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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Valley. This is Aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well friends,
this morning, and look at the latest Cattle on Feed report.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
It was the first US Cattle on Feed report issued
said September, and livestock analyst Michael McConnell says above the
findings within the November report.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
There are eleven point seven million head of cattle in
feedlocks with a capacity of greater than one thousand head.
That's about two percent.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Lower than a year ago.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Other details from October regarding deed lots include.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
We saw two point zero four million head of cattle
placed into those fielots, that's about ten percent lower than
a year ago. And cattle that were marketed came in
at about one point seven million head, which is about
eight percent lower than a year ago.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
The takeaways of the report, according to mccondle.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Basements continuity to be down sharply from a year ago.
That's really just representative of really tight feeder cattle supplies.
Some of that is due to the fact that we
have sharply lower imports legs to do the fact that
we have bans and restrictions on cattle coming from Mexico,
in addition to which we have tight domestic feeder cattle
supplies due to where we are on the cycle, and
as a result, we're also seeing the rate of marketings
reduced from last year.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Also notable from the November Cattalog Feed report the quarterly
look of cattle placement by gender.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
The fact that we have a lower share of heifers
in feed lots relative to a year ago. That shows
that perhaps that we do see some signs of herd
rebuilding going on as heifers are retained for breeding rather
than being market for feed lots. That being said, the
level is still relatively high by historical levels, or at
least not comparable to other engineers that we've seen when
that percentage is more like in the low thirties rather
than the upper thirties.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Bottom line, we are seeing.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Some indications that perhaps have for retention is starting to
take place in some regions of the country, which eventually
would be the start of the herd expansion.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
From the price perspective, we.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Do still see relatively strong prices for both cattle and
wholesale beef in the United States at this point of
the year. Seasonally, we have seen some prices come down
for both feeder and fed cattle, although they remain high
by historical standards. That's also true for the beef cut out. Seasonally,
it's coming down from where it was in the peaks
of the summer time during the summer grilling season, which
is normal in most years. However, it's still high by
historical standards and continues to remained at elevated levels relatives
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what we've seen the past couple of years.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Broad Bain reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Well Friends coming up. Last week, Secretary of Agriculture Brook
Rowdlins announced a new program available to row crop producers.
That's ahead on Aglife Bobwin. Here are some farm use
today Friends. The American Farm Bureau Federation encouraging US Trade
Representative Jamison Grier to take a closer look at trade
with China. Chad Smith as our story.
Speaker 5 (02:28):
The trade relationship between the US and China remains critically
important for American agriculture. Dave Solomonson, Senior director of Government
Affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, said there has
been some progress between the two nations.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Recently, President Trump and President she of China came to
a deal back in October thirty first, for one year
gould delay any new tariffs. They reduced some tariffs by
about ten percent. Of several purchase commitments by China for
US agg products and those port fees which had gone
to affect fairly recently, those were delayed a year.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
Farm Bureau recently submitted comments to the US Trade Representative's
office encouraging further discussions regarding previous agreements with China.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Which means they look into the issue, they gather information,
and at the end of the day they could decide
we can use this when we're having continuing negotiations. And
we pointed out that China did not fulfill that Phase
one agreement that was signed in twenty They didn't remove
all of the non tear off trade barriers. We let
them know that those were things that needed to continue
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to be worked on.
Speaker 5 (03:31):
Solmitson says there have been some positive developments in the
last several weeks.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
It's a multi year commitment headed off by soybeans, so
they said for twenty twenty five they would purchase up
to twelve million metric tons of soybeans and they have
been purchasing some and for the next three years they
said they will purchase twenty five million metric tons a year.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Well Friends. The International Fresh Produce Association is a trade
group with a mission of helping businesses at every step
along the food chain supply. Not Surprisingly, IFPA Vice president
of Nutrition and Health Molly Van Lou says, their.
Speaker 6 (04:08):
Goal is simple to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables
and improve business prosperity for our members. And part of
increasing consumption is really focusing on nutrition programs and to.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Do that, Van Loo says, we'll take more education.
Speaker 6 (04:24):
There's definitely a change in food awareness. I think part
of that is social media and just access to more information,
which sometimes is good, sometimes is bad. There's no regulation
of whether that information is accurate.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
As we can tell by the f and the IFPA
Fresh will be the focus.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
When you look at the actual consumption data, fruit and
vegetable consumption is flat, so that's why we really need
to continue to focus on strategies that will increase Now
we don't have a definition of ultra processed foods, but
the general concept of them. The estimates are that the
American diet is somewhere between sixty and seven eighty percent,
So that is definitely something that we need to work on,
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and it's been a core kind of goal of the
MAHA movement.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Van Lou says, while we have increased access to more
fresh fruits and vegetables, there's a difference between what people
have access to and what they're buying. Well, friends, USDA
plans to announce this week what Secretary Brook Robins is
calling a quote bridge payment for farmers to address low
crop prices and lost soybean sales to China. Rawlins told
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President Trump at a cabinet meeting last week that help
is coming for farmers.
Speaker 7 (05:31):
We do have a bridge payment. We'll be announcing with
you next week as we're still trying to recover from
the Biden that's.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Right to help farmers who were hit not just by
soaring input costs during the Biden years, but billions and
lost soybean sales from Trump's China tariff war. Size of
the new bridge payment is unclear given a shortfall and
needed CCC funds, and Robins uses the word bridge until
longer term aid is vitalized. Meantime, Rolins says may have
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a new reason to fulfill its deal to buy twelve
million metric tons of US soybeans for twenty twenty five.
Speaker 7 (06:07):
Just a couple of days ago, China announced that they
were going to halt all purchases from Brazil because they
had found some irregularities and some of the soybeans they're
buying from Brazil.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
But China has continued to buy Brazilian soybeans despite rejecting some,
and its South American buys could explain why its end
of year buying promises to the US may slip into
next year. Rollin says orders could still be signed in December,
with shipments completed in January. The US Treasury Secretary expects
purchases will meet twelve million metric tons by February twenty eighth.
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Farm News This morning, you're listening to Aglife.
Speaker 8 (06:42):
It's another agnews update. Tight cattle supplies to reshaping processing capacity,
and grain moving fast as storage fills.
Speaker 9 (06:51):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 10 (06:58):
I think the biggest thing to remember when comes down
to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that you
have to be very, very vigilant because it really can
be one of the biggest empowering choices of your life
to go out and get this degree inside of the
veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock if
it's not managed properly. So we really try and encourage
that as the overarching theme and the top line piece
of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 9 (07:17):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 8 (07:21):
US cattle supplies remain historically tight, but Cargill says it
will keep all of its North American beef plants operating.
That is, even Tyson prepares to close Lexington, Nebraska and
scale back AM reload to one shift, it removes roughly
seven percent of national fed capacity. Decision preserves competitive bids
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in parts of the planes, while procurement costs remain elevated
and Mexican feeder imports stay restricted under screw worm controls.
Great movement also accelerating, as USDA reports the tightest storage
depth since twenty sixteen. It's forcing Iowa, Kansas, Dakota's, Nebraska,
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and Minnesota to push more grain onto rail and truck networks,
while states like Iowa temporarily raise weight limits to keep
grain flowing. Globally, Cotton sector negotiations ahead of the MC
fourteen are centering on domestic support reform and steady production outlook,
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alongside rising demand for premium specialty fibers. It's another Acnews update.
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American Cattle News look at cash trade and how the
markets ended. The week after this.
Speaker 9 (09:15):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gergey from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 10 (09:22):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the biggest empowering choices of your
life to go out and get this degree inside of
the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly. So we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 9 (09:41):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 8 (09:45):
Virginia McGathy is with mcgaffe Commodities. With the look back
at how markets closed on Friday, live.
