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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 agriculture production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well friends.
November wraps up hurricane season. Rod Bain takes a look back.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
We are just a.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Couple of weeks away from the official end of the
Atlantic hurricane season.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
November thirtieth to be exact. According to USDA b ro
ologist Brad Rippy, usually those final weeks of the hurricane
season are quiet. On occasion, a late November system turns
into a tropical storm. It may come as a surprise
considering this Atlantic hurricade season has been quieter that expected.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
As we reached this mid November point. We have seen
to this date thirteen named tropical cyclones and five hurricanes.
Speaker 4 (00:43):
That's compared to the Bay National Hurricane Center forecast of
thirteen to nineteen name storms adds six to ten hurricanes
at the August update that slightly lowered projections.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
With the August update, that number was ratcheted down to
thirteen to eighteen named storms and five to nine hurricanes.
Based on that August forecast, we are at the very
low end of that forecast. In a technical sense, they
were right, at least with the August update, But both
of those numbers on the very lowest end thirteen named
storms and five hurricane.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
What were some of the conditions behind the lower tropical
storm count.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
We saw a displaced monsoon across the African continent, and
that put those thunderstorm clusters into a more hostile environment
for development. Perhaps a bigger factor this year was the
fact that we saw very hostile winds across the western Atlantic.
We saw a dip in the jet stream that tended
to rip any developing cyclones apart.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
As a result, we did not.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
See a single landfalling US hurricane in twenty twenty.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Five, and in fact, only two tropical storms impacted the
mainland United States in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Only one of those actually made landfall in the United States.
Back in late June, we had tropical Storm Burry move
into the Mexican Gulf Coast. Very later in a remnant
form contributed to the deadly flooding in south central Texas,
and that occurred in the early hours of the fourth
of July. A little bit later on, we saw tropical
Storm Chantal, and that storm did effect the East coast
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of the United States, but it was a relatively innocuous
tropical storm and did not cause any significant concerns.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Broad Bain reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Farm US coming up. You're listening to Aglife. Bob Quinn
here with Farm News Today. Friends. American Farm Bureau Federation
is calling attention to the financial plight of the country's
farmers and ranchers. Chad Smith, how's our story?
Speaker 5 (02:39):
A recent Market Intel report from the American Farm Bureau
Federation shows that financial stress is severe and persistent across
farm country. John Newton, the vice president of Public Policy
and Economic Analysis for AFBF, said the factors behind the
stress are well.
Speaker 6 (02:57):
Known input costs that increased dramatically over the last few years,
up in some cases thirty forty fifty percent. But at
the same time, commodity prices have come crashing down for
many crops through historically low levels. Trade has slowed, and
the effect is we've had margins that have been at
or below break even for many crops and specialty crops
for many years in a row, and that's starting to
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impact farm financial conditions.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
Newton said, trade losses heightened the challenges in an already
difficult economic environment.
Speaker 6 (03:26):
As the Chinese back out of the market. That put
further pressure on prices. As farmers were harvesting a crop,
many of them didn't have storage and had to sell
at harvest time loads. So even though we've got framework
in place and the Chinese are starting to buy product
for a lot of growers, the economic benefits of these
frameworks may come too late.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
Newton says that while some help was made available in
the One Big Beautiful Bill and the American Relief Act,
that assistants won't reach farmers until sometime next year.
Speaker 6 (03:54):
The Department has pledged twelve billion dollars in economic support
to help offset trade loss. We hope to see details
of that in the next few weeks. But the One
Big Beautiful Bill, while it made a historic investment in
farm bill risk management programs, those benefits won't materialize on
the farm for over a year.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
Learn more on the Market Intel page at fb dot org.
Chad Smith, Washington Well Friends.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
The US Department of Agriculture announced the Supplemental Disaster Relief
Program to help producers cover losses from twenty three and
twenty four disasters. Richard Fordyce, USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production
and Conservation, talked about the SdRP.
Speaker 7 (04:32):
The Supplemental Disaster Relief Program is kind of the final
piece in the thirty billion dollar appropriation that we got
through the act that was passed by Congress in December
of twenty twenty four. And folks will remember the Economic
Aid that was the first piece that was rolled out,
that was around ten billion dollars, and then the supplemental
Disaster Relief in the first stage was the next thing
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in July. And now this is the final piece. And
so what we hope to pick up with this final
piece of disaster relief are folks that were either under
insured not insured, folks that experience quality losses across all
kinds of different crops. And then also part of this
is the milk loss program and the on farm stored
commodity Loss program.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Ford I said, USDA quote hit the ground running when
the government reopened.
Speaker 7 (05:18):
The day the government opened up, we were all fully
open across the mission area. So FSA folks were back
and our CS folks were back, and we did do
the first CRP payment run. I think it was on
Wednesday of this week. Those are done in tranches depending
on how the contracts were structured, and so we do
an initial payment based on whatever contract structure it was,
and then you know, we could do the next one,
and we do the next one, and do the next one,
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and I don't know how many there are. You know,
those are all ought to be pretty well completed by
first week of December, so you know, we're going to
be in pretty good shape. We're a little behind on
CRP payments because of the shutdown, or we're going to
catch up pretty quick.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
AG Secretary brook Rollins has talked about the Farmer Relief program,
and ford I said discussions are ongoing.
Speaker 7 (05:58):
Lots of I think specya probably in the press about
what that program's going to look like. I've been a
part of those discussions the Secretary, the White House, the
Chief Economist's Office, you know, talking about what would something
look like, and you know, no decisions made yet at
this point. But I will say that with that partnership
with the Chief Economist's Office at USDA, whatever happens will
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be done through an informed decision based on data based
on where we are at that point in time, and
assist folks growing specifically to a commodity, but where we
are at that point in time.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Richard FORDYCE with USDA this morning. Well friend, ZIG Secretary
brook Rollins said her agency intends to purchase up to
thirty million dollars in fresh fruit from American farmers and
producers to distribute to food banks and nutrition assistance programs
across the country now. These purchases are being made through
Section thirty two of the Agriculture Act of nineteen thirty
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five and will assist producers and communities in need. Farm
us this morning, you're listening to ag Life.
Speaker 8 (06:59):
It's another at news update. Tight cattle supplies, reshaping, processing capacity,
and grain moving fast as storage fills.
Speaker 9 (07:09):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 10 (07:16):
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down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the biggest empowering choices of your
life to go out and get this degree inside of
the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly, so we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 9 (07:35):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 8 (07:39):
US Cattle supplies remain historically tight, but Cargill says it
will keep all of its North American beef plants operating.
That is, even Tyson prepares to close Lexington, Nebraska and
scale back Amrollo to one shift, it removes roughly seven
percent of national fed capacity. Decision preserves competitive bids in
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parts of the planes, while procurement costs remain elevated and
Mexican feeder imports they restricted under screwworm controls. Grain movement
also accelerating, as USDA reports the tightest storage deficit since
twenty sixteen. It's forcing Iowa, Kansas, Dakota's, Nebraska, and Minnesota
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to push more grain onto rail and truck networks, while
states like Iowa temporarily raise weight limits to keep grain
flowing Globally, Cotton sector negotiations ahead of the MC fourteen
are centering on domestic support reform and steady production outlook,
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alongside rising demand for premium specialty fibers. It's another Agnews update.
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American Cattle News look at cash trade and how the
markets ended. The week after this.
Speaker 9 (09:33):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 10 (09:40):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the biggest empowering choices of your
life to go out and get this degree inside of
the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly. So we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 9 (09:59):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 8 (10:03):
Virginia mcgaffy is with mcgaffe Commodities. With the look back
at how markets closed on Friday.
