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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. We're talking about agricultural
production here in the valley and all across the country.
Well friends. USDA's National ag Statistics Service issued an updated
release schedule for reports impacted by the recent government shutdown.
Rod Main takes a look at the new USDA schedule.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
After a six week halt of USDA reports due to
the government shutdown, catch up in report release is occurring
and will continue to occur. In December, Lance Hodig of
the National Agricultural Statistics Service noted plans were in place
in early November for report release in the event of
the federal government reopening. One of those, a major Agriculture
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Department offering, was issued the day after reopening.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
We did get the crop production report out on the fourteenth,
that would have come just a few days earlier, so
very short delayed there, and so some things are very
quickly getting back on schedule.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
That included reports released the friday before Thanks reports that
originally had at October first issue.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Date, things like grain crushings or cotton system bats and oils.
That work was virtually complete when the shutdown started.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Joining on that date the regularly scheduled November Catalog Feed Report.
Other reports need additional time to assimilate data at prepare
for presentation. For instance, some offerings, such as the October
and November Agricultural Prices Report are now scheduled for December fifteenth,
while december'sag Prices offering comes out December thirty first, or
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the end of month release regularly slotted for ag Prices.
What about release dates for some larger reports.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Things like total or the Census of Horticultural Specialties, things
that are extremely large projects and very heavily impacted by
a six week gap. We still don't know exactly when
we're going to be able to catch all of that
work up, because not only do we need to capture
everything that we missed during those six weeks, but we
also got everything happening right now that would have been
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happening right now as well, and so a lot of moving.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Parts at In some cases, reports dot issued during the
government shut down will not be revisited or released.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Some examples that come to mind for me, as some
of the weekly progress information. You really can't go back
in time and go back to folks and say hey,
as of second Sunday in October. What do you think
the condition ratings were? What do you think harvest progress was.
It's just physically not possible to recapture that information.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
A complete list of NASA's revised reports schedule is available
online at www dot NASS, dot USDA dot gov. Rodbain
reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
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Speaker 1 (02:45):
Well, Friends, coming up, the National Port Producers Council would
like to see California's Proposition twelve dealt with in a
new farm bill. We'll talk about that ahead on today's
edition of Baglife Bob when you were some farm news
this morning, friends. Overturning California's Proposition twelve has been a
top of mind issue for National Pork Producers Council for
some time. However, getting a finished farm bill approved is
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right there on top of the list. Laurie Stevermer, past
president of the National Pork Producers Council, said it was
a big topic of discussion during her year in the office.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
We have talked about the farm bill a number of times,
and it's been the one issue that's been across my
whole time on the board. We're still hopeful that there's
going to be a skinny farm bill yet, Sherman Thompson
has been very supportive of the pork industry. He wants
a skinny farm bill, and just as a reminder, that's
where our federal solution for Prop twelve is in that
So we're hoping there's some type of preemption because really,
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once again, our farmers are concerned about that patchworker regulations.
So if there is no farm bill, if nothing happens,
then that's the concern that each state will create its
own type of production standard or production regulations, and then
our farmers are dealt working.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
With that patchwork.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
And PPC sent several producers into the halls of Congress
to keep pushing for a farm bill.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
Once again, we're talking with the congressional staff and just
highlighting the importance of the farm bill relative to California's
Prop twelve. And so while some aspects of a traditional
farm bill were a part of the big beautiful bill,
we had some funding for our animal health programs. Once again,
some type of federal solution for Prop twelve is what
we're hoping for in the skinny farm bill.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Pork Producer Council Past President Lorie Stevermer with us this morning. Well, friends,
it may be time to rethink the farm's safety net.
That's the conclusion of Mike Strand's vice president of Advocacy
for the National Farmers Union.
Speaker 6 (04:33):
In the last few weeks, we've seen the end of
the federal government shutdown, and now we're turning towards what
happens next because we know that the farm economy is
in crisis right now with high input costs, low commodity
prices in many cases, and just so many pressures on
family farmers and ranchers. So we need to see some
action soon from the administration on trade assistants to make
up for some of the losses that farmers are feeling
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because of tariffs, and to make sure that those are
structured in a way that they don't undercut the safety
and security of the the farm economy in the months
and years to come.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
He offered some insight on the Farm Bill, so.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
The Farm Bill remains in limbo right now. Back in
the summer, we saw the Reconciliation Bill or the Big
Beautiful Bill, make some changes to the farm safety net
and improve the reference prices, made changes to crop insurance,
added some more acres to the program. Those are some
good things, but on the other hand, it also cut
almost two hundred billion dollars from SNAP, and that causes
in addition to the nutrition and health issues that come
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with that, it also politically makes it really difficult to
pass a farm bill. So while some changes were made
in the summer, it's going to be hard to bring
everybody back to the table in early twenty twenty six
to do the rest to the farm bill, but we
hope we can get there.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Strands talked about why SNAP and the farm bill are
both important to farmers.
Speaker 6 (05:40):
Well, it's absolutely critical to millions of American families, and
we saw how important and critical that is during the
federal government shutdown. Even though the shutdown has resolved, those
cuts to SNAP remain and states are scrambling to figure
out how to pick up the shortfall, let alone the
families that are dependent upon this to help feed their families.
So this is critically important there. It's also important to
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farmers because fifteen cents of every dollar is spent on
food at the grocery store goes to the farmer, So
it only stands for reason that there's some critical connections
there too.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Mike Strand's National Farmers Union Today Well friends, the federal
truck weight limit hasn't been updated since the nineteen eighties.
Lorie Boyer has a story.
Speaker 7 (06:18):
Kelsey Kemp, Associate director of government Relations with the National
Ketaman's Beef Association, says that the federal truck weight limit
has not been updated since the nineteen eighties and remains
capped to eighty thousand pounds. She says raising that limit
could bring significant benefits for agriculture and transportation efficiency.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
Our current Service Transportation Reauthorization bill expires at the end
of next year, so that's something that we are working
on now. We're hoping to see text of that bill soon,
and NCBA is really focused on including a couple of
our most prominent transportation priorities in that bill. One of
those is increasing truck weights for federal interstates, and another
one is exempting livestock callers from hours of service regulations
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as well as electronic logging device mandates when.
Speaker 7 (07:02):
It comes to cattle hollers. Kemp says that NCBA supports
a pilot program that would allow states to opt in
on whether or not they want to increase trucking weight limits.
Speaker 8 (07:12):
We're focused on a pilot program that would be a
state opt in that would allow trucks up to ninety
one thousand pounds with a six to axle to travel
on interstates. We'd be able to follow the same amount
of cattle on four trucks instead of five, which would
do a lot for our supply chain resiliency.
Speaker 7 (07:28):
Kelsey Kemp with a National Caneman's Beef Association.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Laurie Boyer with us. This morning, farm us, you're listening
to aag life.
Speaker 9 (07:36):
It's another AGEWS update. Ethanol output hitting a new record,
farm credit titans, Christmas tree growers facing impoor pressure more
after this, You're.
Speaker 10 (07:46):
Going to need meat. You're going to need us, all
of us. You're going to need our help with your water,
your air, your food.
Speaker 11 (07:55):
You're going to need our determination, our compassion.
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You're going to need the next generation of leaders to
face the challenges the future will bring, and we promise
we'll be there. One NIS today fourh is growing the
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Speaker 9 (08:14):
Us ethanol production setting a new weekly record as plants
reached one point one to three million barrels per day
to close November, even while gasoline demand slid to a
twenty six week low, and domestic blending slode stocks rose modestly.
Exports jump nearly forty percent, highlighting strong international interest heading
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into winter. At the same time, Kansas City federal reserves
as farm credit conditions tightened again in the third quarter,
with lower crop margins eroding working capital, increasing loan renewals,
and pushing capital spending to its lowest pace since early
twenty twenty. Those steady land values do continue to provide
(09:00):
stability and especialty crops us Christmas tree growers contending with
a long production cycle, rising labor and pest pressures, and
the rapid expansion of imported artificial trees largely sourced from China.
Exporters facing rising ocean freight rates. Last quarter, green shipping
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costs from the Gulf and Pacific Northwest climbed seven to
seventeen percent. It's another AGEWS update.
