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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, in all across the country. Well, friends,
across the country. It's been hot, but not quite as
dry as usual. Rod bain starts us off.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Got much to talk about In the latest US Drought Monitor.
Usdab or relogist Brad Rippy first explains the numbers. For
the period ending July first, almost.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
One third of the country thirty two point four percent,
was experiencing drought. That is up two point eight percentage
points from four weeks ago.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Now, he adds this caveat.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
If you look at all of the regions of the
United States, there was only one of them where we
saw an increase in drought coverage, and that was across
the eleven state Western region.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
With sharp month over budth increases in the West.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
We started the month of June at about fifty one
percent drought coverage and that jumped to sixty four point
five percent by July first, so more than a thirteen
percentage point increase in the Western United States.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Much of that originating in the Pacific Northwest.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
For example, in Oregon. As recently as May twentieth, there
was no drought in the state of Oregon. By July first,
that has jumped to forty two percent. And then we
have seen almost a quadrupling of drought coverage in Washington
and Idaho over the last couple of months. So, for example,
in Washington State on that May twentieth date, eighteen percent
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drought coverage, and that has jumped to sixty seven percent
by July first.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
The Western drought expansion is also reflected in states reporting
significant extreme to exceptional coverage D three and D four
for the period and in July first, we have a.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Fairly short list of states where we have our higher
ends drought. Now most of those are in the Western
United States. So of our eleven Western states, there are
seven of them where we have some degree of extreme
or exceptional drought. Continuing to lead the pack is Arizona
a forty seven percent extreme to exceptional drought coverage on
July first, closely followed by New Mexico at thirty three percent,
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also in double digits, but just barely Nevad at ten
percent D three to D four coverage.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Regard to other regions which reported decreased drought coverage month
over month. Rippy provides the example of the Midwest recording
a havoc of drought coverage during June, from.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Ten point seven percent of the Midwest on June third
all the way down to five point six percent by
July first. It's more than five percentage points of reduction.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Broadbane Reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
We'll have some farm news coming up. You're listening to
wag Life. Bob Quent back with some farm news this morning. Friends. Well,
there's no doubt that tariff back and forth is causing
challenges for agriculture and the overall US economy. Now, the
rationale of the administration is that US trade has worked
at a big deficit for years. Ted McKinney's CEO of
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the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, says, the
imbalance has to be rectified.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
We have to start. Notwithstanding the frustrations with tariffs and
the frustrations across the board, I can tell you unequivocally
trade has not been fair to the US. Now, we
don't want to go cry about it, but at some
point somebody has to put their foot down. The President
did in his first term, but he's doing it again
now to say enough and by the way, we're not
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seeking unfair trade overly beneficial to us. We just weren't
fair trade. So that's starting with a country putting a
piece of paper on the desk of the US Trade
ref Jamison Greer, a terrific, upstanding, highly ethical guy, knows
AG pretty well, and he has been insistent that it
include agg which oftentimes you know countries try to avoid,
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and it must include non tariff trade barriers, including AG.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
McKinney was the USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agriculture
fair during the first Trump administration. McKinney says the bumpy
ride between now and more balanced trade will be a challenge.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Clearly, negotiations cannot be a highly public thing. So if
they come forward, as we hope they are, and they will,
then I think we're going to be better off. Recognizing
that we're having this bumpy period, there's no doubt, and
the President told us that we hope to get past this.
I'm hearing that negotiations are occurring with China. We want
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some element of that market. I think we can get there,
but it's all under wraps, and so hang on and
then we can talk again.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
NASDA CEO Ted McKinney with us well friends. One congressman
in the House of Representatives expects the agricultural labor shortage
to be addressed soon, Glenn Wagen reports.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
Central Washington's Dan Newhouse, a member of the House agg Committee,
says he's been working with the committee chair, Gt. Thompson
on what can be done to make sure farms across
the country have the we needed labor to safely produce food, fuel,
and fiber.
Speaker 6 (05:03):
We've been working on legislation, as you know we've talked
about before, to update and improve the laws and regulations
around the guest labor programs that we have, the visa
programs for agricultural labor.
Speaker 7 (05:19):
I think that's where this leads.
Speaker 6 (05:20):
It gives us a tremendous opportunity to finally get some
of this legislation across the finish line.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
New House at law Enforcement must continue to do its
job to root out bad actors, but only Congress can
tackle this issue head on.
Speaker 6 (05:35):
Tom Holman said, Congress has to fix this, and we
absolutely do. And that's that's why I think that now
we have an opportunity in front of us to do
just that.
Speaker 5 (05:45):
Once again, there was Central Washington's Dan Newhouse. I'm Glenn
Wagin reporting.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
The One Big Beautiful Bill is now law. Lorie Boyer
has reaction from the National Farmers Union.
Speaker 8 (05:57):
The Reconciliation Bill, referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill,
was signed into law. Mike Strand's vice president of Advocacy
for the National Farmers Union, shares the NFU's perspective on
this legislation.
Speaker 9 (06:09):
In the bill, there's some good stuff and there's some
not so good stuff. There's trade offs where there are gains,
so real improvements to the farm safety net and making
sure that there's some helpful tax provisions for farmers and
support for biofuels and good use of funds for conservation programs.
We like to see those, But at the same time,
cuts to snap divide the farm bill coalition and won't
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hurt people in need, and also reductions in Medicaid that'll
have harmful effects on millions of Americans and particularly rural American.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Well.
Speaker 8 (06:43):
Past farm bills have typically seen bipartisan support, this one
revealed deep divisions, creating regional and political tension throughout the process.
Strands says it's unfortunate to see such division, but he's
glad to see this version of farm policy move forward the.
Speaker 9 (06:58):
Way things played out this year politically, that's why we
saw things work out this way. So hopefully this isn't
the end of the farm bill coalition, or that we
move into a way that we can continue to have bipartisan,
broadly supported bills.
Speaker 8 (07:12):
Mike Strands with the National Farmers Union farm US.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
This morning, you're listening to WAG Life.
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It's another agnews update. A couple of things could move
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Speaker 14 (08:09):
We've got two massive events happening and they will both
be coming to a head on Wednesday, July ninth. The
first one is the release of the FOMC minutes from
the last rate meeting. Markets will look for any insight
at all into the thinking at the FMC in terms
of the deflationary price trends that are currently in place
and the slowing but still positive job creation. We saw
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the beat on Thursday morning with the headline jobs number
and the unemployment rate. The second one is the global
tariff deadline issued by President Trump when he paused his
massive reciprocal tariffs globally. Markets will be focused on whether
President Trump will enforce so sweeping tariffs as promised, potentially
up to fifty percent on countries that haven't finalized trade
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deals by the July nine deadline. This yes or no
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has the potential to add quite a bit of volatility
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Mark gold is with top third ag marketing.
