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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. We're talking about agricultural
production here in the valley and all across the country. Well, friends,
we start off with a look at the strawberry and
how we enjoy it year round.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Enjoying strawberries this time of year, a summer time really
now any time fruit treat and what enjoyed at many
parts of the world. Thank USDA Strawberry Research and Breeding
Program in Beltsville, Maryland for that. As research geneticist Kim
Lewers explains, the strawberry.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Breeding progress started at nineteen ten. It was told to
me and I have not found anybody that can dispute it.
It is considered the longest continuously running strawberry breeding program
in the world.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
And perhaps more significant to those and us who are
strawberry consumers.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
It has been credited for creating the strawberry industry.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
While we are enjoying, say fresh strawberries and cream or
a homemade strawberry smoothie, Drake KiB Lewers, by all means
tell us the story about the Beltsville and its role
in creating the strawberry industry.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
What I mean by that is you can grow things
in your backyard. They can grow wild in the woods,
but it's not really an industry until they can be
harvested and then ship the market. And one of the
problems with the early strawberries and wild strawberries, if you've
ever had them, is that they're very tender and almost
as soon as you touch them, get juice on your fingers,
which is kind of fun when you're picking wild fruit
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in the woods, but not so great when you want
to have them ready for a store.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
So the US strawberry industry in essence began when shippable
varieties were developed. That occurred in nineteen thirty one with
the ars Beltsville program created the blake Bore cultivar, the
first type of strawberry easily shipped nation wide.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
The majority of the strawberries were grown in the Tennessee
Valley and they were shipped to Chicago, and that was
the beginning of the strawberry market and industry, at least
as it has been recorded. I was not there in
the nineteen thirties.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
At one point, the more variety made up eighty two
percent of the nation's strawberry crop. However, a threat in
the early nineteen fifties led to the Beltsville strawberry breeding
program saving the developing strawberry industry.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
There was a disease that came around and it nearly
devastated the industry, and my predecessor, George Darrow was aware
of the disease.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Efforts to combat the red steel root rot disease and
strawberries led to development of the steel mast of variety
in nineteen fifty four.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
So basically, he in advance saved a newborn industry by
creating disease resistant strawberries and we've been focusing on that
ever since.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
So with that, a toast to the ars strawberry breeding program,
as in raising a piece of toast with strawberry jam
and salute. That is Rod Bain reporting for the US
Department of Agriculture in Washington, d c.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Well.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Frans Congress heard farm labor concerns last week. We'll have
a story. You're listening to Waglife, Bob Quinn. Here was
farm us this morning. Friends, Several farmers and ranchers are
voicing their concerns about farm labor with their elected officials.
Chad Smith has a first hand account from Capitol.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
Hill, US agriculture is still facing an uphill battle in
finding enough labor for their farms. Mike McCarthy, a specialty
crop grower from Oregon, recently spent time on Capitol Hill
in Washington, d C. Sharing his experience with this issue
two members of Congress.
Speaker 6 (03:26):
We're in a fruit growing area and we grow apples, pairs,
and cherries along with a lot of other farmers in
that area. It's what you'd call labor intensity of agriculture.
Most all of our work is done by hand. Over
the years, we've tried to hire non Hispanic workers in
the area and that's never worked very successfully. We are
one hundred percent dependent on immigrant labor now, he said.
Speaker 5 (03:47):
One of the main topics discussed with elected officials is
the steeply rising cost of labor.
Speaker 6 (03:53):
Our big concern is the adverse effect wage rate, which
seems to be escalating. This is the rate we pay
agric culture workers that we bring up through the H
two A program, and that wage is escalating at a
greater rate than inflation. About sixty percent of our costs
are labored. With the high adverse effect wage rate, it's
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becoming very difficult to be profitable he.
Speaker 5 (04:16):
Said, many lawmakers don't understand how difficult farming is right now,
and that's why it's vital for farmers to speak up.
Speaker 6 (04:23):
Commodity prices have not risen significantly in a lot of
commodities over time, but our costs have increased very drastically
over the last ten years, and it's becoming more and
more difficult to really raise food in the United States,
and I think it's a long term conversation that we
have to have.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
You can learn more at fb dot org forward Slash
Labor Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Oil prices have held steady for the past couple of
months thanks to economic news that seems to balance itself out.
For every story pushing oil prices up, we get another
pulling those prices down again. However, things changed at the
start of this past week, with oil prices moving up
to the mid sixty dollars range for the first time
in weeks. Patrick Dehan with gas Buddy says last week
solid US jobs report encouraged oil investors.
Speaker 7 (05:09):
As well as now China and US authorities meeting together
to discuss trade. The trade talks ongoing have boosted the
optimism that the economy may be starting to grow again
in the months ahead, potentially seeing less of a risk
in tariff if the US and China can come to
some agreement.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
De Haan says he feels the American economy is in
a decent place right now, which is why those oil
prices move higher to start the week. Behan ads he
expects that stability to stick around for the foreseeable future.
Speaker 7 (05:40):
I don't really see any reason that oil prices would
break out and go above seventy. Not really a whole
lot of reasons that oil would go down below about
sixty or fifty eight dollars a barrow. So I think
we'll continue to see prices relatively range bound unless there
are seismic shift in the global economy or tariff policy.
That is one of the things we'll be watching for this.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Dehan added, now that the eastern half of the country
is in a hurricane season, that could impact oil prices,
especially if a strong storm hits key locations. When it
comes to fuel prices, Dehan noted diesel prices are at
the lowest levels since October of twenty twenty one, and
gas prices are around three dollars per gallon nationwide, while
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friends do in part to a large decline in shipments
to China. April exports of US beef and pork trended
lower than a year ago. That's according to data release
by USDA and compiled by the US Meat Export Federation.
China's retaliatory duties are a major headwind for both US
beef and pork, while beef exporters face an additional obstacle.
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China has failed to renew establishment registrations for US beef
plants and cold storage facilities, the majority of which expired
in mid March. April beef exports were down ten percent
from a year ago to just over one hundred thousand
metric tons, while value who fell eight percent. USMEF President
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and CEO Dan Halstrom explains that while exports to China
decline nearly seventy percent in April, shipments increased to South Korea, Japan,
and Central and South America. He notes that US beef
is regaining traction in Colombia after access was limited last
year due to restrictions related to highly pathogenic avian influenza
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in dairy cows. A look at exports this morning, farm US,
you're listening to aglife.
Speaker 8 (07:29):
It's another Agnews update. What's easier? Yes or no?
Speaker 9 (07:35):
More?
Speaker 8 (07:36):
After this.
Speaker 10 (07:38):
Meet Blue, Blue's not feeling well the prescription generic medication,
Blue wonders, do they really work as well as name brands? Yes,
generics and name brand medications do work the same, even
though they may look different. Generics have the same key ingredients.
FDA approval is equally rigorous for generics to make sure
there is safe and effective as name brands, and Blue
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even save some green, making him.
Speaker 11 (08:01):
A little less well.
Speaker 10 (08:02):
Blue, talk to your doctor about generics and visit FDA
duc of slash generic drugs.
Speaker 8 (08:07):
Former New York Representative Mark Moulinaro last year at a
House agg Committee hearing on the Farm bill really.
Speaker 12 (08:14):
On both sides of the aisle, and there's been some
thoughtful conversation, certainly about how perhaps over time and through
negotiation with the Senate, we can enhance provisions. But I
serve seven years of the New York State Assembly. If
you don't know this, Republicans are in the eternal minority
of the.
Speaker 8 (08:28):
New York State Legislature.
Speaker 12 (08:30):
And I recall many times thinking, well, you know, it's
really easy to get to know.
Speaker 5 (08:35):
The voting no is simple.