Speaker 12 (09:31):
Here's farmer and landowner John True.
Speaker 13 (09:33):
We purchased a land about three years ago and there
was an old farmstead on there with trees. You're going
to clear the lands, we could farm through it. We
thought we knew where the pipe was, so we didn't
call to get it located. The work on our property
led to the damage of a light crude pipe plante.
Fortunately no one was hurt, but it could have been
much worse.
Speaker 12 (09:49):
Never assumed the location or depth of underground lines. Always
call eight one to one or visit clickbefore youdig dot
com before you start work. A message from the pipeline
operators for Egg Safety Campaign American Cattle News. What's the
importance of vitamin A for cattle? We'll find out after this.
Speaker 9 (10:10):
You're going to need me.
Speaker 10 (10:11):
You're going to need us, all of us. You're going
to need our help with your water, your air, your food.
Speaker 11 (10:19):
You're going to need our determination, our compassion.
Speaker 10 (10:22):
You're going to need the next generation of leaders to
face the challenges the future will bring. And we promise
we'll be there when you need us. Today. Four H
is growing the next generation of leaders. Support us at
FOURH dot org.
Speaker 9 (10:38):
Kansas State Beef System Specialist Emma Briggs so.
Speaker 14 (10:42):
A matters a lot, especially in the reproductive cowherder. So
Vitamin A plays an essential role for a vision, immune function,
reproductive success, as well as just overall growth and metabolism,
especially for cattle that are pregnant, actating, or just throwing
young cattle in general, Vitamin A is mostly found in
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green forges, and so we're talking green less pastures. That's
an excellent source. Lots of beta carotein in plants that
cattle can convert to vitamin A. Cattle can also convert
beta caroteen into vitamin A naturally, and during the pasture
season when we really see a lot of green growth
in those pastures, cattle can typically a sue. We can
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assume that there's a meeting about three to five times
the requirement of vitamin A and they can typically store
it for about four months or so worth of vitamin
A in the liver, which can help them get through
the winter slump when we don't have a lot of
available green forage for those cowss where there's always toxicity
levels with everything. However, in my personal experience, I have
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not seen an issue where we're actually having vitamin A toxicity,
especially for cows that are out on pasture. We're mostly
concerned to about the deficiency.
Speaker 9 (12:01):
Side and even blindness.
Speaker 14 (12:03):
So col's just having car trouble seeing. However, that is
a severe severe deficiency. We are not seeing those quite
too often because caw has got to be dangerously low
for a really long time in order to get to
that point. But they can cause vision issues and just
not being able to see properly.
Speaker 9 (12:21):
American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
This is Dairy Radio.
Speaker 15 (12:28):
Now it's time for our Feet for him Friday with
doctor Mike Hutchens, Professor Emeritus from the University of Illinois.
Speaker 16 (12:35):
Hello, Mike, Well, welcome.
Speaker 17 (12:36):
To today's speed Form and we're going to talk about optimizing
microtoxs and risks on dairy farms and feeding programs. This
was presented at a recent webinar that I attended, and
we're going to look at the microtoks and risks and
so maybe a couple of questions we should ask an answer.
I wonder why would I test for microtoxin? In some
cases FDA government policy Food Drug Administration wants microtoxin level
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is determined to protect both animals and consumers. And perhaps
the best for example, is aflotoxin. And if we start
seeing aflotoxin in milk over zero point five parts pavillion,
it cannot legally be sold or made into a cheese
butter or consumed is fluid milk. For a dairy farmer,
why would he want to test for microtoxin? And we
know that certain microtoxins have impacts on animal health and
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performance as well. There are two general groupings of microtoxins
or classifications. As for jealous that would be the athletoxins
that is the one that is regulated by the government
and ocrotoxin a fumaricin is a second category and that
would include don T two zeroal knowne, and fomonesin Those
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are the common six that we will test for on
a testing program. Some livestock species, especially poultry, will add
binders to the grain mix automatically to reduce any risk,
and that is the cost. The costs can vary from
one to eight dollars per ton or treated feed or
another way to look at that is caused per bushel
of corn somewhere five to forty cents per bushel of corn,
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and we do that because we don't want to discount
bad grain. For example, at the webinar was that athletoxin
goes from twenty to fifty parts per billion as a
typical twenty cents discount on a bushel of corn, So
if corn is four dollars a bushel, the farmer would
only receive three dollars eighty cents for that bushel of
corn one hundred and fifty parts per billion, then that
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would be eighty cents per bushel, and over three hundred
parts per billion is rejected to not be used by
any livestock group. As well, for dairy cattle, to minimize
milk risk, no feed over twenty parts per billion should
be fed to the dairy animal. About one to two
percent all of it in the feed is transferred into
the milk. Determine what is the risk in a testing
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program and they use what they call an eighty to
twenty factor, meaning tests the twenty percent of the feed
at risk. That would lead to eighty percent of the
final grain being contaminated. So in a testing program you want
to look at what are the levels, what are the
risks associated with that, what is the verification of that program,
what test should we be doing, and what adjustments do
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we make in the feeding program as well. Those crops
at risk we're listed at sixty four percent is corn grain,
are cereal grains at twenty three percent risk, oil seeds
at eight percent risk, and forages at five percent risk,
with athlotoxin being the one that have the biggest concern.
So there is programs out there companies who will provide
available reports, such things as Cargil and DSM provide reports
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of the status that's going on. And then you can
contract with a testing lab to develop a standard operating
procedures or SOP, what type of tests tracking confirmation tests
if it occurs there, and then are training and supports
to those people that are running the field test. So
take all message on it. The microtoxins can pop up
and feeds on dairy farms, we need to have a
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plan on how we're going to adjust for that and
then look at did various company programs to verify results.
What's the program for today? Thanks hey all to WEE.
Speaker 16 (16:02):
D Thank you Mike.
Speaker 15 (16:03):
That's doctor Mike Hutchens, Professor emeritus from the University of Illinois,
featured every Friday here at our feed Forum Friday on
Dairy Radio.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Now now accepting applications for funding the America First Trade
Promotion Program, the two.
Speaker 18 (16:16):
Hundred and eighty five million dollar program that essentially doubles
our investment in those trade promotion programs that help sell
our products.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Agriculture Department Under Secretary for Trade and for at Agricultural Affairs,
Luke Lindbergh says AFTPP serves as a compliment to existing
farm and food export promotion programs.
Speaker 18 (16:36):
Many of our cooperators around the country that represent all
of our different commodity groups. Those folks get dollars from
USDA to market their products overseas, participate in trade missions,
organize their own trade missions, really go about the business
of selling American agriculture.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
The funding application period concludes January twenty third. More details
about the America First Trade Promotion Program are available online
via grants dot Go. I'm Broadbade, reporting for the US
Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.
Speaker 19 (17:10):
A conversation with a farm advisor regarding pruning and pollination.
I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with a California tree nut report part
of that vast ag Information Network. Doug Ammerol is an
area farm advisor for Kings in Tallarry County. He specializes
in pomology, water and soils. He comments on there's not
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a lot of pruning in the nut industry, mainly pistachios.
Speaker 20 (17:35):
So pistachially prune on one is more like a bushy.
Speaker 19 (17:39):
Tree, so there's not much pruning on it, just.
Speaker 20 (17:41):
Like heading or something like that, depending on the tree
and the feaver and those kind of things also depend
on rootstocks and what kind of tootovers you have pistache.
We usually do pruning in the label, not too late
because that's going to cause some problems like the lake
growth and stuff like that.
Speaker 19 (17:57):
Rollers can talk to their farm advisor for more information
on this. Now comments on the self fruitful varieties that
you don't need many bees to pollinate.
Speaker 20 (18:06):
Well, it's really hard because they're kind of new right,
we don't have a lot of information on them. I
believe it's going to help growers, it's going to make
harvest easier. A lot of things are going to be easier.
But I don't think we're going to get rid of bees.
There's still really important for us and for pollination and
all of that.
Speaker 19 (18:20):
Just a reminder that the Almond Industry Conference coming up.
TIMP to the twelfth Agendas now up. Just search Almond Conference.
You'll see the comprehensive agenda there. It's free registration. Remember
Almond Conference.