Speaker 13 (09:53):
Cattle was higher with futures are still at a discount
to cash, and that's really pushing futures higher. Plus there
is some short covering heading into the holiday season, where
today at the end of the month and we only
have one more month left. Of twenty twenty five, February
was up six dollars and fifty cents to two nineteen
thirty two, with December getting up to two seventeen thirty.
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Even April got in the game got reached a high
of two twenty eighty sea all four the live catalysts
at twenty three point three percent.
Speaker 14 (10:23):
Today.
Speaker 13 (10:24):
Feeders were limited up at one point, but there's still
no date to reopen that Mexican border yet that's giving
markets a big lift futures were up nearly twenty five
dollars in just three trading sessions today. January was up
nine twenty five to three twenty four to thirty seven
really before pulling back a little bit, but still the
market looking very strong. March got up to three eighteen
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thirty seave all four of the feeders is at twenty
three point five percent now. The lean hogs today were
firmed that oversold market is finding some bargain hunters and
they've jumped in to buy their futures. Are pretty much
holding on to Wednesday's big surge in the market, and
we're up about five dollars for the week. February was
up ninety cents modestly to eighty two twenty seven, with
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December getting up to eighty one thirty two civah four.
The lean hogs is at twenty five point seven percent.
Speaker 8 (11:12):
That's Virginia McGaffey with McGaffey Commodities and to cash trade
Nebraska and Iowa last week two eight to two ten
Kansas though holding out to the end of the week
and getting two twenty American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
This is Dairy Radio now.
Speaker 15 (11:36):
I'm John Clark, probably in the country.
Speaker 16 (11:38):
Sorry for Piedwick's USA today and with Matt STOLESCOO of
stoll Spoo's Family, Derry tell us about stole Schoo's family.
Speaker 17 (11:44):
Derry, Hey, So, yeah, We're a small creamery located right
in Vernon Center, New York, and we source our milk
from three of our partners. They each have small family
farms and their family.
Speaker 18 (11:57):
They are they are part of the family.
Speaker 17 (11:58):
They are part of the family. So we make our cheese, curds, yogurt,
and fluid milk there at the creamery. We've got a
creamery store that you know, you can stop in and
purchase our products right there at the creamery. Call ahead
and we'll give you a tour.
Speaker 15 (12:12):
How does this creamery start?
Speaker 17 (12:14):
Yeah, so my uncle and to my brothers and to
my cousins started the creamery.
Speaker 5 (12:20):
That was back in twenty ten.
Speaker 17 (12:21):
They saw the decline in the small family farms across
the state, and our goal primarily has been to keep
the small family farms as a viable economical option for
the small families in the state.
Speaker 15 (12:37):
Here again, run through this the product mix that you have,
because you have a pretty unique product mix.
Speaker 17 (12:41):
Yeah, yeah, so we have nine different flavors of cheese curds.
We have seven different flavors of yogurts, and then we
have our chocolate milk fluid milk or white milk, and
then our latte mocha flavored milks. We also have a
lineup of smoothies, so we have our scrubber, Mango, blueberry, vanilla,
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and triple berry uh flavor.
Speaker 15 (13:04):
Smooth And who comes up with these flavors? Is that that?
Speaker 17 (13:08):
Well, I can't take the credit too much for that.
I've got to give the credit to my partner and
our CEO ver and Sulfus for that. And his mother
is uh my aunt has been instrumental in creating the
flavors and uh just playing with the flavors in her
kitchen to where they get the correct uh you know,
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correct hit every time.
Speaker 19 (13:31):
And uh yeah, after.
Speaker 17 (13:32):
A few months, he comes, he comes out with it.
We throw it in the vat and we tried out
and it's uh, it tends to be hit.
Speaker 16 (13:38):
You are an award winning deary, tell us about your
awards that you just received.
Speaker 17 (13:42):
Yeah, so we've been very blessed with receiving two awards
here at the State Fair. The one award was the
Award of Excellence on our plane Yogurt Uh and that
is our you know, basic most basic yogurts, our plane
yogurt flag.
Speaker 8 (13:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 17 (13:56):
So so it's uh it's a hit on a lot
of things, some ingredients, a lot of people use it
as an ingredient substitute for sour cream. Uh the list
goes on and on. And then also our another award
we received today was our was the uh Flavored Milk
of the Year award, and that is uh something we're
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very we're proud of. And I've got to give all
the credit to our dairy farmers. They have excellent quality
and they focus on quality one hundred percent.
Speaker 15 (14:26):
Of the time.
Speaker 17 (14:27):
And uh yeah, also have a great team back at
the creamery. They do an excellent job and maintaining quality
and uh so yeah.
Speaker 16 (14:34):
Tell us a little bit about that because it's got
to be a priority for you and your team.
Speaker 15 (14:38):
Uh quality.
Speaker 17 (14:40):
Yeah, so you know, quality is one hundred percent safety
and quality is what you know. Us as a creamery,
we focus on quality starts at the farm and equality
uh dairy products starts with equality cow experience and quality
of raw milk. And so that's our primary focus is quality.
Speaker 15 (14:57):
So you're a little.
Speaker 16 (14:57):
Unique in a small creamery sense that you're not really
a producer dealer.
Speaker 15 (15:01):
You do have a few different farms that it comes from.
Speaker 16 (15:04):
But there's somebody within the sound of our voice who's
thinking about processing their own milk.
Speaker 17 (15:08):
What would you tell them, Well, you know, it's a
it's a great opportunity to expand your economic options on
the farm.
Speaker 15 (15:15):
Start small, work your way, you know, work your way.
Speaker 17 (15:17):
Into the marketplace, and uh, the customers will tell you
if your product's great. You know it's uh, you know,
that's one one thing that we try do.
Speaker 15 (15:27):
We try to.
Speaker 17 (15:29):
Promote you know, we are glad to give tours to
other you know, other premely startups farms that are looking
to do this in the future. You know, it's something
that we could all work together to promote in New
York agriculture.
Speaker 16 (15:42):
Yeah, and if you don't mind, you you kind of
come upon this naturally because dad is also involved in
the dairy business.
Speaker 17 (15:48):
Yeah, so I grew up on a family dairy farm,
and uh, my father is a cheesemaker. He makes a
Gouda cheese. Well different different, different types of what we've
got going on. But yeah, so it's it runs in
the family. I've got an oncle that has a creamery. Yeah,
definitely something we that we're excited about.
Speaker 16 (16:06):
Mats with Stolsos family. Darry, thank you so much for
being with us today.
Speaker 15 (16:11):
Thank you, John. I'm John Clark, traveling countryside for Peter
t You're saying.
Speaker 18 (16:18):
Red leaf blotch on almonds is serious for California growers.
I'm Patrick Cavanaugh with the California Trina Report, part of
that vastagg Information Network Florida. Trellis is an associate professor a
cooperative extension. You see, Davis, he describes the leaf blotch.
Speaker 20 (16:34):
Red leaf blush is actually an old disease. He was
actually first detected in France in eighteen forty three on almond,
but for California, he was detected May twenty four in
Merced County well basically in an orchard that the border
between Merced and Madeira. And so for California this is
the first detection, meaning the disease is new and it's invasive,
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meaning from now he most likely he can only only spread, right.
I got the question being asked, you know should be
worried about polystigma. The Coustelasian technidillinium for other stone fruits
or prunus species. The patterns and is only specific to
almond rights. It's so very highly specific to almond and
you also only infect leaves.
Speaker 18 (17:18):
The symptoms usually show up in late June July, and
what you see is characteristic of a fungus with orange
blots and irregular circles on the leaves. And it's important
if you see such symptoms on the leaves contact your
farm advisor a PCA to help identify what this is
so we can limit it spread. There are treatments that
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can be applied during pedal fall to prevent it.
