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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Valley. This is Aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well friends,
this morning a look at the approaching wildfire season. Rod
Bain starts us off.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Extreme heat covering the country in recent days is behind
the drying and curing of fuels in our nation's forest
and grasslands that could fuel wildfires. That and increasing wildfire
activity in different parts of the country is behind the
National Interagency Fire Center's announcement this past weekend of the
(00:33):
National wild land Fire Preparedness Level moving up to Level
three status. In other words, increased mobilization of resources for
incident management operations at active wildfire complexes and the sharing
of resources at various levels.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
We got some great examples of where we have connoberationally
between the federal government.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
In Alaska, the state of Alaska.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
For example, also the National Interagency Fire in Idaho, where
we are already coordinating.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
That's Interior Secretary Doug Berkham. He was above various federal
fire leaders recently visiting the White House to update President
Donald Trump on this year's wildfire season to date and
what is needed to prepare for future incidents, also advising
the President and noting the importance of collaboration and wildfire
management efforts. Agriculture Secretary brook Rawlins, Secretary.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
Bergham and I already have given direction to our firefighting
organizations to take whatever actions are necessary to ensure that
we are operationally ready.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
The combined resources include firefighters from both agencies on the
front lines of wildfire complexes and available with activity shifts
to other locales.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
The Department of Interior and the Department of Agriculture employ
over seventeen thousand wildfire.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Personnel, that is federal wildland firefighters. That added an additional
thirteen thousand wildfire personnel from state, local, and triable entities
at the peak of the fire season.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Look and I have already held a joint briefing with
the fire leaders about this fire season. So we'll continue
to unify this work, but we have to work with
the states.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
The federal state joint effort in wildfire prevention and management
is essential. According to the Interior Secretary. As by mid Jude,
over one point two billion acres burned, but more significantly.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Only twenty five percent of that's been on federal The
other seventy five percent has been on state lands.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Or private lands.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
That figure takes on a greater concern when one considers
with the growth of our country.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Around urban areas. There's been a thirty percent growth of
what's called the wild lands and urban interface. When this happens,
people start building homes. This is where we're pessentially creating
cities in the middle of forest.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Broad Bayan reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d c.
Speaker 6 (02:50):
Well.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Friends coming up will look at a report from the
USDA with some assistance for specialty crops. Also a look
at the latest crop production estimates. On today's edition of Baglife.
Bob went back with some farm us this morning, Friends.
USDA has recently started doling out funds earmarked for specialty
crop growers. Chad Smith has our.
Speaker 7 (03:11):
Report America's specialty crop growers often face challenges that are
unique to their segment of agriculture. John Walt boat Wright,
director of Government Affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federations
as USDA, has acknowledged these challenges through the Marketing Assistance
for Specialty Crops Program.
Speaker 8 (03:31):
A program designed specifically to help specialty crop growers deal
with their rising input costs and volatile markets. USDA created
this program in December twenty twenty four and opened up
an application period for specialty crop growers, specifically growers with
commercially marketable specialty crops as defined in the program.
Speaker 7 (03:53):
Boat Right says the funds can be used to address
a variety of issues faced by specialty crop growers.
Speaker 8 (03:59):
When we talk especially crops, we're talking primarily about fruit,
vegetable and nut crops, from rising labor costs to losing
markets for a variety of different reasons, to invase the
pest and disease pressure. There are a lot of unpredictable
factors involved in growing domestic fruit and vegetables in the
United States.
Speaker 7 (04:18):
While the current enrollment period is closed, farmers who think
they may fit the program requirements are encouraged to keep
an eye out for future USDA announcements.
Speaker 8 (04:28):
The goal, hopefully is to pay attention to USDA announcements
to see whether or not they may open this back up.
The hope is that also growers will funnel up any issues,
any feedback, good or bad, to improve upon the good
work that they've already done.
Speaker 7 (04:43):
Chad Smith, Washington, Well Friends.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
USDA's June Acreage and Grainstocks report is historically one of
the more volatile pieces of the calendar, but Monday's release
left the markets relatively flat. Mike Davis has the inside report.
Speaker 9 (04:58):
Brook Schaefer is a market analyst with how Meadow Grain
in Ridgeland, South Carolina, and says Monday's corn planting numbers
provided little spark.
Speaker 10 (05:06):
On the acreage side.
Speaker 11 (05:08):
It felt like everybody was strapped in for a bigger
number on corn, and it came out almost one hundred
and twenty one thousand acres less than March intentions, which
I would have expected a bigger reaction out of the market.
But I think what the market's looking at is we're
getting plenty of.
Speaker 10 (05:28):
Rain, so we tighten it up.
Speaker 11 (05:30):
We take away a little bit of a margin of air,
but we haven't really threatened the balance sheet very much.
Speaker 9 (05:36):
Schaeffer says old crop numbers fell within range as well
the old crop stocks.
Speaker 11 (05:42):
If we'd have tightened those up dramatically, you know, maybe
the market would have said, maybe we would have had
more of a reaction.
Speaker 10 (05:49):
But since we just tightened them up.
Speaker 11 (05:50):
A little bit, even though it was was right below
market expectations, are right, you know, within in the range.
The market didn't really react because as long as there's
weather on the new crop, then we don't have anything
to react to.
Speaker 9 (06:04):
Somewhat surprisingly, lower ending soybean stocks didn't move the needle either.
Speaker 10 (06:09):
The positive news on biofuels.
Speaker 11 (06:13):
Is on for the soybeans anyway, is helping support those
So yeah, I mean, it was a little surprising to
see an increase in stocks on soybeans from expectations, but
the new crop acres were a little bit less, so
you know that probably offsets. It's August weather that makes beans.
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So beans have a little more weather ahead to trade,
so there aren't gonna press them to the downside right
right now yet.
Speaker 12 (06:41):
I'm Mike Davis.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
State of Nebraska getting its first dairy processing facility in
a long time. Groundbreaking recently took place for the first
new dairy processing facility in Nebraska in over sixty years.
Dairy Processing, a family owned company, is building a one
hundred and eighty six million dollar processing plant in Seward, Nebraska.
Speaker 13 (07:04):
TJ.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Towle's CEO of Dairy Processing, talks about that new facility.
Speaker 6 (07:08):
We look to vertically integrate and produce products from our
milk and other milk around the state. We just have
more and more opportunity. Right now we shift to co ops.
That's some other private companies and they've been great partners
throughout those years. But as you look at how to
add value to a product that we already make and
put so much effort into building a plant and packaging
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it ourselves as the next step farm us.
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American Cattle News wats ahead for the beef market. More
after this.
Speaker 13 (10:09):
Here's farmer and businessman James Wood.
Speaker 18 (10:11):
We farm about thirty five hundred acres. There's pipelines everywhere.