Speaker 16 (18:34):
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Speaker 21 (19:03):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sefena
insecticide from basf We.
Speaker 12 (19:08):
Just get nailed with it.
Speaker 21 (19:09):
So tell us, how are you feeling really really weird
and you still wanted to devour this few?
Speaker 9 (19:16):
No way, bro. There you have it, folks.
Speaker 21 (19:18):
Safena insecticide is specifically engineered to dissorient aphis and wife
flies so they can't eat, and when they can't eat,
they can't destroy.
Speaker 11 (19:26):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with sefena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions.
Speaker 19 (19:31):
With the ag Information Network. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Now underway site up for a trio of farm disaster
assistance programs.
Speaker 22 (19:39):
The Supplemental Disaster Relief Program Stage two, the Milk Loss Program,
the on farm Stored Commodity Loss Program.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
That's Agriculture Undersecretary for Far Production at Conservation, Richard Fordyce
These programs joined Stage one of the Supplemental Disaster Relief
Program issued in July, as well as the Emergency Commodity
Assistance Program as part of comprehensive Farm Disaster assistance under
this year's America Relief Act. The Undersecretary acknowledges SdRP Stage
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two differs from the first stage in.
Speaker 22 (20:10):
That it's going to be paying shallow losses and indemnity
didn't trigger, but it was close to triggering, so we'll
come in and pick up part of that. Folks that
weren't indemnified at all. So people that didn't have or
weren't able to purchase any kind of crop insurance product
help with assistance there, as well.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
As for other farm disaster assistance programs. At examples of such.
Speaker 22 (20:30):
The milk loss program, it's going to pay milk producers
that had to dump milk due to a qualifying natural disaster.
So like, as an example, the dairy had milk cows,
there was a storm, roads were impassable, the truck couldn't
make it to the dairy to pick up the milk,
so the milk had to be dumped. That is the
program where we're paying for that dumped milk or lost milk.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
While with the odd farm Stored Commodity Loss program.
Speaker 22 (20:53):
That program will pay producers that loss commodities that were
stored on the farm due to one of those quality
fying weather events that created either partial damage or complete
loss of that unfarm stored commodity. And so an example,
there would be a grain bind maybe that was flooded,
the water entered the structure, damage a portion or all
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of the grain stored in that green bent, and we're
going to be able to help producers offset those losses.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
What are the deadlines for a site up of each program.
Speaker 22 (21:21):
SdRP one and SdRP two. They both will end on
April thirtieth, the milk loss program and the on farm
Stored Commodity Loss Program That sign up will end on
January twenty third of twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Details on farm disaster assistance programs at their eligibility requirements,
needed documentation, and site up period are available at local
Farm Service Agency offices and online at www. Dot f SA,
dot USDA dot gov. I'm Rodbaine reporting for the US
Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 23 (21:56):
The Office of US Trade Representative. This week will hold
hearings on the trade agreement between the US, Canada, and
Mexico in preparation for a review scheduled for next year.
At the US BEAT Export Federation's planning conference in Indianapolis, Canada,
Smith Ramos, one of the Mexican negotiators for the pact,
told USMEF members he expects the three countries to ultimately
stand by the trade agreement.
Speaker 24 (22:17):
We see turbulence in terms of the Mexico US trade relationship,
of course, because of these stairs that the US has imposed.
We see a complex USMCA review, but we do not
see a scenario where there is an imminent collapse of
the agreement. There will be turbulence, but we do not
see the plane crashing. Okay, But we need to work
together in cooperation between the agricultural sectors of Mexico in
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the US and Canada as well. Preserving the agreement as
trilateral is very important. We have a very vibrant relationship
as well with Canada, so pushing our governments to maintain
a trilateral nature of the agreement and coming to agreements
on key issues on China on the limiting trade barriers
is essential.
Speaker 23 (22:58):
John Maswell of the Canadian cat Association pointed out the
importance of the Canadian market to US agriculture.
Speaker 25 (23:04):
If you take the agriculture trade US agriculture exports that CANDA,
divide them by our population and do it the other
way around. Every Canadian is consuming over seven hundred dollars
of US agriculture goods and every American is consuming just
over one hundred dollars of Canadian agriculture goods. It tells
me that the Canadian market is pretty open and that
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Canadians like American agriculture products. You know, if you scratch
into what is it we're buying, We're buying a lot
of high value things. We're kind of the holy grail
of the market as opposed to selling, you know, the ingredients.
We like to buy a lot of the finished products,
and we also supply some of those ingredients that go
into those finished products. So yes, there is some back
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and forth trade that's hidden in those numbers, But again,
does it matter? Is it mutually beneficial?
Speaker 23 (23:52):
For more, please visit USMEF dot org. For the US
Meat Export Federation, I'm John Harrith.
Speaker 26 (23:57):
Agg Secretary Brook Rollins said the USDA 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. The USDA's Agricultural Marketing and
Service will purchase fifteen million dollars in fresh oranges, ten
million dollars in grapefruit, and five million dollars worth of mandarins.
Speaker 27 (24:22):
It's time for yourself East Regional AG News on the
AG Information Network. I am Hayley's ship. Well in case
you missed this announcement in the midst of the Thanksgiving rush,
and it may sound like I'm giving you a bit
of an infomercial for a government website, but in a way,
I am. The USDA has now launched a new site
called screwworm dot gov. It brings together federal information on
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the New World screwworm, and it supports Secretary Brook Rowlins's
five prong planned to combat this pest.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
Now.
Speaker 27 (24:51):
Secretary Rowlins said the Trump administration is leading a whole
of government effort to protect our nation's cattle industry from
the New World screwworm. To ensure timely and effective communications,
this new unified website will be a one stop shop
for all screwworm related information and will help our stakeholders
be better informed as new information comes available. She also
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added that this is a national security priority and it
has the full attention of our team. Screwworm dot gov
does include resources for livestock producers, as well as veterinarians,
wildlife and animal health professionals, healthcare providers, pet owners, researchers,
drug manufacturers, and the public. It also provides USDA verified
updates on cases in Mexico as well as US preparedness efforts,
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along with information from partner and collaborating agencies.
Speaker 21 (25:41):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sofena
insecticide from BASPP.
Speaker 12 (25:46):
We just get nailed with it.
Speaker 21 (25:48):
So tell us, how are you feeling really really weird
and you still want to devour this field?
Speaker 9 (25:54):
No way, bro.
Speaker 7 (25:56):
There you have it, folks.
Speaker 21 (25:57):
Sofena insecticide is specifically engineered toy and af is and
wi flies so they can't eat, and when they can't eat,
they can't destroy.
Speaker 11 (26:04):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with sophena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions.
Speaker 16 (26:10):
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so they'll trust you.
Speaker 27 (26:38):
This is California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
Find more agricultural news at aginfo dot net.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Bob Quhen, here were some farm news this morning, friends.
Overturning California's Proposition twelve has been a top of mind
issue for National Port Producer's Council for some time. However,
getting a finished farm bill approved is right there on
top of the list. Stevemmer, past president of the National
Pork Producer's Council, said it was a big topic of
discussion during her year in the office.
Speaker 5 (27:07):
We have talked about the farm bill a number of times,
and it's been the one issue that's been across my
whole time on the board. We're still hopeful that there's
going to be a skinny farm bill. Yet Sherman Thompson
has been very supportive of the pork industry. He wants
a skinny farm bill, and you know, just as a reminder,
that's where our federal solution for Prop twelve is in that.
So we're hoping there's some type of preemption because really,
(27:28):
once again, our farmers are concerned about.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
That patchworker regulations.
Speaker 5 (27:32):
So if there is no farm bill, if nothing happens,
then that's the concern that each state will create its
own type of production standard or production regulations, and then
our farmers are dealt working with that patchwork.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
PPC sent several producers into the halls of Congress to
keep pushing for a farm bill.
Speaker 5 (27:48):
Once again, we're talking with the congressional staff and just
highlighting the importance of the farm bell relative to California's
Prop twelve. And so while some aspects of a traditional
farm bill, we're part of the big beautiful bill. We
had some funding for our animal health programs. Once again,
some type of federal solution for Prop twelve is what
we're hoping for in the skinny farm bill.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Pork Producer Council Past President Lorie stevermer with us this morning. Well, friends,
it may be time to rethink the farm safety net.
