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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Valley, This is I Life. My name is
Bob Quinn. With you for the next hour, we're talking
about agricultural production here in the valley and all across
the country. We start off with a look at the
latest Planet acreage report.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Time to get a pulse pulses.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Several of us may not know what a pulse crop
is by day, but as USDA Research economist Wilma Davis
points out, we do recognize individual pulses such as.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
Dry beans, chickpeas, dry peas, and lentils. Those are all
what we call pulse crop.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
And one of Davis's roles at the Economic Research Service
is keeping a pulse on pulse crop production and treads
that make up their part of USDA's summertime Vegetable and
Pulses outlook.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
So for the latest edition, pulse.
Speaker 4 (00:43):
Plantings are up again in twenty twenty five, and we
look at how those acre shifts are unfolding by state, class,
across market.
Speaker 5 (00:51):
Category.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Specifics on pulse planted acreage this year rage from a
four percent increase in dry bead acreage from twenty twenty
four to a ten percent rise implanted dry pe acres
from the prior year. Well gather categories covered regarding US
pulse crops.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Per capita availability is a proxy for what is available
to be consumed domestically, and it reflects changes in domestic supply, trade,
and population size, not.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
An actual measure of consumption, according to Davis.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
According to our preliminary twenty twenty four estimate, per capita
availability of drivings increase by thirty percent increased fifty nine
percent for lentils, while chickpeas decline by nine percent and
dry peas fail by thirty three percent from.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
The previous year, turning to a view odd trade.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
The US has been a net exporter of drivings for
over thirty marketing years, but chickpeas are a little different
from that consistent net export pattern of driy beings. We've
only been a net exporter of chickpeas in about two
thirds of the marketing years from nineteen ninety one ninety
two through twenty three twenty four, which is about sixty
four percent of the time. But the last time we
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imported more chicken and we exported was in twenty twenty one,
twenty two marketing year deal. Over the past five years,
net kickpee exports were higher than the long term historical average.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Broad bad reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
This is Aglife, Bob Quinn. There was some fire news
this morning, friends.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
Well.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Estimates for this year's Washington apple crop are in at
about one hundred and forty two forty pound boxes, which
is at or near a record, but Washington State Tree
Fruit Association President John Devani says it hasn't come without
some challenges.
Speaker 5 (02:33):
There was some worry because we are in a declared
drought situation in Washington State again this year, and some
growers did see interruptions to their water supply at some periods.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
But that has been limited.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
What we're hearing from our members is that conditions overall
have been favorable, that they've gotten good quality and sizing
on their fruit, and they had good set of the
number of apples on the trees. So right now there's
a lot of fruit out there, so.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
There are things to watch move moving forward.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
What they're going to be looking at as growers here
for the next couple of months is what their labor
supply looks like, what the market conditions look like, how
the fruit continues to size and get color developments, to
determine how much will be economically and practically possible to pick.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
That should determine if we set a new record or not.
Speaker 5 (03:19):
That number could come down a little bit with such
a large crop, but it is good news given the
water shortfalls that we've seen and concerns about labor to
start with the crop that appears to be a really
good quality, good size and abundance.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
John Devani, President Washington State Tree Fruit Association, well for
as A. USDA also on with his potato acreage planted projections,
and the Department says that twenty twenty five potato planted
acreage and nationwide is forecast at nine hundred and twelve
thousand acres, a two percent year over year drop. USDA
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research economist Catherine Weber says based on that number, projections
are available for harvested acres, product and yields.
Speaker 6 (04:01):
The twenty twenty five NAS Acreage Report estimates that about
nine hundred and six thousand acres of the nine hundred
twelve thousand planted acres will be harvested based on average
abandonment rates. If this estimate is realized and yield is
close to trend, which is about four hundred and sixty
one hundredweight per acre production the season would fall less
than one percent year over year, from four hundred and
twenty million hundredweight and twenty twenty four to four hundred
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and seventeen point six million hundredweight and twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
When it comes to individual state numbers, for the.
Speaker 6 (04:29):
Second year in a row, potato planted acreage is expected
to decrease in Washington State, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Acreage
in Maine is also expected lower this season, from fifty
four thousand acres in twenty twenty four to fifty two
thousand acres in twenty twenty five. The twenty twenty five
planted acres forecast is unchanged from last season. For seven
of the thirteen NAS surveyed states, only Colorado and Wisconsin
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are expected to increase planted acres this year.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
USDA's November Crop production report will include updated potato acreage
and a preliminary production forecast, and that recent was they
report confirmed the potential for this year's row crops as well.
Riley Smith has more on.
Speaker 7 (05:09):
That now it's important for farmers to keep a close
eye on their crops and do whatever they can to
realize those potential yields. Kurt Martin's basf Tich kinggal Service
representative in eastern Iowa said he has observed some great
crop conditions in his area, but there are still some
issues to monitor walking.
Speaker 8 (05:24):
Corn and swabean fields with our customers, you know, checking
out how this crop is going to finish out. And yes,
we've got a lot of very good crops out there. However,
it's not perfect and we have seen or I am
seeing a lot of fungal disease with both corn and sowbeans,
which is to be expected when we've had as much
precipitation as we've had this year. A lot of my areas,
especially on the Iowa side of the river, have had anywhere
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from eight to twenty inches of precipitation in the month
of July alone, on top of somewhere around four to
eight inches in the month of June, and now in
August again we've had that precipitation continues in i I
know in Scott County where I live, we are dumped
with another three to four inches just in the past
couple of days. So we continue to stay wet and
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that continues to drive this fungal disease. That we see
in most corn and soybeans.
Speaker 7 (06:12):
Martin said he is seeing a lot of fungal disease
right now, with tarspot being particularly prevalent.
Speaker 8 (06:17):
Well, we've been seeing a lot of fungel disease, especially
in corn, going back into June when our first tar
spot lesions showed up. Those are the little small black lesions,
look like little drops of tar that are on the
leaf surface. But we've got all of our other diseases
out there. Northern corn leaf light it's going to be
a long cigar shaped gray lesion. Gray leaf spot which
is going to be a rectangular lesion. The big on
Southern Rust and Southern Rust are small oranges pustules and
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you're going to see a whole bunch of them in
a cluster.
Speaker 7 (06:43):
I'm Riley Smith.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Farm News this morning. You're listening to WAG Life.
Speaker 9 (06:46):
It's another ag news update. Usuitede exports are supported by
golf demand tight supply. More after this.
Speaker 10 (06:56):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention, and we
caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 11 (07:03):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the biggest empowering choices of your
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the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly. So we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 10 (07:22):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 9 (07:25):
Basis levels for US suite mixed over the week, with
many elevators full through September, but space remains for fall deliveries.
Corn Shipmunk's climbing but weaker soybeing demand could help support
weed exports this fall. Golf inquiries remain strong from both
traditional and opportunistic buyers, while liquidity concerns persist in the
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Pacific Northwest. Now industry analysts note farmer sellings been slow
at current prices, though upcoming harvest and storage needs may
spur more hard read Winter wheat yields and quality exceeding
expectations current estimates seven hundred and fifty seven million bushels
and average protein twelve point one percent. USDA's updated production
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estimate comes this week now for the weekend in July
thirty first net wheat cells totaling seven hundred thirty seven
eight hundred metric tons puts new year commitments at ten
point two million metric tons, twenty percent ahead of last
year and forty four percent of USDA's twenty three point
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one million metric ton projection. It's another agnews update.
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Speaker 9 (09:10):
By members of the Why American Cattle News did the
bottom just fall out of the cattle market? More after this.
