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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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,
we start off with a look at food safety and
outdoor grilling. Rod Main starts us off.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
A Fourth of July cookout. Always a celibratory idea, whether
the event is a backyard barbecue or as part of
a picnic and a parker campground. Plenty of food and
plenty of food safety considerations. USDA Food safety expert Meredith
Carruthers says a big one to consider is the temperature. Sure,
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there's the proper eternal cooking temperature for meats.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
It's measured by a food thermometer. The food thermometer is
gonna be your best friend of the grill because it's
unsafe to eat food that has not been fully cooked
to a full safe internal temperature, because it's possible that
bacteria could still be there and if you eat them,
it could get you sick.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
But also during a time where many parts to the country,
perhaps yours, is experiencing hot temperatures, say ninety degrees or above,
it's a.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Warmer environment and food porn illness.
Speaker 5 (01:08):
Bacteria like to thrive in warm environments, so if you
have raw meat and poultry or other food products that
are perishable out in warm temperatures, any bacteria that is
present in those foods is likely to multiply faster and
faster and faster, and potentially to dangerous levels as the
weather gets warmer or as it's in that warm environment.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
So the two hour rule of leaving perishable foods out
safely for that time frame before food board bacteria grows
is reduced down to one hour in extremely hot conditions.
Regarding keeping foods chilled for food safety, also keep in
mind time. So while a backyard cook gap may require
a food trip from just the refrigerator to the grill
when it's time to cook, grilling in it away from
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home locale like a park or campground means storing, transporting,
and keeping meats and perishable foods in a proper cooler
with plenty of cold sources.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
If you're going for a day, a great option is
a big cooler with cold sources you at the tool.
You can take a smaller lunchbox with some frozen packs
so you can freeze water bottles or juice boxes or
things like that. If you're doing something like going on
a camping trip for a weekend or a week same principle,
but the thing to keep in mind is will back
cold source last the entire time.
Speaker 6 (02:18):
You have to have a plan for replacing melted ice
or cold sources that are no longer cold, planning to
have all your perishable foods eaten before the timeframe that
those might not be cold anymore if you don't have
an option to replace them.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
And while some might partially cook meats at home before
grilling them in a destination a way, cor other says
for food safety purposes, always cook them thoroughly the first time.
More food safety tips, such as proper eternal cooking temperatures
for your Fourth of July cookout or anytime grilling, are
available through USDA's meatamp Poultry Hotline one eight eight eight
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MP Hotline. Advice is also available via email at MP
Hotline USDA dot gov. I'm Rodbain, reporting for the US
Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Well Friends, coming up a look at the latest hog
and Pig report and what those numbers might mean for
the market ahead. This is agwife Bob quent Back of
Farm used this warning. Friends. Latest USDA Hog and Pig
report indicates bearish market conditions. Chad Smith breaks down the numbers.
Speaker 7 (03:27):
The usdas Hogs and Pigs report showed total inventory of
animals is up compared to the previous report. Barret Nelson,
an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the
latest report contained some big numbers, so.
Speaker 8 (03:42):
I think overall this was a bearish report. The total
inventory of hogs and pigs on June first came in
at seventy five point one million, and this is up
about one percent, or three hundred and ninety thousand head
from the last quarterly report. You know, this is pretty significant.
Ex This is the highest inventory since June one of
twenty twenty.
Speaker 7 (03:59):
On the other side of production, pigs retained for breeding
decrease this quarter, down to the lowest breeding herd level
in a decade. Nelson said several factors are influencing those numbers.
Speaker 8 (04:10):
We've got cash hogs running around one hundred and six
dollars per one hundred weight. That's a really solid price
for this.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Time of year.
Speaker 8 (04:16):
One of the things that's doing this is we're finding
some demand, so even though we've got some bearish news
in this report that our hog numbers are up, we've
also got some really supportive demand coming in. Seeing some
increased demand in the port sector as a substitute for
these record high beef prices is kind of interesting.
Speaker 7 (04:33):
Nelson says that fortunately, consumers may see some good news
when it comes to prices at the meat counter this summer.
Speaker 8 (04:39):
But if we take a look at like our fourth
of July cookout survey, we had pork shops down around
four percent, so we saw some relief at the retail
level from that. But as we kind of look moving forward,
if we have stronger demand, we could see things picked
back up a little bit, and that could provide some
competition amongst our different meat protein sources.
Speaker 7 (04:56):
Learn more on the market Intail page at fb dot org.
Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Well Friends. The US wheat harvest is ongoing across rural America.
Ralph Lowe's director of communications for US Wheat Associates, talks
about the harvest reports they're getting from growers.
Speaker 9 (05:13):
For the most part, we're hearing really good things, as
you mentioned, as usual, and this is part of farming.
It's either too wet or too dry right. The wheat
crop itself appears in general to be in really good condition.
The challenge this year has been getting in the field
in a lot of areas Oklahoma, Kansas, now up into Colorado.
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We're getting some reports of some wet fields that are
starting to dry out, so as typical farmers, as soon
as things get dry enough, they're hitting it hard. So
overall we're hearing good reports about the crop itself.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Farmers are getting better harvest results than last year.
Speaker 9 (05:50):
The fields have been improved from last year, and it
comes at an important time that we're in the middle
of harvest because US Wet Associates is hosting a hand
full of international trade teams, so basically our customers from
around the world are coming here to actually see the
crop in the field and go through that process. We've
got three teams in the next two weeks that are
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going to be landing and going out across all of
our states Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Improved yields are happening at the right time, so we've got.
Speaker 9 (06:22):
A team from Ecuador, a team from Japan, a team
from Korea, and then later in.
Speaker 10 (06:27):
July, a team from the Philippines.
Speaker 9 (06:28):
Which is a huge customer just to see that crop,
so a very important time. And that follows the trade
team from Mexico that was in Kansas just a couple
of weeks ago that did the weak quality tour in
that state.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Ralph Lowe's US Weed associates with US. Brazil is harvesting
a large second corn crop and celebrating a record yield
of ninety five bushels and acre. While that number might
seem low to US corn farmers, there's something to keep
in mind about a typical Brazilian growing season.
Speaker 11 (06:58):
Well, you got to remember that the farmers in Brazil
live and diet by soybean. This second crop of corn
is just icing on the cake. If you get use
soybe's harvested all the time and get the softing a
corn planted, you don't save the farm by the corn
crops by the soybeet. So this is just a real
bonus to have that much yield, and that yield keeps
going up. But the seed companies call the potential that
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they developed very short maturing hybrids suitable for central Brazil,
and now it's keeps going up. So yeah, ninety five
bush of corn is at mister Bragerbaut, but is coming
after seventy bushel soybet so that's what makes a big difference.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Doctor Michael cordineer of Soybean and Corn Advisor with us
this morning, farm Us. You're listening to WAG Life.
Speaker 12 (07:43):
It's another at news update. What are we seeing with
current land values? More after this.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 13 (07:59):
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, where 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 book.
Speaker 4 (08:18):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 12 (08:21):
University of Nebraska, Lincoln Egg economists Brad Lubin farm.
Speaker 14 (08:25):
Land values have effectively doubled in the last twenty years,
in real terms, it has been a prime investment opportunity,
and some of the NONAG sectors recognizing that that's a
great opportunity relative or it has been a great opportunity
relative to other markets.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
But if you also look.
Speaker 14 (08:41):
At the pishure ahead, you see concerns about profitability, you
see concerns about cash flow, you see concerns about future
market prospects, and you're wondering, how can we continue to drive.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
These land values.
Speaker 14 (08:51):
Where we're at, land values have gone up and they've
continued to climb, perhaps as a result of the last
few years of very strong profitability, maybe accumulated capital, and
we still have other farmers being the prodominant byra farmland.
