barely enough time to get chores, stud and put a
side in front of his booth to state his business
batters or promotional flyers or sight e jet Now, farmers markets,
whether local to you or at the national ball in
the nation's capital, provide education to consumers about where and
how their food and products come from. Like examples from
Charlie Sasser the Third, I.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Certainly want to sell eggs, but I also want to
educate people about how I'm raising cattle and just agriculture
in general.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
And although not a stranger to Farber's markets, Charlie also
took advantage of educational opportunities about the ins and outs
of farmers markets with his fellow vendors in between sales
and discussions at his own booth.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Well, I talk to them.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
I'm more interested in finding out about their operations, how
they're raising things.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Broad Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, D's.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Well, friends, the latest US DADY report is predicting a
record large corn crop and a very big soybean crop
as well. What will that do to prices? That story
is ahead also some insight on when the southern border
might or might not reopen to cattle shipments coming into
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the US from Mexico. We'll be visiting with the Texas
agg Commissioner. Ahead you're listening to ag Life Bob gwenn
Back was some farm used today with trade uncertainty on
the mines of many farmers. The August World ag Supply
and Demand Estimates report through the corn market a curveball.
Chad Smith has more on that story.
Speaker 5 (03:26):
As farmers and ranchers across the country geurop for fall harvest,
The August WISD provided some insight into how production may look.
Faith Parum, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation,
said it looks like a big US corn crop is
on the way in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 6 (03:44):
The big story is we have a record US corn crop,
yielder up, acreages up, soybeans are holding steady, and wheat
experts got a small bump. But really what everyone's talking
about is that record corn crop, and it's going to
really set the tone as we head into harvest and
start making decisions.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
Parham said this report plays into the larger story of
global agriculture trade.
Speaker 6 (04:03):
Markets reacted pretty quickly. Corn slipped at the news of
large supplies, and we saw small boost and swaving prices.
Traders are really balancing the signals of a big US
crop against global demand.
Speaker 7 (04:14):
She said.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Uncertainty remains even as farmers prepare for the harvest season.
Speaker 6 (04:19):
So our USDA outlook really depends on moving these record
corn exports. With harves just a few weeks away and
starting for some, we already see tight farm margins, so
farmers are really going to need clear information on where
export stands to decide on how they market their crops.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
You can learn more on the market Intel page at
fb dot org. Chad Smith, Washington Well friends.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Hay growers across Washington and the Pacific Northwest have enjoyed
a great year when it comes to growing conditions, but
unfortunately the same camp you said about the economic conditions
growers face. Andrew Eddie, president of the Washington State Hay
Growers Association, says input costs for growers have shot up
considerably over the past three months.
Speaker 7 (05:02):
So that's that also is factoring into kind of what,
you know, what we got going on and makes our
upfront costs a lot more for a crout st. Hopefully
we maybe get close to making break even on and
giving our return on investment, but it's a little tough
to pencil that one out.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
In addition to those elevated input cost demand is soft
both internationally and domestically, he said. Despite the dry conditions
and reduced forage across the West, it remains to be
seen if the livestock sector will tap local hay growers
for additional feed.
Speaker 7 (05:32):
They'll be hunting for it, they'll be looking for it,
but then it comes down to kind of what they're
willing to pay and what they can afford to pay.
To be honest, with the corn market being a little
taking a little bit of a hit over the lost
a little while, I think corn is going to be
fed more as it kind of always is, and it's
cheaping up where it's a good energy source for a
cheap price, and so I think they'll choose that over alfalpha.
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But hopefully, well we'll kind of see a turn and
kind of build on that and go from.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
There talking hey and hay supply. The small livestock trade
through US ports of entry along the southern border is
still closed due to the spread of the New World
screwworm in Mexico. Now, the question now is when the
border reopened. Texas AGG Commissioner Sid Miller says he's not sure.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
You know, I get that question a lot, and they
don't have anything deafinite. I can tell you when we
successfully stopped the advance of the screwworm fly for so
let's say sixty days, and are we see it pushing
back down. We'll probably open it up now. Then there
is a possibility that we could open it up in November, December, January,
in the dead of winter. That's actually when we get
most of our feeder cattle in from Mexico.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
A great deal of cattle imports from Mexico take place
in mid winter.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
A roping cattle or feeder cattle coming December and January.
