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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, valley. This is agwife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well, friends,
the symbol of wildfire prevention turned eighty one years old
earlier this month. That's a cause for celebration and recollection
of this popular character. Rod Bain starts us off today.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
What do you do with the birthday falls on a weekend?
You wouldn't necessarily think celebrate again on a weekday.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
All right, we're gonna light some candles. We're gonna sing
Happy Birthday.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Yet, Agriculture Secretary of Brook rawlins US Forest Service personnel
and the audience at the Great American Farmer's Market on
the National Mall in Washington, d C. Took opportunity midweek
to wish to the symbol of fire prevention, the character
(01:02):
of Smokey. Add The Joint Forest Service ad Council State
Forester's campaid supporting Smokey's cause is eighty one years old
this year, with the message consistent over that time.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Only you can prevent wildfires.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
At According to Forest Service historian LINKA.
Speaker 5 (01:19):
Brabwell, it's been going continuously since nineteen forty four, there
were no breaks where it was abandoned for a decade
and reintroduced. It's the single longest continual ESA announcement in
US history.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
The original Smoky character look different than the version most
of us have grown up on and no today.
Speaker 5 (01:40):
They started working with this cartoon bear character. They named
it Smokey after a popular New York City assistant fire
chief nicknamed Smokey Joe Martin, and they started ermenting and
adding a hat to this bear, adding pants to this
cartoon character.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
It would be three years later, nineteen forty seven, that
Smokey's catchphrase was introduced.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Remember only you can prevent forest fires.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
A presentation that cut on with the public, with the
only subtle change to the message occurring in two thousand
and one.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
The formal message changed to only you can prevent wildfires,
and that was really done in recognition of how wildfires
and fire events take place in sort of all kind
of ecological conditions, not just tall standing force that we
think of.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Some are of an age to remember the living symbol
of Smokey, a rescue New Mexico bear cub injured in
a forest fire. He recited at the National Zoo in Washington,
d C. For almost three decades.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
That's when Smokey's popularity really sort of took off. A
symbol you could visit and see with your own eyes
if you visited the National Zoo. From there, Smoky became
so popular and started receiving fan mail.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Friends, coming up a story on labor needs in the
dairy industry. This is aglife, Bob Quinn, here was some
farm used this morning, Friends. America's dairy farmers need a
more consistent supply of labor. Chad Smith takes a look
at this story for US this morning.
Speaker 6 (03:21):
US agriculture has dealt with the labor shortage for decades
and needs a permanent solution that's available to all farmers.
Kim Skelly, a New York dairy farmer, said he can't
run his operation without hired help.
Speaker 7 (03:35):
Given the scope of our farm, hired labor is extremely important.
There's three of us who own the farm, and it
takes about forty people to get the work done, so
hired labor was a big part of that. Longevity with
employees leads to longevity and more productivity for the cows.
Speaker 6 (03:52):
He said. One of the main flaws with our country's
current workforce program is that farmers with year round needs,
such as those in the dairy industry, can't utilize the
H two AA visa program.
Speaker 7 (04:04):
We're certainly the concerning risk with our workforce. We have
a certain percentage who are foreign born, so we're certainly
striving and advocating for access to a year round program
for livestock farmers and those who have year around needs.
The workload changes a little bit in the winter, but
cows are still caving and milking and have to be
fed and cared for.
Speaker 6 (04:23):
More farmers are needed to help advocate for a more
consistent agricultural labor supply and Scaley says, one of the
ways to lend your voice to the cause is to
join an agricultural organization farmers.
Speaker 8 (04:36):
If you're not already a member of Farm Bureau, become
a member of Farm Bureau and then check with your
farm Bureau members and leadership and see what are the
things they're pushing for and striving for, and what's that
message so that when you go to your legislators you
can be consistent with what we're talking about the most
important thing is talking to your legislators often about the
most important issues.
Speaker 6 (04:56):
Learn more at fb dot org, Forward sla As Slabor
Chad Smith, Washington, Well Friends.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
A human case of New World screwworm was reported by
the Centers for Disease Control after being discovered earlier this month.
Colin Woodhall, CEO of the National Cattleman's Beef Association, says,
while it's something the cattle industry needs to monitor, this
isn't a risk to the US livestock industry.
Speaker 9 (05:23):
From what we understand.
Speaker 10 (05:24):
It was an individual who had made a trip to
one of the countries in Central America that has New
World screw worm, which is all of the countries in
Central America right now, came back, had some pain, went
to seek treatment, and discovered that they were invested with
New World screw worm larva. I think the key is
that the CDC protocols worked, they identified it.
Speaker 9 (05:46):
CDC is not a pr agency. I can't speak as
to why they make the decisions of what they announced
or don't announce, but we do know that the protocol
worked in that individual was treated in the larva were destroyed.
And while yes, it's surprising to see that particular story.
You know, it's not shocking.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
There have been cases in the last couple of years
in the US.
Speaker 9 (06:05):
There was a human case in the United States last
year in twenty twenty four. There was one in twenty
twenty three. We also know of one that happened in
twenty fourteen, and all of them were very similar. These
were individuals who traveled to a country that had New
World screw worms, brought the larva back with them, and
then when the pain got a variable, went to seek
treatment and the CDC was engaged, they was identified and
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those larva were destroyed. So we as in CBA, were
not shocked to see that there is a human case.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
What all says the protocols for protecting humans and livestock
from New World screw worm worked as intended.
Speaker 9 (06:41):
I think for us, as we are taking a serious
approach to protecting ourselves from New World screwworm, the things
that we're looking at is one, did the protocols work?
And it's obvious that the protocols worked. And let's think
about this for a minute from a human standpoint. If
you go travel and somehow the New World screw worm
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female lays its eggs somewhere in your body. You come
back to the United States, you're going to have excruciating
pain because these larva, these maggots are going to be
eating you alive. So you're going to go seek some
sort of treatment.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
The human infection had no chance to spread because of
how quickly the person went to the doctor.
Speaker 9 (07:22):
This is not a situation where it's a tick bide
or a methito bite and you might scratch it and
not necessarily think twice about seeking treatment until further down
the line. This is not a situation where those larva
are going to then exit the human pupaid and become
to fly, because that pain is just so excruciating. So
CDC's approach, CDC's protocols and the information that they have
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out there in the medical community obviously work. So that
is probably the biggest takeaway we need to understand.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Colin what all National Cattlemans Beef Association. This morning, farmw's
you're listening to AG Life.
Speaker 11 (07:57):
It's another AG news up day, President Trump ordering twenty
five percent tariffs on Indian imports. More after this.
Speaker 12 (08:08):
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Speaker 11 (08:37):
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
(08:59):
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,
(09:20):
and ethanol excluded from recent talks. India's average terrif rate
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
(09:40):
cited the barriers as an obstacle to deeper trade ties.
With trade talk stalled, Indian exporters now face rising levees
across a broader range of goods. I'm Tony Saint Shame's
it's another AGEWS update.
Speaker 15 (10:00):
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Speaker 11 (10:03):
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An emotional roller coaster?
