July 24, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Valley. This is ilife. 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 of USDA entity offers information and education between government
and nonprofit organizations to help those in need. Rod Bain

(00:20):
starts us off this morning.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
One could say, to be in Farbing, you need faith
in farming, faith within Farbing, and just faith. The Agriculture
Department recognizes this and has for quite some time.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
At the turn of this century. Can you believe that
we are quarter all the way through the new century.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
That's doctor Alvetta Kigg. She's the senior advisor of USDA
Center for Faith.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
President Bush initiated something called the United States Faith Center
Faith Office, and it's called something different in every administration,
but it does exist. So every United States governmental department
has an opportunity for a faith entity.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
The mission of USDA's Center for Faith is reaching out
at connecting government with nonprofit organizations, both secular and faith
based to help people. Indeed, the main resource provided.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
We are a distribution center of information and education.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
That distribution comes through various avenues. What is Webinars sponsored
by the Center for Faith, such as recently.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
A webinar on disasters and the hurricanes or the fires,
or various disasters and issues that.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
Occur an event, including information on disaster assistance programs through
USDA agencies.

Speaker 3 (01:39):
We call in experts through the various partnerships and agencies
internally and sometimes community partners as well as stakeholders, best
practices in etc.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
Other webinar topics include farm stress and rural mental health.
Another method of providing information and education is through the
center's website and newsle Lige.

Speaker 3 (02:00):
You do have a wonderful website USDA Faith Center and
if you Google and go there, and we have a
newsletter there.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
An example of info presented in the newsletter.

Speaker 3 (02:10):
We have a little note to mothers who are pregnant
and how they can help their deficient doctor.

Speaker 2 (02:14):
King says. Where the Center receives NUBRIUS requests for partnership,
programming and education from various organizations and communities. Outreach also
plays a part in providing information.

Speaker 3 (02:26):
We have opportunities to listen and visit the various communities
as well. We've attended the National Baptist Convention, had a
meeting with the Catholic community.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
One duty. The Center does not perform awarding grants or
loans or financial assistance.

Speaker 3 (02:42):
However, we can direct you to the right opportunity.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
And to doctor Kig. What makes USDA Center of Faith
unique is a basic commonality for all, regardless of belief.

Speaker 3 (02:53):
Halloo, kosher and apple pie. What do they have in common?
Humans have to eat? We do we all have to eat?
And do we have safe food? Clean food? Explu sustainability
and availability healthy food?

Speaker 2 (03:07):
Broad Bane reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.

Speaker 4 (03:12):
Well.

Speaker 5 (03:12):
Friends.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
Coming up will have an update on the US cotton
crop and the southern part of the US as it progresses. Also,
the American Farm Bureau Federation is looking for entries in
the farm Dog of the Year contest that's coming up,
and also house earrings on proposition twelve. You're listening to

(03:33):
ag Life. Bob Quinn here with farm News this morning,
Friends calling all outstanding farm dogs. The American Farm Bureau
Federation is still seeking nominees for the Farm Dog of
the Year contest. Chad Smith has details.

Speaker 6 (03:47):
The American Farm Bureau Federation, in cooperation with Nesley Purina PetCare,
is looking for the country's best four legged farm hand.
Terry Moore, vice president of Communication for AFBF, says, the
Farm Dog of the Year contest is a unique opportunity
to showcase agriculture.

Speaker 7 (04:07):
I think part of what's special about it is that
it provides a window into the world of agriculture for
the public through a shared love of pets. They love
their pets, and they see these videos and are so
touched by how the pets are not only loved by
the farm families but really helpful on the farm.

Speaker 6 (04:23):
More says ideal candidates for Farm Dog of the Year
are both a vital part of their family's farm and
a true member of the family.

Speaker 7 (04:31):
So we really look for farm dogs that have an
actual role in the operation of the farm, are helpful
in the farming operation, but also are a family pet.
And by the way, we extended the deadline for the
contest this year, so it's this Friday, the twenty fifth,
anytime before midnight.

Speaker 6 (04:48):
Farm Bureau and Nestle Purina Pet Care have some great
prizes to offer.

Speaker 7 (04:53):
They provide five thousand dollars to our farm family, the
farm Dog Family of the Year, and then the people
Choice pup winner gets twenty five hundred dollars lest they
both get a year's supply of peering a dog food
and has stipen to become attend American from Bureau's convention
in January.