We talk about outside investors, we talk about equity money
getting into agriculture, and yet it's farmers bidding against farmers
that are driving these farmland values higher. So it's still
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driven by fundamentals in the AG market today, and there
is question and expectation that it may level off here
with current economic concerns and agriculture, but it's still a
relatively strong it's got a strong base, and it looks
like it's a relatively strong market for the time being,
so I'm still given the thumbs up, even if I'm
less certain about the future direction.
Speaker 12 (09:34):
Here so another agnews update. Hey there, what's up?
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Speaker 12 (10:06):
American Cattle News. How did markets finish off the week
last week? We'll find out after.
Speaker 4 (10:14):
This At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gergie from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 13 (10:22):
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 4 (10:41):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 12 (10:45):
Oliver's slope is with blue line futures. Looks at last
week's cattle trade features.
Speaker 19 (10:52):
We're flirting with lower prices for most of the week,
but made up ground on Friday at the close. August
live cattle contract four dollars and ten cents higher, settling
at two thirteen thirty. That put the contract three dollars
and forty seven cents hire for the week. August feeder
cattle features gained four dollars and sixty cents, settling at
three zero seven ninety, which put the contract five dollars
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in forty five cents higher for the week. You over
on this outside it was a mixed close following what
many analysts pained as a bearish quarterly hogs and Pigs
report on Thursday afternoon. The most actively traded August contract
settled two cents hired one ten twenty seven, which was
well off of those opening lows The following two contract
months puts its small losses. This morning's wholesale box fief
(11:36):
report was a dollar fourteen hired to three ninety six
nineteen slack cuts two dollars and fifty two cents hied
to three eighty two to twenty six. The cast trade
up to this point this week has been relatively light.
Slaughter on Thursday afternoon that was reported at one hundred
and five thousand head. That was twelve thousand head less
than the same day last week, but the week to
date total number for slaughter still within line of last week.
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At the closed December corn futures were six cents higher
to four to twenty seven for the week, though that
was still fourteen and a quarter cents lower, or about
three and a quarter percent. This week's USCA export sales
report for beef that showed met sales at fourteen one
hundred metric tons That was up twenty percent from the
previous week and eleven percent from the prior four week average.
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Japan was the primary buyer there, accounting for nearly half
of that total, followed by South Korea and Taiwan.
Speaker 12 (12:27):
American Cattle News, This is Dairy Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 20 (12:35):
Feeling better without feeling overwhelmed. Our focus today with Morgan
Ekavit Jonder and head trainer of get Fit with me LLC.
From a recent PDP Dairy signal, Morgan shares five things
to focus on in our daily lives.
Speaker 21 (12:50):
We work in fitness, mindset, nutrition, and the overall accountability
of all of it. So I work with a bunch
of different people. Ninety percent of them are busy in
some sort of way. So I hope people take those
big goals, break them up into smaller things that are attainable,
and make small changes that don't feel overwhelming and make
us feel more busy than what we actually already are.
(13:10):
Your sleep, your stress, your hydration, your nutrition, and intentional movement.
Instead of focusing on all five of those areas each morning,
decide what your intention is going to be and what
that focus is. So maybe you wake up and you're like,
I am really feeling tight and thick. Your intention today
should be to take time little minute or two breaks
throughout your day to stretch to make sure that you're
(13:32):
keeping your body loose, because although you're moving and you're
staying loose in limber that way, taking a minute to
stretch your low back, taking a minute to stretch your
upper back, taking a minute to stretch your neck throughout
the day and little bursts is a way to feel
better but also not make it feel overwhelming because it's
just one thing you're focusing on, So when it does
get busier, it's okay to pull back and not feel
like you're doing great in all of those areas. You
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can pick just one area of focus each day. So
the two that you should focus on are your stress
and sleep, but those are ones where it takes a
lot more mental capacity to be able to do that.
So a lot of times we say, nope, I'm not
going to do that. I work with a lot of
clients and they don't want to work on nutrition right
away because nobody wants to be told how to eat.
I'm not going to tell you how to eat. But
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that's a sticking point for people. So if you were
looking at something and you're like, sleep is something I
want to get better at sleep, but I just don't
have extra time to go to better earlier, Like I'm
really rigid, I recommend water because water is something that
doesn't take any extra time out of your day, and
making sure that you are staying hydrated is super important.
And then the next two are kind of tied. If
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you are somebody who is generally active, like, like I said,
you were getting those twenty five thousand stuffs by like
now you are actively moving, but you sense that your
muscles are tight and you're achy, you need to stretch.
So water, hydration and stretching, like those two should be
your two main focuses. If you're like, my body actually
feels pretty good. I'm not achy. I don't have those
joint pains any of that. Then hydration and looking at
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your nutrition because your energy levels you probably notice like
a two pm crash or maybe a mid morning crash,
So looking at your nutrition and making sure you're getting
balanced meals throughout the day to keep those energy levels up.
So it kind of depends on where do you feel
your bodies apt and nothing's cookie cutter. We all have
different things that our bodies feel. So water across the board, though,
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and then from there, listen to your body. Pick whatever
that next one is that doesn't take any more time
out of your day, because you don't have any more
time right now. That's part of the reason we're talking
about this first thing. Remember you're not alone. The second
thing is take a few minutes and kind of tune
into your body, try to figure out what doesn't feel right?
Does something not feel right, because for instance, that achiness,
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that would then lead you more towards stretching. If you
notice that brain fog, that would then lead you more
towards nutrition and sleep. So check in with yourself. And
then number three was each time when you check in
with yourself. And this may just be a good morning
routine thing you do. You wake up, check in with yourself.
How are you feeling today? Physically, mentally, emotionally, what is happening? Okay,
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physically I'm not feeling great. Okay, today my intention is stretching.
Tomorrow you wake up and you may say I'm feeling
pretty good. Okay. Maybe we just focus on water because
it's something that we know is going to benefit us,
but overall we feel good. So thinking through checking yourself
getting an idea water, it's going to be one of
the easiest things you can do because it doesn't require
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any extra time. After that, for all of you, whether
you have more of a stationary job, sedentary job, or
you're somebody who's moving a ton, I would then move
towards that intentional movement or that stretching portion. You'll end
up sleeping better. Your stress will be lower, and it
naturally tends to fall into our nutrition. When we start
to treat our body a little bit better in those
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two ways, we tend to eat a little bit better,
just because there's that trickle down effect.
Speaker 20 (16:51):
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trainer of Get Fit with Me LLC from a recent
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Dairy Radio, and now.
Speaker 22 (17:16):
You know that early bird self fruitful variety from Sarah
Gold is really hitting all the points with processors and
the general trade out there. I'm Patrick Cabana with the
California Tree Nut Report, part of the vastag Information Network.
We're speaking with Chuck Fleck, director of horticulture research at
Sierra Gold Nurseries.
Speaker 16 (17:37):
Ah.
Speaker 23 (17:37):
Yeah, we originally projected for a modest number of trees
in this first year of production, and the demand has
been like for twice as many as we were originally projecting.
Speaker 22 (17:47):
And Fleck said that the processors and the nut buyers
are impressed.
Speaker 23 (17:52):
That's what's driving the tree demand. It's people that are
closely linked with their processor and going, this is what
the processor really wants, and I want to be able
to deliver truckloads of this. So yeah, it's been really
well received by the handlers too, and.
Speaker 22 (18:05):
I've tasted that nut. It has a very good size
and flavors.
Speaker 23 (18:09):
And it's consistent that way. It's always a big kernel.