Speaker 1 (10:17):
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Speaker 11 (10:29):
American Cattle News packer margins are in the red? What's next?
More after this?
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Speaker 11 (11:09):
Bob Maurs with Manduka Trading in Chicago.
Speaker 17 (11:13):
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 higher 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
(11:57):
if that continues as a pattern. 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.
(12:18):
Other impacts in the cattle market. We're watching export competition.
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
(12:40):
associate any kind of tariff for trade talks to beef
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 11 (12:58):
American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
This is Dairy Radio Now, a rundown of the latest
dairy news across America with Bill Baker.
Speaker 18 (13:12):
Dairy producers should be watching out for a new dangerous
pest that can affect livestock and even humans. We're talking
about the New World screwworm with doctor Jamie Jocker, chief
science officer with the National Milk Producers Federation. Jamie, thank
you for joining us. Tell us what you know about
this dangerous pest.
Speaker 19 (13:29):
Yeah, thanks Bill for the opportunity to talk about New
World screw worm. Let's first talk about what it is
and then why it's a concern today. So New War
screw worm is dangerous pests that can affect livestock and
any warm blooded animal and actually even humans. It's a
parasitic fly that lays eggs in open wounds, and the
young larvae, which most people would refer to as maggots,
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feed on the animals living tissues. So when a fly
lays its eggs in an animal, when the larvae they
used their sharp hooks in their mouth to eat living flesh.
And so what happens if you leave this untreated, You
actually get a growing wound, and that attracts more flies
and more maggots essentially until the animal, if untreated, is
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essentially eaten alive. Here's why it's a concern now. The
US eradicated New World screw worm out of its natural
range in the southern part of the US over forty
years ago. I've really been able to keep that issue
away from US livestock concerns. In fact, in the early
two thousands, the New World screw worm had been moved
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all the way down to the southern part of Central
America in Panama. But starting in twenty twenty two, outbreaks
of New World screw worm have been moving north, and
just last fall a first detection in Mexico occurred. Since then,
the detections have occurred more and more north in Mexico,
including the most recent one in July that is only
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about three hundred and seventy miles from the US border.
And so there is a heightened concern that may be
on our doorstep here at our southern border in the
not too distant future.
Speaker 18 (15:11):
So what are we doing about this here in the
US or what can we do?
Speaker 19 (15:15):
So what the US government is doing. They have a
sterol fly production facility in Panama. They have worked with
the Panamanian government to increase the output of stero flies
from that facility to one hundred million per week. You
take the stero flies and you release them in areas
where the new World screw worm fly is located, and
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they mate with the females, and because they're sterile, the
eggs are not viable. Additionally, USDA is working with Mexico
to revamp and modernize a plant in southern Mexico to
produce more stero flies, and they announced earlier that they
will be building a plant in Texas to produce a
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large number of sterol flies domestically for use in combating
New World screw worm. Now, those two facilities in Texas
and Mexico are not online now and will take some
time to get online, hopefully sometime next year, at least
for the one in Mexico. The one in Texas because
it's a new plant, may take a bit longer to
get online. And so the main things that the government
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is doing. The other things that they have done is
they've stopped the importation of cattle and horses from Mexico.
And I think, as your audience will know, there is
a large number of feeder cattle that come from Mexico
every year into the US in excess of one million animals.
So that's a large impact both on the Mexico side
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and on the US side for beef production. But it's
an important way to help reduce the thread of New
World screw worm into the United States. They are also
working with the tick riders in Texas a long term
USDA and Texas process where the tick riders are on
horseback riding along the border looking for cattle fever ticks,
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but now also looking to see for indications of New
World screw worm flies. So those are just a number
of the things that USDA has undertaken to help address
this potential threat to livestock in the United States.
Speaker 18 (17:16):
Well, Jamie, thank you for the time today. How can
we find out more information about this New World screwworm.
Speaker 19 (17:21):
We do have a fact sheet on the NMPF dot
org website for dairy farmers, particularly for our farmers that
are in the border states with Mexico, to just maintain
vigilance and if they see something that looks like New
World screw worm, please contact their local veterinarian, who will
then work with state and federal animal health officials to
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determine if it is in fact New World screw worm,
because if we have an incursion in the US, we
want to detect it so that we can prevent further spread.
Speaker 18 (17:53):
Thanks again, Jamie. That's doctor Jamie Jonker, chief Science officer
with the National Milk Producers Federation. Find more at n MPF.
Speaker 15 (18:04):
It's called AF thirty six and it helps keep the
afflic toxin levels down in orchards, which is quite rare anyways,
but it does displace it keeping the nuts safe without
harming any human health. I'm Patrick Cavanagh with the California
Tree Nut report part of the VASDAG Information Network. David
Havilin is a UC farm advisor Kerrent County specializing in entomology.
Speaker 20 (18:28):
So what happens is naval orange from tax both almonds
of pistatios and sometimes it can carry Aspergillis species fungus
that when the fungus gets into the kernel can cause
something called an apleotox It's rare, very very low percentage
of nuts, but aplotoxins can have negative issues on human health,
and so they're very heavily regulated in certain export markets.
(18:50):
That's one reason to keep naval orange from populations really low,
just so it's a complete non issue.
Speaker 15 (18:54):
Again, we're talking AF thirty six, which is spread through the.
Speaker 20 (18:58):
Orchard called an atoxigenict. What they're doing in that case
is instead of having the fungus that can create applotoxin,
they're putting out a product that's essentially the same fungus,
but that doesn't produce a talk code. If you fill
the orchard with that fungus that has zero whatsoever risk
to human health, then if the bad version of the
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fungus ever tries to show up, the space is occupied.
You know, the in is full. There's no room for
its developed and in that case or the risk of
having an actual applotoxin is the mischi.
Speaker 21 (19:32):
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
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the best place to reach a farmer with a farming
solution message is when they are well. Quite frankly, you know,
it's easy for us to find them during the day,
as most farmers are behind the wheel of a pickup
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Speaker 15 (20:32):
With the AG Information Network. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
Speaker 22 (20:35):
Welcome back to AGG Life. My name's Dwayne Murley, the USDA,
and now several news steps in combating the threat from
the New World screwworm, which is making its way through
Mexico and getting closer to the southern US border. AG
Secretary Brook rollins pause cattle inputs from Mexico and talks
about when that may get lifted after implementing the new steps.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
First, the pause will be as long as as it
is necessary until we get this under control. As it
began to move northward. This was one of the first
briefings I had. I was announced on November twenty third
of last year as President Trump's selection. I had my
hearing January twenty first, twenty second or twenty third, i believe,
and then sworn in on February thirteenth. This particular issue
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has been at the top of the list from the
very moment that I was announced.
Speaker 22 (21:22):
It's all about taking extra steps to protect the US
food supply and the country's national security.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
We expect, with these announcements in the aggressive strategy to
begin to push back the screwworm. But when it was
even at eleven hundred miles from the Texas border, which
is where we believed it had stopped until we got
the report about four weeks ago that it was within
three hundred and seventy miles. Even then we were shutting
the ports down. So we've got a lot of data
to collect. We've got a lot of work to do.