Speaker 14 (10:10):
Live cattle was higher with futures are still at a
discount to cash and that's really pushing futures higher. Plus
there is some short covering heading into the holiday season,
where today at the end of the month and we
only have one more month left. Of twenty twenty five,
February was up six dollars and fifty cents to two
nineteen thirty two, with December getting up to two seventeen thirty.
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Even April got in the game, reached a high of
two twenty eighty CIA val four. The live cattlest at
twenty three point three percent today. Feeders were limited up
at one point, but there's still no date to reopen
that Mexican border yet and that's giving markets a big lift.
Futures were up nearly twenty five dollars in just three
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trading sessions today.
Speaker 15 (10:54):
January was up nine.
Speaker 14 (10:56):
Twenty five to three twenty four to thirty seven really
before pulling back a little bit. The market looking very strong.
March got up to three eighteen thirty Sea vall four.
The feeders is at twenty three point five percent. Now
the lean hogs today, we're firmed that oversold market is
finding some bargain hunters and they've jumped in to buy
their futures. Are pretty much holding on to Wednesday's big
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surge in the market, and we're up about five dollars
for the week. February was up ninety cents modestly to
eighty two twenty seven, with December getting up to eighty
one thirty two Sea vall four. The lean hogs is
at twenty five point seven percent.
Speaker 8 (11:29):
That's Virginia McGaffey with McGaffey Commodities and to cash Trade
Nebraska and Iowa last week two eight to two ten
Kansas though holding out to the end of the week
and getting two twenty American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
This is Dry Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 16 (11:54):
The Hard but Necessary Family Conversations. Our guest today Wesley
tucker Field, specialist in agricultural business with the University of
Missouri Extension. We talk about a state and succession planning.
Wesley has some advice that he calls hard but necessary.
Speaker 17 (12:11):
I do call this the hard but Necessary Family Conversations
because I really feel like communicating and talking about some
of these sensitive issues.
Speaker 15 (12:18):
How many of you.
Speaker 17 (12:19):
Would be excited or happy if the day after your funeral,
a caravan of livestock trailers backed up to your facilities
and loaded up all your cows to take them to
the sale barn. The local auction company was called to
schedule the estate and machinery sale, and the kids stopped
by the realty office on the way home from the
funeral to list the farm for sale. And all the
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hundreds of times I've asked this, no one ever jumps
up and says, yeah, that's what I want my legacy
to be. But the reality is, if we don't take
farm succession serious, and if we don't plan for it
and work through some of the difficult conversations, that may
be your legacy. And so that's really what we want
to try to avoid. And so I think all of
our producers will be familiar with the old three leged
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milking stool right road maps to farm and ranch transition.
To make that map for how the operation should transition
from one generation to the next. I spend quite a
bit of time talking about family business dynamics and how
to separate some of those family and business roles, and
then we spend quite a bit of time talking about
family meetings and how to protect not only the business
through those but also the family. The reality is, when
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we had the recent AG Census, we found that thirty
eight percent of our producers are now sixty five or older.
It doesn't matter where I go across the country, if
I go to the Midwest to crop producers, if I
go to the North or South to dairy producers, any
small town that has small businesses like a rural hardware
store or a local feed store. Rural America is on
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the edge of a massive amount of rollover of small
businesses from one generation to the next. And so we've
got to get really serious about planning and doing this
properly if we want to not only protect our operations
and our families, but also our rural communities scattered throughout
our country. If all you want to do is pass
the land to your kids, all you need is an
estate plan, pass your stuff to the kids, check the box,
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go get a will of trust, whatever you want to do,
get your state plan in order, and you can sleep
well at night. But the reality is, if a farmer's
goal is not just leaving the land to the kids
and letting them fight over it or sell it. But
if a farmer's goal is actually seeing if you want
one of your kids milking cows on your family land
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five years or ten years after you're gone, then a
succession plan is much much bigger than an estate plan. Yes,
the state planning is part of succession planning, but it's
only a piece of it, because, yes, you have to
think about the assets. You've got to think about the
financial side of it. Do I even want to retire?
Does the dairy support more than one family in this operation?
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And then the elephant in the room off often is
who's my business successor going to be and how I'm
going to treat them if I have one or two
children that want to be a part of the dairy operation,
when I have other children that don't. And just going
through farm succession with my family when my father was killed,
you know, unexpectedly quickly I realize how important this truly
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is now. Family businesses, unfortunately, are hard. There's always something
that takes priority over our time. But unless you get
extremely intentional about communicating and put family meetings on the
calendar and say we're gonna sit down and we're going
to talk about things once a month or once a
quarter or whatever, they will not happen. I love I
love that analogy of the airport runway. The sooner we
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start having these, the longer the runway we got in,
the smoother the landing can be. Don't be afraid to
bring the family together and talk about things. I feel
like sometimes people are so afraid because they know there's
different thoughts and different opinions. They feel like, well, if
I let people have the opportunity to express their opinion,
it's like going through the drive through at a fast
food restaurant. Everyone gets what they ordered.
Speaker 18 (15:58):
No, it's not.
Speaker 17 (15:59):
You know, we're going to have to compromise. We're gonna
have to make some hard decisions. It is important to
let everyone have a voice and everyone to have input,
but then ultimately we have to make some of these
hard decisions about what's best for the family, invest for
the future of our dairy operation.
Speaker 16 (16:13):
Those are comments from Wesley tucker Field, specialist and agricultural
business at the University of Missouri Extension on Dairy Radio.
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Speaker 20 (16:36):
The Big Annual Almond Conference is coming up December tenth
through the twelfth. The theme is Cultivating a Healthier Future,
and that's kind of a two for good health and
eating almonds, and we want the almond industry to be
healthy as well. I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with the California Tree
Nut Report, part of that vast ag information network. Rebecca
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Bailey's with the Almond Border California and she organized the
almend Conference.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
It's definitely both what you just said. So this this theme,
we're really excited about it. This was an idea from
our leadership team at the Almond Board, and yeah, really encompassing. Obviously,
almonds are are a healthy nut, and we're really going
to showcase that perspective, especially if you come to the
breakfast session and the lunch session this year, are both
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going to really tie into that driving global demand and
some of those health components. So really encourage folks to
go to those two sessions.
Speaker 20 (17:30):
Well, Rebecca, tell us more about that healthy theme of
the Almen conference.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
But then yeah, also, of course, you know, going back
to growers are our number one priority, and how can
we ensure the you know, the future of their operations
and having throwing that healthy crop in a healthy way
that's sustainable for them from a profitability side. So yeah,
definitely encapsulating all of that, and all of our sessions
will kind of tie into, you know, that healthy future
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Speaker 21 (18:29):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sofena
insecticide from basf.
Speaker 9 (18:34):
We just get nailed with it. So tell us, how
are you.
Speaker 5 (18:36):
Feeling really really weird?
Speaker 21 (18:39):
And you still want to devour this field.
Speaker 16 (18:42):
No way, bro.
Speaker 9 (18:44):
There you have it, folks.
Speaker 21 (18:45):
Sofena insecticide is specifically engineered to disorient aphis and wife
flies so they can't eat, and when they can't eat,
they can't destroy.
Speaker 11 (18:52):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with sefena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions.
Speaker 22 (18:57):
With the AG Information Network. I'm Pack Cavanaugh, I'm Dwayne Murley,
and you're listening to ag Life where we speak farm.
This morning, we're going to get caught up with a
number of reports from the USDA.
Speaker 4 (19:10):
More dairy production projected for twenty twenty five and twenty
six at USDA's latest Outlook, World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair
of Mark Jack Gadowski says the report over report adjustments
at traded use vary with that at skib solid basis products.
Speaker 23 (19:25):
One area of strength in terms of dairy products that
we continue to see is some of the dry products.
Strong demand for protein that's supporting a lot of dry products,
especially dry Way.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
Dry Way was the only product showing price increases for
both years and year over year. Lower price forecast in
the product in class categories led to a lower all
milk price for twenty twenty five down.