Speaker 12 (08:37):
It requires very little exercise and quite frankly, doesn't require
any ability to think how I would get ts the
other I recall many times, as I've heard even today,
when you serve in the minority, and I'm not suggesting
this is every case. It's easy to suggest the bill
is a bipartisan enough, but I would suggest it is
not entirely honest to suggests this is not a bipartisan
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piece of legislation. The Farm Bill inherently has a language
carried over from generations that has garnered significant bipartisanship support.
Speaker 13 (09:06):
Perhaps there are components of.
Speaker 12 (09:07):
This particular farm bill that some of my colleagues don't
see as enough. But we have colleagues on both sides
of the aisle that seem to think that we can
only get and should only get, one hundred percent of
what we want.
Speaker 8 (09:17):
Former New York Representative Mark Nolonaro. It's another RAG News update.
Speaker 11 (09:23):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual convention in Denver,
we caught up with doctor Kerry Ryan, pet cloning and
genetic preservation expert with Viagin in Cedar Park, Texas.
Speaker 9 (09:33):
We've been working with dogs and cats for three years.
We're the only company in the United States that clones
dogs and the only company in the world that clones cats,
and we've also been cloning horses in livestack for about
fifteen years. So I think this will be here to stay.
And I think as we get better and better at it,
the costs will come down and people will be more
and more interested in it.
Speaker 11 (09:49):
There's more information at AVMA dot org.
Speaker 8 (09:52):
American Cattle News. We talk land owner rights today with
the Cattleman. More after this meet Blue.
Speaker 10 (10:03):
Blue's not feeling well the prescription generic medication. Blue wonders,
do they really work as well as name brands. Yes,
generics and name brand medications do work the same, even
though they may look different. Generics have the same key ingredients.
FDA approval is equally rigorous for generics to make sure
they're as safe and effective as name brands, and Blue
even save some green, making him.
Speaker 11 (10:24):
A little less well. Blue.
Speaker 10 (10:26):
Talk to your doctor about generics and visit FDA dot
gov slash generic drugs.
Speaker 8 (10:30):
Brian McLaughlin is an attorney and cattleman from Midland, Texas.
On landowner rights.
Speaker 14 (10:38):
Well, there's lots of there's lots of interests that would
like to be a part of that ownership. I would
say that Texas and Southwestern Countile Raisers we've been the
largest proponent of private land ownership with our state legislature.
We're down there advocating on behalf of the landowner during
the session and outside of the session. Fortunately, the session
the government legislature only meets or once every two years,
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but there's a lot that goes on in the timeframe
that they're not meeting. But we've been a large part
in advocating for rural property rights and for rural land
ownership and those people that own the lands to help
them at the legislature. There's lots of groups that would
like to have or horn in on what is owned.
I mean, there's the big question now and the Supreme
Court is ownership of water. Well is it produced water specifically,
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which is what is produced with oil and gas. The
oily gas industry is claiming ownership of that water well.
Texas statue says the Texas surface owner owns the water.
It doesn't say shallow water, deep water, dirty water, brine water.
It says water. But they want ownership of that water.
And that's a very important property right that's associated with
the surface ownership because that produced water is extremely valuable
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in the only gas marketplace that water can be treated, reused.
It can be used for drilling operations, it can be
reused for fracking operations, and it's a high price commodity
in West Texas. As they always said, you know that
the large just commardity we have in West Texas and
most valuable commodities not a well, it's water. That's what
makes everything work. And so there's lots of different ownership
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rights involved in tsra's been on the forefront of protecting
those for the rural land.
Speaker 8 (12:12):
Arm American Cattle News.
Speaker 13 (12:16):
This is Dairy Radio Now.
Speaker 15 (12:18):
Curtis Bosma, vice president of producer services for High Ground
Dairy in Visalia, California. Curtis, dairy farmers are benefiting from
high feeder cattle prices, surely welcomed by producers right now,
give us the details.
Speaker 16 (12:33):
Yeah, what's a pretty interesting shift here in the overall
income side of dairy farms. I mean, historically cole cows
and beef calves have not represented a pretty large portion
of income. Now on dairy farms, it's you know, ten
to fifteen percent of overall income that we're seeing on
the farm. So pretty spectacular to see. I think, you know,
these high prices for beef have translated to high prices
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for both the cole cows as well as the dale
beef crosses that dairy farmers are selling.
Speaker 15 (13:01):
And what are some of the reasons behind this?
Speaker 16 (13:03):
Primarily on the cattle side of things. You just got
to look at the inventory. I mean, we're at the
lowest cattle inventory in the US since the nineteen fifties.
You know, we saw a lot of heifers get placed
on feed lots a couple of years back, which is
kind of reduced down that overall cattle herd. We really
have not seen much of a rebuilding event since then,
and as a result, we're seeing, you know, this astronomical
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rise in cattle prices over the last couple of years. Here,
we got to all new record highs as of this week,
and there's really kind of no sign of stopping at
least for the time being, just given how type those
inventories are on the cattle side of things.
Speaker 15 (13:37):
And I understand there are some government protection involved as well.
Speaker 16 (13:41):
Yeah, so there is some interesting programs kind of coming
to light Years. So after July first, there'll be some
updates to the Livestock Risk Protection Program, which is an
insurance program that dairy farmers can engage in that will
allow them to secure the value of both their day
old beef cabs that they're selling as well as the
colcows that are coming off the form as well. So,
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since that has become a pretty significant piece of revenue
and at these all time high prices, it's kind of
great timing for a program like that to be rolled
out for dairy producers. We're quite excited to engage a
lot of our clients are pretty fired up to be
using this program come July first, and.
Speaker 15 (14:18):
We look forward to more details ahead. Curtis Curtis Bosma,
vice president of producer Services for High Ground Dairy in Visalia, California.
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Speaker 17 (14:56):
I'm John Clark, probably in the countryside for Feedwick's USA today.
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Speaker 4 (15:06):
You know, as we sit down with our clients. Specifically
on the dairy side, there's basically three main touch points
that we have with our clients. One is milk, and
of course that's the big one, that's the core of
the revenue. But that's been complemented a lot, especially over
the last couple of years on the beef side, by
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some of the revenue that's coming into dairies from the
sale of day old calves or you know, if you're
backgrounding them for a little while and selling them at
three hundred weights or whatever your situation is, or even
call cows for that matter. That beef revenue has been
really really solid, bringing in many cases two to two
and a half dollars one hundredweight back home to the farm.
So working with our clients on that side, and then
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also on the feed side, the biggest expense of all
of it. That really evaluates what kind of physical exposure
do I have with the products that I have in
my ration, and then given the network of information that
we have in house, we helped our clients decide when
to time some of those physical purchases while at the
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same time managing some of that high level exposure that
lives and aggregate across the feed through the use of
corn and soybean meal futures and options at the exchange.
And you know, really the separating feature there being basis
and what is that movement in my local market that
helps me decide the best timing to pull the trigger
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on actual physical feed but not overlooking the fact that
we have you know, raw global risk across our feed
through the means of how it correlates with corn and
soybet meal and maybe more simplified energy and protein. So
we work there on the feed side in a very
deep way.
Speaker 15 (16:51):
And that's Mike North from ever Egg and our thanks
to John Clark from Feedworks USA for that report.
Speaker 18 (16:56):
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Speaker 19 (17:20):
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Speaker 20 (17:20):
Absolutely, there's like it's a pervasive use.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
You know.
Speaker 20 (17:23):
They have it in the morning, then they have it
in their lunch, they have in their cookies, bakeries. Almond
is probably in terms of the space from any other nut,
it's probably ninety percent use, especially in Morocco, also in Algeria.
It's a big in terms of usage. It's very, very big.
Speaker 18 (17:38):
And so it's a new possible customer over there. Has
the trade been set up for quick payment?
Speaker 20 (17:44):
You know, I think a lot of folks who are
doing you know, private marketing in these markets. They've invested
a lot of resources. They have been in these markets
for a long time. So I would kind of depend
on them to kind of you know, if you meet
the wrong person, you can have a big problem.