Speaker 6 (05:11):
For more information or to sign up your pet, visit
fb dot org Forward slash farm Dog Chad Smith, Washington.

Speaker 1 (05:20):
As challenges continue to mount for specialty crop rowers and
farmers in general, more federal assistance is available for those
who qualify. Riley Boushu, vice president of Northwest Horticultural Council, says,
a second round of marketing assistants specialty crops or MASK
payments are now being distributed.

Speaker 8 (05:39):
The initial round of payments under this program go back
to December, so the initial round of roughly nine hundred
million dollars across the United States went out to that
first round, and then there was additional funding remaining, so
that anybody that applied up until January tenth is now
getting a second payment.

Speaker 1 (05:57):
And Busho says, especially crop produce us have some unique challenges.

Speaker 9 (06:02):
You know, That's something the message that we delivered from
the Northwest Hori Cultural Council to USDA for quite a
while and continue to that, you know, the single largest challenge.

Speaker 8 (06:12):
And all of this is really that escalating labor costs.

Speaker 1 (06:14):
So if you have questions about or are expecting a
mask payment of some kind.

Speaker 9 (06:19):
To make sure that they get what is coming their direction,
the best place to go is to check in with
their local county Farm Service Agency office. They're the people
that know all the ins and outs of all these things,
and if you signed up in January and are expecting
something and haven't seen it, talk to them.

Speaker 8 (06:35):
They'll be able to help you out directly.

Speaker 1 (06:36):
There are other relief programs in effect. Boosho says. The
Supplemental Disaster Relief Program aims to help producers hit by extreme.

Speaker 9 (06:44):
Weather right it can, and that one's a live and
active one right now too. They just announced that last
week I believe it was now, and there's roughly sixteen
billion dollars that they've put into that program that was
appropriated by Congress the disaster funding back into.

Speaker 1 (07:00):
De Bushu says. USDA announced a second round of disaster
raid that should be up and running by mid September.
He recommends you contact your FSA office for more details. Well, Friends,
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to
create the largest railroad in North America that would connect

(07:20):
the east and West coast. The merger discussion began during
the first quarter of twenty twenty five. According to someone
familiar with the talks but not authorized to publicly discuss
those talks, it would combine the largest and smallest of
the country's six major freight railroads. Both railroads declined any
further comment within the industry. The ap says there is

(07:41):
a lot of debate over the merger and whether it
would be approved by the Surface Transportation Board. Farm News.
This morning, you're listening to Aglife.

Speaker 10 (07:50):
It's another agnews update. We focus on trade. What's happening
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Today, University of Nebraska AGG economists Brad Lubin.

Speaker 14 (08:32):
We have generally seen growth and exports and growth in imports. Yes,
we're a major agricultural producer in the world, and we're
a major exporter of those egg products. We also are
the number one consumer market in the world, and we're
a major importer of many egg products as well. Often,
maybe most of the time, those are complementary products. We
export grains and we export me to We import coffee

(08:53):
and other exotic fruits and so forth. Sometimes they appear
to be competing products. We actually export beef and import
beef at the same time. Well, but it is different.

Speaker 12 (09:03):
We export higher value cuts.

Speaker 14 (09:05):
We tend to import lean trim that compliments our ground
beef production in the US. But what we have seen
here is that exports have actually fallen back in the
last couple of years. Twenty three and twenty four have
fallen back from the record of twenty two. Imports, however,
have continued to push higher, and we actually have a
rather sizable trade deficit, even in agriculture, which is one

(09:26):
of the sectors we historically always said was one of
the few US sectors that ran a trade serve US. Well,
right now we're running a trade deficit, and some of
the challenges we see with US exports and trade policy
don't really tell a better table of this going forward.
So it comes down at the moment until we see
better signs of what's going on in the trade front.

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Speaker 10 (10:16):
American Cattle News Today we take a look at reopening
the Mexican border for feeders.

Speaker 16 (10:24):
More after this, here's farmer and landowner John Prouve.

Speaker 17 (10:29):
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Doctor daryl'peel, Oklahoma State Livestock Economy.