Speaker 21 (17:41):
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Speaker 25 (18:32):
The AG Information Network. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh. Good morning. You're
listening to AG Life. With labor challenges, market uncertainties, and
unpredictable weather ahead, dairy producers face tough decisions As we
finish the final weeks of twenty twenty five. Doctor N. T. Cosby,
roominant product manager with Fortiva, talks about structure related challenges
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that are most pressing for gary cows and cows in
the winter month.
Speaker 19 (19:00):
Well.
Speaker 14 (19:00):
As we consider stress related health and performance losses, it's
important to recognize that losses are rarely due to just
one stress or, but rather due to a combination of
factors that may include seasonal environmental changes, feed hygiene concerns,
or new and feed ingredients that may require ration reformulation.
These changes can sometimes lead to digestive upset, poor fermentation
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efficiency and intake, reduced cut integrity, and inflammatory induced immune responses.
When these situations are anticipated, producers can be proactive by
considering adding feed additives with multiple modes of action. For TIVA,
Amulet is designed to actually help maintain roominal fermentation efficiency
and feed intake while supporting intestinal health and boosting the
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innate immune system during these stressful time periods.
Speaker 25 (19:45):
Cosby, you talked about how the Fortiva line of additives
helps provide more return for their milk and caws that
be in sold.
Speaker 14 (19:52):
For feeders, feed cost is the largest line item of
expenses in the livestock operation. When margins are tight, I
think it's important to evaluate we're getting the most out
of every feed dollar. For TIVA, additives like efficient Z
can help improve feed efficiency and milk production, delivering measurable
returns on farm trials with nearly one hundred thousand dairy
cows shown an average increase of over two pounds of
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improvement and feed efficiency offers a solid return on investment
in today's market economics. For those that are finishing their
beef caves or their beef on dairy cross caves. Efficient
Z can improve feed intake, average daily gain, carcass weight,
and actually quality grade, meaning producers can sell more pounds
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at a higher value per pound.
Speaker 25 (20:38):
He talks about how this positively impacts the dairy producer
in these market conditions.
Speaker 14 (20:43):
Additives that can improve production on the same units of
feed may offer improve profitability or a dairy producers. Efficiency
does this in a couple different ways. One, it removes
starch digestion forward ruminally to produce more appropriate which is
the precursor of glucose and ultimately drives milk production. Secondly,
it improves rouminal fiber digestion, meaning we get more nutrients
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digested per unit of feed. Combination of boosting production while
also on the same unit of feed and improving feed
efficiency offers significant return on investment in today's market conditions.
Fuel tests as well as controlled research experiments have shown
we can expect over two pounds of milk production through
the use of efficiency.
Speaker 25 (21:24):
He talked about what producers need to know and getting
started with an additive like amulet and what signs indicate
it's making a difference in their herds.
Speaker 14 (21:33):
Amulets, symbiotic feed additive formulated for total digestive health and
support during high stress periods. It's uniquely formulated to provide
flexibility and formulation for the nutritionists to include it in
diets for young calves before and after weaning. For those
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cows or Tiva Amulet, it can be part of a
proactive approach to maintain consistency and performance and health fear
cows during high stress events and periods.
Speaker 25 (22:03):
Again, that is doctor n t Cosby, ruminant product manager
with Fortiva. For more information, log onto Fortiva Impact dot Com.
That's Fortiva Impact dot Com. For the eighth time this year,
the overall Rural Main Street Index sank below a growth
neutral score of fifty. That's according to the monthly survey
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of bank CEOs and rural areas of a ten state
region dependent on agriculture and energy.
Speaker 15 (22:32):
Now.
Speaker 25 (22:32):
The region's overall reading it was thirty four point six
in October. That's the lowest level since May of twenty twenty,
and that's down from thirty eight point five in September.
Ernie Gauss of Creighton University says weak agriculture Commodity prices
for grain producers continued to dampen economic activity in the
ten state region, while taros are producing higher economic volatility.
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Seventy two percent of Bank CEO's say president approach towards
Chinese trade is quote about right unquote. For the seventeenth
time in the past eighteen months, farmland prices slumped below
growth neutral.
Speaker 17 (23:10):
Now.
Speaker 25 (23:11):
The region's farmland price index dropped to thirty seven from
forty five point eight in September. Farm loan delinquency rates
arose from a very low one point one percent in
June of this year to one point six percent in November.
Speaker 26 (23:25):
It's time for California at today on the IG Information Network,
I am Hailey's ship. Well, in case you missed this
announcement in the midst of the Thanksgiving rush, and it
might sell that I'm giving you an infomercial for a
government website. In a way I am. But for anyone
in California who depends on healthy livestock, wildlife, pets, or
public lands, this matters. The USDA has now launched a
(23:47):
new site that's called screwworm dot gov. It's a single
location for federal information on the New World screwworm and
a key part of Secretary Brook Rawlins's five pronged plan
to combat this Now, Secretary Rowlands 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
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timely and effective communications, This new and unified website will
be a one stop shop for all screwworm related information
and will help our stakeholders be better informed as new
information becomes available. She also said that this is a
national security priority and it has the full attention of
our team. Screwworm dot gov does include resources for livestock
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producers as well as veterinarians, wildlife and animal health professionals,
healthcare providers, pet owners, researchers, drug manufacturers, and the public,
along with the USDA verified updates on cases in Mexico,
as well as US preparedness efforts.
Speaker 21 (24:48):
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to crack, but it doesn't have to be. Protect your
crop with maravon fungaside of bloom for out of resiliency
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proven yield results. See that wasn't tough at all. Mara
van Funge aside number one in bloom for all the
right reasons. I always read and follow label directions.
Speaker 22 (25:10):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sephena
insecticide from basf.
Speaker 9 (25:15):
We just get nailed with it.
Speaker 23 (25:17):
So tell us how you feeling really really weird and
you still want to devour this few No.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
Way, bro.
Speaker 9 (25:25):
There you have it, folks.
Speaker 22 (25:26):
Safena insecticide is specifically engineered to disorient aphis and wife
flies so they can't eat, and when they can't eat,
they can't destroy.
Speaker 24 (25:33):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with sephena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions On.
Speaker 26 (25:39):
The ag Information Network, I am Hateley's ship Bokwin.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
Here are some farm News Today friends the American Farm
Bureau Federation encouraging US Trade Representative Jamison Greer to take
a closer look at trade with China Chad Smith as
our story.
Speaker 5 (25:53):
The trade relationship between the US and China remains critically
important for American agriculture. Solomonson, Senior director of Government Affairs
for the American Farm Bureau Federation, said there has been
some progress between the two nations.
Speaker 4 (26:08):
Recently, President Trump and President she of China came to
a deal back in October thirty first for one year,
going to delay any new tariffs. They reduced some tariffs
by about ten percent. Several purchase commitments by China for
USAC products and those port fees which had gone to
affect fairly recently, those were delayed a year.
Speaker 5 (26:27):
Farm Bureau recently submitted comments to the US Trade Representative's
office encouraging further discussions regarding previous agreements with China.
Speaker 4 (26:36):
Which means they look into the issue, they gather information,
and at the end of the day they could decide
we can use this when we're having continuing negotiations. And
we pointed out that China did not fulfill that Phase
one agreement that was signed in twenty They didn't remove
all of the non teariff trade barriers. We let them
know that those were things that needed to continue to
(26:56):
be worked on.
Speaker 5 (26:57):
Solmentson says there have been some positive develop plopments in
the last several weeks.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
It's a multi year commitment headed off by soybeans, so
they said for twenty twenty five they would purchase up
to twelve million metric tons of soybeans, and they have
been purchasing some and for the next three years they
said they will purchase twenty five million metric tons a year.
Speaker 5 (27:17):
Chad Smith, Washington Well Friends.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
The high price of beef in US grocery stores has
been a topic of discussion for some time, and the
industry is wondering about potential herd expansion to help bring
prices down at the meat counter. South Dakota Representative Dusty
Johnson said those prices need to stay high to help
encourage producers to rebuild their herd size.