It's always light colored kernels, big beautiful inshell with very
very very low doubles. We can't say zero doubles because
you'll see four to five and one thousand kernels, so
it's way less than one percent.
Speaker 22 (18:23):
And when Fleck's commenting on doubles, he's referring to two nuts.
They're usually on the smaller side within that shell, and
that's not good. Another good aspects of early birds. And
it shakes very clean. It doesn't leave any nuts in
the trees which have to be taken down for sanitation.
Speaker 10 (18:39):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer
you have to go digital hmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest,
LinkedIn and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm. But
which one. Oh, and how receptive is this age group
to your sales pitch during non work social time. Maybe
(18:59):
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 station for the AG Information Network of
the West News. If you'd like to deliver information about
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your terrific product or service, give us a call and
we'll connect you directly with our community of loyal farmer listeners.
Reach real farmers right here, right now, as they listen
to what is important to their farm operation. They trust us,
They'll trust you with the AG Information Network. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
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The twenty twenty six American Firm Bureau Federation Convention will
be held January nineth to the fourteenth in Anaheim, California.
American Firm Bureau Federation President Zippoit of All says attendees
can expect to hear from a big name.
Speaker 24 (20:00):
This year's theme for our convention is Imagine, Grow Lead,
and we just announced our first keynote speaker. He's a
two time national champion, Heisman Trophy winner, and a first
round NFL pick. His name is Tim Tebow. We hope
that everyone marked their calendars and plan on joining us
January ninth through the fourteenth of twenty twenty six.
Speaker 15 (20:20):
He said, Tebow will bring an inspiring mel siege to
Farm Bureau members.
Speaker 24 (20:24):
But Tim Tebow has led an inspiring life from his
childhood to college and through his career in sports, and
his faith has guided him through some of the toughest times,
and he's used his talents to help others. All of
this resonates with rural America, and I'm sure that everyone
who will attend will be able to relate to this
gifted person.
Speaker 15 (20:43):
Registration opens up to Farm Bureau members at their state
offices on October the first, but.
Speaker 24 (20:48):
We want to remind everybody that you don't have to
be a Farm Bureau member to attend, and we invite
all to come out and be with us in Anaheim.
At our last convention, we had eighty speakers sharing their
knowledge and experience with our We'll have another packageend in
twenty twenty six, so keep your eye on the convention website.
For a full lineup of engaging workshops and cutting age
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trade show exhibitors.
Speaker 15 (21:11):
Again, that is American Foreign Bureau Federation President Zippi Devall.
For more information, log onto Annual Convention dot f B
dot Oregon. That's Annual Convention dot f B, dot Oregon.
Brazil's total corn production this season is still on track
to reach the second highest volume in the country's history,
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exceeding initial expectations. Joanna Clusi and agricultural economists from the
University of Illinois says this strong result is driven primarily
by the second corn crop, known as Sophrina, which benefited
from favorable rainfall over the last two months. Colusi goes
on to say that despite the larger harvest, Brazil is
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expected to export less corn this year due to the
fact of rising internal demand from its livestock sector and
the corn based ethanol industry.
Speaker 16 (22:01):
So we can say that for US exports who have
seen corn exports exceed expectations in the first five months
of this year, the Brazil is lower exports is likely
to continue three ear windows of opportunities during the year,
especially when the US corn remains with the price competitive
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like a nowadays.
Speaker 15 (22:25):
And clusely said that for US exporters who have seeing
corn exports exceed expectations in the first half of the year,
Brazil's slower export piece is likely to continue, creating windows
of opportunity here in the US, especially when US corn
does remain priced competitively on the world market. Canada and
the US are negotiating under a deadline. Dennis Sky has
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the details from Canada.
Speaker 25 (22:50):
Prime Minister Carney says the clock is ticking on a
thirty day schedule for the US to put a trade
deal framework in place with Canada, with that deadline at
four July twenty first, and Carney says his government has
a plan in place if that deadline is not met.
Late on Thursday, Mark Carney announced that Canada will adjust
counter tariffs on steel and aluminum products to levels consistent
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progress made with the United States.
Speaker 26 (23:16):
President Trump and I agreed to pursue negotiations towards a
deal within the coming thirty days. Canada will adjust its
existing counter tariffs on US steel and aluminum products on
the twenty first of July at the end of that
thirty day period to levels consistent with the progress that's
made at that point on the broader training arrangements with
the United States. We will review our response as the
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negotiations progress.
Speaker 25 (23:41):
In addition to adjusting counter tariffs, Canada will limit federal
procurement proplicies to favor Canadian suppliers and reliable trading partners
by the end of this month.
Speaker 27 (23:52):
On June thirtieth, we will implement reciprocal procurement rules ensuring
that only Canadian producers and producers from trading partners that
provide Canada with tariff free reciprocal access through trade agreements
can compete for federal government procurement of steel and aluminum.
Speaker 25 (24:11):
And as well, the Canadian government will implement new retroactive
tariff quota rates at one hundred percent of twenty twenty
four levels on imports of steel products from those countries
that do not currently have a free trade agreement in
place with Canada. Reporting from Canada, I'm Dennis Guy.
Speaker 28 (24:32):
It's time for California ad Today on the AG Information Network,
I am Hailey's ship farm policy decisions made in Washington,
DC have ripple effects across rural America, and right now
trade is a major storyline. According to market Intel from
the American Firm Bureau Federation. The US is headed for
its largest agricultural trade deficits in history. From January through
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April of this year, imports of AG products totaled seventy
eight point two billion dollars, while exports reached only fifty
eight point five billion. That's a nineteen point seven billion
dollar gap, the widest ever recorded in the first four
months of a year. The USDA now projects the full
year deficit that reach forty nine point five billion dollars. Now,
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the Farm Bureau notes that a strong US dollar, high
labor costs, and unresolved trade disputes have made it harder
for US products to compete abroad. At the same time,
global buyers are finding lower cost alternatives, including in South America.
Speaker 4 (25:34):
There are bright spots. The new US UK.
Speaker 28 (25:36):
Trade Agreement removes tariffs on American beef and ethanol, potentially
opening up valuable new markets. The Farm bureaus take away
They say reversing the trend will require strategic trade policy
focused on resolving barriers, boosting market access, and keeping US
agriculture competitive around the globe.
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Ship Bob quin Back Farm used Warning Friends. Latest USDA
Hog and Pig Report indicates bearish market conditions. Chad Smith
breaks down the numbers.
Speaker 7 (27:08):
The usdas Hogs and Pigs Report showed total inventory of
animals is up compared to the previous report. Barren Nelson,
an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the
latest report contained some big numbers, so.
Speaker 8 (27:23):
I think overall this was a bearish report. The total
inventory of hogs and pigs on June first came in
at seventy five point one million, and this is up
about one percent, or three hundred and ninety thousand head
from the last quarterly report. You know, this is pretty significant.
Exist is the highest inventory since June one of twenty twenty.
Speaker 7 (27:40):
On the other side of production, pigs retained for breeding
decrease this quarter, down to the lowest breeding herd level
in a decade. Nelson said several factors are influencing those numbers.
Speaker 8 (27:51):
We've got cash hogs running around one hundred and six
dollars per hundred ly. That's a really solid price for
this time of year. And one of the things that's
doing this is we're finding some demand. So even though
we've got some bearish news in this report that our
hog numbers are up, we've also got some really supportive
demand coming in. Seeing some increased demand in the port
sector as a substitute for these record high beef prices
(28:13):
is kind of interesting.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
Nelson says that fortunately, consumers may see some good news
when it comes to prices at the meat counter this summer.
Speaker 8 (28:20):
But if we take a look at like our fourth
of July Cookouts survey, we had pork shops down around
four percent, so we saw some relief at the retail
level from that. But as we kind of look moving forward,
if we have stronger demand, we could see things picked
back up a little bit and that could provide some
competition amongst our different meat protein sources.