Speaker 18 (17:58):
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Speaker 5 (19:26):
I am Dwayne Merley. That heat will continue in the West.
Speaker 18 (19:29):
The latest in regards to the New World screwworm and
add trade visits all coming up.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
All warmer than normal second half the sprigue in the West.
Speaker 24 (19:38):
We did have a very significant heat wave near the
end of May, and as we finished up the month
of May, we saw some all time May records being
set in parts of the West.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Continues after a brief cool down. According to usdab Or
I'll just Brad Rippy.
Speaker 24 (19:53):
The latest heat wave really began during the weekend and
continues at this time.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
With daily record high temperatures set of communities like Roseberg
at Bedford, Oregon. Some of the extreme heat is spilling
it to the Northern Rockies and Northern Plades.
Speaker 24 (20:08):
Which continues to deal with a significant drought, temperatures on
Monday hitting ninety eight in Havermontana.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
And ripiad's No significant break from the heat is expected
for the West in the foreseeable future, implying potential loss
of surface water availability. Add to other impacts to agriculture
at municipalities and the region.
Speaker 24 (20:28):
We've got a number of communities in the Northwest, including Roseberg, Oregon,
that have set daily record highs, meaning that if you
compare the high temperatures on that date to all other
periods in that record, you see that that's the highest
temperature on records for that date. Roseburg, Oregon from June
seventh through the ninth, hitting ninety seven, then one hundred degrees,
then finishing up with one hundred and one degrees on Monday,
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June ninth, three consecutive daily record highs, a number of
other Northwestern communities and cities hitting daily record highs two
consecutive days on the eighth and the ninth, And just
looking specifically at some of the high temperatures that we
saw on Monday, June ninth across the western US. I
mentioned Roseberg hitting one hundred and one in Oregon, but
we also saw in Medford, Oregon one hundred and four degrees.
That's the highest temperature Medford has seen in the month
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of June since the historic heat wave of late June
twenty twenty one. If you remember that one, that was
the heat wave that we saw temperaures soaring above one
hundred and ten degrees in much of the Northwest, including
one hundred and fifteen at Medford that occurred much later
in the month, and this heat wave is going on now.
Implications are many premature snow melt and loss of some
of the surface water availability is a concern, and that
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extends to a lot of sectors of the economy, and
among them that we oftentimes discussed when you talk about agriculture, irrigation.
Water less than we originally expected for many of our
key runoff basins throughout the Western United States, and that
extends to other vectors of the water economy, including recreational purposes,
power generation, municipal use. Pretty much any source or any
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use of that Western water can be affected by these
less than expected runoff numbers that we're seeing through the West.
And then, finally, the other factor that's kind of a
big deal for the Western US is it does potentially
lengthen the wildfire season. As that snow melts off early
from mid and high elevations, some of those slopes are
subjected to more heating and more drying as the sun
is beating down on those barren slopes as opposed to
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snow covered slopes. They dry out a lot quicker, and
some of those fuels become pretty dry by the time
we get into the mid to late summer months.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
As the thread of New World screwwarb continues to loom
for our nation's cattle producers.
Speaker 5 (22:28):
That screwroom had.
Speaker 25 (22:29):
Moved from within eleven hundred miles of our border to
seven hundred miles of our order within a matter of weeks.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Agriculture Secretary Brook Rawlins Wednesday gave House lawmakers heads up,
I'll have.
Speaker 25 (22:39):
A major announcement next week on the very next step
on putting the resources, the time, and the effort into
continuing to push it back.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
Recent USDA efforts in preventing NWS entry into our nation
include a ban of live cattle imports from Mexico and
renovation of a Mexican sterile fruitfly production facility to help
neutralize New World screw worm population growth. The Secretary reiterated
concerns of the potential devastation at EDWS outbreak what have
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all the nation's beef supply.
Speaker 25 (23:09):
In the nineteen fifties when it hit, it took thirty
years for the livestock community to recover from that.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Our first visit before the House Agriculture Committee Wednesday for
Brooke Rawlins in the role of Agriculture Secretary.
Speaker 25 (23:23):
Last week I was in Italy.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
The Secretary's testimony included discussions on AGG trade, including recent
visits to the United Kingdom and as mentioned, Italy in
efforts to expand market opportunities for our nation's farm and
food sectors.
Speaker 25 (23:38):
One example, Italy imports about seventy five billion dollars in
agriculture products. Only one point seven billion comes from our
American farmers and ranchers. And this is one of our
best friends around the world. So we had great conversations
specific to Soy on how we get which is the
number one import but not nearly enough, how we get
more of that into Italy.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Secretary Rawlins continues AG trade or we added visits in
coming weeks, starting with Vietnam and later this year Japan, India, Peru,
and Brazil. I'm broad Bain reporting for the US Department
of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 26 (24:14):
It's time for California agg today on the AG Information Network.
I am Hailey's ship. When it comes to predator management.
California ranchers got some clarity this past month. According to
the California Cattleman's Association. The Wildlife Resources Committee of the
California Fish and Game Commission recently met in Sacramento to
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consider whether changes should be made to regulations around the
take of coyotes. After four hours of discussion and testimony
from CCA leadership, staff and members, the committee chose not
to recommend any changes at this time now while the
issue could be revisited down the line. Commissioners on the
committee acknowledged the importance of allowing farmers and ranchers to
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continue protecting their animals property. In video footage from the meeting,
Commissioner Erica Zebaletta addressed concerns about regulatory burden, stating plainly,
it would not be feasible for the Department or for
many of you who are working on farms and ranches,
to require evidence of depredation prior to taking a coyote,
or to require permits for depredation, So I think we
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can take.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Those off the table.
Speaker 26 (25:22):
For more on this update, you can head to the
June ninth edition of California Cattleman Weekly a link to
that at aginfo dot net.
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Speaker 26 (26:28):
This is California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
I am Haley ship. For more agnews, check us out
online at aginfo dot net.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Bob Quinn here with some farm news this morning. Friends.
Several farmers and ranchers are voicing their concerns about farm
labor with their elected officials. Chad Smith has a first
hand account from Capitol Hill.
Speaker 5 (26:47):
US agriculture is still facing an uphill battle in finding
enough labor for their farms. Mike McCarthy, a specialty crop
grower from Oregon, recently spent time on Capitol Hill in Washington,
d C. Sharing his experience with this issue two members
of Congress.
Speaker 6 (27:04):
We're in a fruit growing area and we grow apples, pairs,
and cherries along with a lot of other farmers in
that area. It's what you'd call labor intensive agriculture. Most
all of our work is done by hand. Over the years,
we've tried to hire non Hispanic workers in the area
and that's never worked very successfully. We are one hundred
percent dependent on immigrant labor now.
Speaker 21 (27:24):
He said.
Speaker 5 (27:25):
One of the main topics discussed with elected officials is
the steeply rising cost of labor.
Speaker 6 (27:30):
Our big concern is the adverse effect wage rate, which
seems to be escalating. This is the rate we pay
agricultural workers that we bring out through the H two
A program, and that wage is escalating at a greater
rate than inflation. About sixty percent of our costs are labor.
With the high adverse effect wage rate, it's becoming very
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difficult to be profitable.
Speaker 5 (27:53):
He said. Many lawmakers don't understand how difficult farming is
right now, and that's why it's vital for armors to
speak up.
Speaker 6 (28:01):
Commodity prices have not risen significantly in a lot of
commodities over time, but our costs have increased very drastically
over the last ten years, and it's becoming more and
more difficult to really raise food in the United States,
and I think it's a long term conversation that we
have to have.
Speaker 5 (28:18):
You can learn more at fb dot org Forward Slash
Labor Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Oil prices have held steady for the past couple of
months thanks to economic news that seems to balance itself out.