Speaker 27 (27:39):
Well, I try to tell my urban colleagues and the
White House not to get so nervous about the fact
that prices are pretty good for the cattle guys right now,
because they need that money in their pockets if they're
going to go out buy more pastureland and buy more efforts.
Speaker 19 (27:50):
If we want more American beef.
Speaker 27 (27:52):
We have got to have them believe that they can
have good prices long enough to recover that investment. And
so I don't love seeing that shackle space disappear, because
I do think it makes it harder for us to
build that herd in a long term sustainable way.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Country of origin labeling is once again another hot topic
in the beef industry.
Speaker 27 (28:09):
Well, of course, I get asked about this about every
other week, and I'm always a little surprised to be
asked about it because and I always trying to tell
people the dynamics are not different. I mean, if people
think that we can just pass mandatory country of origin labeling,
which we meet, I mean, I would love more transparency.
Speaker 15 (28:22):
I'm for it.
Speaker 27 (28:23):
But for twenty five years politicians have been lying to
people making it seem like we can get it done
on our own. The reality is if we unilaterally put
into place mandatory country of origin labeling legally, we will
be hit with a billion dollars or ataliatory terrists from
Canada and Mexico. Maybe you don't like that, maybe I
don't like that, but that's the reality. And so I
can't get two hundred and eighteen votes for m COOL
that would cause a billion dollars of damage to egg
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sectors in other parts of America.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
AM cool as possible, but only through direct negotiations.
Speaker 27 (28:50):
The only way we can get mandatory country of original
labeling is by having the president negotiated as a part
of his renegotiation of the US Mexico and Canada agreement,
and that's been true for the last five years. We
should have got it in the last time we negotiated USMCA.
It was one of the things that fell out towards
the tail end. I'm hopeful the administration can get more
success at this time because Lord knows, I think greater
transparency would be good for both the consumers and the producers.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson this morning, Well friends, USDA
plans to announce this week what Secretary Brook Rollins is
calling a quote bridge payment for farmers to address low
crop prices and lost soybean sales to China. Rawlins told
President Trump at a cabinet meeting last week that help
is coming for farmers.
Speaker 9 (29:32):
We do have a bridge payment.
Speaker 7 (29:33):
We'll be announcing with you next week as we're still
trying to recover from the bidenail.
Speaker 2 (29:38):
That's right to help farmers.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Who were hit not just by soaring input costs during
the Biden years, but billions and lost soybean sales from
Trump's China tariff war. Size of the new bridge payment
is unclear, given a shortfall and needed CCC funds and
Robins uses the word bridge until longer term aid is
vitalized meantime, and Rolin says China may have a new
(30:01):
reason to fulfill its deal to buy twelve million metric
tons of US soybeans for twenty twenty five.
Speaker 7 (30:08):
Just a couple of days ago, China announced that they
were going to halt all purchases from Brazil because they
had found some irregularities and some of the soybeans they're
buying from Brazil.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
But China has continued to buy Brazilian soybeans despite rejecting some,
and its South American buys could explain why its end
of year buying promises to the US may slip into
next year. Rolin says orders could still be signed in December,
with shipments completed in January. The US Treasury Secretary expects
purchases will meet twelve million metric tons by February twenty eighth.
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Farm News This morning, you're listening to wag Life.
Speaker 19 (30:44):
From the Bag Information Network. Bob Larson with your agribusiness update.
Well Idaho based Burk's Tractor filed a lawsuit against Monarch Tractor,
accusing the California based startup of a breach of contract
and warranty violations after its tractors failed to operate autonomously.
The dealer's ship says the ten tractors at bod for
almost eight hundred thousand dollars are defective and didn't live
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up to the driver optional autonomous claims of the company.
Burk Spot detractors in early twenty twenty four with the
intent of being one of the California company's first retail dealers.
India expects to secure a new trade deal with the
US before the end of the year. Reuter says most
issues between the two countries appear to be resolved after
the US imposed import tariffs of fifty percent in late August.
(31:26):
The White House wants India to reduce oil purchases from
Russia and bring down tariffs on multiple sectors, including agricultural trade.
India's Trade secretary tool industry leaders a trade framework needs
to come first. Farmers sentiment strengthened in November as rising
crop prices and improved export prospects pushed the Purdue University
CME Group's ag Economy barometer to one thirty nine, the
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highest since June. Much of the increase was driven by
a sharp fifteen point jump in future expectations even as
current conditions held steady. Financial outlooks improved alongside a ten
to fifteen percent rally and delivery corn and soybean bids
helping offset weaker cattle prices.
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Speaker 1 (33:14):
Bob Quin back to wrap up aglivee for today friends.
Preparations already underway for next year's mandatory review of the
US Mexico Canada Agreement. Dennis Guy has a report from
Canada this morning. Public hearings began on Wednesday in Washington
as part of the mandatory USMCA review process. More than
fifteen hundred public comment briefs have been submitted to the
(33:37):
Office of the US Trade Representatives. Briefs were submitted by manufacturing, industrial,
and retail sectors expressing their views of the existing pact.
There are calls for amendments to the existing USMCA from some,
but according to Julian Karagesian, an economics professor at McGill
(33:58):
University who specializes in international trade analysis, the existing USMCA
agreement seems to have widespread support. Based on those comments, the.
Speaker 29 (34:09):
Overwhelming majority are in favor of maintaining free trade within
North America, one of the biggest of the US Chamber
of Commerce. They were careful to point out that they
have companies in every state of the Union, millions of
jobs from the specialization that trade allows. Ford mentioned that
eighty percent of their vehicles are assembled in the United
(34:29):
States from supply chain integration, the Whiskey Association, the Sunflower Association.
Speaker 11 (34:35):
There's so many different submissions, Karragussian said, American industry groups
aren't largely making the case that Canadian and Mexican suppliers
are integral to their operations and that the two neighboring
markets are important to the success of their export businesses.
The American Automotive Policy Council, speaking collectively for Ford, GM
(34:56):
and Stilantis, says the USMCA is the most important trade
agreement for its industry members, enabling billions of dollars in
annual savings through supply chain integration. The National Association of
home Builders, representing one hundred forty thousand members in the
residential construction industry, is calling on the Trump administration to
(35:19):
scrap all tariffs on building materials imported from Canada and Mexico,
including Canadian softwood lumber, which it says fills a unique
niche in residential construction that is not easily replaced with
domestic sources. Karragessian said, in looking over a cross section
of the public brief submissions, there seems to be broad
(35:41):
concerns about how the Trump administration will approach next year's negotiations.
Julian Karagassian says that a common theme is that trade
related industries want to keep the three way partnership. However,
there has been a lot of comment out of the
White House that any newer range would divide the existing
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USBCA into two separate agreements.
Speaker 29 (36:05):
This current administration preferred divide and rule, which would be
two bilateral agreements, one with Canada, one with Mexico. But
these associations and these big businesses that are American, they're
saying this may not be the right way to do that.
Manufacturing jobs are in their nine month of decline, the
farming states of the Midwest are herding. If the Trump
administration can be convinced to renew, I think they're going
(36:27):
to try and extract the most concessions possible and maintain
sectoral tariffs.
Speaker 11 (36:33):
Next year's USMCA review could result in anything from a
deal extending the agreement for up to sixteen years, or
to a hard headed renegotiation of its key terms, or
even one of the countries giving six months notice that
it is withdrawing entirely reporting from Canada, I'm Dennis Guy.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
With that friends amount of time for today, thanks for
joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition, A Bag
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. Well friends,
this morning, and look at the latest Cattle on Feed report.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
It was the first US Cattle on Feed report issued
said September, and livestock analyst Michael McConnell says above the
findings within the November report.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
There are eleven point seven million head of cattle in
feedlocks with a capacity of greater than one thousand head.
