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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. Well friends.
More consumers are realizing how producer funded commodity checkoff programs
provide them a myriad of usable items, whether products, education
or information. Rod Bain starts us off consumers.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
You may not realize the extent of products of promotions
of farm and forest goods you come across that have
a connection with producer funded commodity checkoff programs entities with
oversight from the Agriculture Department. There's famous advertising slogans such
as beef It's what's for dinner, It's stereo, no less,
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or products whether you consume it. Pork loin roasts and
pork tenderloin are both delicious cuts of meat, but they
are often confused.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Use it you're.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Soy, used in wood, veneer her soy, use in cleaning.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Fluid, or perhaps wear it soy based shoes. Among the
many commodities covered by an industry funded research and promotion
aka checkoff program, cotton to high bush blueberries, bushrooms to popcorn, softwood,
lumber to Christmas Trees. Checkoff programs operate autobasic premise. An
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example is provided by Andy Bishop of the Cattleman's Beef Board.
Speaker 5 (01:19):
One dollar from every hit marketed in the United States
goes into the checkoff fifty cent states at the state level,
fifty cents goes to the national level to either do research,
marketing and promotion, or education.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Kyle Durham of the United Soybean Board says four decades
of check off funding in the research realm supports increase
value in developed and developing value added products for his commodity.
Speaker 6 (01:42):
Dating all the way back to the first developments of
soy inc and biodiesel into now we see.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
All kinds of industrial uses replacing plastics and forever chemicals.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
The promotion aspect of the checkof program includes product specific
events such as the American Lamb Boards lamb Jams, which,
as Jeff Ebert describes, as a tour of cities where
local restaurants feature their best bites of lamb along with games, music,
and giveaways to attract audiences at potential new customers of lamb.
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Educating consumers about various aspects of a commodity, such in
the case of foods. Things like nutritional value, ways to
prepare it, health benefits, and such are a key part
of the mission of checkoff organizations. Norma rich Johnson of
the United Sorgham Checkoff mentions a divergence of research and
consumer education in the form of data.
Speaker 7 (02:35):
Sorghum has been added to the USDA Food Data Central Database.
That is the database where consumers or the food industry,
anyone that's interested can go and search for certain foods
in different forms and find those nutritional profiles.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I'm Rod Bane reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Well, Friends coming up will have another story on farm
labor issues and also a report on adding value back
into the Herford cattle breed. You're listening to Waglife Bob Quinn.
Here were some farm us this morning. Friends. Farmers continue
pushing for more access to hired help from outside the
US borders. Chad Smith has a first hand account from
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an Oregon farmer.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Finding enough labor is a key concern for US agriculture,
especially in the fruit and vegetable sector. Oregon farmer Mike
McCarthy said produce growers have no option to automate labor functions.
Like many other types of farmers or ranchers.
Speaker 8 (03:36):
Many people who grow fruit and vegetables in the United States,
we have not been able to mechanize to the extent
of some types of agriculture. Sixty percent of our budget
goes to labor. In our operation. We handpick, and we
do a number of other operations that all require hand labor.
Speaker 9 (03:56):
He said.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
The solution for his farm, as well as many others,
has then the H TWOAVISA program. However, there are several
barriers to accessing the program.
Speaker 8 (04:05):
It's very complicated and we need to do a lot
of things to make it so it's farmer friendly. A
lot of farms or family farms. We don't have an
HR department with seven employees. We really need assistance. We
have to hire an egg labor procurement agency which helps
us get through the process, but it's very expensive.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
McCarthy said. Farmers and ranchers need to work together and
speak up for each other to find solutions for the
labor challenge in agriculture, as well as a variety of
other issues.
Speaker 8 (04:36):
I encourage all farmers to spend a certain amount of
time getting involved with their farm organizations. Whatever they are
continue to give our message that we've got to have
a competitive, profitable agricultural industry to feed America.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Learn more at fb dot org, Forward Slash Labor, Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Well Friends. Even in a time of high prices, US
cattle producers need to have the opportunity to add value
to their animals. Sarah Cover, the supplier Development program manager
for the Greater Omaha Packing Plant, talks about the company's
Herford Affidavit program that launched in late February.
Speaker 10 (05:14):
We worked with the American Herford Association to build this
new Herford affidavid super easy to implement from like a
sale barn perspective, They're customers that they're consigning the commercial
cowcaff man gets an affidavid either in pay per form
or a DOCU sign and then prove that their cattle
are fifty percent Herford genetics sired by a registered Herford
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animal and they can sell those with the AFFIDAVID attached.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
She talked about the advantage for Herford producers.
Speaker 10 (05:42):
Our feedblock customers they are supplying cattle to us love
this because then they don't have to go through the
process of potentially not hitting that fifty one percent requirement.
They automatically stamp Herford because we know they're breeding, and
it even helps with some issues on thirty months, So
it's putting quite a bit of money back into the
feedbot's pockets that maybe was guesswork before, but now it's guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
The plant is running into issues identifying perferent animals because
of new genetics that add more pigment to the animals.
Speaker 10 (06:13):
When a feedbot is selling cattle to us the packing plant,
we take a look at every single animal and determine
whether it can go into a Herford box by phenotype,
which is how they look and how they're faces. So
if it is not fifty one percent stamp, fifty one
percent white, which these new Herford genetics are throwing more pigmentation,
and that's why we're running into issues that these cattle
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are truly sired by Herford bowles, but they're still not stamping.
So now if you get them an affidavit attached, then
they automatically stamp.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Sarah Cover Greater Omaha Packing Plant. While farmland sales were
down in the first half of this year, many of
the farms that did sell ended up as part of consolidation.
Mike Davis has our story.
Speaker 11 (06:53):
Paul Shaddig is senior vice president of real Estate at
Farmers National Company. It says, it's farm land staying farmland
just changing hands.
Speaker 12 (07:03):
We see consolidation within those farmer operators. The farm operations
continue to get larger. We see fewer these small well
they're still family farms, but they're not the small family
farm that we came to know. And then we do
see on the institutional side, we do see some consolidation
where one fund might sell out to another fund and
make you a bigger fund, and we are seeing some
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of that.
Speaker 11 (07:27):
Farmland has held its value well thus far in twenty
twenty five. Chaddig says farm profitability will be the driver
for the rest of the year.
Speaker 12 (07:35):
If things kind of stay the same, I don't think
we'll see much change. But if we see any hiccups
that affect the farm economy in a negative fashion, I
think we could see somewhat of a downturn in general.
And you know, those those geopolitical events, uncertainty, these tariffs
and things like that are all all playing a little
part in the in our US economy in general, but
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really have an opportunity to economy.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
I'm Mike Davis farm US. This morning, you're listening to Aglife.
Speaker 13 (08:06):
It's another agnews update. President Trump ordering twenty five percent
tariffs on Indian imports more after this.
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Today, President Trump announcing a twenty five percent tariff on
Indian goods, citing India's high farm tariffs and trade barriers.
Reuters reporting agg remains a core issue that's derailing progress
toward bilateral trade deals between the two countries. US negotiators
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have pushed for greater access to India's hag, ethanol, dairy
and medical markets. India, though resisting, arguing that opening its
markets to subsidized US farm goods threatened the livelihoods of
millions of small farmers. US farm exports like corn soybeans, cotton,
and ethanol excluded from recent talks. India's average teriff rate
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on ag imports thirty nine percent US imports five percent.