Speaker 7 (28:37):
Learn more on the market intail page at fb dot
org Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
More and more farmers are looking for alternative income streams
and ways to bolster their farm's bottom line. One way
is through direct to consumer sales, whether through farmers' markets,
roadside stands, or online. Mike Davis talks with the farmer
and marketing specialist who offers some tips.
Speaker 30 (29:00):
Rick Harrison is CEO of farm Trader and suggest farmers,
as entrepreneurs, should pay special attention to how they market themselves.
He begins by offering three keys, the first being that
farmers need to set themselves apart and grab the buyer's
attention in an emotional way.
Speaker 31 (29:17):
It was funny, it made you mad, it made you happy.
All of those things make your marketing and other companies
marketing stick with their customers in a much longer way.
And so, how can you create a scenario where what
it is that you're creating stands out from the pack.
(29:38):
Be that you're posting pictures of your farm in a
unique way, You're telling a story behind what it is
that you're doing. Anything that you can do to grab
people's attention.
Speaker 30 (29:49):
Harrison says the next marketing step is to develop trust.
Speaker 31 (29:53):
The more that you see something, the more familiar you
are with it, and the more you expect it to
be there right. So if you go on a long
road trip, you expect there to be a McDonald's at
some point down the road that you're going to see
a logo from right. And so the idea is to
show up in as many different places and ways as
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you possibly can so that people become familiar with you.
People come familiar with your brand and begin to trust
it as a reputable source of whatever goods that they
are looking for.
Speaker 30 (30:27):
The third step is to provide your customers with easy
action steps.
Speaker 31 (30:32):
What ways can you differentiate yourself to make the buying
process as seamless as possible. The whole purpose of this
is to reduce the number of steps that it takes
for the person to be able to make that purchase.
The fewer steps that there are in that process, the
more likely they are to go.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Through with it.
Speaker 30 (30:52):
You can learn more at thefarmtrader dot com. I'm Mike Davis.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
Brazil is harvesting a large second corn crop and celebrating
a record yield of ninety five bushels and acre. While
that number might seem low to us corn farmers, there's
something to keep in mind about a typical Brazilian growing season.
Speaker 11 (31:12):
Well, you got to remember that the farmers in Brazil
live and diet by soybeans. This second crop of corn
is just icing on the cake. If you get your
soybea's harvested all the time and get the soften your
corn planted, you don't save the farm by the corn
crops by the soybean. So this is just a real
bonus to have that much yield, and that yield keeps
going up. But the seed companies call the potential that
(31:35):
they developed very short but shuring hybrids suitable for central
Brazil and now it's keeps going up. So yeah, ninety
five bush of corn is at mister Braggerbaut but is
coming after seventy bushel soybe So that's what makes the
big difference.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
Doctor Michael cordineer of Soybean and Corn Advisor, with US
this morning, farm use you're listening to WAG Life.
Speaker 18 (31:59):
Information Network. This is your agribusiness update. While President Trump
is again considering how to shield America's agricultural industry from
his immigration crackdown, USA Today says this comes just days
after the administration reinstated workplace raids at egg operations. Trump says,
we can't put farms out of business, and we're looking
to do something where good and reputable farmers can take
(32:21):
responsibility for the people they hire. At the same time,
we don't want to hurt people who are not criminals.
A USDA report says May egg production dropped year over year,
as did the number of total egg layers in the US.
Production fell to eight point five to nine billion eggs
last month, down six percent year over year, about seven
point three billion where table eggs and one point two
(32:42):
nine billion were hatching eggs. USDA also said The number
of egg layers on June first total three hundred and
fifty million, also a six percent drop from the same
date last year. For the second straight week, the nation's
average gas price has increased, rising nine point seven cents
from last week, now at three eighteen per gallon. The
national average is unchanged from a month ago and is
(33:03):
twenty three point three cents per gallon lower than a
year ago. Gas buddies Patrick Dahan says with Israel and
Iran trading attacks, oil prices have continued to climb. He
says average diesel prices have recorded their largest weekly jump
since August of twenty twenty three.
Speaker 32 (33:17):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on
a road. Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffic
share the same space, whether you're behind the wheel of
a tractor or a car. Here's what you need to remember.
Tractors move slower, be patient, don't pass on hills or curves. Farmers,
make sure your slow moving vehicles, signs and lights are visible,
and everyone's sailor, especially on rule roads, one moment a
(33:39):
caution can save a life. Let's work together to keep
our roads and our farm safe. This message was brought
to you by the AGG Information Network.
Speaker 10 (33:47):
For over forty years, the AGG Information Network has been
providing news and information for the most important industry in
the world, agriculture. The Egg Information Network gives you worldwide
updates from local producers to regional organizations, from major crops
like wheat and corn, to animal agriculture to specially crops
like apples, almonds, and cherries. We report on stories that
(34:07):
mean the most to you online at aginfo dot net.
The Egg Information Network trusted and transparent journalism lasting for
the next generation.
Speaker 18 (34:15):
From the Egg Information Network, I'm Bob Larson with today's
agribusiness update.
Speaker 1 (34:21):
Bob Quinn here to wrap up AG life for today,
friends well. The ag Secretary recently discussed the five prongs
within USDA strategy to address the threat of New World
screwworm entering our country and affecting our nation's cattle and livestock.
Rod Main has our report.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
With the threat of New World screwworb entry guard Nation
bringing detrimental impacts to cattle and other livestock, The Agriculture
Department recently announced a five pronged plan designed to prevent,
control and eradicate this evasive pest. Agriculture Secretary Brook Rawlins
broke down the plan in a recent visit in Texas,
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starting with we are stopping.
Speaker 33 (34:59):
The pest from in Mexico and ensuring that our Mexican
counterparts are full partners in eradication.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
The partnership includes renovation of an existing Mexican sterile fruit
fly production facility, USDA in person audits and monitoring of
NWS eradication progress in Mexico, and working closely with.
Speaker 33 (35:19):
Mexico to improve surveillance and providing traps, lures, and technical expertise.
Speaker 2 (35:24):
Protecting our border from New World screw warm at all
costs needs, strategic traffic of NWS flies and larva along
the US Mexico border and creating a barrier zone of
vigilance through outreach and awareness on both sides of the border.
Speaker 33 (35:39):
Additionally, we already have personnel in the field intercepting the
illegally introduced livestock on the border with Mexico in coordination
with Customs and Border Protection and our own USDAC countle
fever tick eradication program.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
Partnering with state and local animal health officials and developing
emergency management plans is part of maximizing readiness in the
event of an NWS outbreak, along.
Speaker 33 (36:03):
With preparing to stop file therapeutics to support the needs
of our ranchers as they arise.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
A more aggressive approach towards New World screwworm eradication includes
a sterile fly dispersal site in South Texas coming online
later this year to join facilities in Mexico and Patama,
while long range plans include a second domestic dispersal center.
We're exploring all.
Speaker 33 (36:28):
Options to eradicate the screworm, including potential expenditures in new
technologies new science.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
Part of innovation development to eradicate NWS includes partnerships with
landgrant universities along border states to increase trading, surveillance, and
outreach associated with combating New World screwworm. I'm Rod Baine,
reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
With that, friends, out of time for today, thanks for
joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition of Aglife
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,
we start off with a look at food safety and
outdoor grilling. Rod Main starts us off.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
A Fourth of July cookout. Always a celibratory idea, whether
the event is a backyard barbecue or as part of
a picnic and a parker campground. Plenty of food and
plenty of food safety considerations. USDA Food safety expert Meredith
Carruthers says a big one to consider is the temperature. Sure,
(00:40):
there's the proper eternal cooking temperature for meats.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
It's measured by a food thermometer. The food thermometer is
gonna be your best friend of the grill because it's
unsafe to eat food that has not been fully cooked
to a full safe internal temperature, because it's possible that
bacteria could still be there and if you eat them,
it could get you sick.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
But also during a time where many parts to the country,
perhaps yours, is experiencing hot temperatures, say ninety degrees or above,
it's a.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Warmer environment and food porn illness.
