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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Valley. This is Aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. We
start off with a New World Screwworm resource from the USDA.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
A onestop resource for information on efforts of the federal
government to combat New World screw worm.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
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, state partners access to a
onestop portal where you can see not only the USDA
APHIS activities and the work our partners at ARS are doing,
but in addition to that our interagency partners which have
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been so critical in this effort.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Today that's Agriculture Department Under Secretary for marketingket Regulatory Programs
Dudley Hoskins. His mission area oversees the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service, which is leading efforts in preventing this
invasive pest from entering our country and threatening our nation's
livestock supply, particularly cattle. He says, www dot growworm All
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one word dot gov includes details ranging from the latest
in 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 general public.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Information not just what we're doing to combat it related
to cattle, but also just the movement of people companion animals,
different protocols and practices, and what we're asking people just
to be aware of and help us remain vigilant.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
As the Undersecretary alluded to earlier. In addition to status
on activities conducted by APHIS and the Agricultural Research Service
in the realm of study and development, there is information
about and updates on.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Our interagency partners which have been so critical in this effort. Today,
FDA with some of their conditional emergency approvals for different treatments,
the Department of Interior, we're partnering with them on wildlife surveillance.
The US Army Corps DPA.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Among several partners in the public and private sectors joining
forces to keep New World screw worm out of our dation.
Bob broad Bane, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Farm News Ahead, you're listening to waglife. Bob Quinns and
farm News This morning, Friends, Eligible farmers and ranchers now
invited to apply for specific disaster relief. Chad Smith starts
us off.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
The American Relief fact passed in late twenty twenty four
authorized the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program, and applications for farmers
and ranchers are now open. Danny Munch, an economist with
the American Farm Bureau Federation, said the program provides relief
from natural disasters that occurred in twenty twenty three and
twenty twenty four.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
The first stage of STRP compensated growers with existing crop
insurance or non insured disaster A systants plans, while the
second stage is intended to fill all the remaining gaps
for farmers who still haven't received compensation, so that includes
uninsured crops, which often includes Specially it includes value loss
crops on farm storage losses, milk losses, as well as
providing some payments for folks who had shallow losses as
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well as quality losses.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Munch said this program shares some similarities with previous disaster
assistance programs, but also some key differences.
Speaker 5 (03:16):
This second stage matches whipplus much more closely, which had
a much more substantial documentation requirement, and there was a
lot of variation across crops. There is no progressive factoring
like in ERP twenty twenty two, which drastically reduced prices
farmers received each crop, and each loss category has its
own calculation. That means they're going to be going through
quite a lot of calculations to come up with their
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final number.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Munch said.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
There are still some details we need to learn, but
visiting with your local FSA office is the best first step.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
Given how complex the program is, many FSA offices are
far behind in understanding how the calculations work. Really, make
sure all your usual FSA forms are on file. A
big piece of this is going to be remaining understanding
as all these staff people learn how the program works.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
You can learn more on the market Intel page at
FB dot org. Chad Smith Washington.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Well friends. He may have announced that he'll not seek
reelection next year, but Washington Representative Dan Newhouse still has
things he needs to get done before leaving office. One
of those things is bringing the Farm Workforce Modernization Act
back onto the floor for another run.
Speaker 6 (04:21):
I would characterize that working on still. We haven't let up.
It's been an ongoing conversation, and it takes a lot
of behind the scenes work before Bill's actually right and
I guess is a good term and are ready for
consideration and committee and on the floor.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
New House says, Gt. Thompson, share of the AD Committee,
has been very good about putting together ideas for this legislation.
Speaker 6 (04:43):
And I'm happy to report that through his efforts and
through his working group that he put together, most of
the tenets of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act have been
put together in what he's trying to accomplish, So that's good.
We're building I guess, a broader base of support and
some incentives and initiatives that are happening there.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
But new House says it's never easy.
Speaker 6 (05:05):
That's one of the frustrating things about Congress that takes
sometimes so long to get anything accomplished that it's really
a test of our ability to stick with the work
in front of us. And that's what I'm trying to
help people do is stay focused on this. We've got
to get it down.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
New House says. Farmers have been great lately about letting
their representatives know what they need, and has hopes they
keep doing that. Concerns remain that DHHS Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Junior, and others within the Make America Healthy Again
or MAHA movement will place restrictions on many popular port
cuts as quote ultra processed foods. Scott Hayes, executive director
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with the Missouri Pork Association, says, it's a nuanced conversation.
Speaker 7 (05:46):
It's a lot bigger than most people think. You know,
when we hear ultra processed foods, we all think about
the stuff that's real close to the cash register at
the convenience store. I think we can all agree on that.
But but it runs a lot.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Deeper than that, he says. Some within the movement are
promoting what's called the Nova definition, which would label several
port favorites as ultra processed.
Speaker 7 (06:09):
Under that definition, sausages, possibly even some vacons could end
up in the ultra process category. And so we start
to have a problem with that. When you don't consider
the nutritional value, you just talk about the amount of
processing something has as the only unit of measure, you're
leaving a lot of important information out.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Some pork producers are concerned that the ultra process definition
that has finally settled upon will have far reaching implications
for them. Hay says. The pork industry is actively engaged
in conversation with various federal agencies as discussions continue. Farm
used this morning, you are listening to Aglife.
Speaker 8 (06:48):
It's another agnews update. Producers watching exports signals closely. Is
China steps back into the sorgum market? More after this,
Hi e.
Speaker 9 (07:00):
Children's director of the Grayson County Alliance, a food pantry
in rural Kentucky. Thanks to a local farmer, we recently
received a twenty five hundred dollars donation from Americas Farmers
Grow Communities sponsored by the mon Santo Fund, a philanthropic
arm of Bear. As a result, we expanded a classroom
where we teach families about nutrition and personal finance. I
encourage all farmers to general for a chance to direct
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Speaker 8 (07:28):
USDA's latest export inspection showing mixed grain movement last week,
but China's first sorgham shipment of the season stands out
as a potential demand shift heading into December. Total sorghum
inspections one point eight million bushels. China listed as an
interior sourced buyer. It's a development that historically drives basis
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changes across Kansas and the Texas Panhandle. Corn lead overall
volumes at fifty five point nine million bushels but from
the prior week, while soybean inspections fell sharply to thirty
three point eight million bushels. Wheat held near fourteen point
one in Derry. US Milk production continues to climb up
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three point six percent from August through October, as both
cow numbers and per cow output improved, but Class one,
three and four prices all posting deep year over year declines,
tightening margins ahead of twenty twenty six, and globally, WTO's
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latest goods trade barometer signal slower growth for ag raw materials.
It's another agnews update.
Speaker 10 (08:44):
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Speaker 8 (09:13):
American Cattle News Today highlights from a recent beef Reproduction
Task Force meeting. More after this.
Speaker 9 (09:23):
Hi. I'm Debbie Childress, director of the Grayson County Alliance,
a food pantry in rural Kentucky. Thanks to a local farmer,
we recently received a twenty five hundred dollars donation from
Americans Farmers Grow Communities sponsored by the Montanto Fund, a
philanthropic arm of Bear. As a result, we expanded a
classroom where we teach families about nutrition and personal finance.