Speaker 18 (11:00):
The greatest threat is in the Texas ports to South Texas.
If you think about the way Texas dips down to
the southern tip, that gets farther and closer to the
area where the threat would be. So so you know
we're going to begin a phase reopening. I think the
dates they published are right after July fourth or Douglas, Arizona,
and then from there on Columbus, New Mexico, Santa Theresa,

(11:21):
New Mexico. And you know, the Douglas port doesn't cross
that many beef cattle, and they said it would be
limited only to Chiuhuahua and Sonora cattle, but I wouldn't
expect very many Chuaha cattle. Chihuahua is a big beef
cattle state for exportation, but you know that's going way west,
that's kind of going away from where their markets are.
So I really don't expect to see a lot of cattle,

(11:42):
and I think that's intentional on the part of USDA
to kind of start with the low volume report ports
and there'll be some backlogs or there'll be some bottlenecks
at the border with this process. Once you get into
the new Mexico ports at Columbus and especially Santa Theresa,
that's the biggest port on the border, we'll get into
more potent for cattle to come up. But even there,
I think the process will be fairly slow. There will

(12:04):
continue to be some undoubtedly some bottlenecks with just the
physical process of getting cattle across the border. So all
of that to say that we are going to begin
some phase reopening, but the volume of cattle coming in
from Mexico will be quite slow for certainly several more
weeks to a few months, and you know, maybe by
the end of the year we're getting back close to normal.

(12:25):
But all of that to say that it's going to
continue to restrict the number of cattle coming in.

Speaker 12 (12:30):
As we go forward.

Speaker 18 (12:31):
You know, it's a process, it takes time, it's a
very complicated process, and it's a very long border, so
there's a lot of things that have to take place
to take care.

Speaker 8 (12:39):
Of all of that.

Speaker 10 (12:40):
American Cattle News.

Speaker 19 (12:46):
This is Dairy Radio now on John Clark traveling in
the countryside for Feeder at to USA. Today we are
at a country club with Jason Lloyd, President of the
Near Closting Association. Jason, great to be with you. This
is a really busy group that you've got.

Speaker 20 (13:00):
It is.

Speaker 4 (13:01):
Yeah.

Speaker 20 (13:01):
Bonnie Bark said, puts this together for us every year.
This is a fourth annual. It's a dairy industry golf
outing that she has pulled together sponsorship from all over
different companies that are taking their time to be here.
Bonnie's done a great job pulling this together. It's a
helping fund these juniors to go to things like national
convention to compete for contest. We also use money from

(13:25):
here for last year's state convention going to the Young
Breeder tell.

Speaker 19 (13:29):
Us about New York Coasting because you are a very
busy organization.

Speaker 20 (13:33):
So in January we do our annual convention and major
junior events where the juniors start off competing against each
other county to county for different things like Dairy Bowl
or the speech contest, and to qualify for national Convention,
and this year we had sixteen kids traveled to Saint Louis,
Missouri for national convention, where the New York Juniors took

(13:56):
the top in the finalists for the Dairy Bowl, which
is in a senior competition, which is a huge event.
Plus we had some DGM finalists and again back to
this golf outing to help get them kids there.

Speaker 19 (14:06):
We've jumped from January to July. But really there's a
couple of things heading in between that and most notably carousel.

Speaker 20 (14:12):
Yeah, the carousel that happens at Hamburg every year. And
thanks to people like yourself, John for sponsoring the Junior Day,
which was I think over one hundred kids between showmanship
and the Junior show just amazing. But you know, right
now we're in the heart of shows that we showed
at our local show at Cobleskiel. We did the OHM show,

(14:36):
over one hundred and thirty entries, forty five kids in showmanship.
Ian Wy is going on. I heard they were up
to over one hundred and seventy entries and seventy five
kids in a junior showmanship contest.

Speaker 19 (14:49):
So one of the things looking from the outside in
is that even though Dairy farms have decreased the number.
We still have really vibrant juniors. We still have a
lot of people involved in the association. They may not
be can counts for a living, but they're still involved.

Speaker 20 (15:02):
Absolutely, John. And the one thing, as most of you
that are interested in this conversation I'm having with John
Clark knows that we grew up with a worth ethic
from this and we have a junior association and kids
coming along stronger than ever and it might not be
to run their own dairy, but they want to support
agriculture and that's such a huge thing. Whether any agribusiness

(15:28):
is a huge thing for you sponsors out there that
are putting money towards this association. We're learning a worth
ethnic and it's the next kids that help along the way.

Speaker 19 (15:37):
And moving on with that calendar, that's well said, Jason.
Moving on with that calendar, we've got state Fair coming
up and your state show coming up.