Speaker 10 (09:21):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gergie from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 11 (09:28):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the biggest empowering choices of your
life to go out and get this degree inside of
the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly. So we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 10 (09:47):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 9 (09:51):
Oliver's slope is with blue line futures.
Speaker 14 (09:55):
And you're sort of new highs on Thursday, but got
hit art on Friday. At the clos October live cattle
futures were six dollars and twenty five cents lower to
settle at two twenty five ninety seven for the week,
though that was still two dollars and thirty cents higher.
Feeder cattle locked limit lower today, down nine dollars and
twenty five cents for every contract all the way out
to May of twenty twenty six. For the week, the
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most actively traded September contract was still six dollars and forty.
Speaker 15 (10:22):
Five cents higher.
Speaker 14 (10:23):
Live cattle and feeder cattle will have expanded trading limits
on Monday, so for live cattle that's ten seventy five
and feeder cattle thirteen seventy five. This morning's wholesale box
BEF report was mixed. We saw choice cuts a dollar
sixteen lower to three seventy seven seventy eight. Select cuts
gained ninety six cents to three fifty four to seventy one.
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Yesterday's five area average price for live series that was
reported at two forty, though it was on light volume.
Daily slaughter on Thursday came in at one hundred and
fifteen thousand head, which expanded the week to day total
four hundred and forty seven thousand. That is six one
thousand more than last week, but thirty four thousand less
in the same period last year. As you may have
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guessed from the big moves in cattle today, volatility measures
were sharply higher, particularly the CMECI Ball Index for live
and feeder cattle, both of which reached new highs for
the year in today's trade. Analysts note that future fundamentals, seasonality,
and fun positioning may all be playing a role in
the recent rise in volatility.
Speaker 9 (11:25):
That's Oliver's slow blue line Futures cash trade two thirty
five to two thirty seven in the South to forty
two two forty five in the North. American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
This is Dairy Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 16 (11:43):
On today's Producer Tuesday, sponsored by the Professional Dairy Producers,
we take a look at the initiative Your Farm, Your Footprint.
JJ Pagel from Pagel's Ponderosa explains on a recent PDP
Dairy signal.
Speaker 15 (11:55):
We had a meeting within our team and we're working
on our values, and one of the people in our
group brought up, you know, sustainability is more than just
a buzzword, and that's really where our sustainability tour started
at that point. But we started working on those types
of things. At that point, we had already had digestors
and we were making electricity for about sixteen hundred homes
in our area, so that's where our journey had started
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along the sustainability train. We've been looking for something like
Your Farm, Your Footprint for quite some time because we
needed to get a baseline so we can understand where
we're at. Sustainability to us is leaving it better than
we got it right, So how can we do a
better job taking care of our cows, taking care of
our employees, taking care of our environment, and you know,
leading up to things that'll just make it better for
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the next generation to come. So we're the third generation.
Our children are the fourth generation coming into the dairy.
Our dad always said, you know, farmers themselves are environmentalists
because if you don't take care of the ground, it
won't take care of you. So farmers themselves are always
trying to figure out the best way to recycle, the
best way to take care of the ground, the best
way to get the best out of our crops. And
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you know what's the best way we can do to
take care of everything.
Speaker 16 (13:01):
Listening to comments from JJ Paegel from Pegel's Ponderosa, who
helped pilot the initiative Your Farm Your Footprint on a
recent PDP dairy signal, and he continues to talk about
how your footprints on your farm affects the entire community when.
Speaker 15 (13:15):
You're out there at a children's event, baseball game, whatever
it may be. Having the ability to have some of
these uses taking cars off the road, dump trucks. People
know what a dump truck load of soil looks like.
People know how big a dump truck is. So like
our number, if you took five hundred and ninety one
pass cars off the road. What does that look like?
You get rid of every single car that's in this
parking lot today that's at this baseball game or it's
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at this family function, right. So it's a really cool
way to explain to people kind of what's going on.
They get excited to having conversations about it. Them understanding
that agriculture is really the only occupation out there where
we can sequest their carbon right, so we can help.
So when everyone he wants to be carbon neutral by
twenty fifty and reduced by a third by twenty thirty,
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you know they're looking towards agriculture. They're looking to the
US dairy farmers to really help out with these types
of things. And so the cool part is once you
get into this, you learn a lot about being more efficient.
And I think one thing that farmers have always been
really good at is doing more with less. So we're
understanding what more we can do with what we have.
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I've had the benefit of traveling over to Europe and
I've been in Ireland the last couple of years and
seeing what's going on over there. Ireland's going to reduce
their herd and the Netherlands are reducing their herd. Between
both those countries, they're reducing their herds by five hundred
thousand cows in the next two years due to owing
their curbon footprint. It's five to ten percent of the
US of where we are at today. We're milking ninety
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million cows in the US. And when those countries are
going to look for where are we going to get
our product from? If we are going to reduce our
herd numbers for whatever reason, we decide where are we
going to get those products from? I think the US
dairy producer knowing their score, US as farmers, will put
ourselves in the driver receipt to grow our export business
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exponentially because these countries are going to be looking for
somewhere to get their dairy products from, and they're going
to want to know what our scores are because again
in their countries, it's normal, everybody's scored. They already know them.
So as they look at reducing their herd numbers consolidating herds,
when they start doing that kind of stuff, they're going
to have to get it from somewhere. And who better
than the US dairy farmer to provide it for them,
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and this is all about educating people and getting them
their carbon footprint. So any questions that anybody has, please
reach out. You can reach out through PDP. Any questions
you got, you want to talk to an actual producer
who's been through it by all means, let us know.
Speaker 16 (15:38):
That's JJ Pagel from Pagel's Ponderosa helping piloting the initiative,
Your Farm, Your Footprint on a recent PDP dairy signal
and more details at pdpw dot org. Our thanks to
the Professional Dairy Producers for today's sponsorship of Producer Tuesday.
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Speaker 18 (16:24):
Now, China is still a major destination for California almonds,
but there's a lot they don't know about. I'm Patrick
Kavanaugh with the California Tree Nut Report, part of the
vastag Information Network. Chlarice Turner as President and CEO of
the Almond Board of California. She comments on the food
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shifts throughout China.
Speaker 19 (16:47):
There is no way that they're just to know there's
fourteen forms of almonds to play with, right, and what
those do to different products. How you can substitute almond
flour for wheat flour. China has a difficult time. When
I was head of supply chain Strategy and food for Starbucks,
one of our biggest challenges was getting enough wheat flour
in China to make croissants. We had to import it
from France. So having another alternative for flour is actually
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a pretty big idea for them. How that nets out
in terms of price point will probably be what it
comes down to, but it's, you know, it's another avenue
that especially for higher end products that I see, Like
there's all kinds of channels, but it is that educational
factor that'll be important. So you'll see us do more
of that. There's a whole bakery school component to this
in the south of China a long time ago was
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set up and they don't have anything really that's educating
on formulating with almond, powder, flowers, oil, any of it.
So and they're so healthy for you again and same
thing with diabetes and all the problems. They've got them too,
so they're also trying to solve for that. So it's exciting.
Speaker 18 (17:48):
That's Clarice Turner with the Almond Border California.
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Farm work is tough and so is staying safe on
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Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffic share the
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Here's what you need to remember.
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Tractors move slower, be patient, don't pass on hills or curves.
Farmers make sure your slow moving vehicles, signs and lights
are visible. And everyone's sailor, especially on rule roads.
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One moment of.
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Speaker 22 (18:53):
Finding the right cover crop breach operation can be challenging.
Farm location and the length of each growin season are
two of the biggest factors to consider when choosing a
cover crop. Brody Staple, a dairy farmer in Wisconsin, talks
about their ideal cover crop choice.
