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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 are talking about agricultural
production here in the valley and all across the country.
Well friends, National Get Outdoors Day was last Saturday. Rod
Main has our story.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
A series of opportunities are coming up over the next
two weeks for citizens to enjoy the National Parks, Forest
Rage Lands, at other federal public lands, at other federal
public lands for outdoor recreation and day use. And it
starts on Flag Day, June fourteenth.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
The one that's coming up next is National Get Outdoors Day.
It's part of June's National Grade Outdoors Month, and we
like to encourage healthy, active outdoor fund by introducing kids
and first time participants to outdoor recreation opportunities close to home.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Toby Bloom of the US Forest Service represents one of
several federal agencies, such as the Interior Department at National
Park Service that participate annually in National Get Outdoors Day.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
We have plenty of activities going on on our one
hundred and fifty four National Forests and twenty National Grasslands,
both on National Get out Doors Day and also on
National Public Lands Day on September twenty seventh.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
National Get out Doors Day is one of five fee
free days presented by the Forest Service every year.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
The National Forest System lands will wave recreation fees at
most of our day use sites on lands managed by
the agency. Some locations where we have participation by concession
operated sites may vary, but generally it's free to use
our recreation areas, our trails, and all of the facilities
that we have to offer on these fee free days.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
In fact, June has not one, but two fee free
days for our nation's forest and its day use facilities.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
June teenth on June nineteenth, National Public Lands Day which
is coming up September twenty seventh, and then Veterans Day
on November eleventh.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Plus a fee free day every year for Martin Luther
King Junior Day in January. What are the selling points
of fee free days at Forest Service and other public
land facilities.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
It's a really nice opportunity. If folks are looking for
something to do and maybe they're short on cash, this
is a wonderful way to experience the national forests, and
so we do get on these particular days a lot
of new folks coming in and trying out activities that
maybe they haven't tried before.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
While the US Forest Service web page at www dot
FS dot USDA dot gov and Recreation dot gov provides
information on National Get Outdoors Day and public Land Fee
Free Days, blueb advisors for those wishing to participate in
our nation's forest of those days for specific events at
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a specific forest site.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
The way you would find out is by going to
the particular unit near you go to their website, and
you can find those websites by going to our general website,
or you can google the specific unit that you're going
to and you can find their website and see what
kinds of activities they may have.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
D C.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Well, friends, coming up, there's some good news for dams
on the Snake River. We'll talk about that. You're listening
to Waglife. Bob went back farm News This morning, friends,
President Trump is again shifting gears, calling for revoking the
Biden administrations executive actions targeting the Lower Snake River dams.
Washington Representative Dan Newhouse says keeping the dams is something
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he's been working for, so he was pleased to hear
that news.
Speaker 5 (03:31):
I think the decision that the administration has made on withdrawing
from the MoU that was put into place under the
Biden administration, which as you know, effectively was a plan
for the possible breaching of the dams. By withdrawing from
that MoU, I think that solidifies the presence of the
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dams and our ability to continue getting all of the
benefits from them.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
As for helping these salmon, the Republican says, there's still
plenty to do.
Speaker 5 (04:00):
I'm sure there'll be continued discussions and conversations with the
proponents of dam breaching. But the bottom line is, and
I've said this all along, and I'm glad the administration
agrees that we can have the dams but also continues
to work very hard on making sure that salmon can
not only survive but thrive. And we have some work
to do there no doubt.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
New How says blaming the dams for dwindling salmon returns
is narrow minded. There are other contributing factors which should
be addressed.
Speaker 5 (04:28):
Ocean conditions is one, certainly, habitat reading grounds. You know,
the fish hatcheries have been a strong effort that we
can continue working on predators. It's a huge part of
the salmon survival issue.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
And now knew how says, is the right time to
get working on these.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
I'm thinking that the momentum truly is on the side
of the dams. That we have way more reasons to
keep the dams than we do to take them out.
And if we continue to improve the fish situation, which
I'm committed to do, I think that's going to be
the best thing we can do to ensure their continued existence.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
During his tenure in Congress, new House led the charge
and combating efforts to breach the four Lower Snake River dams.
While friends on farm, digestors don't just consume manure anymore.
Billy Kepner, director of community relations with Vanguard Renewables, says,
food waste is now another feedstock.
Speaker 6 (05:21):
So the digester will accept about one hundred tons per
day of manure, but then it will take two hundred
and fifty tons per day of food waste. The food
waste comes from primarily retailers, manufacturers, and it's pre consumer,
so it's anything that's off spec. Think if you're making
ice cream and there's fifteen extra chocolate chips in that batch,
it can't be sold because it doesn't match the label.
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So we take that food waste, we recycle it via anaerobydigestion,
and then we also recycle the packaging. And what that
does is it creates a biogas. Then we then upgrade
and it becomes pipeline quality renewable national gas.
Speaker 7 (05:56):
It is the exact.
Speaker 6 (05:57):
Molecule the same as fossil natural gas goes into the
existing pipeline, adding to our nation's resiliency and energy production.
We're just adding more fuel our pipeline.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Schools typically make a great place to get food waste
feedstock for these digesters.
Speaker 6 (06:11):
We usually try to cite our locations between sixty to
seventy five miles from major food hubs and major food manufacturers.