That's the conclusion of Mike Strand's vice president of Advocacy
for the National Farmers Union.
Speaker 6 (28:22):
In the last few weeks, we've seen the end of
the federal government shutdown, and now we're turning towards what
happens next because we know that the farm economy is
in crisis right now with high input costs, low commodity
prices in many cases, and just so many pressures on
family farmers and ranchers. So we need to see some
action soon from the administration on trade assistants to make
up for some of the losses that farmers are feeling
(28:44):
because of tariffs, and to make sure that those are
structured in a way that they don't undercut the safety
and security of the farm economy in the months and
years to come.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
He offered some insight on the Farm Bill, so the.
Speaker 6 (28:54):
Farm Bill remains in limbo right now. Back in the summer,
we saw the Reconciliation Bill or the Big Bial Bill,
makes some changes to the farm's safety net and improve
the reference prices, made changes to crop insurance, added some
more acres to the program. Those are some good things,
but on the other hand, it also cut almost two
hundred billion dollars from SNAP, and that causes In addition
to the nutrition and health issues that come with that,
(29:15):
it also politically makes it really difficult to pass a
farm bill. So while some changes were made in the summer,
it's going to be hard to bring everybody back to
the table in early twenty twenty six to do the
rest to the farm bill, but we hope we can
get there.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
Strands talked about why SNAP and the farm bill are
both important to farmers.
Speaker 6 (29:30):
Well, it's absolutely critical to millions of American families, and
we saw how important and critical that is during the
federal government shutdown. Even though the shutdown has resolved, those
cuts to SNAP remain and states are scrambling to figure
out how to pick up the shortfall, let alone the
families that are dependent upon this to help feed their families.
So this is critically important there. It's also important to
(29:50):
farmers because fifteen cents of every dollar spent on food
at the grocery store goes to the farmer, So it
only stands to reason that there's some critical connections there too.
Speaker 1 (29:59):
Mike Strand National Farmers Union today. Meanwhile, the National Corn
Growers Association looking ahead after a challenging growing season for many.
NCGA President Jed Bauer was at the Illinois Corn Growers
Annual Meeting in Bloomington to discuss the bush for higher
ethanol blends and what farmers need from Washington d C.
Bauer talked about the potential year round use of E fifteen.
Speaker 28 (30:22):
Here domestically working on hopefully get this E fifteen over
the hump here at the end of the year the
first quarter as that comes full circle gets fully implemented,
it's potential for two to two and a half billion
bushel more grind that'll drastically help these piles of corner
around the country, and then hopefully from there we can
move on to higher blends to continue to support the
internal combustion engine liquid fuels moving down the road. There's
(30:42):
a lot of potential there for long term growth and
then obviously into saf and potential bunker fuel uses in
the marine industry.
Speaker 1 (30:49):
Looking at the livestock industry, he said it's pretty flat
in the country, but he's confident there's some potential moving ahead.
Speaker 28 (30:56):
We have to support our friends in the animal industry.
I think there's going to be huge growth around the
world that are wanting our protein products. And yes, we've
had some issues with the Avian bird flu. We've had
issues obviously with building our beef herds because prices are
so high, and if I was still raising cattle, I
would be in that situation where I would struggle with that.
Do I bring heifers back into the operation or do
we sell and try to cash in now? Currently, but
(31:18):
I think we support those industries. We continue to support
them and their export efforts of corn and all forms
around the world. I think, you know, we can compliment
each other in that aspect and help them move their
products where they're needed.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
Jed Bauer, President National coin Rollers Farm US. You're listening
to aag life.
Speaker 29 (31:37):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with your
agribusiness update. Well for major North American beekeeping organizations released
the first ever North American Bee Strategy. It's a continent
wide plan to protect honeybee's strength and professional beekeeping viability
and safeguard food security across the US and Canada. The
strategy lays out four priorities, including improving monitoring, treatment, and
(32:00):
research on pest diseases. Other priorities include supporting applied research,
shared research infrastructure, and streamline scientific collaboration. The goal is
to build a more unified and sustainable honey market just
in time for the holiday season. The cranberry production forecast
is in cranberry's are harvested ahead of the holidays and
widely available from October to December, with one barrel equivalents
(32:21):
to one hundred pounds. The twenty twenty five US cranberry
crop is forecast at eight point one three million barrels,
a decrease of nine percent from last year, but close
to the five year average of seven point ninety five
million barrels. The Trump administration plans to announce an aid
package for American farmers soon, as well as a deal
on Chinese soybean purchases ACTE Terry Brook. Rawlins didn't provide
(32:42):
further details, but Reuter's reports the administration has said for
months it would issue assistance for US farmers ravaged by
low crop prices and trade disputes. Rawlins says, we'll have
an announcement probably in the next week or two on
what that's going to look like.
Speaker 16 (32:56):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer,
you have to go digital hmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest,
LinkedIn and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, but
which one?
Speaker 4 (33:10):
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Speaker 16 (33:10):
And how receptive is this age group to your sales
pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best place
to reach a farmer with a farming solution message is
when they are well, quite frankly farming. You know, it's
easy for us to find them during the day, as
most farmers are behind the wheel of a pickup truck
or farm equipment with the radio on, listening to this
(33:33):
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Speaker 29 (33:53):
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Speaker 1 (34:06):
Bob went back to wrap up AGLIE for today friends.
What an area not necessarily thought of for Christmas tree
production offers a variety of species for the holidays, especially
as living Christmas trees. Rod Bain has our final report.
Speaker 2 (34:20):
We're at that time where an important part of the
Christmas holiday plays out.
Speaker 30 (34:25):
They're growing trees here. They open their doors for people
to come to the farm, pick out a tree, cut it,
and take it home with them for the holiday.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
But where they are, according to Mississippi State University Extensions
John Kushla, is the southern tier of the United States,
particularly the Southeast, not necessarily known for its Christmas tree
industry compared to the northern climates. Yet, as Kushla explains.
Speaker 30 (34:50):
The fact is that a lot of the Christmas tree
grown here are all local markets.
Speaker 2 (34:56):
That's in part because many of the Christmas tree species
in the South tolerate being cut and kept out of
water for a prologued period of time.
Speaker 30 (35:04):
So they have to be cut, live on the farm
and taken home at that point. Now they'll last through
the Christmas seas that some trees do better than others
in that regard. But that's our situation down here.
Speaker 2 (35:16):
In terms of specific species that fit the bill as
Christmas trees in the southeast and southern regions.
Speaker 30 (35:22):
The ones we have down here in the coastal plains
tolerate much warmer weather. You have Mayalan cypress or Murray cypress,
the crosses from the Alaska and Monterey cedar, but depends
on which way across the male and female is which
variety you get.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
Other Southern based Christmas tree varieties available for consumers include.
Speaker 30 (35:45):
The Arizona cypress, which comes from the Southwest. The very
drought tolerant species has kind of a little bluish color
to it, which people like. Eastern red cedar is another
one that we grow down here, and the Virginia pine.
In fact, Virginia pine is probably one of the first
tree species to be grown as a Christmas tree here
(36:06):
in the South.
Speaker 2 (36:07):
And in terms of Southern Christmas tree species that work
well as living trees to enjoy for many holidays to come.
Speaker 30 (36:14):
The Leylands would be one most all of them you'd
want to plant in your better drained soils. The Arizona
cyprus is a popular one, and it too would want
to grow in drier soil. The Eastern red ceedar is
hollering on a wide variety of soil types and drainage. Conditions,
so that's one that has a little bit more freedom
(36:35):
in terms of where you plant it and where it
be able to grow.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
Kushla also advises the aforebentched species should be planted areas
where six or more hours of sun occur for healthy
growth of those living Christmas trees. I'm Rod Bain, reporting
for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
With that, friends, arount of time for today, Thanks for
joining us back Monday morning with another edition of Baglife
Good morning, Valley. This is Aglife. My name is Bob Quinn.
With you for the next hour. We're talking about agricultural
production here in the valley and all across the country.
Well friends. USDA's National ag Statistics Service issued an updated
release schedule for reports impacted by the recent government shutdown.