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This cattle market has been outstanding. I mean hockey, I
love it. If you've got cattle out there and you're
looking at you know, pick a cash price two thirty five,
two forty, you've got the box beef of another two bucks.
Here to day, we eighty eight sixty nine. That's an
all time historic high. You know, we just don't have
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the numbers out there. We'll see what the cattle on
feet on Friday says. But you know, until something fundamentally
changes where we see more cattle coming in, or that
the American housewife starts to back off of buying hamburger
and steakes out here. You know, in the pass when
we've had you know, record high box feed prices, it
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wasn't unusual see that market break five ten dollars overnight,
you know. Could we see a ten or twenty dollars
drop from these kind of highs, It's possible. Until we
see that, it's hard to get, you know, really too
bearish on this cattle mark. But as a risk manager,
let me tell you, guys, if you're not looking at
doing some kind of risk management to protect these historic
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high prices, I believe you're missing the boat. You can
either sell futures and buy a call option to protect
it in case we go higher. You can buy a
foot option, spend four dollars on the fats, spend five
dollars on the feeders, and get some protection out here.
Because as we all know, we've been a long as
long around as long as I have, something always seems
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to shake this cattle mark, one thing or another, one
room or another, and you just can't leave these prices
on the table. If you've got care all out there,
and then obviously he is pushed the pod prices up
to stay competitive with these prices.
Speaker 10 (12:06):
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This is Dairy Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 19 (12:16):
Outsourcing your social media efforts our topic today on our
Producer Tuesday, sponsored by the Professional Dairy Producers. Our guest.
We hear comments from Callie Joe Coates, owner of Brier Marketing,
who shares what dairy farmers can do to tweet and
post and all that other social media stuff.
Speaker 7 (12:34):
Here's CALLI social media. There's some people that are very
very specific to what we call the algorithm on social media.
So if you're going to be on social media, you
need to know this algorithm and you need to be pushing, pushing,
pushing content in that way. We also have people who
are of the if you are on social media, you
need to be doing everything and anything on that social
media channel and do what I boiled out in social
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media too. Is social media? Is you being social online?
It is not meant to just continuously put stuff out
there and walk away and say, yep, I'm done. I
did what I needed to do. When you're looking at
social media, you want to choose one so we have
like the heavy hitters that you probably know of of
like Facebook, Twitter, which is now x YouTube LinkedIn Instagram,
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Pindri's TikTok I mean more than you will ever know,
because honestly, some of them are very niche specific. So
there are ones that are specific to travel, there's ones
that are specific to gaming online. And so as we
look at social media, it can get overwhelming in that
regard because you can really go wherever you want, but
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just pick one. And when I say pick one, you
might be going, well, I don't know which one I
should choose. And that's okay because we have to ask
ourselves what are our goals with social media? Why do
you want to share your story or your business or
your farm on social media. I know for some people
the reason they want to share is because they want
to make more sales. So if you have an agribusiness
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that you're still selling direct to consumer, or even if
you are selling business to business and you want to
reach other businesses, you might be using that social media
to be able to reach an audience that you can't
reach otherwise. There's other people who their reason why is
because they want to share the agricultural story with the
general public, and that's a great reason why. But in
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everything that you're doing on that social media the why
is so important, not only because that's kind of why
you're making your content, but it also keeps you motivated
when you're on social media. So the second thing we
look at is what type of content do you want
to create? So video, to some degree is king That
is where we're seeing a lot of traction within social media.
(14:51):
So with reels and short form videos, we are getting
to a lot a lot of people because that's what's
getting pushed out by our social media channels. You have
the videos, we're getting new gaining new followers, and they're
still seeing all your other content. It's a great way
to attract new followers. But on the flip side, if
you're not comfortable doing it, there's still so many other
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ways to build your marketing. Something too, to keep in
mind is identifying your audience. Who are you trying to
target and how are you getting to them. The big
takeaway from this is understanding whether or not you want
to be on social media, because you have a choice.
You don't have to be on social media. There are
other ways to promote yourself. Social media is just a
really good avenue to reach a lot of people. So
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have that very candid conversation with yourself of is this
going to benefit me? Is it going to benefit my business?
Is it going to benefit my goals? And then after
doing that, pick one social media channel and really work
at it. Know that there are options out there, so
looking at outsourcing and having that conversation within your entity
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or with yourself, just saying is is it worth it
to me to pay someone else to do this? You know,
after you have in your the arsenal of okay, I
want to be a part of social media, whether that
be that someone else is doing it or I'm doing it.
Keeping that in your pocket and knowing that and go
forward and just start because if you don't start somewhere,
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you're never going to get anywhere. And that's something that
I tell a lot of people as we go forward.
And it can be messy, don't worry about the mess
You can always delete things down the road, you can
hide things down the road, and that's okay, but you
need to just get started somewhere.
Speaker 19 (16:40):
Those are comments from Callie Joe Coates, owner of Brier Marketing,
who's sharing social media efforts and if you'd like to
hear that in its entirety, go to PDPW dot organ
click on the Dairy Signal Our thanks to the Professional
Dairy Producers for today's sponsorship of Producer Tuesday. I'm Bill Baker,
Dairy Radio. Now.
Speaker 20 (17:02):
Eating more healthy includes eating lots of nut crops. I'm
Patrick Kavanaugh with the California Tree Nut Report. Pam Gravier
is the Senior Marketing Director International of the California Walnut Commission.
Speaker 21 (17:15):
The desire for people to eat healthier in general is
definitely driving nut consumption globally. That's benefiting us as walnuts
as well as almonds, pistachios, any of the nut category.
Because people do want to have healthy ingredients, they want
more natural ingredients, they want to know where their food
comes from, and that's kind of a global situation.
Speaker 20 (17:37):
For the California walnut industry. The market is strong.
Speaker 21 (17:40):
The markets where we have traditionally been strong remained very
strong for us. This year. We've seen some significant growth
in Japan, which most people view as a mature market. However,
you've got an aging population and that population is wanting
to make sure that they're making healthy choices and nuts
in general falls into those choices, and walnuts particularly because
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of their Omega three fatty acids, and they're easy to
chew fit into that and they're used for snacking. They're
used extensively in baking, and the large commercial bakeries make
a variety of walnut bread and it's an easy way
for a consumer to have their walnuts and not just
have them as a nut where you snack on it.
Speaker 20 (18:25):
That's Pam Gravier.
Speaker 22 (18:27):
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
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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 agg 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 Kavanaugh.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
It in many parts of the country at one time
or another. To start this summer, it's been so hot
the thermometer reads one hundred degrees in the shade.