Speaker 23 (19:46):
This month by thirty cents per one hundredweight, down to
twenty one dollars and five cents per hundred weight. For
twenty twenty six, all milk price was lowered by a
dollar and fifteen cents per hundredweight to nineteen dollars twenty
five cents in year over year, that would be down
a dollar in eighty cents for one hundred weight. We're
looking at the highest dairy cow inventory since the nineteen
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nineties and also very strong growth in milk per cow
as well. So our twenty twenty five milk production forecast
was raised one and a half billion pounds this month
to two hundred and thirty one point four billion pounds.
We increased it even further into twenty twenty six. I
raised the forecast by three billion pounds to two hundred
and thirty four point three billion, So pretty large milk supplies.
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When you have those large milk supplies, that also tends
to mean larger supplies of dairy products.
Speaker 4 (20:37):
Now live and online a wood stop resource for information
on efforts of the federal government to combat New World
screw work.
Speaker 24 (20:45):
We had previously had a resource up on the APHIS website.
So this isn't a totally new remake, but what it
does is provide stakeholders, producers, stay partners access to a
one stop portal where you can see not only the
USDA APHIS activities and the work our partners at ARS
are doing. In addition to that our interagency partners which
have been so critical in this effort.
Speaker 4 (21:06):
Today, Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Dudley Hoskins says
www dot screwworm on one word dot gov includes details
ranging from the latest to USDA verified information on NWS
cases to US preparedness efforts. Information is available to a
wide group of stakeholders, from animal health officials to the
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general public. The focus of a new sterile fly dispersal
facility opened in Tampeico, northern Mexico. According to US Agriculture
Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Dudley Hoskins.
Speaker 24 (21:42):
What that facility will do will help US facilitate aerial
dispersal of steriflies in a greater range across Mexico, including
up to as far north as Neueva Leone.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
Important, according to the Undersecretary, after two cases of New
World screwworm or detect in late September and early October
into Wava Leode. Those cases are no longer active and
there have been no additional detections of EDWS flies it
traps into Wava Leode.
Speaker 24 (22:11):
With this facility at Tampeco will do, We'll let us
get to those hotspots more directly and quickly, especially in
those areas that may be harder for personnel or vehicles
to access.
Speaker 4 (22:22):
I'm Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 22 (22:28):
During a presentation have the twenty twenty five National Associational
Farm Broadcasting Convention, Global Commodity ANALYSTICS President Mike Zuslow talked
with broadcasters about some of the biggest macroeconomic factors affecting
the markets.
Speaker 25 (22:43):
I think the big thing that I see in twenty
twenty six as we get ready to change years, is
what we're seeing kind of in Wednesday's trade, where we've
got a very good bid in the US dollar at
this point and we've got a very strong break to
the downside in the energy markets. I think this is
going to be one of the keys to twenty twenty
six as far as corn and beans, and wheat especially
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being able to hold any kind of gains. Otherwise we're
probably going to continue to trade more of a weather
and supply driven market. What we're all looking for, I
think is a demand low, and I think that starts
with the crude oil, and it starts with the crude
oil going higher and the dollar going lower.
Speaker 22 (23:17):
Is there an oversupply next year?
Speaker 25 (23:20):
But the problem is is that the funds and the
commodity markets in general, I think are seeing twenty twenty
six as oversupplied right now, with wheat and crude oil
as the leaders. And so those are the two commodities
that I'll be putting my key focus on as we
get ready for the end of the year to see
if we do indeed go lower, if that signal is
a low in the market, and then we can look
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to maybe the wheat, the corn, and the beans all
finding some demand off of that.
Speaker 22 (23:44):
Again. That is Mike Zuzalow, President and CEO Global Commodity ANALYSTICS.
Speaker 26 (23:50):
It's time for California Act Today on the AG Information Network,
I am Hailey's ship. California dairy producers are watching closely
as federal policy around school nutrition takes a notable step forward.
The Senate is now passed the Whole Milk for Healthy
Kids Act, and supporter state opens the door for schools
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to bring in a wider range of milk options back
to cafeterias. Now, this legislation would allow schools within that
national school Lunch program to once again offer flavored or
unflavored milk across the full spectrum of fat levels, along
with organic and non organic choices. For dairy states like California,
where school demand matters, that shift could influence both nutrition
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programs and local markets. John Newton, vice president of Public
Policy and Economic Analysis for the American Farm Bureau Federation,
says that the benefits reach beyond just menu variety.
Speaker 15 (24:47):
They contribute to healthy children and healthy outcomes. American Farm
Bureau dairy farmer members have been pushing for this for
a very very very long time, and I think seeing
the Senate passage of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids
Act is going to be welcome news in the dairy world.
Didn't really prost form can.
Speaker 26 (25:01):
Again that it's John Newton, vice president of Public Policy
and Economic Analysis American Farm Bureau. That bill now moves
onto the House for consideration today.
Speaker 21 (25:10):
We're talking with aphids and white flies about sophena insecticide
from basf.
Speaker 9 (25:15):
We just get nailed with it.
Speaker 21 (25:16):
So tell us, how are you feeling really really weird
and you still want to devour this field?
Speaker 22 (25:23):
No way, bro.
Speaker 9 (25:24):
There you have it, folks.
Speaker 21 (25:25):
Sofena insecticide is specifically engineered to disorient aphis and wifelies
so they can't eat, and when they can't eat, they
can't destroy.
Speaker 11 (25:33):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with sefena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions.
Speaker 18 (25:38):
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Speaker 26 (26:07):
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Speaker 1 (26:14):
Bob Quinn here with farm News Today Friends. American Farm
Bureau Federation is calling attention to the financial plights of
the country's farmers and ranchers. Chad Smith A's our story.
Speaker 5 (26:23):
A recent market Intel report from the American Farm Bureau
Federation shows that financial stress is severe and persistent across
farm country. John Newton, the vice president of Public Policy
and Economic Analysis for AFBF, said the factors behind the
stress are well.
Speaker 6 (26:41):
Known input costs that increased dramatically over the last few years,
up in some cases thirty forty fifty percent. But at
the same time, commodity prices have come crashing down for
many crops through at historically low levels. Trade has slowed,
and the effect is we've had margins that have been
at or below break even for many crops and crops
for many years in a row, and that's starting to
(27:02):
impact farm financial conditions.
Speaker 5 (27:04):
Newton said trade losses heightened the challenges in an already
difficult economic environment.
Speaker 6 (27:10):
As the Chinese back out of the market. That put
further pressure on prices. As farmers were harvesting a crop,
many of them didn't have storage and had to sell
at harvest time loads. So even though we've got framework
in place, and the Chinese are starting to buy product
for a lot of growers, the economic benefits of these
frameworks may come too late.
Speaker 5 (27:27):
Newton says that while some help was made available in
the One Big Beautiful Bill and the American Relief Act,
that assistants won't reach farmers until sometime next year.
Speaker 6 (27:38):
The Department has pledged twelve billion dollars in economic support
to help offset trade losses. We hope to see details
of that in the next few weeks. But the One
Big Beautiful Bill, while it made a historic investment in
farm bill risk management programs, those benefits won't materialize on
the farm for over a year.
Speaker 5 (27:54):
Learn more on the Market Intel page at FB dot org.
Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Well Friends. The US Department of Agriculture announced the Supplemental
Disaster Relief Program to help producers cover losses from twenty
three and twenty four disasters. Richard FORDYCE, USDA Under Secretary
for Farm Production and Conservation, talked about the SdRP.