For every story pushing oil prices up, we get another
pulling those prices down again. However, things changed at the
start of this past week, with oil prices moving up
to the mid sixty dollars range for the first time
in weeks. Patrick Dehan with gas Buddy says last week
solid US jobs report encouraged oil investors.
Speaker 7 (28:47):
As well as now China and US authorities meeting together
to discuss trade. The trade talks ongoing have boosted the
optimism that the economy may be starting to grow again
months ahead, potentially seeing less of a risk in tariff
if the US and China can come to some agreement.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Dehan says he feels the American economy is in a
decent place right now, which is why those oil prices
move higher to start the Weekdhan ads he expects that
stability to stick around for the foreseeable future.
Speaker 7 (29:18):
I don't really see any reason that oil prices would
break out and go above seventy. Not really a whole
lot of reasons that oil would go down below about
sixty or fifty eight dollars a barrel. So I think
we'll continue to see prices relatively range bound unless there
are seismic shifts in the global economy or tariff policy.
That is one of the things we'll be watching for
this Summerdhan.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
Added, now that the eastern half of the country is
a hurricane season that could impact oil prices, especially if
a strong storm hits key locations. When it comes to
fuel prices, Dihan noted diesel prices are at the lowest
levels since October of twenty twenty one, and gas prices
are around three dollars per gallon nationwide. Well, friends, US
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dairy producers received some good news just in time for
June Dairy Month. Laurie Boyer has our story this morning.
Speaker 27 (30:07):
June is National Dairy Month, and it's no coincidence that
the Senate I Committee has unanimously approved a bill to
expand milk options in school lunch MENUS. Chris Galen, Senior
Vice president for the National Milk Producers Federation, shares what
this means for students and the dairy industry.
Speaker 19 (30:23):
Currently, the policy is that they can have either low
fat or skim milk, fat free milk, either flavored milk
like chocolate or white milk, but anything that has a
higher fat content like two percent of whole milk, is
not allowed under current guidelines, which are ultimately overseen by
the US Department of Agriculture. So the Whole Milk for
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Healthy Kids Act is legislation both in the Senate and
the House that would expand those choices to give kids
once again the opportunity to have two percent milk and
in some cases whole milk. So the bill has been
approved over in the House by the House Education Committee
and the Senate this Agriculture Committee approved it. So now
what happens is that hopefully the bills we'll be able
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to be voted on at some point here this year.
Speaker 5 (31:10):
Robert F.
Speaker 27 (31:10):
Kennedy, Junior Secretary of the US Department of Health and
Human Services, called the US dietary guidelines for Americans antiquated
and is pushing to switch from low fat dairy to
full fat dairy, including whole milk.
Speaker 1 (31:23):
Some farm us. You're listening to ag Life.
Speaker 28 (31:28):
From the Bag Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
Speaker 15 (31:31):
Well.
Speaker 28 (31:32):
California lawmakers are weighing up proposal from Governor Gavin Newsom
to more than double the state's three hundred and thirty
million film and television tax credit to protect jobs in Hollywood.
This comes after a state Senate committee rejected a bill
to create a more modest tax credit for struggling farms
by reimbursing the cost of overtime wages. The California Farm
Bureau says the legislature elected to ignore arguments about putting
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more money in our farm workers pockets. If Congress doesn't
extend current tax provisions, America's farmers and ranchers will be
forced to pay up to nine billion dollars more in
federal taxes every year. The twenty seventeen Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act is set to expire at the end of
this year. American Farm Bureau reports says each dollar a
family farm spends in taxes is one less they can
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spend to improve their operation, hire more workers, or put
towards growing food, fiber, and fuel well Former sentiment in
May cloned to its highest level since May of twenty
twenty one. The Purdue University CME Group AG Economy Barometer
index reached one fifty eight, ten points above April. The
current Conditions index climb five points to one forty six,
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and the future Expectations index jump twelve points to one
sixty four. Farmers' views are much more optimistic about USAG
export prospects, combined with a less negative view on the
impact of tariffs.
Speaker 29 (32:47):
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Speaker 30 (33:17):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sephena
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Speaker 11 (33:21):
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There you have it, folks.
Speaker 30 (33:32):
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Speaker 1 (33:59):
Bob here to wrap up aaglie for today, friends sending
some kids to summer camp. Rod Bain has a story
for US.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
Summertime means for several children summer camps, which can be
a scary experience if it's their first time away from home.
Just ask Alan Sherman, Oh please.
Speaker 21 (34:15):
Don't make me stay.
Speaker 23 (34:17):
I've been here one whole day.
Speaker 2 (34:22):
But like the end of that classic song, Hello Mata,
Hello Fada, where our hero find summer camp can be
really fun. What's the stops rating? That is, most kids
get over their initial fears and really enjoy their time
at camp. However, University of Missouri Extensions Melinda Cameron says,
for some children.
Speaker 31 (34:36):
Sometimes regardless of what you do, you're still going to
have a child that will become homesick.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
So what's a parent to do in advance of camp
to get their children used to the summer camp away
from home experience. Cameron offers some ideas, starting.
Speaker 31 (34:50):
With go and stay ae night with a grandparent maybe
to start with, because that is a family member that
the child is very accustomed to and feels very safe with, and.
Speaker 2 (35:00):
Let the child stay overnight with a friend.
Speaker 31 (35:02):
Also, you could also even take the child to the
site where they will be staying for the camp and
just allow them to see what is there. This helps
for the younger children just so they don't have all
of these big imaginary monsters and all these terrible things
roaming around in their head as to what is going
to be at the camp.
Speaker 20 (35:21):
Don't leave me out in the forest where time by knty.
Speaker 3 (35:27):
Go buy up there.
Speaker 31 (35:28):
Introduce them to the staff members so they can meet
those folks so those people aren't strangers too when they
get to camp.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
Parents can also help the child prepare for camp by
being prepared sending the camp all pertinent health and contact
information about the child.
Speaker 31 (35:42):
For example, typically every camp will have some kind of
a form and that has all of the pertinent information
parents work numbers, their cell phone numbers, home phone numbers, addresses,
maybe even another emergency person to call, and then it
would have all of your information regarding insurance and all
of those types of things in the event there was
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an emergency and accident for a child needed medical treatment
of some sort, and.
Speaker 2 (36:07):
Sending the child with proper clothing for any possibility, just
don't send the kids whole wardrobe and any items a
parent wishes a child to return home with should be
properly labeled. And what about bringing food or extra money?
Cameron says, don't send a child with more money than
necessary and make sure there are proper means to secure
such funds. And as for bringing food to camp, Cameron
says that's not a good idea. To avoid unwanted visitors
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to cabins and camp sites like raccoons, squirrels, mice, even snakes.
Speaker 32 (36:33):
So in summary, to make camp a fun experience, be prepared,
talk to the child, possibly visit the area, but most importantly,
tell them that you love them, you want them to
have a good time, and you yourself be positive as
the adult.
Speaker 5 (36:45):
The apparent mod a thought a kindly disregard this latter.
Speaker 2 (36:49):
I'm Rod Ban reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
With that, friends, out of time for today, thanks for
joining us back tomorrow morning with another edition A Baglife
Good morning, Valley. This is aglife. My name is Bob Quinn.
With you for the next hour. We're talking about agricultural
production here in the valley and all across the country. Well, friends,
we start off with a look at the strawberry and
how we enjoy it year round.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Enjoying strawberries this time of year, a summer time really
now any time fruit treat and what enjoyed at many
parts of the world. Thank USDA Strawberry Research and Breeding
Program in Beltsville, Maryland for that. As research geneticist Kim
Lewers explains, the strawberry.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Breeding progress started at nineteen ten. It was told to
me and I have not found anybody that can dispute it.