Speaker 5 (01:08):
Bacteria like to thrive in warm environments, so if you
have raw meat and poultry or other food products that
are perishable out in warm temperatures, any bacteria that is
present in those foods is likely to multiply faster and
faster and faster, and potentially to dangerous levels as the
weather gets warmer or as it's in that warm environment.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
So the two hour rule of leaving perishable foods out
safely for that time frame before food board bacteria grows
is reduced down to one hour in extremely hot conditions.
Regarding keeping foods chilled for food safety, also keep in
mind time. So while a backyard cook gap may require
a food trip from just the refrigerator to the grill
when it's time to cook, grilling in it away from
(01:50):
home locale like a park or campground means storing, transporting,
and keeping meats and perishable foods in a proper cooler
with plenty of cold sources.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
If you're going for a day, a great option is
a big cooler with cold sources you at the tool.
You can take a smaller lunchbox with some frozen packs
so you can freeze water bottles or juice boxes or
things like that. If you're doing something like going on
a camping trip for a weekend or a week same principle,
but the thing to keep in mind is will back
cold source last the entire time.
Speaker 6 (02:18):
You have to have a plan for replacing melted ice
or cold sources that are no longer cold, planning to
have all your perishable foods eaten before the timeframe that
those might not be cold anymore if you don't have
an option to replace them.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
And while some might partially cook meats at home before
grilling them in a destination a way, cor other says
for food safety purposes, always cook them thoroughly the first time.
More food safety tips, such as proper eternal cooking temperatures
for your Fourth of July cookout or anytime grilling, are
available through USDA's meatamp Poultry Hotline one eight eight eight
(02:53):
MP Hotline. Advice is also available via email at MP
Hotline USDA dot gov. I'm Rodbain, reporting for the US
Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Well Friends, coming up a look at the latest hog
and Pig report and what those numbers might mean for
the market ahead. This is agwife Bob quent Back of
Farm used this warning. Friends. Latest USDA Hog and Pig
report indicates bearish market conditions. Chad Smith breaks down the numbers.
Speaker 7 (03:27):
The usdas Hogs and Pigs report showed total inventory of
animals is up compared to the previous report. Barret Nelson,
an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the
latest report contained some big numbers, so.
Speaker 8 (03:42):
I think overall this was a bearish report. The total
inventory of hogs and pigs on June first came in
at seventy five point one million, and this is up
about one percent, or three hundred and ninety thousand head
from the last quarterly report. You know, this is pretty significant.
Ex This is the highest inventory since June one of
twenty twenty.
Speaker 7 (03:59):
On the other side of production, pigs retained for breeding
decrease this quarter, down to the lowest breeding herd level
in a decade. Nelson said several factors are influencing those numbers.
Speaker 8 (04:10):
We've got cash hogs running around one hundred and six
dollars per one hundred weight. That's a really solid price
for this.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Time of year.
Speaker 8 (04:16):
One of the things that's doing this is we're finding
some demand, so even though we've got some bearish news
in this report that our hog numbers are up, we've
also got some really supportive demand coming in. Seeing some
increased demand in the port sector as a substitute for
these record high beef prices is kind of interesting.
Speaker 7 (04:33):
Nelson says that fortunately, consumers may see some good news
when it comes to prices at the meat counter this summer.
Speaker 8 (04:39):
But if we take a look at like our fourth
of July cookout survey, we had pork shops down around
four percent, so we saw some relief at the retail
level from that. But as we kind of look moving forward,
if we have stronger demand, we could see things picked
back up a little bit, and that could provide some
competition amongst our different meat protein sources.
Speaker 7 (04:56):
Learn more on the market Intail page at fb dot org.
Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Well Friends. The US wheat harvest is ongoing across rural America.
Ralph Lowe's director of communications for US Wheat Associates, talks
about the harvest reports they're getting from growers.
Speaker 9 (05:13):
For the most part, we're hearing really good things, as
you mentioned, as usual, and this is part of farming.
It's either too wet or too dry right. The wheat
crop itself appears in general to be in really good condition.
The challenge this year has been getting in the field
in a lot of areas Oklahoma, Kansas, now up into Colorado.
(05:35):
We're getting some reports of some wet fields that are
starting to dry out, so as typical farmers, as soon
as things get dry enough, they're hitting it hard. So
overall we're hearing good reports about the crop itself.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Farmers are getting better harvest results than last year.
Speaker 9 (05:50):
The fields have been improved from last year, and it
comes at an important time that we're in the middle
of harvest because US Wet Associates is hosting a hand
full of international trade teams, so basically our customers from
around the world are coming here to actually see the
crop in the field and go through that process. We've
got three teams in the next two weeks that are
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going to be landing and going out across all of
our states Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Improved yields are happening at the right time, so we've got.
Speaker 9 (06:22):
A team from Ecuador, a team from Japan, a team
from Korea, and then later in.
Speaker 10 (06:27):
July, a team from the Philippines.
Speaker 9 (06:28):
Which is a huge customer just to see that crop,
so a very important time. And that follows the trade
team from Mexico that was in Kansas just a couple
of weeks ago that did the weak quality tour in
that state.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Ralph Lowe's US Weed associates with US. Brazil is harvesting
a large second corn crop and celebrating a record yield
of ninety five bushels and acre. While that number might
seem low to US corn farmers, there's something to keep
in mind about a typical Brazilian growing season.
Speaker 11 (06:58):
Well, you got to remember that the farmers in Brazil
live and diet by soybean. This second crop of corn
is just icing on the cake. If you get use
soybe's harvested all the time and get the softing a
corn planted, you don't save the farm by the corn
crops by the soybeet. So this is just a real
bonus to have that much yield, and that yield keeps
going up. But the seed companies call the potential that
(07:21):
they developed very short maturing hybrids suitable for central Brazil,
and now it's keeps going up. So yeah, ninety five
bush of corn is at mister Bragerbaut, but is coming
after seventy bushel soybet so that's what makes a big difference.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Doctor Michael cordineer of Soybean and Corn Advisor with us
this morning, farm Us. You're listening to WAG Life.
Speaker 12 (07:43):
It's another at news update. What are we seeing with
current land values? More after this.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 13 (07:59):
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, where 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 book.
Speaker 4 (08:18):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 12 (08:21):
University of Nebraska, Lincoln Egg economists Brad Lubin farm.
Speaker 14 (08:25):
Land values have effectively doubled in the last twenty years,
in real terms, it has been a prime investment opportunity,
and some of the NONAG sectors recognizing that that's a
great opportunity relative or it has been a great opportunity
relative to other markets.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
But if you also look.
Speaker 14 (08:41):
At the pishure ahead, you see concerns about profitability, you
see concerns about cash flow, you see concerns about future
market prospects, and you're wondering, how can we continue to drive.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
These land values.
Speaker 14 (08:51):
Where we're at, land values have gone up and they've
continued to climb, perhaps as a result of the last
few years of very strong profitability, maybe accumulated capital, and
we still have other farmers being the prodominant byra farmland.