Speaker 20 (15:44):
Yep, we do so all the county shows, county fairs,
they're all rolling through. Everyone's deciding what's going to the
next level. There's kids going to the state Fair that
are going to do it for the experience. There's going
to do it for the winning competition, but it's I
mean without the sponsorship putting all these shows together in

(16:05):
New York Hosting Association and Betsy and Joanne and our
executive committee. We just came off. On a side note,
we just came off of State Picnic. That was very fun.
It was a fun, eventful day. Thanks to Kevin and
Barb and Mason Zimba for hosting that and Steve van
leish Out, our vice president, for hosting a farm tour.
Very nice day.

Speaker 19 (16:26):
Yeah. You know, if you keep involved in Facebook, you
really see what's happening with New York Hosting, don't you.
There's a lot of great pictures there cataloging the events
that you're doing. Yeah.

Speaker 20 (16:34):
Absolutely, And if you go back for those who were
putting this golf tournament together, go back to the pictures
from National Convention. I was there the entire time for
the Awards Bank, but there was four hundred and seventy
five people at the Awards Bank.

Speaker 21 (16:48):
But.

Speaker 20 (16:50):
Juniors and New York was very very well supportive in that.

Speaker 19 (16:54):
And yet a part of it all is the quality hosting,
Derek Cooe.

Speaker 20 (16:58):
It is the quality holsting Dairy Cow and the crazy
part about the Holsting Cow and something to feel good
about that Holesteing cow produces components that and every color
breed always have and they're doing it more productive than ever.

Speaker 19 (17:15):
Jason Lloyd, president of the New York Hosting Association, thanks
for making time for us.

Speaker 20 (17:20):
Today, and thank you John Clark for being a major
support of New York Holsting and always supporting all these
events to keep these juniors wrong.

Speaker 19 (17:27):
It is our pleasure. You're very welcome. I'm John Clark,
traveling in the countryside for Feedwick's USA.

Speaker 5 (17:35):
Let's make it easy for consumers to grab a little
bag of walnuts, and I'm talking about quality walnuts that
they can consume and come back and get more. I'm
Patrick Cavanaugh with the California tree Nut Report, part of
the Vast Hag Information Network. We're speaking with Robert Verloop.
He's the executive director and CEO of the California Walnut

(17:55):
Board and the California Walnut Commission.

Speaker 22 (17:58):
You know, different forms and packages is more convenient. Snacking sizes,
whether it's you know, one or two ounces or ten ounces.
Resealable bags very important on the snack size because you
want to make it portable, you want to make it
easy to take with you wherever you go.

Speaker 5 (18:14):
But there's a second part of that equation. Walnuts need
to be refrigerated kept cool for quality.

Speaker 22 (18:21):
That packaging also has to help enhance the quality in
the eating experience. And so if we bring in walnuts
that have been probably grown and handled, and a lot
of that handling has to be refrigeration from our processors,
our handlers all the way until the consumer right, we
can start to enhance the cold chain, just like you
do with all other perishable produce. And that's part of

(18:43):
the mindset is we have to shift to being more
of a semi perishable rather than a shelf stable item.
Then you have that opportunity to turn the product more often,
and there's a huge opportunity to educate consumers that walnuts
need to be in the refrigerator.

Speaker 5 (18:58):
That's right and eaten often.

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Speaker 25 (20:01):
Tariffs and other trade issues were top of mind for
cattle producers and other beef industry leaders attending the Cattle
Industry Summer Business Beating in San Diego. US Beat Export
Federation President and CEO Dan Halstrom said, despite an uncertain
trade environment, producers remain upbeat about robust global demand for
US beef.

Speaker 4 (20:18):
Here in San Diego is I think a very upbeat tone. Obviously,
with producer profits being a really good sign compared to
a few years ago. Another thing that was talked about
quite a bit this week was demand, global demand, but
not only global US demand as well. We have the
opportunity to present to the International Marketing Committee here and

(20:38):
this is one of the main points that we continue
to strive and relay to them that the demand around
the world is growing, but it's not just the established markets,
it's emerging markets like a Central American region for example.

Speaker 25 (20:50):
Aaron Bohr, USMEF Vice President for Economic Analysis, addressed the
current trade impact with China and other key policy issues
with the International Trade Committee.