Some farm duties are as high as fifty percent, according
to the White House, and the Trump administration has repeatedly
cited the barriers as an obstacle to deeper trade ties.
With trade talk stalled, Indian exporters now face rising levees
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American cattle news packer margins are in the red. What's next?
More after this?
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Speaker 13 (11:10):
Bob Maurs with Manduka trading in Chicago.
Speaker 15 (11:14):
Last week's slaughter five hundred and forty nine thousand head.
That's down fourteen thousand week on week, and down substantially
from the same week last year, which was six hundred
and five thousand, so again kind of reinforcing the supply
side tightness. We'll see where cash wants to trade this week.
Last week generally hire about one to four bucks, depending
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on the region. Even though the five area weighted average
ended up a little bit lower, box beef prices settled
lower about three sixty six seventy ish. That was down
from about three seventy three and a half the prior week,
and that just kind of indicates at the moment a
bit slower beef demand at the higher prices. We'll see
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if that continues as a pattern. Packers I believe are
working in the red still. So yeah, there's only so
long that that can happen until some kind of market
adjustment needs to occur, either with higher box beef prices
or lower cash in order to bring things back into
the green for them. So we'll see how that plays out.
Other impacts in the cattle market, we're watching export competition.
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I guess it's leaning slightly bearish at the moment. Argentina
just lowered its beef export tax from six and a
half percent to five percent. That could make them a
little bit more competitive in the global market. And being
that there hasn't been any really new news to clearly
associate any kind of tariff for trade talks to beef
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in any wide fashion, I don't see that the export
market is going to be doing any better than we
already expected to do, So we'll see how that plays out.
Speaker 13 (12:54):
American Cattle News. This is Dairy Radio Now.
Speaker 19 (13:00):
I'm John Clark, traveling the countryside for Feedwick's USA, and
we're with Pennsylvania FFA State officers. First, Sarah Firestone, Sarah
your president, and Jayleen Everhart. You are state chaplain and
what does the state chaplain do?
Speaker 17 (13:13):
I'm very honored to be in this position. We kind
of do everything together as a team. We do a
lot of the same activities. We go to chapters and
visit with members. We also hold conferences, but also I
get to give invocations at some different events. It's very fun.
We get to do a lot of different unique things,
but we get to do them as a team, which
is really great.
Speaker 19 (13:31):
Sarah. Back to you. As president, you kind of lead
the group, but they also operate with you as a team.
Speaker 18 (13:37):
I have an amazing team that follows close in beside me.
You know, we travel the state together. Jayleen will actually
be able to give an invocation on the Senate floor
eventually here this year, and I'll be standing beside her
introducing the team.
Speaker 19 (13:49):
Talk just a little bit about something very special for
FFA called the opening ceremony, because that is always moving
to see.
Speaker 18 (13:55):
Yes, so we have opening ceremonies at every conference and
convention that we hold. Actually opens up the floor for
any of our members to receive degrees and awards, I mean,
for any business to happen there. So we all have
our elected positions, from the president to the chaplain and
everything in between. I mean, it's really cool if you've
never seen it before.
Speaker 19 (14:13):
So when you say positions, it's literally different positions throughout
the room which have to do with their office.
Speaker 18 (14:18):
Is that correct, Yes, sir, So we have the reporter
which is stationed by the flag, and they ensure that
the entire United States of America, from Alaska to the
Virgin Islands and from the state of Maine to Hawaii
sees exactly what FFA is and understands that everyone within
an agriculture education course can be involved.
Speaker 19 (14:36):
And FFA in general tell us a little bit about
that that thirty thousand foot view of what FFA is.
Speaker 18 (14:41):
Yeah, So FFA is an intracurricular organization and any member
that is taking an ag course can be involved within
the FFA program. So, as state officers, is our goal
to help develop their potential for premier leadership, personal growth,
and career success through agricultural education.
Speaker 19 (14:56):
And with that FFA name, agriculture is first and foremost
for you. That really at the heart of it.
Speaker 18 (15:01):
Absolutely, we're wanting to create better and more progressive leaders
when ones that are going to essentially lead our industry
in a positive manner and make the change and impact
that is driving forward each and every.
Speaker 19 (15:12):
Day Pennsylvania has a large FFA membership.
Speaker 18 (15:14):
Yes, we have over sixteen thousand FFA members, a little
bit over one hundred and sixty three chapters.
Speaker 19 (15:20):
We're here in August, but in January very special program
the Midwinter Convention and tell us about what's happening with
blue and gold jackets there.
Speaker 18 (15:27):
So we will actually be giving out over one thousand
brand new FFA jackets. I think this past year we
set a record of over thirteen hundred jackets, and so
for the first time, first year FFA members will gather
around the huge New Holland Arena and they will put
it on for the first time. My freshman year, I
was a recipient and it was really cool to be
able to do it, but I think it's even more
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beautiful to come back and watch it. It gives me
goosebumps every single time.
Speaker 19 (15:51):
There's a lot of emotion about FFA, and that Midwinter
Convention is one of those emotional.
Speaker 18 (15:55):
Times absolutely, because you see the first year members pull
on those jackets, and then you see our juniors and
seniors getting their highest state degree, that keystone degree. We
gave out over five hundred last year. So we're opening
stories and for some we're closing some out, so it's incredible.
Speaker 19 (16:08):
Jaileen. Let's come back to you for a second, because
when you go through the FFA process of being an officer,
it really must be heartening to you to look back
and think where you came from and now to be
able to live the life of a.
Speaker 17 (16:20):
State officer one hundred percent. I started my sophomore year
of high school and it had always been a dream
of mine to become an FFA state officer. So throughout
high school I was able to go to different conferences
really look at those past state officers as mentors and
as leaders of the FFA and also the agriculture industry.
So it's really heartening to be able to sit here
in this position and be a face for FFA for
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others as well.
Speaker 19 (16:43):
Sarah, I have a foundation that is always looking for
support and where can they find information about that.
Speaker 18 (16:48):
So if you go on to PFA dot org, you
can go under tabs to find our foundation, and we
have the Give FFA Day so you can give money
to the FFA program, which essentially is going to help
our members have better experience and Susan essentially create better
leaders for tomorrow to cure a better future in agriculture.
Speaker 19 (17:04):
Jayleen, there's someone within the sound of your voice. It
is maybe thinking about joining FFA.
Speaker 17 (17:09):
If you're thinking about it or if you are not
sure if you want to join FFA, my advice to
you is to just take that step forward and take
every opportunity that comes available, because no matter where you
come from or what your background is, there's a spot
for you in FFA. And if you have the passion
to run for an FFA state officer, I say do
it because you get a great experience out of the
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election process, but then you also get to meet the
other candidates that run as well, really start to become
friends with them.
Speaker 19 (17:35):
Jayleen Everheart, state chaplain for Pennsylvania FFA, and Sarah Firestone,
President of Pennsylvania FFA, thank you so much for being
with us. I'm John Clark, traveling in the country site
for pevert TSA.
Speaker 20 (17:49):
Moving walnuts out of that baking aisle where they've been
sitting for months into the produce aisle, and that the
checkstand would really take care of a lot of different problems.