The contractor working on my property did not have the
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state livestock economist.
Speaker 19 (10:42):
With the fedcattle market kind of leading things. We've seen
stronger prices, you know, on a daily basis, almost well,
we don't trade every day, but each week certainly we've
set new record prices.
Speaker 4 (10:53):
The bigger feeder cattle have also.
Speaker 19 (10:55):
Gone up, and you know, the vet cattle you could
argue seasonally might drop off of the little bit here
in the summer.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
They typically peak in the spring.
Speaker 19 (11:02):
If there's no underlying trend, they would typically peak in
the spring, drop off a little into a summer low,
and then come back in the you know, in the
last part of the year. We've been sort of building
towards this for you know, two years, I guess, in
terms of the general squeeze on cattle supplies. You know,
so the two questions out there, one of which we
still can't answer for sure, and that is are we
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taking tight feeder supplies and squeezing them even farther by
holding back heifers. We think that's probably starting, but we
don't really have any data definitively. But I think what's
happening is we're beginning to see some of that work
its way through the feed lots. Feedlots have kind of
defied gravity for about eighteen months by slowing them down
and basically making few replacements look.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Like more cattle, if you will.
Speaker 19 (11:48):
And of course we've made them bigger in the meantime,
so crucker's weights have gone up.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
But all that's going to catch up with us at
some point.
Speaker 19 (11:55):
And so what we've seen in the last six or
eight weeks, is that fed cattle slaughter has dropped pretty sharply.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Finally, you know, last year, when we.
Speaker 19 (12:04):
Got done with the year, we had a very you know,
almost no change in fed slaughter, but much heavier carcass weight.
So beef production in total was unchanged last year. Beef
production is going to fall this year. We still don't
quite know about how much, but I think it'll probably
be down.
Speaker 4 (12:19):
Two percent or perhaps a little bit more by the
end of the year.
Speaker 12 (12:23):
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Speaker 1 (12:28):
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Speaker 15 (12:30):
Now.
Speaker 20 (12:31):
Is there such a thing as dairy free butter? Well,
of course not. According to the American Butter Institute, they're
taking action against a manufacturer who is marketing butter as
dairy free. Well, that can be confusing to the consumer.
Joining us with more as National Milks, Chris Galen and Chris,
can you fill us in on what this is all about?
Speaker 4 (12:49):
Sure?
Speaker 21 (12:50):
Well, National Milk manages the American Butter Institute, and in fact,
I'm the executive director of ABI, and one of the
things we look out for is the integrity of butter
label in the US marketplace, and there's been really just
an egregious front to butter makers with the introduction recently
of a product called dairy free butter, either salted or unsalted.
(13:12):
It calls itself dairy free butter. This is sold by
a company called Country Croc, and as we've told the
Food and Drug Administration, this may be a croc from
the Country, but it's certainly not real butter. And so
we've asked the federal government to intervene and to tell
Country Croc that it cannot sell a product called dairy
free butter, because that is a total oxymoron. If you're
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going to have butter, regulations and actually laws passed by
Congress define it as a product coming from an animal
made from cream. You can't have plant based butter. That's
just a non starter for us.
Speaker 20 (13:46):
We've discussed the federal standards of identity in the past,
and these manufacturers that offer these products without dairy ingredients
really try to confuse the consumer, don't they.
Speaker 21 (13:56):
Absolutely, And that's why we've seen other examples like this
in recent years, vegan butter plant based butter. In fact,
Country Croc about five six years ago was marketing itself
as plant based butter, and that also prompted a letter
from US, because again, that is an oxymoron. If it's
plant based, it cannot be butter. It can be a
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vegetable spread, it can be margarine if it meets certain standards.
But the irony here with this country crop product is
that it doesn't even meet the threshold bill to be
considered margarine. It can only call itself plant based spread.
And if you look at the front of the package,
in very small print, it does say that it is
seventy nine percent plant based oil spread, so it does
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admit that it is something other than butter, which you
have to look at the very fine print, the much
larger part of the label. It calls itself dairy free
salted butter, and that's what we're asking the FDA.
Speaker 10 (14:52):
To go after.
Speaker 21 (14:53):
We don't want the product necessarily to completely disappear from
the marketplace, but if it is going to be in
the marketplace, it has to play by the existing rules
that define what is and what is not real butter.
Speaker 20 (15:04):
So the letter has been sent. Where do you see
this ending up with a new administration?
Speaker 21 (15:09):
Well, we are actually hoping that under the Trump administration,
generally and specifically under the leadership of Robert Kennedy Junior
at the Department of Health and Human Services, This MAHA
commission making America healthy again. There's a lot more interest
in whole foods, more natural foods, fewer chemicals, fewer products
with lengthy ingredient lists, fewer products that have seed oils.
(15:32):
And guess what I've just described what this country product is.
It's an ultra processed seed oil concoction. And so we're
hoping then that the powers that be at the Food
and Drug Administration take a look at this and say,
you know, this would be a good example to make
of a company that is playing fast and loose with regulations,
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with labeling laws. It's trying to pass off a seed
oil product as real dairy and this is something that
the FDA should make any example of.
Speaker 20 (16:00):
So if they change the name from dairy free butter
to ultra process seed oil concoction, that would be acceptable.
Speaker 21 (16:07):
Be a win win because from the butter maker standpoint
who I represent, that would be a victory. But honestly,
it would be good for consumers as well, because then
they don't have to have their reading glasses when they
go shopping to look at the four point font that
does say that it's a plant based oil spread. When
the twenty point font on the label when the much
larger font on the package says that it is dairy
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free butter. That's what we're trying to fix.
Speaker 20 (16:32):
Well, thanks for the update, Chris. Chris Galen, Senior VP
of Members Services and Governance with the National Milk Producers
Federation and also executive director of the American Butter Institute.
Find more at NMPF dot org.
Speaker 22 (16:44):
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There's a lot of talk and self fruitful varieties for
the almond industry so that we don't have to have
pollinators and we can harvest all the orchard in one trip.
I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with the California Tree Nut Report part
of the vastag Information Network. The non Parrell varieties the
highest paid nut. We're always trying to get close to
that nut and the new varieties that are being developed.
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Brent Holts is a UCA and R farm advisor San
Joaquin County.
Speaker 23 (17:44):
I think we're getting close to a non parrell, and
it looks like we're even manipulating the actual non parrell
to be potentially self fertile as well. I know in
Rogers' Veriete trial, I think that, oh, I must be
more than twenty new varieties they're looking at. And there's
other ones, you know that are not nondrell. You know
yours Zanni. I hear you know de Warde pushing in
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Is another great self fruitful variety that kind of leads
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That's looks really good on you know, second leaf fields.
But I'm trying to get used to that because I
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Now, barking the tree is when shaker pads during harvest
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You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer
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which one?