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I encourage all farmers to enroll for a chance to
direct a twenty five hundred dollars donation to a local nonprofit.
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Speaker 8 (09:52):
Doctor Sandy Johnson is a Kansas State beef reproduction specialist.
Speaker 12 (09:58):
One of the tools that we again working with Iowas
State on shortly after the group was formed is what
we called the Estrosynchronization Planner, and the original version that's
still available is a Excel spreadsheet version and it tries
to step you through choices you might make in deciding
what synchronization protocol is best for you. And one of
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the things we wanted to do for years is to
be able to you know, as we've got smartphones and
electronic calendars, is to put that directly on a phone calendar.
And so we've recently worked with a group that's helped
us get over the hump to get that completed. So
we now have an online version that allows you to
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make those choices, and you make your choices and then
you can send that iCal file to your computer or
phone and it adds it to your phone. Now it
doesn't have the cost comparison and perhaps all the other
helps that we have in our Excel version of the
Synchronization Planner, but for many people that will be all
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they need is what date is it going to be?
If I'm gonna read cows on such and such a date.
And so we hope with those multiple versions you find
one that's useful to you. The other version that I
would mention is that this is such a catchy name,
is the multi group version. And what it would allow
you to do is if you are scheduling, you have
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both cows and heifers are trying to schedule in one
breeding season and it would allow you to put those
on the same calendar.
Speaker 8 (11:31):
Kansas State Beef Reproduction Specialist Sandy Johnson, American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
This is Dairy Radio now on.
Speaker 13 (11:44):
Our Wellness Wednesday, Part two of dairy Ing from down Under.
Here's John Clark today.
Speaker 14 (11:49):
We're a Ian sawyer of Feedworks Australia and tell us
a little bit about the feed structure over there.
Speaker 12 (11:54):
Well.
Speaker 15 (11:55):
Interestingly, very similar to the United States. We certainly have
fade businesses, and we have independent consultancy groups, and we
have a couple of the US consultancy groups operating down
in that part of the world as well. What we
see is a coming together of people that are manufacturing
feed and supplying that to.
Speaker 14 (12:15):
The dairy producers.
Speaker 15 (12:17):
The typical Australian system will be to graze and to
feed grain based supplement during milking twice a day, so
we are two ex milking almost invariably, and it'll be
grazing and anything from two to three kilos per day
through to about twelve kilos per day fed in two wax,
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one on the morning milking and one on the afternoon milking.
Speaker 14 (12:40):
Tell us a little bit about size of dairies in Australia.
Speaker 15 (12:44):
Average herd size about three hundred and thirty still dominated
by the family owned farm, but we have farms, you know,
plenty of farms above a thousand cows these days, typically
in corporate hands or you know, we do have that
large feed family farm business, that multi generation or family
farm business. Largest single enterprise is probably ten thousand cows
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on a site. We have a couple of the large
investment equity businesses have brought up land and farms, but
those are still sort of grazing based farms around about
five hundred to one thousand cows.
Speaker 14 (13:18):
So when you're grazing that many cow as, it strikes
me that you've really got to be intense with your
land usage.
Speaker 15 (13:23):
Yeah, very much so. I mean one of the key
scenarios around good efficient grazing management, both in Australia and
New Zealand Island, wherever you go for grazing is we
have to get our utilized tons per hectare up in
the same way that what we harvest in may siloce
tons per year per acre is crucial. Will the same
applies if we're doing rye grass or temperate pastures. So
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we very much focus on trying to integrate homegrown forage
growth and harvest by mouth or harvest for conserve forage
as silas or hay with our producers and then integrate
purchased inputs into those systems. In a twice a day
fooding scenario, we can get to nine or ten thousand
liters per cow in those sort of systems.
Speaker 14 (14:04):
So you did mention New Zealand a sort of just
a hart for you? Is that very similar to Australia.
Speaker 15 (14:10):
Yes, well, it's an awful lot closer than the United
States and we do get over there reasonably regularly. Is
it the same. It's a grazing based system, but with
a much lower production per cow typically about four thousand
liters and your lactation. Over in New Zealand they have
no grain industry, so a lot of the grain and
the starch that's going into cows as being imported out
of Australia or sometimes from the USA. They have very
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high land costs eighty thousand dollars key we per hect
air for dairy land, so they have a real emphasis
on efficiency of forage growth and harvest I might say
that potentially with that land cost and the amount of
repayments back to the bank, there's no money left to
buy things from outside. But there's certainly still a growth
of interest in per cow productivity, not just per hect
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air productivity in so.
Speaker 14 (14:58):
Air with Feedverks Austra. Yeah, thank you so much for
being with us today. Very interesting.
Speaker 15 (15:02):
Thank you, Jonas, an absolute pleasure to be with you.
Speaker 14 (15:05):
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Speaker 20 (16:23):
Now doing the math on mating disruption for naval orangeworm
in almonds. I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with the California Trina Report,
part of that vast add information network. David Havlin is
a UCA and R farm advisor in Kerrent County specializing
in enymology.
Speaker 21 (16:42):
A lot of work's been done here. We know it's effective,
we know the results are predictable. So this is worked
that was funded by DPR and by the Almond Board, and.
Speaker 20 (16:50):
They looked at six years of data.
Speaker 21 (16:52):
Downtroductions are real fifty percent is kind of on average.
If you're up in larger acreage plots, it can be
higher than that. But the key thing for me with
the main disruption is when all the economics were run,
so they showed that main disruption is affordable. So the
break even points one percent.
Speaker 20 (17:05):
And here's more math on that subject.
Speaker 21 (17:07):
So I can tell you if you did not use
maiding disruption this year, and you had more than one
percent damage, you would have more money in your pocket
right now if you had invested in mating disruption than
by not investing. Okay, so your returns would have been
greater than your investment. So that's why I mentioned early on.
A lot of people say that they look at what
it costs, but when you look at it as an
investment in what you're getting back from it, that's where
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it makes a lot of sense to use it. I
know that's difficult when you're in a year where you're
trying to cut every cost possible, but the risk of
omitting that cost and not gaining the returns from it
can be much much more devastating.
Speaker 20 (17:41):
So if you're not using mating disruption for naval orangeworm,
contact your pest control advisor. Give you some advice. It
may pay off in a big way.
Speaker 22 (17:50):
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With the AG Information Network, I'm Patrick Kavanaugh.
Speaker 23 (18:50):
Mike Davis reports that Sinshenta has just announced that its
latest insect management tool, planet Zolan Technology has received registration
from the US Environmental Protection Agency and is available for
use subject to state approvals.
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Sind Genta has just announced its latest insect management tool,
Plannasalin Technology has received registration from the US Environmental Protection
Agency and is available for use subject to state approvals.
Scott Johnson is said Genta insecticides product.
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Lead Flannathon Technology sin Gena's latest innovation and breakthrough technology,
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and forty different crops, so we feel very confident, you know.
We're just really excited to bring it to the growers
into the market for the twenty six growing season.
Speaker 24 (19:58):
Johnson says Plannazal in tech Knology will power several new products.