Rod Main takes a look at the new USDA schedule.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
After a six week halt of USDA reports due to
the government shutdown, catch up in report release is occurring
and will continue to occur. In December, Lance Hodig of
the National Agricultural Statistics Service noted plans were in place
in early November for report release in the event of
the federal government reopening. One of those, a major Agriculture
(00:44):
Department offering, was issued the day after reopening.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
We did get the crop production report out on the fourteenth,
that would have come just a few days earlier, so
very short delayed there, and so some things are very
quickly getting back on schedule.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
That included reports released the friday before Thanks reports that
originally had at October first issue.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Date, things like grain crushings or cotton system bats and oils.
That work was virtually complete when the shutdown started.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Joining on that date the regularly scheduled November Catalog Feed Report.
Other reports need additional time to assimilate data at prepare
for presentation. For instance, some offerings, such as the October
and November Agricultural Prices Report are now scheduled for December fifteenth,
while december'sag Prices offering comes out December thirty first, or
(01:34):
the end of month release regularly slotted for ag Prices.
What about release dates for some larger reports.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Things like total or the Census of Horticultural Specialties, things
that are extremely large projects and very heavily impacted by
a six week gap. We still don't know exactly when
we're going to be able to catch all of that
work up, because not only do we need to capture
everything that we missed during those six weeks, but we
also got everything happening right now that would have been
(02:01):
happening right now as well, and so a lot of moving.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Parts at In some cases, reports dot issued during the
government shut down will not be revisited or released.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Some examples that come to mind for me, as some
of the weekly progress information. You really can't go back
in time and go back to folks and say hey,
as of second Sunday in October. What do you think
the condition ratings were? What do you think harvest progress was.
It's just physically not possible to recapture that information.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
A complete list of NASA's revised reports schedule is available
online at www dot NASS, dot USDA dot gov. Rodbain
reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
D C.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Well, Friends, coming up, the National Port Producers Council would
like to see California's Proposition twelve dealt with in a
new farm bill. We'll talk about that ahead on today's
edition of Baglife Bob when you were some farm news
this morning, friends. Overturning California's Proposition twelve has been a
top of mind issue for National Pork Producers Council for
some time. However, getting a finished farm bill approved is
(03:08):
right there on top of the list. Laurie Stevermer, past
president of the National Pork Producers Council, said it was
a big topic of discussion during her year in the office.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
We have talked about the farm bill a number of times,
and it's been the one issue that's been across my
whole time on the board. We're still hopeful that there's
going to be a skinny farm bill yet, Sherman Thompson
has been very supportive of the pork industry. He wants
a skinny farm bill, and just as a reminder, that's
where our federal solution for Prop twelve is in that
So we're hoping there's some type of preemption because really,
(03:39):
once again, our farmers are concerned about that patchworker regulations.
So if there is no farm bill, if nothing happens,
then that's the concern that each state will create its
own type of production standard or production regulations, and then
our farmers are dealt working.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
With that patchwork.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
And PPC sent several producers into the halls of Congress
to keep pushing for a farm bill.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
Once again, we're talking with the congressional staff and just
highlighting the importance of the farm bill relative to California's
Prop twelve. And so while some aspects of a traditional
farm bill were a part of the big beautiful bill,
we had some funding for our animal health programs. Once again,
some type of federal solution for Prop twelve is what
we're hoping for in the skinny farm bill.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Pork Producer Council Past President Lorie Stevermer with us this morning. Well, friends,
it may be time to rethink the farm's safety net.
That's the conclusion of Mike Strand's vice president of Advocacy
for the National Farmers Union.
Speaker 6 (04:33):
In the last few weeks, we've seen the end of
the federal government shutdown, and now we're turning towards what
happens next because we know that the farm economy is
in crisis right now with high input costs, low commodity
prices in many cases, and just so many pressures on
family farmers and ranchers. So we need to see some
action soon from the administration on trade assistants to make
up for some of the losses that farmers are feeling
(04:54):
because of tariffs, and to make sure that those are
structured in a way that they don't undercut the safety
and security of the the farm economy in the months
and years to come.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
He offered some insight on the Farm Bill, so.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
The Farm Bill remains in limbo right now. Back in
the summer, we saw the Reconciliation Bill or the Big
Beautiful Bill, make some changes to the farm safety net
and improve the reference prices, made changes to crop insurance,
added some more acres to the program. Those are some
good things, but on the other hand, it also cut
almost two hundred billion dollars from SNAP, and that causes
in addition to the nutrition and health issues that come
(05:25):
with that, it also politically makes it really difficult to
pass a farm bill. So while some changes were made
in the summer, it's going to be hard to bring
everybody back to the table in early twenty twenty six
to do the rest to the farm bill, but we
hope we can get there.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Strands talked about why SNAP and the farm bill are
both important to farmers.
Speaker 6 (05:40):
Well, it's absolutely critical to millions of American families, and
we saw how important and critical that is during the
federal government shutdown. Even though the shutdown has resolved, those
cuts to SNAP remain and states are scrambling to figure
out how to pick up the shortfall, let alone the
families that are dependent upon this to help feed their families.
So this is critically important there. It's also important to
(06:01):
farmers because fifteen cents of every dollar is spent on
food at the grocery store goes to the farmer, So
it only stands for reason that there's some critical connections
there too.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Mike Strand's National Farmers Union Today Well friends, the federal
truck weight limit hasn't been updated since the nineteen eighties.
Lorie Boyer has a story.
Speaker 7 (06:18):
Kelsey Kemp, Associate director of government Relations with the National
Ketaman's Beef Association, says that the federal truck weight limit
has not been updated since the nineteen eighties and remains
capped to eighty thousand pounds. She says raising that limit
could bring significant benefits for agriculture and transportation efficiency.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
Our current Service Transportation Reauthorization bill expires at the end
of next year, so that's something that we are working
on now. We're hoping to see text of that bill soon,
and NCBA is really focused on including a couple of
our most prominent transportation priorities in that bill. One of
those is increasing truck weights for federal interstates, and another
one is exempting livestock callers from hours of service regulations
(06:59):
as well as electronic logging device mandates when.
Speaker 7 (07:02):
It comes to cattle hollers. Kemp says that NCBA supports
a pilot program that would allow states to opt in
on whether or not they want to increase trucking weight limits.
Speaker 8 (07:12):
We're focused on a pilot program that would be a
state opt in that would allow trucks up to ninety
one thousand pounds with a six to axle to travel
on interstates. We'd be able to follow the same amount
of cattle on four trucks instead of five, which would
do a lot for our supply chain resiliency.
Speaker 7 (07:28):
Kelsey Kemp with a National Caneman's Beef Association.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Laurie Boyer with us. This morning, farm us, you're listening
to aag life.
Speaker 9 (07:36):
It's another AGEWS update. Ethanol output hitting a new record,
farm credit titans, Christmas tree growers facing impoor pressure more
after this, You're.
Speaker 10 (07:46):
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of us. You're going to need our help with your water,
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Speaker 11 (07:55):
You're going to need our determination, our compassion.
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Speaker 9 (08:14):
Us ethanol production setting a new weekly record as plants
reached one point one to three million barrels per day
to close November, even while gasoline demand slid to a
twenty six week low, and domestic blending slode stocks rose modestly.
Exports jump nearly forty percent, highlighting strong international interest heading
(08:38):
into winter. At the same time, Kansas City federal reserves
as farm credit conditions tightened again in the third quarter,
with lower crop margins eroding working capital, increasing loan renewals,
and pushing capital spending to its lowest pace since early
twenty twenty. Those steady land values do continue to provide
(09:00):
stability and especialty crops us Christmas tree growers contending with
a long production cycle, rising labor and pest pressures, and
the rapid expansion of imported artificial trees largely sourced from China.
Exporters facing rising ocean freight rates. Last quarter, green shipping
(09:22):
costs from the Gulf and Pacific Northwest climbed seven to
seventeen percent. It's another AGEWS update.
Speaker 12 (09:31):
Here's farmer and landowner John True.