Speaker 10 (18:56):
Oh?
Speaker 16 (18:56):
And how receptive is this age group to your sales
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Speaker 2 (19:49):
Extreme heat covering the country in recent days is behind
the drawing and curing of fuels at our nation's forest
and grasslands that could fuel wildfires. That and increasing wildfire
activity in different parts of the country is behind the
National Interagency Fire Center's announcement this past weekend of the
(20:09):
National wildland Fire Preparedness Level moving up to Level three status.
In other words, increased mobilization of resources for incident management
operations at active wildfire complexes and the sharing of resources
at various levels.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
We got some great examples of where we have good
operationally between the federal government in Alaska, the state of Alaska,
for example, also the National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho,
where we are already coordinating.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
That's Interior Secretary Doug Berkham. He was above various federal
fire leaders recently visiting the White House to update President
Donald Trump on this year's wildfire season to date and
what is needed to prepare for future incidents. Also advising
the President and noting the importance of collaboration and wildfire
management efforts Agriculture Secretary Brook Rawlins, Secretary.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
Bergaman, and I already have given direction to our firefighting
organizations to take whatever actions are necessary to ensure that
we are operationally ready.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
The combined resources include firefighters from both agencies on the
front lines of wildfire complexes and available when activity shifts
to other locales.
Speaker 5 (21:20):
The Department of Interior and the Department of Agriculture employ
over seventeen thousand wildfire.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Personnel, that is federal wildland firefighters. That add an additional
thirteen thousand wildfire personnel from state, local, and tribal entities.
At the peak of the fire season.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
Look and I have already held a joint briefing with
the fire leaders about this fire season. So we'll continue
to unify this work, but we have to work with
the states.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
The federal state joint effort in wildfire prevention and management
is essential. According to the Interior Secretary, as by mid June,
over one point two million acres burned, but more significantly.
Speaker 3 (21:59):
Only twenty five five percent of that's been on federal
The other seventy five percent has been on state lands.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
Or private lands.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
That figure takes on a greater concern when one considers
with the growth of our.
Speaker 3 (22:09):
Country around urban areas, there's been a thirty percent growth
of what's called the wild lands and urban interface. When
this happens, people start building homes. This is where we're
pessentially creating cities in the middle of forest.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
The annual election cycle is now underway, the cycle for
USDA Farm Service Agency County Committee positions up for election.
Speaker 24 (22:29):
That is nearly seven thousand and seven hundred. Producers serve
on more than the two thousand, two hundred FSA county
committees nationwide.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
With FSA Administrator Bill Biebe noting about one third of
those committee seats are up for election each year.
Speaker 24 (22:47):
The FSA county committees are comprised of three to eleven
elected members from local administrative areas, each serving a three
year term.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
And recently started the nomination process for FSA County Committee
candidates in the twenty twenty five election.
Speaker 24 (23:05):
The Farm Service Agency committees enable producers to make important
decisions on how federal programs are administered locally to best
serve local community needs, make determinations on arrange decisions, or
assist with local education or outreach efforts. The Farm Service
Committee members are local agricultural producers who help ensure fair
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and equitable administration of the FSA farm programs in their
local county or, in some cases, multi county jurisdiction.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
Candidates can be nominated by eligible producers or can nominate themselves.
Speaker 24 (23:42):
To be eligible to serve on the FSA County Committee,
a person must participate or cooperate in a program administered
by the FSA, be eligible to vote in a county
committee election, and reside in a local administrative area up
for the election.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
FSA County Committee nominations are being accepted through August first.
Candidate nomination forms are now available.
Speaker 24 (24:10):
This form is available at the USDA Service Center or
online at FSA dot USDA dot gov slash Elections.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Ballots will be sent out to eligible voters in November.
Those elected to Farm Service Agency County Committee positions will
be swarted to office January first of next year. Broadbaine
reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 25 (24:38):
It's time for California agg Today on the ag Information Network,
I am Haileyship, well as Californian's prep for those Fourth
of July barbecues. A bit of good news at the
grocery store. According to the American Firm Bureau's annual Market
Basket Survey, the average cookount for ten people will run
seventy dollars and ninety two cents or seven dollars nine
cents a plate. That is just three cents less than
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last year. And out West it is still the most
expensive region at seventy three dollars fifty cents, but that
is over six dollars less than last summer. What's driving
the cost beef? Two pounds of ground chuck now averaged
thirteen dollars thirty three cents, the highest price ever recorded
in this survey. Drought driven herd reductions and screwworm import
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concerns are tightening supplies. Meanwhile, chicken price is staying flat
seven dollars seventy nine cents and pork chops down nearly
nine percent to fourteen dollars thirteen cents for three pounds.
On the produce side, hand picked crops like strawberries and
lemons nudged prices upward, but potato salad stayed nearly even
thanks to dips and celery onion and potato costs. It
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is worth noting that farmers do see just fifteen point
nine cents of every food dollar, even as their expenses climb.
So this Independence Day, as you flip those burgers or
pour that lemonade, tip your cap to the California producers
who make it all possible. Enjoy the holiday.
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Speaker 1 (27:04):
Bob Quent back with a special report. This morning, USDA
released that he planted acres and grainstocks report on Monday.
Joe Jansen, an agricultural economist University of Illinois, talks about
his reaction and what the reports may mean for farmers
and ranchers.
Speaker 26 (27:19):
I'm a University of Illinois Extensions tud Glace, an agricultural
economist from the u Joe Jansen, a member of the
farm Doc team, now joins us to discuss the Monday
USDA reports. Both acreage and grainstocks were released today. Thank
you Joe for being with us. Start out with the
numbers broadly, Did they change anything? What do they mean
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to the farmer producer?
Speaker 10 (27:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 27 (27:45):
I think we probably look at me four big numbers,
two for corn and two for soybeans, the first being
the acreage numbers and maybe the second being the grainstocks numbers.
The two numbers on acreage were ninety five point two
million acres of corn and eighty three point four million
acres of soybeans, and those are down just scoch from
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where they were in the March perspective plannings report, but
basically right in line with everyone's expectations. We're going to
see more corn acres harvested this year in the United
States than we did a year ago, less soybean acres.
Those roughly offsetting changes, but.
Speaker 10 (28:22):
Not much in terms of news.
Speaker 27 (28:23):
Nothing that's really moving the market in any significant way,
given that these those acreage numbers were right in line
with expectations and the grainstocks figures. Yeah, so USDA came
out with its estimates of the grainstocks as of June one,
we saw the cornstock's number come in at about four
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point six five billion bushels four point sixty four. That's
maybe down a little bit from a year ago and
kind of roughly in line with the relatively strong pace
of use that we've seen for US corn this year.