Speaker 4 (19:41):
London down in the shade and there isn't even shade.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Plenty of analogies to be had about extreme heat, but
bottom line.
Speaker 23 (19:51):
Too darn hot.
Speaker 22 (19:53):
It's too darn.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Hot enough to raise concerns about keeping cool.
Speaker 24 (19:58):
Whether it's people, heat stroke is a medical emergency.
Speaker 25 (20:01):
Pets, they need to have some airror movement. That's why
it's very dangerous to leave a.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Pet in a car or even crops in livestock.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
There's going to be a delay anyway on some of
the impact.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
I'm Rod Babe coming up. Extreme heat raises some red
hot flags in this edition of Agriculture USA. Even before
astrological summer began, much of the nation experienced extreme heat
earlier than usual. Triple digit temperatures and extreme humidity in
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several cases relief. USDA meorologist Brad Rippy believes.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
We're just getting started here. I think what is going
to turn out to be rather hot summer for the
nation as a whole.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
That's because of a weather phenomenon created, what extreme heat
becomes established in the country and with consideration just how
early such high temperatures were recorded in the season.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
When you see early heat like this, it tends to
move around but does not ever really go away. And
unfortunately that's what looking at.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Meaning one part of the country may be cooling down
while another enters another period of extreme heat. And to date,
high humidity across most of the country also remains a
weather factor, but also rising along with the temperatures and
the humidity concerns from a health perspective. A twenty twenty
two University of California Davis video on high heat impacts
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from then UCE Davis pediatrician Kylie Abson.
Speaker 24 (21:28):
Even temperatures of ninety degrees are above can induce serious
health complications in both children and adults. And that's all
related to heat index, which is how our body interprets heat,
both from the outside temperature as well as the relative.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
Humidity essential to know symptoms of heat reaction cramps, profuse sweating, dizziness, nausea,
and in the case of heat.
Speaker 24 (21:50):
Stroke, alternmentation meaning that you or your child isn't quite
acting like themselves and they're looking a little.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Confused, which means a media treatment. At medical tension preventative
measures include stay hydrated.
Speaker 24 (22:03):
Water is going to be your best friend. For kids
and for teens, drinking about eight ounces every thirty minutes,
particularly when they're outside, is going to be a great
way to protect yourself against heat reactions.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Likewise, your pet could be susceptible to extreme heat and
its impacts. Kathy Capitelli of USDA's Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service says symptoms to watch out for in dogs
and cats include.
Speaker 25 (22:27):
Sessive panting, salivation, if they're very thirsty, if they appear
restless or anxious, like they can't get comfortable, or they're
generalized weak and not interested in activity.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
And like humans, pets with existing medical conditions or on
opposite sides of the age and weight spectrums are more
susceptible to heat reaction. Areas of shade, airflow, and even
air conditioning indoors is essential to keep pets safe from
extreme heat. For, as Capitelli explains.
Speaker 25 (22:58):
You feel like it's muggy and hot, your dogg or
cat or other pets feel it too, Even more so.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Now when it comes to livestock. USDA neurologist Brad Rippey says,
in the case of cattle cut in the earliest extreme
heat of late May and June, they are not.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Quite acclimated to the heat. At this point, some animals
may still have a portion of their winter coats, and
with that lack of cooling ability that can create a
very stressful.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Situation, a situation compounded by extreme humidity and in some
cases overnight low temperatures in the upper seventies and low eighties.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
The nighttime cooling or lack thereof is creating quite a
stressful situation for livestock.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
Extreme heat impacts on crops and pastures, however, are not
so immediate. While some Western pastures and already drought plagued
areas note pasture deterioration occurring, most parts of the corn
Belt still maintain ample top soil moisture conditions for both
pasture land and crop fields. Because of that, Brad Rippey says,
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if you're.
Speaker 3 (23:57):
Looking for any intelligence on how a lunger, heat and
humidity are affecting crop, rainland pastures. You'll have to wait
a while.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
This has been Agriculture USA. I'm road Bane reporting for
the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.
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Bob went back with some farm news this morning friends,
whether there's no doubt that tariff back and forth is
causing challenges for agriculture and the overall US economy. Now,
the rationale of the administration is that US trade has
work data a big deficit for years. Ted mckinne, CEO
of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, says,
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the imbalance has to be rectified.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
We have to start. Notwithstanding the frustrations with tariffs and
the frustrations across the board, I can tell you unequivocally
trade has not been fair to the US Now. We
don't want to go cry about it, but at some
point somebody has to put their foot down, and the
President did in his first term, but he's doing it
again now to say enough. And by the way, we're
(27:31):
not seeking unfair trade overly beneficial to us. We just
want their trade. So that's starting with a country putting
a piece of paper on the desk of the US
Trade rep Jamison Greer, a terrific, upstanding, highly ethical guy,
knows AG pretty well, and he has been insistent that
it include agg which oftentimes, you know, countries try to avoid,
(27:54):
and it must include non tariff trade barriers, including AG.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
McKinney was the USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agriculture
Affairs during the first Trump administration. McKinney says the bumpy
ride between now and more balanced trade will be a challenge.
Speaker 4 (28:12):
Clearly, negotiations cannot be a highly public thing. So if
they come forward, as we hope they are, and they will,
then I think we're going to be better off. Recognizing
that we're having this bumpy period, there's no doubt, and
the President told us that we hope to get past this.
I'm hearing that negotiations are occurring with China. We want
(28:33):
some element of that market. I think we can get there,
but it's all under wraps, and so hang on and
then we can talk again.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
NASDA CEO Ted McKinney with us well friends. One congressman
in the House of Representatives expects the agricultural labor shortage
to be addressed soon.
Speaker 5 (28:50):
Glenn Wagin reports Central Washington's Dan Newhouse, a member of
the House agg Committee, says he's been working with the
committee chair, Gt. Thompson on what can be done to
make sure farms across the country have the needed labor
to safely produce food, fuel, and fiber.
Speaker 6 (29:06):
We've been working on legislation, as you know we've talked
about before, to update and improve the laws and regulations
around the guest labor programs that we have, the visa
programs for agricultural labor. I think that's where this leads.
It gives us a tremendous opportunity to finally get some
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of this legislation across the finish line.
Speaker 5 (29:31):
New House at law enforcement must continue to do its
job to root out bad actors, but only Congress can
tackle this issue head on.
Speaker 6 (29:39):
Tom Holman said, Congress has to fix this, and we
absolutely do. And that's that's why I think that now
we have an opportunity in front of us to do
just that.
Speaker 5 (29:48):
Once again. There was Central Washington's Dan Newhouse. I'm Glenn Wagin.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
Reporting next to look at the May exports of US
red meat. We have a report from the US Meat Export.