Speaker 7 (28:16):
The Supplemental Disaster Relief Program is kind of the final
piece in the thirty billion dollar appropriation that we got
through the Act that was passed by Congress in December
of twenty twenty four. And folks will remember the economic
aid that was the first piece that was rolled out,
that was around ten billion dollars. And then the supplemental
disaster relief in the first stage was the next thing
(28:37):
in July. And now this is the final piece. And
so what we hope to pick up with this final
piece of disaster relief are folks that were either under
insured not insured, folks that experience quality losses across all
kinds of different crops. And then also part of this
is the milk loss program and the on farm stored
commodity loss program.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Ford Ice said, USDA quote hit the running when the
government reopened.
Speaker 7 (29:02):
The day the government opened up, we were all fully
open across the mission area. So FSA folks were back
and our CS folks were back, and we did do
the first CRP payment run I think it was on
Wednesday of this week. Those are done in tranches, depending
on how the contracts were structured, and so we do
an initial payment based on whatever contract structure it was,
and then you know, we could do the next one,
and we do the next one, and do the next one,
(29:23):
and I don't know how many there are. You know,
those all ought to be pretty well completed by first
week of December, so you know, we're going to be
in pretty good shape. We're a little behind on CRP
payments because of the shutdown, or we're going to catch
up pretty quick.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
AG Secretary brook Rollins has talked about the farmer Relief program,
and Ford I said, discussions are ongoing.
Speaker 7 (29:42):
Lots of I think speculation probably in the press about
what that program's going to look like. I've been a
part of those discussions the Secretary, the White House, the
Chief Economist's Office, you know, talking about what would something
look like, and you know, no decisions made yet at
this point. But I will say that with that partnership
with the Chief Economists Office at USDA, whatever happens will
(30:03):
be done through an informed decision based on data, based
on where we are at that point in time, and
assist folks growing specifically to a commodity, but where we
are at that point in time.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
Richard FORDYCE with USDA. This morning, several Midwest governors collectively
called on Congress to pass the Nationwide Consumer and Retailer
Fuel Choice Act of twenty twenty five. It's a bill
that would allow the year round nationwide sale of E fifteen.
Missouri Governor Mike Keho talked about what the act would do.
Speaker 27 (30:35):
Simply put, that act allows us to sell E fifteen
year long. It's a bipartisan effort. It's a Republican and
Democrat governors from around the state, seven total that are
in what you would call the heartland. And we're strictly
pointing out to Congress that our farm families are the
ones who make a difference in our states, in our
state economy and our US economy, and certainly with the
(30:57):
record harvest we're facing, making E fifteen year round available
makes sense not only for the consumer but far good
old American grown corn.
Speaker 1 (31:05):
Missouri Governor Mike Keiho. This morning, farm News, you're listening
to aag life.
Speaker 28 (31:11):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with your
agribusiness update. Well, California wine grape growers have removed nearly
forty thousand acres of vineyards, roughly seven percent of the
state's wine grape acreage, between October of twenty twenty four
and August of this year. The California Association of Wine
Grape Growers twenty twenty five standing wine Grape Acreage report
provided the most detailed view yet on the location and
(31:34):
amount of acreage growers have pulled out in response to
a global downturn in wine sales. The Trump administration has
proposed sweeping changes to the Endangered Species Act, setting up
a fight with conservation groups. The draft rules would allow
economic considerations to factor into decisions and eliminate automatic protections
for newly listed threatened species. Environmental groups Warren. The administration
(31:55):
is trying to narrow what qualifies as harm by excluding
many forms of habitat modification. Officials say the changes are
aimed at improving efficiency and transparency. US wheat farmers are
welcoming the Trump administration's effort to expand agricultural trade in
Latin America, with four new trade deal frameworks expected to
be signed soon. Dalton Henry of US Wheed Associates told
(32:16):
RFDTV the agreements could boost demand in key markets such
as Ecuador, where trade barriers are easing and purchasing opportunities.
Growing frameworks with El salvad Or and Guatemala are also
under development, offering expanded access for US wheat.
Speaker 18 (32:31):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer,
you have to go digital hmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest,
LinkedIn and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, but
which one?
Speaker 2 (32:45):
Oh?
Speaker 18 (32:45):
And how receptive is this age group to your sales
pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best place
to reach a farmer with a farming solution message is
when they are well, quite frankly farming. You know, it's
easy for us to find that during the day, as
most farmers are behind the wheel of a pickup truck
or farm equipment with the radio on, listening to this
(33:08):
station featuring the AG Information Network News. If you'd like
to deliver information about your terrific product or service, give
us a call and we'll connect you directly with our
community of loyal farmer listeners. Reach real farmers right here,
right now as they listen to what is important to
their farm operation. They trust us, They'll trust.
Speaker 28 (33:27):
You From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with
today's Agribusiness update.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Bob Quinn here to wrap up Aglive Today. Friends. While
the trade war and other factors are pushing some American
businesses to head north of the border, Dennis Sky has
more from Canada. A changing landscape from the ongoing trade war,
along with stricter international student visas, is pushing some specialized
American businesses and long standing institutions to move to Canada.
(33:55):
This week, the oldest beer brewing school in North America
announce that it will be moving from Chicago to Montreal,
and earlier this month, Minnesota based Phillips Distilling moved its
production of the popular sourpus Liqueur brand to Montreal as well.
That move was made following Canada's response back in March
(34:17):
to President Trump's tariffs against many Canadian products, when most
provincially controlled Canadian liquor stores removed American alcohol products from
their shelves altogether. But first, the Chicago Beer Brewing School,
the oldest in America, operating since eighteen sixty eight, is
moving to Montreal in January. The Sebel Institute of Technology
(34:40):
says that US regulatory changes to visas for international students,
which have become the majority of its enrollment, has made
the schools move to Canada a necessity. The Sebel Institute's
international reputation has built its admissions largely on foreign students,
not only from Canada but also from Europe. In recent years,
(35:01):
John Hannafan is Siebel Institute's brewmaster and general manager. He
said the move to Montreal allows his school to maintain
its long standing educational quality for international students.
Speaker 10 (35:13):
Everybody in the industry probably knows about Sibyl Institute's one
of the few schools in North America that actually offers
classes on brewing.
Speaker 29 (35:21):
The craft beer industry has seen exponential growth in recent
years in many of the more rural areas of the
US and in Canada. Quebec especially has seen growth in
its specially craft beer economy, with more than two hundred
registered breweries in operation. Marie eve Mirand with Quebec's Craft
Beer Makers Association said the Seebel Institute's arrival will only
(35:44):
boost Quebec's reputation on the international brewing scene.
Speaker 9 (35:48):
We do have a very high reputation in the craft
beer industry. It's going to put Montreal, Quebec on the
map for that knowledge.
Speaker 29 (35:55):
Meanwhile, Minnesota's Phillips Distilling CEO and the England said that
his company really had no choice but to become a
Canadian based distiller to stay in business. England says the
move should get his company's products back on liquor store
shelves in Canada.
Speaker 13 (36:12):
We had no choice. We only really operate in two markets.
We operate in the US and Canada. In March, the
taraf war broke out, results in the nusting off the
shelves in any of the major provinces in Canada, so
we were essentially out of business in Canada. We have
opportunities to grow. It's an important market for us. We
started production on Wednesday and we're excited to be Canadian
made from now on.
Speaker 29 (36:31):
Phillips Distilling has signed a five year deal to produce
their sour pus Liqueur line with Station twenty two distillery
based in Montreal. The move also allows the company to
develop and launch some new products for the Canadian market,
which it could not previously produce in the US due
to a lack of a canning line. Reporting from Canada,
(36:52):
I'm Dennis Guy with.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
That friends, about a time for today, Thanks for joining us.
Back tomorrow morning with another edition of Bag Life.
Good morning, Valley. This is aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agriculture production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well friends.