That cornstocks number was right in line with expectations, sort
of puts us you know, right where we think we
need to be if we're if USDA is in fact
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right that we're gonna maybe have slightly lower corn ending
stocks as of September one, the end of the corn
marketing year of this year. On the soybean side, I
think this is maybe just kind of slightly bearished. The
USDA's soybean stocks estimate was just over one billion bushels.
That's a little bit above what the traders expecting, you know,
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a little bit more than we've seen.
Speaker 10 (29:32):
For the last few years.
Speaker 27 (29:34):
But overall, you know, given the fact that we are
going to see lower soybean acres, it doesn't sort of
change the supply and demand picture for beans all that much.
Speaker 26 (29:42):
All right, So let's take up corn from your perspective
at this point. Last week, both the July and the
December contracts made new contract lows. Can those be as
early as this during the season, or do you think
there's much more to go to.
Speaker 27 (29:58):
Go on the to the downside. I mean, I think
that's going to have to be. I mean, part of
what we're looking at is sort of, you know, it
is a weather market.
Speaker 4 (30:06):
Now.
Speaker 27 (30:07):
We are seeing, you know, some signs of dryness in
different parts of the corn belt. I mean, we've had
adequate moisture up until this point. I think that's really
kind of where a lot of that pessimism was was
coming from last week, was the fact that you know,
weather in most parts of the corn belt, not everywhere,
but on the whole has been relatively conducive to corn production.
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I think we may see some you know, weather driven
action in the next month, and that may be a
reason to get back to something closer to a four
forty dec corn number. But we've got, as we've probably
got to see it from the weather side, because you know,
you've got that South American harvest that's coming in now
that's going to keep the global supply pipeline pretty full
(30:53):
for the next little while. So it's it's got to
be a US weather story. There's the possibility of that happening,
but here too, for it has come to pass.
Speaker 26 (31:01):
Do you think today's reports changed the season's average cash
price for new crop corn and soybeans for the upcoming
WISDY report or in your own supply and demand tables
going forward? Or did they just hold the status quo.
Speaker 27 (31:14):
I think it's this is a status quo report. I
mean USDA has their season average price forecast I think
at four to twenty for new crop corn. That number seems,
you know, about in line with what we would expect
given the dramatic surge in US supply that we are
going to see because there are going to be so
many more acres of corn that nothing to sort of
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meaningfully change what that number looks like.
Speaker 26 (31:39):
A five for soybeans, that's about in line as.
Speaker 27 (31:42):
Well, roughly in line, mean, that's right where we're at
on the board today. So we did see the soybean
market kind of dip a little bit lower on the
release of the report, and it's kind of held that
sort of slight decline in price that we're writing around
that four to twenty five mark right now as I'm speaking,
and that seems to be, you know, again roughly in
(32:05):
line with what the supplying demand picture looks like at
this point.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Near Joe Jansen talking about the stocks and Acres report
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USDA's June acreage and grainstocks report is historically one of
the more volatile pieces of the calendar, but Monday's release
left the markets relatively flat. Mike Davis takes a look
at that report.
Speaker 9 (34:56):
Brooks Schaefer is a market analyst with Palmetto Grain and
Ridge in South Carolina and says Monday's corn planting numbers
provided little spark.
Speaker 10 (35:05):
On the acreage side.
Speaker 11 (35:06):
It felt like everybody was strapped in for a bigger
number on corn, and it came out almost one hundred
and twenty one thousand acres less than March intentions, which
I would have expected a bigger reaction out of the market.
But I think what the market's looking at is we're
getting plenty.
Speaker 10 (35:26):
Of rain, so we tighten it up.
Speaker 11 (35:29):
We take away a little bit of a margin of air,
but we haven't really threatened the balance sheet very much.
Speaker 9 (35:35):
Schaeffer says old crop numbers fell within range as well
the old crop stocks.
Speaker 11 (35:40):
If we'd have tighten those up dramatically, you know, maybe
the market would have said, maybe we would have had
more of a reaction. But since we just tightened them
up a little bit, even though it was was right
below market expectations are right, you know, within in the range.
The market didn't really react because as long as there's
weather on the new crop, then we don't have anything
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to react to.
Speaker 9 (36:03):
Somewhat surprisingly, lower ending soybean stocks didn't move the needle either.
Speaker 10 (36:08):
The positive news on biofuels.
Speaker 11 (36:11):
Is on for the soybeans anyway, is helping support those
So yeah, I mean, it was a little surprising to
see an increase in stocks on soybeans from expectations, but
the new crop acres were a little bit less, so
you know that probably offsets. It's August weather that makes beans.
(36:32):
So beans have a little more weather ahead to trade,
so there aren't going to press them to the to
the downside right right now yet.
Speaker 1 (36:40):
I'm Mike Davis and one final piece this morning. The
June first inventory of hogs and pigs was seventy five
point one million head, up less than one percent from
last quarter and slightly higher than last year. Meanwhile, the
breeding herd is the smallest in a decade, down point
two percent from last quarter and about half a percent
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from last year, and within the bottom range of pre
report expectations. That's only point nine percent higher than the
breeding herd in June of twenty fifteen and matches the
total in June of twenty sixteen. USDA's Cold Storage Report
says cold stocks of pork at the end of May
were down one percent from April and one percent from
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twenty twenty four. And with that, friends, we out a
time for today. Thanks for joining us. Back tomorrow morning
with another edition of Aglife.
Good morning, Valley. This is Aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well friends,
this morning a look at the approaching wildfire season. Rod
Bain starts us off.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Extreme heat covering the country in recent days is behind
the drying and curing of fuels in our nation's forest
and grasslands that could fuel wildfires. That and increasing wildfire
activity in different parts of the country is behind the
National Interagency Fire Center's announcement this past weekend of the
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National wild land Fire Preparedness Level moving up to Level
three status. In other words, increased mobilization of resources for
incident management operations at active wildfire complexes and the sharing
of resources at various levels.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
We got some great examples of where we have connoberationally
between the federal government.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
In Alaska, the state of Alaska.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
For example, also the National Interagency Fire in Idaho, where
we are already coordinating.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
That's Interior Secretary Doug Berkham. He was above various federal
fire leaders recently visiting the White House to update President
Donald Trump on this year's wildfire season to date and
what is needed to prepare for future incidents, also advising
the President and noting the importance of collaboration and wildfire
management efforts. Agriculture Secretary brook Rawlins, Secretary.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
Bergham and I already have given direction to our firefighting
organizations to take whatever actions are necessary to ensure that
we are operationally ready.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
The combined resources include firefighters from both agencies on the
front lines of wildfire complexes and available with activity shifts
to other locales.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
The Department of Interior and the Department of Agriculture employ
over seventeen thousand wildfire.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Personnel, that is federal wildland firefighters. That added an additional
thirteen thousand wildfire personnel from state, local, and triable entities
at the peak of the fire season.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Look and I have already held a joint briefing with
the fire leaders about this fire season. So we'll continue
to unify this work, but we have to work with
the states.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
The federal state joint effort in wildfire prevention and management
is essential. According to the Interior Secretary. As by mid Jude,
over one point two billion acres burned, but more significantly.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Only twenty five percent of that's been on federal The
other seventy five percent has been on state lands.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Or private lands.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
That figure takes on a greater concern when one considers
with the growth of our country.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Around urban areas. There's been a thirty percent growth of
what's called the wild lands and urban interface. When this happens,
people start building homes. This is where we're pessentially creating
cities in the middle of forest.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Broad Bayan reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d c.