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But we have to protect our cattle industry and our
beef industry in this country, and in so doing protect
our food supply and in so doing protect our national security.
Speaker 22 (22:00):
Him out as ULDA AGG Secretary brook rollins, it seems
impossible to talk about most commodity markets and not mentioned volatility,
and the cattle market is no exception. Market analyst Brad
Koima said, volatility is something producers have to adapt to.
Speaker 4 (22:17):
The volatility is off the charts.
Speaker 23 (22:19):
I took a day off and went down to the
Iowa State Fair and I'm watching the markets on my
phone right and I'm not even on the roller coaster,
and it feels like I'm on the ride right. I
was saying that the other brokers this morning. I remember
when I first started, we had the dairy buyout, and
I thought.
Speaker 4 (22:33):
Holy smokes. I mean, we went down.
Speaker 23 (22:35):
The limit, which was a dollar fifty three days in
a row we lost four and a half dollars.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
We lose four and a half dollars, one hundred dollars
go get.
Speaker 23 (22:43):
A couple of cons The volatility is it is what
it is, and either you adapt or you get run over.
Speaker 22 (22:49):
What are some of the reasons driving the volatility.
Speaker 23 (22:52):
It's because of AI, It's because of algorithm, It's because
of HFTs.
Speaker 4 (22:56):
It's because of these.
Speaker 23 (22:57):
Chunks of money that are driven and seemed to be
able to sense where these spaces are in the market
where all of a sudden you sell enough of it
and all of a sudden you break two and a
half three dollars, and then you know, then they catch
and they do.
Speaker 4 (23:07):
So that's part of the reason why.
Speaker 23 (23:09):
I think that's just because of the nature of the
participants in the marketplace.
Speaker 22 (23:12):
Now, while there is steady activity and most sale burns,
he said, the packers may begin pulling back somewhat on
their bids.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
If they can't. That's what they're doing.
Speaker 23 (23:21):
And you've got a pretty big kill cuts here last week,
pretty big kill cuts again this week. There's certainly more
than one major packer that's down to thirty two hours,
that's four days a week. Their margins are poor, obviously,
and then that's what they're trying to do, and there's
not enough cattle to go around. Who's kidding who? So
there's that if the producer the feed lock stands firm
like he has for months and months and months, and
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cash firms back up here like it's done how many times,
then the market will priority respond favorably.
Speaker 22 (23:47):
Again. That's Brad Koima of Quoima, Quoima and Verolec. You're
listening to ag live. Hay growers across Washington and the
Pacific Northwest have had a great year when it comes
to growing conditions, but unfortunately the same canno be said
about the economic conditions grower's face. Andrew Eddie is president
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of the Washington State Hay Growers Association and says input
costs for growers have shot up considerably over the last
several months.
Speaker 24 (24:18):
So that also is factoring into kind of what, you know,
what we got going on and makes our upfront costs
a lot more for a throat that hopefully we maybe
get close to making break even on and getting our
return on investment, but it's a little tough to pencil.
Speaker 19 (24:36):
That one out.
Speaker 22 (24:37):
In addition to those elevated input costs, demand is soft
both internationally and domestically, he said, despite dry conditions and
reduce forage across the West. It remains to be seen
with the livestock sector with tap local hay growers for
additional feed.
Speaker 24 (24:53):
They'll be hunting for it, they'll be looking for it,
but then it comes down to kind of what they're
willing to pay and what they going to to be honest,
with the form market being a little taking a little
bit of a hit over the last little while, I
think born is going to be said more as it
kind of always is, and it's chieving up where it's
a good energy source for a cheap price, and so
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I think they'll choose out over alf Balpa. But hopefully
well we'll kind of see a turn and kind of
build on that and go from back.
Speaker 22 (25:22):
Andy's stress that while economic conditions are challenging growers across
most of the region of in reporting solid quality in
this year's hey crop. You've been listening to AGG Life.
My name is Dwayne Murley. Thanks for being with us today.
Speaker 16 (25:37):
It's time for California AGG Today on the AG Information Network.
I am Haley's ship. We are taking one bites out
of a very complex apple on today's program. In recent
news on the labor front, Western growers is now reporting
that the Department of Labor has announced it's rescinding a
twenty eleven Office of Foreign Labor Certificate FAQ that barred
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employers from using a single H TWOA application to stagger
the entry of H TWOA workers as the seasonal need
for labor increases. In breaking down why this matters, Western Growers,
an association that represents family farmers growing fruits, vegetables, and
tree nuts in Arizona, California, Colorado, and New Mexico, stated
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that with that twenty eleven FAQ rescinded DL has removed
the informal prohibition that enforced separate filings when the only
difference among positions was the start date. According to the
group's president and CEO, Dave Puglia, rescinding the no staggering
rule eliminates needless cost and complexity, giving farmers the flexibility
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they need to meet real world labor demand. Though this
change clears one hurdle, Western Growers says they will continue
to advocate for additional improvement to make the HHWAY program
more accessible to family farmers.
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Speaker 1 (28:09):
Here are some farm us this morning. Friends. On one
side of American agriculture, it's been a struggle for crop
producers with low commodity prices and high input cost. On
the other side, despite the high price of beef, demand
for the product remained strong. The Zippydvaul, president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation, recently made a trip to Dakota
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Fest in Mitchell, South Dakota. He said, it looks as
though the cattle market will stay strong in the immediate future.
Speaker 26 (28:37):
It looks like it's going to be here for a while.
Of Course, I, like most ranchers and farmers across the country,
didn't keep one half of to raid. They all left
the farm, So I don't really see the herd building
back that fast. And the only thing that really might
move either one way or another would be some natural
disaster or to scream rooms situation. So we're hoping it
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a stick can give CAF guys a time to rebuild
their farms and make some reinvestments in the things that
they need to do that we've not been able to
do for a long time.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
There are some steps to take at the federal level
that would help crop farmers stay in business.
Speaker 26 (29:14):
Well, there's three things that's got to be done. One
president's out there working right now trying to land some
trade deals, and with my visit within three weeks go
in the Oval office, I told him the runway was short.
Speaker 21 (29:24):
He has to make this happen fast.
Speaker 26 (29:26):
To be able to move the markets and make it
positive for farmers and ranchers and get those prices up.
But that's not going to be the only thing that
does that. We've got to further look for ways to
domestically use the crop that we're growing year round. E
fifteen is a no brainer. We shouldn't be having to
go back to EPA every year to get approval of
that in summertime. It just should be passed in a
loss so that we can continue to do that. And
(29:48):
then of course jet fuel produced through the use of
corn and the things that we grow. We have got
to land that deal, and I think the President should
be used and it is one of his bargaining tools.
With some of these foreign countries own planes that coming
in and out of our country. If we could get
those three things together, it can make a huge difference
in how markets here.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Farm Bureau President Zippy to Ball with us this morning.
Maximizing profits in the stocker cattle segment always important to
keeping your operation healthy. Chad Smith has this story.