More than that increases sales and increases consumption. I'm Patrick
Cabanaugh with the California Tree Nut Report, part of the
vast ag Information Network. Robert Vloop is the President and
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CEO of the California Walnut Board and Commission.
Speaker 21 (18:16):
Yeah, we sure are, and so much so that we
actually now have three regional merchandising directors who are working
with retailers to continue this move to expand, I guess
is a better way to look at it into the
produce department, snacking aisle, different pack sizes, and then more
than anything, and this goes to the rancidity question, is
to create more velocity in the market. So a bag
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of walnuts is not sitting for six months in the
baking aisle. We really want to see it be turning over.
And by having sales promotions at retail, you get that velocity,
you get those turns, and so that's important to both
help consumers get introduced to walnuts, thinking differently how to
include it in a lot of different vegetables and fruit applications.
That's why we do a lot of co marketing. So
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stimulating that larger display a in the produce department where
younger people are shopping for healthy, fresh, good for you
products is again it ties in with our target audience
and it ties in with a new way of thinking
about walnut Again.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
That's Robert Verloop.
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Speaker 2 (20:15):
Beef supplies should continue to tighten for this calendar year.
Speaker 23 (20:19):
Add next the driving factor behind these forecasts this month
reduced cattle placements, especially in the second half of twenty
twenty five, along with lower house laughter. That's going to
tighten up supplies second half of this year, and we
expect that to carry into twenty twenty six as well.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
USDA World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jackatowski says, corresponding
to expected less beef production, steer price forecasts for twenty
twenty five and twenty six were increased again from the
previous month.
Speaker 23 (20:45):
Twenty twenty five steer price forecasts we raised by five
dollars and seventy five cents per hundredweight to just over
two hundred and twenty seven dollars per hundred weight. And
next year we're looking at a current forecast at two
hundred and forty three and a half dollars per hundredweight,
up fifteen dollars per hundred weight just this month in
terms of that forecast, and it would be up sixteen
dollars and forty four cents per hundredweight year over year.
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Our twenty twenty five beef production forecast this month was
lowered by two hundred and fifty million pounds, and into
twenty twenty six, we lowered beef production there by three
hundred and fifty million pounds. That would be four hundred
and sixty million pound reduction year over year in US.
Beef production price strength is just reflecting tight supplies and
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continued strong demand, so these prices will remain high as
long as that demand will continue to hold up pork production.
We also lowered for both twenty twenty five and twenty
twenty six, mainly just truing up to recent data. Twenty
twenty five both reduced slaughter and slightly lower weights as well.
Our twenty twenty five pork production forecast we lowered by
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two hundred and ninety million pounds, and we carried that
forward into twenty twenty six with a one hundred million
pound reduction in pork production down to twenty eight point
four billion pounds. Still, year over year, pork production expected
to be up about six hundred and thirty million pounds.
In terms of prices hog price forecast, we raised seventy
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five cents per hundred weight for both twenty twenty five
and twenty twenty six, just reflecting data for the current
calendar year and anticipating some continued strength spilling over from
the cattle market to support hogs as well boilers in Turkey,
just kind of truing up our production forecast to recent
hatchery data. So we made no change to our Turkey
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production forecast for twenty twenty four, but we slightly raised
by seventy million pounds our broiler production forecast for twenty
twenty five, and raised that also for twenty twenty six
by fifty million pounds. So broiler production for next year
forecast at forty eight point one five billion pounds, that
would be up about just under four hundred million pounds
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year over year. Turkey production forecast for next year now
at five point one two billion pounds, that would be
up three hundred and thirty pounds year over year.
Speaker 8 (23:09):
Our boiler price.
Speaker 23 (23:10):
Forecast for twenty twenty five we lowered by two point
eight cents per pound, now forecast at one hundred and
thirty one point two cents per pound, just based on
recent price data corporating death and for next year, we
reduced our boiler price forecast by one cent per pound
to one hundred and thirty four point five cents per pound,
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and the reduction this month is really just reflecting our
higher production forecast, but still year over year boiler price
forecast would be up about three point three cents per pound. Turkeys,
we raised our price forecast for both twenty twenty five
and twenty twenty six, so for twenty twenty five it's
now at one hundred and twenty seven point three cents
per pound, raised eight point eight cents per pound this month,
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and for next calendar year, price forecast for turkeys is
at one hundred and thirty one point three cents per pound.
We raised that ten cents per pound this month, and
that would be of the four cents per pound year
over year.
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the US orange industry has been under incredible strain. Florida
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production has collapsed down ninety two percent since two thousand
and five, and today California growers are carrying nearly eighty
percent of the US orange supply. Now, a small regulatory
shift could offer some relief. The FDA is proposing to
lower the minimum sugar content requirement for pasteurized orange juice
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from ten point five to ten degrees bricks. If you're
not familiar, that's the measure of natural sweetness in the juice.
And while the difference amounts to about one gram of
sugar in an eight ounce glass, something consumers likely won't notice,
it would make a world of difference for growers and processors.
According to a market inteler reports from the American Farm Bureau,
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this change could save the industry over fifty million dollars
a year. The FDA proposal is open for public comment
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Speaker 1 (27:32):
Bob Quinn, here are some farm news this morning. Friends.
Farmers continue pushing for more access to hired help from
outside the US borders. Chad Smith has a first hand
account from an Oregon farmer.
Speaker 4 (27:44):
Finding enough labor is a key concern for US agriculture,
especially in the fruit and vegetable sector. Oregon farmer Mike
McCarthy said produce growers have no option to automate labor
functions like many other types of farmers or ranchers.
Speaker 8 (27:59):
Many people who grow fruit and vegetables in the United States,
we have not been able to mechanize to the extent
of some types of agriculture. Sixty percent of our budget
goes to labor. In our operation. We handpick, and we
do a number of other operations that all require hand labor.
Speaker 9 (28:18):
He said.
Speaker 4 (28:19):
The solution for his farm, as well as many others,
has been the H two AVISA program. However, there are
several barriers to accessing the program.
Speaker 8 (28:28):
It's very complicated and we need to do a lot
of things to make it so it's farmer friendly. A
lot of farms or family farms, we don't have an
HR department with seven employees. We really need assistance. We
have to hire an egg labor procurement agency which helps
us get through the process, but it's very expensive.
Speaker 4 (28:48):
McCarthy said. Farmers and ranchers need to work together and
speak up for each other to find solutions for the
labor challenge in agriculture, as well as a variety of
other issues.
Speaker 8 (28:59):
I encourage all farmers to spend a certain amount of
time getting involved with their farm organizations whatever they are.
Continue to give our message that we've got to have
a competitive, profitable agricultural industry to feed America.
Speaker 4 (29:13):
Learn more at fb dot org. Forward Slash Labor Chad Smith, Washington, Friends.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
The Secure Pork Supply Plan or SPS, helps producers proactively
plan for enhanced biosecurity, animal trace stability, and disease monitoring
for foreign animal disease outbreaks, but also provides benefits to
help with endemic diseases. Meredith Peterson, director of Swine Held
for the National Pork Board, says the program has several layers,
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beginning with strong biosecurity measures.