For the most part, there's not much fly activity in
those cold months, and they might even limit it to
January and February. So it could open then just because
inactivity of the fly. So, but I don't get to
make that call. That's USBA, but I am going to
make that recommendation.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Texas AGG Commissioner Sid Miller well friends the Hemp Feed
Coalition announced that hemp seed meal for laying hens was
published in the Association of American Feed Controlled officials' main publication.
Speaker 8 (07:08):
Now.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
The milestone comes two years after the organization's Ingredient Definition
Committee voted to approve hemp seed meal for this use,
making a hard earned victory for hemp and poultry producers nationwide.
Despite the achievement, HFC and its members stressed that the
regulatory path to the market for hemp feed remains riddled
with bureaucratic red tape. Farm News. This morning, we're listening
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to WAG Life.
Speaker 9 (07:33):
It's another agnews update foreign ownership of domestic farmland. More
after this.
Speaker 10 (07:43):
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 gym.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Crab elevator, rite for golf, working with bond.
Speaker 10 (07:55):
Animals, or hard day's work. Stay cool with gold bond
pott of spreads.
Speaker 9 (08:00):
With h Arkansas Governors Sarah Huckabee Sanders on prohibiting foreign
ownership of farm land.
Speaker 5 (08:09):
The last couple of months.
Speaker 11 (08:10):
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. That's why
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events like today matter so much. 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
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today a country's ability to feed itself, 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
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is willing to do everything within his power to make
sure the United States continues to be the greatest country
on the face of the planet.
Speaker 9 (09:26):
It's another agnews update.
Speaker 12 (09:29):
I'm Russ Kohler, 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
(09:50):
water each hour.
Speaker 13 (09:51):
This public service message is brought to you by Farm
Bureau and the US AGG Centers.
Speaker 9 (09:57):
American Cattle News reopen the the southern border with Mexico
for live feeder cattle, good or bad. More after this.
Speaker 12 (10:08):
I'm Russ Kohler, a dairyman 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 water and rest breaks
by drinking two to four cups of water each hour.
Speaker 13 (10:30):
This public service message is brought to you by Farm
Bureau and the US AGG Centers.
Speaker 9 (10:35):
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 Douglass, Arizona. Robbie Kirkland is a
family feeder from Vega Texas.
Speaker 14 (10:54):
Those cattle are used by farmers, backgrounders and then feed lots,
so all different sectors of the of the you know,
of the market of the of the beef chain. So
it's cattle will come across and then like I said,
a lot of them will be fed you know, particularly
in our region. I'm in the Texas cattle feeder region Texas, Oklahoma,
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and 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, would go on into the to the to
the feed lots sector. And and that's kind of how
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they're used.
Speaker 9 (11:40):
And why is this important to continue.
Speaker 14 (11:43):
Take a million head roughly out of the supply for
you know, shutting off the ports in and 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 week pasture because of just
you know, just cher 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 9 (12:17):
Mexico American cattle.
Speaker 13 (12:19):
Meuse.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
This is dairy radio now.
Speaker 15 (12:26):
Curtis Bosma, vice president of producer Services with High Ground.
Speaker 16 (12:30):
Dairy in Visalia, California.
Speaker 15 (12:32):
Curtis, The Agriculture Department sees a lot of milk ahead
according to last week's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates reports,
and perhaps the biggest eye catcher was its estimate on
US corn production.
Speaker 17 (12:45):
Yeah, looking at the report, I mean I think there
was an expectation that we were going to see corn
yields moving higher, but not maybe to this extent. The
one to eighty eight point eight yield projection for the
US corn crop is quite staggering. US also added just
over two million acres to the balance sheet for corn
as well. So with that that combination of yield and acreage,
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we should have the largest corn crop on record here
out of the US. So obviously that's been putting a
lot of weight on the corn futures and brought those
to the new contract lows for the new contracts.