We talk about outside investors, we talk about equity money
getting into agriculture, and yet it's farmers bidding against farmers
that are driving these farmland values higher. So it's still
(09:13):
driven by fundamentals in the AG market today, and there
is question and expectation that it may level off here
with current economic concerns and agriculture, but it's still a
relatively strong it's got a strong base, and it looks
like it's a relatively strong market for the time being,
so I'm still given the thumbs up, even if I'm
less certain about the future direction.
Speaker 12 (09:34):
Here so another agnews update. Hey there, what's up?
Speaker 8 (09:38):
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Speaker 12 (10:06):
American Cattle News. How did markets finish off the week
last week? We'll find out after.
Speaker 4 (10:14):
This At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gergie from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 13 (10:22):
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 4 (10:41):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 12 (10:45):
Oliver's slope is with blue line futures. Looks at last
week's cattle trade features.
Speaker 19 (10:52):
We're flirting with lower prices for most of the week,
but made up ground on Friday at the close. August
live cattle contract four dollars and ten cents higher, settling
at two thirteen thirty. That put the contract three dollars
and forty seven cents hire for the week. August feeder
cattle features gained four dollars and sixty cents, settling at
three zero seven ninety, which put the contract five dollars
(11:13):
in forty five cents higher for the week. You over
on this outside it was a mixed close following what
many analysts pained as a bearish quarterly hogs and Pigs
report on Thursday afternoon. The most actively traded August contract
settled two cents hired one ten twenty seven, which was
well off of those opening lows The following two contract
months puts its small losses. This morning's wholesale box fief
(11:36):
report was a dollar fourteen hired to three ninety six
nineteen slack cuts two dollars and fifty two cents hied
to three eighty two to twenty six. The cast trade
up to this point this week has been relatively light.
Slaughter on Thursday afternoon that was reported at one hundred
and five thousand head. That was twelve thousand head less
than the same day last week, but the week to
date total number for slaughter still within line of last week.
(12:00):
At the closed December corn futures were six cents higher
to four to twenty seven for the week, though that
was still fourteen and a quarter cents lower, or about
three and a quarter percent. This week's USCA export sales
report for beef that showed met sales at fourteen one
hundred metric tons That was up twenty percent from the
previous week and eleven percent from the prior four week average.
(12:21):
Japan was the primary buyer there, accounting for nearly half
of that total, followed by South Korea and Taiwan.
Speaker 12 (12:27):
American Cattle News, This is Dairy Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 20 (12:35):
Feeling better without feeling overwhelmed. Our focus today with Morgan
Ekavit Jonder and head trainer of get Fit with me LLC.
From a recent PDP Dairy signal, Morgan shares five things
to focus on in our daily lives.
Speaker 21 (12:50):
We work in fitness, mindset, nutrition, and the overall accountability
of all of it. So I work with a bunch
of different people. Ninety percent of them are busy in
some sort of way. So I hope people take those
big goals, break them up into smaller things that are attainable,
and make small changes that don't feel overwhelming and make
us feel more busy than what we actually already are.
(13:10):
Your sleep, your stress, your hydration, your nutrition, and intentional movement.
Instead of focusing on all five of those areas each morning,
decide what your intention is going to be and what
that focus is. So maybe you wake up and you're like,
I am really feeling tight and thick. Your intention today
should be to take time little minute or two breaks
throughout your day to stretch to make sure that you're
(13:32):
keeping your body loose, because although you're moving and you're
staying loose in limber that way, taking a minute to
stretch your low back, taking a minute to stretch your
upper back, taking a minute to stretch your neck throughout
the day and little bursts is a way to feel
better but also not make it feel overwhelming because it's
just one thing you're focusing on, So when it does
get busier, it's okay to pull back and not feel
like you're doing great in all of those areas. You
(13:54):
can pick just one area of focus each day. So
the two that you should focus on are your stress
and sleep, but those are ones where it takes a
lot more mental capacity to be able to do that.
So a lot of times we say, nope, I'm not
going to do that. I work with a lot of
clients and they don't want to work on nutrition right
away because nobody wants to be told how to eat.
I'm not going to tell you how to eat. But
(14:15):
that's a sticking point for people. So if you were
looking at something and you're like, sleep is something I
want to get better at sleep, but I just don't
have extra time to go to better earlier, Like I'm
really rigid, I recommend water because water is something that
doesn't take any extra time out of your day, and
making sure that you are staying hydrated is super important.
And then the next two are kind of tied. If
(14:37):
you are somebody who is generally active, like, like I said,
you were getting those twenty five thousand stuffs by like
now you are actively moving, but you sense that your
muscles are tight and you're achy, you need to stretch.
So water, hydration and stretching, like those two should be
your two main focuses. If you're like, my body actually
feels pretty good. I'm not achy. I don't have those
joint pains any of that. Then hydration and looking at
(14:59):
your nutrition because your energy levels you probably notice like
a two pm crash or maybe a mid morning crash,
So looking at your nutrition and making sure you're getting
balanced meals throughout the day to keep those energy levels up.
So it kind of depends on where do you feel
your bodies apt and nothing's cookie cutter. We all have
different things that our bodies feel. So water across the board, though,
(15:21):
and then from there, listen to your body. Pick whatever
that next one is that doesn't take any more time
out of your day, because you don't have any more
time right now. That's part of the reason we're talking
about this first thing. Remember you're not alone. The second
thing is take a few minutes and kind of tune
into your body, try to figure out what doesn't feel right?
Does something not feel right, because for instance, that achiness,
(15:44):
that would then lead you more towards stretching. If you
notice that brain fog, that would then lead you more
towards nutrition and sleep. So check in with yourself. And
then number three was each time when you check in
with yourself. And this may just be a good morning
routine thing you do. You wake up, check in with yourself.
How are you feeling today? Physically, mentally, emotionally, what is happening? Okay,
(16:04):
physically I'm not feeling great. Okay, today my intention is stretching.
Tomorrow you wake up and you may say I'm feeling
pretty good. Okay. Maybe we just focus on water because
it's something that we know is going to benefit us,
but overall we feel good. So thinking through checking yourself
getting an idea water, it's going to be one of
the easiest things you can do because it doesn't require
(16:25):
any extra time. After that, for all of you, whether
you have more of a stationary job, sedentary job, or
you're somebody who's moving a ton, I would then move
towards that intentional movement or that stretching portion. You'll end
up sleeping better. Your stress will be lower, and it
naturally tends to fall into our nutrition. When we start
to treat our body a little bit better in those
(16:46):
two ways, we tend to eat a little bit better,
just because there's that trickle down effect.
Speaker 20 (16:51):
And those are comments from Morgan Ekovich, owner and head
trainer of Get Fit with Me LLC from a recent
PDP Dairy Signal from the Professional Dairy Producers that you
can hear in its entirety for free simply by going
to pdpw dot org. Our thanks to the Professional Dairy
Producers for today's sponsorship of Producer Tuesday. I'm Bill Baker
(17:11):
Dairy Radio, and now.
Speaker 22 (17:16):
You know that early bird self fruitful variety from Sarah
Gold is really hitting all the points with processors and
the general trade out there. I'm Patrick Cabana with the
California Tree Nut Report, part of the vastag Information Network.
We're speaking with Chuck Fleck, director of horticulture research at
Sierra Gold Nurseries.
Speaker 16 (17:37):
Ah.
Speaker 23 (17:37):
Yeah, we originally projected for a modest number of trees
in this first year of production, and the demand has
been like for twice as many as we were originally projecting.
Speaker 22 (17:47):
And Fleck said that the processors and the nut buyers
are impressed.
Speaker 23 (17:52):
That's what's driving the tree demand. It's people that are
closely linked with their processor and going, this is what
the processor really wants, and I want to be able
to deliver truckloads of this. So yeah, it's been really
well received by the handlers too, and.