Speaker 6 (30:21):
Doctor Jeff Sarshe from Zoetis Beef Technical Services Team talks
about some of the challenges that stocker producers are facing today.
Speaker 27 (30:30):
Stalkers that I really admire them because they really have
to wear two hats. They're farming grass or forages and
they're also raising cattle. They're using the cattle to harvest
their own grasses or forages. They have to be on
their toes and keep a sharp pencil really in both aspects.
(30:52):
You know, as a veterinarian and technical service I spend
a lot of time also talking about their grass and
other things like that. It all goes together, and you
can't piecemeal and only do one thing, or it's not
going to work.
Speaker 28 (31:07):
You have to do it all.
Speaker 6 (31:08):
How can an implant program help those producers maximize margins?
Speaker 27 (31:13):
To me, it's amazing technology because a growth promotion implant
essentially makes the animal more efficient. He can graise the
same nutrients on the same pasture and produce more beef.
It's like me giving you a fuel added even you
get better gas mileach on every tank of gas. Why
(31:33):
wouldn't you spend a quarter to put that in your
tank gas to get two dollars more on every tank.
You can spend a dollar two dollars on a growth
promotion implant and get anywhere from fifty two hundred dollars back.
Speaker 6 (31:49):
Sarshet talked about some of the implants Zoettis offers for
stocker producers.
Speaker 27 (31:54):
We got two new label claims, one for an older
implant called Sinvex Choice that now has a indication for
cattle grasing grass, and the other is a new implant
that we had called Primer that had a dry lot
indication and now has a grass indication. So we have
(32:15):
basically given producers a lot more flexibility. They have two
shorter acting implants anywhere from eighty to one hundred and
twenty days with Choice or Primer, and then we have
the longer acting implant that will last for two hundred days,
which fits for most traditional type stockers, but there's stockers
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out there that will raise anywhere from forty five sixty
days to six months. And yes, it takes a little
bit of learning. It's just like everything. You're not going
to jump on that tractor and do it perfect the
first time you do it. It takes a little bit
of learning because it's not a typical shot, but it's
not that difficult to learn and to take the time
(32:58):
to put a owth promotion implant in a calf. When
every calf potentially is going to make you fifty two
one hundred dollars, it's worth spending the time.
Speaker 28 (33:10):
To do it.
Speaker 6 (33:10):
If you're interested in learning more about the zoettas implant offering,
talk with your local zoetis representative or check out sinovaks
dot com. Refer to individual labels for complete directions for use,
precautions and warnings. Reimplant only if and as directed in labeling.
Chad Smith reporting farm Us.
Speaker 1 (33:31):
This morning, you're listening to wag Life.
Speaker 13 (33:35):
From the Egg Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
The migration of gray wolves into California Sierra Ballet has
disrupted rural communities and led to significant losses for cattle ranchers.
Sierra County Sheriff Mike Fisher talked to the Voice of
California Agriculture podcast about challenges such as confirming cattle kills
were caused by wolves, as well as the economic and
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emotional stress ranchers have faced. Fisher suspects we are going
to see some of the ranchers not return this year.
Since May, the US has advanced multiple trade agreements and
frameworks that directly affect agriculture, morningaclibs dot com reports. The
deals include the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, United Kingdom, the EU,
and Japan, and they all matter thanks to things like
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market expansion with new and more predictable export opportunities for
US producers of feed grains, poultry, dairy, biofuels, and specialty crops.
They also improve investment risks amid rising global competition. And
Today is National Banana Lover's Day, a fun fruity celebration
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from fresh off the peel to delicious dishes like smoothies
and cakes. The day highlights banana's health benefits, emphasizing their
rich potassium content and essential vitamins. It also highlights sustainable
farming practices and the importance of supporting fair trade bananas.
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Speaker 1 (36:13):
Bob Quinn back to wrap up AAGLIE for today, Friends,
USDA's August crop production report came in with surprising numbers,
Yet what were the initial reactions? Rod Bain wraps us up.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
So just how surprising was USDA's August forecast for US
cord production this year.
Speaker 29 (36:30):
Looking at a production number of over sixteen point seven
billion bushels, a record high projection, according to Agriculture Department
chief Atcatabis Seth.
Speaker 2 (36:40):
Meyer, who adds record cord crop yields are also forecasted
a yield.
Speaker 29 (36:45):
Of one hundred and eighty eight point eight bushels an acre.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
He says, regarding surprises, start with the trade range of
estimates for the latest cord yield forecast.
Speaker 29 (36:55):
When we look at the trade range, one hundred and
eighty eight point eight bushels slightly above the high trade
range yield estimate.
Speaker 2 (37:02):
Yet the chief economist feels the bigger surprise was an
additional two billion acres of corn forecasted from certified Farm
Service Agency data.
Speaker 29 (37:12):
So now we're talking about corn acres at ninety seven
point two five million acres.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
By way of reminder, for the report, this is where
we get the first survey based yield and production numbers
in August.
Speaker 28 (37:25):
It's a farmer based survey.
Speaker 29 (37:27):
But this is the second year where NASA is pulled
forward and looked and used FSA data in.
Speaker 28 (37:33):
Order to adjust acreage. So I think when we.
Speaker 29 (37:35):
Talk about balance sheet changes, we got to keep in
mind that we're getting both the first survey based yield
information along with the first.
Speaker 28 (37:46):
Assessment of FSA acreage.
Speaker 2 (37:49):
Additial industry reaction to the cord production forecast included a
decrease in prices in the trading markets. The USDA also
forecasted a lower season ended average price for cord based
on the increased supply a.
Speaker 29 (38:02):
Lot of extra corn, putting some downward pressure on prices
and making a downward adjustment of thirty cents to three
dollars and ninety cents for the twenty five twenty six
marketing year price.
Speaker 2 (38:13):
More log term consideration becomes how USDA projects how all
this cord will be used with it is supplied to
bad estimates. World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jacktowski provides
a breakdown.
Speaker 30 (38:28):
Increases in virtually all of the use categories. We raised
feed and residual by two hundred and fifty million bushels
are export forecast we raised by two hundred million bushels.
Ethnol use raised about one hundred million bushels this month.
H ending stocks forecast was raised by four hundred and
fifty seven million bushels.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
A broad Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (38:53):
With that, friends, out of time for today, Thanks for
joining us back tomorrow morning with another edition of Baglife.
Good morning, valley. This is agwife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well, friends,
the symbol of wildfire prevention turned eighty one years old
earlier this month. That's a cause for celebration and recollection
of this popular character. Rod Bain starts us off today.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
What do you do with the birthday falls on a weekend?
You wouldn't necessarily think celebrate again on a weekday.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
All right, we're gonna light some candles. We're gonna sing
Happy Birthday.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Yet, Agriculture Secretary of Brook rawlins US Forest Service personnel
and the audience at the Great American Farmer's Market on
the National Mall in Washington, d C. Took opportunity midweek
to wish to the symbol of fire prevention, the character
(01:02):
of Smokey. Add The Joint Forest Service ad Council State
Forester's campaid supporting Smokey's cause is eighty one years old
this year, with the message consistent over that time.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Only you can prevent wildfires.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
At According to Forest Service historian LINKA.