Speaker 6 (02:50):
Well.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Friends coming up will look at a report from the
USDA with some assistance for specialty crops. Also a look
at the latest crop production estimates. On today's edition of Baglife.
Bob went back with some farm us this morning, Friends.
USDA has recently started doling out funds earmarked for specialty
crop growers. Chad Smith has our.
Speaker 7 (03:11):
Report America's specialty crop growers often face challenges that are
unique to their segment of agriculture. John Walt boat Wright,
director of Government Affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federations
as USDA, has acknowledged these challenges through the Marketing Assistance
for Specialty Crops Program.
Speaker 8 (03:31):
A program designed specifically to help specialty crop growers deal
with their rising input costs and volatile markets. USDA created
this program in December twenty twenty four and opened up
an application period for specialty crop growers, specifically growers with
commercially marketable specialty crops as defined in the program.
Speaker 7 (03:53):
Boat Right says the funds can be used to address
a variety of issues faced by specialty crop growers.
Speaker 8 (03:59):
When we talk especially crops, we're talking primarily about fruit,
vegetable and nut crops, from rising labor costs to losing
markets for a variety of different reasons, to invase the
pest and disease pressure. There are a lot of unpredictable
factors involved in growing domestic fruit and vegetables in the
United States.
Speaker 7 (04:18):
While the current enrollment period is closed, farmers who think
they may fit the program requirements are encouraged to keep
an eye out for future USDA announcements.
Speaker 8 (04:28):
The goal, hopefully is to pay attention to USDA announcements
to see whether or not they may open this back up.
The hope is that also growers will funnel up any issues,
any feedback, good or bad, to improve upon the good
work that they've already done.
Speaker 7 (04:43):
Chad Smith, Washington, Well Friends.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
USDA's June Acreage and Grainstocks report is historically one of
the more volatile pieces of the calendar, but Monday's release
left the markets relatively flat. Mike Davis has the inside report.
Speaker 9 (04:58):
Brook Schaefer is a market analyst with how Meadow Grain
in Ridgeland, South Carolina, and says Monday's corn planting numbers
provided little spark.
Speaker 10 (05:06):
On the acreage side.
Speaker 11 (05:08):
It felt like everybody was strapped in for a bigger
number on corn, and it came out almost one hundred
and twenty one thousand acres less than March intentions, which
I would have expected a bigger reaction out of the market.
But I think what the market's looking at is we're
getting plenty of.
Speaker 10 (05:28):
Rain, so we tighten it up.
Speaker 11 (05:30):
We take away a little bit of a margin of air,
but we haven't really threatened the balance sheet very much.
Speaker 9 (05:36):
Schaeffer says old crop numbers fell within range as well
the old crop stocks.
Speaker 11 (05:42):
If we'd have tightened those up dramatically, you know, maybe
the market would have said, maybe we would have had
more of a reaction.
Speaker 10 (05:49):
But since we just tightened them up.
Speaker 11 (05:50):
A little bit, even though it was was right below
market expectations, are right, you know, within in the range.
The market didn't really react because as long as there's
weather on the new crop, then we don't have anything
to react to.
Speaker 9 (06:04):
Somewhat surprisingly, lower ending soybean stocks didn't move the needle either.
Speaker 10 (06:09):
The positive news on biofuels.
Speaker 11 (06:13):
Is on for the soybeans anyway, is helping support those
So yeah, I mean, it was a little surprising to
see an increase in stocks on soybeans from expectations, but
the new crop acres were a little bit less, so
you know that probably offsets. It's August weather that makes beans.
(06:33):
So beans have a little more weather ahead to trade,
so there aren't gonna press them to the downside right
right now yet.
Speaker 12 (06:41):
I'm Mike Davis.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
State of Nebraska getting its first dairy processing facility in
a long time. Groundbreaking recently took place for the first
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Dairy Processing, a family owned company, is building a one
hundred and eighty six million dollar processing plant in Seward, Nebraska.
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Towle's CEO of Dairy Processing, talks about that new facility.
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American Cattle News wats ahead for the beef market. More
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Speaker 13 (10:09):
Here's farmer and businessman James Wood.
Speaker 18 (10:11):
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Speaker 19 (10:42):
With the fedcattle market kind of leading things. We've seen
stronger prices, you know, on a daily basis, almost well,
we don't trade every day, but each week certainly we've
set new record prices.
Speaker 4 (10:53):
The bigger feeder cattle have also.
Speaker 19 (10:55):
Gone up, and you know, the vet cattle you could
argue seasonally might drop off of the little bit here
in the summer.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
They typically peak in the spring.
Speaker 19 (11:02):
If there's no underlying trend, they would typically peak in
the spring, drop off a little into a summer low,
and then come back in the you know, in the
last part of the year. We've been sort of building
towards this for you know, two years, I guess, in
terms of the general squeeze on cattle supplies. You know,
so the two questions out there, one of which we
still can't answer for sure, and that is are we
(11:23):
taking tight feeder supplies and squeezing them even farther by
holding back heifers. We think that's probably starting, but we
don't really have any data definitively. But I think what's
happening is we're beginning to see some of that work
its way through the feed lots. Feedlots have kind of
defied gravity for about eighteen months by slowing them down
and basically making few replacements look.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Like more cattle, if you will.
Speaker 19 (11:48):
And of course we've made them bigger in the meantime,
so crucker's weights have gone up.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
But all that's going to catch up with us at
some point.
Speaker 19 (11:55):
And so what we've seen in the last six or
eight weeks, is that fed cattle slaughter has dropped pretty sharply.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Finally, you know, last year, when we.
Speaker 19 (12:04):
Got done with the year, we had a very you know,
almost no change in fed slaughter, but much heavier carcass weight.
So beef production in total was unchanged last year. Beef
production is going to fall this year. We still don't
quite know about how much, but I think it'll probably
be down.
Speaker 4 (12:19):
Two percent or perhaps a little bit more by the
end of the year.
Speaker 12 (12:23):
American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
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Now.