Speaker 25 (20:02):
A Quinto would be our lead brand and that's going
to be for our cereal and pulse growers. It's an
insecticide sea treatment that offers flexibility and compatibility options to
terminate wireworms and suppress other below ground pests, ultimately improving
the plant stand and helping the grower's bottom line. Opello
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Mites, and Planazlein technology is also available for vegetable and
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duty takedown of tough pests. And our last folio brand
is the Volgo insecticide and this will be for our
potato and specialty crop growers. It's our folio option that
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test management with unmatched broad spectrum control of Colorado potato, beetles,
codly moth, citrus thrips, spider mince, and many more.
Speaker 24 (21:28):
Planazle and technology will be available for the twenty twenty
six growing season, subject to state approvals. To place your
order for one of these powerful new insecticides, or to
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Speaker 2 (21:48):
Return of atmospheric rivers in the Pacific Northwest beating significant
precipitation accumulations. RAID adds though, and according to USDA be
urologist Brad Rippee at in.
Speaker 26 (21:57):
The complicating factor that we have a pretty warm in
place over the northwestern United States and that is contributing
snow melt to the equation. You put that all together,
heavy rain, melting snow, and that is leading to significant
river flooding across the Northwest.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
Especially as Pacific storms have amplified in recent days, and that.
Speaker 26 (22:15):
Is leading to the flooding that we're seeing both in
western Washington and eastward to the lower slopes of the Cascades,
and we're starting to see some flood concerns now emerging
across northern Idaho and even the lower elevations of western Montana.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
Additional heavy rain and high elevation snow. We'll continue until
the end of the week, and after a brief respite.
Speaker 26 (22:34):
This weekend, we may get right back into it next week,
bringing the possibility of additional flooding as we move closer
to the holidays. An atmospheric river is simply when you
have an upper level transport at the jetstream level bout
where you fly airplanes, you see moisture transport into a
particular region. When you combine that with other factors, including
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the topography of the Northwest, you can bring some of
that moisture down to cloud level to lower levels and
then start to ring it out on the mountains, so
west to east wind blowing across say the Cascades or
the Northern Rockies, a lot of that moisture can work
its way first from the upper atmosphere into the lower
levels of the atmosphere and then be wrung out by
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the topography, especially when it's perpendicular to the mountain ranges.
You have north south ranges like the Cascades. You have
a west to east jet stream that we have heard
lately is being termed an atmospheric river. A great term
for it because that's pretty much what it is, and
that rings out tremendous amounts of moisture.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
I'm Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 27 (23:38):
It's time for California agg today on the ag Information Network.
I am Hailey ship Well. I always like a little
bit of research to feature in our agricultural news and
if it's easy for me to grasp well, all the better.
And this story is just that large predators are a
reality of the West, and while biologists study their place
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on the land, ranchers deal with the real costs when
livestock are targeted. Wolves, coyotes, and bears sometimes prey on
cattle and sheep, creating financial strain and emotional stress that
can lead to lethal control. In this latest round of research,
Utah State University wildlife biologist Julie Young and her team
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examined a simple, non lethal option called flash tags. These
motion activated led ear tags flash random light patterns at
night startling predators. The solar powered units attached like standard
ear tags and are designed to be low cost and
low maintenance. Researchers tested whether the lights bothered livestock and
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found no changes in sheep behavior or weight gain. When
field tested in areas with a history of wolf and
coyote predation, losses were sharply reduced or stopped altogether. Nearly
every producer involved reported fewer kills.
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The best place to reach a farmer with a farming
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Speaker 1 (25:59):
I am Hay Lee Ship, Bob Quinn Backerson farm News
this morning. Friends, It's important for pig farmers to take
a close look at the balance sheet because it helps
set the fundamental outlook moving forward into the coming year.
Lee Schultz, chief economist with ever dot AGG, says one
of the key highlights has been production, which was projected
to be down about one point two percent. That decline
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was tracked closely with year to date numbers, and the
same can be said for US exports, which have also
remained largely in line with expectations.
Speaker 28 (26:29):
Exports have done down two percent as well, and I think,
you know, as we look at the export picture, I
think even down two percent, that's off a record level
in twenty twenty four. Now, positive side, you know, we
have seen prices stronger than twenty twenty four, So overall
we've seen about an eight percent increase in prices in
twenty twenty five compared to twenty twenty four. Certainly that's
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come as we've seen a little bit tighter production, but
you also have to point to the demand side of
things that.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Looking ahead, Schultz notes there is the potent for slightly
softer pork prices as the industry moves into twenty twenty six.
Speaker 28 (27:05):
Most of that would come in the third quarter, where
you know, in twenty twenty five, as I mentioned, very
strong prices in the third quarter, maybe a little bit
flatter kind of seasonal curve for twenty twenty six. But
again I'll emphasize those are forecasts right as we're sitting
here today, knowing that those fundamentals could change, just like
they changed as we looked at twenty twenty five in
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front of us, and we certainly seen, you know, maybe
stronger prices than we expected in twenty twenty five. But
I think importantly that kind of sets the picture for producers.
Speaker 1 (27:37):
He did stress to pork producers that no two years
are alike. Well, friends, Midwest Dairy's Board has worked hard
in twenty twenty five to amplify the voices of dairy
farmers across a ten state region. Chad Smith has a report.
Speaker 4 (27:50):
Charles Krause kraus Holstein's in Buffalo, Minnesota's chair of the
Midwest Dairy Board. Throughout twenty twenty five, Midwest Dairy worked
hard on behalf of dairy farmers. Krause shared how the
checkof worked to make every drop count by effectively investing
Checkoff contributions in projects and activities to grow trust and
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sales and dairy regionally, nationally, and globally.
Speaker 19 (28:14):
And as a farmer leader in the Board of Directors,
which is all led by farmers, developing partnerships of foster
trust and increased dairy sales, and then also conduct research
to continue advanced dairy sector in a positive direction. That's
the goal of the farmers and the goal of Midwest Arey.
Speaker 4 (28:29):
He talked about the retail partners Midwest Dairy worked with
in twenty twenty five and what the impact was on
dairy sales.
Speaker 19 (28:36):
We focused our retail work on key moments throughout the
year including Dairy Strong Quarter one, National Dairy Month in
the second quarter, back to school in the third quarter,
and tailgating at college and football games in the fall
in the fourth quarter. And you can always get your
dairy in there with the cheese trades, and any other
kinds of things that supplement your tailgating experience. An example
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of the work that we did through National Dairy Month,
We've found out that the consumer loves to know where
their mouth comes from and where the food comes from,
so we partnered with retail chains like Jewel, Osco, cub Foods,
High v, Neptune Retail Solutions, Chickory, and Schnooks, to name
a few, and with this partnership, we sold over five
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million incremental ponds of dairy in the month of June alone.
Speaker 4 (29:21):
Midwest Dairy also supported research initiatives over the past year.
Speaker 19 (29:26):
We invest checkout for resources into research design to tackle
industry challenges and innovate dairy technologies. And the last thing
we want to do is create regional and global opportunities
for Midwest dairy farmers. Our Incubator program, a Midwest Dairy accelerator,
delivered big wins for dairy innovation this past September. It
successfully discovered and supported food and beverage entrepreneurs. The success
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of this pitch competition highlights the entrepreneurial spirit of our
participants and the potential for innovation in the dairy industry.