Speaker 5 (01:19):
Brabwell, it's been going continuously since nineteen forty four, there
were no breaks where it was abandoned for a decade
and reintroduced. It's the single longest continual ESA announcement in
US history.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
The original Smoky character look different than the version most
of us have grown up on and no today.
Speaker 5 (01:40):
They started working with this cartoon bear character. They named
it Smokey after a popular New York City assistant fire
chief nicknamed Smokey Joe Martin, and they started ermenting and
adding a hat to this bear, adding pants to this
cartoon character.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
It would be three years later, nineteen forty seven, that
Smokey's catchphrase was introduced.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Remember only you can prevent forest fires.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
A presentation that cut on with the public, with the
only subtle change to the message occurring in two thousand
and one.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
The formal message changed to only you can prevent wildfires,
and that was really done in recognition of how wildfires
and fire events take place in sort of all kind
of ecological conditions, not just tall standing force that we
think of.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Some are of an age to remember the living symbol
of Smokey, a rescue New Mexico bear cub injured in
a forest fire. He recited at the National Zoo in Washington,
d C. For almost three decades.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
That's when Smokey's popularity really sort of took off. A
symbol you could visit and see with your own eyes
if you visited the National Zoo. From there, Smoky became
so popular and started receiving fan mail.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Friends, coming up a story on labor needs in the
dairy industry. This is aglife, Bob Quinn, here was some
farm used this morning, Friends. America's dairy farmers need a
more consistent supply of labor. Chad Smith takes a look
at this story for US this morning.
Speaker 6 (03:21):
US agriculture has dealt with the labor shortage for decades
and needs a permanent solution that's available to all farmers.
Kim Skelly, a New York dairy farmer, said he can't
run his operation without hired help.
Speaker 7 (03:35):
Given the scope of our farm, hired labor is extremely important.
There's three of us who own the farm, and it
takes about forty people to get the work done, so
hired labor was a big part of that. Longevity with
employees leads to longevity and more productivity for the cows.
Speaker 6 (03:52):
He said. One of the main flaws with our country's
current workforce program is that farmers with year round needs,
such as those in the dairy industry, can't utilize the
H two AA visa program.
Speaker 7 (04:04):
We're certainly the concerning risk with our workforce. We have
a certain percentage who are foreign born, so we're certainly
striving and advocating for access to a year round program
for livestock farmers and those who have year around needs.
The workload changes a little bit in the winter, but
cows are still caving and milking and have to be
fed and cared for.
Speaker 6 (04:23):
More farmers are needed to help advocate for a more
consistent agricultural labor supply and Scaley says, one of the
ways to lend your voice to the cause is to
join an agricultural organization farmers.
Speaker 8 (04:36):
If you're not already a member of Farm Bureau, become
a member of Farm Bureau and then check with your
farm Bureau members and leadership and see what are the
things they're pushing for and striving for, and what's that
message so that when you go to your legislators you
can be consistent with what we're talking about the most
important thing is talking to your legislators often about the
most important issues.
Speaker 6 (04:56):
Learn more at fb dot org, Forward sla As Slabor
Chad Smith, Washington, Well Friends.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
A human case of New World screwworm was reported by
the Centers for Disease Control after being discovered earlier this month.
Colin Woodhall, CEO of the National Cattleman's Beef Association, says,
while it's something the cattle industry needs to monitor, this
isn't a risk to the US livestock industry.
Speaker 9 (05:23):
From what we understand.
Speaker 10 (05:24):
It was an individual who had made a trip to
one of the countries in Central America that has New
World screw worm, which is all of the countries in
Central America right now, came back, had some pain, went
to seek treatment, and discovered that they were invested with
New World screw worm larva. I think the key is
that the CDC protocols worked, they identified it.
Speaker 9 (05:46):
CDC is not a pr agency. I can't speak as
to why they make the decisions of what they announced
or don't announce, but we do know that the protocol
worked in that individual was treated in the larva were destroyed.
And while yes, it's surprising to see that particular story.
You know, it's not shocking.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
There have been cases in the last couple of years
in the US.
Speaker 9 (06:05):
There was a human case in the United States last
year in twenty twenty four. There was one in twenty
twenty three. We also know of one that happened in
twenty fourteen, and all of them were very similar. These
were individuals who traveled to a country that had New
World screw worms, brought the larva back with them, and
then when the pain got a variable, went to seek
treatment and the CDC was engaged, they was identified and
(06:27):
those larva were destroyed. So we as in CBA, were
not shocked to see that there is a human case.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
What all says the protocols for protecting humans and livestock
from New World screw worm worked as intended.
Speaker 9 (06:41):
I think for us, as we are taking a serious
approach to protecting ourselves from New World screwworm, the things
that we're looking at is one, did the protocols work?
And it's obvious that the protocols worked. And let's think
about this for a minute from a human standpoint. If
you go travel and somehow the New World screw worm
(07:01):
female lays its eggs somewhere in your body. You come
back to the United States, you're going to have excruciating
pain because these larva, these maggots are going to be
eating you alive. So you're going to go seek some
sort of treatment.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
The human infection had no chance to spread because of
how quickly the person went to the doctor.
Speaker 9 (07:22):
This is not a situation where it's a tick bide
or a methito bite and you might scratch it and
not necessarily think twice about seeking treatment until further down
the line. This is not a situation where those larva
are going to then exit the human pupaid and become
to fly, because that pain is just so excruciating. So
CDC's approach, CDC's protocols and the information that they have
(07:45):
out there in the medical community obviously work. So that
is probably the biggest takeaway we need to understand.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Colin what all National Cattlemans Beef Association. This morning, farmw's
you're listening to AG Life.
Speaker 11 (07:57):
It's another AG news up day, 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
(08:59):
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,
(09:20):
and ethanol excluded from recent talks. India's average terrif rate
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
(09:40):
cited the barriers as an obstacle to deeper trade ties.
With trade talk stalled, Indian exporters now face rising levees
across a broader range of goods. I'm Tony Saint Shame's
it's another AGEWS update.
Speaker 15 (10:00):
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An emotional roller coaster?
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American Cattle News packer margins are in the red? What's next?
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Bob Maurs with Manduka Trading in Chicago.
Speaker 17 (11:13):
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 higher 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
(11:57):
if that continues as a pattern. 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.
(12:18):
Other impacts in the cattle market. We're watching export competition.
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
(12:40):
associate any kind of tariff for trade talks to beef
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 11 (12:58):
American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
This is Dairy Radio Now, a rundown of the latest
dairy news across America with Bill Baker.
Speaker 18 (13:12):
Dairy producers should be watching out for a new dangerous
pest that can affect livestock and even humans. We're talking
about the New World screwworm with doctor Jamie Jocker, chief
science officer with the National Milk Producers Federation. Jamie, thank
you for joining us. Tell us what you know about
this dangerous pest.