So we work with universities. We have seven sites in
New England and we have I think five universities that
we work with to take their food waste. We also
have an educational component with that. When we go to
the schools we have them to our sites. We will
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teach the students about food waste and how to recycle
their food and what to put in those baskets. Don't
just dump your tray in, just dump the food waste in.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Kepnor talks about how farm families that use the digestion
will benefit.
Speaker 6 (06:47):
We do not buy the land from our farm partners.
We lease this so we have a twenty year lease
agreement with the family. Then that gives them a predictable
income stream every year that they know that's going to
come in and it's not volatile. It's something they can
count on. And then on the back end the digestion
process are two really important byproducts, and one is a
liquid digestate, which is basically a nutrient dense natural fertilizers,
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low odor, and it is really absorbent, so it is
applied according to the farm's nutrient management plan because of
its nutrient loading and how well absorbs. Where they were
getting three cuts of hay a year, now they're getting
five to six cuts of hay a year. Corn is
much higher than it ever was before. It's a really
great product and they get it free. Also, we'll put
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that liquid digestate through a screw press and take out
the solids and the farmer can either use that for
betting for its herd or as a soil amendment.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Billy Kepner Vanguard Industries with US.
Speaker 8 (07:41):
It's another agnews update. Some areas dealing with corn in
standing water? What's its tolerance? More after this?
Speaker 9 (07:51):
Hi, I'm Debbie Childress, director of the Grayson County Alliance,
a food pantry in rural Kentucky. Thanks to a local farmer,
we recently received a twenty five hundred donation from American
Farmers Grow Communities sponsored by them on Santo Fund, a
philanthropic arm of Bear. As a result, we expanded a
classroom where we teach families about nutrition and personal finance.
(08:11):
I encourage all farmers to general for a chance to
direct the twenty five hundred dollars donation to a local nonprofit.
Visit Growcommunities dot com.
Speaker 8 (08:20):
Tina Sullivan is a Kansas state agronomist on corn tolerance
and standing water.
Speaker 10 (08:26):
So for tolerance and young corn for that full submersion,
So the whole plant is under some kind of water.
Maybe it's a low spot in your field, maybe it's
next to you know, a river bottom and it floods
pretty Traditionally they can. Young plants can really only tolerate
a few days of full submersion. Symptoms and stamp problems
are going to be seen late in the season. Though,
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which is going to trace back to that flooding period.
So I was mentioning that V five V five, V
six for that growing point, when it's at or below
the soil surface, the plant can really only handle two
to four days of full submerged. We've had these kind
of situations of where it floods a bit, We'll have
those low spots in the field and it works back up,
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it stops training, maybe hopefully drives up, but then we're.
Speaker 11 (09:10):
Getting wet spots again.
Speaker 10 (09:12):
Does that mean we've kind of elongated our period of
time with how long those plants can handle it. It's
very dependent, right how warm does it get after it
submerg it was submerged, what kind of.
Speaker 11 (09:23):
Soil type is it.
Speaker 10 (09:24):
There's a lot of factors going into this of could
we see limitations later on? Potentially can we really note
that right now? Kind of just depends.
Speaker 8 (09:34):
It's another at US update.
Speaker 12 (09:36):
Here's farmer and businessman James Wood.
Speaker 13 (09:39):
We farm about thirty five hundred acres. There's pipelines everywhere.
The contractor working on my property did not have the
lines located before he began work, and it resulted on
a strike on a natural gas popeline. Fortunately, No one
was hurt, but it could have been much worse.
Speaker 12 (09:54):
Never assumed the location or depth of underground lines. Always
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Speaker 8 (10:04):
Campaign American Cattle News. Today we look at steps to
addressing succession and transition plans more after this.
Speaker 9 (10:15):
Hi, I'm Debbie Childress, director of the Grayson County Alliance,
a food pantry in rural Kentucky. Thanks to a local farmer,
we recently received a twenty five hundred dollars donation from
American Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Montanto Fund, a
philanthropic arm of Bear. As a result, we expanded a
classroom where we teach families about nutrition and personal finance.
(10:35):
I encourage all farmers to enroll for a chance to
direct a twenty five hundred dollars donation to a local nonprofit.
Visit Growcommunities dot com.
Speaker 8 (10:44):
University of Nebraska at Lincoln Extension educator Jessica Grossco.
Speaker 14 (10:49):
The first one is thinking outside of the box, thinking
about creating ways that we can approach succession planning without
a family member to pass it on to. So again,
looking at what's the around you, what you would be
most comfortable with, and also what is that ultimate legacy.
Number two is talking to your family. I think sometimes
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it's difficult to have those open, honest discussions regarding not
only your emotions but what you ultimately plan to do
with your business. I enjoy putting together a really strong
advisory team. So step number three is seeking those outside perspectives.
Maybe they have some ideas of organizations or people within
your community that you can work with. The other piece
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is listening with respect to family members. Your family members
are also going to have a lot of emotions around
a non traditional transition plan, and then as we look
at it, every once in a while we need to
take a break and walk away. So that's another recommendation,
whether that's taking a weekend or taking a season where
we can have that emotional reset, especially if we're in
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a really emotional time trying to make these choices. Number
six is knowing that things are going to change and
things might not look the same if you go down
this non traditional path, and finally really being open and
honest about how you feel, and that might require some
outside help and another team member to your advisory team.
You know, if you need a counselor or a trusted
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friend or a clergy member to open up to. We
find that to be really important so that we don't
get stuck in kind of that emotional blockage that we
see with ambiguous loss.