It is considered the longest continuously running strawberry breeding program
in the world.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
And perhaps more significant to those and us who are
strawberry consumers.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
It has been credited for creating the strawberry industry.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
While we are enjoying, say fresh strawberries and cream or
a homemade strawberry smoothie, Drake KiB Lewers, by all means
tell us the story about the Beltsville and its role
in creating the strawberry industry.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
What I mean by that is you can grow things
in your backyard. They can grow wild in the woods,
but it's not really an industry until they can be
harvested and then ship the market. And one of the
problems with the early strawberries and wild strawberries, if you've
ever had them, is that they're very tender and almost
as soon as you touch them, get juice on your fingers,
which is kind of fun when you're picking wild fruit
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in the woods, but not so great when you want
to have them ready for a store.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
So the US strawberry industry in essence began when shippable
varieties were developed. That occurred in nineteen thirty one with
the ars Beltsville program created the blake Bore cultivar, the
first type of strawberry easily shipped nation wide.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
The majority of the strawberries were grown in the Tennessee
Valley and they were shipped to Chicago, and that was
the beginning of the strawberry market and industry, at least
as it has been recorded. I was not there in
the nineteen thirties.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
At one point, the more variety made up eighty two
percent of the nation's strawberry crop. However, a threat in
the early nineteen fifties led to the Beltsville strawberry breeding
program saving the developing strawberry industry.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
There was a disease that came around and it nearly
devastated the industry, and my predecessor, George Darrow was aware
of the disease.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Efforts to combat the red steel root rot disease and
strawberries led to development of the steel mast of variety
in nineteen fifty four.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
So basically, he in advance saved a newborn industry by
creating disease resistant strawberries and we've been focusing on that
ever since.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
So with that, a toast to the ars strawberry breeding program,
as in raising a piece of toast with strawberry jam
and salute. That is Rod Bain reporting for the US
Department of Agriculture in Washington, d c.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Well.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Frans Congress heard farm labor concerns last week. We'll have
a story. You're listening to Waglife, Bob Quinn. Here was
farm us this morning. Friends, Several farmers and ranchers are
voicing their concerns about farm labor with their elected officials.
Chad Smith has a first hand account from Capitol.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
Hill, US agriculture is still facing an uphill battle in
finding enough labor for their farms. Mike McCarthy, a specialty
crop grower from Oregon, recently spent time on Capitol Hill
in Washington, d C. Sharing his experience with this issue
two members of Congress.
Speaker 6 (03:26):
We're in a fruit growing area and we grow apples, pairs,
and cherries along with a lot of other farmers in
that area. It's what you'd call labor intensity of agriculture.
Most all of our work is done by hand. Over
the years, we've tried to hire non Hispanic workers in
the area and that's never worked very successfully. We are
one hundred percent dependent on immigrant labor now, he said.
Speaker 5 (03:47):
One of the main topics discussed with elected officials is
the steeply rising cost of labor.
Speaker 6 (03:53):
Our big concern is the adverse effect wage rate, which
seems to be escalating. This is the rate we pay
agric culture workers that we bring up through the H
two A program, and that wage is escalating at a
greater rate than inflation. About sixty percent of our costs
are labored. With the high adverse effect wage rate, it's
(04:13):
becoming very difficult to be profitable he.
Speaker 5 (04:16):
Said, many lawmakers don't understand how difficult farming is right now,
and that's why it's vital for farmers to speak up.
Speaker 6 (04:23):
Commodity prices have not risen significantly in a lot of
commodities over time, but our costs have increased very drastically
over the last ten years, and it's becoming more and
more difficult to really raise food in the United States,
and I think it's a long term conversation that we
have to have.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
You can learn more at fb dot org forward Slash
Labor Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Oil prices have held steady for the past couple of
months thanks to economic news that seems to balance itself out.
For every story pushing oil prices up, we get another
pulling those prices down again. However, things changed at the
start of this past week, with oil prices moving up
to the mid sixty dollars range for the first time
in weeks. Patrick Dehan with gas Buddy says last week
solid US jobs report encouraged oil investors.
Speaker 7 (05:09):
As well as now China and US authorities meeting together
to discuss trade. The trade talks ongoing have boosted the
optimism that the economy may be starting to grow again
in the months ahead, potentially seeing less of a risk
in tariff if the US and China can come to
some agreement.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
De Haan says he feels the American economy is in
a decent place right now, which is why those oil
prices move higher to start the week. Behan ads he
expects that stability to stick around for the foreseeable future.
Speaker 7 (05:40):
I don't really see any reason that oil prices would
break out and go above seventy. Not really a whole
lot of reasons that oil would go down below about
sixty or fifty eight dollars a barrow. So I think
we'll continue to see prices relatively range bound unless there
are seismic shift in the global economy or tariff policy.
That is one of the things we'll be watching for this.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Dehan added, now that the eastern half of the country
is in a hurricane season, that could impact oil prices,
especially if a strong storm hits key locations. When it
comes to fuel prices, Dehan noted diesel prices are at
the lowest levels since October of twenty twenty one, and
gas prices are around three dollars per gallon nationwide, while
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friends do in part to a large decline in shipments
to China. April exports of US beef and pork trended
lower than a year ago. That's according to data release
by USDA and compiled by the US Meat Export Federation.
China's retaliatory duties are a major headwind for both US
beef and pork, while beef exporters face an additional obstacle.
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China has failed to renew establishment registrations for US beef
plants and cold storage facilities, the majority of which expired
in mid March. April beef exports were down ten percent
from a year ago to just over one hundred thousand
metric tons, while value who fell eight percent. USMEF President
(07:02):
and CEO Dan Halstrom explains that while exports to China
decline nearly seventy percent in April, shipments increased to South Korea, Japan,
and Central and South America. He notes that US beef
is regaining traction in Colombia after access was limited last
year due to restrictions related to highly pathogenic avian influenza
(07:22):
in dairy cows. A look at exports this morning, farm US,
you're listening to aglife.
Speaker 8 (07:29):
It's another Agnews update. What's easier? Yes or no?
Speaker 9 (07:35):
More?
Speaker 8 (07:36):
After this.
Speaker 10 (07:38):
Meet Blue, Blue's not feeling well the prescription generic medication,
Blue wonders, do they really work as well as name brands? Yes,
generics and name brand medications do work the same, even
though they may look different. Generics have the same key ingredients.
FDA approval is equally rigorous for generics to make sure
there is safe and effective as name brands, and Blue
(07:59):
even save some green, making him.
Speaker 11 (08:01):
A little less well.
Speaker 10 (08:02):
Blue, talk to your doctor about generics and visit FDA
duc of slash generic drugs.
Speaker 8 (08:07):
Former New York Representative Mark Moulinaro last year at a
House agg Committee hearing on the Farm bill really.
Speaker 12 (08:14):
On both sides of the aisle, and there's been some
thoughtful conversation, certainly about how perhaps over time and through
negotiation with the Senate, we can enhance provisions. But I
serve seven years of the New York State Assembly. If
you don't know this, Republicans are in the eternal minority
of the.
Speaker 8 (08:28):
New York State Legislature.
Speaker 12 (08:30):
And I recall many times thinking, well, you know, it's
really easy to get to know.
Speaker 5 (08:35):
The voting no is simple.
Speaker 12 (08:37):
It requires very little exercise and quite frankly, doesn't require
any ability to think how I would get ts the
other I recall many times, as I've heard even today,
when you serve in the minority, and I'm not suggesting
this is every case. It's easy to suggest the bill
is a bipartisan enough, but I would suggest it is
not entirely honest to suggests this is not a bipartisan
(08:58):
piece of legislation. The Farm Bill inherently has a language
carried over from generations that has garnered significant bipartisanship support.
Speaker 13 (09:06):
Perhaps there are components of.
Speaker 12 (09:07):
This particular farm bill that some of my colleagues don't
see as enough. But we have colleagues on both sides
of the aisle that seem to think that we can
only get and should only get, one hundred percent of
what we want.
Speaker 8 (09:17):
Former New York Representative Mark Nolonaro. It's another RAG News update.