Speaker 13 (09:33):
We purchased a land about three years ago and there
was an old farmstead on there with trees. You're going
to clear the lands, we could farm through it. We
thought we knew where the pipe was, so we didn't
call to get it located. The work on our property
led to the damage of a light crude pipe plante.
Fortunately no one was hurt, but it could have been
much worse.
Speaker 12 (09:49):
Never assumed the location or depth of underground lines. Always
call eight one to one or visit clickbefore youdig dot
com before you start work. A message from the pipeline
operators for Egg Safety Campaign American Cattle News. What's the
importance of vitamin A for cattle? We'll find out after this.
Speaker 9 (10:10):
You're going to need me.
Speaker 10 (10:11):
You're going to need us, all of us. You're going
to need our help with your water, your air, your food.
Speaker 11 (10:19):
You're going to need our determination, our compassion.
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You're going to need the next generation of leaders to
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Speaker 9 (10:38):
Kansas State Beef System Specialist Emma Briggs so.
Speaker 14 (10:42):
A matters a lot, especially in the reproductive cowherder. So
Vitamin A plays an essential role for a vision, immune function,
reproductive success, as well as just overall growth and metabolism,
especially for cattle that are pregnant, actating, or just throwing
young cattle in general, Vitamin A is mostly found in
(11:07):
green forges, and so we're talking green less pastures. That's
an excellent source. Lots of beta carotein in plants that
cattle can convert to vitamin A. Cattle can also convert
beta caroteen into vitamin A naturally, and during the pasture
season when we really see a lot of green growth
in those pastures, cattle can typically a sue. We can
(11:27):
assume that there's a meeting about three to five times
the requirement of vitamin A and they can typically store
it for about four months or so worth of vitamin
A in the liver, which can help them get through
the winter slump when we don't have a lot of
available green forage for those cowss where there's always toxicity
levels with everything. However, in my personal experience, I have
(11:51):
not seen an issue where we're actually having vitamin A toxicity,
especially for cows that are out on pasture. We're mostly
concerned to about the deficiency.
Speaker 9 (12:01):
Side and even blindness.
Speaker 14 (12:03):
So col's just having car trouble seeing. However, that is
a severe severe deficiency. We are not seeing those quite
too often because caw has got to be dangerously low
for a really long time in order to get to
that point. But they can cause vision issues and just
not being able to see properly.
Speaker 9 (12:21):
American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
This is Dairy Radio.
Speaker 15 (12:28):
Now it's time for our Feet for him Friday with
doctor Mike Hutchens, Professor Emeritus from the University of Illinois.
Speaker 16 (12:35):
Hello, Mike, Well, welcome.
Speaker 17 (12:36):
To today's speed Form and we're going to talk about optimizing
microtoxs and risks on dairy farms and feeding programs. This
was presented at a recent webinar that I attended, and
we're going to look at the microtoks and risks and
so maybe a couple of questions we should ask an answer.
I wonder why would I test for microtoxin? In some
cases FDA government policy Food Drug Administration wants microtoxin level
(13:01):
is determined to protect both animals and consumers. And perhaps
the best for example, is aflotoxin. And if we start
seeing aflotoxin in milk over zero point five parts pavillion,
it cannot legally be sold or made into a cheese
butter or consumed is fluid milk. For a dairy farmer,
why would he want to test for microtoxin? And we
know that certain microtoxins have impacts on animal health and
(13:23):
performance as well. There are two general groupings of microtoxins
or classifications. As for jealous that would be the athletoxins
that is the one that is regulated by the government
and ocrotoxin a fumaricin is a second category and that
would include don T two zeroal knowne, and fomonesin Those
(13:44):
are the common six that we will test for on
a testing program. Some livestock species, especially poultry, will add
binders to the grain mix automatically to reduce any risk,
and that is the cost. The costs can vary from
one to eight dollars per ton or treated feed or
another way to look at that is caused per bushel
of corn somewhere five to forty cents per bushel of corn,
(14:06):
and we do that because we don't want to discount
bad grain. For example, at the webinar was that athletoxin
goes from twenty to fifty parts per billion as a
typical twenty cents discount on a bushel of corn, So
if corn is four dollars a bushel, the farmer would
only receive three dollars eighty cents for that bushel of
corn one hundred and fifty parts per billion, then that
(14:27):
would be eighty cents per bushel, and over three hundred
parts per billion is rejected to not be used by
any livestock group. As well, for dairy cattle, to minimize
milk risk, no feed over twenty parts per billion should
be fed to the dairy animal. About one to two
percent all of it in the feed is transferred into
the milk. Determine what is the risk in a testing
(14:48):
program and they use what they call an eighty to
twenty factor, meaning tests the twenty percent of the feed
at risk. That would lead to eighty percent of the
final grain being contaminated. So in a testing program you want
to look at what are the levels, what are the
risks associated with that, what is the verification of that program,
what test should we be doing, and what adjustments do
(15:10):
we make in the feeding program as well. Those crops
at risk we're listed at sixty four percent is corn grain,
are cereal grains at twenty three percent risk, oil seeds
at eight percent risk, and forages at five percent risk,
with athlotoxin being the one that have the biggest concern.
So there is programs out there companies who will provide
available reports, such things as Cargil and DSM provide reports
(15:33):
of the status that's going on. And then you can
contract with a testing lab to develop a standard operating
procedures or SOP, what type of tests tracking confirmation tests
if it occurs there, and then are training and supports
to those people that are running the field test. So
take all message on it. The microtoxins can pop up
and feeds on dairy farms, we need to have a
(15:53):
plan on how we're going to adjust for that and
then look at did various company programs to verify results.
What's the program for today? Thanks hey all to WEE.
Speaker 16 (16:02):
D Thank you Mike.
Speaker 15 (16:03):
That's doctor Mike Hutchens, Professor emeritus from the University of Illinois,
featured every Friday here at our feed Forum Friday on
Dairy Radio.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Now now accepting applications for funding the America First Trade
Promotion Program, the two.
Speaker 18 (16:16):
Hundred and eighty five million dollar program that essentially doubles
our investment in those trade promotion programs that help sell
our products.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Agriculture Department Under Secretary for Trade and for at Agricultural Affairs,
Luke Lindbergh says AFTPP serves as a compliment to existing
farm and food export promotion programs.
Speaker 18 (16:36):
Many of our cooperators around the country that represent all
of our different commodity groups. Those folks get dollars from
USDA to market their products overseas, participate in trade missions,
organize their own trade missions, really go about the business
of selling American agriculture.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
The funding application period concludes January twenty third. More details
about the America First Trade Promotion Program are available online
via grants dot Go. I'm Broadbade, reporting for the US
Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.
Speaker 19 (17:10):
A conversation with a farm advisor regarding pruning and pollination.
I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with a California tree nut report part
of that vast ag Information Network. Doug Ammerol is an
area farm advisor for Kings in Tallarry County. He specializes
in pomology, water and soils. He comments on there's not
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a lot of pruning in the nut industry, mainly pistachios.
Speaker 20 (17:35):
So pistachially prune on one is more like a bushy.
Speaker 19 (17:39):
Tree, so there's not much pruning on it, just.
Speaker 20 (17:41):
Like heading or something like that, depending on the tree
and the feaver and those kind of things also depend
on rootstocks and what kind of tootovers you have pistache.
We usually do pruning in the label, not too late
because that's going to cause some problems like the lake
growth and stuff like that.
Speaker 19 (17:57):
Rollers can talk to their farm advisor for more information
on this. Now comments on the self fruitful varieties that
you don't need many bees to pollinate.
Speaker 20 (18:06):
Well, it's really hard because they're kind of new right,
we don't have a lot of information on them. I
believe it's going to help growers, it's going to make
harvest easier. A lot of things are going to be easier.
But I don't think we're going to get rid of bees.
There's still really important for us and for pollination and
all of that.
Speaker 19 (18:20):
Just a reminder that the Almond Industry Conference coming up.
TIMP to the twelfth Agendas now up. Just search Almond Conference.
You'll see the comprehensive agenda there. It's free registration. Remember
Almond Conference.
Speaker 16 (18:34):
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Speaker 21 (19:03):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sefena
insecticide from basf We.
Speaker 12 (19:08):
Just get nailed with it.
Speaker 21 (19:09):
So tell us, how are you feeling really really weird
and you still wanted to devour this few?