Speaker 26 (29:44):
Here, pork supply guidance for producers includes having a enhanced
biosecurity plan that's a site specific plan for their farm
and all the different ways they're going to mitigate the
risk of potential disease entry.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
Secure pork supply plans can be stored with an aggview,
a check off funded secure trades ability tool.
Speaker 26 (30:03):
Those movements can all be connected based on where the
pigs originated from and where they're going to. And really
what's important about igview is all of that data is
owned by the producer, so it's a tool that they
can use to track their movement records and then if
they choose to share that information with their state veterinarian,
they can do so in peacetime or they can do
so in an outbreak. With the click of a button.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
More at securepork dot org. Well, friends, let's talk trade.
A new trade agreement with Japan is what we talk
about in this report. With the US Meat Export.
Speaker 6 (30:36):
Federation, Japan's chief tariff negotiator was in Washington, DC last
week looking to finalize the US Japan Trade and investment
agreement recently announced by the White House. US Meat Export
Federation President and CEO Dan Hallstrom was in Tokyo when
the agreement was announced, and he offers these observations from
the market.
Speaker 27 (30:51):
I think there was a bit of relief in a
Japanese trade having met with several importer distributors and of
course some of our member exporters as well while I
was there. You know, I think the fact that a
deal had been done on autos, which is obviously one
of the big sticky points with Japan, kind of laid
to rest any concerns there might have been on possible
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retaliation from the Japanese side should a deal not have
been reached. So when you're talking about your second largest
export market in the world, twenty twenty four, we saw
about one point nine billion on beef and about one
point four billion on pork for a total of about
three point three billion in sales, and it's been pretty
consistent right in that range.
Speaker 6 (31:34):
The latest trade deal follows the Japan Trade Agreement from
the first Trump administration that put US red meat on
a level playing field.
Speaker 27 (31:40):
One needs to remember as it relates to Japan. In
twenty twenty and Trump Administration one, the Japan USID agreement
was announced, and that was really key because we're not
on a level playing field at that time with our
global competitors, and that Phase one agreement in twenty twenty
pro us all on a level playing field, even though
our duties are are higher than some other countries. You know,
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currently we're at twenty one point six percent on US
beef into Japan. But it got us on a level
playing field. And the fact that we got this deal
done at least at the minimum, maintains that level playing field.
I think that's really important to remember because it wasn't
that long ago where we were at the severe disadvantage
teriffies for the.
Speaker 6 (32:22):
US Meat Export Federation.
Speaker 1 (32:23):
I'm John Harrath Farmer used this morning, you're listening to
WAG Life.
Speaker 28 (32:29):
But the Egg Information Network this is your agribusiness update. Well,
USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden responded recently to concerns from
the Senate agg Committee on its reorganization plans. California Democrat
Adam Schiff asked why the USDA hub was not placed
in California, the number one agriculture producing state. Vaden said
the proposed hub in Utah is closer to California than Washington,
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d C. And hub locations were chosen to lower the
cost of living for federal employees. Stakeholders have until August
twenty sixth to weigh in. Fresh Miners Company launched a
GPS service that enables accurate positioning for agriculture, construction and
drone navigation. The Dutch company launched a service for extra
accurate GPS intended for drone pilots, farmers, and others. With
(33:14):
the new technology, users can correct their GPS position down
to the centimeter. Real time correction signals are sent to
the user's GPS via a global network of base stations,
essentially for applications in agriculture, land surveying, and drone navigation.
Recent improvements in cattle reproductive technology gives dairy farmers access
to a lucrative market. More dairies are transferring beef cattle
(33:37):
embryos to dairy cow surrogates, earning money amidstoring demand for
the calves. During the past decade, breeding a portion of
dairy herds with beef genetics has become common practice as
daaries earn a higher price for crossbred calves.
Speaker 9 (33:49):
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,
and how receptive is this age group to your sales
pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best place
(34:11):
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
station for the agg Information Network of the West News.
If you'd like to deliver information about your terrific product
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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 1 (34:48):
Bob went back to wrap up Aglie for today. Maybe
late in the summer season, but fresh summer fruits remain plentiful.
Rod Bain wraps us up.
Speaker 13 (35:01):
Here.
Speaker 2 (35:01):
We are August summer fun days at the beach or lake.
Yet the some fall may already be of the air.
You know, craft stores covered in wall the wall, orange
brown and yellow decorations, pumpkin spice, something or what other.
Just keep in mind.
Speaker 9 (35:20):
Its summertime, summertime, some some summertime, summertime, summertime, some some summertime.
Speaker 20 (35:26):
No.
Speaker 2 (35:26):
That means plenty of time to enjoy those fresh fruit
favorites of the season. USDA Research economis Catherine Webber is
above those keeping track of how much fruit is being
produced across the country and how much we get to
enjoy each year. Among the popular produce desired by consumers, peaches.
Speaker 29 (35:48):
Slingstone peaches are grown almost exclusively for the processing market,
primarily canned frozen. Well about three fourths of California free
stone peaches are destined for the fresh market.
Speaker 2 (35:58):
At in traditional peach production powerhouses like Georgia and South Carolina,
and there are expected to be plenty to enjoy this season.
Don't forget apricots.
Speaker 29 (36:09):
California, the primary apricot producing state, is expected to account
for twenty eight thousand tons, or ninety one percent of
the total US crop. Eras estimates that about fifty five
percent of apricots this season will go to the fresh market,
with the remainder being processed.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
And while a fourth of July staple, there are still
plenty of sweet cherries to enjoy.
Speaker 29 (36:31):
At two hundred and sixty thousand tons, the Washington sweet
cherry forecast is fifty eight thousand tons more than last
season and the largest crop in eight.
Speaker 2 (36:40):
Years, and Catherine Weber reminds us there are more fresh
fruit varieties in season for the remainder of the suburb
available for US to eat.
Speaker 29 (36:50):
Fresh strawberries and raspberries from California, blueberry harvests from Washington
and Oregon to Michigan, New Jersey, and Georgia. Domestic watermelon
shipments also peak in the summertime, especially from top producing
states Florida, Georgia, California, and Texas.
Speaker 2 (37:05):
Table grapes such as those produced in California are already
being shipped through the suburb, with USDA providing its table
grape production for a cast for this year as part
of its August series of reports. I'm Road Bain, reporting
for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (37:23):
With that friends, ab ount of time for today, Thanks
for joining us back tomorrow morning with another edition of
Aglife
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. Well friends.
More consumers are realizing how producer funded commodity checkoff programs
provide them a myriad of usable items, whether products, education
or information. Rod Bain starts us off consumers.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
You may not realize the extent of products of promotions
of farm and forest goods you come across that have
a connection with producer funded commodity checkoff programs entities with
oversight from the Agriculture Department. There's famous advertising slogans such
as beef It's what's for dinner, It's stereo, no less,
(00:45):
or products whether you consume it. Pork loin roasts and
pork tenderloin are both delicious cuts of meat, but they
are often confused.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Use it you're.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Soy, used in wood, veneer her soy, use in cleaning.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Fluid, or perhaps wear it soy based shoes. Among the
many commodities covered by an industry funded research and promotion
aka checkoff program, cotton to high bush blueberries, bushrooms to popcorn, softwood,
lumber to Christmas Trees. Checkoff programs operate autobasic premise. An
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example is provided by Andy Bishop of the Cattleman's Beef Board.