Speaker 23 (19:11):
Our most popular cover crop has went awry. It's easy
to plant, very hardy, very successful here along Lake Michigan,
where we have an even shorter growing season, so it's
easy to crank in after soybeans, maybe a little bit
more challenging to get in after grain corn, but after
corn silas, it's great to see that greening up again
in the fall.
Speaker 22 (19:28):
He talks about finding the right cover crop mix for
his operation.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
The other thing.
Speaker 23 (19:33):
When farmers want to just try a cover crop, right,
I always encourage him to go to the back forty
where nobody can see after wheat field, and you know,
you've got this great growing season after wheat and put
a multi species in. We usually go crazy, you know,
a little ten thirteen different species to create a mix.
But just put a mix in, and let's take advantage
of the growing degree units that we have from you know,
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mid July to the end of September October. So those
are kind of the two big things. And then after
that we get into the weeds a little bit, you
could say.
Speaker 22 (20:01):
Ricardo Costa, Associate director of act Strategies at the Nature
Conservancy in Wisconsin, says it's a good choice to not
rely on a single variety for cover crops.
Speaker 24 (20:13):
I see the more and more when I drive around
that folks are doing more cover crop mixes. So that's
a good next step as well. They are starting with ry,
but now they want to try new things, right, add
some clovers and other cover crops. So I think the
future is going to be like more farmers around not
only rely only awry, but let's put a mixtel there again.
Speaker 22 (20:32):
That is Ricardo Costa Other Wisconsin Nature Conservancy. The twenty
twenty five Farm Progress Show is one week away, and
this year the show will celebrate its twentieth year indicator Illinois.
Now the Farm Progress Show will be held August twenty sixth,
twenty seventh, and twenty eighth. Matt Youngman, National Events Manager
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for Farm Progress, says it won't be long now.
Speaker 25 (20:57):
Rick will be on site permanently and it's right around
the corner realistically.
Speaker 22 (21:01):
He says. The crops of the show's site look great.
Speaker 25 (21:04):
Everything's in great shape. Host farmers did a great job.
It was all in the ground by I believe it
was April sixteenth or April seventeenth, but there was a
little window there where they could get that early corn
in the ground on time. And it's gotten plenty of
ra in there in Decatur and getting good heat here
through the summer, so we're on pace for good field demonstrations.
Ratting an entirely new drone demo system to the show,
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so that's been a big project that Rick has been
working with the FAA to make sure that we can
get that right. And then all the regular stuff that
you've come to be familiar with with harvesting demonstrations and tillage,
and then also autonomy getting bolted into some of those things.
Speaker 22 (21:39):
It's been exciting to watch new technological developments show up
with the Farm Progress Show in recent years.
Speaker 25 (21:45):
Yeah, it's pretty cool to be able to be kind
of on the cutting edge of those things, and realistically,
we're writing rules so that these different players can compete
out there in the field demonstrations and whatever the cutting
edge thing is right now, it's autonomous machines, it's drones,
and its smart sprayers, and so we're wanting to make
sure to give an even platform for all those companies
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that are wanting to demonstrate those technologies, the ability to
put them on display in front of the growers so
that they have a really efficient use of their day
shopping and kind of learning about this technology.
Speaker 22 (22:18):
Again. That is Matt Youngman, National Events manager for Farm Progress.
For more information on this year's Farm Progress Show, Indicator
Illinois log Onto, Farm Progress Show dot Com. Secretary of
Agriculture Brook Rollins announced USDA's and tent to purchase up
to two hundred and thirty million dollars in fresh seafood,
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fruits and vegetables from American farmers and producers to distribute
to food banks and nutrition assistance programs across the country.
Speaker 3 (22:47):
USDA's annual look at farblad values and cash reds, according
to Chief ecatabist Seth Buyer, indicates a cool a good
year over year growth, but that tread more reflective in.
Speaker 26 (22:58):
Cash rents showing flat value changes year over year. Or
we're seeing the farmer's assessed value of their agriculture real
estate increasing by four point three percent.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Breaking down lad values by crop lads and pastures.
Speaker 26 (23:10):
If we separated out into cropland, still producers assess that
cropland increased four point seven percent in twenty twenty five
to eight hundred and thirty dollars an acre, so assessing
that cropland is increasing at a greater rate than overall
ad land and pasture land showing an even larger increase
at four point nine percent, hitting one nine and twenty dollars.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
Far real estate value by state reflect a year over
year increases in all forty eight states in the contiguous US,
led by an eight point four percent farm land value
increase in North Carolina. A broad bayed reporting for the
US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 27 (23:46):
It's time for California egg today on the AG Information
Network I am Hailey's Ship. Some California dairy farmers are
finding a new way to make the most out of
their herds, and it is not the usual cross breeding.
A recent AG alert from the California Farm Bureau tells
that more dairies are now using embryo transfers, with dairy
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cows now carrying pure bread beef embryos like angus. The
result is calves that even at just a day old,
are valued at hundreds of dollars higher than cross breads,
giving farmers another weight to ride the strong beef market.
The approach has been catching on in the San Joaquin Valley,
helped buy advances in reproductive technology that have improved success
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rates and then just made the process a bit more affordable.
Some producers say that pregnancy rates with embryos are now
as good as or even better than artificial insemination, especially
during these summer months when fertility usually drops. It isn't
without risk, though, the costs are higher upfront and that
return doesn't come until the calves are sold months later.
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But even with that, more dairies say the numbers are
penciling out to get more our information, just head on
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Speaker 1 (26:11):
Bob Quinn. Here are some farm news this morning, friends. Well,
The USDA is out with its potato acreage planted projections,
and the Department says the twenty twenty five potato planted
acreage nationwide is forecast at nine hundred twelve thousand acres,
a two percent year over year drop. USDA research economist
at Catherine Weber says based on that number, projections are
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available for harvested acres, production and yields.
Speaker 6 (26:34):
The twenty twenty five NAS Acreage report estimates that about
nine hundred and six thousand acres of the nine hundred
twelve thousand planet acres will be harvested based on average
abandonment rates. If this estimates realized and yield is close
to trend, which is about four hundred and sixty one
hundredweight per acre production, the season would fall less than
one percent year over year from four hundred and twenty
million hundredweight and twenty twenty four to four hundred and
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seventeen point six million hundredweight and twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
When it comes to individual state numbers, for the.
Speaker 6 (27:02):
Second year in a row, potato Planet. Acreage is expected
to decrease in Washington State, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Acreage
and Maine is also expected lower this season, from fifty
four thousand acres in twenty twenty four to fifty two
thousand acres in twenty twenty five. The twenty twenty five
planted acres forecast is unchanged from last season. For seven
of the thirteen mass surveyed states, only Colorado and Wisconsin
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are expected to increase planted acres this year.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
USDA's November production report will include updated potato acreage and
a preliminary production forecast. Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins and Texas
Governor Abbott held a press conference about the next steps
in the battle against the new World screwworm. Governor Abbott
says this is a dangerous pass that can affect everyone,
not just ranchers, every.
Speaker 28 (27:47):
Livestock sector and all the throw in deer population in
addition to the cattle population. They're all at risk because
of the screw worm. This is an enormous challenge and
you need to understand the magnitude. Just in tex this
can result in billions of dollars of losses a year.
It could truly crush the cattle industry as well as
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other livestock industry in Texas, and in doing so, is
going to lead to a dramatic spike increase in what
people are paying in groceries when they go to the
grocery store and try to buy food.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
USDA estimates that a screw worm outbreak could damage Texas
economy by as much as one point eight billion dollars
due to livestock losses, treatment cost and associated economic ripple effects.
Speaker 28 (28:33):
And we are going to face these dire economic consequences.