Speaker 8 (12:25):
American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
This is Dairy Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 15 (12:34):
Summer is here and that means fly season. Officially, the
first day of summer is this Friday. David Bennett, regional
sales manager with Central Life Sciences, joins us on this
wellness Wednesday here on Dairy Radio Now. So, David, what
are some of the primary threats out there?
Speaker 16 (12:49):
The primary threats and what we're trying to control their
effect in these dairy producers or house flies, face flies, hornflies,
and stable flies. They all present challenges on these daies
and infestations. These flies greatly impact the production if you
leave it unchecked or untreated. You know, some of these
fly populations can swell up to over four thousand flies
for animals, especially like these horn flies, and that can
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translate into a huge economic loss for these producers.
Speaker 15 (13:12):
Yes, an economic loss, but also left untreated, the overall
health and hygiene of the dairy farm operation.
Speaker 16 (13:18):
So without a proper fly management program in place, you know,
these fly populations can spread diseases and bacteria, you know,
including you know, things as bad as staff areus, you know,
which is the partmery caused the mass sitis. You know,
messitis is a huge issue in the dairy industry because
it can lead to these blind quarters in some of
these others, which translate into lost milk production and lost profits.
The ted ends become irritated from these flies. Bacteria will
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enter that teed end and move upward into those quarters,
and it basically will start destroying some of the milk
producing tissues there, ellentially to a blind quarter in that utter,
which you know translates to lost profits once the bacterias
are in there. You know, you have some of these
opportunistic flies, you know, like the house lives specifically, there
are new since then they'll come and they'll land on
those ted ends. They'll start being the transmission point to
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move a lot of these bacterias around from you know,
other ted ends or to other others, other heifer's and
that's where the problem comes in. You know, dairrias are
never going to be fly free, you know, that's the problem.
And I know a lot of people want to get
the numbers as low as possible, and we do too,
but fly free is not always obtainable. You know, if
you leave these flies untreated, that the infestations can lead,
you know, to reduce dairy profitability. You know a lot
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of studies that we've done to the economic threshold for
dairy farms around fifty flies per animal, which you know
isn't a lot, but you know, the ones that bite
and inflict these painful bites of these animals, you know,
taking these blood meals, they really cause a lot of
the stress that's problematic. Something as simple as these stable flies,
just a handful of those can create a fifteen to
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third percent loss of milk production alone. The estimated damage
done by these flies, the biting flies, is over three
hundred and sixty million dollars a year in the US.
And something else to consider in some areas of the country,
or these face flies, which we think about face flies,
you know, they're always linked to pinky issues. You know,
they stay on the face of animals and they try
to get to around the areas of the eyes where
all that moisture is, and they can really take off
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and cause pinky issues in your operation, which you know,
we've estimated that to be almost one hundred and fifty
million dollars damage to the US producers.
Speaker 15 (15:19):
What are some of the best ways to address fly
infestations on a dairy operation.
Speaker 16 (15:23):
Yeah, the most effective fly control programs are built around
a feed through fly control products you know and darius
and other confined settings like feed lots. We recommend using
Clarify larva side for their flight control and it controls
the four main flies that are they're causing the damage
to causing the problems with the house flies, the stable flies,
the face flies, and the horn flies. You know, a
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lot of the research and studies that we've done have
shown that, you know, if you have a program that's
using Clarifly larva side, you can expect to reduce the
amount of flies in the areabody ninety six point seven
percent of these flies you can can keep from emerging
out of this maneuver causing problems.
Speaker 15 (15:58):
Well that's a pretty high percentage. Where can we go
to find more info about effectively managing these pests on
the farm.
Speaker 16 (16:04):
Well, they can start with their feed company and see
what options they have available. But they can always go
to Central Flycontrol dot Com and they can find out
what products we have available through our website and find
a number or contact person to reach out to to
get started if they need someone to look at their
fly control needs. One thing I will come in on
a lot of questions I get I'll throw this in
there is people always want to know when to start
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using when to stop using these products, and I think
this is the key to it is we have a
concept of this thirty thirty approach to fly control, and
it's basically saying, you know, we want if you're going
to use a Clarify larbast side, we want to have
that product out in front of the animals where they're
consuming it thirty days before these flies emerge. That way,
when these flies do come out, they're going to treat
them maneuver and go be way ahead of the game
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early in the season. And in turn, we also want
to keep that product in thirty days after that first
frost in the fall, just to make sure if there's
any more days where it warms up and flies emerged,
that they're going to treat them maneuver. So that's why
the biggest things I'd like to keep in mind.
Speaker 15 (17:01):
Well, thank you for the time today. David David Bennett
is regional sales manager with Central Life Sciences and for
more go to Centralflycontrol dot com. I'm Bill Baker, Gary Radio.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
Now.
Speaker 7 (17:15):
When it comes to the per capita consumption of almonds
is near the top, but we can certainly improve that.
I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with the California Trina Report, part of
the VASTAC Information Network. Alena Handler is the Associate Director
of Nutrition Research at the Almend Border California, overseeing the
nutrition research program.
Speaker 17 (17:34):
So the consumption in the US is per capita higher than.
Speaker 7 (17:38):
India, almonds biggest export.