Speaker 11 (09:23):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual convention in Denver,
we caught up with doctor Kerry Ryan, pet cloning and
genetic preservation expert with Viagin in Cedar Park, Texas.
Speaker 9 (09:33):
We've been working with dogs and cats for three years.
We're the only company in the United States that clones
dogs and the only company in the world that clones cats,
and we've also been cloning horses in livestack for about
fifteen years. So I think this will be here to stay.
And I think as we get better and better at it,
the costs will come down and people will be more
and more interested in it.
Speaker 11 (09:49):
There's more information at AVMA dot org.
Speaker 8 (09:52):
American Cattle News. We talk land owner rights today with
the Cattleman. More after this meet Blue.
Speaker 10 (10:03):
Blue's not feeling well the prescription generic medication. Blue wonders,
do they really work as well as name brands. Yes,
generics and name brand medications do work the same, even
though they may look different. Generics have the same key ingredients.
FDA approval is equally rigorous for generics to make sure
they're as safe and effective as name brands, and Blue
even save some green, making him.
Speaker 11 (10:24):
A little less well. Blue.
Speaker 10 (10:26):
Talk to your doctor about generics and visit FDA dot
gov slash generic drugs.
Speaker 8 (10:30):
Brian McLaughlin is an attorney and cattleman from Midland, Texas.
On landowner rights.
Speaker 14 (10:38):
Well, there's lots of there's lots of interests that would
like to be a part of that ownership. I would
say that Texas and Southwestern Countile Raisers we've been the
largest proponent of private land ownership with our state legislature.
We're down there advocating on behalf of the landowner during
the session and outside of the session. Fortunately, the session
the government legislature only meets or once every two years,
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but there's a lot that goes on in the timeframe
that they're not meeting. But we've been a large part
in advocating for rural property rights and for rural land
ownership and those people that own the lands to help
them at the legislature. There's lots of groups that would
like to have or horn in on what is owned.
I mean, there's the big question now and the Supreme
Court is ownership of water. Well is it produced water specifically,
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which is what is produced with oil and gas. The
oily gas industry is claiming ownership of that water well.
Texas statue says the Texas surface owner owns the water.
It doesn't say shallow water, deep water, dirty water, brine water.
It says water. But they want ownership of that water.
And that's a very important property right that's associated with
the surface ownership because that produced water is extremely valuable
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in the only gas marketplace that water can be treated, reused.
It can be used for drilling operations, it can be
reused for fracking operations, and it's a high price commodity
in West Texas. As they always said, you know that
the large just commardity we have in West Texas and
most valuable commodities not a well, it's water. That's what
makes everything work. And so there's lots of different ownership
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rights involved in tsra's been on the forefront of protecting
those for the rural land.
Speaker 8 (12:12):
Arm American Cattle News.
Speaker 13 (12:16):
This is Dairy Radio Now.
Speaker 15 (12:18):
Curtis Bosma, vice president of producer services for High Ground
Dairy in Visalia, California. Curtis, dairy farmers are benefiting from
high feeder cattle prices, surely welcomed by producers right now,
give us the details.
Speaker 16 (12:33):
Yeah, what's a pretty interesting shift here in the overall
income side of dairy farms. I mean, historically cole cows
and beef calves have not represented a pretty large portion
of income. Now on dairy farms, it's you know, ten
to fifteen percent of overall income that we're seeing on
the farm. So pretty spectacular to see. I think, you know,
these high prices for beef have translated to high prices
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for both the cole cows as well as the dale
beef crosses that dairy farmers are selling.
Speaker 15 (13:01):
And what are some of the reasons behind this?
Speaker 16 (13:03):
Primarily on the cattle side of things. You just got
to look at the inventory. I mean, we're at the
lowest cattle inventory in the US since the nineteen fifties.
You know, we saw a lot of heifers get placed
on feed lots a couple of years back, which is
kind of reduced down that overall cattle herd. We really
have not seen much of a rebuilding event since then,
and as a result, we're seeing, you know, this astronomical
(13:23):
rise in cattle prices over the last couple of years. Here,
we got to all new record highs as of this week,
and there's really kind of no sign of stopping at
least for the time being, just given how type those
inventories are on the cattle side of things.
Speaker 15 (13:37):
And I understand there are some government protection involved as well.
Speaker 16 (13:41):
Yeah, so there is some interesting programs kind of coming
to light Years. So after July first, there'll be some
updates to the Livestock Risk Protection Program, which is an
insurance program that dairy farmers can engage in that will
allow them to secure the value of both their day
old beef cabs that they're selling as well as the
colcows that are coming off the form as well. So,
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since that has become a pretty significant piece of revenue
and at these all time high prices, it's kind of
great timing for a program like that to be rolled
out for dairy producers. We're quite excited to engage a
lot of our clients are pretty fired up to be
using this program come July first, and.
Speaker 15 (14:18):
We look forward to more details ahead. Curtis Curtis Bosma,
vice president of producer Services for High Ground Dairy in Visalia, California.
Speaker 13 (14:27):
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Speaker 17 (14:56):
I'm John Clark, probably in the countryside for Feedwick's USA today.
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know about.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
You know, as we sit down with our clients. Specifically
on the dairy side, there's basically three main touch points
that we have with our clients. One is milk, and
of course that's the big one, that's the core of
the revenue. But that's been complemented a lot, especially over
the last couple of years on the beef side, by
(15:28):
some of the revenue that's coming into dairies from the
sale of day old calves or you know, if you're
backgrounding them for a little while and selling them at
three hundred weights or whatever your situation is, or even
call cows for that matter. That beef revenue has been
really really solid, bringing in many cases two to two
and a half dollars one hundredweight back home to the farm.
So working with our clients on that side, and then
(15:51):
also on the feed side, the biggest expense of all
of it. That really evaluates what kind of physical exposure
do I have with the products that I have in
my ration, and then given the network of information that
we have in house, we helped our clients decide when
to time some of those physical purchases while at the
(16:11):
same time managing some of that high level exposure that
lives and aggregate across the feed through the use of
corn and soybean meal futures and options at the exchange.
And you know, really the separating feature there being basis
and what is that movement in my local market that
helps me decide the best timing to pull the trigger
(16:32):
on actual physical feed but not overlooking the fact that
we have you know, raw global risk across our feed
through the means of how it correlates with corn and
soybet meal and maybe more simplified energy and protein. So
we work there on the feed side in a very
deep way.
Speaker 15 (16:51):
And that's Mike North from ever Egg and our thanks
to John Clark from Feedworks USA for that report.
Speaker 18 (16:56):
I'm Bill Baker Dairy Radio now Sunny Tour is the
chief executive officer of Valley Pride, which grows and ships
almonds and walnuts around the world. He says, African countries
they love these products. I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with the California
(17:16):
Trina Report, part of the vast Ag Information Network.
Speaker 19 (17:20):
No.
Speaker 20 (17:20):
Absolutely, there's like it's a pervasive use.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
You know.
Speaker 20 (17:23):
They have it in the morning, then they have it
in their lunch, they have in their cookies, bakeries. Almond
is probably in terms of the space from any other nut,
it's probably ninety percent use, especially in Morocco, also in Algeria.
It's a big in terms of usage. It's very, very big.
Speaker 18 (17:38):
And so it's a new possible customer over there. Has
the trade been set up for quick payment?
Speaker 20 (17:44):
You know, I think a lot of folks who are
doing you know, private marketing in these markets. They've invested
a lot of resources. They have been in these markets
for a long time. So I would kind of depend
on them to kind of you know, if you meet
the wrong person, you can have a big problem.
Speaker 18 (17:58):
That's Sunny Tours ce u oh of Valley Pride and
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Speaker 22 (18:54):
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Pressures with the ag Information Network. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
Speaker 5 (19:26):
I am Dwayne Merley. That heat will continue in the West.