Speaker 9 (19:16):
No way, bro. There you have it, folks.
Speaker 21 (19:18):
Safena insecticide is specifically engineered to dissorient aphis and wife
flies so they can't eat, and when they can't eat,
they can't destroy.
Speaker 11 (19:26):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with sefena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions.
Speaker 19 (19:31):
With the ag Information Network. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Now underway site up for a trio of farm disaster
assistance programs.
Speaker 22 (19:39):
The Supplemental Disaster Relief Program Stage two, the Milk Loss Program,
the on farm Stored Commodity Loss Program.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
That's Agriculture Undersecretary for Far Production at Conservation, Richard Fordyce
These programs joined Stage one of the Supplemental Disaster Relief
Program issued in July, as well as the Emergency Commodity
Assistance Program as part of comprehensive Farm Disaster assistance under
this year's America Relief Act. The Undersecretary acknowledges SdRP Stage
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two differs from the first stage in.
Speaker 22 (20:10):
That it's going to be paying shallow losses and indemnity
didn't trigger, but it was close to triggering, so we'll
come in and pick up part of that. Folks that
weren't indemnified at all. So people that didn't have or
weren't able to purchase any kind of crop insurance product
help with assistance there, as well.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
As for other farm disaster assistance programs. At examples of such.
Speaker 22 (20:30):
The milk loss program, it's going to pay milk producers
that had to dump milk due to a qualifying natural disaster.
So like, as an example, the dairy had milk cows,
there was a storm, roads were impassable, the truck couldn't
make it to the dairy to pick up the milk,
so the milk had to be dumped. That is the
program where we're paying for that dumped milk or lost milk.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
While with the odd farm Stored Commodity Loss program.
Speaker 22 (20:53):
That program will pay producers that loss commodities that were
stored on the farm due to one of those quality
fying weather events that created either partial damage or complete
loss of that unfarm stored commodity. And so an example,
there would be a grain bind maybe that was flooded,
the water entered the structure, damage a portion or all
(21:13):
of the grain stored in that green bent, and we're
going to be able to help producers offset those losses.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
What are the deadlines for a site up of each program.
Speaker 22 (21:21):
SdRP one and SdRP two. They both will end on
April thirtieth, the milk loss program and the on farm
Stored Commodity Loss Program That sign up will end on
January twenty third of twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Details on farm disaster assistance programs at their eligibility requirements,
needed documentation, and site up period are available at local
Farm Service Agency offices and online at www. Dot f SA,
dot USDA dot gov. I'm Rodbaine reporting for the US
Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 23 (21:56):
The Office of US Trade Representative. This week will hold
hearings on the trade agreement between the US, Canada, and
Mexico in preparation for a review scheduled for next year.
At the US BEAT Export Federation's planning conference in Indianapolis, Canada,
Smith Ramos, one of the Mexican negotiators for the pact,
told USMEF members he expects the three countries to ultimately
stand by the trade agreement.
Speaker 24 (22:17):
We see turbulence in terms of the Mexico US trade relationship,
of course, because of these stairs that the US has imposed.
We see a complex USMCA review, but we do not
see a scenario where there is an imminent collapse of
the agreement. There will be turbulence, but we do not
see the plane crashing. Okay, But we need to work
together in cooperation between the agricultural sectors of Mexico in
(22:40):
the US and Canada as well. Preserving the agreement as
trilateral is very important. We have a very vibrant relationship
as well with Canada, so pushing our governments to maintain
a trilateral nature of the agreement and coming to agreements
on key issues on China on the limiting trade barriers
is essential.
Speaker 23 (22:58):
John Maswell of the Canadian cat Association pointed out the
importance of the Canadian market to US agriculture.
Speaker 25 (23:04):
If you take the agriculture trade US agriculture exports that CANDA,
divide them by our population and do it the other
way around. Every Canadian is consuming over seven hundred dollars
of US agriculture goods and every American is consuming just
over one hundred dollars of Canadian agriculture goods. It tells
me that the Canadian market is pretty open and that
(23:26):
Canadians like American agriculture products. You know, if you scratch
into what is it we're buying, We're buying a lot
of high value things. We're kind of the holy grail
of the market as opposed to selling, you know, the ingredients.
We like to buy a lot of the finished products,
and we also supply some of those ingredients that go
into those finished products. So yes, there is some back
(23:47):
and forth trade that's hidden in those numbers, But again,
does it matter? Is it mutually beneficial?
Speaker 23 (23:52):
For more, please visit USMEF dot org. For the US
Meat Export Federation, I'm John Harrith.
Speaker 26 (23:57):
Agg Secretary Brook Rollins said the USDA 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. The USDA's Agricultural Marketing and
Service will purchase fifteen million dollars in fresh oranges, ten
million dollars in grapefruit, and five million dollars worth of mandarins.
Speaker 27 (24:22):
It's time for yourself East Regional AG News on the
AG Information Network. I am Hayley's ship. Well in case
you missed this announcement in the midst of the Thanksgiving rush,
and it may sound like I'm giving you a bit
of an infomercial for a government website, but in a way,
I am. The USDA has now launched a new site
called screwworm dot gov. It brings together federal information on
(24:44):
the New World screwworm, and it supports Secretary Brook Rowlins's
five prong planned to combat this pest.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
Now.
Speaker 27 (24:51):
Secretary Rowlins said the Trump administration is leading a whole
of government effort to protect our nation's cattle industry from
the New World screwworm. To ensure timely and effective communications,
this new unified website will be a one stop shop
for all screwworm related information and will help our stakeholders
be better informed as new information comes available. She also
(25:14):
added that this is a national security priority and it
has the full attention of our team. Screwworm dot gov
does include resources for livestock producers, as well as veterinarians,
wildlife and animal health professionals, healthcare providers, pet owners, researchers,
drug manufacturers, and the public. It also provides USDA verified
updates on cases in Mexico as well as US preparedness efforts,
(25:37):
along with information from partner and collaborating agencies.
Speaker 21 (25:41):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sofena
insecticide from BASPP.
Speaker 12 (25:46):
We just get nailed with it.
Speaker 21 (25:48):
So tell us, how are you feeling really really weird
and you still want to devour this field?
Speaker 9 (25:54):
No way, bro.
Speaker 7 (25:56):
There you have it, folks.
Speaker 21 (25:57):
Sofena insecticide is specifically engineered toy and af is and
wi flies so they can't eat, and when they can't eat,
they can't destroy.
Speaker 11 (26:04):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with sophena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions.
Speaker 16 (26:10):
The best place to reach a farmer with a farming
solution message is when they're well farming. It's easy to
find them during the day, as most farmers are behind
the wheel of the pickup truck or farm equipment with
the radio on, listening to this station for the ag
Information Network of the West News. So reach real farmers
right here, right now as they listen to what's important
(26:30):
to their farm operation. Give us a call and we'll
connect you with our local farming community. They trust us,
so they'll trust you.
Speaker 27 (26:38):
This is California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
Find more agricultural news at aginfo dot net.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Bob Quhen, here were some farm news this morning, friends.
Overturning California's Proposition twelve has been a top of mind
issue for National Port Producer's Council for some time. However,
getting a finished farm bill approved is right there on
top of the list. Stevemmer, past president of the National
Pork Producer's Council, said it was a big topic of
discussion during her year in the office.
Speaker 5 (27:07):
We have talked about the farm bill a number of times,
and it's been the one issue that's been across my
whole time on the board. We're still hopeful that there's
going to be a skinny farm bill. Yet Sherman Thompson
has been very supportive of the pork industry. He wants
a skinny farm bill, and you know, just as a reminder,
that's where our federal solution for Prop twelve is in that.
So we're hoping there's some type of preemption because really,
(27:28):
once again, our farmers are concerned about.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
That patchworker regulations.
Speaker 5 (27:32):
So if there is no farm bill, if nothing happens,
then that's the concern that each state will create its
own type of production standard or production regulations, and then
our farmers are dealt working with that patchwork.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
PPC sent several producers into the halls of Congress to
keep pushing for a farm bill.