Speaker 15 (13:18):
More corn means more Malka. Ahead, let's take a look
at the dairy supply and utilization report last week that
gives us a look at what demand looks like.
Speaker 17 (13:27):
Yeah, looking at supply utilization report on the chief side
of things, overall usage up slightly. And again on this one,
you know, with all of the additional processing capacity specific
to the class three kind of market there, it's nice
to see that exports have been kind of picking up
the slack there a little bit. So exports have been
carrying their weight. Looking at here, total exports up yere
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to date about almost twelve percent, whereas domestically we're up
just barely past where we were last year at this time.
So that has been kind of nice to keep that
market and balance to a certain extent. And looking at
butter again in something similar, where domestic demand has been
carrying the weight. You've seen a lot of increased production there.
I think a lot of that's drew to what you see.
(14:07):
You know, milk composition components are through the roof. Everybody's
cranking out high component milk, and luckily, yeah, domestic demand
has been able to kind of make up for some
of that. So domestic demand here year to date up
almost five percent. For the month of June was up
to seven percent. So that to keep that market in
balance to a certain scent.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
How about powder, Curtis, Powders are a.
Speaker 17 (14:25):
Little bit of a different story. So both non fat
and dry way have been struggling from a demand perspective.
I mean, year to date those two are down, you know,
five to eight percent, and again we split that demand
with both domestic usage and a lot more reliance on
exports for those two products. And some of that export
demand I would say, specifically for like the skim solids
(14:46):
and non fat dry milk has kind of been displaced
of you know, our top customer from the export market
being Mexico for that, and they've been the top importer
of cheese, so as they import more cheese, they import
less skim solids and non fat, so it's been kind
of one splicing the other.
Speaker 15 (15:00):
Thank you, Curtis. Curtis Bosma, vice president of producer Services
with High Ground Dairy in Visalia, California.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Here's dairy farmer Hank Wagner and his daughter Laura with
another simple miracle moment.
Speaker 18 (15:12):
Vacations are exciting and can produce multiple positive experiences. It
may be a time to think and dream more broadly
about what is possible.
Speaker 19 (15:20):
For many people, the first hurdle to overcome is believing
that a vacation is possible for them. They may think
that they cannot take time away from their businesses or
they can't afford it.
Speaker 18 (15:30):
Thoughts are powerful. If you believe that a vacation is
not possible, you are right. It may sound ridiculous, but
if you believe something can happen, it starts some things
into motion.
Speaker 19 (15:40):
What you believe sets your mind up to be able
to look for options to make it happen or solve
any potential problem standing in the way. There are many
miracles associated with taking a vacation, but only those who
act will enjoy them.
Speaker 8 (15:53):
That's Hank Wagner and Laura Rodd's, author of the book
Simple Miracles for More go to become better leaders, And
there's the Bell.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
Food safety should be a consideration for parents as they
pack school lunches for their children. USDA food safety expert
Meredith Corrothers says most important to remember from a food
safety perspective, keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold.
Speaker 6 (16:18):
What I find is a lot of people don't realize
how many things are perishable and how important it is
to keep foods cold, especially when we're talking about packing
lunches for younger kids.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
A brown paper bag lunch is not the way to go.
Speaker 6 (16:31):
Pack your child's food into an insulated container for many
different reasons.
Speaker 5 (16:36):
Using an insulated bag is the way to go.
Speaker 6 (16:38):
It helps keep that cold therein will help keep your
food safe and cold for the appropriate amount of time
until lunchtime.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
Or back to school and school lunch food safety tips
are available through USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline one eight
eight eight MP Hotline or by email at MP Hotline
at USDA dot Go. I'm Rodbain, reporting for the US
Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.
Speaker 20 (17:08):
A feel Good campaign from the California Walnut Board and
Commission is helping millennials feel good about eating walnuts. I'm
Patrick Cavanaugh with a California Tree Nut Report, part of
the vastag Information Network. Robert Verloup is President and CEO
of the California Walnut Born and Commission.