Speaker 22 (18:05):
I've tasted that nut. It has a very good size
and flavors.
Speaker 23 (18:09):
And it's consistent that way. It's always a big kernel.
It's always light colored kernels, big beautiful inshell with very
very very low doubles. We can't say zero doubles because
you'll see four to five and one thousand kernels, so
it's way less than one percent.
Speaker 22 (18:23):
And when Fleck's commenting on doubles, he's referring to two nuts.
They're usually on the smaller side within that shell, and
that's not good. Another good aspects of early birds. And
it shakes very clean. It doesn't leave any nuts in
the trees which have to be taken down for sanitation.
Speaker 10 (18:39):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer
you have to go digital hmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest,
LinkedIn and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm. But
which one. Oh, and how receptive is this age group
to your sales pitch during non work social time. Maybe
(18:59):
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 station for the AG Information Network of
the West News. If you'd like to deliver information about
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your terrific product or service, give us a call and
we'll connect you directly with our community of loyal farmer listeners.
Reach real farmers right here, right now, as they listen
to what is important to their farm operation. They trust us,
They'll trust you with the AG Information Network. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
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The twenty twenty six American Firm Bureau Federation Convention will
be held January nineth to the fourteenth in Anaheim, California.
American Firm Bureau Federation President Zippoit of All says attendees
can expect to hear from a big name.
Speaker 24 (20:00):
This year's theme for our convention is Imagine, Grow Lead,
and we just announced our first keynote speaker. He's a
two time national champion, Heisman Trophy winner, and a first
round NFL pick. His name is Tim Tebow. We hope
that everyone marked their calendars and plan on joining us
January ninth through the fourteenth of twenty twenty six.
Speaker 15 (20:20):
He said, Tebow will bring an inspiring mel siege to
Farm Bureau members.
Speaker 24 (20:24):
But Tim Tebow has led an inspiring life from his
childhood to college and through his career in sports, and
his faith has guided him through some of the toughest times,
and he's used his talents to help others. All of
this resonates with rural America, and I'm sure that everyone
who will attend will be able to relate to this
gifted person.
Speaker 15 (20:43):
Registration opens up to Farm Bureau members at their state
offices on October the first, but.
Speaker 24 (20:48):
We want to remind everybody that you don't have to
be a Farm Bureau member to attend, and we invite
all to come out and be with us in Anaheim.
At our last convention, we had eighty speakers sharing their
knowledge and experience with our We'll have another packageend in
twenty twenty six, so keep your eye on the convention website.
For a full lineup of engaging workshops and cutting age
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trade show exhibitors.
Speaker 15 (21:11):
Again, that is American Foreign Bureau Federation President Zippi Devall.
For more information, log onto Annual Convention dot f B
dot Oregon. That's Annual Convention dot f B, dot Oregon.
Brazil's total corn production this season is still on track
to reach the second highest volume in the country's history,
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exceeding initial expectations. Joanna Clusi and agricultural economists from the
University of Illinois says this strong result is driven primarily
by the second corn crop, known as Sophrina, which benefited
from favorable rainfall over the last two months. Colusi goes
on to say that despite the larger harvest, Brazil is
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expected to export less corn this year due to the
fact of rising internal demand from its livestock sector and
the corn based ethanol industry.
Speaker 16 (22:01):
So we can say that for US exports who have
seen corn exports exceed expectations in the first five months
of this year, the Brazil is lower exports is likely
to continue three ear windows of opportunities during the year,
especially when the US corn remains with the price competitive
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like a nowadays.
Speaker 15 (22:25):
And clusely said that for US exporters who have seeing
corn exports exceed expectations in the first half of the year,
Brazil's slower export piece is likely to continue, creating windows
of opportunity here in the US, especially when US corn
does remain priced competitively on the world market. Canada and
the US are negotiating under a deadline. Dennis Sky has
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the details from Canada.
Speaker 25 (22:50):
Prime Minister Carney says the clock is ticking on a
thirty day schedule for the US to put a trade
deal framework in place with Canada, with that deadline at
four July twenty first, and Carney says his government has
a plan in place if that deadline is not met.
Late on Thursday, Mark Carney announced that Canada will adjust
counter tariffs on steel and aluminum products to levels consistent
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progress made with the United States.
Speaker 26 (23:16):
President Trump and I agreed to pursue negotiations towards a
deal within the coming thirty days. Canada will adjust its
existing counter tariffs on US steel and aluminum products on
the twenty first of July at the end of that
thirty day period to levels consistent with the progress that's
made at that point on the broader training arrangements with
the United States. We will review our response as the
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negotiations progress.
Speaker 25 (23:41):
In addition to adjusting counter tariffs, Canada will limit federal
procurement proplicies to favor Canadian suppliers and reliable trading partners
by the end of this month.
Speaker 27 (23:52):
On June thirtieth, we will implement reciprocal procurement rules ensuring
that only Canadian producers and producers from trading partners that
provide Canada with tariff free reciprocal access through trade agreements
can compete for federal government procurement of steel and aluminum.
Speaker 25 (24:11):
And as well, the Canadian government will implement new retroactive
tariff quota rates at one hundred percent of twenty twenty
four levels on imports of steel products from those countries
that do not currently have a free trade agreement in
place with Canada. Reporting from Canada, I'm Dennis Guy.
Speaker 28 (24:32):
It's time for California ad Today on the AG Information Network,
I am Hailey's ship farm policy decisions made in Washington,
DC have ripple effects across rural America, and right now
trade is a major storyline. According to market Intel from
the American Firm Bureau Federation. The US is headed for
its largest agricultural trade deficits in history. From January through
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April of this year, imports of AG products totaled seventy
eight point two billion dollars, while exports reached only fifty
eight point five billion. That's a nineteen point seven billion
dollar gap, the widest ever recorded in the first four
months of a year. The USDA now projects the full
year deficit that reach forty nine point five billion dollars. Now,
(25:19):
the Farm Bureau notes that a strong US dollar, high
labor costs, and unresolved trade disputes have made it harder
for US products to compete abroad. At the same time,
global buyers are finding lower cost alternatives, including in South America.
Speaker 4 (25:34):
There are bright spots. The new US UK.
Speaker 28 (25:36):
Trade Agreement removes tariffs on American beef and ethanol, potentially
opening up valuable new markets. The Farm bureaus take away
They say reversing the trend will require strategic trade policy
focused on resolving barriers, boosting market access, and keeping US
agriculture competitive around the globe.
Speaker 29 (25:53):
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Speaker 1 (26:54):
Ship Bob quin Back Farm used Warning Friends. Latest USDA
Hog and Pig Report indicates bearish market conditions. Chad Smith
breaks down the numbers.
Speaker 7 (27:08):
The usdas Hogs and Pigs Report showed total inventory of
animals is up compared to the previous report. Barren Nelson,
an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the
latest report contained some big numbers, so.
Speaker 8 (27:23):
I think overall this was a bearish report. The total
inventory of hogs and pigs on June first came in
at seventy five point one million, and this is up
about one percent, or three hundred and ninety thousand head
from the last quarterly report. You know, this is pretty significant.
Exist is the highest inventory since June one of twenty twenty.
Speaker 7 (27:40):
On the other side of production, pigs retained for breeding
decrease this quarter, down to the lowest breeding herd level
in a decade. Nelson said several factors are influencing those numbers.
Speaker 8 (27:51):
We've got cash hogs running around one hundred and six
dollars per hundred ly. That's a really solid price for
this time of year. And one of the things that's
doing this is we're finding some demand. So even though
we've got some bearish news in this report that our
hog numbers are up, we've also got some really supportive
demand coming in. Seeing some increased demand in the port
sector as a substitute for these record high beef prices
(28:13):
is kind of interesting.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
Nelson says that fortunately, consumers may see some good news
when it comes to prices at the meat counter this summer.