Speaker 17 (17:40):
Market because people are eating higher quantities and a portion
size of almonds in the US tends to be about
an ounce. However, yeah, we still do have a lot
of work to do. We've done a great job at
ABC of really changing consumer perceptions so that people in
the US they know almonds are healthy. However, consumption is
still quite low. Recommending that people eat one serving of
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nuts per day, and people are really nowhere close to
that at all. So we do have a lot of
work to do in terms of bringing consumption up to
the levels that the science recommends.
Speaker 7 (18:13):
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Speaker 11 (19:07):
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Speaker 7 (19:35):
Bressions with the AG Information Network I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
Speaker 20 (19:39):
Mostly good news as we get a little deeper into
the twenty twenty five glowing season.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Regarding the leadest US Drought Monitor and crops and commodities
a drought. USDA b urologist Brad Repee says for the
period ending June third.
Speaker 20 (19:52):
One in soybeans and drought, those numbers are much better
than what we've been seeing prior to planting, and as
we get into the growing season here cot.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
This area is also a low drought coverage a big
mouth over a month decrease according to Rippy.
Speaker 20 (20:05):
In terms of our spring week crop, we had some
disappointingly low conditions as we started the twenty twenty five
browne season there, but hopefully it'd be able to take
advantage of some of the improved moisture in the last
couple of weeks.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Winter we did. Drought has also been had from the
previous month.
Speaker 20 (20:18):
US hate productionary and drought just nineteen percent, that is
down from twenty eight percent at the end of April.
US cattle inventory and drought just twenty one percent in
drought on June third. That is down from thirty one
percent on April twenty ninth. Only twenty one percent of
the US corn production area in drought on June third,
that's pretty much of a flat number through the month
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of May. We've really see not much change in Midwestern
drought coverage. At the end of April that number was
twenty percent, and for soybeans and drought, the current number
is just sixteen percent. That is up slightly from last
month fifteen percent. In the South, we have basically eradicated
drought from the southern Great Plains all the way into
the southeast excluding Florida, and so the reason we're actually
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seeing a very low number in terms of cotton production
area for the US in drought. Current number for that
is just six percent. So hopefully some of those early
condition numbers that we've been seeing for cotton will improve
as some of that moisture is able to be utilized
by the young cotton plants. A month ago, cotton production
aary and drought was twenty one percent, so we've seen
a big decrease in that number. Other southern crops. Just
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wanted to mention that on June third, only two percent
of the US peanuts and rice production areas we're experiencing drought,
so virtually a non player for those two crops, and
in fact, we have seen too much wetness in some
of those production areas. End of April spring wheat productionary
and drought for the US thirty seven percent that has
been basically have to nineteen percent on June third, as
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we have seen some much needed moisture in some of
those northern spring wheat areas. In terms of the winter
wheat production area in drought there too, some of it
too late for some of the southern crops, but we're
still benefiting in the North. Only twelve percent of production
area for winter wheat in drought on June third. That
is again basically had from twenty three percent at the
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end of April, so they're moisture coming too late in
some of the southern production areas where harvest is underway.
Still hoping for a little bump or a little benefits
of the crop in some of those northernmost production areas
that are just starting to head out.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
With spring crop planting nearly complete for much of the nation,
USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Bill b offers this reminder
to growers.
Speaker 21 (22:23):
After spring planting is complete, agricultural producers should make an
appointment with their local Farm Service Agency office to complete
their crop acreage reports so for the application deadline.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
That deadline b July fifteenth. The importance to producers regarding
crop acreage reporting is.
Speaker 21 (22:38):
To ensure the receipt of an important safety net or
disaster assistance conservation and crop insurance programs. Producers should file
an accurate crop acres report for all crops and land uses,
including failed acreage and prevent plant acreage beam AD.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Some reporting deadlines will vary by county, add by crop.
Details on needed reporting documentation is available through local FSA
offices or online at www. Dot FSA dot USDA dot gov.
Speaker 21 (23:08):
A CROPACREGS report document is a crop grown on a
farm or a ranch. It's intended use and location. Producers
can contact their local FSA office for ACREGS reporting deadlines
that are specific to their county. To file a crop
Acregs report, producers need to provide crop or crop type
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or variety, intended use of crop, the number of cropacres,
a map with the approximate crop boundaries, your planning dates,
planning patterns when applicable, producer shares irrigation practices, if any
acreage prevent planning when applicable, and any other required information.
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The following exceptions apply to acres reporting dates. If the
crop has not been planted by the acres report deadline,
then the acreag must be report no later than fifteen
days after the crop has been planted or completed planning.
If the producer requires additional acreage after the acreage reporting deadline,
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then the acreage must be reported no later than thirty
calendar days after the purchase are acquiring the lease. Appropriate
documentation must be provided to the county office to help verify.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
I'm Rod Dain reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 22 (24:27):
It's time for California agg today on the ag Information Network.
I am Haley's ship. California's pistachio industry has seen a
boom in popularity in recent years, and some food experts
predict that pistachios could become the next big seasonal flavor
after pumpkin spice. You heard it here. So where are
we at with this year's crump.
Speaker 23 (24:49):
We're looking at the shells starting to harden, starting to
get some size on the kernel inside. Depending on the
variety and where you're at, you know, it's not consistent
across the board, but during this period we're hitting our
second bugs are coming on and we're starting to put
more insecticides out Right now today.
Speaker 22 (25:03):
We are chatting again with James Schaeffer from Helena agri Enterprises,
who emphasizes that heat protection is a big deal in pistachios.