Speaker 21 (17:26):
They helped me with sleep and gut health and just
brain health, and I feel good also because I'm helping
family farms, and so when you look at it, this
feel good concept is all encompassing, but it really comes
back to I feel good about the decisions that I'm
making to feed myself my family. And there's an interesting
component that kind of came out of the research, and
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that is younger generation loves to entertain with food and
in a sense wants to show off of their culinary
expertise and the diversity of what they enjoy and a
lot of it's related to travel, and you know, we're
so much more attuned to how other people eat food.
So one of the things we see also is the
aspect of entertaining and entertaining friends with food and settings,
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and so that's part of this whole concept, is not
only the food itself, but also the setting of where
we're eating the food. So we're excited about it. We
think it's a nice shift away from kind of our
more conservative approach and it's in line with our long
term strategy. We need to get more people to eat
more walnuts, more often at a higher price.
Speaker 20 (18:29):
Sounds like a win win for sure.
Speaker 16 (18:32):
For over forty years, the AGG Information Network has been
providing news and information for the most important industry in
the world agriculture. The Egg Information Network gives you worldwide
updates from local producers to regional organizations, from major crops
like wheat and corn, to animal agriculture to specially crops
like apples, almonds, and cherries. We report on stories that
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mean the most to you online at aginfo dot net.
The Egg Information Network trusted and transparent journalism lasting for
the next generation. For the last forty years, the Egg
Information Network has been the source of news for farmers
and ranchers. Yet we have never seen such an assault
on farming and our food supply as we do today,
from fuel to fertilizer. Farmers are facing unprecedented economic challenges.
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This is why agriculture news that farmers receive comes from
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and farming. In decades of reporting, the ag Information Network
trusted and transparent journalism for generations.
Speaker 20 (19:29):
With the ag Information Network, I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
Speaker 22 (19:32):
Cotton growers in many areas are experiencing a positive shift
this year thanks to improved irrigation and early season rainfall.
Maxwell Smith, extension cotton specialists at Oklahoma State University, says
this year has been a switch compared to pass seasons.
Speaker 23 (19:49):
Definitely been a change of pace and definitely more excitement
in the region about actually making a crop once again.
And the crop is looking really good. Lots of early rains,
got in good stands, got growing really good. Test pressure
has been really really low thus far this season, and
then out the irrigation water is there to help us
out and get us through the rest of the year.
It's looking really good.
Speaker 22 (20:09):
The growing season started well for cotton producers.
Speaker 23 (20:12):
We started this year with a really good moisture profile
in our soil and planting conditions were really good. Now,
I will say after some of the cotton did come up,
we did have some storms and some high winds that
lose some of it out and cost of replanting, but
our soil temperatures were good, had the moisture underneath it,
and then continued to see intermittent rainfall for about a
month after the start of cotton planting, which really helped
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that plant get up and get growing and not have
us need to turn on the irrigation too soon.
Speaker 22 (20:41):
Smith, those things have right up over the last several weeks.
Speaker 23 (20:45):
I will say to an extent, it has kind of
turned off in the last two to three weeks hasn't
rained very much over much of the cotton grown area.
Getting all that moisture early really stretches us further into
the season without relying on irrigation. And then when we
get there into late July early August, when we're in
that peak blame stage and we really need to keep
that plant from stressing, we have that irrigation water still
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in our reserves, so to help us finish.
Speaker 22 (21:09):
A good crop again. That is Maxwell Smith, Extension Cotton
Specialists at Oklahoma State University. Artificial intelligence is making its
way into US agriculture. Doug Johnson of Johnson agg Outlook
talks about how AI if it's into production agriculture.
Speaker 24 (21:25):
What I'm talking about here is we've got to be
careful on what we expect out of it. Right now.
If you go and do AI for just say searching information,
it'll give you answers. But what I'm finding is the
answers are not as accurate right now. It's in the
early learning. And my concern in our society is are
we diligently fact checking the answers that we receive from
(21:48):
this AI tool now in agriculture, if you look at
AI and the technology. There's a whole new world out
here that it could enhance development.
Speaker 22 (21:56):
AI has the potential to do amazing things across different
agric cultural sectors.
Speaker 24 (22:01):
I talk about spot sprayers using lasers instead of chemicals.