Speaker 20 (12:31):
Is there such a thing as dairy free butter? Well,
of course not. According to the American Butter Institute, they're
taking action against a manufacturer who is marketing butter as
dairy free. Well, that can be confusing to the consumer.
Joining us with more as National Milks, Chris Galen and Chris,
can you fill us in on what this is all about?
Speaker 4 (12:49):
Sure?
Speaker 21 (12:50):
Well, National Milk manages the American Butter Institute, and in fact,
I'm the executive director of ABI, and one of the
things we look out for is the integrity of butter
label in the US marketplace, and there's been really just
an egregious front to butter makers with the introduction recently
of a product called dairy free butter, either salted or unsalted.
(13:12):
It calls itself dairy free butter. This is sold by
a company called Country Croc, and as we've told the
Food and Drug Administration, this may be a croc from
the Country, but it's certainly not real butter. And so
we've asked the federal government to intervene and to tell
Country Croc that it cannot sell a product called dairy
free butter, because that is a total oxymoron. If you're
(13:34):
going to have butter, regulations and actually laws passed by
Congress define it as a product coming from an animal
made from cream. You can't have plant based butter. That's
just a non starter for us.
Speaker 20 (13:46):
We've discussed the federal standards of identity in the past,
and these manufacturers that offer these products without dairy ingredients
really try to confuse the consumer, don't they.
Speaker 21 (13:56):
Absolutely, And that's why we've seen other examples like this
in recent years, vegan butter plant based butter. In fact,
Country Croc about five six years ago was marketing itself
as plant based butter, and that also prompted a letter
from US, because again, that is an oxymoron. If it's
plant based, it cannot be butter. It can be a
(14:17):
vegetable spread, it can be margarine if it meets certain standards.
But the irony here with this country crop product is
that it doesn't even meet the threshold bill to be
considered margarine. It can only call itself plant based spread.
And if you look at the front of the package,
in very small print, it does say that it is
seventy nine percent plant based oil spread, so it does
(14:40):
admit that it is something other than butter, which you
have to look at the very fine print, the much
larger part of the label. It calls itself dairy free
salted butter, and that's what we're asking the FDA.
Speaker 10 (14:52):
To go after.
Speaker 21 (14:53):
We don't want the product necessarily to completely disappear from
the marketplace, but if it is going to be in
the marketplace, it has to play by the existing rules
that define what is and what is not real butter.
Speaker 20 (15:04):
So the letter has been sent. Where do you see
this ending up with a new administration?
Speaker 21 (15:09):
Well, we are actually hoping that under the Trump administration,
generally and specifically under the leadership of Robert Kennedy Junior
at the Department of Health and Human Services, This MAHA
commission making America healthy again. There's a lot more interest
in whole foods, more natural foods, fewer chemicals, fewer products
with lengthy ingredient lists, fewer products that have seed oils.
(15:32):
And guess what I've just described what this country product is.
It's an ultra processed seed oil concoction. And so we're
hoping then that the powers that be at the Food
and Drug Administration take a look at this and say,
you know, this would be a good example to make
of a company that is playing fast and loose with regulations,
(15:52):
with labeling laws. It's trying to pass off a seed
oil product as real dairy and this is something that
the FDA should make any example of.
Speaker 20 (16:00):
So if they change the name from dairy free butter
to ultra process seed oil concoction, that would be acceptable.
Speaker 21 (16:07):
Be a win win because from the butter maker standpoint
who I represent, that would be a victory. But honestly,
it would be good for consumers as well, because then
they don't have to have their reading glasses when they
go shopping to look at the four point font that
does say that it's a plant based oil spread. When
the twenty point font on the label when the much
larger font on the package says that it is dairy
(16:30):
free butter. That's what we're trying to fix.
Speaker 20 (16:32):
Well, thanks for the update, Chris. Chris Galen, Senior VP
of Members Services and Governance with the National Milk Producers
Federation and also executive director of the American Butter Institute.
Find more at NMPF dot org.
Speaker 22 (16:44):
Out here in the middle of all these acres, it
can feel like you're the only person on earth, and
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Speaker 14 (17:17):
There's a lot of talk and self fruitful varieties for
the almond industry so that we don't have to have
pollinators and we can harvest all the orchard in one trip.
I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with the California Tree Nut Report part
of the vastag Information Network. The non Parrell varieties the
highest paid nut. We're always trying to get close to
that nut and the new varieties that are being developed.
(17:40):
Brent Holts is a UCA and R farm advisor San
Joaquin County.
Speaker 23 (17:44):
I think we're getting close to a non parrell, and
it looks like we're even manipulating the actual non parrell
to be potentially self fertile as well. I know in
Rogers' Veriete trial, I think that, oh, I must be
more than twenty new varieties they're looking at. And there's
other ones, you know that are not nondrell. You know
yours Zanni. I hear you know de Warde pushing in
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the Golden n That.
Speaker 14 (18:08):
Is another great self fruitful variety that kind of leads
to the attributes of nonparrell.
Speaker 23 (18:14):
That's looks really good on you know, second leaf fields.
But I'm trying to get used to that because I
used to tell growers not to even harvest their trees
on second leaf for fear they would bark them.
Speaker 14 (18:24):
Now, barking the tree is when shaker pads during harvest
will harm the tree, knock the bark off.
Speaker 23 (18:30):
These new shaking machines. Have you know, got air pads
and they don't get as hot, and they if they
use properly, they maybe they can shake two year olds
without barking on.
Speaker 14 (18:39):
That's Brent Holtz a U see farm Advisor.
Speaker 16 (18:42):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer
you have to go digital hmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest,
LinkedIn and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, but
which one?
Speaker 10 (18:56):
Oh?
Speaker 16 (18:56):
And how receptive is this age group to your sales
pitch during work social time? Maybe the best place to
reach a farmer with a farming solution message is when
they are well, quite frankly farming. You know, it's easy
for us to find them during the day, as most
farmers are behind the wheel of a pickup truck or
farm equipment with the radio on, listening to this station
(19:20):
for the ag Information Network of the West News. If
you'd like to deliver information about 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.
Speaker 14 (19:41):
With the AG Information Network. I'm Patrick Kavanaugh. You're listening
to focus on AG. I'm Dwayne Merley.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Extreme heat covering the country in recent days is behind
the drawing and curing of fuels at our nation's forest
and grasslands that could fuel wildfires. That and increasing wildfire
activity in different parts of the country is behind the
National Interagency Fire Center's announcement this past weekend of the
(20:09):
National wildland Fire Preparedness Level moving up to Level three status.