Speaker 19 (13:29):
Yeah, thanks Bill for the opportunity to talk about New
World screw worm. Let's first talk about what it is
and then why it's a concern today. So New War
screw worm is dangerous pests that can affect livestock and
any warm blooded animal and actually even humans. It's a
parasitic fly that lays eggs in open wounds, and the
young larvae, which most people would refer to as maggots,
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feed on the animals living tissues. So when a fly
lays its eggs in an animal, when the larvae they
used their sharp hooks in their mouth to eat living flesh.
And so what happens if you leave this untreated, You
actually get a growing wound, and that attracts more flies
and more maggots essentially until the animal, if untreated, is
(14:15):
essentially eaten alive. Here's why it's a concern now. The
US eradicated New World screw worm out of its natural
range in the southern part of the US over forty
years ago. I've really been able to keep that issue
away from US livestock concerns. In fact, in the early
two thousands, the New World screw worm had been moved
(14:37):
all the way down to the southern part of Central
America in Panama. But starting in twenty twenty two, outbreaks
of New World screw worm have been moving north, and
just last fall a first detection in Mexico occurred. Since then,
the detections have occurred more and more north in Mexico,
including the most recent one in July that is only
(15:00):
about three hundred and seventy miles from the US border.
And so there is a heightened concern that may be
on our doorstep here at our southern border in the
not too distant future.
Speaker 18 (15:11):
So what are we doing about this here in the
US or what can we do?
Speaker 19 (15:15):
So what the US government is doing. They have a
sterol fly production facility in Panama. They have worked with
the Panamanian government to increase the output of stero flies
from that facility to one hundred million per week. You
take the stero flies and you release them in areas
where the new World screw worm fly is located, and
(15:37):
they mate with the females, and because they're sterile, the
eggs are not viable. Additionally, USDA is working with Mexico
to revamp and modernize a plant in southern Mexico to
produce more stero flies, and they announced earlier that they
will be building a plant in Texas to produce a
(15:58):
large number of sterol flies domestically for use in combating
New World screw worm. Now, those two facilities in Texas
and Mexico are not online now and will take some
time to get online, hopefully sometime next year, at least
for the one in Mexico. The one in Texas because
it's a new plant, may take a bit longer to
get online. And so the main things that the government
(16:20):
is doing. The other things that they have done is
they've stopped the importation of cattle and horses from Mexico.
And I think, as your audience will know, there is
a large number of feeder cattle that come from Mexico
every year into the US in excess of one million animals.
So that's a large impact both on the Mexico side
(16:40):
and on the US side for beef production. But it's
an important way to help reduce the thread of New
World screw worm into the United States. They are also
working with the tick riders in Texas a long term
USDA and Texas process where the tick riders are on
horseback riding along the border looking for cattle fever ticks,
(17:02):
but now also looking to see for indications of New
World screw worm flies. So those are just a number
of the things that USDA has undertaken to help address
this potential threat to livestock in the United States.
Speaker 18 (17:16):
Well, Jamie, thank you for the time today. How can
we find out more information about this New World screwworm.
Speaker 19 (17:21):
We do have a fact sheet on the NMPF dot
org website for dairy farmers, particularly for our farmers that
are in the border states with Mexico, to just maintain
vigilance and if they see something that looks like New
World screw worm, please contact their local veterinarian, who will
then work with state and federal animal health officials to
(17:44):
determine if it is in fact New World screw worm,
because if we have an incursion in the US, we
want to detect it so that we can prevent further spread.
Speaker 18 (17:53):
Thanks again, Jamie. That's doctor Jamie Jonker, chief Science officer
with the National Milk Producers Federation. Find more at n MPF.
Speaker 15 (18:04):
It's called AF thirty six and it helps keep the
afflic toxin levels down in orchards, which is quite rare anyways,
but it does displace it keeping the nuts safe without
harming any human health. I'm Patrick Cavanagh with the California
Tree Nut report part of the VASDAG Information Network. David
Havilin is a UC farm advisor Kerrent County specializing in entomology.
Speaker 20 (18:28):
So what happens is naval orange from tax both almonds
of pistatios and sometimes it can carry Aspergillis species fungus
that when the fungus gets into the kernel can cause
something called an apleotox It's rare, very very low percentage
of nuts, but aplotoxins can have negative issues on human health,
and so they're very heavily regulated in certain export markets.
(18:50):
That's one reason to keep naval orange from populations really low,
just so it's a complete non issue.
Speaker 15 (18:54):
Again, we're talking AF thirty six, which is spread through the.
Speaker 20 (18:58):
Orchard called an atoxigenict. What they're doing in that case
is instead of having the fungus that can create applotoxin,
they're putting out a product that's essentially the same fungus,
but that doesn't produce a talk code. If you fill
the orchard with that fungus that has zero whatsoever risk
to human health, then if the bad version of the
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fungus ever tries to show up, the space is occupied.
You know, the in is full. There's no room for
its developed and in that case or the risk of
having an actual applotoxin is the mischi.
Speaker 21 (19:32):
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
(19:53):
the best place to reach a farmer with a farming
solution message is when they are well. Quite frankly, 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 featuring the AGG Information Network NEWS. If you'd
(20:15):
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give us a call and we'll connect you directly with
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Speaker 15 (20:32):
With the AG Information Network. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
Speaker 22 (20:35):
Welcome back to AGG Life. My name's Dwayne Murley, the USDA,
and now several news steps in combating the threat from
the New World screwworm, which is making its way through
Mexico and getting closer to the southern US border. AG
Secretary Brook rollins pause cattle inputs from Mexico and talks
about when that may get lifted after implementing the new steps.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
First, the pause will be as long as as it
is necessary until we get this under control. As it
began to move northward. This was one of the first
briefings I had. I was announced on November twenty third
of last year as President Trump's selection. I had my
hearing January twenty first, twenty second or twenty third, i believe,
and then sworn in on February thirteenth. This particular issue
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has been at the top of the list from the
very moment that I was announced.
Speaker 22 (21:22):
It's all about taking extra steps to protect the US
food supply and the country's national security.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
We expect, with these announcements in the aggressive strategy to
begin to push back the screwworm. But when it was
even at eleven hundred miles from the Texas border, which
is where we believed it had stopped until we got
the report about four weeks ago that it was within
three hundred and seventy miles. Even then we were shutting
the ports down. So we've got a lot of data
to collect. We've got a lot of work to do.
(21:50):
But we have to protect our cattle industry and our
beef industry in this country, and in so doing protect
our food supply and in so doing protect our national security.
Speaker 22 (22:00):
Him out as ULDA AGG Secretary brook rollins, it seems
impossible to talk about most commodity markets and not mentioned volatility,
and the cattle market is no exception. Market analyst Brad
Koima said, volatility is something producers have to adapt to.
Speaker 4 (22:17):
The volatility is off the charts.
Speaker 23 (22:19):
I took a day off and went down to the
Iowa State Fair and I'm watching the markets on my
phone right and I'm not even on the roller coaster,
and it feels like I'm on the ride right. I
was saying that the other brokers this morning. I remember
when I first started, we had the dairy buyout, and
I thought.