Talk about cell phone apps where you can actually go
to the cattle sale and you can points your phone
right at the cattle and it'll tell you the weight
of the cattle. So there is all kinds of new
AI technology available. That's not what I'm concerned about. I
think that's awesome. What I'm concerned about is as we
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go in and say, tell me about X, and we
use AI and it gives us an answer. And what
I have found is AI is more inaccurate. It is
more bias than being accurate and unbiased.
Speaker 22 (22:35):
One of the concerning things is where AI gets its
information from.
Speaker 24 (22:39):
In part, AI gets information from Facebook, you know, the
ultimate news source, right that everybody laughs about. So AI
is looking at what is the most populous opinion out
there and says, well that must be truth. I've got
examples of AI. So this lab raised meat movement, I
went into AI and I typed in. I said, is
lab raised meat better than farm raised meat? And it
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said yes, and then it gave me reasons why lab
raised meat is better. We both know lab raised meat
is failing in its development. It is not better for
the environment, it's not cost effective, uses more water, the
whole story. But AI said yes, it's better. What if
you are not in an.
Speaker 22 (23:16):
Ag area again, That is Doug Johnson of Johnson Ag Outlook.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
USDA's annual look at farblad values and cash reds. According
to chief Accattabis Seth Buyer and Aicade, it's a cool
a good year over year growth, but that tread more
reflective in.
Speaker 8 (23:32):
Cash rents showing flat value changes year over year. Or
we're seeing the farmer's assessed value of their agriculture re
estate increasing by four point three percent.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Breaking down lab values by crop lads and pastures.
Speaker 8 (23:44):
If we separated out into cropland, still producers assess that
cropland increased four point seven percent in twenty twenty five
to thirty dollars an acre, so assessing that cropland is
increasing at a greater rate than overall ag land and
pasture land showing an even larger increase at four point
nine percent, hitting one nine twenty.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
Dollars far real estate value by state, reflect a year
over year increases in all forty eight states in the CONTIGUOUSUS,
led by an eight point four percent farm land value
increase in North Carolina. I'm road Bad reporting for the
US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 25 (24:21):
It's time for California egg Today on the Aggie Information Network,
I am Hayley's ship Well California Citrus Mutual says that
the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley is sounding
the alarm on the region's water future. Earlier this month,
the Blueprint sent formal letters to both the San Joaquin
Valley Congressional delegation and US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgham,
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urging significant federal investments in California's water infrastructure. The outreach
follows passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which
set aside one billion dollars for certain water projects, a
critical first step toward an estimated twelve billion dollar need.
The Blueprint thanked lawmakers for that down payment, but stressed
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the need for more, especially for major convenience repairs and
expanded water storage. Setting a UC data study, the group
warns that without action, the state could lose up to
nine million acre feet of water annually by twenty fifty,
along with fourteen and a half billion dollars in economic
damage and three million acres of farmland. The Blueprint says
(25:30):
it is committed to science based solutions that benefit people, agriculture,
and the environment.
Speaker 16 (25:38):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer
you have to go digital. Hmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest,
LinkedIn and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, but
which one? Oh on how receptive is this age group
to your sales pitch during non work social time. Maybe
(25:58):
the best place to reach a firearm with a farming
solution message is when they are well, quite frankly farming.
You know, it's easy for us to find them during
the day, as most farmers are behind the wheel of
a pickup truck or farm equipment with the radio on.
Listening to this station for the agg Information Network of
the West News. If you'd like to deliver information about
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your terrific product or service, give us a call and
we'll connect you directly with our community of loyal farmer listeners.
Reach real farmers right here, right now as they listen
to what is important to their farm operation. They trust us,
They'll trust you.
Speaker 25 (26:36):
This is California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
I am Haley Ship. For more agnews, check us out
online at aginfo dot net.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Bob gwinnback with some farm use today, with trade uncertainty
on the mines of many farmers. The August World AGG
Supplying Demand Estimates report through the corn market a curveball.
Chad Smith has more on that story.