Speaker 5 (01:19):
One dollar from every hit marketed in the United States
goes into the checkoff fifty cent states at the state level,
fifty cents goes to the national level to either do research,
marketing and promotion, or education.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Kyle Durham of the United Soybean Board says four decades
of check off funding in the research realm supports increase
value in developed and developing value added products for his commodity.
Speaker 6 (01:42):
Dating all the way back to the first developments of
soy inc and biodiesel into now we see.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
All kinds of industrial uses replacing plastics and forever chemicals.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
The promotion aspect of the checkof program includes product specific
events such as the American Lamb Boards lamb Jams, which,
as Jeff Ebert describes, as a tour of cities where
local restaurants feature their best bites of lamb along with games, music,
and giveaways to attract audiences at potential new customers of lamb.
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Educating consumers about various aspects of a commodity, such in
the case of foods. Things like nutritional value, ways to
prepare it, health benefits, and such are a key part
of the mission of checkoff organizations. Norma rich Johnson of
the United Sorgham Checkoff mentions a divergence of research and
consumer education in the form of data.
Speaker 7 (02:35):
Sorghum has been added to the USDA Food Data Central Database.
That is the database where consumers or the food industry,
anyone that's interested can go and search for certain foods
in different forms and find those nutritional profiles.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I'm Rod Bane reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Well, Friends coming up will have another story on farm
labor issues and also a report on adding value back
into the Herford cattle breed. You're listening to Waglife Bob Quinn.
Here were some farm us this morning. Friends. Farmers continue
pushing for more access to hired help from outside the
US borders. Chad Smith has a first hand account from
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an Oregon farmer.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Finding enough labor is a key concern for US agriculture,
especially in the fruit and vegetable sector. Oregon farmer Mike
McCarthy said produce growers have no option to automate labor functions.
Like many other types of farmers or ranchers.
Speaker 8 (03:36):
Many people who grow fruit and vegetables in the United States,
we have not been able to mechanize to the extent
of some types of agriculture. Sixty percent of our budget
goes to labor. In our operation. We handpick, and we
do a number of other operations that all require hand labor.
Speaker 9 (03:56):
He said.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
The solution for his farm, as well as many others,
has then the H TWOAVISA program. However, there are several
barriers to accessing the program.
Speaker 8 (04:05):
It's very complicated and we need to do a lot
of things to make it so it's farmer friendly. A
lot of farms or family farms. We don't have an
HR department with seven employees. We really need assistance. We
have to hire an egg labor procurement agency which helps
us get through the process, but it's very expensive.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
McCarthy said. Farmers and ranchers need to work together and
speak up for each other to find solutions for the
labor challenge in agriculture, as well as a variety of
other issues.
Speaker 8 (04:36):
I encourage all farmers to spend a certain amount of
time getting involved with their farm organizations. Whatever they are
continue to give our message that we've got to have
a competitive, profitable agricultural industry to feed America.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Learn more at fb dot org, Forward Slash Labor, Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Well Friends. Even in a time of high prices, US
cattle producers need to have the opportunity to add value
to their animals. Sarah Cover, the supplier Development program manager
for the Greater Omaha Packing Plant, talks about the company's
Herford Affidavit program that launched in late February.
Speaker 10 (05:14):
We worked with the American Herford Association to build this
new Herford affidavid super easy to implement from like a
sale barn perspective, They're customers that they're consigning the commercial
cowcaff man gets an affidavid either in pay per form
or a DOCU sign and then prove that their cattle
are fifty percent Herford genetics sired by a registered Herford
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animal and they can sell those with the AFFIDAVID attached.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
She talked about the advantage for Herford producers.
Speaker 10 (05:42):
Our feedblock customers they are supplying cattle to us love
this because then they don't have to go through the
process of potentially not hitting that fifty one percent requirement.
They automatically stamp Herford because we know they're breeding, and
it even helps with some issues on thirty months, So
it's putting quite a bit of money back into the
feedbot's pockets that maybe was guesswork before, but now it's guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
The plant is running into issues identifying perferent animals because
of new genetics that add more pigment to the animals.
Speaker 10 (06:13):
When a feedbot is selling cattle to us the packing plant,
we take a look at every single animal and determine
whether it can go into a Herford box by phenotype,
which is how they look and how they're faces. So
if it is not fifty one percent stamp, fifty one
percent white, which these new Herford genetics are throwing more pigmentation,
and that's why we're running into issues that these cattle
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are truly sired by Herford bowles, but they're still not stamping.
So now if you get them an affidavit attached, then
they automatically stamp.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Sarah Cover Greater Omaha Packing Plant. While farmland sales were
down in the first half of this year, many of
the farms that did sell ended up as part of consolidation.
Mike Davis has our story.
Speaker 11 (06:53):
Paul Shaddig is senior vice president of real Estate at
Farmers National Company. It says, it's farm land staying farmland
just changing hands.
Speaker 12 (07:03):
We see consolidation within those farmer operators. The farm operations
continue to get larger. We see fewer these small well
they're still family farms, but they're not the small family
farm that we came to know. And then we do
see on the institutional side, we do see some consolidation
where one fund might sell out to another fund and
make you a bigger fund, and we are seeing some
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of that.
Speaker 11 (07:27):
Farmland has held its value well thus far in twenty
twenty five. Chaddig says farm profitability will be the driver
for the rest of the year.
Speaker 12 (07:35):
If things kind of stay the same, I don't think
we'll see much change. But if we see any hiccups
that affect the farm economy in a negative fashion, I
think we could see somewhat of a downturn in general.
And you know, those those geopolitical events, uncertainty, these tariffs
and things like that are all all playing a little
part in the in our US economy in general, but
(07:58):
really have an opportunity to economy.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
I'm Mike Davis farm US. This morning, you're listening to Aglife.
Speaker 13 (08:06):
It's another agnews update. President Trump ordering twenty five percent
tariffs on Indian imports more after this.
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Today, President Trump announcing a twenty five percent tariff on
Indian goods, citing India's high farm tariffs and trade barriers.
Reuters reporting agg remains a core issue that's derailing progress
toward bilateral trade deals between the two countries. US negotiators
(09:05):
have pushed for greater access to India's hag, ethanol, dairy
and medical markets. India, though resisting, arguing that opening its
markets to subsidized US farm goods threatened the livelihoods of
millions of small farmers. US farm exports like corn soybeans, cotton,
and ethanol excluded from recent talks. India's average teriff rate
(09:30):
on ag imports thirty nine percent US imports five percent.
Some farm duties are as high as fifty percent, according
to the White House, and the Trump administration has repeatedly
cited the barriers as an obstacle to deeper trade ties.
With trade talk stalled, Indian exporters now face rising levees
(09:54):
across a broader range of goods. I'm Tony Saint Shame's
on the rag News Update, Bryan.
Speaker 17 (10:03):
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Speaker 13 (10:31):
American cattle news packer margins are in the red. What's next?
More after this?
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Speaker 15 (11:14):
Last week's slaughter five hundred and forty nine thousand head.
That's down fourteen thousand week on week, and down substantially
from the same week last year, which was six hundred
and five thousand, so again kind of reinforcing the supply
side tightness. We'll see where cash wants to trade this week.