November wraps up hurricane season. Rod Bain takes a look back.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
We are just a.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Couple of weeks away from the official end of the
Atlantic hurricane season.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
November thirtieth to be exact. According to USDA b ro
ologist Brad Rippy, usually those final weeks of the hurricane
season are quiet. On occasion, a late November system turns
into a tropical storm. It may come as a surprise
considering this Atlantic hurricade season has been quieter that expected.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
As we reached this mid November point. We have seen
to this date thirteen named tropical cyclones and five hurricanes.
Speaker 4 (00:43):
That's compared to the Bay National Hurricane Center forecast of
thirteen to nineteen name storms adds six to ten hurricanes
at the August update that slightly lowered projections.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
With the August update, that number was ratcheted down to
thirteen to eighteen named storms and five to nine hurricanes.
Based on that August forecast, we are at the very
low end of that forecast. In a technical sense, they
were right, at least with the August update, But both
of those numbers on the very lowest end thirteen named
storms and five hurricane.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
What were some of the conditions behind the lower tropical
storm count.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
We saw a displaced monsoon across the African continent, and
that put those thunderstorm clusters into a more hostile environment
for development. Perhaps a bigger factor this year was the
fact that we saw very hostile winds across the western Atlantic.
We saw a dip in the jet stream that tended
to rip any developing cyclones apart.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
As a result, we did not.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
See a single landfalling US hurricane in twenty twenty.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Five, and in fact, only two tropical storms impacted the
mainland United States in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Only one of those actually made landfall in the United States.
Back in late June, we had tropical Storm Burry move
into the Mexican Gulf Coast. Very later in a remnant
form contributed to the deadly flooding in south central Texas,
and that occurred in the early hours of the fourth
of July. A little bit later on, we saw tropical
Storm Chantal, and that storm did effect the East coast
(02:15):
of the United States, but it was a relatively innocuous
tropical storm and did not cause any significant concerns.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Broad Bain reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Farm US coming up. You're listening to Aglife. Bob Quinn
here with Farm News Today. Friends. American Farm Bureau Federation
is calling attention to the financial plight of the country's
farmers and ranchers. Chad Smith, how's our story?
Speaker 5 (02:39):
A recent Market Intel report from the American Farm Bureau
Federation shows that financial stress is severe and persistent across
farm country. John Newton, the vice president of Public Policy
and Economic Analysis for AFBF, said the factors behind the
stress are well.
Speaker 6 (02:57):
Known input costs that increased dramatically over the last few years,
up in some cases thirty forty fifty percent. But at
the same time, commodity prices have come crashing down for
many crops through historically low levels. Trade has slowed, and
the effect is we've had margins that have been at
or below break even for many crops and specialty crops
for many years in a row, and that's starting to
(03:18):
impact farm financial conditions.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
Newton said, trade losses heightened the challenges in an already
difficult economic environment.
Speaker 6 (03:26):
As the Chinese back out of the market. That put
further pressure on prices. As farmers were harvesting a crop,
many of them didn't have storage and had to sell
at harvest time loads. So even though we've got framework
in place and the Chinese are starting to buy product
for a lot of growers, the economic benefits of these
frameworks may come too late.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
Newton says that while some help was made available in
the One Big Beautiful Bill and the American Relief Act,
that assistants won't reach farmers until sometime next year.
Speaker 6 (03:54):
The Department has pledged twelve billion dollars in economic support
to help offset trade loss. We hope to see details
of that in the next few weeks. But the One
Big Beautiful Bill, while it made a historic investment in
farm bill risk management programs, those benefits won't materialize on
the farm for over a year.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
Learn more on the Market Intel page at fb dot org.
Chad Smith, Washington Well Friends.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
The US Department of Agriculture announced the Supplemental Disaster Relief
Program to help producers cover losses from twenty three and
twenty four disasters. Richard Fordyce, USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production
and Conservation, talked about the SdRP.
Speaker 7 (04:32):
The Supplemental Disaster Relief Program is kind of the final
piece in the thirty billion dollar appropriation that we got
through the act that was passed by Congress in December
of twenty twenty four. And folks will remember the Economic
Aid that was the first piece that was rolled out,
that was around ten billion dollars, and then the supplemental
Disaster Relief in the first stage was the next thing
(04:53):
in July. And now this is the final piece. And
so what we hope to pick up with this final
piece of disaster relief are folks that were either under
insured not insured, folks that experience quality losses across all
kinds of different crops. And then also part of this
is the milk loss program and the on farm stored
commodity Loss program.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Ford I said, USDA quote hit the ground running when
the government reopened.
Speaker 7 (05:18):
The day the government opened up, we were all fully
open across the mission area. So FSA folks were back
and our CS folks were back, and we did do
the first CRP payment run. I think it was on
Wednesday of this week. Those are done in tranches depending
on how the contracts were structured, and so we do
an initial payment based on whatever contract structure it was,
and then you know, we could do the next one,
and we do the next one, and do the next one,
(05:39):
and I don't know how many there are. You know,
those are all ought to be pretty well completed by
first week of December, so you know, we're going to
be in pretty good shape. We're a little behind on
CRP payments because of the shutdown, or we're going to
catch up pretty quick.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
AG Secretary brook Rollins has talked about the Farmer Relief program,
and ford I said discussions are ongoing.
Speaker 7 (05:58):
Lots of I think specya probably in the press about
what that program's going to look like. I've been a
part of those discussions the Secretary, the White House, the
Chief Economist's Office, you know, talking about what would something
look like, and you know, no decisions made yet at
this point. But I will say that with that partnership
with the Chief Economist's Office at USDA, whatever happens will
(06:19):
be done through an informed decision based on data based
on where we are at that point in time, and
assist folks growing specifically to a commodity, but where we
are at that point in time.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Richard FORDYCE with USDA this morning. Well friend, ZIG Secretary
brook Rollins said her agency intends to purchase up to
thirty million dollars in fresh fruit from American farmers and
producers to distribute to food banks and nutrition assistance programs
across the country now. These purchases are being made through
Section thirty two of the Agriculture Act of nineteen thirty
(06:52):
five and will assist producers and communities in need. Farm
us this morning, you're listening to ag Life.
Speaker 8 (06:59):
It's another at news update. Tight cattle supplies, reshaping, processing capacity,
and grain moving fast as storage fills.
Speaker 9 (07:09):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 10 (07:16):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the biggest empowering choices of your
life to go out and get this degree inside of
the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly, so we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 9 (07:35):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 8 (07:39):
US Cattle supplies remain historically tight, but Cargill says it
will keep all of its North American beef plants operating.
That is, even Tyson prepares to close Lexington, Nebraska and
scale back Amrollo to one shift, it removes roughly seven
percent of national fed capacity. Decision preserves competitive bids in
(08:02):
parts of the planes, while procurement costs remain elevated and
Mexican feeder imports they restricted under screwworm controls. Grain movement
also accelerating, as USDA reports the tightest storage deficit since
twenty sixteen. It's forcing Iowa, Kansas, Dakota's, Nebraska, and Minnesota
(08:24):
to push more grain onto rail and truck networks, while
states like Iowa temporarily raise weight limits to keep grain
flowing Globally, Cotton sector negotiations ahead of the MC fourteen
are centering on domestic support reform and steady production outlook,
(08:45):
alongside rising demand for premium specialty fibers. It's another Agnews update.
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Speaker 8 (09:24):
American Cattle News look at cash trade and how the
markets ended. The week after this.
Speaker 9 (09:33):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 10 (09:40):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the biggest empowering choices of your
life to go out and get this degree inside of
the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly. So we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 9 (09:59):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 8 (10:03):
Virginia mcgaffy is with mcgaffe Commodities. With the look back
at how markets closed on Friday.
Speaker 14 (10:10):
Live cattle was higher with futures are still at a
discount to cash and that's really pushing futures higher. Plus
there is some short covering heading into the holiday season,
where today at the end of the month and we
only have one more month left. Of twenty twenty five,
February was up six dollars and fifty cents to two
nineteen thirty two, with December getting up to two seventeen thirty.