Our industries are ranchers, people who buy groceries.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
AG Secretary Brook Rawlins says, the Trump administration has a
four part plan to battle the screw worm.
Speaker 29 (28:46):
Today we are going even further and taking the most
sweeping actions in our country's history today to stop this
pest in its tracks. First, today we are announcing USDA
will invest and build a domestic sterile fly production facility
in Edinburgh, Texas, which is situated about twenty miles from
the southern border and complements the dispersal facility we have
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already begun production on with a capacity to produce three
hundred million sterile screwworm flies per week, and that's how
we eradicate the parasite. This facility will triple our current
output and eliminate our sole reliance on Panama and Mexico
for sterile fly supply, putting America first, we will invest
the federal government up to seven hundred and fifty million
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dollars on this facility and not an insignificant investment, and
it will also create about three hundred jobs right here
in Texas. Second, we are launching up to one hundred
million dollars in addition to the seven hundred and fifty
million to identify and deploy cutting edge technologies that can
accelerate our response. While the construction of the facility is underway,
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from novel traps and lures to modular steril fly units,
I am calling on the brightest minds in the country
to build on our existing tools and help us outpace
this pest quickly and in the most innovative way possible. Third,
because of the migration of infected wildlife over the US border,
keeping in mind, Governor and those who know this issue
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well know, back in the nineteen fifties and sixties, we
didn't have this population of wildlife in South Texas the
way we do now, but we are ramping up the
hiring of USDA employed mounted patrol officers known as the
Tick Riders or the Tick Crew. Actually went and rode
the border with him about a month or two ago,
which will be the cornerstone of our surveillance program. The
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tick Riders are mounted on horseback and will provide the
first line of defense. We're also training our beagles of
the Big Ole Brigade to detect screw worm infections and
will be significantly ramping up our border surveillance program with
those and others. And finally, because pests don't care where
the border is, we are working directly with Mexico, perhaps
in a way never seen before. My counterpart, Secretary Julio Berdigee,
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and I are in contact almost daily on this issue.
At this point, we are working with Mexico to boost
the surveillance, training and oversight inside Mexico to ensure real
time tracking.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
She says. The border remains closed to cattle imports farm us.
This morning, you're listening to wag Life.
Speaker 30 (31:17):
From the egg Information that Work. This is your agribusiness update.
About five years ago, California farmer John warmer Dam began
incorporating regenerative farming practices to grow peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries,
and almonds because he's not certified, though he doesn't earn
a premium for his crops, but says he's passionate about
doing the right thing. Last month, he and other San
Joaquin Valley farmers shared their experiences implementing regenerative farming practices
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at the University of California symposium. Speakers agreed to succeed,
regenerative agriculture needs more investment, improved markets, and greater profit margins.
Several key egg programs that Republicans didn't get in the
Reconciliation bill will expire soon. Punch Bowl says a fall
farm bill battle is coming because Republicans will likely need
Democrats help to construct a smaller farm bill. While the
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One Big Beautiful Bill took care of much of the
farm bill, that deep cuts in supplemental nutrition Assistance program
will make it harder to get the legislation over the
finish line. The Renewable Fuel Standard turned twenty on August eighth.
Groups like the National Corn Grewers Association celebrated the milestone,
noting that Since it was signed into law, the RFS
has provided immeasurable benefits to Americans, and CGA president Kenneth
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Hartman says it has dramatically increased demand for corn, provided
significant savings to consumers at the pump, and strengthened America's
energy dominance. Clean Fuel's Alliance also celebrated the RFS birthday.
Speaker 21 (32:39):
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?
Speaker 4 (32:53):
Oh?
Speaker 21 (32:53):
And how receptive is this age group to your sales
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to reach a farmer 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
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Speaker 1 (33:51):
Bob we'en here to wrap up aaglife for today, friends, well,
Canada's farmers are facing tariffs from another major customer. Dennis
Skey has our story.
Speaker 12 (34:00):
Canadian farmers have been told that their biggest customer, China,
has once again imposed a huge tariff on Canada's largest
oilseed export crop, effective immediately, but China did not say
how long the tariff will remain in place. China has
hit Canadian canola seed with a seventy six percent duty
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following a Chinese anti dumping investigation, but a former advisor
to Canada's international trade believes this most recent move by
China against Canada ties directly to the one hundred percent
tariff that the former US Biden administration imposed against Chinese
electric vehicles almost a month after that move Canada followed
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the US and matched the US tariff on Chinese EV's.
Bill Dawkins is a former Chief of staff in the
Canadian International Trade Ministry. Dawkins said that when Canada followed
the US on imposing the Chinese EV tariff last September,
Canada would review that tariff stance a year later. The
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decision deadline is fast approaching.
Speaker 31 (35:05):
Canada announced that within one year we would review those tariffs.
And what China has done now about a month ahead
of our one year anniversary, is they've doubled down on
the only remaining aspect of the canola trade, and that
is on seed. It's about a four billion dollar trade
for Canada. They've indicated they could remove them at any time,
which of course is some strategic leverage in advance of
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our decision this fall as to what.
Speaker 12 (35:28):
We're going to do with Back in twenty nineteen, China
placed high tariffs on Canadian canola in response to Canada
arresting a Chinese corporate executive at the request of the
American Justice Department. However, China made no such moves against
the US over that event. International trade advisor Bill Dawkins
(35:48):
believes that history is repeating itself here. China wants the
US to lift its electric vehicle tariffs and is using
this latest Canola tariff on Canada to send a message
to the US over its continued ev tariff.
Speaker 31 (36:03):
They didn't retaliate at all against the United States, but
in Canada's case, they put very significant tariffs on our
canola products to do what is reflective of the Chinese
proverb to scare the monkey, kill the chicken, Chinese way
of saying, in order to deter others, you've really got
to crack down on the best victims. So they chose Canada,
kidding us right where it hurts in the agricultural space.
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Entirely reflective of that.
Speaker 12 (36:27):
It should be noted that in the face of Donald
Trump's global trade actions, while other nations have threatened retaliation,
only Canada and China have actually followed through on counter
tariffs against the US. Now, Canada is taking the economic
brunt of teriff action by the world's two largest markets,
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China and the US. Canadian International Trade Minister former Chief
of Staff Bill Dawkins says that Canada, along with the
free trading world, is being told by both of those
economies that every must now pick a side.
Speaker 31 (37:02):
Canada and the Western world all are being pressed by
the United States to pick aside who's economy in this modern,
effectively Cold war between the legacy power of the United
States and the rising power of China. Black versus white characteristics,
two different Fundamental.
Speaker 12 (37:20):
Camps reporting from Canada. I'm Dennis Guy. With that, friends,
we're out of time for today. Thanks for joining us.
Back tomorrow morning with another edition of Bag Life.
Good morning, Valley, This is I Life. My name is
Bob Quinn. With you for the next hour, we're talking
about agricultural production here in the valley and all across
the country. We start off with a look at the
latest Planet acreage report.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Time to get a pulse pulses.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Several of us may not know what a pulse crop
is by day, but as USDA Research economist Wilma Davis
points out, we do recognize individual pulses such as.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
Dry beans, chickpeas, dry peas, and lentils. Those are all
what we call pulse crop.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
And one of Davis's roles at the Economic Research Service
is keeping a pulse on pulse crop production and treads
that make up their part of USDA's summertime Vegetable and
Pulses outlook.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
So for the latest edition, pulse.
Speaker 4 (00:43):
Plantings are up again in twenty twenty five, and we
look at how those acre shifts are unfolding by state, class,
across market.