In other words, increased mobilization of resources for incident management
operations at active wildfire complexes and the sharing of resources
at various levels.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
We got some great examples of where we have good
operationally between the federal government in Alaska, the state of Alaska,
for example, also the National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho,
where we are already coordinating.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
That's Interior Secretary Doug Berkham. He was above various federal
fire leaders recently visiting the White House to update President
Donald Trump on this year's wildfire season to date and
what is needed to prepare for future incidents. Also advising
the President and noting the importance of collaboration and wildfire
management efforts Agriculture Secretary Brook Rawlins, Secretary.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
Bergaman, and I already have given direction to our firefighting
organizations to take whatever actions are necessary to ensure that
we are operationally ready.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
The combined resources include firefighters from both agencies on the
front lines of wildfire complexes and available when activity shifts
to other locales.
Speaker 5 (21:20):
The Department of Interior and the Department of Agriculture employ
over seventeen thousand wildfire.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Personnel, that is federal wildland firefighters. That add an additional
thirteen thousand wildfire personnel from state, local, and tribal entities.
At the peak of the fire season.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
Look and I have already held a joint briefing with
the fire leaders about this fire season. So we'll continue
to unify this work, but we have to work with
the states.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
The federal state joint effort in wildfire prevention and management
is essential. According to the Interior Secretary, as by mid June,
over one point two million acres burned, but more significantly.
Speaker 3 (21:59):
Only twenty five five percent of that's been on federal
The other seventy five percent has been on state lands.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
Or private lands.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
That figure takes on a greater concern when one considers
with the growth of our.
Speaker 3 (22:09):
Country around urban areas, there's been a thirty percent growth
of what's called the wild lands and urban interface. When
this happens, people start building homes. This is where we're
pessentially creating cities in the middle of forest.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
The annual election cycle is now underway, the cycle for
USDA Farm Service Agency County Committee positions up for election.
Speaker 24 (22:29):
That is nearly seven thousand and seven hundred. Producers serve
on more than the two thousand, two hundred FSA county
committees nationwide.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
With FSA Administrator Bill Biebe noting about one third of
those committee seats are up for election each year.
Speaker 24 (22:47):
The FSA county committees are comprised of three to eleven
elected members from local administrative areas, each serving a three
year term.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
And recently started the nomination process for FSA County Committee
candidates in the twenty twenty five election.
Speaker 24 (23:05):
The Farm Service Agency committees enable producers to make important
decisions on how federal programs are administered locally to best
serve local community needs, make determinations on arrange decisions, or
assist with local education or outreach efforts. The Farm Service
Committee members are local agricultural producers who help ensure fair
(23:28):
and equitable administration of the FSA farm programs in their
local county or, in some cases, multi county jurisdiction.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
Candidates can be nominated by eligible producers or can nominate themselves.
Speaker 24 (23:42):
To be eligible to serve on the FSA County Committee,
a person must participate or cooperate in a program administered
by the FSA, be eligible to vote in a county
committee election, and reside in a local administrative area up
for the election.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
FSA County Committee nominations are being accepted through August first.
Candidate nomination forms are now available.
Speaker 24 (24:10):
This form is available at the USDA Service Center or
online at FSA dot USDA dot gov slash Elections.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Ballots will be sent out to eligible voters in November.
Those elected to Farm Service Agency County Committee positions will
be swarted to office January first of next year. Broadbaine
reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 25 (24:38):
It's time for California agg Today on the ag Information Network,
I am Haileyship, well as Californian's prep for those Fourth
of July barbecues. A bit of good news at the
grocery store. According to the American Firm Bureau's annual Market
Basket Survey, the average cookount for ten people will run
seventy dollars and ninety two cents or seven dollars nine
cents a plate. That is just three cents less than
(25:01):
last year. And out West it is still the most
expensive region at seventy three dollars fifty cents, but that
is over six dollars less than last summer. What's driving
the cost beef? Two pounds of ground chuck now averaged
thirteen dollars thirty three cents, the highest price ever recorded
in this survey. Drought driven herd reductions and screwworm import
(25:21):
concerns are tightening supplies. Meanwhile, chicken price is staying flat
seven dollars seventy nine cents and pork chops down nearly
nine percent to fourteen dollars thirteen cents for three pounds.
On the produce side, hand picked crops like strawberries and
lemons nudged prices upward, but potato salad stayed nearly even
thanks to dips and celery onion and potato costs. It
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is worth noting that farmers do see just fifteen point
nine cents of every food dollar, even as their expenses climb.
So this Independence Day, as you flip those burgers or
pour that lemonade, tip your cap to the California producers
who make it all possible. Enjoy the holiday.
Speaker 17 (26:01):
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Speaker 25 (26:59):
With California at Today on the ag Information Network, I
am Haley's ship.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
Bob Quent back with a special report. This morning, USDA
released that he planted acres and grainstocks report on Monday.
Joe Jansen, an agricultural economist University of Illinois, talks about
his reaction and what the reports may mean for farmers
and ranchers.
Speaker 26 (27:19):
I'm a University of Illinois Extensions tud Glace, an agricultural
economist from the u Joe Jansen, a member of the
farm Doc team, now joins us to discuss the Monday
USDA reports. Both acreage and grainstocks were released today. Thank
you Joe for being with us. Start out with the
numbers broadly, Did they change anything? What do they mean
(27:43):
to the farmer producer?
Speaker 10 (27:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 27 (27:45):
I think we probably look at me four big numbers,
two for corn and two for soybeans, the first being
the acreage numbers and maybe the second being the grainstocks numbers.
The two numbers on acreage were ninety five point two
million acres of corn and eighty three point four million
acres of soybeans, and those are down just scoch from
(28:06):
where they were in the March perspective plannings report, but
basically right in line with everyone's expectations. We're going to
see more corn acres harvested this year in the United
States than we did a year ago, less soybean acres.
Those roughly offsetting changes, but.
Speaker 10 (28:22):
Not much in terms of news.
Speaker 27 (28:23):
Nothing that's really moving the market in any significant way,
given that these those acreage numbers were right in line
with expectations and the grainstocks figures. Yeah, so USDA came
out with its estimates of the grainstocks as of June one,
we saw the cornstock's number come in at about four
(28:48):
point six five billion bushels four point sixty four. That's
maybe down a little bit from a year ago and
kind of roughly in line with the relatively strong pace
of use that we've seen for US corn this year.
That cornstocks number was right in line with expectations, sort
of puts us you know, right where we think we
need to be if we're if USDA is in fact
(29:09):
right that we're gonna maybe have slightly lower corn ending
stocks as of September one, the end of the corn
marketing year of this year. On the soybean side, I
think this is maybe just kind of slightly bearished. The
USDA's soybean stocks estimate was just over one billion bushels.
That's a little bit above what the traders expecting, you know,
(29:29):
a little bit more than we've seen.
Speaker 10 (29:32):
For the last few years.