Speaker 5 (27:48):
Once again, we're talking with the congressional staff and just
highlighting the importance of the farm bell relative to California's
Prop twelve. And so while some aspects of a traditional
farm bill, we're part of the big beautiful bill. We
had some funding for our animal health programs. Once again,
some type of federal solution for Prop twelve is what
we're hoping for in the skinny farm bill.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Pork Producer Council Past President Lorie stevermer with us this morning. Well, friends,
it may be time to rethink the farm safety net.
That's the conclusion of Mike Strand's vice president of Advocacy
for the National Farmers Union.
Speaker 6 (28:22):
In the last few weeks, we've seen the end of
the federal government shutdown, and now we're turning towards what
happens next because we know that the farm economy is
in crisis right now with high input costs, low commodity
prices in many cases, and just so many pressures on
family farmers and ranchers. So we need to see some
action soon from the administration on trade assistants to make
up for some of the losses that farmers are feeling
(28:44):
because of tariffs, and to make sure that those are
structured in a way that they don't undercut the safety
and security of the farm economy in the months and
years to come.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
He offered some insight on the Farm Bill, so the.
Speaker 6 (28:54):
Farm Bill remains in limbo right now. Back in the summer,
we saw the Reconciliation Bill or the Big Bial Bill,
makes some changes to the farm's safety net and improve
the reference prices, made changes to crop insurance, added some
more acres to the program. Those are some good things,
but on the other hand, it also cut almost two
hundred billion dollars from SNAP, and that causes In addition
to the nutrition and health issues that come with that,
(29:15):
it also politically makes it really difficult to pass a
farm bill. So while some changes were made in the summer,
it's going to be hard to bring everybody back to
the table in early twenty twenty six to do the
rest to the farm bill, but we hope we can
get there.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
Strands talked about why SNAP and the farm bill are
both important to farmers.
Speaker 6 (29:30):
Well, it's absolutely critical to millions of American families, and
we saw how important and critical that is during the
federal government shutdown. Even though the shutdown has resolved, those
cuts to SNAP remain and states are scrambling to figure
out how to pick up the shortfall, let alone the
families that are dependent upon this to help feed their families.
So this is critically important there. It's also important to
(29:50):
farmers because fifteen cents of every dollar spent on food
at the grocery store goes to the farmer, So it
only stands to reason that there's some critical connections there too.
Speaker 1 (29:59):
Mike Strand National Farmers Union today. Meanwhile, the National Corn
Growers Association looking ahead after a challenging growing season for many.
NCGA President Jed Bauer was at the Illinois Corn Growers
Annual Meeting in Bloomington to discuss the bush for higher
ethanol blends and what farmers need from Washington d C.
Bauer talked about the potential year round use of E fifteen.
Speaker 28 (30:22):
Here domestically working on hopefully get this E fifteen over
the hump here at the end of the year the
first quarter as that comes full circle gets fully implemented,
it's potential for two to two and a half billion
bushel more grind that'll drastically help these piles of corner
around the country, and then hopefully from there we can
move on to higher blends to continue to support the
internal combustion engine liquid fuels moving down the road. There's
(30:42):
a lot of potential there for long term growth and
then obviously into saf and potential bunker fuel uses in
the marine industry.
Speaker 1 (30:49):
Looking at the livestock industry, he said it's pretty flat
in the country, but he's confident there's some potential moving ahead.
Speaker 28 (30:56):
We have to support our friends in the animal industry.
I think there's going to be huge growth around the
world that are wanting our protein products. And yes, we've
had some issues with the Avian bird flu. We've had
issues obviously with building our beef herds because prices are
so high, and if I was still raising cattle, I
would be in that situation where I would struggle with that.
Do I bring heifers back into the operation or do
we sell and try to cash in now? Currently, but
(31:18):
I think we support those industries. We continue to support
them and their export efforts of corn and all forms
around the world. I think, you know, we can compliment
each other in that aspect and help them move their
products where they're needed.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
Jed Bauer, President National coin Rollers Farm US. You're listening
to aag life.
Speaker 29 (31:37):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with your
agribusiness update. Well for major North American beekeeping organizations released
the first ever North American Bee Strategy. It's a continent
wide plan to protect honeybee's strength and professional beekeeping viability
and safeguard food security across the US and Canada. The
strategy lays out four priorities, including improving monitoring, treatment, and
(32:00):
research on pest diseases. Other priorities include supporting applied research,
shared research infrastructure, and streamline scientific collaboration. The goal is
to build a more unified and sustainable honey market just
in time for the holiday season. The cranberry production forecast
is in cranberry's are harvested ahead of the holidays and
widely available from October to December, with one barrel equivalents
(32:21):
to one hundred pounds. The twenty twenty five US cranberry
crop is forecast at eight point one three million barrels,
a decrease of nine percent from last year, but close
to the five year average of seven point ninety five
million barrels. The Trump administration plans to announce an aid
package for American farmers soon, as well as a deal
on Chinese soybean purchases ACTE Terry Brook. Rawlins didn't provide
(32:42):
further details, but Reuter's reports the administration has said for
months it would issue assistance for US farmers ravaged by
low crop prices and trade disputes. Rawlins says, we'll have
an announcement probably in the next week or two on
what that's going to look like.
Speaker 16 (32:56):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer,
you have to go digital hmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest,
LinkedIn and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, but
which one?
Speaker 4 (33:10):
Oh?
Speaker 16 (33:10):
And how receptive is this age group to your sales
pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best place
to reach a farmer with a farming solution message is
when they are well, quite frankly farming. You know, it's
easy for us to find them during the day, as
most farmers are behind the wheel of a pickup truck
or farm equipment with the radio on, listening to this
(33:33):
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Speaker 29 (33:53):
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Speaker 1 (34:06):
Bob went back to wrap up AGLIE for today friends.
What an area not necessarily thought of for Christmas tree
production offers a variety of species for the holidays, especially
as living Christmas trees. Rod Bain has our final report.
Speaker 2 (34:20):
We're at that time where an important part of the
Christmas holiday plays out.
Speaker 30 (34:25):
They're growing trees here. They open their doors for people
to come to the farm, pick out a tree, cut it,
and take it home with them for the holiday.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
But where they are, according to Mississippi State University Extensions
John Kushla, is the southern tier of the United States,
particularly the Southeast, not necessarily known for its Christmas tree
industry compared to the northern climates. Yet, as Kushla explains.
Speaker 30 (34:50):
The fact is that a lot of the Christmas tree
grown here are all local markets.
Speaker 2 (34:56):
That's in part because many of the Christmas tree species
in the South tolerate being cut and kept out of
water for a prologued period of time.
Speaker 30 (35:04):
So they have to be cut, live on the farm
and taken home at that point. Now they'll last through
the Christmas seas that some trees do better than others
in that regard. But that's our situation down here.
Speaker 2 (35:16):
In terms of specific species that fit the bill as
Christmas trees in the southeast and southern regions.
Speaker 30 (35:22):
The ones we have down here in the coastal plains
tolerate much warmer weather. You have Mayalan cypress or Murray cypress,
the crosses from the Alaska and Monterey cedar, but depends
on which way across the male and female is which
variety you get.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
Other Southern based Christmas tree varieties available for consumers include.
Speaker 30 (35:45):
The Arizona cypress, which comes from the Southwest. The very
drought tolerant species has kind of a little bluish color
to it, which people like. Eastern red cedar is another
one that we grow down here, and the Virginia pine.
In fact, Virginia pine is probably one of the first
tree species to be grown as a Christmas tree here
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in the South.
Speaker 2 (36:07):
And in terms of Southern Christmas tree species that work
well as living trees to enjoy for many holidays to come.
Speaker 30 (36:14):
The Leylands would be one most all of them you'd
want to plant in your better drained soils. The Arizona
cyprus is a popular one, and it too would want
to grow in drier soil. The Eastern red ceedar is
hollering on a wide variety of soil types and drainage. Conditions,
so that's one that has a little bit more freedom
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in terms of where you plant it and where it
be able to grow.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
Kushla also advises the aforebentched species should be planted areas
where six or more hours of sun occur for healthy
growth of those living Christmas trees. I'm Rod Bain, reporting
for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
With that, friends, arount of time for today, Thanks for
joining us back Monday morning with another edition of Baglife
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