Speaker 5 (26:58):
As farmers and ranch across the country gear rop for
fall harvest, The August WAZDI provided some insight into how
production may look. Faith Parum, an economist with the American
Farm Bureau Federation, said it looks like a big US
corn crop is on the way in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 6 (27:16):
The big story is we have a record US corn
crop yields her up, acreages up, soybeans are holding steady,
and wheat experts got a small bump. But really what
everyone's talking about is that record corn crop, and it's
going to really set the tone as we head into
harvest and start making decisions.
Speaker 5 (27:30):
Parham said this report plays into the larger story of
global agriculture trade.
Speaker 6 (27:36):
Markets reacted pretty quickly. Corn slipped at the news of
large supplies, and we saw a small boost and soaving prices.
Traders are really balancing the signals of a big US
crop against global demand.
Speaker 16 (27:47):
She said.
Speaker 5 (27:47):
Uncertainty remains even as farmers prepare for the harvest season.
Speaker 6 (27:52):
So our USDA outlook really depends on moving these record
corn exports. With harves just a few weeks away and
starting for some we already tight farm margins, So farmers
are really going to need clear information on where export
stands to decide on how they market their crops.
Speaker 5 (28:06):
You can learn more on the market Intel page at
fb dot org. Chad Smith, Washington, the Environmental.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
Protection Agency announced a new action aimed at protecting farmers, truckers,
and first responders from sudden power loss caused by diesel
exhaust fluid systems NOW. The new guidance was developed after
listening to farmers concerns and will allow for a more
reasonable and flexible approach to DEAF system warnings. Even Scott Mason,
the EPA's regional administrator in the South Central Region, was
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surprised at how quickly the announcement took place.
Speaker 26 (28:39):
I'm extremely proud to say that from that roundtable that
we had in Oklahoma that we took this back to
the Administrator and to our Office of Air. They got
to work. They started digging in and really looking at
this and basically what's going to happen, and this is
action that's going to take place now and down the
road too. So it's the two for one in a sense,
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it's really going to benefit our ag sector.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Mason talks about the challenges farmers face from deaf system warnings.
Speaker 26 (29:08):
If the tractor that they're operating runs out of death
or if the system sensor fails, it's programmed to automatically
shut down or severely restrict powered. Now it could literally
strand them in the middle of a harvest, which happens
all the time. That's one of the things we heard
about at the roundtable. It's very frustrating for the act community,
and really the same goes for truckers too, our first responders.
(29:29):
We've even heard horrifying instances of that happening when there
are ambulances, for instance, who are trying to transport a
patient to the hospital and the vehicle slows down to
a very slow mile per hour. So this affects any
vehicle that uses diesel fuel. So, as I mentioned, we're
fixing the problem.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Now, what does the EPA solution look like.
Speaker 26 (29:50):
We're going to be fixing it for the future. So
what that looks like is for vehicles of people already
own and that they're using, and for those manufactured in
the future. The engine and equipment may manufacturers can right
now revise the software in existing vehicles that triggers these shutdowns,
and then starting in the model year twenty twenty seven,
all new diesel on road trucks must be engineered to
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avoid sudden and severe power loss after running out of death.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
New guidance is designed for both older equipment and newer options. Well, friends,
most farmers want to farm, not to cultivate the Internet,
but one tech advisor says in twenty twenty five, a
web presence is a necessity. Mike Davis has our story.
Speaker 27 (30:30):
Most farmers want to farm, not cultivate the Internet, but
one tech advisor says in twenty twenty five, a web
presence is a necessity. Brand management advisor Rick Harrison has
been telling farmers that in today's business climate, every farm
needs its own website.
Speaker 28 (30:47):
And the reason for that is because in today's day
and age, your website is what your brick and mortar
building used to be. It is where people go to
learn more about your business, where they go to learn
more about your brand, to learn more about your story.
As soon as they get any sort of interest in you,
one of the first things that they'll.
Speaker 29 (31:05):
Do is go to your website or look for your website.
Speaker 27 (31:07):
Harrison says, you don't have to be a tech wizard
to create an attractive and informative website.