Last week generally hire about one to four bucks, depending
(11:35):
on the region. Even though the five area weighted average
ended up a little bit lower, box beef prices settled
lower about three sixty six seventy ish. That was down
from about three seventy three and a half the prior week,
and that just kind of indicates at the moment a
bit slower beef demand at the higher prices. We'll see
(11:56):
if that continues as a pattern. Packers I believe are
working in the red still. So yeah, there's only so
long that that can happen until some kind of market
adjustment needs to occur, either with higher box beef prices
or lower cash in order to bring things back into
the green for them. So we'll see how that plays out.
Other impacts in the cattle market, we're watching export competition.
(12:20):
I guess it's leaning slightly bearish at the moment. Argentina
just lowered its beef export tax from six and a
half percent to five percent. That could make them a
little bit more competitive in the global market. And being
that there hasn't been any really new news to clearly
associate any kind of tariff for trade talks to beef
(12:42):
in any wide fashion, I don't see that the export
market is going to be doing any better than we
already expected to do, So we'll see how that plays out.
Speaker 13 (12:54):
American Cattle News. This is Dairy Radio Now.
Speaker 19 (13:00):
I'm John Clark, traveling the countryside for Feedwick's USA, and
we're with Pennsylvania FFA State officers. First, Sarah Firestone, Sarah
your president, and Jayleen Everhart. You are state chaplain and
what does the state chaplain do?
Speaker 17 (13:13):
I'm very honored to be in this position. We kind
of do everything together as a team. We do a
lot of the same activities. We go to chapters and
visit with members. We also hold conferences, but also I
get to give invocations at some different events. It's very fun.
We get to do a lot of different unique things,
but we get to do them as a team, which
is really great.
Speaker 19 (13:31):
Sarah. Back to you. As president, you kind of lead
the group, but they also operate with you as a team.
Speaker 18 (13:37):
I have an amazing team that follows close in beside me.
You know, we travel the state together. Jayleen will actually
be able to give an invocation on the Senate floor
eventually here this year, and I'll be standing beside her
introducing the team.
Speaker 19 (13:49):
Talk just a little bit about something very special for
FFA called the opening ceremony, because that is always moving
to see.
Speaker 18 (13:55):
Yes, so we have opening ceremonies at every conference and
convention that we hold. Actually opens up the floor for
any of our members to receive degrees and awards, I mean,
for any business to happen there. So we all have
our elected positions, from the president to the chaplain and
everything in between. I mean, it's really cool if you've
never seen it before.
Speaker 19 (14:13):
So when you say positions, it's literally different positions throughout
the room which have to do with their office.
Speaker 18 (14:18):
Is that correct, Yes, sir, So we have the reporter
which is stationed by the flag, and they ensure that
the entire United States of America, from Alaska to the
Virgin Islands and from the state of Maine to Hawaii
sees exactly what FFA is and understands that everyone within
an agriculture education course can be involved.
Speaker 19 (14:36):
And FFA in general tell us a little bit about
that that thirty thousand foot view of what FFA is.
Speaker 18 (14:41):
Yeah, So FFA is an intracurricular organization and any member
that is taking an ag course can be involved within
the FFA program. So, as state officers, is our goal
to help develop their potential for premier leadership, personal growth,
and career success through agricultural education.
Speaker 19 (14:56):
And with that FFA name, agriculture is first and foremost
for you. That really at the heart of it.
Speaker 18 (15:01):
Absolutely, we're wanting to create better and more progressive leaders
when ones that are going to essentially lead our industry
in a positive manner and make the change and impact
that is driving forward each and every.
Speaker 19 (15:12):
Day Pennsylvania has a large FFA membership.
Speaker 18 (15:14):
Yes, we have over sixteen thousand FFA members, a little
bit over one hundred and sixty three chapters.
Speaker 19 (15:20):
We're here in August, but in January very special program
the Midwinter Convention and tell us about what's happening with
blue and gold jackets there.
Speaker 18 (15:27):
So we will actually be giving out over one thousand
brand new FFA jackets. I think this past year we
set a record of over thirteen hundred jackets, and so
for the first time, first year FFA members will gather
around the huge New Holland Arena and they will put
it on for the first time. My freshman year, I
was a recipient and it was really cool to be
able to do it, but I think it's even more
(15:47):
beautiful to come back and watch it. It gives me
goosebumps every single time.
Speaker 19 (15:51):
There's a lot of emotion about FFA, and that Midwinter
Convention is one of those emotional.
Speaker 18 (15:55):
Times absolutely, because you see the first year members pull
on those jackets, and then you see our juniors and
seniors getting their highest state degree, that keystone degree. We
gave out over five hundred last year. So we're opening
stories and for some we're closing some out, so it's incredible.
Speaker 19 (16:08):
Jaileen. Let's come back to you for a second, because
when you go through the FFA process of being an officer,
it really must be heartening to you to look back
and think where you came from and now to be
able to live the life of a.
Speaker 17 (16:20):
State officer one hundred percent. I started my sophomore year
of high school and it had always been a dream
of mine to become an FFA state officer. So throughout
high school I was able to go to different conferences
really look at those past state officers as mentors and
as leaders of the FFA and also the agriculture industry.
So it's really heartening to be able to sit here
in this position and be a face for FFA for
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others as well.
Speaker 19 (16:43):
Sarah, I have a foundation that is always looking for
support and where can they find information about that.
Speaker 18 (16:48):
So if you go on to PFA dot org, you
can go under tabs to find our foundation, and we
have the Give FFA Day so you can give money
to the FFA program, which essentially is going to help
our members have better experience and Susan essentially create better
leaders for tomorrow to cure a better future in agriculture.
Speaker 19 (17:04):
Jayleen, there's someone within the sound of your voice. It
is maybe thinking about joining FFA.
Speaker 17 (17:09):
If you're thinking about it or if you are not
sure if you want to join FFA, my advice to
you is to just take that step forward and take
every opportunity that comes available, because no matter where you
come from or what your background is, there's a spot
for you in FFA. And if you have the passion
to run for an FFA state officer, I say do
it because you get a great experience out of the
(17:29):
election process, but then you also get to meet the
other candidates that run as well, really start to become
friends with them.
Speaker 19 (17:35):
Jayleen Everheart, state chaplain for Pennsylvania FFA, and Sarah Firestone,
President of Pennsylvania FFA, thank you so much for being
with us. I'm John Clark, traveling in the country site
for pevert TSA.
Speaker 20 (17:49):
Moving walnuts out of that baking aisle where they've been
sitting for months into the produce aisle, and that the
checkstand would really take care of a lot of different problems.
More than that increases sales and increases consumption. I'm Patrick
Cabanaugh with the California Tree Nut Report, part of the
vast ag Information Network. Robert Vloop is the President and
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CEO of the California Walnut Board and Commission.
Speaker 21 (18:16):
Yeah, we sure are, and so much so that we
actually now have three regional merchandising directors who are working
with retailers to continue this move to expand, I guess
is a better way to look at it into the
produce department, snacking aisle, different pack sizes, and then more
than anything, and this goes to the rancidity question, is
to create more velocity in the market. So a bag
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of walnuts is not sitting for six months in the
baking aisle. We really want to see it be turning over.