Speaker 27 (29:59):
Federation Exports of US beef and pork to China saw
dramatic declines in May due to both tariff and non
tariff trade issues. As US Meat Export Federation President and
CEO Dan Halstrom explains.
Speaker 28 (30:10):
The real issue on the beef side is that the
vast majority of our plant establishments are not listed in
the registration system, so it doesn't really matter what they do.
These are on the pork side. While the good news
there is the plants are listed for the most part,
we continue to fight these tariff fluctuations as high as
one hundred and seventy two percent, and then in mid
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May we saw the pork tariff come down to fifty
seven percent. So the bottom line here is this just
heightens the overall strategy, the diversification of markets and expansion
into new markets.
Speaker 27 (30:44):
May pork exports strengthened in many Western Hemisphere markets.
Speaker 28 (30:47):
We were down about eleven percent total two hundred and
twenty four thousand metric tons for pork in May, but
Latin America continues to be the bright spot, with Mexico
just under ninety eight thousand metric tons seven percent growth.
You look at Central America almost fifteen thousand tons, that
represents twenty six percent growth. And Columbia came in at
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about a little over thirty percent growth year on year.
So despite higher cutout prices, Latin America continues to perform.
Speaker 27 (31:17):
Bright spots for US beef included leading market Korea.
Speaker 28 (31:20):
We're down about twelve percent for the month of May
ninety seven thousand metric tons, but it has already discussed.
That's primarily due to what's going on with China. The
bright news is that some of the other Asian markets
really stepped up. Korea came in at about twenty five
two hundred tons. That represents forty percent growth year on year.
It is the highest volume month in two years since
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March of twenty twenty three, and on a value side,
at about two hundred and thirty three million dollars, that
is the largest value month for Korea since June of
twenty twenty two, before.
Speaker 27 (31:54):
The US ME and Export Federation. I'm John Arath Farmused.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
This morning, you're listening to wag Life.
Speaker 17 (32:03):
From the Egg Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
Starting at the end of this month, the USDA's National
agg Statistics Service will mail the Grape Inquiry August twenty
twenty five survey to approximately two thousand US growers. The
survey asks for grape acreage and projected production. Nas will
forecast twenty twenty five great production based on this information collected.
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NASA Administrator Joseph Parson says growers can use the forecast
data when making business plans and marketing decisions. The grape
forecast is scheduled for August twelfth. AG groups continue reacting
to the Budget Reconciliation Bill. The National Corn Growers Association
says it contains many of its federal tax priorities, like
extending key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
of twenty seventeen and more certainty for farmers, but reaction
(32:47):
wasn't all positive. Minnesota Senator Amy klobash Ar, the Senate
AGG committee's ranking member, says the Big Beautiful Bill is
bad for families, rural communities, and state and local governments.
And the USDA will adopt new regulations on evaluating the
environmental effects of grazing and other agency approved activities, saying
the rules will follow directions from the President and the
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US Supreme Court. The regulations will guide the agency's execution
of the National Environmental Policy Act and will be published
soon and take effect immediately. At SECORI, Brook Rawlins says,
the regulations are intended to eliminate unnecessarily long and cumbersome
environmental reviews.
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Agribusiness Update.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
Bob Quent back to wrap up AGLI for today friends.
While the tariff dispute between the US and Canada has
affected wineries on both sides of the border, Dennis Sky
has a.
Speaker 11 (34:37):
Report sales of alcoholic beverages in both the US and
Canada have been on the decline. All categories spirits, beer,
and wine have seen an erosion of volumes and customers
in favor of non alcoholic drinks. Canadian grape growers and
wineries have struggled for the past couple of decades, but
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in March of this year, provincial Premium responded to President
Trump's trade war by pulling American alcoholic products off the
shelves of government owned outlets. Canada's largest market, Ontario, was
the first to order US products off the shelves of
its LCBO stores, and a couple of days later, British
Columbia Premier David Ebe followed Ontario's lead.
Speaker 29 (35:20):
We are removing the American liquor products from the shelves
of the BC liquor stores. That's wine, distilled products and beer.
I have received many emails and letters and interactions with
people they don't even want to see American products right
now in our government liquor stores.
Speaker 11 (35:35):
And since that time, with the lack of American retail competition,
along with Canadian tourists deciding to see what's closer to home,
this year, wine sales have seen explosive growth. The Liquor
Control Board is reporting sales of locally grown red wines
increasing by as much as seventy one percent and sales
of white wine up as much as sixty seven percent.
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Southwestern Ontario has the largest vineyard ac region, but other regions,
including southeastern Ontario, have seen resurgence of both vineyards and
wineries over the past twenty five years. Tim Kuiper owns
Broken Stone Winery on the north shore of Lake Ontario
and within sight of New York State. Kuyper says this
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has been a good year for sales, but he does
not think it's the new normal.
Speaker 16 (36:23):
I never thought that international trade would have such a
large impact, but it has. It's been very positive for
us because people have been forced to try something new.
We're just enjoying the ability to compete a little bit
better while it lasts.
Speaker 11 (36:35):
The north shore of Lake Erie is home to dozens
of wineries in extreme southwestern Ontario. Spruce Wood Shoes Winery
is within sight of the Windsor Detroit Skyline. Bruce Wood
owner Steve Mitchell says that he's seeing many locals who
have never been in his tasting room until now. Mitchell
is enjoying his current success, but his local region is
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also home to Canada's primary automotive manufacturing center, so he's
also hearing his customer's concerns about the lingering specter of
ongoing tariffs.
Speaker 30 (37:07):
This has been a huge tail end for Ontario wineries.
I think this is great to have all these sales.
We're seeing a lot of people who hadn't considered or
tried Ontario wines in the past. But the truth is,
i't want to see Canada do well in general.
Speaker 11 (37:21):
Reporting from Canada, I'm Dennis Guy.
Speaker 1 (37:23):
With that friends, arount of time for today, Thanks for
joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition of Bad
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, in all across the country. Well, friends,
across the country. It's been hot, but not quite as
dry as usual. Rod bain starts us off.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Got much to talk about In the latest US Drought Monitor.