Speaker 5 (00:51):
Category.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Specifics on pulse planted acreage this year rage from a
four percent increase in dry bead acreage from twenty twenty
four to a ten percent rise implanted dry pe acres
from the prior year. Well gather categories covered regarding US
pulse crops.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Per capita availability is a proxy for what is available
to be consumed domestically, and it reflects changes in domestic supply, trade,
and population size, not.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
An actual measure of consumption, according to Davis.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
According to our preliminary twenty twenty four estimate, per capita
availability of drivings increase by thirty percent increased fifty nine
percent for lentils, while chickpeas decline by nine percent and
dry peas fail by thirty three percent from.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
The previous year, turning to a view odd trade.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
The US has been a net exporter of drivings for
over thirty marketing years, but chickpeas are a little different
from that consistent net export pattern of driy beings. We've
only been a net exporter of chickpeas in about two
thirds of the marketing years from nineteen ninety one ninety
two through twenty three twenty four, which is about sixty
four percent of the time. But the last time we
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imported more chicken and we exported was in twenty twenty one,
twenty two marketing year deal. Over the past five years,
net kickpee exports were higher than the long term historical average.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Broad bad reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
This is Aglife, Bob Quinn. There was some fire news
this morning, friends.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
Well.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Estimates for this year's Washington apple crop are in at
about one hundred and forty two forty pound boxes, which
is at or near a record, but Washington State Tree
Fruit Association President John Devani says it hasn't come without
some challenges.
Speaker 5 (02:33):
There was some worry because we are in a declared
drought situation in Washington State again this year, and some
growers did see interruptions to their water supply at some periods.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
But that has been limited.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
What we're hearing from our members is that conditions overall
have been favorable, that they've gotten good quality and sizing
on their fruit, and they had good set of the
number of apples on the trees. So right now there's
a lot of fruit out there, so.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
There are things to watch move moving forward.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
What they're going to be looking at as growers here
for the next couple of months is what their labor
supply looks like, what the market conditions look like, how
the fruit continues to size and get color developments, to
determine how much will be economically and practically possible to pick.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
That should determine if we set a new record or not.
Speaker 5 (03:19):
That number could come down a little bit with such
a large crop, but it is good news given the
water shortfalls that we've seen and concerns about labor to
start with the crop that appears to be a really
good quality, good size and abundance.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
John Devani, President Washington State Tree Fruit Association, well for
as A. USDA also on with his potato acreage planted projections,
and the Department says that twenty twenty five potato planted
acreage and nationwide is forecast at nine hundred and twelve
thousand acres, a two percent year over year drop. USDA
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research economist Catherine Weber says based on that number, projections
are available for harvested acres, product and yields.
Speaker 6 (04:01):
The twenty twenty five NAS Acreage Report estimates that about
nine hundred and six thousand acres of the nine hundred
twelve thousand planted acres will be harvested based on average
abandonment rates. If this estimate is realized and yield is
close to trend, which is about four hundred and sixty
one hundredweight per acre production the season would fall less
than one percent year over year, from four hundred and
twenty million hundredweight and twenty twenty four to four hundred
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and seventeen point six million hundredweight and twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
When it comes to individual state numbers, for the.
Speaker 6 (04:29):
Second year in a row, potato planted acreage is expected
to decrease in Washington State, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Acreage
in Maine is also expected lower this season, from fifty
four thousand acres in twenty twenty four to fifty two
thousand acres in twenty twenty five. The twenty twenty five
planted acres forecast is unchanged from last season. For seven
of the thirteen NAS surveyed states, only Colorado and Wisconsin
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are expected to increase planted acres this year.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
USDA's November Crop production report will include updated potato acreage
and a preliminary production forecast, and that recent was they
report confirmed the potential for this year's row crops as well.
Riley Smith has more on.
Speaker 7 (05:09):
That now it's important for farmers to keep a close
eye on their crops and do whatever they can to
realize those potential yields. Kurt Martin's basf Tich kinggal Service
representative in eastern Iowa said he has observed some great
crop conditions in his area, but there are still some
issues to monitor walking.
Speaker 8 (05:24):
Corn and swabean fields with our customers, you know, checking
out how this crop is going to finish out. And yes,
we've got a lot of very good crops out there. However,
it's not perfect and we have seen or I am
seeing a lot of fungal disease with both corn and sowbeans,
which is to be expected when we've had as much
precipitation as we've had this year. A lot of my areas,
especially on the Iowa side of the river, have had anywhere
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from eight to twenty inches of precipitation in the month
of July alone, on top of somewhere around four to
eight inches in the month of June, and now in
August again we've had that precipitation continues in i I
know in Scott County where I live, we are dumped
with another three to four inches just in the past
couple of days. So we continue to stay wet and
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that continues to drive this fungal disease. That we see
in most corn and soybeans.
Speaker 7 (06:12):
Martin said he is seeing a lot of fungal disease
right now, with tarspot being particularly prevalent.
Speaker 8 (06:17):
Well, we've been seeing a lot of fungel disease, especially
in corn, going back into June when our first tar
spot lesions showed up. Those are the little small black lesions,
look like little drops of tar that are on the
leaf surface. But we've got all of our other diseases
out there. Northern corn leaf light it's going to be
a long cigar shaped gray lesion. Gray leaf spot which
is going to be a rectangular lesion. The big on
Southern Rust and Southern Rust are small oranges pustules and
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you're going to see a whole bunch of them in
a cluster.
Speaker 7 (06:43):
I'm Riley Smith.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Farm News this morning. You're listening to WAG Life.
Speaker 9 (06:46):
It's another ag news update. Usuitede exports are supported by
golf demand tight supply. More after this.
Speaker 10 (06:56):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention, and we
caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 11 (07:03):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the biggest empowering choices of your
life to go out and get this degree inside of
the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly. So we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 10 (07:22):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 9 (07:25):
Basis levels for US suite mixed over the week, with
many elevators full through September, but space remains for fall deliveries.
Corn Shipmunk's climbing but weaker soybeing demand could help support
weed exports this fall. Golf inquiries remain strong from both
traditional and opportunistic buyers, while liquidity concerns persist in the
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Pacific Northwest. Now industry analysts note farmer sellings been slow
at current prices, though upcoming harvest and storage needs may
spur more hard read Winter wheat yields and quality exceeding
expectations current estimates seven hundred and fifty seven million bushels
and average protein twelve point one percent. USDA's updated production
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estimate comes this week now for the weekend in July
thirty first net wheat cells totaling seven hundred thirty seven
eight hundred metric tons puts new year commitments at ten
point two million metric tons, twenty percent ahead of last
year and forty four percent of USDA's twenty three point
(08:37):
one million metric ton projection. It's another agnews update.
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Speaker 9 (09:10):
By members of the Why American Cattle News did the
bottom just fall out of the cattle market? More after this.
Speaker 10 (09:21):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gergie from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 11 (09:28):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the biggest empowering choices of your
life to go out and get this degree inside of
the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly. So we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 10 (09:47):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 9 (09:51):
Oliver's slope is with blue line futures.
Speaker 14 (09:55):
And you're sort of new highs on Thursday, but got
hit art on Friday. At the clos October live cattle
futures were six dollars and twenty five cents lower to
settle at two twenty five ninety seven for the week,
though that was still two dollars and thirty cents higher.
Feeder cattle locked limit lower today, down nine dollars and
twenty five cents for every contract all the way out
to May of twenty twenty six. For the week, the
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most actively traded September contract was still six dollars and forty.
Speaker 15 (10:22):
Five cents higher.
Speaker 14 (10:23):
Live cattle and feeder cattle will have expanded trading limits
on Monday, so for live cattle that's ten seventy five
and feeder cattle thirteen seventy five. This morning's wholesale box
BEF report was mixed. We saw choice cuts a dollar
sixteen lower to three seventy seven seventy eight. Select cuts
gained ninety six cents to three fifty four to seventy one.