Speaker 23 (25:11):
We're going to see consistent days of triple digits. So
irrigation is very important when it comes to maintaining a
healthy orchard during the summer. Managing any inefficiencies within your
irrigation system can help mitigate some of this water stress
in our crops. So tools like Resigenics from Helena can
improve irrigation in efficiencies in both light and heavy soils
because we do have different soil textures throughout the state,
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so you know, making sure our applied water is actually
getting into that root zone and then staying in that
root zone for an extended period of times can ensure
that our orchard stay productive and continue to be in
great shape through the summer months as we approach harvest.
Speaker 22 (25:46):
To learn more and find a rep near you, visit
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Speaker 22 (26:48):
AG Information Network. I am Hatley, Ship.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
Bob quin backpharm News This morning, friends, President Trump is
again shifting gears, calling for revoking the Biden administrations executive
actions targeting the Lower Snake River Dams. Washington Representative Dan
Newhouse says keeping the dams is something he's been working for,
so he was pleased to hear that news.
Speaker 5 (27:09):
I think that the decision the administration has made on
withdrawing from the MoU that was put into place under
the Biden administration, which, as you know, effectively was a
plan for the possible breaching of the dams. By withdrawing
from that MoU, I think that solidifies the presence of
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the dams and our ability to continue getting all of
the benefits from them.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
As for helping these salmon, the Republican says, there's still
plenty to do.
Speaker 5 (27:38):
I'm sure there'll be continued discussions and conversations with the
proponents of dam breaching. But the bottom line is, and
I've said this all along, and I'm glad the administration
agrees that we can have the dams but also continues
to work very hard on making sure that salmon can
not only survive but thrive. And we have some work
to do there no doubt.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
New How says blaming the dams for dwindling salmon returns
is narrow minded. There are other contributing factors which should
be addressed.
Speaker 5 (28:07):
Ocean conditions is one, certainly, habitat breeding grounds. You know,
the fish hatcheries have been a strong effort that we
can continue working on predators. It's a huge part of
the salmon survival.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Issue, and now new House says is the right time
to get working on these.
Speaker 5 (28:24):
I'm thinking that the momentum truly is on the side
of the dams. That we have way more reasons to
keep the dams than we do to take them out.
And if we continue to improve the fish situation, which
I'm committed to do, I think that's going to be
the best thing we can do to ensure their continued existence.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
During his tenure in Congress, new House led the charge
and combating efforts to breach the four Lower Snake River dams.
Speaker 13 (28:48):
Well.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
Another crop of new college graduates are out looking for
jobs to start careers, and the agg industry is a
good place to begin. Tammy Jensen, president of Agricreers Recruiting Service,
talks about where graduates should start looking.
Speaker 24 (29:03):
I would say within the egg industry. The last twelve
to eighteen months, I have actually seen unemployment probably be
higher in egg industry than it typically has been. But
that is more for your seed. In chemical companies, equipment manufacturers.
There's quite a few riffs in that arena, but there
is still demand in the service side of it, whether
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it be like maintenance or equipment agronomy, hands on farm
positions where you know it's physical labor, caring for the
animals or planning the crops. Those jobs are still plentiful,
I think.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
Tammy Jensen of agg Careers with us this morning, Well, friends,
the US cattle herd contraction has been well documented and
the resulting prices for producers are welcome, but there are
issues further down the chain.
Speaker 25 (29:50):
Mike Davis reports, Oklahoma State University ag economics professor doctor
DARRYL Peel told a webinar audience last week the beef
industry of the US is cyclical and has been for
one hundred and fifty years, but in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 26 (30:05):
We've had exaggeration of those normal seasonal tendencies because of
drought issues in the beef industry, and so we find
ourselves today with these very low numbers. The last low
we had was about a decade ago in twenty fourteen,
and we're actually a million one point one million a
head of beef cow smaller even than we were then.
Speaker 25 (30:25):
With the total cattle herd in the US being at
the lowest point since nineteen fifty one, Peel says, producers
are the beneficiaries of basic economics.
Speaker 26 (30:35):
If you're following it at all, you know that we've
got record high cattle prices across the board for all
kinds of cattle. We've got record high beef prices at
the wholesale and retail levels, and so there's lots of
supply driven fundamentals here that are really driving the market.
We've had incredible beef demand to match that, which is
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why we can maintain these record high price at the
consumer level. But there's also lots of challenges along the way.
Speaker 25 (31:05):
Those challenges, Peel says, start to show up at the
processor level.
Speaker 26 (31:09):
Everybody is really caught in this in this challenging you know,
sort of adverse by cell margin because of the supply
driven price increases from the bottom up in terms of
animal production. And so that's the environment that everybody's in
right now. And you know, again, without getting into too
much of the detail, the bottom line is it's going
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to be a while before This is not going to
be a fast process.
Speaker 25 (31:35):
With heard expansion yet to really begin. Peel predicts will
stay in this high price environment for the rest of
the decade. I'm Mike Davis.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
Farm News this morning. You're listening to WAG Life.