Usdab or relogist Brad Rippy first explains the numbers. For
the period ending July first, almost.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
One third of the country thirty two point four percent,
was experiencing drought. That is up two point eight percentage
points from four weeks ago.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Now, he adds this caveat.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
If you look at all of the regions of the
United States, there was only one of them where we
saw an increase in drought coverage, and that was across
the eleven state Western region.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
With sharp month over budth increases in the West.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
We started the month of June at about fifty one
percent drought coverage and that jumped to sixty four point
five percent by July first, so more than a thirteen
percentage point increase in the Western United States.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Much of that originating in the Pacific Northwest.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
For example, in Oregon. As recently as May twentieth, there
was no drought in the state of Oregon. By July first,
that has jumped to forty two percent. And then we
have seen almost a quadrupling of drought coverage in Washington
and Idaho over the last couple of months. So, for example,
in Washington State on that May twentieth date, eighteen percent
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drought coverage, and that has jumped to sixty seven percent
by July first.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
The Western drought expansion is also reflected in states reporting
significant extreme to exceptional coverage D three and D four
for the period and in July first, we have a.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Fairly short list of states where we have our higher
ends drought. Now most of those are in the Western
United States. So of our eleven Western states, there are
seven of them where we have some degree of extreme
or exceptional drought. Continuing to lead the pack is Arizona
a forty seven percent extreme to exceptional drought coverage on
July first, closely followed by New Mexico at thirty three percent,
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also in double digits, but just barely Nevad at ten
percent D three to D four coverage.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Regard to other regions which reported decreased drought coverage month
over month. Rippy provides the example of the Midwest recording
a havoc of drought coverage during June, from.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Ten point seven percent of the Midwest on June third
all the way down to five point six percent by
July first. It's more than five percentage points of reduction.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Broadbane Reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
We'll have some farm news coming up. You're listening to
wag Life. Bob Quent back with some farm news this morning. Friends. Well,
there's no doubt that tariff back and forth is causing
challenges for agriculture and the overall US economy. Now, the
rationale of the administration is that US trade has worked
at a big deficit for years. Ted McKinney's CEO of
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the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, says, the
imbalance has to be rectified.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
We have to start. Notwithstanding the frustrations with tariffs and
the frustrations across the board, I can tell you unequivocally
trade has not been fair to the US. Now, we
don't want to go cry about it, but at some
point somebody has to put their foot down. The President
did in his first term, but he's doing it again
now to say enough and by the way, we're not
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seeking unfair trade overly beneficial to us. We just weren't
fair trade. So that's starting with a country putting a
piece of paper on the desk of the US Trade
ref Jamison Greer, a terrific, upstanding, highly ethical guy, knows
AG pretty well, and he has been insistent that it
include agg which oftentimes you know countries try to avoid,
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and it must include non tariff trade barriers, including AG.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
McKinney was the USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agriculture
fair during the first Trump administration. McKinney says the bumpy
ride between now and more balanced trade will be a challenge.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Clearly, negotiations cannot be a highly public thing. So if
they come forward, as we hope they are, and they will,
then I think we're going to be better off. Recognizing
that we're having this bumpy period, there's no doubt, and
the President told us that we hope to get past this.
I'm hearing that negotiations are occurring with China. We want
(04:29):
some element of that market. I think we can get there,
but it's all under wraps, and so hang on and
then we can talk again.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
NASDA CEO Ted McKinney with us well friends. One congressman
in the House of Representatives expects the agricultural labor shortage
to be addressed soon, Glenn Wagen reports.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
Central Washington's Dan Newhouse, a member of the House agg Committee,
says he's been working with the committee chair, Gt. Thompson
on what can be done to make sure farms across
the country have the we needed labor to safely produce food, fuel,
and fiber.
Speaker 6 (05:03):
We've been working on legislation, as you know we've talked
about before, to update and improve the laws and regulations
around the guest labor programs that we have, the visa
programs for agricultural labor.
Speaker 7 (05:19):
I think that's where this leads.
Speaker 6 (05:20):
It gives us a tremendous opportunity to finally get some
of this legislation across the finish line.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
New House at law Enforcement must continue to do its
job to root out bad actors, but only Congress can
tackle this issue head on.
Speaker 6 (05:35):
Tom Holman said, Congress has to fix this, and we
absolutely do. And that's that's why I think that now
we have an opportunity in front of us to do
just that.
Speaker 5 (05:45):
Once again, there was Central Washington's Dan Newhouse. I'm Glenn
Wagin reporting.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
The One Big Beautiful Bill is now law. Lorie Boyer
has reaction from the National Farmers Union.
Speaker 8 (05:57):
The Reconciliation Bill, referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill,
was signed into law. Mike Strand's vice president of Advocacy
for the National Farmers Union, shares the NFU's perspective on
this legislation.
Speaker 9 (06:09):
In the bill, there's some good stuff and there's some
not so good stuff. There's trade offs where there are gains,
so real improvements to the farm safety net and making
sure that there's some helpful tax provisions for farmers and
support for biofuels and good use of funds for conservation programs.
We like to see those, But at the same time,
cuts to snap divide the farm bill coalition and won't
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hurt people in need, and also reductions in Medicaid that'll
have harmful effects on millions of Americans and particularly rural American.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Well.
Speaker 8 (06:43):
Past farm bills have typically seen bipartisan support, this one
revealed deep divisions, creating regional and political tension throughout the process.
Strands says it's unfortunate to see such division, but he's
glad to see this version of farm policy move forward the.
Speaker 9 (06:58):
Way things played out this year politically, that's why we
saw things work out this way. So hopefully this isn't
the end of the farm bill coalition, or that we
move into a way that we can continue to have bipartisan,
broadly supported bills.
Speaker 8 (07:12):
Mike Strands with the National Farmers Union farm US.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
This morning, you're listening to WAG Life.
Speaker 10 (07:18):
It's another agnews update. A couple of things could move
markets this week. What are they more after this?
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How could the FOM see the minutes and tariff deadlines
move markets this week? Bob Ayachino is with Path Trading Partners.
Speaker 14 (08:09):
We've got two massive events happening and they will both
be coming to a head on Wednesday, July ninth. The
first one is the release of the FOMC minutes from
the last rate meeting. Markets will look for any insight
at all into the thinking at the FMC in terms
of the deflationary price trends that are currently in place
and the slowing but still positive job creation. We saw
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the beat on Thursday morning with the headline jobs number
and the unemployment rate. The second one is the global
tariff deadline issued by President Trump when he paused his
massive reciprocal tariffs globally. Markets will be focused on whether
President Trump will enforce so sweeping tariffs as promised, potentially
up to fifty percent on countries that haven't finalized trade
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deals by the July nine deadline. This yes or no
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has the potential to add quite a bit of volatility
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Mark gold is with top third ag marketing.
Speaker 18 (10:27):
This cattle market has been outstanding. I mean hockey, I
love it. If you've got cattle out there and you're
looking at you know, pick a cash price two thirty five,
two forty, you've got the box beef of another two bucks.