(10:31):
Even April got in the game, reached a high of
two twenty eighty CIA val four. The live cattlest at
twenty three point three percent today. Feeders were limited up
at one point, but there's still no date to reopen
that Mexican border yet and that's giving markets a big lift.
Futures were up nearly twenty five dollars in just three
(10:53):
trading sessions today.
Speaker 15 (10:54):
January was up nine.
Speaker 14 (10:56):
Twenty five to three twenty four to thirty seven really
before pulling back a little bit. The market looking very strong.
March got up to three eighteen thirty Sea vall four.
The feeders is at twenty three point five percent. Now
the lean hogs today, we're firmed that oversold market is
finding some bargain hunters and they've jumped in to buy
their futures. Are pretty much holding on to Wednesday's big
(11:16):
surge in the market, and we're up about five dollars
for the week. February was up ninety cents modestly to
eighty two twenty seven, with December getting up to eighty
one thirty two Sea vall four. The lean hogs is
at twenty five point seven percent.
Speaker 8 (11:29):
That's Virginia McGaffey with McGaffey Commodities and to cash Trade
Nebraska and Iowa last week two eight to two ten
Kansas though holding out to the end of the week
and getting two twenty American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
This is Dry Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 16 (11:54):
The Hard but Necessary Family Conversations. Our guest today Wesley
tucker Field, specialist in agricultural business with the University of
Missouri Extension. We talk about a state and succession planning.
Wesley has some advice that he calls hard but necessary.
Speaker 17 (12:11):
I do call this the hard but Necessary Family Conversations
because I really feel like communicating and talking about some
of these sensitive issues.
Speaker 15 (12:18):
How many of you.
Speaker 17 (12:19):
Would be excited or happy if the day after your funeral,
a caravan of livestock trailers backed up to your facilities
and loaded up all your cows to take them to
the sale barn. The local auction company was called to
schedule the estate and machinery sale, and the kids stopped
by the realty office on the way home from the
funeral to list the farm for sale. And all the
(12:40):
hundreds of times I've asked this, no one ever jumps
up and says, yeah, that's what I want my legacy
to be. But the reality is, if we don't take
farm succession serious, and if we don't plan for it
and work through some of the difficult conversations, that may
be your legacy. And so that's really what we want
to try to avoid. And so I think all of
our producers will be familiar with the old three leged
(13:01):
milking stool right road maps to farm and ranch transition.
To make that map for how the operation should transition
from one generation to the next. I spend quite a
bit of time talking about family business dynamics and how
to separate some of those family and business roles, and
then we spend quite a bit of time talking about
family meetings and how to protect not only the business
through those but also the family. The reality is, when
(13:24):
we had the recent AG Census, we found that thirty
eight percent of our producers are now sixty five or older.
It doesn't matter where I go across the country, if
I go to the Midwest to crop producers, if I
go to the North or South to dairy producers, any
small town that has small businesses like a rural hardware
store or a local feed store. Rural America is on
(13:45):
the edge of a massive amount of rollover of small
businesses from one generation to the next. And so we've
got to get really serious about planning and doing this
properly if we want to not only protect our operations
and our families, but also our rural communities scattered throughout
our country. If all you want to do is pass
the land to your kids, all you need is an
estate plan, pass your stuff to the kids, check the box,
(14:08):
go get a will of trust, whatever you want to do,
get your state plan in order, and you can sleep
well at night. But the reality is, if a farmer's
goal is not just leaving the land to the kids
and letting them fight over it or sell it. But
if a farmer's goal is actually seeing if you want
one of your kids milking cows on your family land
(14:29):
five years or ten years after you're gone, then a
succession plan is much much bigger than an estate plan. Yes,
the state planning is part of succession planning, but it's
only a piece of it, because, yes, you have to
think about the assets. You've got to think about the
financial side of it. Do I even want to retire?
Does the dairy support more than one family in this operation?
(14:51):
And then the elephant in the room off often is
who's my business successor going to be and how I'm
going to treat them if I have one or two
children that want to be a part of the dairy operation,
when I have other children that don't. And just going
through farm succession with my family when my father was killed,
you know, unexpectedly quickly I realize how important this truly
(15:13):
is now. Family businesses, unfortunately, are hard. There's always something
that takes priority over our time. But unless you get
extremely intentional about communicating and put family meetings on the
calendar and say we're gonna sit down and we're going
to talk about things once a month or once a
quarter or whatever, they will not happen. I love I
love that analogy of the airport runway. The sooner we
(15:36):
start having these, the longer the runway we got in,
the smoother the landing can be. Don't be afraid to
bring the family together and talk about things. I feel
like sometimes people are so afraid because they know there's
different thoughts and different opinions. They feel like, well, if
I let people have the opportunity to express their opinion,
it's like going through the drive through at a fast
food restaurant. Everyone gets what they ordered.
Speaker 18 (15:58):
No, it's not.
Speaker 17 (15:59):
You know, we're going to have to compromise. We're gonna
have to make some hard decisions. It is important to
let everyone have a voice and everyone to have input,
but then ultimately we have to make some of these
hard decisions about what's best for the family, invest for
the future of our dairy operation.
Speaker 16 (16:13):
Those are comments from Wesley tucker Field, specialist and agricultural
business at the University of Missouri Extension on Dairy Radio.
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Speaker 20 (16:36):
The Big Annual Almond Conference is coming up December tenth
through the twelfth. The theme is Cultivating a Healthier Future,
and that's kind of a two for good health and
eating almonds, and we want the almond industry to be
healthy as well. I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with the California Tree
Nut Report, part of that vast ag information network. Rebecca
(16:57):
Bailey's with the Almond Border California and she organized the
almend Conference.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
It's definitely both what you just said. So this this theme,
we're really excited about it. This was an idea from
our leadership team at the Almond Board, and yeah, really encompassing. Obviously,
almonds are are a healthy nut, and we're really going
to showcase that perspective, especially if you come to the
breakfast session and the lunch session this year, are both
(17:23):
going to really tie into that driving global demand and
some of those health components. So really encourage folks to
go to those two sessions.
Speaker 20 (17:30):
Well, Rebecca, tell us more about that healthy theme of
the Almen conference.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
But then yeah, also, of course, you know, going back
to growers are our number one priority, and how can
we ensure the you know, the future of their operations
and having throwing that healthy crop in a healthy way
that's sustainable for them from a profitability side. So yeah,
definitely encapsulating all of that, and all of our sessions
will kind of tie into, you know, that healthy future
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from almonds.
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Speaker 21 (18:29):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sofena
insecticide from basf.
Speaker 9 (18:34):
We just get nailed with it. So tell us, how
are you.
Speaker 5 (18:36):
Feeling really really weird?
Speaker 21 (18:39):
And you still want to devour this field.
Speaker 16 (18:42):
No way, bro.
Speaker 9 (18:44):
There you have it, folks.
Speaker 21 (18:45):
Sofena insecticide is specifically engineered to disorient aphis and wife
flies so they can't eat, and when they can't eat,
they can't destroy.
Speaker 11 (18:52):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with sefena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions.
Speaker 22 (18:57):
With the AG Information Network. I'm Pack Cavanaugh, I'm Dwayne Murley,
and you're listening to ag Life where we speak farm.
This morning, we're going to get caught up with a
number of reports from the USDA.
Speaker 4 (19:10):
More dairy production projected for twenty twenty five and twenty
six at USDA's latest Outlook, World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair
of Mark Jack Gadowski says the report over report adjustments
at traded use vary with that at skib solid basis products.
Speaker 23 (19:25):
One area of strength in terms of dairy products that
we continue to see is some of the dry products.
Strong demand for protein that's supporting a lot of dry products,
especially dry Way.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
Dry Way was the only product showing price increases for
both years and year over year. Lower price forecast in
the product in class categories led to a lower all
milk price for twenty twenty five down.