Motivating us to keep supporting these ventures into the future.
Speaker 4 (29:59):
Kraus talked about what he is looking forward to in
twenty twenty six that will continue amplifying the dairy farmers' voices.
Speaker 19 (30:06):
A couple of things that I did this last year
on my farm alone, was we did a project where
we brought influencers onto our farm and gave them a
one day boot camp and where their food comes from.
And these ranged anywhere from an Olympic athlete to a
husband and wife couple, to nutritionists and people in the
healthcare industry. We gave them the ability to amplify the
dairy story. And then we also on my farm brought
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registered dietitian students from the University of Minnesota onto our
farm to teach them the nutritional sustainability that dairy offers.
So these are some of the things we look forward
to amplifying and continuing into the future in twenty twenty
six in the Midwest Dairy ten State Region.
Speaker 4 (30:41):
Midwest Dairies ten State region includes Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
and North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota. You can learn
more about the organization's activities designed to promote dairy At
Midwest dairy dot Com, Chad Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Used this morning, you're listening to ag life.
Speaker 10 (31:04):
From the egg information that work. I'm Bob Larson with
your agribusiness update. Well, China has secured at least seven
million tons of US soybeans after multiple purchases in recent weeks.
Bloomberg says that puts the Asian country over halfway to
meeting its twelve million ton purchase agreement it made with
the Trump administration. The total comes from purchases by Sino Grain,
the state company in charge of managing China's grain stockpiles.
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They purchased about two million tons in the past week alone,
with buys continuing into this week. The Energy Information Administration
says ethanol output jumped to a new record high in
the seven days ending December twelfth. US production rose to
an average of one point one to three one million
barrels a day, eclipsing the record set two weeks earlier.
Midwest output rose to one point zero seven eight million
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barrels a day, up from one point zero four to
six million. East and West Coast production was steady at
twenty thousand barrels and Gulf Coast and Rocky Mountain production
dropped to six thousand barrels. The pet and Livestock Protection
Act past the House with a bipartisan vote. The National
Cattleman's Association and Public Lands Council have been strong supporters
of this legislation, which would reissue the twenty twenty rule
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delisting gray wolves in the lower forty eight states and
ensure the delisting can't be overturned in federal court again.
Since being listed under the ESA in nineteen seventy four,
the gray wolf has seen tremendous recovery, exceeding the goals
by three hundred percent.
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Speaker 10 (33:21):
From the Egg Information Network, I'm Bob Larson with today's
agribusiness update.
Speaker 1 (33:25):
Bob went back to wrap up. I'd live for today. Friends,
US soybean growers already prepping for disease pressure next year.
Chad Smith as our story.
Speaker 4 (33:33):
In twenty twenty five, soybean growers faced high pressure from
multiple yield robbing diseases. Matt Geiger and Agronomy Service representative
was Syngenta talked about what those diseases were and which
ones growers will likely face again in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 29 (33:50):
Yeah, so it's really geography dependent. For some parts of
my area, Red crownrot was a big player. The closer
you get to the metro east of Saint louis very
devastating start to get it and high numbers. There are
certain parts of the soybean growing regions where sudden death
syndrome is an issue, it seems like it's more dependent
on the growing season, whereas like red crown nut, it
seems like it's a more predictable pathogen. The year and
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year out stuff for all solbean growner used to be
pithium by topthra. So those are two early season soybean
diseases that can wipe out your stand in spots. Then
foil your diseases. Every year it seems like you'll see
septorian brown spot, and then depending on your geography as well,
you can see frog eyed leaf spot as well. And
then you get to the north where's cooler, more moderate temperatures.
White mold can be an issue to the north as well,
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which is a very devastating pathogen if you get it.
Speaker 14 (34:36):
He said.
Speaker 4 (34:37):
The best way to prepare for next season is to
make plans soon after wrapping up the current season.
Speaker 29 (34:43):
So you know which fields were affected by what pathogens.
If you will you know certain fields like if you
had red crown run on a few acres, you certainly
need to use treatment for that pathogen on those fields.
Say you have soybean cysin nematode on a certain field
because let's just say it's surrounded by trees and it
rais very good corn, so it's been beyond mean for
a long time. You know, you probably want to make
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sure you're using the mat aside. But more of the
story is that you need to learn from years past
and learn your field histories and utilize the technologies we
have available to control whatever pests that you may encountering
on a consistent basis, whether it's SDS, nematodes, red crown rot,
foliar diseases, et cetera.
Speaker 4 (35:21):
Geiger talks about products that will protect those soybean fields
from diseases in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 29 (35:27):
Yeah, so obviously it depends on your pathogen. So if
you're in an area that's having issues with sudden dest syndrome,
red crown rot or nematodes, you want to look at
a new product that we just launch the name of Victrotto.
It's a new seat treatment that I've been waiting on
for many, many years and we finally just got registration.
The reason that we were willing to take the risk
is because of the performance that we've seen in our
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research trials on those three pests, and if you have
issues with full your diseases like frog et lease spot
or septoria, you want to look at mirrav Us top
funge aside. If you're to the north, you want to
look at maybe mirrav Us neil on your slow beans
as well. You can start to see some white mold
when you get to the north, and that product at
a higher rate can do a pretty decent job on
white mold as well.
Speaker 4 (36:07):
Victrotto will also provide some suppression of folier diseases earlier
in the season.
Speaker 29 (36:13):
Foliar diseases you'll see on Victrotto's label is going to
be septorian brown spot, frog on a lease spot on
target spot. But it's not a replacement for our three
application like you usually, it's basically a setup for that.
At our three you should have cleaner plants for your
fun decide to be able to work a little bit
better at that standpoint because you're coming onto a clean
slate hopefully when you use Bctroto on the seed, So
think of it kind of as a supplement to your
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R three funch side.
Speaker 4 (36:35):
To learn more about Victroto, visit syngentaus dot com, forward
slash Victrotto, or talk to your local Singenta representative. Go
to boost your bushels dot com to learn more about
Mirrorvis NEO. Remember to always read and follow label instructions.
Chad Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
With that Friends, r out of time for today, Thanks
for joining us. We'll talk to you next time on
AGG life
Good morning, Valley. This is Aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. We
start off with a New World Screwworm resource from the USDA.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
A onestop resource for information on efforts of the federal
government to combat New World screw worm.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
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, state partners access to a
onestop portal where you can see not only the USDA
APHIS activities and the work our partners at ARS are doing,
but in addition to that our interagency partners which have
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been so critical in this effort.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Today that's Agriculture Department Under Secretary for marketingket Regulatory Programs
Dudley Hoskins. His mission area oversees the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service, which is leading efforts in preventing this
invasive pest from entering our country and threatening our nation's
livestock supply, particularly cattle. He says, www dot growworm All
(01:03):
one word dot gov includes details ranging from the latest
in 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 general public.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Information not just what we're doing to combat it related
to cattle, but also just the movement of people companion animals,
different protocols and practices, and what we're asking people just
to be aware of and help us remain vigilant.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
As the Undersecretary alluded to earlier. In addition to status
on activities conducted by APHIS and the Agricultural Research Service
in the realm of study and development, there is information
about and updates on.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Our interagency partners which have been so critical in this effort. Today,
FDA with some of their conditional emergency approvals for different treatments,
the Department of Interior, we're partnering with them on wildlife surveillance.