Here to day, we eighty eight sixty nine. That's an
all time historic high. You know, we just don't have
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the numbers out there. We'll see what the cattle on
feet on Friday says. But you know, until something fundamentally
changes where we see more cattle coming in, or that
the American housewife starts to back off of buying hamburger
and steakes out here. You know, in the pass when
we've had you know, record high box feed prices, it
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wasn't unusual see that market break five ten dollars overnight,
you know. Could we see a ten or twenty dollars
drop from these kind of highs, It's possible. Until we
see that, it's hard to get, you know, really too
bearish on this cattle mark. But as a risk manager,
let me tell you, guys, if you're not looking at
doing some kind of risk management to protect these historic
(11:30):
high prices, I believe you're missing the boat. You can
either sell futures and buy a call option to protect
it in case we go higher. You can buy a
foot option, spend four dollars on the fats, spend five
dollars on the feeders, and get some protection out here.
Because as we all know, we've been a long as
long around as long as I have, something always seems
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to shake this cattle mark, one thing or another, one
room or another, and you just can't leave these prices
on the table. If you've got care all out there,
and then obviously he is pushed the pod prices up
to stay competitive with these prices.
Speaker 10 (12:06):
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This is Dairy Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 19 (12:16):
Outsourcing your social media efforts our topic today on our
Producer Tuesday, sponsored by the Professional Dairy Producers. Our guest.
We hear comments from Callie Joe Coates, owner of Brier Marketing,
who shares what dairy farmers can do to tweet and
post and all that other social media stuff.
Speaker 7 (12:34):
Here's CALLI social media. There's some people that are very
very specific to what we call the algorithm on social media.
So if you're going to be on social media, you
need to know this algorithm and you need to be pushing, pushing,
pushing content in that way. We also have people who
are of the if you are on social media, you
need to be doing everything and anything on that social
media channel and do what I boiled out in social
(12:55):
media too. Is social media? Is you being social online?
It is not meant to just continuously put stuff out
there and walk away and say, yep, I'm done. I
did what I needed to do. When you're looking at
social media, you want to choose one so we have
like the heavy hitters that you probably know of of
like Facebook, Twitter, which is now x YouTube LinkedIn Instagram,
(13:17):
Pindri's TikTok I mean more than you will ever know,
because honestly, some of them are very niche specific. So
there are ones that are specific to travel, there's ones
that are specific to gaming online. And so as we
look at social media, it can get overwhelming in that
regard because you can really go wherever you want, but
(13:41):
just pick one. And when I say pick one, you
might be going, well, I don't know which one I
should choose. And that's okay because we have to ask
ourselves what are our goals with social media? Why do
you want to share your story or your business or
your farm on social media. I know for some people
the reason they want to share is because they want
to make more sales. So if you have an agribusiness
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that you're still selling direct to consumer, or even if
you are selling business to business and you want to
reach other businesses, you might be using that social media
to be able to reach an audience that you can't
reach otherwise. There's other people who their reason why is
because they want to share the agricultural story with the
general public, and that's a great reason why. But in
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everything that you're doing on that social media the why
is so important, not only because that's kind of why
you're making your content, but it also keeps you motivated
when you're on social media. So the second thing we
look at is what type of content do you want
to create? So video, to some degree is king That
is where we're seeing a lot of traction within social media.
(14:51):
So with reels and short form videos, we are getting
to a lot a lot of people because that's what's
getting pushed out by our social media channels. You have
the videos, we're getting new gaining new followers, and they're
still seeing all your other content. It's a great way
to attract new followers. But on the flip side, if
you're not comfortable doing it, there's still so many other
(15:12):
ways to build your marketing. Something too, to keep in
mind is identifying your audience. Who are you trying to
target and how are you getting to them. The big
takeaway from this is understanding whether or not you want
to be on social media, because you have a choice.
You don't have to be on social media. There are
other ways to promote yourself. Social media is just a
really good avenue to reach a lot of people. So
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have that very candid conversation with yourself of is this
going to benefit me? Is it going to benefit my business?
Is it going to benefit my goals? And then after
doing that, pick one social media channel and really work
at it. Know that there are options out there, so
looking at outsourcing and having that conversation within your entity
(15:57):
or with yourself, just saying is is it worth it
to me to pay someone else to do this? You know,
after you have in your the arsenal of okay, I
want to be a part of social media, whether that
be that someone else is doing it or I'm doing it.
Keeping that in your pocket and knowing that and go
forward and just start because if you don't start somewhere,
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you're never going to get anywhere. And that's something that
I tell a lot of people as we go forward.
And it can be messy, don't worry about the mess
You can always delete things down the road, you can
hide things down the road, and that's okay, but you
need to just get started somewhere.
Speaker 19 (16:40):
Those are comments from Callie Joe Coates, owner of Brier Marketing,
who's sharing social media efforts and if you'd like to
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click on the Dairy Signal Our thanks to the Professional
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Speaker 20 (17:02):
Eating more healthy includes eating lots of nut crops. I'm
Patrick Kavanaugh with the California Tree Nut Report. Pam Gravier
is the Senior Marketing Director International of the California Walnut Commission.
Speaker 21 (17:15):
The desire for people to eat healthier in general is
definitely driving nut consumption globally. That's benefiting us as walnuts
as well as almonds, pistachios, any of the nut category.
Because people do want to have healthy ingredients, they want
more natural ingredients, they want to know where their food
comes from, and that's kind of a global situation.
Speaker 20 (17:37):
For the California walnut industry. The market is strong.
Speaker 21 (17:40):
The markets where we have traditionally been strong remained very
strong for us. This year. We've seen some significant growth
in Japan, which most people view as a mature market. However,
you've got an aging population and that population is wanting
to make sure that they're making healthy choices and nuts
in general falls into those choices, and walnuts particularly because
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of their Omega three fatty acids, and they're easy to
chew fit into that and they're used for snacking. They're
used extensively in baking, and the large commercial bakeries make
a variety of walnut bread and it's an easy way
for a consumer to have their walnuts and not just
have them as a nut where you snack on it.
Speaker 20 (18:25):
That's Pam Gravier.
Speaker 22 (18:27):
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
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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 agg Information Network of
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They'll trust you with the ag Information Network. I'm Patrick Kavanaugh.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
It in many parts of the country at one time
or another. To start this summer, it's been so hot
the thermometer reads one hundred degrees in the shade.
Speaker 4 (19:41):
London down in the shade and there isn't even shade.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Plenty of analogies to be had about extreme heat, but
bottom line.
Speaker 23 (19:51):
Too darn hot.
Speaker 22 (19:53):
It's too darn.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Hot enough to raise concerns about keeping cool.
Speaker 24 (19:58):
Whether it's people, heat stroke is a medical emergency.