And by having sales promotions at retail, you get that velocity,
you get those turns, and so that's important to both
help consumers get introduced to walnuts, thinking differently how to
include it in a lot of different vegetables and fruit applications.
That's why we do a lot of co marketing. So
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stimulating that larger display a in the produce department where
younger people are shopping for healthy, fresh, good for you
products is again it ties in with our target audience
and it ties in with a new way of thinking
about walnut Again.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
That's Robert Verloop.
Speaker 22 (19:13):
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Farmers make sure your slow moving vehicles, signs and lights
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Speaker 9 (19:43):
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Speaker 2 (20:15):
Beef supplies should continue to tighten for this calendar year.
Speaker 23 (20:19):
Add next the driving factor behind these forecasts this month
reduced cattle placements, especially in the second half of twenty
twenty five, along with lower house laughter. That's going to
tighten up supplies second half of this year, and we
expect that to carry into twenty twenty six as well.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
USDA World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jackatowski says, corresponding
to expected less beef production, steer price forecasts for twenty
twenty five and twenty six were increased again from the
previous month.
Speaker 23 (20:45):
Twenty twenty five steer price forecasts we raised by five
dollars and seventy five cents per hundredweight to just over
two hundred and twenty seven dollars per hundred weight. And
next year we're looking at a current forecast at two
hundred and forty three and a half dollars per hundredweight,
up fifteen dollars per hundred weight just this month in
terms of that forecast, and it would be up sixteen
dollars and forty four cents per hundredweight year over year.
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Our twenty twenty five beef production forecast this month was
lowered by two hundred and fifty million pounds, and into
twenty twenty six, we lowered beef production there by three
hundred and fifty million pounds. That would be four hundred
and sixty million pound reduction year over year in US.
Beef production price strength is just reflecting tight supplies and
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continued strong demand, so these prices will remain high as
long as that demand will continue to hold up pork production.
We also lowered for both twenty twenty five and twenty
twenty six, mainly just truing up to recent data. Twenty
twenty five both reduced slaughter and slightly lower weights as well.
Our twenty twenty five pork production forecast we lowered by
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two hundred and ninety million pounds, and we carried that
forward into twenty twenty six with a one hundred million
pound reduction in pork production down to twenty eight point
four billion pounds. Still, year over year, pork production expected
to be up about six hundred and thirty million pounds.
In terms of prices hog price forecast, we raised seventy
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five cents per hundred weight for both twenty twenty five
and twenty twenty six, just reflecting data for the current
calendar year and anticipating some continued strength spilling over from
the cattle market to support hogs as well boilers in Turkey,
just kind of truing up our production forecast to recent
hatchery data. So we made no change to our Turkey
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production forecast for twenty twenty four, but we slightly raised
by seventy million pounds our broiler production forecast for twenty
twenty five, and raised that also for twenty twenty six
by fifty million pounds. So broiler production for next year
forecast at forty eight point one five billion pounds, that
would be up about just under four hundred million pounds
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year over year. Turkey production forecast for next year now
at five point one two billion pounds, that would be
up three hundred and thirty pounds year over year.
Speaker 8 (23:09):
Our boiler price.
Speaker 23 (23:10):
Forecast for twenty twenty five we lowered by two point
eight cents per pound, now forecast at one hundred and
thirty one point two cents per pound, just based on
recent price data corporating death and for next year, we
reduced our boiler price forecast by one cent per pound
to one hundred and thirty four point five cents per pound,
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and the reduction this month is really just reflecting our
higher production forecast, but still year over year boiler price
forecast would be up about three point three cents per pound. Turkeys,
we raised our price forecast for both twenty twenty five
and twenty twenty six, so for twenty twenty five it's
now at one hundred and twenty seven point three cents
per pound, raised eight point eight cents per pound this month,
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and for next calendar year, price forecast for turkeys is
at one hundred and thirty one point three cents per pound.
We raised that ten cents per pound this month, and
that would be of the four cents per pound year
over year.
Speaker 24 (24:12):
This is the Agricultural Law and Tax Report brought to
you by Helena agg MANAGENCYS and Nutrition with Coronmetra. Visit
Helena Agra dot com for more information. I'm Roger McGowen.
Increased levels of atmospheric CO two enhances plant growth in
controlled environments like greenhouses. Farmers often elevate CO two levels
to boost crop yields. Studies have shown that higher CO
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two levels can lead to faster growth rates. Largerly, using
greater fruit and seed production in many crops, and elevated
CO two can improve water use efficiency in plants. CO
two is an irreplaceable component of plant biology and a
natural ally of agriculture. Understanding its role helps underscore the
complex relationship between farming and the atmosphere, where both benefits
and challenges exist. Unfortunately, much of the present regulation of
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CO two fails to account for its benefits to agriculture.
This has been the Agricultural Law and Tax Report. I'm
Roger mcgoway.
Speaker 25 (25:07):
It's time for California egg today on the ag Information Network.
I am Hayley's ship. For a lot of folks, that
morning glass of orange juice is a simple pleasure, But
for citrus growers it's been anything but simple. Between hurricanes
and Florida and the ongoing fight with citrus greening disease,
the US orange industry has been under incredible strain. Florida
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production has collapsed down ninety two percent since two thousand
and five, and today California growers are carrying nearly eighty
percent of the US orange supply. Now, a small regulatory
shift could offer some relief. The FDA is proposing to
lower the minimum sugar content requirement for pasteurized orange juice
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from ten point five to ten degrees bricks. If you're
not familiar, that's the measure of natural sweetness in the juice.
And while the difference amounts to about one gram of
sugar in an eight ounce glass, something consumers likely won't notice,
it would make a world of difference for growers and processors.
According to a market inteler reports from the American Farm Bureau,
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this change could save the industry over fifty million dollars
a year. The FDA proposal is open for public comment
until November fourth. Details at aginfo dot net.
Speaker 9 (26:27):
For the last forty years, the AG 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 AGG Information Network,
reaching coast to coast, deep roots and farming. In decades
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of reporting, the AGG 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 the 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 25 (27:25):
This is California AGG today on the ag Information Network.
Find more agricultural news at egginfo dot net.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Bob Quinn, here are some farm news this morning. Friends.
Farmers continue pushing for more access to hired help from
outside the US borders. Chad Smith has a first hand
account from an Oregon farmer.
Speaker 4 (27:44):
Finding enough labor is a key concern for US agriculture,
especially in the fruit and vegetable sector. Oregon farmer Mike
McCarthy said produce growers have no option to automate labor
functions like many other types of farmers or ranchers.
Speaker 8 (27:59):
Many people who grow fruit and vegetables in the United States,
we have not been able to mechanize to the extent
of some types of agriculture. Sixty percent of our budget
goes to labor. In our operation. We handpick, and we
do a number of other operations that all require hand labor.
Speaker 9 (28:18):
He said.
Speaker 4 (28:19):
The solution for his farm, as well as many others,
has been the H two AVISA program. However, there are
several barriers to accessing the program.
Speaker 8 (28:28):
It's very complicated and we need to do a lot
of things to make it so it's farmer friendly. A
lot of farms or family farms, we don't have an
HR department with seven employees. We really need assistance. We
have to hire an egg labor procurement agency which helps
us get through the process, but it's very expensive.