Speaker 13 (20:59):
It was a great opportunity for us to be able
to spend a little more time with the producers to
help them understand the complicated nature of the China market
and what we've been through since February, essentially in the
evolving access situation, and most importantly to explain the value
of that China market for the entire beef industry and

(21:21):
explaining how US beef was the big winner in the
Phase one agreement with China and the fact that China
adds additional value to every animal we produce when we
have that market, because not only are they buying two
billion dollars worth of US beef, but they're competing for
every asia item that we produce off that animal, so

(21:42):
that supports those prices and the fact that we really
need China to again abide by that Phase one agreement
and be able to return to one hundred and fifty
to one hundred and sixty five dollars per head that
China does add to our industry.

Speaker 25 (21:57):
For more, please visit USMEF dot org for the Usbed
Export Federation. I'm John Harris.

Speaker 26 (22:02):
When it comes to passing a farm onto the next generation,
capital gains taxes can pack a pretty big punch. Farmland
that appreciated in value over decades can lead to a
hefty tax bill if it is sold or transferred without
the right planning. Kelly Wilford and Extension farm management planning
specialists with the University of Wisconsin, says agriculture welcome to

(22:25):
provision in the federal budget that spreads out those capital
gains tax payments.

Speaker 27 (22:31):
There was a neat little provision about capital gains on
farmland that got squeezed in, So it's going to become
Code Section ten sixty two in the Internal Revenue Code,
And what that provision does is it actually allows you
to spread out any capital gains on farmland over for
installments over four years. Well, what does that mean exactly?

(22:52):
If we're not dealing with estate tax, We've decided, hey,
we don't want to hold onto all of these assets
until the very moment we die, maybe thinking about transferring
that land a little sooner and potentially.

Speaker 26 (23:03):
With a sale. Capital gains can hit hard on land
that's been held in the same family for a long time.

Speaker 27 (23:09):
Capital gains tax comes into play when we are selling
an asset like farmland, and it is paid on the
difference between the sale price of that land and whatever
the owner's tax basis in that property was. For some
of our farms who've held farmland for a number of years,
that could be fairly significant. That appreciation that's being taxed

(23:31):
could be again a big deal for those farms. What
this reconciliation package did was it allowed farmers to make
an election again that you could spread out that tax
over four years, so it's not all necessarily due year one,
but potentially an option to spread it out.

Speaker 26 (23:47):
Over for She offered a real life example of how
quickly the gains tax can pile up.

Speaker 27 (23:53):
I'm actually going to use an example that a farmer
in the Central Sands shared with me earlier this year.
His dad bought land in that area. I want to
say it was back in the fifties or sixties, and
at that point there wasn't a lot of irrigation in
that space, and so that land was only worth the
dollar number he gave me was about three dollars an acre,

(24:13):
and I'm wondering if maybe it was three hundred, but
you get the sense of it wasn't a whole lot. Today,
that land at firm market value is closer to ten
thousand dollars an acre because his father is still holding
that land his basis. What he paid was that either
three or three hundred dollars an acre. But if he
were to sell it tomorrow, he would be taxed on

(24:35):
the difference between ten thousand and that original purchase price,
and he'd be looking at probably about a twenty percent
tax rate on that. So paying about twenty percent of
that difference into the federal government. It's a pretty significant
chunk of change.

Speaker 26 (24:50):
Again. That is Kelly Wilford.

Speaker 28 (24:53):
It's time for California Ag today on the AG Information Network.
I am Hayley Ship. President Donald Trump has now nominated
doctor Julie Callahan to serve as Chief Agricultural Negotiator for
the Office of the US Trade Representative. It's a role
that helps to shape international trade deals for US farmers

(25:14):
and ranchers. Doctor Callahan is no stranger to the job.
She is currently the Assistant US Trade Representative for Agricultural
Affairs and Commodity Policy, and has held prior roles with
the FDA, USDA's Foreign agg Service, and even the American
Chemical Society. Several agg groups weighed in on the nomination.

(25:35):
The California Fresh Fruit Association says Callahan has worked to
reduce tariffs and other trade barriers and that they look
forward to working with her on behalf of the state's
fruit industry. The US Dairy Export Council, National Milk Producers Federation,
and Consortium for Common Food Names also voiced support, pointing

(25:58):
to her experience with expanding export opportunities and tackling issues
like the use of common food names in international markets.
Doctor Callahan's nomination now heads to the Senate, where she
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Speaker 1 (27:18):
Bob Quinn here with farm News this morning, friends, calling
all outstanding farm dogs. The American Farm Bureau Federation is
still seeking nominees for the Farm Dog of the Year contest.
Chad Smith has details.