Speaker 25 (20:01):
Pets, they need to have some airror movement. That's why
it's very dangerous to leave a.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Pet in a car or even crops in livestock.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
There's going to be a delay anyway on some of
the impact.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
I'm Rod Babe coming up. Extreme heat raises some red
hot flags in this edition of Agriculture USA. Even before
astrological summer began, much of the nation experienced extreme heat
earlier than usual. Triple digit temperatures and extreme humidity in
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several cases relief. USDA meorologist Brad Rippy believes.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
We're just getting started here. I think what is going
to turn out to be rather hot summer for the
nation as a whole.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
That's because of a weather phenomenon created, what extreme heat
becomes established in the country and with consideration just how
early such high temperatures were recorded in the season.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
When you see early heat like this, it tends to
move around but does not ever really go away. And
unfortunately that's what looking at.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Meaning one part of the country may be cooling down
while another enters another period of extreme heat. And to date,
high humidity across most of the country also remains a
weather factor, but also rising along with the temperatures and
the humidity concerns from a health perspective. A twenty twenty
two University of California Davis video on high heat impacts
(21:24):
from then UCE Davis pediatrician Kylie Abson.
Speaker 24 (21:28):
Even temperatures of ninety degrees are above can induce serious
health complications in both children and adults. And that's all
related to heat index, which is how our body interprets heat,
both from the outside temperature as well as the relative.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
Humidity essential to know symptoms of heat reaction cramps, profuse sweating, dizziness, nausea,
and in the case of heat.
Speaker 24 (21:50):
Stroke, alternmentation meaning that you or your child isn't quite
acting like themselves and they're looking a little.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Confused, which means a media treatment. At medical tension preventative
measures include stay hydrated.
Speaker 24 (22:03):
Water is going to be your best friend. For kids
and for teens, drinking about eight ounces every thirty minutes,
particularly when they're outside, is going to be a great
way to protect yourself against heat reactions.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Likewise, your pet could be susceptible to extreme heat and
its impacts. Kathy Capitelli of USDA's Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service says symptoms to watch out for in dogs
and cats include.
Speaker 25 (22:27):
Sessive panting, salivation, if they're very thirsty, if they appear
restless or anxious, like they can't get comfortable, or they're
generalized weak and not interested in activity.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
And like humans, pets with existing medical conditions or on
opposite sides of the age and weight spectrums are more
susceptible to heat reaction. Areas of shade, airflow, and even
air conditioning indoors is essential to keep pets safe from
extreme heat. For, as Capitelli explains.
Speaker 25 (22:58):
You feel like it's muggy and hot, your dogg or
cat or other pets feel it too, Even more so.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Now when it comes to livestock. USDA neurologist Brad Rippey says,
in the case of cattle cut in the earliest extreme
heat of late May and June, they are not.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Quite acclimated to the heat. At this point, some animals
may still have a portion of their winter coats, and
with that lack of cooling ability that can create a
very stressful.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Situation, a situation compounded by extreme humidity and in some
cases overnight low temperatures in the upper seventies and low eighties.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
The nighttime cooling or lack thereof is creating quite a
stressful situation for livestock.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
Extreme heat impacts on crops and pastures, however, are not
so immediate. While some Western pastures and already drought plagued
areas note pasture deterioration occurring, most parts of the corn
Belt still maintain ample top soil moisture conditions for both
pasture land and crop fields. Because of that, Brad Rippey says,
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if you're.
Speaker 3 (23:57):
Looking for any intelligence on how a lunger, heat and
humidity are affecting crop, rainland pastures. You'll have to wait
a while.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
This has been Agriculture USA. I'm road Bane reporting for
the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.
Speaker 23 (24:20):
With California AG Today, I am Hailey Ship. This is
the ag Information Network. CATTLECN twenty twenty six is headed
to downtown Nashville this February third through fifth, and the
National Kettleman's b Association says that now is the time
to get involved.
Speaker 15 (24:37):
Whether you've got a voice, a.
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Student in the family, or just a hunger to grow
your network, there is a path for you. The thirteenth
annual NCBA National Anthem Contest is now accepting entries through
October fifteenth. The winner will perform live at the opening
session and receive a travel package, hotel stay, convention registration,
and some new boots to boot. College students can apply
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for an internship, offering behind the scenes access to the
industry's biggest event, from social media to committee meetings. Interns
will get hands on experience and must apply by October fifteenth.
Scholarships are also available for students, young producers, and first
time attendees helping cover registration and housing, and if you
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are a cattle producer planning to attend, make sure to
check out the Rancher Resilience Grant to help to offset costs.
So those opportunities open now. Registration and housing for cattlecn
will open up August twentieth. You can visit Convention dot
NCBA dot org to explore all of the opportunities and
the appropriate deadlines.
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Speaker 1 (26:46):
Bob went back with some farm news this morning friends,
whether there's no doubt that tariff back and forth is
causing challenges for agriculture and the overall US economy. Now,
the rationale of the administration is that US trade has
work data a big deficit for years. Ted mckinne, CEO
of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, says,
(27:07):
the imbalance has to be rectified.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
We have to start. Notwithstanding the frustrations with tariffs and
the frustrations across the board, I can tell you unequivocally
trade has not been fair to the US Now. We
don't want to go cry about it, but at some
point somebody has to put their foot down, and the
President did in his first term, but he's doing it
again now to say enough. And by the way, we're
(27:31):
not seeking unfair trade overly beneficial to us. We just
want their trade. So that's starting with a country putting
a piece of paper on the desk of the US
Trade rep Jamison Greer, a terrific, upstanding, highly ethical guy,
knows AG pretty well, and he has been insistent that
it include agg which oftentimes, you know, countries try to avoid,
(27:54):
and it must include non tariff trade barriers, including AG.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
McKinney was the USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agriculture
Affairs during the first Trump administration. McKinney says the bumpy
ride between now and more balanced trade will be a challenge.
Speaker 4 (28:12):
Clearly, negotiations cannot be a highly public thing. So if
they come forward, as we hope they are, and they will,
then I think we're going to be better off. Recognizing
that we're having this bumpy period, there's no doubt, and
the President told us that we hope to get past this.
I'm hearing that negotiations are occurring with China. We want
(28:33):
some element of that market. I think we can get there,
but it's all under wraps, and so hang on and
then we can talk again.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
NASDA CEO Ted McKinney with us well friends. One congressman
in the House of Representatives expects the agricultural labor shortage
to be addressed soon.
Speaker 5 (28:50):
Glenn Wagin reports Central Washington's Dan Newhouse, a member of
the House agg Committee, says he's been working with the
committee chair, Gt. Thompson on what can be done to
make sure farms across the country have the needed labor
to safely produce food, fuel, and fiber.
Speaker 6 (29:06):
We've been working on legislation, as you know we've talked
about before, to update and improve the laws and regulations
around the guest labor programs that we have, the visa
programs for agricultural labor. I think that's where this leads.
It gives us a tremendous opportunity to finally get some
(29:28):
of this legislation across the finish line.