Speaker 28 (31:13):
It's a fairly simple process to set one up through
platforms like Wix or square space or Shopify. There are
a few options out there that are more tailored for
the ag industry, like Barntdoor or grace Cart. You will
pay a little bit more of a premium for those,
but they are more tailored for our world.
Speaker 27 (31:33):
He stresses that a website should not be left out
of your branding strategy.
Speaker 28 (31:37):
It is where people gravitate to in order to learn
more about you and your business. There's only so much
that you can tell through your Facebook page, and your
website gives you your own space in order to be
able to capture your audience and keep them more engaged
with you for a longer amount of time.
Speaker 27 (31:55):
That's brand management advisor Rick Harrison I'm Mike Davis.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Farm this morning. You're listening to Aglife.
Speaker 30 (32:04):
From the Egg Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
Washington State lost thirty seven hundred farms between twenty seventeen
and twenty twenty two, on average of two farms per day.
That's according to the USDA Sensus of Agriculture and the
recently released Mental Health and Suicide Prevention for Agricultural Producers
and Workers Report compiled by the Washington State Department of Agriculture.
The report cites many factors, including the rising cost of
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agricultural production. Washington's suicide rate consistently exceeds the national average.
India may be looking at a one percent drop in
the country's gross domestic product after President Trump added potential
tariffs to their goods. Analysts say the new cost were
imposed on India because it purchased Russian oil. New Delhi
reacted strongly to the announcement, calling the move unjustified. The
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Indian government said the country was being unfairly targeted because
other nations are buying oil from Russia and not getting
targeted by the White House. In twenty twenty three, small
family farms sold two point four billion dollars worth of
food directly to consumers more than any other farm type.
A small family farm earns a gross cache farm income
of under three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and most
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assets are owned by the producer, their households or relatives.
Mid sized family farms that are in between three hundred
and fifty thousand and a million, and non family farms
of any size reported far less direct to consumer sales,
at six hundred and fifty two million and four hundred
and two million, respectively.
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Speaker 1 (34:33):
Bob Quinn here to wrap up aaglie for today friends.
While farm internet use remains steady over a two year period,
how growers use the Internet appears to have changed. Rodbain
has our final report.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
USDA's every other year look at fib Technology Use reveals over.
Speaker 29 (34:51):
All internet access eighty five percent of farms this year
reported that they have Internet access. That's actually equal to
what we saw back in twenty three.
Speaker 2 (35:00):
Yet, as Lands Holding of the National Agricultural Statistic Service
points out, there are indications within USDA's Farm Tech Use
report that how growers use the Internet has changed over
the past two years. A specific trend of note.
Speaker 29 (35:16):
Fifty percent reported that they actually purchase inputs for their
operation on the web. That's up eighteen percentage points from
what they reported back in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 2 (35:26):
And for marketing activities for their farm operation.
Speaker 29 (35:29):
Twenty nine percent said yeah, I go on the web
to do that. That's up six points from twenty twenty three.
So even though overall access hasn't necessarily changed, what they're
doing is certainly moving forward.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
Now, what about trends in nonfarm use of Internet by.
Speaker 29 (35:44):
Farms specifically when we asked them for non agg related activities,
we did actually see just a slight downturn and what
they might be doing in that space, but again only
four percentage points, so not a significant difference from what
they've reported two years ago.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
What types of Internet access are available and used by
farm operations in twenty twenty five compared to two years ago.
Speaker 29 (36:08):
The big topic is really around broadband access, and we
did see an increase there four percentage points from twenty
twenty three. So now fifty five percent of producers reporting
that they have broadband access, but seventy four percent have
cellular access, and so there's obviously high speed options there
as well.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
And in case you were wondering, yeah.
Speaker 29 (36:30):
Believe it or not, there's still some folks in some
very remote areas still reporting dial up access.
Speaker 2 (36:36):
Yet with a significant number of farm operations with sub
form of high speed wireless internet, how is that reflected
in the tech used?
Speaker 29 (36:45):
Eighty two percent have smartphones, that's pretty comparable to twenty
twenty three, but thirty five percent now say they own
a tablet or a similar portable.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
With that friends amount of time today, thanks for joining us.
Back tomorrow morning with another edition, A Baglife
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