Speaker 6 (27:32):
The American Farm Bureau Federation, in cooperation with Nesley Purina PetCare,
is looking for the country's best four legged farm hand.
Terry Moore, vice President of Communication for AFBF, says, the
Farm Dog of the Year contest is a unique opportunity
to showcase agriculture.

Speaker 7 (27:51):
I think part of what's special about it is that
it provides a window into the world of agriculture for
the public through his shared love of pets. They love
their hats and they see these videos and are so
touched by how the pets are not only loved by
the farm families but really helpful on the farm.

Speaker 6 (28:07):
More says ideal candidates for Farm Dog of the Year
are both a vital part of their family's farm and
a true member of the family.

Speaker 7 (28:16):
So we really look for farm dogs that have an
actual role in the operation of the farm, are helpful
in the farming operation, but also are a family pet.
And by the way, we extended the deadline for the
contest this year, so it's this Friday, the twenty fifth,
anytime before midnight.

Speaker 6 (28:32):
Farm Bureau and Nesle Purina PetCare have some great prizes
to offer.

Speaker 7 (28:37):
They provide five thousand dollars to our farm family, the
farm dog family of the Year, and then the People's
choice pup winner gets twenty five hundred dollars, plus they
both get a year's supply of Purina dog food and
a stipen. Become Attend American Farm Bureau's convention in January.

Speaker 6 (28:55):
For more information or to sign up your pet, visit
fb dot org. A forward slash farm Dog Chad Smith,
Washington Well friends.

Speaker 1 (29:05):
Cotton growers in many areas are experiencing a positive shift
this year thanks to improved irrigation and early season rainfall.
Maxwell Smith, extension cotton specialist at Oklahoma State University, says
this year has been a switch from the past few seasons.

Speaker 11 (29:21):
Definitely been a change of pace and definitely more excitement
in the region about actually making that crop once again.
And that crop is looking really good. Lots of early rains,
got in, good stands, got growing really good. Test pressure
has been really really low thus far this season, and
then out there Gasha water is there to help us
out and get us through the rest of the year.
It's looking really good.

Speaker 1 (29:41):
The growing season started well for cotton producers.

Speaker 11 (29:44):
We started this year with a really good moisture profile
in our soil and planting conditions were really good. Now,
I will say after some of the cotton did come up,
we did have some storms and some high winds that
lose some of it out and cost some replanting, but
our soul temperatures were good, had the moisture underneath it,
and then continued to see intermittent rainfall for about a

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month after the start of cotton planning, which really helped
that plant get up and get growing and not have
us need to turn on the irrigation too soon.

Speaker 1 (30:14):
Maxwell Smith, Oklahoma State Extension talking cotton this morning. Pork
and egg producers across the country will be watching this
week as the House Agriculture Committee holds a hearing on
California's Proposition twelve. Mike Davis has the story.

Speaker 30 (30:30):
California voters passed Prop twelve in twenty eighteen, essentially banning
the sale of conventionally raised pork and eggs in the state,
forcing producers from coast to coast to modify their operations
at considerable expense. Will Coggan, research director with the Center
for Environment and Welfare, A Washington think tank says other

(30:50):
states could follow California's lead.

Speaker 29 (30:53):
Voters were very misled by the animal rights activists who
funded this measure. They spent over ten million bucks passing it,
and well, what about other state? You know, California is
not the only state that has these ballot referendum and
so they all of a sudden, you could see measures
in two deathen states, each with attacking let's say, eggs
or pork or dairy or beef for poultry run by
these animal rights activists that really create chaos in the

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marketplace for both producers and consumers.

Speaker 30 (31:17):
Coggin says voters were misled by the ballot measure in
twenty eighteen.

Speaker 29 (31:21):
They didn't realize how much of their drive up prices
for their they're bacon their eggs at the grocery store
by banning conventionally produced products. And so with bird flu
also creating havoc on the egg prices, eggs got up
to over ten bucks a dozen in California. And so
we did some polling in May, and we found that
Californians have voters remorse, they have buyers for more and

(31:41):
mo worse about Prop twelve. Sixty percent of Californians say
they want a legislative fixed to PROMP twelve. And we
also asked, hey, if this Prop twelve was on the
ballot again tomorrow, would you vote for it? Only thirty
five percent of people said yes, so it would fail
if it was on the ballot again tomorrow.

Speaker 30 (31:57):
Producers as well as California voters have been waiting for
Congress to take up the issue.