The US Army Corps DPA.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Among several partners in the public and private sectors joining
forces to keep New World screw worm out of our dation.
Bob broad Bane, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Farm News Ahead, you're listening to waglife. Bob Quinns and
farm News This morning, Friends, Eligible farmers and ranchers now
invited to apply for specific disaster relief. Chad Smith starts
us off.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
The American Relief fact passed in late twenty twenty four
authorized the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program, and applications for farmers
and ranchers are now open. Danny Munch, an economist with
the American Farm Bureau Federation, said the program provides relief
from natural disasters that occurred in twenty twenty three and
twenty twenty four.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
The first stage of STRP compensated growers with existing crop
insurance or non insured disaster A systants plans, while the
second stage is intended to fill all the remaining gaps
for farmers who still haven't received compensation, so that includes
uninsured crops, which often includes Specially it includes value loss
crops on farm storage losses, milk losses, as well as
providing some payments for folks who had shallow losses as
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well as quality losses.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Munch said this program shares some similarities with previous disaster
assistance programs, but also some key differences.
Speaker 5 (03:16):
This second stage matches whipplus much more closely, which had
a much more substantial documentation requirement, and there was a
lot of variation across crops. There is no progressive factoring
like in ERP twenty twenty two, which drastically reduced prices
farmers received each crop, and each loss category has its
own calculation. That means they're going to be going through
quite a lot of calculations to come up with their
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final number.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Munch said.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
There are still some details we need to learn, but
visiting with your local FSA office is the best first step.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
Given how complex the program is, many FSA offices are
far behind in understanding how the calculations work. Really, make
sure all your usual FSA forms are on file. A
big piece of this is going to be remaining understanding
as all these staff people learn how the program works.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
You can learn more on the market Intel page at
FB dot org. Chad Smith Washington.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Well friends. He may have announced that he'll not seek
reelection next year, but Washington Representative Dan Newhouse still has
things he needs to get done before leaving office. One
of those things is bringing the Farm Workforce Modernization Act
back onto the floor for another run.
Speaker 6 (04:21):
I would characterize that working on still. We haven't let up.
It's been an ongoing conversation, and it takes a lot
of behind the scenes work before Bill's actually right and
I guess is a good term and are ready for
consideration and committee and on the floor.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
New House says, Gt. Thompson, share of the AD Committee,
has been very good about putting together ideas for this legislation.
Speaker 6 (04:43):
And I'm happy to report that through his efforts and
through his working group that he put together, most of
the tenets of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act have been
put together in what he's trying to accomplish, So that's good.
We're building I guess, a broader base of support and
some incentives and initiatives that are happening there.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
But new House says it's never easy.
Speaker 6 (05:05):
That's one of the frustrating things about Congress that takes
sometimes so long to get anything accomplished that it's really
a test of our ability to stick with the work
in front of us. And that's what I'm trying to
help people do is stay focused on this. We've got
to get it down.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
New House says. Farmers have been great lately about letting
their representatives know what they need, and has hopes they
keep doing that. Concerns remain that DHHS Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Junior, and others within the Make America Healthy Again
or MAHA movement will place restrictions on many popular port
cuts as quote ultra processed foods. Scott Hayes, executive director
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with the Missouri Pork Association, says, it's a nuanced conversation.
Speaker 7 (05:46):
It's a lot bigger than most people think. You know,
when we hear ultra processed foods, we all think about
the stuff that's real close to the cash register at
the convenience store. I think we can all agree on that.
But but it runs a lot.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Deeper than that, he says. Some within the movement are
promoting what's called the Nova definition, which would label several
port favorites as ultra processed.
Speaker 7 (06:09):
Under that definition, sausages, possibly even some vacons could end
up in the ultra process category. And so we start
to have a problem with that. When you don't consider
the nutritional value, you just talk about the amount of
processing something has as the only unit of measure, you're
leaving a lot of important information out.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Some pork producers are concerned that the ultra process definition
that has finally settled upon will have far reaching implications
for them. Hay says. The pork industry is actively engaged
in conversation with various federal agencies as discussions continue. Farm
used this morning, you are listening to Aglife.
Speaker 8 (06:48):
It's another agnews update. Producers watching exports signals closely. Is
China steps back into the sorgum market? More after this,
Hi e.
Speaker 9 (07:00):
Children's director of the Grayson County Alliance, a food pantry
in rural Kentucky. Thanks to a local farmer, we recently
received a twenty five hundred dollars donation from Americas Farmers
Grow Communities sponsored by the mon Santo Fund, a philanthropic
arm of Bear. As a result, we expanded a classroom
where we teach families about nutrition and personal finance. I
encourage all farmers to general for a chance to direct
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a twenty five hundred dollars donation to a local nonprofit.
Visit Grow Communities dot com.
Speaker 8 (07:28):
USDA's latest export inspection showing mixed grain movement last week,
but China's first sorgham shipment of the season stands out
as a potential demand shift heading into December. Total sorghum
inspections one point eight million bushels. China listed as an
interior sourced buyer. It's a development that historically drives basis
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changes across Kansas and the Texas Panhandle. Corn lead overall
volumes at fifty five point nine million bushels but from
the prior week, while soybean inspections fell sharply to thirty
three point eight million bushels. Wheat held near fourteen point
one in Derry. US Milk production continues to climb up
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three point six percent from August through October, as both
cow numbers and per cow output improved, but Class one,
three and four prices all posting deep year over year declines,
tightening margins ahead of twenty twenty six, and globally, WTO's
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latest goods trade barometer signal slower growth for ag raw materials.
It's another agnews update.
Speaker 10 (08:44):
Here's farmer and businessman James Wood.
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We farm about thirty five hundred acres. There's pipelines everywhere.
The contractor working on my property did not have the
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Speaker 8 (09:13):
American Cattle News Today highlights from a recent beef Reproduction
Task Force meeting. More after this.
Speaker 9 (09:23):
Hi. I'm Debbie Childress, director of the Grayson County Alliance,
a food pantry in rural Kentucky. Thanks to a local farmer,
we recently received a twenty five hundred dollars donation from
Americans Farmers Grow Communities sponsored by the Montanto Fund, a
philanthropic arm of Bear. As a result, we expanded a
classroom where we teach families about nutrition and personal finance.
(09:43):
I encourage all farmers to enroll for a chance to
direct a twenty five hundred dollars donation to a local nonprofit.
Visit Grow Communities dot com.
Speaker 8 (09:52):
Doctor Sandy Johnson is a Kansas State beef reproduction specialist.
Speaker 12 (09:58):
One of the tools that we again working with Iowas
State on shortly after the group was formed is what
we called the Estrosynchronization Planner, and the original version that's
still available is a Excel spreadsheet version and it tries
to step you through choices you might make in deciding
what synchronization protocol is best for you. And one of
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the things we wanted to do for years is to
be able to you know, as we've got smartphones and
electronic calendars, is to put that directly on a phone calendar.