Speaker 18 (19:29):
The latest in regards to the New World screwworm and
add trade visits all coming up.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
All warmer than normal second half the sprigue in the West.
Speaker 24 (19:38):
We did have a very significant heat wave near the
end of May, and as we finished up the month
of May, we saw some all time May records being
set in parts of the West.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Continues after a brief cool down. According to usdab Or
I'll just Brad Rippy.
Speaker 24 (19:53):
The latest heat wave really began during the weekend and
continues at this time.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
With daily record high temperatures set of communities like Roseberg
at Bedford, Oregon. Some of the extreme heat is spilling
it to the Northern Rockies and Northern Plades.
Speaker 24 (20:08):
Which continues to deal with a significant drought, temperatures on
Monday hitting ninety eight in Havermontana.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
And ripiad's No significant break from the heat is expected
for the West in the foreseeable future, implying potential loss
of surface water availability. Add to other impacts to agriculture
at municipalities and the region.
Speaker 24 (20:28):
We've got a number of communities in the Northwest, including Roseberg, Oregon,
that have set daily record highs, meaning that if you
compare the high temperatures on that date to all other
periods in that record, you see that that's the highest
temperature on records for that date. Roseburg, Oregon from June
seventh through the ninth, hitting ninety seven, then one hundred degrees,
then finishing up with one hundred and one degrees on Monday,
(20:49):
June ninth, three consecutive daily record highs, a number of
other Northwestern communities and cities hitting daily record highs two
consecutive days on the eighth and the ninth, And just
looking specifically at some of the high temperatures that we
saw on Monday, June ninth across the western US. I
mentioned Roseberg hitting one hundred and one in Oregon, but
we also saw in Medford, Oregon one hundred and four degrees.
That's the highest temperature Medford has seen in the month
(21:11):
of June since the historic heat wave of late June
twenty twenty one. If you remember that one, that was
the heat wave that we saw temperaures soaring above one
hundred and ten degrees in much of the Northwest, including
one hundred and fifteen at Medford that occurred much later
in the month, and this heat wave is going on now.
Implications are many premature snow melt and loss of some
of the surface water availability is a concern, and that
(21:33):
extends to a lot of sectors of the economy, and
among them that we oftentimes discussed when you talk about agriculture, irrigation.
Water less than we originally expected for many of our
key runoff basins throughout the Western United States, and that
extends to other vectors of the water economy, including recreational purposes,
power generation, municipal use. Pretty much any source or any
(21:55):
use of that Western water can be affected by these
less than expected runoff numbers that we're seeing through the West.
And then, finally, the other factor that's kind of a
big deal for the Western US is it does potentially
lengthen the wildfire season. As that snow melts off early
from mid and high elevations, some of those slopes are
subjected to more heating and more drying as the sun
is beating down on those barren slopes as opposed to
(22:15):
snow covered slopes. They dry out a lot quicker, and
some of those fuels become pretty dry by the time
we get into the mid to late summer months.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
As the thread of New World screwwarb continues to loom
for our nation's cattle producers.
Speaker 5 (22:28):
That screwroom had.
Speaker 25 (22:29):
Moved from within eleven hundred miles of our border to
seven hundred miles of our order within a matter of weeks.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Agriculture Secretary Brook Rawlins Wednesday gave House lawmakers heads up,
I'll have.
Speaker 25 (22:39):
A major announcement next week on the very next step
on putting the resources, the time, and the effort into
continuing to push it back.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
Recent USDA efforts in preventing NWS entry into our nation
include a ban of live cattle imports from Mexico and
renovation of a Mexican sterile fruitfly production facility to help
neutralize New World screw worm population growth. The Secretary reiterated
concerns of the potential devastation at EDWS outbreak what have
(23:08):
all the nation's beef supply.
Speaker 25 (23:09):
In the nineteen fifties when it hit, it took thirty
years for the livestock community to recover from that.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Our first visit before the House Agriculture Committee Wednesday for
Brooke Rawlins in the role of Agriculture Secretary.
Speaker 25 (23:23):
Last week I was in Italy.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
The Secretary's testimony included discussions on AGG trade, including recent
visits to the United Kingdom and as mentioned, Italy in
efforts to expand market opportunities for our nation's farm and
food sectors.
Speaker 25 (23:38):
One example, Italy imports about seventy five billion dollars in
agriculture products. Only one point seven billion comes from our
American farmers and ranchers. And this is one of our
best friends around the world. So we had great conversations
specific to Soy on how we get which is the
number one import but not nearly enough, how we get
more of that into Italy.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Secretary Rawlins continues AG trade or we added visits in
coming weeks, starting with Vietnam and later this year Japan, India, Peru,
and Brazil. I'm broad Bain reporting for the US Department
of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 26 (24:14):
It's time for California agg today on the AG Information Network.
I am Hailey's ship. When it comes to predator management.
California ranchers got some clarity this past month. According to
the California Cattleman's Association. The Wildlife Resources Committee of the
California Fish and Game Commission recently met in Sacramento to
(24:35):
consider whether changes should be made to regulations around the
take of coyotes. After four hours of discussion and testimony
from CCA leadership, staff and members, the committee chose not
to recommend any changes at this time now while the
issue could be revisited down the line. Commissioners on the
committee acknowledged the importance of allowing farmers and ranchers to
(24:57):
continue protecting their animals property. In video footage from the meeting,
Commissioner Erica Zebaletta addressed concerns about regulatory burden, stating plainly,
it would not be feasible for the Department or for
many of you who are working on farms and ranches,
to require evidence of depredation prior to taking a coyote,
or to require permits for depredation, So I think we
(25:20):
can take.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Those off the table.
Speaker 26 (25:22):
For more on this update, you can head to the
June ninth edition of California Cattleman Weekly a link to
that at aginfo dot net.
Speaker 22 (25:31):
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Speaker 26 (26:28):
This is California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
I am Haley ship. For more agnews, check us out
online at aginfo dot net.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Bob Quinn here with some farm news this morning. Friends.
Several farmers and ranchers are voicing their concerns about farm
labor with their elected officials. Chad Smith has a first
hand account from Capitol Hill.
Speaker 5 (26:47):
US agriculture is still facing an uphill battle in finding
enough labor for their farms. Mike McCarthy, a specialty crop
grower from Oregon, recently spent time on Capitol Hill in Washington,
d C. Sharing his experience with this issue two members
of Congress.
Speaker 6 (27:04):
We're in a fruit growing area and we grow apples, pairs,
and cherries along with a lot of other farmers in
that area. It's what you'd call labor intensive agriculture. Most
all of our work is done by hand. Over the years,
we've tried to hire non Hispanic workers in the area
and that's never worked very successfully. We are one hundred
percent dependent on immigrant labor now.
Speaker 21 (27:24):
He said.
Speaker 5 (27:25):
One of the main topics discussed with elected officials is
the steeply rising cost of labor.
Speaker 6 (27:30):
Our big concern is the adverse effect wage rate, which
seems to be escalating. This is the rate we pay
agricultural workers that we bring out through the H two
A program, and that wage is escalating at a greater
rate than inflation. About sixty percent of our costs are labor.
With the high adverse effect wage rate, it's becoming very
(27:51):
difficult to be profitable.
Speaker 5 (27:53):
He said. Many lawmakers don't understand how difficult farming is
right now, and that's why it's vital for armors to
speak up.
Speaker 6 (28:01):
Commodity prices have not risen significantly in a lot of
commodities over time, but our costs have increased very drastically
over the last ten years, and it's becoming more and
more difficult to really raise food in the United States,
and I think it's a long term conversation that we
have to have.
Speaker 5 (28:18):
You can learn more at fb dot org Forward Slash
Labor Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Oil prices have held steady for the past couple of
months thanks to economic news that seems to balance itself out.