Speaker 27 (31:48):
From the agg Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
The World Organization for Animal Health recently adopted an African
swine fever vaccine standard to help control the disease. The
agreement was reached in the organization's ninety second General session
in Paris. The organization warned, though, that poor quality or
non compliant ASF vaccines may make the disease worse instead
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of improving it. Loa says vaccinations alone won't be enough
without high levels of biosecurity, control of animal movements, and
import restrictions. After spring planning, egg producers should make an
appointment with their county Farm Service Agency to complete crop
acreage reports before the deadline. July fifteenth is the major
deadline for most crops, but acreage reporting deadlines vary by
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county and crop. FSA administrator Bill Beam says to ensure
receipt of important safety net, disaster assistance, conservation and crop
insurance benefits, producers should file an acreage report for all
crops and land uses. BEAR executives are warning that after
losing billions of dollars to round Up case settlements, they
made me ready to get out of the glife of
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state business. BEAR CEO Bill Anderson told investors there's no
protection for pesticide producers in the US, so manufacturers can
comply with the federal labeling requirements and still get sued.
Glypus eight, the active ingredient in round up and other
weed killers, is the world's most widely used herbicidal chemical.
Speaker 11 (33:08):
It's been popping up in orchards and vineyards all over
any origin.
Speaker 19 (33:12):
Theories callers, Oh hey, yeah, it's Seva fungicide from BASF,
a category leader in disease control.
Speaker 11 (33:17):
How do you explain these healthy crops well.
Speaker 19 (33:20):
Longer lasting residual Plus, it's built for current regulatory standards
and prepare for what's to come which improves crop marketing flexibility.
Speaker 11 (33:27):
So a fungicide that is out of this world. I
knew it Sevia fungicide from BASF. For is it always
reading calling versions?
Speaker 28 (33:36):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sophena
insecticide from BASF.
Speaker 11 (33:41):
We just get nailed with it. So tell us how
you feeling really really weird.
Speaker 28 (33:46):
And you still want to devour this feel? No way, bro,
There you have it, folks. 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 18 (34:00):
Protect you or alfalfa from aphids with sophena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions.
Speaker 27 (34:05):
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Speaker 1 (34:19):
Bob Quinn here to wrap up aglive for today. Friends.
Social security is ninety years old in twenty twenty five,
and just as important as ever. Chad Smith has our story.
Speaker 29 (34:31):
As Social Security marks its ninetieth anniversary this year, this
vital piece of the American retirement plan is more important
than ever. Sean Vascol, Oklahoma State director for AARP, says,
social Security benefits keep over sixteen million Americans aged sixty
five and over out of poverty each year.
Speaker 4 (34:51):
Forty percent of the recipients rely on Social Security for
at least half their income. The critical part that Social
Security plays in improving the final financial security of older
Americans is recognized by people of all ages, regardless of
political ideology or agenda. Costs of basic necessities from healthcare
to groceries are on the rise, so Social Security must
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stay on solid financial footing.
Speaker 29 (35:14):
In its ninety years of existence, social Security hasn't missed
a payment. Foscall said. The program has done what it
was meant to do, help people retire with dignity after
a lifetime of hard work.
Speaker 4 (35:26):
This is money older Americans have earned with every paycheck
to ensure they can independently cover basic needs and access
to services they rely on.
Speaker 5 (35:35):
Every day.
Speaker 4 (35:36):
Seventy million Americans receive Social Security payments. If not for
Social Security, millions of Americans of all ages may find
themselves homeless, hungry, or struggling to make ends meet. Social
Security allows family members to rest easier knowing their parents
have some financial relief and protection as they age.
Speaker 29 (35:56):
Voscoll says the financial footing for Social Security will get
unless something is done now.
Speaker 4 (36:02):
The trust funds from which Social Security benefits are paid
are projected to run short of money by twenty thirty five,
one year later than estimated last year by the Social
Security Board of Trustees. Congress needs to add before then
to fill the gap or risk automatic cuts for people
receiving payments. So this ninetieth anniversary isn't just a celebration.
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It's also a reminder that Social Security is a lifeline
for millions of Americans. It's up to us to make
sure it's there for the next ninety years and beyond.
Speaker 29 (36:33):
A great way to get involved and take action is
available at AARP dot org forward slash We Earned It.
You can also learn more on Wednesday nights at six
thirty pm Central Time on RFDTV or online at AARP
dot org forward Slash AARP Live. Chad Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
With that Friends, A out of time for today, Thanks
for joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition A
Bad life,
Good morning, Valley. This is Aglife. My name is Bob Quinn.
With you for the next hour are talking about agricultural
production here in the valley and all across the country.
Well friends, National Get Outdoors Day was last Saturday. Rod
Main has our story.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
A series of opportunities are coming up over the next
two weeks for citizens to enjoy the National Parks, Forest
Rage Lands, at other federal public lands, at other federal
public lands for outdoor recreation and day use. And it
starts on Flag Day, June fourteenth.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
The one that's coming up next is National Get Outdoors Day.