That's about two percent.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Lower than a year ago.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Other details from October regarding deed lots include.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
We saw two point zero four million head of cattle
placed into those fielots, that's about ten percent lower than
a year ago. And cattle that were marketed came in
at about one point seven million head, which is about
eight percent lower than a year ago.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
The takeaways of the report, according to mccondle.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Basements continuity to be down sharply from a year ago.
That's really just representative of really tight feeder cattle supplies.
Some of that is due to the fact that we
have sharply lower imports legs to do the fact that
we have bans and restrictions on cattle coming from Mexico,
in addition to which we have tight domestic feeder cattle
supplies due to where we are on the cycle, and
as a result, we're also seeing the rate of marketings
reduced from last year.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Also notable from the November Cattalog Feed report the quarterly
look of cattle placement by gender.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
The fact that we have a lower share of heifers
in feed lots relative to a year ago. That shows
that perhaps that we do see some signs of herd
rebuilding going on as heifers are retained for breeding rather
than being market for feed lots. That being said, the
level is still relatively high by historical levels, or at
least not comparable to other engineers that we've seen when
that percentage is more like in the low thirties rather
than the upper thirties.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Bottom line, we are seeing.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Some indications that perhaps have for retention is starting to
take place in some regions of the country, which eventually
would be the start of the herd expansion.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
From the price perspective, we.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Do still see relatively strong prices for both cattle and
wholesale beef in the United States at this point of
the year. Seasonally, we have seen some prices come down
for both feeder and fed cattle, although they remain high
by historical standards. That's also true for the beef cut out. Seasonally,
it's coming down from where it was in the peaks
of the summer time during the summer grilling season, which
is normal in most years. However, it's still high by
historical standards and continues to remained at elevated levels relatives
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what we've seen the past couple of years.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Broad Bain reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Well Friends coming up. Last week, Secretary of Agriculture Brook
Rowdlins announced a new program available to row crop producers.
That's ahead on Aglife Bobwin. Here are some farm use
today Friends. The American Farm Bureau Federation encouraging US Trade
Representative Jamison Grier to take a closer look at trade
with China. Chad Smith as our story.
Speaker 5 (02:28):
The trade relationship between the US and China remains critically
important for American agriculture. Dave Solomonson, Senior director of Government
Affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, said there has
been some progress between the two nations.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Recently, President Trump and President she of China came to
a deal back in October thirty first, for one year
gould delay any new tariffs. They reduced some tariffs by
about ten percent. Of several purchase commitments by China for
US agg products and those port fees which had gone
to affect fairly recently, those were delayed a year.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
Farm Bureau recently submitted comments to the US Trade Representative's
office encouraging further discussions regarding previous agreements with China.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Which means they look into the issue, they gather information,
and at the end of the day they could decide
we can use this when we're having continuing negotiations. And
we pointed out that China did not fulfill that Phase
one agreement that was signed in twenty They didn't remove
all of the non tear off trade barriers. We let
them know that those were things that needed to continue
(03:30):
to be worked on.
Speaker 5 (03:31):
Solmitson says there have been some positive developments in the
last several weeks.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
It's a multi year commitment headed off by soybeans, so
they said for twenty twenty five they would purchase up
to twelve million metric tons of soybeans and they have
been purchasing some and for the next three years they
said they will purchase twenty five million metric tons a year.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Well Friends. The International Fresh Produce Association is a trade
group with a mission of helping businesses at every step
along the food chain supply. Not Surprisingly, IFPA Vice president
of Nutrition and Health Molly Van Lou says, their.
Speaker 6 (04:08):
Goal is simple to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables
and improve business prosperity for our members. And part of
increasing consumption is really focusing on nutrition programs and to.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Do that, Van Loo says, we'll take more education.
Speaker 6 (04:24):
There's definitely a change in food awareness. I think part
of that is social media and just access to more information,
which sometimes is good, sometimes is bad. There's no regulation
of whether that information is accurate.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
As we can tell by the f and the IFPA
Fresh will be the focus.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
When you look at the actual consumption data, fruit and
vegetable consumption is flat, so that's why we really need
to continue to focus on strategies that will increase Now
we don't have a definition of ultra processed foods, but
the general concept of them. The estimates are that the
American diet is somewhere between sixty and seven eighty percent,
So that is definitely something that we need to work on,
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and it's been a core kind of goal of the
MAHA movement.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Van Lou says, while we have increased access to more
fresh fruits and vegetables, there's a difference between what people
have access to and what they're buying. Well, friends, USDA
plans to announce this week what Secretary Brook Robins is
calling a quote bridge payment for farmers to address low
crop prices and lost soybean sales to China. Rawlins told
(05:27):
President Trump at a cabinet meeting last week that help
is coming for farmers.
Speaker 7 (05:31):
We do have a bridge payment. We'll be announcing with
you next week as we're still trying to recover from
the Biden that's.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Right to help farmers who were hit not just by
soaring input costs during the Biden years, but billions and
lost soybean sales from Trump's China tariff war. Size of
the new bridge payment is unclear given a shortfall and
needed CCC funds, and Robins uses the word bridge until
longer term aid is vitalized. Meantime, Rolins says may have
(06:00):
a new reason to fulfill its deal to buy twelve
million metric tons of US soybeans for twenty twenty five.
Speaker 7 (06:07):
Just a couple of days ago, China announced that they
were going to halt all purchases from Brazil because they
had found some irregularities and some of the soybeans they're
buying from Brazil.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
But China has continued to buy Brazilian soybeans despite rejecting some,
and its South American buys could explain why its end
of year buying promises to the US may slip into
next year. Rollin says orders could still be signed in December,
with shipments completed in January. The US Treasury Secretary expects
purchases will meet twelve million metric tons by February twenty eighth.
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Farm News This morning, you're listening to Aglife.
Speaker 8 (06:42):
It's another agnews update. Tight cattle supplies to reshaping processing capacity,
and grain moving fast as storage fills.
Speaker 9 (06:51):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 10 (06:58):
I think the biggest thing to remember when comes down
to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that you
have to be very, very vigilant because it really can
be one of the biggest empowering choices of your life
to go out and get this degree inside of the
veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock if
it's not managed properly. So we really try and encourage
that as the overarching theme and the top line piece
of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 9 (07:17):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 8 (07:21):
US cattle supplies remain historically tight, but Cargill says it
will keep all of its North American beef plants operating.
That is, even Tyson prepares to close Lexington, Nebraska and
scale back AM reload to one shift, it removes roughly
seven percent of national fed capacity. Decision preserves competitive bids
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in parts of the planes, while procurement costs remain elevated
and Mexican feeder imports stay restricted under screw worm controls.
Great movement also accelerating, as USDA reports the tightest storage
depth since twenty sixteen. It's forcing Iowa, Kansas, Dakota's, Nebraska,
(08:05):
and Minnesota to push more grain onto rail and truck networks,
while states like Iowa temporarily raise weight limits to keep
grain flowing. Globally, Cotton sector negotiations ahead of the MC
fourteen are centering on domestic support reform and steady production outlook,
(08:27):
alongside rising demand for premium specialty fibers. It's another Acnews update.
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American Cattle News look at cash trade and how the
markets ended. The week after this.
Speaker 9 (09:15):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gergey from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 10 (09:22):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the biggest empowering choices of your
life to go out and get this degree inside of
the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly. So we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 9 (09:41):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 8 (09:45):
Virginia McGathy is with mcgaffe Commodities. With the look back
at how markets closed on Friday, live.
Speaker 13 (09:53):
Cattle was higher with futures are still at a discount
to cash, and that's really pushing futures higher. Plus there
is some short covering heading into the holiday season, where
today at the end of the month and we only
have one more month left. Of twenty twenty five, February
was up six dollars and fifty cents to two nineteen
thirty two, with December getting up to two seventeen thirty.