For every story pushing oil prices up, we get another
pulling those prices down again. However, things changed at the
start of this past week, with oil prices moving up
to the mid sixty dollars range for the first time
in weeks. Patrick Dehan with gas Buddy says last week
solid US jobs report encouraged oil investors.
Speaker 7 (28:47):
As well as now China and US authorities meeting together
to discuss trade. The trade talks ongoing have boosted the
optimism that the economy may be starting to grow again
months ahead, potentially seeing less of a risk in tariff
if the US and China can come to some agreement.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Dehan says he feels the American economy is in a
decent place right now, which is why those oil prices
move higher to start the Weekdhan ads he expects that
stability to stick around for the foreseeable future.
Speaker 7 (29:18):
I don't really see any reason that oil prices would
break out and go above seventy. Not really a whole
lot of reasons that oil would go down below about
sixty or fifty eight dollars a barrel. So I think
we'll continue to see prices relatively range bound unless there
are seismic shifts in the global economy or tariff policy.
That is one of the things we'll be watching for
this Summerdhan.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
Added, now that the eastern half of the country is
a hurricane season that could impact oil prices, especially if
a strong storm hits key locations. When it comes to
fuel prices, Dihan noted diesel prices are at the lowest
levels since October of twenty twenty one, and gas prices
are around three dollars per gallon nationwide. Well, friends, US
(30:00):
dairy producers received some good news just in time for
June Dairy Month. Laurie Boyer has our story this morning.
Speaker 27 (30:07):
June is National Dairy Month, and it's no coincidence that
the Senate I Committee has unanimously approved a bill to
expand milk options in school lunch MENUS. Chris Galen, Senior
Vice president for the National Milk Producers Federation, shares what
this means for students and the dairy industry.
Speaker 19 (30:23):
Currently, the policy is that they can have either low
fat or skim milk, fat free milk, either flavored milk
like chocolate or white milk, but anything that has a
higher fat content like two percent of whole milk, is
not allowed under current guidelines, which are ultimately overseen by
the US Department of Agriculture. So the Whole Milk for
(30:44):
Healthy Kids Act is legislation both in the Senate and
the House that would expand those choices to give kids
once again the opportunity to have two percent milk and
in some cases whole milk. So the bill has been
approved over in the House by the House Education Committee
and the Senate this Agriculture Committee approved it. So now
what happens is that hopefully the bills we'll be able
(31:07):
to be voted on at some point here this year.
Speaker 5 (31:10):
Robert F.
Speaker 27 (31:10):
Kennedy, Junior Secretary of the US Department of Health and
Human Services, called the US dietary guidelines for Americans antiquated
and is pushing to switch from low fat dairy to
full fat dairy, including whole milk.
Speaker 1 (31:23):
Some farm us. You're listening to ag Life.
Speaker 28 (31:28):
From the Bag Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
Speaker 15 (31:31):
Well.
Speaker 28 (31:32):
California lawmakers are weighing up proposal from Governor Gavin Newsom
to more than double the state's three hundred and thirty
million film and television tax credit to protect jobs in Hollywood.
This comes after a state Senate committee rejected a bill
to create a more modest tax credit for struggling farms
by reimbursing the cost of overtime wages. The California Farm
Bureau says the legislature elected to ignore arguments about putting
(31:55):
more money in our farm workers pockets. If Congress doesn't
extend current tax provisions, America's farmers and ranchers will be
forced to pay up to nine billion dollars more in
federal taxes every year. The twenty seventeen Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act is set to expire at the end of
this year. American Farm Bureau reports says each dollar a
family farm spends in taxes is one less they can
(32:16):
spend to improve their operation, hire more workers, or put
towards growing food, fiber, and fuel well Former sentiment in
May cloned to its highest level since May of twenty
twenty one. The Purdue University CME Group AG Economy Barometer
index reached one fifty eight, ten points above April. The
current Conditions index climb five points to one forty six,
(32:36):
and the future Expectations index jump twelve points to one
sixty four. Farmers' views are much more optimistic about USAG
export prospects, combined with a less negative view on the
impact of tariffs.
Speaker 29 (32:47):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on road.
Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffic share the
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or a car. Here's what you need to remember. Tractors
move slower, be patient, don't pass on hills or curves. Farmers,
make sure your slow moving vehicles, signs and lights are
visible and everyone's sailor, especially on rule roads. One moment
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a caution can save a light. Let's work together to
keep our roads and our farms safe. This message was
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Speaker 30 (33:17):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sephena
insecticide from basf.
Speaker 11 (33:21):
We just get nailed with it. So tell us, how
are you feeling really really weird and you still want
to devour this few?
Speaker 8 (33:29):
No way, bro.
Speaker 11 (33:31):
There you have it, folks.
Speaker 30 (33:32):
Safena insecticide is specifically engineered to disorient aphis and wifelies
so they can't eat, and when they can't eat, they
can't destroy.
Speaker 22 (33:39):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with sephena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions.
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Speaker 1 (33:59):
Bob here to wrap up aaglie for today, friends sending
some kids to summer camp. Rod Bain has a story
for US.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
Summertime means for several children summer camps, which can be
a scary experience if it's their first time away from home.
Just ask Alan Sherman, Oh please.
Speaker 21 (34:15):
Don't make me stay.
Speaker 23 (34:17):
I've been here one whole day.
Speaker 2 (34:22):
But like the end of that classic song, Hello Mata,
Hello Fada, where our hero find summer camp can be
really fun. What's the stops rating? That is, most kids
get over their initial fears and really enjoy their time
at camp. However, University of Missouri Extensions Melinda Cameron says,
for some children.
Speaker 31 (34:36):
Sometimes regardless of what you do, you're still going to
have a child that will become homesick.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
So what's a parent to do in advance of camp
to get their children used to the summer camp away
from home experience. Cameron offers some ideas, starting.
Speaker 31 (34:50):
With go and stay ae night with a grandparent maybe
to start with, because that is a family member that
the child is very accustomed to and feels very safe with, and.
Speaker 2 (35:00):
Let the child stay overnight with a friend.
Speaker 31 (35:02):
Also, you could also even take the child to the
site where they will be staying for the camp and
just allow them to see what is there. This helps
for the younger children just so they don't have all
of these big imaginary monsters and all these terrible things
roaming around in their head as to what is going
to be at the camp.
Speaker 20 (35:21):
Don't leave me out in the forest where time by knty.
Speaker 3 (35:27):
Go buy up there.
Speaker 31 (35:28):
Introduce them to the staff members so they can meet
those folks so those people aren't strangers too when they
get to camp.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
Parents can also help the child prepare for camp by
being prepared sending the camp all pertinent health and contact
information about the child.
Speaker 31 (35:42):
For example, typically every camp will have some kind of
a form and that has all of the pertinent information
parents work numbers, their cell phone numbers, home phone numbers, addresses,
maybe even another emergency person to call, and then it
would have all of your information regarding insurance and all
of those types of things in the event there was
(36:03):
an emergency and accident for a child needed medical treatment
of some sort, and.
Speaker 2 (36:07):
Sending the child with proper clothing for any possibility, just
don't send the kids whole wardrobe and any items a
parent wishes a child to return home with should be
properly labeled. And what about bringing food or extra money?
Cameron says, don't send a child with more money than
necessary and make sure there are proper means to secure
such funds. And as for bringing food to camp, Cameron
says that's not a good idea. To avoid unwanted visitors
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to cabins and camp sites like raccoons, squirrels, mice, even snakes.
Speaker 32 (36:33):
So in summary, to make camp a fun experience, be prepared,
talk to the child, possibly visit the area, but most importantly,
tell them that you love them, you want them to
have a good time, and you yourself be positive as
the adult.
Speaker 5 (36:45):
The apparent mod a thought a kindly disregard this latter.
Speaker 2 (36:49):
I'm Rod Ban reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
With that, friends, out of time for today, thanks for
joining us back tomorrow morning with another edition A Baglife
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