Speaker 5 (29:31):
New House at law enforcement must continue to do its
job to root out bad actors, but only Congress can
tackle this issue head on.
Speaker 6 (29:39):
Tom Holman said, Congress has to fix this, and we
absolutely do. And that's that's why I think that now
we have an opportunity in front of us to do
just that.
Speaker 5 (29:48):
Once again. There was Central Washington's Dan Newhouse. I'm Glenn Wagin.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
Reporting next to look at the May exports of US
red meat. We have a report from the US Meat Export.
Speaker 27 (29:59):
Federation Exports of US beef and pork to China saw
dramatic declines in May due to both tariff and non
tariff trade issues. As US Meat Export Federation President and
CEO Dan Halstrom explains.
Speaker 28 (30:10):
The real issue on the beef side is that the
vast majority of our plant establishments are not listed in
the registration system, so it doesn't really matter what they do.
These are on the pork side. While the good news
there is the plants are listed for the most part,
we continue to fight these tariff fluctuations as high as
one hundred and seventy two percent, and then in mid
(30:31):
May we saw the pork tariff come down to fifty
seven percent. So the bottom line here is this just
heightens the overall strategy, the diversification of markets and expansion
into new markets.
Speaker 27 (30:44):
May pork exports strengthened in many Western Hemisphere markets.
Speaker 28 (30:47):
We were down about eleven percent total two hundred and
twenty four thousand metric tons for pork in May, but
Latin America continues to be the bright spot, with Mexico
just under ninety eight thousand metric tons seven percent growth.
You look at Central America almost fifteen thousand tons, that
represents twenty six percent growth. And Columbia came in at
(31:08):
about a little over thirty percent growth year on year.
So despite higher cutout prices, Latin America continues to perform.
Speaker 27 (31:17):
Bright spots for US beef included leading market Korea.
Speaker 28 (31:20):
We're down about twelve percent for the month of May
ninety seven thousand metric tons, but it has already discussed.
That's primarily due to what's going on with China. The
bright news is that some of the other Asian markets
really stepped up. Korea came in at about twenty five
two hundred tons. That represents forty percent growth year on year.
It is the highest volume month in two years since
(31:44):
March of twenty twenty three, and on a value side,
at about two hundred and thirty three million dollars, that
is the largest value month for Korea since June of
twenty twenty two, before.
Speaker 27 (31:54):
The US ME and Export Federation. I'm John Arath Farmused.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
This morning, you're listening to wag Life.
Speaker 17 (32:03):
From the Egg Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
Starting at the end of this month, the USDA's National
agg Statistics Service will mail the Grape Inquiry August twenty
twenty five survey to approximately two thousand US growers. The
survey asks for grape acreage and projected production. Nas will
forecast twenty twenty five great production based on this information collected.
(32:24):
NASA Administrator Joseph Parson says growers can use the forecast
data when making business plans and marketing decisions. The grape
forecast is scheduled for August twelfth. AG groups continue reacting
to the Budget Reconciliation Bill. The National Corn Growers Association
says it contains many of its federal tax priorities, like
extending key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
of twenty seventeen and more certainty for farmers, but reaction
(32:47):
wasn't all positive. Minnesota Senator Amy klobash Ar, the Senate
AGG committee's ranking member, says the Big Beautiful Bill is
bad for families, rural communities, and state and local governments.
And the USDA will adopt new regulations on evaluating the
environmental effects of grazing and other agency approved activities, saying
the rules will follow directions from the President and the
(33:09):
US Supreme Court. The regulations will guide the agency's execution
of the National Environmental Policy Act and will be published
soon and take effect immediately. At SECORI, Brook Rawlins says,
the regulations are intended to eliminate unnecessarily long and cumbersome
environmental reviews.
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For the last forty years, the AG Information Network has
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Farmers are facing unprecedented economic challenges. This is why agriculture
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reaching coast to coast, deep roots and farming, and decades
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Speaker 15 (34:22):
From the Egg Information Network, I'm Bob Larson with today's
Agribusiness Update.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
Bob Quent back to wrap up AGLI for today friends.
While the tariff dispute between the US and Canada has
affected wineries on both sides of the border, Dennis Sky
has a.
Speaker 11 (34:37):
Report sales of alcoholic beverages in both the US and
Canada have been on the decline. All categories spirits, beer,
and wine have seen an erosion of volumes and customers
in favor of non alcoholic drinks. Canadian grape growers and
wineries have struggled for the past couple of decades, but
(34:57):
in March of this year, provincial Premium responded to President
Trump's trade war by pulling American alcoholic products off the
shelves of government owned outlets. Canada's largest market, Ontario, was
the first to order US products off the shelves of
its LCBO stores, and a couple of days later, British
Columbia Premier David Ebe followed Ontario's lead.
Speaker 29 (35:20):
We are removing the American liquor products from the shelves
of the BC liquor stores. That's wine, distilled products and beer.
I have received many emails and letters and interactions with
people they don't even want to see American products right
now in our government liquor stores.
Speaker 11 (35:35):
And since that time, with the lack of American retail competition,
along with Canadian tourists deciding to see what's closer to home,
this year, wine sales have seen explosive growth. The Liquor
Control Board is reporting sales of locally grown red wines
increasing by as much as seventy one percent and sales
of white wine up as much as sixty seven percent.
(35:58):
Southwestern Ontario has the largest vineyard ac region, but other regions,
including southeastern Ontario, have seen resurgence of both vineyards and
wineries over the past twenty five years. Tim Kuiper owns
Broken Stone Winery on the north shore of Lake Ontario
and within sight of New York State. Kuyper says this
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has been a good year for sales, but he does
not think it's the new normal.
Speaker 16 (36:23):
I never thought that international trade would have such a
large impact, but it has. It's been very positive for
us because people have been forced to try something new.
We're just enjoying the ability to compete a little bit
better while it lasts.
Speaker 11 (36:35):
The north shore of Lake Erie is home to dozens
of wineries in extreme southwestern Ontario. Spruce Wood Shoes Winery
is within sight of the Windsor Detroit Skyline. Bruce Wood
owner Steve Mitchell says that he's seeing many locals who
have never been in his tasting room until now. Mitchell
is enjoying his current success, but his local region is
(36:58):
also home to Canada's primary automotive manufacturing center, so he's
also hearing his customer's concerns about the lingering specter of
ongoing tariffs.
Speaker 30 (37:07):
This has been a huge tail end for Ontario wineries.
I think this is great to have all these sales.
We're seeing a lot of people who hadn't considered or
tried Ontario wines in the past. But the truth is,
i't want to see Canada do well in general.
Speaker 11 (37:21):
Reporting from Canada, I'm Dennis Guy.
Speaker 1 (37:23):
With that friends, arount of time for today, Thanks for
joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition of Bad
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