(10:13):
Even April got in the game got reached a high
of two twenty eighty sea all four the live catalysts
at twenty three point three percent.
Speaker 14 (10:23):
Today.
Speaker 13 (10:24):
Feeders were limited up at one point, but there's still
no date to reopen that Mexican border yet that's giving
markets a big lift futures were up nearly twenty five
dollars in just three trading sessions today. January was up
nine twenty five to three twenty four to thirty seven
really before pulling back a little bit, but still the
market looking very strong. March got up to three eighteen
(10:45):
thirty seave all four of the feeders is at twenty
three point five percent now. The lean hogs today were
firmed that oversold market is finding some bargain hunters and
they've jumped in to buy their futures. Are pretty much
holding on to Wednesday's big surge in the market, and
we're up about five dollars for the week. February was
up ninety cents modestly to eighty two twenty seven, with
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December getting up to eighty one thirty two civah four.
The lean hogs is at twenty five point seven percent.
Speaker 8 (11:12):
That's Virginia McGaffey with McGaffey Commodities and to cash trade
Nebraska and Iowa last week two eight to two ten
Kansas though holding out to the end of the week
and getting two twenty American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
This is Dairy Radio now.
Speaker 15 (11:36):
I'm John Clark, probably in the country.
Speaker 16 (11:38):
Sorry for Piedwick's USA today and with Matt STOLESCOO of
stoll Spoo's Family, Derry tell us about stole Schoo's family.
Speaker 17 (11:44):
Derry, Hey, So, yeah, We're a small creamery located right
in Vernon Center, New York, and we source our milk
from three of our partners. They each have small family
farms and their family.
Speaker 18 (11:57):
They are they are part of the family.
Speaker 17 (11:58):
They are part of the family. So we make our cheese, curds, yogurt,
and fluid milk there at the creamery. We've got a
creamery store that you know, you can stop in and
purchase our products right there at the creamery. Call ahead
and we'll give you a tour.
Speaker 15 (12:12):
How does this creamery start?
Speaker 17 (12:14):
Yeah, so my uncle and to my brothers and to
my cousins started the creamery.
Speaker 5 (12:20):
That was back in twenty ten.
Speaker 17 (12:21):
They saw the decline in the small family farms across
the state, and our goal primarily has been to keep
the small family farms as a viable economical option for
the small families in the state.
Speaker 15 (12:37):
Here again, run through this the product mix that you have,
because you have a pretty unique product mix.
Speaker 17 (12:41):
Yeah, yeah, so we have nine different flavors of cheese curds.
We have seven different flavors of yogurts, and then we
have our chocolate milk fluid milk or white milk, and
then our latte mocha flavored milks. We also have a
lineup of smoothies, so we have our scrubber, Mango, blueberry, vanilla,
(13:02):
and triple berry uh flavor.
Speaker 15 (13:04):
Smooth And who comes up with these flavors? Is that that?
Speaker 17 (13:08):
Well, I can't take the credit too much for that.
I've got to give the credit to my partner and
our CEO ver and Sulfus for that. And his mother
is uh my aunt has been instrumental in creating the
flavors and uh just playing with the flavors in her
kitchen to where they get the correct uh you know,
(13:29):
correct hit every time.
Speaker 19 (13:31):
And uh yeah, after.
Speaker 17 (13:32):
A few months, he comes, he comes out with it.
We throw it in the vat and we tried out
and it's uh, it tends to be hit.
Speaker 16 (13:38):
You are an award winning deary, tell us about your
awards that you just received.
Speaker 17 (13:42):
Yeah, so we've been very blessed with receiving two awards
here at the State Fair. The one award was the
Award of Excellence on our plane Yogurt Uh and that
is our you know, basic most basic yogurts, our plane
yogurt flag.
Speaker 8 (13:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 17 (13:56):
So so it's uh it's a hit on a lot
of things, some ingredients, a lot of people use it
as an ingredient substitute for sour cream. Uh the list
goes on and on. And then also our another award
we received today was our was the uh Flavored Milk
of the Year award, and that is uh something we're
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very we're proud of. And I've got to give all
the credit to our dairy farmers. They have excellent quality
and they focus on quality one hundred percent.
Speaker 15 (14:26):
Of the time.
Speaker 17 (14:27):
And uh yeah, also have a great team back at
the creamery. They do an excellent job and maintaining quality
and uh so yeah.
Speaker 16 (14:34):
Tell us a little bit about that because it's got
to be a priority for you and your team.
Speaker 15 (14:38):
Uh quality.
Speaker 17 (14:40):
Yeah, so you know, quality is one hundred percent safety
and quality is what you know. Us as a creamery,
we focus on quality starts at the farm and equality
uh dairy products starts with equality cow experience and quality
of raw milk. And so that's our primary focus is quality.
Speaker 15 (14:57):
So you're a little.
Speaker 16 (14:57):
Unique in a small creamery sense that you're not really
a producer dealer.
Speaker 15 (15:01):
You do have a few different farms that it comes from.
Speaker 16 (15:04):
But there's somebody within the sound of our voice who's
thinking about processing their own milk.
Speaker 17 (15:08):
What would you tell them, Well, you know, it's a
it's a great opportunity to expand your economic options on
the farm.
Speaker 15 (15:15):
Start small, work your way, you know, work your way.
Speaker 17 (15:17):
Into the marketplace, and uh, the customers will tell you
if your product's great. You know it's uh, you know,
that's one one thing that we try do.
Speaker 15 (15:27):
We try to.
Speaker 17 (15:29):
Promote you know, we are glad to give tours to
other you know, other premely startups farms that are looking
to do this in the future. You know, it's something
that we could all work together to promote in New
York agriculture.
Speaker 16 (15:42):
Yeah, and if you don't mind, you you kind of
come upon this naturally because dad is also involved in
the dairy business.
Speaker 17 (15:48):
Yeah, so I grew up on a family dairy farm,
and uh, my father is a cheesemaker. He makes a
Gouda cheese. Well different different, different types of what we've
got going on. But yeah, so it's it runs in
the family. I've got an oncle that has a creamery. Yeah,
definitely something we that we're excited about.
Speaker 16 (16:06):
Mats with Stolsos family. Darry, thank you so much for
being with us today.
Speaker 15 (16:11):
Thank you, John. I'm John Clark, traveling countryside for Peter
t You're saying.
Speaker 18 (16:18):
Red leaf blotch on almonds is serious for California growers.
I'm Patrick Cavanaugh with the California Trina Report, part of
that vastagg Information Network Florida. Trellis is an associate professor a
cooperative extension. You see, Davis, he describes the leaf blotch.
Speaker 20 (16:34):
Red leaf blush is actually an old disease. He was
actually first detected in France in eighteen forty three on almond,
but for California, he was detected May twenty four in
Merced County well basically in an orchard that the border
between Merced and Madeira. And so for California this is
the first detection, meaning the disease is new and it's invasive,
(16:57):
meaning from now he most likely he can only only spread, right.
I got the question being asked, you know should be
worried about polystigma. The Coustelasian technidillinium for other stone fruits
or prunus species. The patterns and is only specific to
almond rights. It's so very highly specific to almond and
you also only infect leaves.
Speaker 18 (17:18):
The symptoms usually show up in late June July, and
what you see is characteristic of a fungus with orange
blots and irregular circles on the leaves. And it's important
if you see such symptoms on the leaves contact your
farm advisor a PCA to help identify what this is
so we can limit it spread. There are treatments that
(17:39):
can be applied during pedal fall to prevent it.
Speaker 21 (17:41):
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Speaker 25 (18:32):
The AG Information Network. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh. Good morning. You're
listening to AG Life. With labor challenges, market uncertainties, and
unpredictable weather ahead, dairy producers face tough decisions As we
finish the final weeks of twenty twenty five. Doctor N. T. Cosby,
roominant product manager with Fortiva, talks about structure related challenges
(18:56):
that are most pressing for gary cows and cows in
the winter month.