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Yesterday's five area average price for live series that was
reported at two forty, though it was on light volume.
Daily slaughter on Thursday came in at one hundred and
fifteen thousand head, which expanded the week to day total
four hundred and forty seven thousand. That is six one
thousand more than last week, but thirty four thousand less
in the same period last year. As you may have
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guessed from the big moves in cattle today, volatility measures
were sharply higher, particularly the CMECI Ball Index for live
and feeder cattle, both of which reached new highs for
the year in today's trade. Analysts note that future fundamentals, seasonality,
and fun positioning may all be playing a role in
the recent rise in volatility.
Speaker 9 (11:25):
That's Oliver's slow blue line Futures cash trade two thirty
five to two thirty seven in the South to forty
two two forty five in the North. American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
This is Dairy Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 16 (11:43):
On today's Producer Tuesday, sponsored by the Professional Dairy Producers,
we take a look at the initiative Your Farm, Your Footprint.
JJ Pagel from Pagel's Ponderosa explains on a recent PDP
Dairy signal.
Speaker 15 (11:55):
We had a meeting within our team and we're working
on our values, and one of the people in our
group brought up, you know, sustainability is more than just
a buzzword, and that's really where our sustainability tour started
at that point. But we started working on those types
of things. At that point, we had already had digestors
and we were making electricity for about sixteen hundred homes
in our area, so that's where our journey had started
(12:17):
along the sustainability train. We've been looking for something like
Your Farm, Your Footprint for quite some time because we
needed to get a baseline so we can understand where
we're at. Sustainability to us is leaving it better than
we got it right, So how can we do a
better job taking care of our cows, taking care of
our employees, taking care of our environment, and you know,
leading up to things that'll just make it better for
(12:37):
the next generation to come. So we're the third generation.
Our children are the fourth generation coming into the dairy.
Our dad always said, you know, farmers themselves are environmentalists
because if you don't take care of the ground, it
won't take care of you. So farmers themselves are always
trying to figure out the best way to recycle, the
best way to take care of the ground, the best
way to get the best out of our crops. And
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you know what's the best way we can do to
take care of everything.
Speaker 16 (13:01):
Listening to comments from JJ Paegel from Pegel's Ponderosa, who
helped pilot the initiative Your Farm Your Footprint on a
recent PDP dairy signal, and he continues to talk about
how your footprints on your farm affects the entire community when.
Speaker 15 (13:15):
You're out there at a children's event, baseball game, whatever
it may be. Having the ability to have some of
these uses taking cars off the road, dump trucks. People
know what a dump truck load of soil looks like.
People know how big a dump truck is. So like
our number, if you took five hundred and ninety one
pass cars off the road. What does that look like?
You get rid of every single car that's in this
parking lot today that's at this baseball game or it's
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at this family function, right. So it's a really cool
way to explain to people kind of what's going on.
They get excited to having conversations about it. Them understanding
that agriculture is really the only occupation out there where
we can sequest their carbon right, so we can help.
So when everyone he wants to be carbon neutral by
twenty fifty and reduced by a third by twenty thirty,
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you know they're looking towards agriculture. They're looking to the
US dairy farmers to really help out with these types
of things. And so the cool part is once you
get into this, you learn a lot about being more efficient.
And I think one thing that farmers have always been
really good at is doing more with less. So we're
understanding what more we can do with what we have.
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I've had the benefit of traveling over to Europe and
I've been in Ireland the last couple of years and
seeing what's going on over there. Ireland's going to reduce
their herd and the Netherlands are reducing their herd. Between
both those countries, they're reducing their herds by five hundred
thousand cows in the next two years due to owing
their curbon footprint. It's five to ten percent of the
US of where we are at today. We're milking ninety
(14:41):
million cows in the US. And when those countries are
going to look for where are we going to get
our product from? If we are going to reduce our
herd numbers for whatever reason, we decide where are we
going to get those products from? I think the US
dairy producer knowing their score, US as farmers, will put
ourselves in the driver receipt to grow our export business
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exponentially because these countries are going to be looking for
somewhere to get their dairy products from, and they're going
to want to know what our scores are because again
in their countries, it's normal, everybody's scored. They already know them.
So as they look at reducing their herd numbers consolidating herds,
when they start doing that kind of stuff, they're going
to have to get it from somewhere. And who better
than the US dairy farmer to provide it for them,
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and this is all about educating people and getting them
their carbon footprint. So any questions that anybody has, please
reach out. You can reach out through PDP. Any questions
you got, you want to talk to an actual producer
who's been through it by all means, let us know.
Speaker 16 (15:38):
That's JJ Pagel from Pagel's Ponderosa helping piloting the initiative,
Your Farm, Your Footprint on a recent PDP dairy signal
and more details at pdpw dot org. Our thanks to
the Professional Dairy Producers for today's sponsorship of Producer Tuesday.
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Now, China is still a major destination for California almonds,
but there's a lot they don't know about. I'm Patrick
Kavanaugh with the California Tree Nut Report, part of the
vastag Information Network. Chlarice Turner as President and CEO of
the Almond Board of California. She comments on the food
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shifts throughout China.
Speaker 19 (16:47):
There is no way that they're just to know there's
fourteen forms of almonds to play with, right, and what
those do to different products. How you can substitute almond
flour for wheat flour. China has a difficult time. When
I was head of supply chain Strategy and food for Starbucks,
one of our biggest challenges was getting enough wheat flour
in China to make croissants. We had to import it
from France. So having another alternative for flour is actually
(17:10):
a pretty big idea for them. How that nets out
in terms of price point will probably be what it
comes down to, but it's, you know, it's another avenue
that especially for higher end products that I see, Like
there's all kinds of channels, but it is that educational
factor that'll be important. So you'll see us do more
of that. There's a whole bakery school component to this
in the south of China a long time ago was
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set up and they don't have anything really that's educating
on formulating with almond, powder, flowers, oil, any of it.
So and they're so healthy for you again and same
thing with diabetes and all the problems. They've got them too,
so they're also trying to solve for that. So it's exciting.
Speaker 18 (17:48):
That's Clarice Turner with the Almond Border California.
Speaker 10 (17:52):
Farm work is tough and so is staying safe on
the road.
Speaker 20 (17:54):
Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffic share the
same space, whether you're behind the wheel of a t
or a car.
Speaker 10 (18:01):
Here's what you need to remember.
Speaker 20 (18:02):
Tractors move slower, be patient, don't pass on hills or curves.
Farmers make sure your slow moving vehicles, signs and lights
are visible. And everyone's sailor, especially on rule roads.
Speaker 10 (18:13):
One moment of.
Speaker 20 (18:14):
Caution can save alife. Let's work together to keep our
roads and our farm safe. This message was brought to
you by the AG Information Network.
Speaker 21 (18:21):
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
(18:42):
mean the most to you online at aginfo dot net.
The Egg Information Network trusted and transparent journalism lasting for
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Speaker 18 (18:50):
With the ag Information Network, uh Patrick Kavanaugh.
Speaker 22 (18:53):
Finding the right cover crop breach operation can be challenging.
Farm location and the length of each growin season are
two of the biggest factors to consider when choosing a
cover crop. Brody Staple, a dairy farmer in Wisconsin, talks
about their ideal cover crop choice.
Speaker 23 (19:11):
Our most popular cover crop has went awry. It's easy
to plant, very hardy, very successful here along Lake Michigan,
where we have an even shorter growing season, so it's
easy to crank in after soybeans, maybe a little bit
more challenging to get in after grain corn, but after
corn silas, it's great to see that greening up again
in the fall.