It's part of June's National Grade Outdoors Month, and we
like to encourage healthy, active outdoor fund by introducing kids
and first time participants to outdoor recreation opportunities close to home.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Toby Bloom of the US Forest Service represents one of
several federal agencies, such as the Interior Department at National
Park Service that participate annually in National Get Outdoors Day.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
We have plenty of activities going on on our one
hundred and fifty four National Forests and twenty National Grasslands,
both on National Get out Doors Day and also on
National Public Lands Day on September twenty seventh.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
National Get out Doors Day is one of five fee
free days presented by the Forest Service every year.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
The National Forest System lands will wave recreation fees at
most of our day use sites on lands managed by
the agency. Some locations where we have participation by concession
operated sites may vary, but generally it's free to use
our recreation areas, our trails, and all of the facilities
that we have to offer on these fee free days.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
In fact, June has not one, but two fee free
days for our nation's forest and its day use facilities.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
June teenth on June nineteenth, National Public Lands Day which
is coming up September twenty seventh, and then Veterans Day
on November eleventh.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Plus a fee free day every year for Martin Luther
King Junior Day in January. What are the selling points
of fee free days at Forest Service and other public
land facilities.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
It's a really nice opportunity. If folks are looking for
something to do and maybe they're short on cash, this
is a wonderful way to experience the national forests, and
so we do get on these particular days a lot
of new folks coming in and trying out activities that
maybe they haven't tried before.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
While the US Forest Service web page at www dot
FS dot USDA dot gov and Recreation dot gov provides
information on National Get Outdoors Day and public Land Fee
Free Days, blueb advisors for those wishing to participate in
our nation's forest of those days for specific events at
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a specific forest site.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
The way you would find out is by going to
the particular unit near you go to their website, and
you can find those websites by going to our general website,
or you can google the specific unit that you're going
to and you can find their website and see what
kinds of activities they may have.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
D C.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Well, friends, coming up, there's some good news for dams
on the Snake River. We'll talk about that. You're listening
to Waglife. Bob went back farm News This morning, friends,
President Trump is again shifting gears, calling for revoking the
Biden administrations executive actions targeting the Lower Snake River dams.
Washington Representative Dan Newhouse says keeping the dams is something
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he's been working for, so he was pleased to hear
that news.
Speaker 5 (03:31):
I think the decision that the administration has made on withdrawing
from the MoU that was put into place under the
Biden administration, which as you know, effectively was a plan
for the possible breaching of the dams. By withdrawing from
that MoU, I think that solidifies the presence of the
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dams and our ability to continue getting all of the
benefits from them.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
As for helping these salmon, the Republican says, there's still
plenty to do.
Speaker 5 (04:00):
I'm sure there'll be continued discussions and conversations with the
proponents of dam breaching. But the bottom line is, and
I've said this all along, and I'm glad the administration
agrees that we can have the dams but also continues
to work very hard on making sure that salmon can
not only survive but thrive. And we have some work
to do there no doubt.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
New How says blaming the dams for dwindling salmon returns
is narrow minded. There are other contributing factors which should
be addressed.
Speaker 5 (04:28):
Ocean conditions is one, certainly, habitat reading grounds. You know,
the fish hatcheries have been a strong effort that we
can continue working on predators. It's a huge part of
the salmon survival issue.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
And now knew how says, is the right time to
get working on these.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
I'm thinking that the momentum truly is on the side
of the dams. That we have way more reasons to
keep the dams than we do to take them out.
And if we continue to improve the fish situation, which
I'm committed to do, I think that's going to be
the best thing we can do to ensure their continued existence.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
During his tenure in Congress, new House led the charge
and combating efforts to breach the four Lower Snake River dams.
While friends on farm, digestors don't just consume manure anymore.
Billy Kepner, director of community relations with Vanguard Renewables, says,
food waste is now another feedstock.
Speaker 6 (05:21):
So the digester will accept about one hundred tons per
day of manure, but then it will take two hundred
and fifty tons per day of food waste. The food
waste comes from primarily retailers, manufacturers, and it's pre consumer,
so it's anything that's off spec. Think if you're making
ice cream and there's fifteen extra chocolate chips in that batch,
it can't be sold because it doesn't match the label.
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So we take that food waste, we recycle it via anaerobydigestion,
and then we also recycle the packaging. And what that
does is it creates a biogas. Then we then upgrade
and it becomes pipeline quality renewable national gas.
Speaker 7 (05:56):
It is the exact.
Speaker 6 (05:57):
Molecule the same as fossil natural gas goes into the
existing pipeline, adding to our nation's resiliency and energy production.
We're just adding more fuel our pipeline.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Schools typically make a great place to get food waste
feedstock for these digesters.
Speaker 6 (06:11):
We usually try to cite our locations between sixty to
seventy five miles from major food hubs and major food manufacturers.
So we work with universities. We have seven sites in
New England and we have I think five universities that
we work with to take their food waste. We also
have an educational component with that. When we go to
the schools we have them to our sites. We will
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teach the students about food waste and how to recycle
their food and what to put in those baskets. Don't
just dump your tray in, just dump the food waste in.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Kepnor talks about how farm families that use the digestion
will benefit.
Speaker 6 (06:47):
We do not buy the land from our farm partners.
We lease this so we have a twenty year lease
agreement with the family. Then that gives them a predictable
income stream every year that they know that's going to
come in and it's not volatile. It's something they can
count on. And then on the back end the digestion
process are two really important byproducts, and one is a
liquid digestate, which is basically a nutrient dense natural fertilizers,
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low odor, and it is really absorbent, so it is
applied according to the farm's nutrient management plan because of
its nutrient loading and how well absorbs. Where they were
getting three cuts of hay a year, now they're getting
five to six cuts of hay a year. Corn is
much higher than it ever was before. It's a really
great product and they get it free. Also, we'll put
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that liquid digestate through a screw press and take out
the solids and the farmer can either use that for
betting for its herd or as a soil amendment.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Billy Kepner Vanguard Industries with US.