Speaker 4 (22:33):
Holy smokes. I mean, we went down.
Speaker 23 (22:35):
The limit, which was a dollar fifty three days in
a row we lost four and a half dollars.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
We lose four and a half dollars, one hundred dollars
go get.
Speaker 23 (22:43):
A couple of cons The volatility is it is what
it is, and either you adapt or you get run over.
Speaker 22 (22:49):
What are some of the reasons driving the volatility.
Speaker 23 (22:52):
It's because of AI, It's because of algorithm, It's because
of HFTs.
Speaker 4 (22:56):
It's because of these.
Speaker 23 (22:57):
Chunks of money that are driven and seemed to be
able to sense where these spaces are in the market
where all of a sudden you sell enough of it
and all of a sudden you break two and a
half three dollars, and then you know, then they catch
and they do.
Speaker 4 (23:07):
So that's part of the reason why.
Speaker 23 (23:09):
I think that's just because of the nature of the
participants in the marketplace.
Speaker 22 (23:12):
Now, while there is steady activity and most sale burns,
he said, the packers may begin pulling back somewhat on
their bids.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
If they can't. That's what they're doing.
Speaker 23 (23:21):
And you've got a pretty big kill cuts here last week,
pretty big kill cuts again this week. There's certainly more
than one major packer that's down to thirty two hours,
that's four days a week. Their margins are poor, obviously,
and then that's what they're trying to do, and there's
not enough cattle to go around. Who's kidding who? So
there's that if the producer the feed lock stands firm
like he has for months and months and months, and
(23:41):
cash firms back up here like it's done how many times,
then the market will priority respond favorably.
Speaker 22 (23:47):
Again. That's Brad Koima of Quoima, Quoima and Verolec. You're
listening to ag live. Hay growers across Washington and the
Pacific Northwest have had a great year when it comes
to growing conditions, but unfortunately the same canno be said
about the economic conditions grower's face. Andrew Eddie is president
(24:09):
of the Washington State Hay Growers Association and says input
costs for growers have shot up considerably over the last
several months.
Speaker 24 (24:18):
So that also is factoring into kind of what, you know,
what we got going on and makes our upfront costs
a lot more for a throat that hopefully we maybe
get close to making break even on and getting our
return on investment, but it's a little tough to pencil.
Speaker 19 (24:36):
That one out.
Speaker 22 (24:37):
In addition to those elevated input costs, demand is soft
both internationally and domestically, he said, despite dry conditions and
reduce forage across the West. It remains to be seen
with the livestock sector with tap local hay growers for
additional feed.
Speaker 24 (24:53):
They'll be hunting for it, they'll be looking for it,
but then it comes down to kind of what they're
willing to pay and what they going to to be honest,
with the form market being a little taking a little
bit of a hit over the last little while, I
think born is going to be said more as it
kind of always is, and it's chieving up where it's
a good energy source for a cheap price, and so
(25:14):
I think they'll choose out over alf Balpa. But hopefully
well we'll kind of see a turn and kind of
build on that and go from back.
Speaker 22 (25:22):
Andy's stress that while economic conditions are challenging growers across
most of the region of in reporting solid quality in
this year's hey crop. You've been listening to AGG Life.
My name is Dwayne Murley. Thanks for being with us today.
Speaker 16 (25:37):
It's time for California AGG Today on the AG Information Network.
I am Haley's ship. We are taking one bites out
of a very complex apple on today's program. In recent
news on the labor front, Western growers is now reporting
that the Department of Labor has announced it's rescinding a
twenty eleven Office of Foreign Labor Certificate FAQ that barred
(26:02):
employers from using a single H TWOA application to stagger
the entry of H TWOA workers as the seasonal need
for labor increases. In breaking down why this matters, Western Growers,
an association that represents family farmers growing fruits, vegetables, and
tree nuts in Arizona, California, Colorado, and New Mexico, stated
(26:25):
that with that twenty eleven FAQ rescinded DL has removed
the informal prohibition that enforced separate filings when the only
difference among positions was the start date. According to the
group's president and CEO, Dave Puglia, rescinding the no staggering
rule eliminates needless cost and complexity, giving farmers the flexibility
(26:50):
they need to meet real world labor demand. Though this
change clears one hurdle, Western Growers says they will continue
to advocate for additional improvement to make the HHWAY program
more accessible to family farmers.
Speaker 25 (27:04):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on road.
Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffic share the
same space. Whether you're behind the wheel of a tractor
or a car. Here's what you need to remember. Tractors
move slower, be patient, don't pass on hills or curves.
Farmers make sure your slow moving vehicles, signs and lights
are visible and everyone's sailor, especially on rule roads. One
(27:27):
moment of caution can save a life. Let's work together
to keep our roads and are farms safe. This message
was brought to you by the AG Information Network.
Speaker 21 (27:35):
For over forty years, the AG Information Network has been
providing news and information for the most important industry in
the world, agriculture. The EGG Information Network gives you worldwide
updates from local producers to regional organizations, from major crops
like wheat and corn, to animal agriculture to specially crops
like apples, almonds, and cherries. We report on stories that
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The AG Information Network trusted and transparent journalism lasting for
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Speaker 16 (28:06):
On the AAG Information Network, I am Hateley's shipped Bob Quinn.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Here are some farm us this morning. Friends. On one
side of American agriculture, it's been a struggle for crop
producers with low commodity prices and high input cost. On
the other side, despite the high price of beef, demand
for the product remained strong. The Zippydvaul, president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation, recently made a trip to Dakota
(28:30):
Fest in Mitchell, South Dakota. He said, it looks as
though the cattle market will stay strong in the immediate future.
Speaker 26 (28:37):
It looks like it's going to be here for a while.
Of Course, I, like most ranchers and farmers across the country,
didn't keep one half of to raid. They all left
the farm, So I don't really see the herd building
back that fast. And the only thing that really might
move either one way or another would be some natural
disaster or to scream rooms situation. So we're hoping it
(28:58):
a stick can give CAF guys a time to rebuild
their farms and make some reinvestments in the things that
they need to do that we've not been able to
do for a long time.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
There are some steps to take at the federal level
that would help crop farmers stay in business.
Speaker 26 (29:14):
Well, there's three things that's got to be done. One
president's out there working right now trying to land some
trade deals, and with my visit within three weeks go
in the Oval office, I told him the runway was short.
Speaker 21 (29:24):
He has to make this happen fast.
Speaker 26 (29:26):
To be able to move the markets and make it
positive for farmers and ranchers and get those prices up.
But that's not going to be the only thing that
does that. We've got to further look for ways to
domestically use the crop that we're growing year round. E
fifteen is a no brainer. We shouldn't be having to
go back to EPA every year to get approval of
that in summertime. It just should be passed in a
loss so that we can continue to do that. And
(29:48):
then of course jet fuel produced through the use of
corn and the things that we grow. We have got
to land that deal, and I think the President should
be used and it is one of his bargaining tools.