And so we've recently worked with a group that's helped
us get over the hump to get that completed. So
we now have an online version that allows you to
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make those choices, and you make your choices and then
you can send that iCal file to your computer or
phone and it adds it to your phone. Now it
doesn't have the cost comparison and perhaps all the other
helps that we have in our Excel version of the
Synchronization Planner, but for many people that will be all
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they need is what date is it going to be?
If I'm gonna read cows on such and such a date.
And so we hope with those multiple versions you find
one that's useful to you. The other version that I
would mention is that this is such a catchy name,
is the multi group version. And what it would allow
you to do is if you are scheduling, you have
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both cows and heifers are trying to schedule in one
breeding season and it would allow you to put those
on the same calendar.
Speaker 8 (11:31):
Kansas State Beef Reproduction Specialist Sandy Johnson, American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
This is Dairy Radio now on.
Speaker 13 (11:44):
Our Wellness Wednesday, Part two of dairy Ing from down Under.
Here's John Clark today.
Speaker 14 (11:49):
We're a Ian sawyer of Feedworks Australia and tell us
a little bit about the feed structure over there.
Speaker 12 (11:54):
Well.
Speaker 15 (11:55):
Interestingly, very similar to the United States. We certainly have
fade businesses, and we have independent consultancy groups, and we
have a couple of the US consultancy groups operating down
in that part of the world as well. What we
see is a coming together of people that are manufacturing
feed and supplying that to.
Speaker 14 (12:15):
The dairy producers.
Speaker 15 (12:17):
The typical Australian system will be to graze and to
feed grain based supplement during milking twice a day, so
we are two ex milking almost invariably, and it'll be
grazing and anything from two to three kilos per day
through to about twelve kilos per day fed in two wax,
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one on the morning milking and one on the afternoon milking.
Speaker 14 (12:40):
Tell us a little bit about size of dairies in Australia.
Speaker 15 (12:44):
Average herd size about three hundred and thirty still dominated
by the family owned farm, but we have farms, you know,
plenty of farms above a thousand cows these days, typically
in corporate hands or you know, we do have that
large feed family farm business, that multi generation or family
farm business. Largest single enterprise is probably ten thousand cows
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on a site. We have a couple of the large
investment equity businesses have brought up land and farms, but
those are still sort of grazing based farms around about
five hundred to one thousand cows.
Speaker 14 (13:18):
So when you're grazing that many cow as, it strikes
me that you've really got to be intense with your
land usage.
Speaker 15 (13:23):
Yeah, very much so. I mean one of the key
scenarios around good efficient grazing management, both in Australia and
New Zealand Island, wherever you go for grazing is we
have to get our utilized tons per hectare up in
the same way that what we harvest in may siloce
tons per year per acre is crucial. Will the same
applies if we're doing rye grass or temperate pastures. So
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we very much focus on trying to integrate homegrown forage
growth and harvest by mouth or harvest for conserve forage
as silas or hay with our producers and then integrate
purchased inputs into those systems. In a twice a day
fooding scenario, we can get to nine or ten thousand
liters per cow in those sort of systems.
Speaker 14 (14:04):
So you did mention New Zealand a sort of just
a hart for you? Is that very similar to Australia.
Speaker 15 (14:10):
Yes, well, it's an awful lot closer than the United
States and we do get over there reasonably regularly. Is
it the same. It's a grazing based system, but with
a much lower production per cow typically about four thousand
liters and your lactation. Over in New Zealand they have
no grain industry, so a lot of the grain and
the starch that's going into cows as being imported out
of Australia or sometimes from the USA. They have very
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high land costs eighty thousand dollars key we per hect
air for dairy land, so they have a real emphasis
on efficiency of forage growth and harvest I might say
that potentially with that land cost and the amount of
repayments back to the bank, there's no money left to
buy things from outside. But there's certainly still a growth
of interest in per cow productivity, not just per hect
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air productivity in so.
Speaker 14 (14:58):
Air with Feedverks Austra. Yeah, thank you so much for
being with us today. Very interesting.
Speaker 15 (15:02):
Thank you, Jonas, an absolute pleasure to be with you.
Speaker 14 (15:05):
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Here's dairy farmer Hank Wagner and his daughter Laura with
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Speaker 20 (16:23):
Now doing the math on mating disruption for naval orangeworm
in almonds. I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with the California Trina Report,
part of that vast add information network. David Havlin is
a UCA and R farm advisor in Kerrent County specializing
in enymology.
Speaker 21 (16:42):
A lot of work's been done here. We know it's effective,
we know the results are predictable. So this is worked
that was funded by DPR and by the Almond Board, and.
Speaker 20 (16:50):
They looked at six years of data.
Speaker 21 (16:52):
Downtroductions are real fifty percent is kind of on average.
If you're up in larger acreage plots, it can be
higher than that. But the key thing for me with
the main disruption is when all the economics were run,
so they showed that main disruption is affordable. So the
break even points one percent.
Speaker 20 (17:05):
And here's more math on that subject.
Speaker 21 (17:07):
So I can tell you if you did not use
maiding disruption this year, and you had more than one
percent damage, you would have more money in your pocket
right now if you had invested in mating disruption than
by not investing. Okay, so your returns would have been
greater than your investment. So that's why I mentioned early on.
A lot of people say that they look at what
it costs, but when you look at it as an
investment in what you're getting back from it, that's where
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it makes a lot of sense to use it. I
know that's difficult when you're in a year where you're
trying to cut every cost possible, but the risk of
omitting that cost and not gaining the returns from it
can be much much more devastating.
Speaker 20 (17:41):
So if you're not using mating disruption for naval orangeworm,
contact your pest control advisor. Give you some advice. It
may pay off in a big way.
Speaker 22 (17:50):
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right now as they listen to what's important to their
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Yet we have never seen such an assault on farming
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Speaker 20 (18:47):
With the AG Information Network, I'm Patrick Kavanaugh.
Speaker 23 (18:50):
Mike Davis reports that Sinshenta has just announced that its
latest insect management tool, planet Zolan Technology has received registration
from the US Environmental Protection Agency and is available for
use subject to state approvals.
Speaker 24 (19:06):
Sind Genta has just announced its latest insect management tool,
Plannasalin Technology has received registration from the US Environmental Protection
Agency and is available for use subject to state approvals.
Scott Johnson is said Genta insecticides product.
Speaker 25 (19:22):
Lead Flannathon Technology sin Gena's latest innovation and breakthrough technology,
and it's going to provide significant protection for tough to
manage insects in a multitude of crops in different application
methods from sea treatment, sol applied and folier upon registration.
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We've tested it for over twelve years, about thirty three
hundred trials. We've also tested it in thirty different states
and forty different crops, so we feel very confident, you know.
We're just really excited to bring it to the growers
into the market for the twenty six growing season.
Speaker 24 (19:58):
Johnson says Plannazal in tech Knology will power several new products.