Speaker 23 (19:46):
This month by thirty cents per one hundredweight, down to
twenty one dollars and five cents per hundred weight. For
twenty twenty six, all milk price was lowered by a
dollar and fifteen cents per hundredweight to nineteen dollars twenty
five cents in year over year, that would be down
a dollar in eighty cents for one hundred weight. We're
looking at the highest dairy cow inventory since the nineteen
(20:07):
nineties and also very strong growth in milk per cow
as well. So our twenty twenty five milk production forecast
was raised one and a half billion pounds this month
to two hundred and thirty one point four billion pounds.
We increased it even further into twenty twenty six. I
raised the forecast by three billion pounds to two hundred
and thirty four point three billion, So pretty large milk supplies.
(20:31):
When you have those large milk supplies, that also tends
to mean larger supplies of dairy products.
Speaker 4 (20:37):
Now live and online a wood stop resource for information
on efforts of the federal government to combat New World
screw work.
Speaker 24 (20:45):
We had previously had a resource up on the APHIS website.
So this isn't a totally new remake, but what it
does is provide stakeholders, producers, stay partners access to a
one stop portal where you can see not only the
USDA APHIS activities and the work our partners at ARS
are doing. In addition to that our interagency partners which
have been so critical in this effort.
Speaker 4 (21:06):
Today, Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Dudley Hoskins says
www dot screwworm on one word dot gov includes details
ranging from the latest to USDA verified information on NWS
cases to US preparedness efforts. Information is available to a
wide group of stakeholders, from animal health officials to the
(21:28):
general public. The focus of a new sterile fly dispersal
facility opened in Tampeico, northern Mexico. According to US Agriculture
Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Dudley Hoskins.
Speaker 24 (21:42):
What that facility will do will help US facilitate aerial
dispersal of steriflies in a greater range across Mexico, including
up to as far north as Neueva Leone.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
Important, according to the Undersecretary, after two cases of New
World screwworm or detect in late September and early October
into Wava Leode. Those cases are no longer active and
there have been no additional detections of EDWS flies it
traps into Wava Leode.
Speaker 24 (22:11):
With this facility at Tampeco will do, We'll let us
get to those hotspots more directly and quickly, especially in
those areas that may be harder for personnel or vehicles
to access.
Speaker 4 (22:22):
I'm Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 22 (22:28):
During a presentation have the twenty twenty five National Associational
Farm Broadcasting Convention, Global Commodity ANALYSTICS President Mike Zuslow talked
with broadcasters about some of the biggest macroeconomic factors affecting
the markets.
Speaker 25 (22:43):
I think the big thing that I see in twenty
twenty six as we get ready to change years, is
what we're seeing kind of in Wednesday's trade, where we've
got a very good bid in the US dollar at
this point and we've got a very strong break to
the downside in the energy markets. I think this is
going to be one of the keys to twenty twenty
six as far as corn and beans, and wheat especially
(23:04):
being able to hold any kind of gains. Otherwise we're
probably going to continue to trade more of a weather
and supply driven market. What we're all looking for, I
think is a demand low, and I think that starts
with the crude oil, and it starts with the crude
oil going higher and the dollar going lower.
Speaker 22 (23:17):
Is there an oversupply next year?
Speaker 25 (23:20):
But the problem is is that the funds and the
commodity markets in general, I think are seeing twenty twenty
six as oversupplied right now, with wheat and crude oil
as the leaders. And so those are the two commodities
that I'll be putting my key focus on as we
get ready for the end of the year to see
if we do indeed go lower, if that signal is
a low in the market, and then we can look
(23:40):
to maybe the wheat, the corn, and the beans all
finding some demand off of that.
Speaker 22 (23:44):
Again. That is Mike Zuzalow, President and CEO Global Commodity ANALYSTICS.
Speaker 26 (23:50):
It's time for California Act Today on the AG Information Network,
I am Hailey's ship. California dairy producers are watching closely
as federal policy around school nutrition takes a notable step forward.
The Senate is now passed the Whole Milk for Healthy
Kids Act, and supporter state opens the door for schools
(24:11):
to bring in a wider range of milk options back
to cafeterias. Now, this legislation would allow schools within that
national school Lunch program to once again offer flavored or
unflavored milk across the full spectrum of fat levels, along
with organic and non organic choices. For dairy states like California,
where school demand matters, that shift could influence both nutrition
(24:34):
programs and local markets. John Newton, vice president of Public
Policy and Economic Analysis for the American Farm Bureau Federation,
says that the benefits reach beyond just menu variety.
Speaker 15 (24:47):
They contribute to healthy children and healthy outcomes. American Farm
Bureau dairy farmer members have been pushing for this for
a very very very long time, and I think seeing
the Senate passage of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids
Act is going to be welcome news in the dairy world.
Didn't really prost form can.
Speaker 26 (25:01):
Again that it's John Newton, vice president of Public Policy
and Economic Analysis American Farm Bureau. That bill now moves
onto the House for consideration today.
Speaker 21 (25:10):
We're talking with aphids and white flies about sophena insecticide
from basf.
Speaker 9 (25:15):
We just get nailed with it.
Speaker 21 (25:16):
So tell us, how are you feeling really really weird
and you still want to devour this field?
Speaker 22 (25:23):
No way, bro.
Speaker 9 (25:24):
There you have it, folks.
Speaker 21 (25:25):
Sofena insecticide is specifically engineered to disorient aphis and wifelies
so they can't eat, and when they can't eat, they
can't destroy.
Speaker 11 (25:33):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with sefena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions.
Speaker 18 (25:38):
The best place to reach a farmer with a farming
solution message is when they're well farming. It's easy to
find them during the day, as most farmers are behind
the wheel of their pickup truck or farm equipment with
the radio on listening to this station for the ag
Information Network of the West News. So reach real farmers
right here, right now as they listen to what's important
(25:59):
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so they'll trust you.
Speaker 26 (26:07):
This is California AGG today on the AGG Information Network.
Find more agricultural news at AGG info dot net.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Bob Quinn here with farm News Today Friends. American Farm
Bureau Federation is calling attention to the financial plights of
the country's farmers and ranchers. Chad Smith A's our story.
Speaker 5 (26:23):
A recent market Intel report from the American Farm Bureau
Federation shows that financial stress is severe and persistent across
farm country. John Newton, the vice president of Public Policy
and Economic Analysis for AFBF, said the factors behind the
stress are well.
Speaker 6 (26:41):
Known input costs that increased dramatically over the last few years,
up in some cases thirty forty fifty percent. But at
the same time, commodity prices have come crashing down for
many crops through at historically low levels. Trade has slowed,
and the effect is we've had margins that have been
at or below break even for many crops and crops
for many years in a row, and that's starting to
(27:02):
impact farm financial conditions.
Speaker 5 (27:04):
Newton said trade losses heightened the challenges in an already
difficult economic environment.
Speaker 6 (27:10):
As the Chinese back out of the market. That put
further pressure on prices. As farmers were harvesting a crop,
many of them didn't have storage and had to sell
at harvest time loads. So even though we've got framework
in place, and the Chinese are starting to buy product
for a lot of growers, the economic benefits of these
frameworks may come too late.
Speaker 5 (27:27):
Newton says that while some help was made available in
the One Big Beautiful Bill and the American Relief Act,
that assistants won't reach farmers until sometime next year.
Speaker 6 (27:38):
The Department has pledged twelve billion dollars in economic support
to help offset trade losses. We hope to see details
of that in the next few weeks. But the One
Big Beautiful Bill, while it made a historic investment in
farm bill risk management programs, those benefits won't materialize on
the farm for over a year.
Speaker 5 (27:54):
Learn more on the Market Intel page at FB dot org.
Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Well Friends. The US Department of Agriculture announced the Supplemental
Disaster Relief Program to help producers cover losses from twenty
three and twenty four disasters. Richard FORDYCE, USDA Under Secretary
for Farm Production and Conservation, talked about the SdRP.
Speaker 7 (28:16):
The Supplemental Disaster Relief Program is kind of the final
piece in the thirty billion dollar appropriation that we got
through the Act that was passed by Congress in December
of twenty twenty four. And folks will remember the economic
aid that was the first piece that was rolled out,
that was around ten billion dollars. And then the supplemental
disaster relief in the first stage was the next thing
(28:37):
in July. And now this is the final piece. And
so what we hope to pick up with this final
piece of disaster relief are folks that were either under
insured not insured, folks that experience quality losses across all
kinds of different crops. And then also part of this
is the milk loss program and the on farm stored
commodity loss program.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Ford Ice said, USDA quote hit the running when the
government reopened.
Speaker 7 (29:02):
The day the government opened up, we were all fully
open across the mission area. So FSA folks were back
and our CS folks were back, and we did do
the first CRP payment run I think it was on
Wednesday of this week. Those are done in tranches, depending
on how the contracts were structured, and so we do
an initial payment based on whatever contract structure it was,
and then you know, we could do the next one,
and we do the next one, and do the next one,
(29:23):
and I don't know how many there are. You know,
those all ought to be pretty well completed by first
week of December, so you know, we're going to be
in pretty good shape. We're a little behind on CRP
payments because of the shutdown, or we're going to catch
up pretty quick.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
AG Secretary brook Rollins has talked about the farmer Relief program,
and Ford I said, discussions are ongoing.
Speaker 7 (29:42):
Lots of I think speculation probably in the press about
what that program's going to look like. I've been a
part of those discussions the Secretary, the White House, the
Chief Economist's Office, you know, talking about what would something
look like, and you know, no decisions made yet at
this point. But I will say that with that partnership
with the Chief Economists Office at USDA, whatever happens will
(30:03):
be done through an informed decision based on data, based
on where we are at that point in time, and
assist folks growing specifically to a commodity, but where we
are at that point in time.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
Richard FORDYCE with USDA. This morning, several Midwest governors collectively
called on Congress to pass the Nationwide Consumer and Retailer
Fuel Choice Act of twenty twenty five. It's a bill
that would allow the year round nationwide sale of E fifteen.
Missouri Governor Mike Keho talked about what the act would do.
Speaker 27 (30:35):
Simply put, that act allows us to sell E fifteen
year long. It's a bipartisan effort. It's a Republican and
Democrat governors from around the state, seven total that are
in what you would call the heartland. And we're strictly
pointing out to Congress that our farm families are the
ones who make a difference in our states, in our
state economy and our US economy, and certainly with the
(30:57):
record harvest we're facing, making E fifteen year round available
makes sense not only for the consumer but far good
old American grown corn.
Speaker 1 (31:05):
Missouri Governor Mike Keiho. This morning, farm News, you're listening
to aag life.
Speaker 28 (31:11):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with your
agribusiness update. Well, California wine grape growers have removed nearly
forty thousand acres of vineyards, roughly seven percent of the
state's wine grape acreage, between October of twenty twenty four
and August of this year. The California Association of Wine
Grape Growers twenty twenty five standing wine Grape Acreage report
provided the most detailed view yet on the location and
(31:34):
amount of acreage growers have pulled out in response to
a global downturn in wine sales. The Trump administration has
proposed sweeping changes to the Endangered Species Act, setting up
a fight with conservation groups. The draft rules would allow
economic considerations to factor into decisions and eliminate automatic protections
for newly listed threatened species. Environmental groups Warren. The administration
(31:55):
is trying to narrow what qualifies as harm by excluding
many forms of habitat modification. Officials say the changes are
aimed at improving efficiency and transparency. US wheat farmers are
welcoming the Trump administration's effort to expand agricultural trade in
Latin America, with four new trade deal frameworks expected to
be signed soon. Dalton Henry of US Wheed Associates told
(32:16):
RFDTV the agreements could boost demand in key markets such
as Ecuador, where trade barriers are easing and purchasing opportunities.
Growing frameworks with El salvad Or and Guatemala are also
under development, offering expanded access for US wheat.
Speaker 18 (32:31):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer,
you have to go digital hmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest,
LinkedIn and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, but
which one?
Speaker 2 (32:45):
Oh?
Speaker 18 (32:45):
And how receptive is this age group to your sales
pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best place
to reach a farmer with a farming solution message is
when they are well, quite frankly farming. You know, it's
easy for us to find that during the day, as
most farmers are behind the wheel of a pickup truck
or farm equipment with the radio on, listening to this
(33:08):
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Speaker 28 (33:27):
You From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with
today's Agribusiness update.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Bob Quinn here to wrap up Aglive Today. Friends. While
the trade war and other factors are pushing some American
businesses to head north of the border, Dennis Sky has
more from Canada. A changing landscape from the ongoing trade war,
along with stricter international student visas, is pushing some specialized
American businesses and long standing institutions to move to Canada.
(33:55):
This week, the oldest beer brewing school in North America
announce that it will be moving from Chicago to Montreal,
and earlier this month, Minnesota based Phillips Distilling moved its
production of the popular sourpus Liqueur brand to Montreal as well.
That move was made following Canada's response back in March
(34:17):
to President Trump's tariffs against many Canadian products, when most
provincially controlled Canadian liquor stores removed American alcohol products from
their shelves altogether. But first, the Chicago Beer Brewing School,
the oldest in America, operating since eighteen sixty eight, is
moving to Montreal in January. The Sebel Institute of Technology
(34:40):
says that US regulatory changes to visas for international students,
which have become the majority of its enrollment, has made
the schools move to Canada a necessity. The Sebel Institute's
international reputation has built its admissions largely on foreign students,
not only from Canada but also from Europe. In recent years,
(35:01):
John Hannafan is Siebel Institute's brewmaster and general manager. He
said the move to Montreal allows his school to maintain
its long standing educational quality for international students.
Speaker 10 (35:13):
Everybody in the industry probably knows about Sibyl Institute's one
of the few schools in North America that actually offers
classes on brewing.
Speaker 29 (35:21):
The craft beer industry has seen exponential growth in recent
years in many of the more rural areas of the
US and in Canada. Quebec especially has seen growth in
its specially craft beer economy, with more than two hundred
registered breweries in operation. Marie eve Mirand with Quebec's Craft
Beer Makers Association said the Seebel Institute's arrival will only
(35:44):
boost Quebec's reputation on the international brewing scene.
Speaker 9 (35:48):
We do have a very high reputation in the craft
beer industry. It's going to put Montreal, Quebec on the
map for that knowledge.
Speaker 29 (35:55):
Meanwhile, Minnesota's Phillips Distilling CEO and the England said that
his company really had no choice but to become a
Canadian based distiller to stay in business. England says the
move should get his company's products back on liquor store
shelves in Canada.
Speaker 13 (36:12):
We had no choice. We only really operate in two markets.
We operate in the US and Canada. In March, the
taraf war broke out, results in the nusting off the
shelves in any of the major provinces in Canada, so
we were essentially out of business in Canada. We have
opportunities to grow. It's an important market for us. We
started production on Wednesday and we're excited to be Canadian
made from now on.
Speaker 29 (36:31):
Phillips Distilling has signed a five year deal to produce
their sour pus Liqueur line with Station twenty two distillery
based in Montreal. The move also allows the company to
develop and launch some new products for the Canadian market,
which it could not previously produce in the US due
to a lack of a canning line. Reporting from Canada,
(36:52):
I'm Dennis Guy with.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
That friends, about a time for today, Thanks for joining us.
Back tomorrow morning with another edition of Bag Life.
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