With some of these foreign countries own planes that coming
in and out of our country. If we could get
those three things together, it can make a huge difference
in how markets here.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Farm Bureau President Zippy to Ball with us this morning.
Maximizing profits in the stocker cattle segment always important to
keeping your operation healthy. Chad Smith has this story.
Speaker 6 (30:21):
Doctor Jeff Sarshe from Zoetis Beef Technical Services Team talks
about some of the challenges that stocker producers are facing today.
Speaker 27 (30:30):
Stalkers that I really admire them because they really have
to wear two hats. They're farming grass or forages and
they're also raising cattle. They're using the cattle to harvest
their own grasses or forages. They have to be on
their toes and keep a sharp pencil really in both aspects.
(30:52):
You know, as a veterinarian and technical service I spend
a lot of time also talking about their grass and
other things like that. It all goes together, and you
can't piecemeal and only do one thing, or it's not
going to work.
Speaker 28 (31:07):
You have to do it all.
Speaker 6 (31:08):
How can an implant program help those producers maximize margins?
Speaker 27 (31:13):
To me, it's amazing technology because a growth promotion implant
essentially makes the animal more efficient. He can graise the
same nutrients on the same pasture and produce more beef.
It's like me giving you a fuel added even you
get better gas mileach on every tank of gas. Why
(31:33):
wouldn't you spend a quarter to put that in your
tank gas to get two dollars more on every tank.
You can spend a dollar two dollars on a growth
promotion implant and get anywhere from fifty two hundred dollars back.
Speaker 6 (31:49):
Sarshet talked about some of the implants Zoettis offers for
stocker producers.
Speaker 27 (31:54):
We got two new label claims, one for an older
implant called Sinvex Choice that now has a indication for
cattle grasing grass, and the other is a new implant
that we had called Primer that had a dry lot
indication and now has a grass indication. So we have
(32:15):
basically given producers a lot more flexibility. They have two
shorter acting implants anywhere from eighty to one hundred and
twenty days with Choice or Primer, and then we have
the longer acting implant that will last for two hundred days,
which fits for most traditional type stockers, but there's stockers
(32:37):
out there that will raise anywhere from forty five sixty
days to six months. And yes, it takes a little
bit of learning. It's just like everything. You're not going
to jump on that tractor and do it perfect the
first time you do it. It takes a little bit
of learning because it's not a typical shot, but it's
not that difficult to learn and to take the time
(32:58):
to put a owth promotion implant in a calf. When
every calf potentially is going to make you fifty two
one hundred dollars, it's worth spending the time.
Speaker 28 (33:10):
To do it.
Speaker 6 (33:10):
If you're interested in learning more about the zoettas implant offering,
talk with your local zoetis representative or check out sinovaks
dot com. Refer to individual labels for complete directions for use,
precautions and warnings. Reimplant only if and as directed in labeling.
Chad Smith reporting farm Us.
Speaker 1 (33:31):
This morning, you're listening to wag Life.
Speaker 13 (33:35):
From the Egg Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
The migration of gray wolves into California Sierra Ballet has
disrupted rural communities and led to significant losses for cattle ranchers.
Sierra County Sheriff Mike Fisher talked to the Voice of
California Agriculture podcast about challenges such as confirming cattle kills
were caused by wolves, as well as the economic and
(33:57):
emotional stress ranchers have faced. Fisher suspects we are going
to see some of the ranchers not return this year.
Since May, the US has advanced multiple trade agreements and
frameworks that directly affect agriculture, morningaclibs dot com reports. The
deals include the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, United Kingdom, the EU,
and Japan, and they all matter thanks to things like
(34:19):
market expansion with new and more predictable export opportunities for
US producers of feed grains, poultry, dairy, biofuels, and specialty crops.
They also improve investment risks amid rising global competition. And
Today is National Banana Lover's Day, a fun fruity celebration
that happens every year on August twenty seventh. This special
(34:40):
day encourages U banana lovers to enjoy them in all forms,
from fresh off the peel to delicious dishes like smoothies
and cakes. The day highlights banana's health benefits, emphasizing their
rich potassium content and essential vitamins. It also highlights sustainable
farming practices and the importance of supporting fair trade bananas.
Speaker 21 (34:59):
For the last forty 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,
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reaching coast to coast, deep roots and farming. In decades
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 their pickup truck or farm
(35:39):
equipment with the radio on listening to this station for
the AG Information Network of the West News. So reach
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 13 (35:59):
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Speaker 1 (36:13):
Bob Quinn back to wrap up AAGLIE for today, Friends,
USDA's August crop production report came in with surprising numbers,
Yet what were the initial reactions? Rod Bain wraps us up.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
So just how surprising was USDA's August forecast for US
cord production this year.
Speaker 29 (36:30):
Looking at a production number of over sixteen point seven
billion bushels, a record high projection, according to Agriculture Department
chief Atcatabis Seth.
Speaker 2 (36:40):
Meyer, who adds record cord crop yields are also forecasted
a yield.
Speaker 29 (36:45):
Of one hundred and eighty eight point eight bushels an acre.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
He says, regarding surprises, start with the trade range of
estimates for the latest cord yield forecast.
Speaker 29 (36:55):
When we look at the trade range, one hundred and
eighty eight point eight bushels slightly above the high trade
range yield estimate.
Speaker 2 (37:02):
Yet the chief economist feels the bigger surprise was an
additional two billion acres of corn forecasted from certified Farm
Service Agency data.
Speaker 29 (37:12):
So now we're talking about corn acres at ninety seven
point two five million acres.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
By way of reminder, for the report, this is where
we get the first survey based yield and production numbers
in August.
Speaker 28 (37:25):
It's a farmer based survey.
Speaker 29 (37:27):
But this is the second year where NASA is pulled
forward and looked and used FSA data in.
Speaker 28 (37:33):
Order to adjust acreage. So I think when we.
Speaker 29 (37:35):
Talk about balance sheet changes, we got to keep in
mind that we're getting both the first survey based yield
information along with the first.
Speaker 28 (37:46):
Assessment of FSA acreage.
Speaker 2 (37:49):
Additial industry reaction to the cord production forecast included a
decrease in prices in the trading markets. The USDA also
forecasted a lower season ended average price for cord based
on the increased supply a.
Speaker 29 (38:02):
Lot of extra corn, putting some downward pressure on prices
and making a downward adjustment of thirty cents to three
dollars and ninety cents for the twenty five twenty six
marketing year price.
Speaker 2 (38:13):
More log term consideration becomes how USDA projects how all
this cord will be used with it is supplied to
bad estimates. World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jacktowski provides
a breakdown.
Speaker 30 (38:28):
Increases in virtually all of the use categories. We raised
feed and residual by two hundred and fifty million bushels
are export forecast we raised by two hundred million bushels.
Ethnol use raised about one hundred million bushels this month.
H ending stocks forecast was raised by four hundred and
fifty seven million bushels.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
A broad Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (38:53):
With that, friends, out of time for today, Thanks for
joining us back tomorrow morning with another edition of Baglife.
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