Speaker 22 (19:28):
He talks about finding the right cover crop mix for
his operation.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
The other thing.
Speaker 23 (19:33):
When farmers want to just try a cover crop, right,
I always encourage him to go to the back forty
where nobody can see after wheat field, and you know,
you've got this great growing season after wheat and put
a multi species in. We usually go crazy, you know,
a little ten thirteen different species to create a mix.
But just put a mix in, and let's take advantage
of the growing degree units that we have from you know,
(19:54):
mid July to the end of September October. So those
are kind of the two big things. And then after
that we get into the weeds a little bit, you
could say.
Speaker 22 (20:01):
Ricardo Costa, Associate director of act Strategies at the Nature
Conservancy in Wisconsin, says it's a good choice to not
rely on a single variety for cover crops.
Speaker 24 (20:13):
I see the more and more when I drive around
that folks are doing more cover crop mixes. So that's
a good next step as well. They are starting with ry,
but now they want to try new things, right, add
some clovers and other cover crops. So I think the
future is going to be like more farmers around not
only rely only awry, but let's put a mixtel there again.
Speaker 22 (20:32):
That is Ricardo Costa Other Wisconsin Nature Conservancy. The twenty
twenty five Farm Progress Show is one week away, and
this year the show will celebrate its twentieth year indicator Illinois.
Now the Farm Progress Show will be held August twenty sixth,
twenty seventh, and twenty eighth. Matt Youngman, National Events Manager
(20:53):
for Farm Progress, says it won't be long now.
Speaker 25 (20:57):
Rick will be on site permanently and it's right around
the corner realistically.
Speaker 22 (21:01):
He says. The crops of the show's site look great.
Speaker 25 (21:04):
Everything's in great shape. Host farmers did a great job.
It was all in the ground by I believe it
was April sixteenth or April seventeenth, but there was a
little window there where they could get that early corn
in the ground on time. And it's gotten plenty of
ra in there in Decatur and getting good heat here
through the summer, so we're on pace for good field demonstrations.
Ratting an entirely new drone demo system to the show,
(21:26):
so that's been a big project that Rick has been
working with the FAA to make sure that we can
get that right. And then all the regular stuff that
you've come to be familiar with with harvesting demonstrations and tillage,
and then also autonomy getting bolted into some of those things.
Speaker 22 (21:39):
It's been exciting to watch new technological developments show up
with the Farm Progress Show in recent years.
Speaker 25 (21:45):
Yeah, it's pretty cool to be able to be kind
of on the cutting edge of those things, and realistically,
we're writing rules so that these different players can compete
out there in the field demonstrations and whatever the cutting
edge thing is right now, it's autonomous machines, it's drones,
and its smart sprayers, and so we're wanting to make
sure to give an even platform for all those companies
(22:07):
that are wanting to demonstrate those technologies, the ability to
put them on display in front of the growers so
that they have a really efficient use of their day
shopping and kind of learning about this technology.
Speaker 22 (22:18):
Again. That is Matt Youngman, National Events manager for Farm Progress.
For more information on this year's Farm Progress Show, Indicator
Illinois log Onto, Farm Progress Show dot Com. Secretary of
Agriculture Brook Rollins announced USDA's and tent to purchase up
to two hundred and thirty million dollars in fresh seafood,
(22:38):
fruits and vegetables from American farmers and producers to distribute
to food banks and nutrition assistance programs across the country.
Speaker 3 (22:47):
USDA's annual look at farblad values and cash reds, according
to Chief ecatabist Seth Buyer, indicates a cool a good
year over year growth, but that tread more reflective in.
Speaker 26 (22:58):
Cash rents showing flat value changes year over year. Or
we're seeing the farmer's assessed value of their agriculture real
estate increasing by four point three percent.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Breaking down lad values by crop lads and pastures.
Speaker 26 (23:10):
If we separated out into cropland, still producers assess that
cropland increased four point seven percent in twenty twenty five
to eight hundred and thirty dollars an acre, so assessing
that cropland is increasing at a greater rate than overall
ad land and pasture land showing an even larger increase
at four point nine percent, hitting one nine and twenty dollars.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
Far real estate value by state reflect a year over
year increases in all forty eight states in the contiguous US,
led by an eight point four percent farm land value
increase in North Carolina. A broad bayed reporting for the
US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 27 (23:46):
It's time for California egg today on the AG Information
Network I am Hailey's Ship. Some California dairy farmers are
finding a new way to make the most out of
their herds, and it is not the usual cross breeding.
A recent AG alert from the California Farm Bureau tells
that more dairies are now using embryo transfers, with dairy
(24:09):
cows now carrying pure bread beef embryos like angus. The
result is calves that even at just a day old,
are valued at hundreds of dollars higher than cross breads,
giving farmers another weight to ride the strong beef market.
The approach has been catching on in the San Joaquin Valley,
helped buy advances in reproductive technology that have improved success
(24:32):
rates and then just made the process a bit more affordable.
Some producers say that pregnancy rates with embryos are now
as good as or even better than artificial insemination, especially
during these summer months when fertility usually drops. It isn't
without risk, though, the costs are higher upfront and that
return doesn't come until the calves are sold months later.
(24:55):
But even with that, more dairies say the numbers are
penciling out to get more our information, just head on
over to our website aginfo dot net.
Speaker 21 (25:04):
For the last forty years, the AGG 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. This is why agriculture
news that farmers receive comes from the AG Information Network,
reaching coast to coast, deep roots and farming. In decades
(25:28):
of reporting, the AG Information Network trusted and transparent journalism
for generations. The best place to reach a farmer with
a farming solution message is when they're well farming. It's
easy to find them during the day, as most farmers
are behind the wheel of their pickup truck or farm
equipment with the radio on listening to this station for
the AG Information Network of the West news. So reach
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real farmers right here, right now as they listen to
what's important to their farm operation. Give us a call
and we'll connect you with our local farming community. They
trust us, so they'll trust you.
Speaker 27 (26:02):
This is California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
I am Hailey Ship For more agnews, check us out
online at aginfo dot net.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
Bob Quinn. Here are some farm news this morning, friends. Well,
The USDA is out with its potato acreage planted projections,
and the Department says the twenty twenty five potato planted
acreage nationwide is forecast at nine hundred twelve thousand acres,
a two percent year over year drop. USDA research economist
at Catherine Weber says based on that number, projections are
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available for harvested acres, production and yields.
Speaker 6 (26:34):
The twenty twenty five NAS Acreage report estimates that about
nine hundred and six thousand acres of the nine hundred
twelve thousand planet acres will be harvested based on average
abandonment rates. If this estimates realized and yield is close
to trend, which is about four hundred and sixty one
hundredweight per acre production, the season would fall less than
one percent year over year from four hundred and twenty
million hundredweight and twenty twenty four to four hundred and
(26:57):
seventeen point six million hundredweight and twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
When it comes to individual state numbers, for the.
Speaker 6 (27:02):
Second year in a row, potato Planet. Acreage is expected
to decrease in Washington State, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Acreage
and Maine is also expected lower this season, from fifty
four thousand acres in twenty twenty four to fifty two
thousand acres in twenty twenty five. The twenty twenty five
planted acres forecast is unchanged from last season. For seven
of the thirteen mass surveyed states, only Colorado and Wisconsin
(27:25):
are expected to increase planted acres this year.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
USDA's November production report will include updated potato acreage and
a preliminary production forecast. Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins and Texas
Governor Abbott held a press conference about the next steps
in the battle against the new World screwworm. Governor Abbott
says this is a dangerous pass that can affect everyone,
not just ranchers, every.