Speaker 4 (28:48):
McCarthy said. Farmers and ranchers need to work together and
speak up for each other to find solutions for the
labor challenge in agriculture, as well as a variety of
other issues.
Speaker 8 (28:59):
I encourage all farmers to spend a certain amount of
time getting involved with their farm organizations whatever they are.
Continue to give our message that we've got to have
a competitive, profitable agricultural industry to feed America.
Speaker 4 (29:13):
Learn more at fb dot org. Forward Slash Labor Chad Smith, Washington, Friends.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
The Secure Pork Supply Plan or SPS, helps producers proactively
plan for enhanced biosecurity, animal trace stability, and disease monitoring
for foreign animal disease outbreaks, but also provides benefits to
help with endemic diseases. Meredith Peterson, director of Swine Held
for the National Pork Board, says the program has several layers,
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beginning with strong biosecurity measures.
Speaker 26 (29:44):
Here, pork supply guidance for producers includes having a enhanced
biosecurity plan that's a site specific plan for their farm
and all the different ways they're going to mitigate the
risk of potential disease entry.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
Secure pork supply plans can be stored with an aggview,
a check off funded secure trades ability tool.
Speaker 26 (30:03):
Those movements can all be connected based on where the
pigs originated from and where they're going to. And really
what's important about igview is all of that data is
owned by the producer, so it's a tool that they
can use to track their movement records and then if
they choose to share that information with their state veterinarian,
they can do so in peacetime or they can do
so in an outbreak. With the click of a button.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
More at securepork dot org. Well, friends, let's talk trade.
A new trade agreement with Japan is what we talk
about in this report. With the US Meat Export.
Speaker 6 (30:36):
Federation, Japan's chief tariff negotiator was in Washington, DC last
week looking to finalize the US Japan Trade and investment
agreement recently announced by the White House. US Meat Export
Federation President and CEO Dan Hallstrom was in Tokyo when
the agreement was announced, and he offers these observations from
the market.
Speaker 27 (30:51):
I think there was a bit of relief in a
Japanese trade having met with several importer distributors and of
course some of our member exporters as well while I
was there. You know, I think the fact that a
deal had been done on autos, which is obviously one
of the big sticky points with Japan, kind of laid
to rest any concerns there might have been on possible
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retaliation from the Japanese side should a deal not have
been reached. So when you're talking about your second largest
export market in the world, twenty twenty four, we saw
about one point nine billion on beef and about one
point four billion on pork for a total of about
three point three billion in sales, and it's been pretty
consistent right in that range.
Speaker 6 (31:34):
The latest trade deal follows the Japan Trade Agreement from
the first Trump administration that put US red meat on
a level playing field.
Speaker 27 (31:40):
One needs to remember as it relates to Japan. In
twenty twenty and Trump Administration one, the Japan USID agreement
was announced, and that was really key because we're not
on a level playing field at that time with our
global competitors, and that Phase one agreement in twenty twenty
pro us all on a level playing field, even though
our duties are are higher than some other countries. You know,
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currently we're at twenty one point six percent on US
beef into Japan. But it got us on a level
playing field. And the fact that we got this deal
done at least at the minimum, maintains that level playing field.
I think that's really important to remember because it wasn't
that long ago where we were at the severe disadvantage
teriffies for the.
Speaker 6 (32:22):
US Meat Export Federation.
Speaker 1 (32:23):
I'm John Harrath Farmer used this morning, you're listening to
WAG Life.
Speaker 28 (32:29):
But the Egg Information Network this is your agribusiness update. Well,
USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden responded recently to concerns from
the Senate agg Committee on its reorganization plans. California Democrat
Adam Schiff asked why the USDA hub was not placed
in California, the number one agriculture producing state. Vaden said
the proposed hub in Utah is closer to California than Washington,
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d C. And hub locations were chosen to lower the
cost of living for federal employees. Stakeholders have until August
twenty sixth to weigh in. Fresh Miners Company launched a
GPS service that enables accurate positioning for agriculture, construction and
drone navigation. The Dutch company launched a service for extra
accurate GPS intended for drone pilots, farmers, and others. With
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the new technology, users can correct their GPS position down
to the centimeter. Real time correction signals are sent to
the user's GPS via a global network of base stations,
essentially for applications in agriculture, land surveying, and drone navigation.
Recent improvements in cattle reproductive technology gives dairy farmers access
to a lucrative market. More dairies are transferring beef cattle
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embryos to dairy cow surrogates, earning money amidstoring demand for
the calves. During the past decade, breeding a portion of
dairy herds with beef genetics has become common practice as
daaries earn a higher price for crossbred calves.
Speaker 9 (33:49):
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,
and how receptive is this age group to your sales
pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best place
(34:11):
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
station for the agg Information Network of the West News.
If you'd like to deliver information about your terrific product
(34:34):
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 1 (34:48):
Bob went back to wrap up Aglie for today. Maybe
late in the summer season, but fresh summer fruits remain plentiful.
Rod Bain wraps us up.
Speaker 13 (35:01):
Here.
Speaker 2 (35:01):
We are August summer fun days at the beach or lake.
Yet the some fall may already be of the air.
You know, craft stores covered in wall the wall, orange
brown and yellow decorations, pumpkin spice, something or what other.
Just keep in mind.
Speaker 9 (35:20):
Its summertime, summertime, some some summertime, summertime, summertime, some some summertime.
Speaker 20 (35:26):
No.
Speaker 2 (35:26):
That means plenty of time to enjoy those fresh fruit
favorites of the season. USDA Research economis Catherine Webber is
above those keeping track of how much fruit is being
produced across the country and how much we get to
enjoy each year. Among the popular produce desired by consumers, peaches.
Speaker 29 (35:48):
Slingstone peaches are grown almost exclusively for the processing market,
primarily canned frozen. Well about three fourths of California free
stone peaches are destined for the fresh market.
Speaker 2 (35:58):
At in traditional peach production powerhouses like Georgia and South Carolina,
and there are expected to be plenty to enjoy this season.
Don't forget apricots.
Speaker 29 (36:09):
California, the primary apricot producing state, is expected to account
for twenty eight thousand tons, or ninety one percent of
the total US crop. Eras estimates that about fifty five
percent of apricots this season will go to the fresh market,
with the remainder being processed.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
And while a fourth of July staple, there are still
plenty of sweet cherries to enjoy.
Speaker 29 (36:31):
At two hundred and sixty thousand tons, the Washington sweet
cherry forecast is fifty eight thousand tons more than last
season and the largest crop in eight.
Speaker 2 (36:40):
Years, and Catherine Weber reminds us there are more fresh
fruit varieties in season for the remainder of the suburb
available for US to eat.
Speaker 29 (36:50):
Fresh strawberries and raspberries from California, blueberry harvests from Washington
and Oregon to Michigan, New Jersey, and Georgia. Domestic watermelon
shipments also peak in the summertime, especially from top producing
states Florida, Georgia, California, and Texas.
Speaker 2 (37:05):
Table grapes such as those produced in California are already
being shipped through the suburb, with USDA providing its table
grape production for a cast for this year as part
of its August series of reports. I'm Road Bain, reporting
for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (37:23):
With that friends, ab ount of time for today, Thanks
for joining us back tomorrow morning with another edition of
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