Speaker 27 (29:34):
But overall, you know, given the fact that we are
going to see lower soybean acres, it doesn't sort of
change the supply and demand picture for beans all that much.
Speaker 26 (29:42):
All right, So let's take up corn from your perspective
at this point. Last week, both the July and the
December contracts made new contract lows. Can those be as
early as this during the season, or do you think
there's much more to go to.
Speaker 27 (29:58):
Go on the to the downside. I mean, I think
that's going to have to be. I mean, part of
what we're looking at is sort of, you know, it
is a weather market.
Speaker 4 (30:06):
Now.
Speaker 27 (30:07):
We are seeing, you know, some signs of dryness in
different parts of the corn belt. I mean, we've had
adequate moisture up until this point. I think that's really
kind of where a lot of that pessimism was was
coming from last week, was the fact that you know,
weather in most parts of the corn belt, not everywhere,
but on the whole has been relatively conducive to corn production.
(30:28):
I think we may see some you know, weather driven
action in the next month, and that may be a
reason to get back to something closer to a four
forty dec corn number. But we've got, as we've probably
got to see it from the weather side, because you know,
you've got that South American harvest that's coming in now
that's going to keep the global supply pipeline pretty full
(30:53):
for the next little while. So it's it's got to
be a US weather story. There's the possibility of that happening,
but here too, for it has come to pass.
Speaker 26 (31:01):
Do you think today's reports changed the season's average cash
price for new crop corn and soybeans for the upcoming
WISDY report or in your own supply and demand tables
going forward? Or did they just hold the status quo.
Speaker 27 (31:14):
I think it's this is a status quo report. I
mean USDA has their season average price forecast I think
at four to twenty for new crop corn. That number seems,
you know, about in line with what we would expect
given the dramatic surge in US supply that we are
going to see because there are going to be so
many more acres of corn that nothing to sort of
(31:36):
meaningfully change what that number looks like.
Speaker 26 (31:39):
A five for soybeans, that's about in line as.
Speaker 27 (31:42):
Well, roughly in line, mean, that's right where we're at
on the board today. So we did see the soybean
market kind of dip a little bit lower on the
release of the report, and it's kind of held that
sort of slight decline in price that we're writing around
that four to twenty five mark right now as I'm speaking,
and that seems to be, you know, again roughly in
(32:05):
line with what the supplying demand picture looks like at
this point.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Near Joe Jansen talking about the stocks and Acres report
released far News. You're listening to Aglife.
Speaker 28 (32:17):
From the egg information that work. This is your agribusiness update.
As California's woolf population grows, Lassen County rancher Taylor Hagata
warns the protected species is pushing the state's ranchers and
rural communities to a breaking point. Hagada wrote that what's
happening now is an unsustainable shift. We need to protect
property rights and public safety regulations that let farmers and
(32:38):
ranchers continue to do what they do best, create safe,
reliable food while conserving open spaces for wildlife and future generations.
The US agricultural trade deficit is widening in twenty twenty five,
driven by shifting global trade dynamics and rising import demand.
USDA's Outlook for US Agricultural Trade report shows from January
(32:59):
through April, the US imported seventy eight point two billion
dollars in egg products while exporting just fifty eight and
a half billion. This nineteen point seven billion dollar deficit
is the largest ever recorded for the first four months
of the year. US agriculture has been in an egg
trade deficit since twenty twenty two. Public listening sessions on
the future of the Waters of the US Rule have
(33:20):
wrapped up, and the Trump administration says it plans to
have the rule completed by the end of the year.
Throughout the session, there was a clear divide between what
agricultural and industry groups and environmental groups were seeking in
LOTUS as agg reps said they wanted clearer definitions, while
environmental groups asked for no changes to the rule.
Speaker 13 (33:38):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on
a road.
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Every year.
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Accidents happen when tractors and traffic share the same space,
whether you're behind the wheel of a tractor or a car,
here's what you need to remember. Tractors move slower, be patient,
don't pass on hills or curves. Farmers, make sure your
slow moving vehicles, signs and lights are visible and everyone's sailor,
especially on rule roads, moment of caution can save a life.
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Let's work together to keep our roads and are firm stage.
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And this has been today's freu Grower Report. I'm Bob
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Speaker 1 (34:41):
Bob quin back to wrap up aglife for today. Friends well.
USDA's June acreage and grainstocks report is historically one of
the more volatile pieces of the calendar, but Monday's release
left the markets relatively flat. Mike Davis takes a look
at that report.
Speaker 9 (34:56):
Brooks Schaefer is a market analyst with Palmetto Grain and
Ridge in South Carolina and says Monday's corn planting numbers
provided little spark.
Speaker 10 (35:05):
On the acreage side.
Speaker 11 (35:06):
It felt like everybody was strapped in for a bigger
number on corn, and it came out almost one hundred
and twenty one thousand acres less than March intentions, which
I would have expected a bigger reaction out of the market.
But I think what the market's looking at is we're
getting plenty.
Speaker 10 (35:26):
Of rain, so we tighten it up.
Speaker 11 (35:29):
We take away a little bit of a margin of air,
but we haven't really threatened the balance sheet very much.
Speaker 9 (35:35):
Schaeffer says old crop numbers fell within range as well
the old crop stocks.
Speaker 11 (35:40):
If we'd have tighten those up dramatically, you know, maybe
the market would have said, maybe we would have had
more of a reaction. But since we just tightened them
up a little bit, even though it was was right
below market expectations are right, you know, within in the range.
The market didn't really react because as long as there's
weather on the new crop, then we don't have anything
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to react to.
Speaker 9 (36:03):
Somewhat surprisingly, lower ending soybean stocks didn't move the needle either.
Speaker 10 (36:08):
The positive news on biofuels.
Speaker 11 (36:11):
Is on for the soybeans anyway, is helping support those
So yeah, I mean, it was a little surprising to
see an increase in stocks on soybeans from expectations, but
the new crop acres were a little bit less, so
you know that probably offsets. It's August weather that makes beans.
(36:32):
So beans have a little more weather ahead to trade,
so there aren't going to press them to the to
the downside right right now yet.
Speaker 1 (36:40):
I'm Mike Davis and one final piece this morning. The
June first inventory of hogs and pigs was seventy five
point one million head, up less than one percent from
last quarter and slightly higher than last year. Meanwhile, the
breeding herd is the smallest in a decade, down point
two percent from last quarter and about half a percent
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from last year, and within the bottom range of pre
report expectations. That's only point nine percent higher than the
breeding herd in June of twenty fifteen and matches the
total in June of twenty sixteen. USDA's Cold Storage Report
says cold stocks of pork at the end of May
were down one percent from April and one percent from
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twenty twenty four. And with that, friends, we out a
time for today. Thanks for joining us. Back tomorrow morning
with another edition of Aglife.
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