Speaker 29 (32:02):
They've been talking about passing a slim down farm bill
by the end of September that would address things like
Prop twelve and a few other issues that were not
addressed in the spending bill. And so we're hopeful that
the members of Congress understand that Prop call is very damaging.
It's both the producers and consumers California is they'll like it,
they regret passing it, and that these measures could if
they're not stop by Congress, could create even more chaos

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for farmers down the road as well as consumers.

Speaker 30 (32:27):
I'm Mike Davis.

Speaker 1 (32:28):
Farm News this morning. You're listening to WAG Life.

Speaker 31 (32:33):
From the Egg Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
With harvest underway, California PAIRA growers say there's a little
doubt that crop yield has improved this year, but looking forward,
growers are grappling with uncertainty after Delmutty Foods, which operates
one of two pair canneries left in the state, filed
for bankruptcy this month. Lodie grower Alex Wilson says Delmodi's

(32:54):
bankruptcy is going to obviously cause some type of rebalancing,
but what that will look like is the Questionin Mexico
intends to produce its own sustainable aviation fuel by twenty thirty,
Julio Diaz Cruise of the National Chamber of Air Transport
says success will depend on industry stakeholders collaborating effectively. Cruz

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says Mexico's Federal Civil Aviation Agency is leading the development
of a national SAF roadmap by the end of the year.
A study estimates Mexico will need approximately forty nine billion
dollars in US investment to develop at least one SAF
production facility. And Farmers have until July twenty fifth to
submit nominations for the twenty twenty six Farm Bureau Farm

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Dog of the Year contests, which comes with cash prizes
and bragging rights. The grand prize winner will get a
year's worth of Purina pro Plan dog food and five
thousand dollars in prize money. The winner will be recognized
at a Farm Dog of the Year Awards ceremony at
January's American Farm Bureau Convention in Anaheim.

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Speaker 12 (34:52):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with today's
agribusiness update. I'm going back to wrap up AAGLI for
today friends. While us DA this month offered its latest
winter wheat production and yield forecast as harvest continues across
the country, Rod Bain wraps us up with.

Speaker 2 (35:09):
Winter wheat harvest now underway, What does USDA see in
the way of production forecast for the crop per its
July production report. As athty Preliment of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service reminds us updated planted and harvested acreage numbers
in the July forecast come from the June acreage report.

Speaker 21 (35:29):
As you think about the production change from June, keep
in mind it's being impacted by both the change in
yield compared to last month and the reduction in harvested area.

Speaker 2 (35:38):
And while no changes were made at either category from
June thirtieth to the July crop production report.

Speaker 21 (35:44):
Since our last production forecast on June twelve, planted acreage
was raised ten thousand acres while harvested area was lowered
eight hundred and eighty eight thousand.

Speaker 2 (35:53):
Acres now factory yield forecast to fifty four.

Speaker 21 (35:56):
Point two bushels per acre, up nine tens of a
percent or a half from last month's forecast, in a
four point eight percent or two point five bushel from
the previous year. I realized this would represent the second
highest yield on record for the US.

Speaker 2 (36:10):
Although in this case the projected yields were not enough
to offset the lower harvested acreage.

Speaker 21 (36:16):
Forecast production is forecast at one point three five billion bushels.
That is down two point six percent from the gene
forecast due to the reduction in harvested acreage. It's also
down three tenths percent from twenty twenty four.

Speaker 2 (36:28):
USDA Chief Ecatama seth Meyer ads that when it comes
to industry expectations about this year's winter week crop.

Speaker 32 (36:36):
Overall production expectation, even though that yield coming in quite
strong relative to trend, it looks like maybe, if you
had to say, compared to the trade, maybe a little
light on overall production, but not a large amount.

Speaker 2 (36:50):
Turning to production forecasts by winter wheat variety, Anthony Prilaman
says hard read.

Speaker 21 (36:56):
At seven hundred and fifty five million bushels is down
three point six percent from the gene forecast and down
two point one percent from last season. Saft for read
at three hundred and thirty seven million bushels, is down
two point five percent from last month and down one
point six percent from last year. And then white Winter
at two hundred and fifty four million bushels, is up
slightly from last month and up seven point six percent
from twenty twenty four.

Speaker 2 (37:17):
I broad Bane reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.

Speaker 1 (37:23):
And with that, friends, out of time for today, thanks
for joining us back tomorrow morning with another edition of
Bag Life