Speaker 25 (20:02):
A Quinto would be our lead brand and that's going
to be for our cereal and pulse growers. It's an
insecticide sea treatment that offers flexibility and compatibility options to
terminate wireworms and suppress other below ground pests, ultimately improving
the plant stand and helping the grower's bottom line. Opello
Insecticide is our soul applied insecticide that delivers revolutionary control
(20:24):
for cornrootworm and other soil dwelling pests, and it helps
corn growers maximize their yield opportunity between nine and thirteen
bushels versus industry standards today for Tento insecticide for peanut,
onion and cotton growers. This will be our folier option
for one of the toughest insect pests known in class,
delivering a fast knockdown, knockout punch to pests like plant bugs, thrips,
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stink bugs and.
Speaker 24 (20:50):
Mites, and Planazlein technology is also available for vegetable and
specialty crops.
Speaker 25 (20:56):
For our vegetable growers, our brand will be in Scipio
Insecticide folio applied insecticide with impressive residual control that takes
the guesswork out of the insect control by delivering heavy
duty takedown of tough pests. And our last folio brand
is the Volgo insecticide and this will be for our
potato and specialty crop growers. It's our folio option that
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will lead the way to potato and tree fruit insect
test management with unmatched broad spectrum control of Colorado potato, beetles,
codly moth, citrus thrips, spider mince, and many more.
Speaker 24 (21:28):
Planazle and technology will be available for the twenty twenty
six growing season, subject to state approvals. To place your
order for one of these powerful new insecticides, or to
learn more, contact your local Syngenta representative. Always read and
follow labeled instructions. Opello is a restricted use pesticide. Mike
Davis reporting a.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Return of atmospheric rivers in the Pacific Northwest beating significant
precipitation accumulations. RAID adds though, and according to USDA be
urologist Brad Rippee at in.
Speaker 26 (21:57):
The complicating factor that we have a pretty warm in
place over the northwestern United States and that is contributing
snow melt to the equation. You put that all together,
heavy rain, melting snow, and that is leading to significant
river flooding across the Northwest.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
Especially as Pacific storms have amplified in recent days, and that.
Speaker 26 (22:15):
Is leading to the flooding that we're seeing both in
western Washington and eastward to the lower slopes of the Cascades,
and we're starting to see some flood concerns now emerging
across northern Idaho and even the lower elevations of western Montana.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
Additional heavy rain and high elevation snow. We'll continue until
the end of the week, and after a brief respite.
Speaker 26 (22:34):
This weekend, we may get right back into it next week,
bringing the possibility of additional flooding as we move closer
to the holidays. An atmospheric river is simply when you
have an upper level transport at the jetstream level bout
where you fly airplanes, you see moisture transport into a
particular region. When you combine that with other factors, including
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the topography of the Northwest, you can bring some of
that moisture down to cloud level to lower levels and
then start to ring it out on the mountains, so
west to east wind blowing across say the Cascades or
the Northern Rockies, a lot of that moisture can work
its way first from the upper atmosphere into the lower
levels of the atmosphere and then be wrung out by
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the topography, especially when it's perpendicular to the mountain ranges.
You have north south ranges like the Cascades. You have
a west to east jet stream that we have heard
lately is being termed an atmospheric river. A great term
for it because that's pretty much what it is, and
that rings out tremendous amounts of moisture.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
I'm Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 27 (23:38):
It's time for California agg today on the ag Information Network.
I am Hailey ship Well. I always like a little
bit of research to feature in our agricultural news and
if it's easy for me to grasp well, all the better.
And this story is just that large predators are a
reality of the West, and while biologists study their place
(24:00):
on the land, ranchers deal with the real costs when
livestock are targeted. Wolves, coyotes, and bears sometimes prey on
cattle and sheep, creating financial strain and emotional stress that
can lead to lethal control. In this latest round of research,
Utah State University wildlife biologist Julie Young and her team
(24:23):
examined a simple, non lethal option called flash tags. These
motion activated led ear tags flash random light patterns at
night startling predators. The solar powered units attached like standard
ear tags and are designed to be low cost and
low maintenance. Researchers tested whether the lights bothered livestock and
(24:44):
found no changes in sheep behavior or weight gain. When
field tested in areas with a history of wolf and
coyote predation, losses were sharply reduced or stopped altogether. Nearly
every producer involved reported fewer kills.
Speaker 17 (25:00):
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Speaker 22 (25:27):
The best place to reach a farmer with a farming
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find them during the day, as most farmers are behind
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Speaker 27 (25:54):
You with California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
I am Hay Lee Ship, Bob Quinn Backerson farm News
this morning. Friends, It's important for pig farmers to take
a close look at the balance sheet because it helps
set the fundamental outlook moving forward into the coming year.
Lee Schultz, chief economist with ever dot AGG, says one
of the key highlights has been production, which was projected
to be down about one point two percent. That decline
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was tracked closely with year to date numbers, and the
same can be said for US exports, which have also
remained largely in line with expectations.
Speaker 28 (26:29):
Exports have done down two percent as well, and I think,
you know, as we look at the export picture, I
think even down two percent, that's off a record level
in twenty twenty four. Now, positive side, you know, we
have seen prices stronger than twenty twenty four, So overall
we've seen about an eight percent increase in prices in
twenty twenty five compared to twenty twenty four. Certainly that's
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come as we've seen a little bit tighter production, but
you also have to point to the demand side of
things that.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Looking ahead, Schultz notes there is the potent for slightly
softer pork prices as the industry moves into twenty twenty six.
Speaker 28 (27:05):
Most of that would come in the third quarter, where
you know, in twenty twenty five, as I mentioned, very
strong prices in the third quarter, maybe a little bit
flatter kind of seasonal curve for twenty twenty six. But
again I'll emphasize those are forecasts right as we're sitting
here today, knowing that those fundamentals could change, just like
they changed as we looked at twenty twenty five in
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front of us, and we certainly seen, you know, maybe
stronger prices than we expected in twenty twenty five. But
I think importantly that kind of sets the picture for producers.
Speaker 1 (27:37):
He did stress to pork producers that no two years
are alike. Well, friends, Midwest Dairy's Board has worked hard
in twenty twenty five to amplify the voices of dairy
farmers across a ten state region. Chad Smith has a report.
Speaker 4 (27:50):
Charles Krause kraus Holstein's in Buffalo, Minnesota's chair of the
Midwest Dairy Board. Throughout twenty twenty five, Midwest Dairy worked
hard on behalf of dairy farmers. Krause shared how the
checkof worked to make every drop count by effectively investing
Checkoff contributions in projects and activities to grow trust and
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sales and dairy regionally, nationally, and globally.
Speaker 19 (28:14):
And as a farmer leader in the Board of Directors,
which is all led by farmers, developing partnerships of foster
trust and increased dairy sales, and then also conduct research
to continue advanced dairy sector in a positive direction. That's
the goal of the farmers and the goal of Midwest Arey.
Speaker 4 (28:29):
He talked about the retail partners Midwest Dairy worked with
in twenty twenty five and what the impact was on
dairy sales.