Speaker 19 (19:00):
Well.
Speaker 14 (19:00):
As we consider stress related health and performance losses, it's
important to recognize that losses are rarely due to just
one stress or, but rather due to a combination of
factors that may include seasonal environmental changes, feed hygiene concerns,
or new and feed ingredients that may require ration reformulation.
These changes can sometimes lead to digestive upset, poor fermentation
(19:21):
efficiency and intake, reduced cut integrity, and inflammatory induced immune responses.
When these situations are anticipated, producers can be proactive by
considering adding feed additives with multiple modes of action. For TIVA,
Amulet is designed to actually help maintain roominal fermentation efficiency
and feed intake while supporting intestinal health and boosting the
(19:42):
innate immune system during these stressful time periods.
Speaker 25 (19:45):
Cosby, you talked about how the Fortiva line of additives
helps provide more return for their milk and caws that
be in sold.
Speaker 14 (19:52):
For feeders, feed cost is the largest line item of
expenses in the livestock operation. When margins are tight, I
think it's important to evaluate we're getting the most out
of every feed dollar. For TIVA, additives like efficient Z
can help improve feed efficiency and milk production, delivering measurable
returns on farm trials with nearly one hundred thousand dairy
cows shown an average increase of over two pounds of
(20:15):
milk per cowper day without increasing dry matter intake. That
improvement and feed efficiency offers a solid return on investment
in today's market economics. For those that are finishing their
beef caves or their beef on dairy cross caves. Efficient
Z can improve feed intake, average daily gain, carcass weight,
and actually quality grade, meaning producers can sell more pounds
(20:36):
at a higher value per pound.
Speaker 25 (20:38):
He talks about how this positively impacts the dairy producer
in these market conditions.
Speaker 14 (20:43):
Additives that can improve production on the same units of
feed may offer improve profitability or a dairy producers. Efficiency
does this in a couple different ways. One, it removes
starch digestion forward ruminally to produce more appropriate which is
the precursor of glucose and ultimately drives milk production. Secondly,
it improves rouminal fiber digestion, meaning we get more nutrients
(21:05):
digested per unit of feed. Combination of boosting production while
also on the same unit of feed and improving feed
efficiency offers significant return on investment in today's market conditions.
Fuel tests as well as controlled research experiments have shown
we can expect over two pounds of milk production through
the use of efficiency.
Speaker 25 (21:24):
He talked about what producers need to know and getting
started with an additive like amulet and what signs indicate
it's making a difference in their herds.
Speaker 14 (21:33):
Amulets, symbiotic feed additive formulated for total digestive health and
support during high stress periods. It's uniquely formulated to provide
flexibility and formulation for the nutritionists to include it in
diets for young calves before and after weaning. For those
growing dairy replacement efforts as well as the mature dairy
(21:54):
cows or Tiva Amulet, it can be part of a
proactive approach to maintain consistency and performance and health fear
cows during high stress events and periods.
Speaker 25 (22:03):
Again, that is doctor n t Cosby, ruminant product manager
with Fortiva. For more information, log onto Fortiva Impact dot Com.
That's Fortiva Impact dot Com. For the eighth time this year,
the overall Rural Main Street Index sank below a growth
neutral score of fifty. That's according to the monthly survey
(22:25):
of bank CEOs and rural areas of a ten state
region dependent on agriculture and energy.
Speaker 15 (22:32):
Now.
Speaker 25 (22:32):
The region's overall reading it was thirty four point six
in October. That's the lowest level since May of twenty twenty,
and that's down from thirty eight point five in September.
Ernie Gauss of Creighton University says weak agriculture Commodity prices
for grain producers continued to dampen economic activity in the
ten state region, while taros are producing higher economic volatility.
(22:56):
Seventy two percent of Bank CEO's say president approach towards
Chinese trade is quote about right unquote. For the seventeenth
time in the past eighteen months, farmland prices slumped below
growth neutral.
Speaker 17 (23:10):
Now.
Speaker 25 (23:11):
The region's farmland price index dropped to thirty seven from
forty five point eight in September. Farm loan delinquency rates
arose from a very low one point one percent in
June of this year to one point six percent in November.
Speaker 26 (23:25):
It's time for California at today on the IG Information Network,
I am Hailey's ship. Well, in case you missed this
announcement in the midst of the Thanksgiving rush, and it
might sell that I'm giving you an infomercial for a
government website. In a way I am. But for anyone
in California who depends on healthy livestock, wildlife, pets, or
public lands, this matters. The USDA has now launched a
(23:47):
new site that's called screwworm dot gov. It's a single
location for federal information on the New World screwworm and
a key part of Secretary Brook Rawlins's five pronged plan
to combat this Now, Secretary Rowlands 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
(24:10):
timely and effective communications, This new and unified website will
be a one stop shop for all screwworm related information
and will help our stakeholders be better informed as new
information becomes available. She also said that this is a
national security priority and it has the full attention of
our team. Screwworm dot gov does include resources for livestock
(24:32):
producers as well as veterinarians, wildlife and animal health professionals,
healthcare providers, pet owners, researchers, drug manufacturers, and the public,
along with the USDA verified updates on cases in Mexico,
as well as US preparedness efforts.
Speaker 21 (24:48):
Increasing your Alman yield can seem like a tough nut
to crack, but it doesn't have to be. Protect your
crop with maravon fungaside of bloom for out of resiliency
against frost, long lasting broad spectrum disease can try and
proven yield results. See that wasn't tough at all. Mara
van Funge aside number one in bloom for all the
right reasons. I always read and follow label directions.
Speaker 22 (25:10):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sephena
insecticide from basf.
Speaker 9 (25:15):
We just get nailed with it.
Speaker 23 (25:17):
So tell us how you feeling really really weird and
you still want to devour this few No.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
Way, bro.
Speaker 9 (25:25):
There you have it, folks.
Speaker 22 (25:26):
Safena insecticide is specifically engineered to disorient aphis and wife
flies so they can't eat, and when they can't eat,
they can't destroy.
Speaker 24 (25:33):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with sephena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions On.
Speaker 26 (25:39):
The ag Information Network, I am Hateley's ship Bokwin.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
Here are some farm News Today friends the American Farm
Bureau Federation encouraging US Trade Representative Jamison Greer to take
a closer look at trade with China Chad Smith as
our story.
Speaker 5 (25:53):
The trade relationship between the US and China remains critically
important for American agriculture. Solomonson, Senior director of Government Affairs
for the American Farm Bureau Federation, said there has been
some progress between the two nations.
Speaker 4 (26:08):
Recently, President Trump and President she of China came to
a deal back in October thirty first for one year,
going to delay any new tariffs. They reduced some tariffs
by about ten percent. Several purchase commitments by China for
USAC products and those port fees which had gone to
affect fairly recently, those were delayed a year.
Speaker 5 (26:27):
Farm Bureau recently submitted comments to the US Trade Representative's
office encouraging further discussions regarding previous agreements with China.
Speaker 4 (26:36):
Which means they look into the issue, they gather information,
and at the end of the day they could decide
we can use this when we're having continuing negotiations. And
we pointed out that China did not fulfill that Phase
one agreement that was signed in twenty They didn't remove
all of the non teariff trade barriers. We let them
know that those were things that needed to continue to
(26:56):
be worked on.
Speaker 5 (26:57):
Solmentson says there have been some positive develop plopments in
the last several weeks.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
It's a multi year commitment headed off by soybeans, so
they said for twenty twenty five they would purchase up
to twelve million metric tons of soybeans, and they have
been purchasing some and for the next three years they
said they will purchase twenty five million metric tons a year.