Speaker 28 (27:47):
Livestock sector and all the throw in deer population in
addition to the cattle population. They're all at risk because
of the screw worm. This is an enormous challenge and
you need to understand the magnitude. Just in tex this
can result in billions of dollars of losses a year.
It could truly crush the cattle industry as well as
(28:09):
other livestock industry in Texas, and in doing so, is
going to lead to a dramatic spike increase in what
people are paying in groceries when they go to the
grocery store and try to buy food.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
USDA estimates that a screw worm outbreak could damage Texas
economy by as much as one point eight billion dollars
due to livestock losses, treatment cost and associated economic ripple effects.
Speaker 28 (28:33):
And we are going to face these dire economic consequences.
Our industries are ranchers, people who buy groceries.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
AG Secretary Brook Rawlins says, the Trump administration has a
four part plan to battle the screw worm.
Speaker 29 (28:46):
Today we are going even further and taking the most
sweeping actions in our country's history today to stop this
pest in its tracks. First, today we are announcing USDA
will invest and build a domestic sterile fly production facility
in Edinburgh, Texas, which is situated about twenty miles from
the southern border and complements the dispersal facility we have
(29:08):
already begun production on with a capacity to produce three
hundred million sterile screwworm flies per week, and that's how
we eradicate the parasite. This facility will triple our current
output and eliminate our sole reliance on Panama and Mexico
for sterile fly supply, putting America first, we will invest
the federal government up to seven hundred and fifty million
(29:30):
dollars on this facility and not an insignificant investment, and
it will also create about three hundred jobs right here
in Texas. Second, we are launching up to one hundred
million dollars in addition to the seven hundred and fifty
million to identify and deploy cutting edge technologies that can
accelerate our response. While the construction of the facility is underway,
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from novel traps and lures to modular steril fly units,
I am calling on the brightest minds in the country
to build on our existing tools and help us outpace
this pest quickly and in the most innovative way possible. Third,
because of the migration of infected wildlife over the US border,
keeping in mind, Governor and those who know this issue
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well know, back in the nineteen fifties and sixties, we
didn't have this population of wildlife in South Texas the
way we do now, but we are ramping up the
hiring of USDA employed mounted patrol officers known as the
Tick Riders or the Tick Crew. Actually went and rode
the border with him about a month or two ago,
which will be the cornerstone of our surveillance program. The
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tick Riders are mounted on horseback and will provide the
first line of defense. We're also training our beagles of
the Big Ole Brigade to detect screw worm infections and
will be significantly ramping up our border surveillance program with
those and others. And finally, because pests don't care where
the border is, we are working directly with Mexico, perhaps
in a way never seen before. My counterpart, Secretary Julio Berdigee,
(30:59):
and I are in contact almost daily on this issue.
At this point, we are working with Mexico to boost
the surveillance, training and oversight inside Mexico to ensure real
time tracking.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
She says. The border remains closed to cattle imports farm us.
This morning, you're listening to wag Life.
Speaker 30 (31:17):
From the egg Information that Work. This is your agribusiness update.
About five years ago, California farmer John warmer Dam began
incorporating regenerative farming practices to grow peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries,
and almonds because he's not certified, though he doesn't earn
a premium for his crops, but says he's passionate about
doing the right thing. Last month, he and other San
Joaquin Valley farmers shared their experiences implementing regenerative farming practices
(31:42):
at the University of California symposium. Speakers agreed to succeed,
regenerative agriculture needs more investment, improved markets, and greater profit margins.
Several key egg programs that Republicans didn't get in the
Reconciliation bill will expire soon. Punch Bowl says a fall
farm bill battle is coming because Republicans will likely need
Democrats help to construct a smaller farm bill. While the
(32:04):
One Big Beautiful Bill took care of much of the
farm bill, that deep cuts in supplemental nutrition Assistance program
will make it harder to get the legislation over the
finish line. The Renewable Fuel Standard turned twenty on August eighth.
Groups like the National Corn Grewers Association celebrated the milestone,
noting that Since it was signed into law, the RFS
has provided immeasurable benefits to Americans, and CGA president Kenneth
(32:26):
Hartman says it has dramatically increased demand for corn, provided
significant savings to consumers at the pump, and strengthened America's
energy dominance. Clean Fuel's Alliance also celebrated the RFS birthday.
Speaker 21 (32:39):
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?
Speaker 4 (32:53):
Oh?
Speaker 21 (32:53):
And how receptive is this age group to your sales
pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best place
to reach a farmer 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
(33:16):
station for the ag Information Network of the West News.
If you'd like to deliver information about 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 30 (33:38):
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Speaker 1 (33:51):
Bob we'en here to wrap up aaglife for today, friends, well,
Canada's farmers are facing tariffs from another major customer. Dennis
Skey has our story.
Speaker 12 (34:00):
Canadian farmers have been told that their biggest customer, China,
has once again imposed a huge tariff on Canada's largest
oilseed export crop, effective immediately, but China did not say
how long the tariff will remain in place. China has
hit Canadian canola seed with a seventy six percent duty
(34:20):
following a Chinese anti dumping investigation, but a former advisor
to Canada's international trade believes this most recent move by
China against Canada ties directly to the one hundred percent
tariff that the former US Biden administration imposed against Chinese
electric vehicles almost a month after that move Canada followed
(34:42):
the US and matched the US tariff on Chinese EV's.
Bill Dawkins is a former Chief of staff in the
Canadian International Trade Ministry. Dawkins said that when Canada followed
the US on imposing the Chinese EV tariff last September,
Canada would review that tariff stance a year later. The
(35:03):
decision deadline is fast approaching.
Speaker 31 (35:05):
Canada announced that within one year we would review those tariffs.
And what China has done now about a month ahead
of our one year anniversary, is they've doubled down on
the only remaining aspect of the canola trade, and that
is on seed. It's about a four billion dollar trade
for Canada. They've indicated they could remove them at any time,
which of course is some strategic leverage in advance of
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our decision this fall as to what.
Speaker 12 (35:28):
We're going to do with Back in twenty nineteen, China
placed high tariffs on Canadian canola in response to Canada
arresting a Chinese corporate executive at the request of the
American Justice Department. However, China made no such moves against
the US over that event. International trade advisor Bill Dawkins
(35:48):
believes that history is repeating itself here. China wants the
US to lift its electric vehicle tariffs and is using
this latest Canola tariff on Canada to send a message
to the US over its continued ev tariff.
Speaker 31 (36:03):
They didn't retaliate at all against the United States, but
in Canada's case, they put very significant tariffs on our
canola products to do what is reflective of the Chinese
proverb to scare the monkey, kill the chicken, Chinese way
of saying, in order to deter others, you've really got
to crack down on the best victims. So they chose Canada,
kidding us right where it hurts in the agricultural space.
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Entirely reflective of that.
Speaker 12 (36:27):
It should be noted that in the face of Donald
Trump's global trade actions, while other nations have threatened retaliation,
only Canada and China have actually followed through on counter
tariffs against the US. Now, Canada is taking the economic
brunt of teriff action by the world's two largest markets,
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China and the US. Canadian International Trade Minister former Chief
of Staff Bill Dawkins says that Canada, along with the
free trading world, is being told by both of those
economies that every must now pick a side.
Speaker 31 (37:02):
Canada and the Western world all are being pressed by
the United States to pick aside who's economy in this modern,
effectively Cold war between the legacy power of the United
States and the rising power of China. Black versus white characteristics,
two different Fundamental.
Speaker 12 (37:20):
Camps reporting from Canada. I'm Dennis Guy. With that, friends,
we're out of time for today. Thanks for joining us.
Back tomorrow morning with another edition of Bag Life.
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