Speaker 19 (28:36):
We focused our retail work on key moments throughout the
year including Dairy Strong Quarter one, National Dairy Month in
the second quarter, back to school in the third quarter,
and tailgating at college and football games in the fall
in the fourth quarter. And you can always get your
dairy in there with the cheese trades, and any other
kinds of things that supplement your tailgating experience. An example
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of the work that we did through National Dairy Month,
We've found out that the consumer loves to know where
their mouth comes from and where the food comes from,
so we partnered with retail chains like Jewel, Osco, cub Foods,
High v, Neptune Retail Solutions, Chickory, and Schnooks, to name
a few, and with this partnership, we sold over five
(29:19):
million incremental ponds of dairy in the month of June alone.
Speaker 4 (29:21):
Midwest Dairy also supported research initiatives over the past year.
Speaker 19 (29:26):
We invest checkout for resources into research design to tackle
industry challenges and innovate dairy technologies. And the last thing
we want to do is create regional and global opportunities
for Midwest dairy farmers. Our Incubator program, a Midwest Dairy accelerator,
delivered big wins for dairy innovation this past September. It
successfully discovered and supported food and beverage entrepreneurs. The success
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of this pitch competition highlights the entrepreneurial spirit of our
participants and the potential for innovation in the dairy industry.
Motivating us to keep supporting these ventures into the future.
Speaker 4 (29:59):
Kraus talked about what he is looking forward to in
twenty twenty six that will continue amplifying the dairy farmers' voices.
Speaker 19 (30:06):
A couple of things that I did this last year
on my farm alone, was we did a project where
we brought influencers onto our farm and gave them a
one day boot camp and where their food comes from.
And these ranged anywhere from an Olympic athlete to a
husband and wife couple, to nutritionists and people in the
healthcare industry. We gave them the ability to amplify the
dairy story. And then we also on my farm brought
(30:26):
registered dietitian students from the University of Minnesota onto our
farm to teach them the nutritional sustainability that dairy offers.
So these are some of the things we look forward
to amplifying and continuing into the future in twenty twenty
six in the Midwest Dairy ten State Region.
Speaker 4 (30:41):
Midwest Dairies ten State region includes Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
and North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota. You can learn
more about the organization's activities designed to promote dairy At
Midwest dairy dot Com, Chad Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Used this morning, you're listening to ag life.
Speaker 10 (31:04):
From the egg information that work. I'm Bob Larson with
your agribusiness update. Well, China has secured at least seven
million tons of US soybeans after multiple purchases in recent weeks.
Bloomberg says that puts the Asian country over halfway to
meeting its twelve million ton purchase agreement it made with
the Trump administration. The total comes from purchases by Sino Grain,
the state company in charge of managing China's grain stockpiles.
(31:27):
They purchased about two million tons in the past week alone,
with buys continuing into this week. The Energy Information Administration
says ethanol output jumped to a new record high in
the seven days ending December twelfth. US production rose to
an average of one point one to three one million
barrels a day, eclipsing the record set two weeks earlier.
Midwest output rose to one point zero seven eight million
(31:48):
barrels a day, up from one point zero four to
six million. East and West Coast production was steady at
twenty thousand barrels and Gulf Coast and Rocky Mountain production
dropped to six thousand barrels. The pet and Livestock Protection
Act past the House with a bipartisan vote. The National
Cattleman's Association and Public Lands Council have been strong supporters
of this legislation, which would reissue the twenty twenty rule
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delisting gray wolves in the lower forty eight states and
ensure the delisting can't be overturned in federal court again.
Since being listed under the ESA in nineteen seventy four,
the gray wolf has seen tremendous recovery, exceeding the goals
by three hundred percent.
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Speaker 10 (33:21):
From the Egg Information Network, I'm Bob Larson with today's
agribusiness update.
Speaker 1 (33:25):
Bob went back to wrap up. I'd live for today. Friends,
US soybean growers already prepping for disease pressure next year.
Chad Smith as our story.
Speaker 4 (33:33):
In twenty twenty five, soybean growers faced high pressure from
multiple yield robbing diseases. Matt Geiger and Agronomy Service representative
was Syngenta talked about what those diseases were and which
ones growers will likely face again in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 29 (33:50):
Yeah, so it's really geography dependent. For some parts of
my area, Red crownrot was a big player. The closer
you get to the metro east of Saint louis very
devastating start to get it and high numbers. There are
certain parts of the soybean growing regions where sudden death
syndrome is an issue, it seems like it's more dependent
on the growing season, whereas like red crown nut, it
seems like it's a more predictable pathogen. The year and
(34:12):
year out stuff for all solbean growner used to be
pithium by topthra. So those are two early season soybean
diseases that can wipe out your stand in spots. Then
foil your diseases. Every year it seems like you'll see
septorian brown spot, and then depending on your geography as well,
you can see frog eyed leaf spot as well. And
then you get to the north where's cooler, more moderate temperatures.
White mold can be an issue to the north as well,
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which is a very devastating pathogen if you get it.
Speaker 14 (34:36):
He said.
Speaker 4 (34:37):
The best way to prepare for next season is to
make plans soon after wrapping up the current season.
Speaker 29 (34:43):
So you know which fields were affected by what pathogens.
If you will you know certain fields like if you
had red crown run on a few acres, you certainly
need to use treatment for that pathogen on those fields.
Say you have soybean cysin nematode on a certain field
because let's just say it's surrounded by trees and it
rais very good corn, so it's been beyond mean for
a long time. You know, you probably want to make
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sure you're using the mat aside. But more of the
story is that you need to learn from years past
and learn your field histories and utilize the technologies we
have available to control whatever pests that you may encountering
on a consistent basis, whether it's SDS, nematodes, red crown rot,
foliar diseases, et cetera.
Speaker 4 (35:21):
Geiger talks about products that will protect those soybean fields
from diseases in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 29 (35:27):
Yeah, so obviously it depends on your pathogen. So if
you're in an area that's having issues with sudden dest syndrome,
red crown rot or nematodes, you want to look at
a new product that we just launch the name of Victrotto.
It's a new seat treatment that I've been waiting on
for many, many years and we finally just got registration.
The reason that we were willing to take the risk
is because of the performance that we've seen in our
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research trials on those three pests, and if you have
issues with full your diseases like frog et lease spot
or septoria, you want to look at mirrav Us top
funge aside. If you're to the north, you want to
look at maybe mirrav Us neil on your slow beans
as well. You can start to see some white mold
when you get to the north, and that product at
a higher rate can do a pretty decent job on
white mold as well.
Speaker 4 (36:07):
Victrotto will also provide some suppression of folier diseases earlier
in the season.
Speaker 29 (36:13):
Foliar diseases you'll see on Victrotto's label is going to
be septorian brown spot, frog on a lease spot on
target spot. But it's not a replacement for our three
application like you usually, it's basically a setup for that.
At our three you should have cleaner plants for your
fun decide to be able to work a little bit
better at that standpoint because you're coming onto a clean
slate hopefully when you use Bctroto on the seed, So
think of it kind of as a supplement to your
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R three funch side.
Speaker 4 (36:35):
To learn more about Victroto, visit syngentaus dot com, forward
slash Victrotto, or talk to your local Singenta representative. Go
to boost your bushels dot com to learn more about
Mirrorvis NEO. Remember to always read and follow label instructions.
Chad Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
With that Friends, r out of time for today, Thanks
for joining us. We'll talk to you next time on
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