Speaker 5 (27:17):
Chad Smith, Washington Well Friends.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
The high price of beef in US grocery stores has
been a topic of discussion for some time, and the
industry is wondering about potential herd expansion to help bring
prices down at the meat counter. South Dakota Representative Dusty
Johnson said those prices need to stay high to help
encourage producers to rebuild their herd size.
Speaker 27 (27:39):
Well, I try to tell my urban colleagues and the
White House not to get so nervous about the fact
that prices are pretty good for the cattle guys right now,
because they need that money in their pockets if they're
going to go out buy more pastureland and buy more efforts.
Speaker 19 (27:50):
If we want more American beef.
Speaker 27 (27:52):
We have got to have them believe that they can
have good prices long enough to recover that investment. And
so I don't love seeing that shackle space disappear, because
I do think it makes it harder for us to
build that herd in a long term sustainable way.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Country of origin labeling is once again another hot topic
in the beef industry.
Speaker 27 (28:09):
Well, of course, I get asked about this about every
other week, and I'm always a little surprised to be
asked about it because and I always trying to tell
people the dynamics are not different. I mean, if people
think that we can just pass mandatory country of origin labeling,
which we meet, I mean, I would love more transparency.
Speaker 15 (28:22):
I'm for it.
Speaker 27 (28:23):
But for twenty five years politicians have been lying to
people making it seem like we can get it done
on our own. The reality is if we unilaterally put
into place mandatory country of origin labeling legally, we will
be hit with a billion dollars or ataliatory terrists from
Canada and Mexico. Maybe you don't like that, maybe I
don't like that, but that's the reality. And so I
can't get two hundred and eighteen votes for m COOL
that would cause a billion dollars of damage to egg
(28:45):
sectors in other parts of America.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
AM cool as possible, but only through direct negotiations.
Speaker 27 (28:50):
The only way we can get mandatory country of original
labeling is by having the president negotiated as a part
of his renegotiation of the US Mexico and Canada agreement,
and that's been true for the last five years. We
should have got it in the last time we negotiated USMCA.
It was one of the things that fell out towards
the tail end. I'm hopeful the administration can get more
success at this time because Lord knows, I think greater
transparency would be good for both the consumers and the producers.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson this morning, Well friends, USDA
plans to announce this week what Secretary Brook Rollins is
calling a quote bridge payment for farmers to address low
crop prices and lost soybean sales to China. Rawlins told
President Trump at a cabinet meeting last week that help
is coming for farmers.
Speaker 9 (29:32):
We do have a bridge payment.
Speaker 7 (29:33):
We'll be announcing with you next week as we're still
trying to recover from the bidenail.
Speaker 2 (29:38):
That's right to help farmers.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Who were hit not just by soaring input costs during
the Biden years, but billions and lost soybean sales from
Trump's China tariff war. Size of the new bridge payment
is unclear, given a shortfall and needed CCC funds and
Robins uses the word bridge until longer term aid is
vitalized meantime, and Rolin says China may have a new
(30:01):
reason to fulfill its deal to buy twelve million metric
tons of US soybeans for twenty twenty five.
Speaker 7 (30:08):
Just a couple of days ago, China announced that they
were going to halt all purchases from Brazil because they
had found some irregularities and some of the soybeans they're
buying from Brazil.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
But China has continued to buy Brazilian soybeans despite rejecting some,
and its South American buys could explain why its end
of year buying promises to the US may slip into
next year. Rolin says orders could still be signed in December,
with shipments completed in January. The US Treasury Secretary expects
purchases will meet twelve million metric tons by February twenty eighth.
(30:40):
Farm News This morning, you're listening to wag Life.
Speaker 19 (30:44):
From the Bag Information Network. Bob Larson with your agribusiness update.
Well Idaho based Burk's Tractor filed a lawsuit against Monarch Tractor,
accusing the California based startup of a breach of contract
and warranty violations after its tractors failed to operate autonomously.
The dealer's ship says the ten tractors at bod for
almost eight hundred thousand dollars are defective and didn't live
(31:05):
up to the driver optional autonomous claims of the company.
Burk Spot detractors in early twenty twenty four with the
intent of being one of the California company's first retail dealers.
India expects to secure a new trade deal with the
US before the end of the year. Reuter says most
issues between the two countries appear to be resolved after
the US imposed import tariffs of fifty percent in late August.
(31:26):
The White House wants India to reduce oil purchases from
Russia and bring down tariffs on multiple sectors, including agricultural trade.
India's Trade secretary tool industry leaders a trade framework needs
to come first. Farmers sentiment strengthened in November as rising
crop prices and improved export prospects pushed the Purdue University
CME Group's ag Economy barometer to one thirty nine, the
(31:48):
highest since June. Much of the increase was driven by
a sharp fifteen point jump in future expectations even as
current conditions held steady. Financial outlooks improved alongside a ten
to fifteen percent rally and delivery corn and soybean bids
helping offset weaker cattle prices.
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Speaker 1 (33:14):
Bob Quin back to wrap up aglivee for today friends.
Preparations already underway for next year's mandatory review of the
US Mexico Canada Agreement. Dennis Guy has a report from
Canada this morning. Public hearings began on Wednesday in Washington
as part of the mandatory USMCA review process. More than
fifteen hundred public comment briefs have been submitted to the
(33:37):
Office of the US Trade Representatives. Briefs were submitted by manufacturing, industrial,
and retail sectors expressing their views of the existing pact.
There are calls for amendments to the existing USMCA from some,
but according to Julian Karagesian, an economics professor at McGill
(33:58):
University who specializes in international trade analysis, the existing USMCA
agreement seems to have widespread support. Based on those comments, the.
Speaker 29 (34:09):
Overwhelming majority are in favor of maintaining free trade within
North America, one of the biggest of the US Chamber
of Commerce. They were careful to point out that they
have companies in every state of the Union, millions of
jobs from the specialization that trade allows. Ford mentioned that
eighty percent of their vehicles are assembled in the United
(34:29):
States from supply chain integration, the Whiskey Association, the Sunflower Association.
Speaker 11 (34:35):
There's so many different submissions, Karragussian said, American industry groups
aren't largely making the case that Canadian and Mexican suppliers
are integral to their operations and that the two neighboring
markets are important to the success of their export businesses.
The American Automotive Policy Council, speaking collectively for Ford, GM
(34:56):
and Stilantis, says the USMCA is the most important trade
agreement for its industry members, enabling billions of dollars in
annual savings through supply chain integration. The National Association of
home Builders, representing one hundred forty thousand members in the
residential construction industry, is calling on the Trump administration to
(35:19):
scrap all tariffs on building materials imported from Canada and Mexico,
including Canadian softwood lumber, which it says fills a unique
niche in residential construction that is not easily replaced with
domestic sources. Karragessian said, in looking over a cross section
of the public brief submissions, there seems to be broad
(35:41):
concerns about how the Trump administration will approach next year's negotiations.
Julian Karagassian says that a common theme is that trade
related industries want to keep the three way partnership. However,
there has been a lot of comment out of the
White House that any newer range would divide the existing
(36:02):
USBCA into two separate agreements.
Speaker 29 (36:05):
This current administration preferred divide and rule, which would be
two bilateral agreements, one with Canada, one with Mexico. But
these associations and these big businesses that are American, they're
saying this may not be the right way to do that.
Manufacturing jobs are in their nine month of decline, the
farming states of the Midwest are herding. If the Trump
administration can be convinced to renew, I think they're going
(36:27):
to try and extract the most concessions possible and maintain
sectoral tariffs.
Speaker 11 (36:33):
Next year's USMCA review could result in anything from a
deal extending the agreement for up to sixteen years, or
to a hard headed renegotiation of its key terms, or
even one of the countries giving six months notice that
it is withdrawing entirely reporting from Canada, I'm Dennis Guy.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
With that friends amount of time for today, thanks for
joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition, A Bag
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