Speaker 8 (28:20):
But if we take a look at like our fourth
of July Cookouts survey, we had pork shops down around
four percent, so we saw some relief at the retail
level from that. But as we kind of look moving forward,
if we have stronger demand, we could see things picked
back up a little bit and that could provide some
competition amongst our different meat protein sources.
Speaker 7 (28:37):
Learn more on the market intail page at fb dot
org Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
More and more farmers are looking for alternative income streams
and ways to bolster their farm's bottom line. One way
is through direct to consumer sales, whether through farmers' markets,
roadside stands, or online. Mike Davis talks with the farmer
and marketing specialist who offers some tips.
Speaker 30 (29:00):
Rick Harrison is CEO of farm Trader and suggest farmers,
as entrepreneurs, should pay special attention to how they market themselves.
He begins by offering three keys, the first being that
farmers need to set themselves apart and grab the buyer's
attention in an emotional way.
Speaker 31 (29:17):
It was funny, it made you mad, it made you happy.
All of those things make your marketing and other companies
marketing stick with their customers in a much longer way.
And so, how can you create a scenario where what
it is that you're creating stands out from the pack.
(29:38):
Be that you're posting pictures of your farm in a
unique way, You're telling a story behind what it is
that you're doing. Anything that you can do to grab
people's attention.
Speaker 30 (29:49):
Harrison says the next marketing step is to develop trust.
Speaker 31 (29:53):
The more that you see something, the more familiar you
are with it, and the more you expect it to
be there right. So if you go on a long
road trip, you expect there to be a McDonald's at
some point down the road that you're going to see
a logo from right. And so the idea is to
show up in as many different places and ways as
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you possibly can so that people become familiar with you.
People come familiar with your brand and begin to trust
it as a reputable source of whatever goods that they
are looking for.
Speaker 30 (30:27):
The third step is to provide your customers with easy
action steps.
Speaker 31 (30:32):
What ways can you differentiate yourself to make the buying
process as seamless as possible. The whole purpose of this
is to reduce the number of steps that it takes
for the person to be able to make that purchase.
The fewer steps that there are in that process, the
more likely they are to go.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Through with it.
Speaker 30 (30:52):
You can learn more at thefarmtrader dot com. I'm Mike Davis.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
Brazil is harvesting a large second corn crop and celebrating
a record yield of ninety five bushels and acre. While
that number might seem low to us corn farmers, there's
something to keep in mind about a typical Brazilian growing season.
Speaker 11 (31:12):
Well, you got to remember that the farmers in Brazil
live and diet by soybeans. This second crop of corn
is just icing on the cake. If you get your
soybea's harvested all the time and get the soften your
corn planted, you don't save the farm by the corn
crops by the soybean. So this is just a real
bonus to have that much yield, and that yield keeps
going up. But the seed companies call the potential that
(31:35):
they developed very short but shuring hybrids suitable for central
Brazil and now it's keeps going up. So yeah, ninety
five bush of corn is at mister Braggerbaut but is
coming after seventy bushel soybe So that's what makes the
big difference.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
Doctor Michael cordineer of Soybean and Corn Advisor, with US
this morning, farm use you're listening to WAG Life.
Speaker 18 (31:59):
Information Network. This is your agribusiness update. While President Trump
is again considering how to shield America's agricultural industry from
his immigration crackdown, USA Today says this comes just days
after the administration reinstated workplace raids at egg operations. Trump says,
we can't put farms out of business, and we're looking
to do something where good and reputable farmers can take
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responsibility for the people they hire. At the same time,
we don't want to hurt people who are not criminals.
A USDA report says May egg production dropped year over year,
as did the number of total egg layers in the US.
Production fell to eight point five to nine billion eggs
last month, down six percent year over year, about seven
point three billion where table eggs and one point two
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nine billion were hatching eggs. USDA also said The number
of egg layers on June first total three hundred and
fifty million, also a six percent drop from the same
date last year. For the second straight week, the nation's
average gas price has increased, rising nine point seven cents
from last week, now at three eighteen per gallon. The
national average is unchanged from a month ago and is
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twenty three point three cents per gallon lower than a
year ago. Gas buddies Patrick Dahan says with Israel and
Iran trading attacks, oil prices have continued to climb. He
says average diesel prices have recorded their largest weekly jump
since August of twenty twenty three.
Speaker 32 (33:17):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on
a road. Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffic
share the same space, whether you're behind the wheel of
a tractor or a car. Here's what you need to remember.
Tractors move slower, be patient, don't pass on hills or curves. Farmers,
make sure your slow moving vehicles, signs and lights are visible,
and everyone's sailor, especially on rule roads, one moment a
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caution can save a life. Let's work together to keep
our roads and our farm safe. This message was brought
to you by the AGG Information Network.
Speaker 10 (33:47):
For over forty years, the AGG Information Network has been
providing news and information for the most important industry in
the world, agriculture. The Egg Information Network gives you worldwide
updates from local producers to regional organizations, from major crops
like wheat and corn, to animal agriculture to specially crops
like apples, almonds, and cherries. We report on stories that
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mean the most to you online at aginfo dot net.
The Egg Information Network trusted and transparent journalism lasting for
the next generation.
Speaker 18 (34:15):
From the Egg Information Network, I'm Bob Larson with today's
agribusiness update.
Speaker 1 (34:21):
Bob Quinn here to wrap up AG life for today,
friends well. The ag Secretary recently discussed the five prongs
within USDA strategy to address the threat of New World
screwworm entering our country and affecting our nation's cattle and livestock.
Rod Main has our report.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
With the threat of New World screwworb entry guard Nation
bringing detrimental impacts to cattle and other livestock, The Agriculture
Department recently announced a five pronged plan designed to prevent,
control and eradicate this evasive pest. Agriculture Secretary Brook Rawlins
broke down the plan in a recent visit in Texas,
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starting with we are stopping.
Speaker 33 (34:59):
The pest from in Mexico and ensuring that our Mexican
counterparts are full partners in eradication.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
The partnership includes renovation of an existing Mexican sterile fruit
fly production facility, USDA in person audits and monitoring of
NWS eradication progress in Mexico, and working closely with.
Speaker 33 (35:19):
Mexico to improve surveillance and providing traps, lures, and technical expertise.
Speaker 2 (35:24):
Protecting our border from New World screw warm at all
costs needs, strategic traffic of NWS flies and larva along
the US Mexico border and creating a barrier zone of
vigilance through outreach and awareness on both sides of the border.
Speaker 33 (35:39):
Additionally, we already have personnel in the field intercepting the
illegally introduced livestock on the border with Mexico in coordination
with Customs and Border Protection and our own USDAC countle
fever tick eradication program.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
Partnering with state and local animal health officials and developing
emergency management plans is part of maximizing readiness in the
event of an NWS outbreak, along.
Speaker 33 (36:03):
With preparing to stop file therapeutics to support the needs
of our ranchers as they arise.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
A more aggressive approach towards New World screwworm eradication includes
a sterile fly dispersal site in South Texas coming online
later this year to join facilities in Mexico and Patama,
while long range plans include a second domestic dispersal center.
We're exploring all.
Speaker 33 (36:28):
Options to eradicate the screworm, including potential expenditures in new
technologies new science.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
Part of innovation development to eradicate NWS includes partnerships with
landgrant universities along border states to increase trading, surveillance, and
outreach associated with combating New World screwworm. I'm Rod Baine,
reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
With that, friends, out of time for today, thanks for
joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition of Aglife
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