Speaker 8 (07:41):
It's another agnews update. Some areas dealing with corn in
standing water? What's its tolerance? More after this?
Speaker 9 (07:51):
Hi, I'm Debbie Childress, director of the Grayson County Alliance,
a food pantry in rural Kentucky. Thanks to a local farmer,
we recently received a twenty five hundred donation from American
Farmers Grow Communities sponsored by them on Santo Fund, a
philanthropic arm of Bear. As a result, we expanded a
classroom where we teach families about nutrition and personal finance.
(08:11):
I encourage all farmers to general for a chance to
direct the twenty five hundred dollars donation to a local nonprofit.
Visit Growcommunities dot com.
Speaker 8 (08:20):
Tina Sullivan is a Kansas state agronomist on corn tolerance
and standing water.
Speaker 10 (08:26):
So for tolerance and young corn for that full submersion,
So the whole plant is under some kind of water.
Maybe it's a low spot in your field, maybe it's
next to you know, a river bottom and it floods
pretty Traditionally they can. Young plants can really only tolerate
a few days of full submersion. Symptoms and stamp problems
are going to be seen late in the season. Though,
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which is going to trace back to that flooding period.
So I was mentioning that V five V five, V
six for that growing point, when it's at or below
the soil surface, the plant can really only handle two
to four days of full submerged. We've had these kind
of situations of where it floods a bit, We'll have
those low spots in the field and it works back up,
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it stops training, maybe hopefully drives up, but then we're.
Speaker 11 (09:10):
Getting wet spots again.
Speaker 10 (09:12):
Does that mean we've kind of elongated our period of
time with how long those plants can handle it. It's
very dependent, right how warm does it get after it
submerg it was submerged, what kind of.
Speaker 11 (09:23):
Soil type is it.
Speaker 10 (09:24):
There's a lot of factors going into this of could
we see limitations later on? Potentially can we really note
that right now? Kind of just depends.
Speaker 8 (09:34):
It's another at US update.
Speaker 12 (09:36):
Here's farmer and businessman James Wood.
Speaker 13 (09:39):
We farm about thirty five hundred acres. There's pipelines everywhere.
The contractor working on my property did not have the
lines located before he began work, and it resulted on
a strike on a natural gas popeline. Fortunately, No one
was hurt, but it could have been much worse.
Speaker 12 (09:54):
Never assumed the location or depth of underground lines. Always
call eight one one or visit click before you dig,
dot before you Start work. A message from the pipeline
operators for agg safety.
Speaker 8 (10:04):
Campaign American Cattle News. Today we look at steps to
addressing succession and transition plans more after this.
Speaker 9 (10:15):
Hi, I'm Debbie Childress, director of the Grayson County Alliance,
a food pantry in rural Kentucky. Thanks to a local farmer,
we recently received a twenty five hundred dollars donation from
American Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Montanto Fund, a
philanthropic arm of Bear. As a result, we expanded a
classroom where we teach families about nutrition and personal finance.
(10:35):
I encourage all farmers to enroll for a chance to
direct a twenty five hundred dollars donation to a local nonprofit.
Visit Growcommunities dot com.
Speaker 8 (10:44):
University of Nebraska at Lincoln Extension educator Jessica Grossco.
Speaker 14 (10:49):
The first one is thinking outside of the box, thinking
about creating ways that we can approach succession planning without
a family member to pass it on to. So again,
looking at what's the around you, what you would be
most comfortable with, and also what is that ultimate legacy.
Number two is talking to your family. I think sometimes
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it's difficult to have those open, honest discussions regarding not
only your emotions but what you ultimately plan to do
with your business. I enjoy putting together a really strong
advisory team. So step number three is seeking those outside perspectives.
Maybe they have some ideas of organizations or people within
your community that you can work with. The other piece
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is listening with respect to family members. Your family members
are also going to have a lot of emotions around
a non traditional transition plan, and then as we look
at it, every once in a while we need to
take a break and walk away. So that's another recommendation,
whether that's taking a weekend or taking a season where
we can have that emotional reset, especially if we're in
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a really emotional time trying to make these choices. Number
six is knowing that things are going to change and
things might not look the same if you go down
this non traditional path, and finally really being open and
honest about how you feel, and that might require some
outside help and another team member to your advisory team.
You know, if you need a counselor or a trusted
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friend or a clergy member to open up to. We
find that to be really important so that we don't
get stuck in kind of that emotional blockage that we
see with ambiguous loss.
Speaker 8 (12:25):
American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
This is Dairy Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 15 (12:34):
Summer is here and that means fly season. Officially, the
first day of summer is this Friday. David Bennett, regional
sales manager with Central Life Sciences, joins us on this
wellness Wednesday here on Dairy Radio Now. So, David, what
are some of the primary threats out there?
Speaker 16 (12:49):
The primary threats and what we're trying to control their
effect in these dairy producers or house flies, face flies, hornflies,
and stable flies. They all present challenges on these daies
and infestations. These flies greatly impact the production if you
leave it unchecked or untreated. You know, some of these
fly populations can swell up to over four thousand flies
for animals, especially like these horn flies, and that can
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translate into a huge economic loss for these producers.
Speaker 15 (13:12):
Yes, an economic loss, but also left untreated, the overall
health and hygiene of the dairy farm operation.
Speaker 16 (13:18):
So without a proper fly management program in place, you know,
these fly populations can spread diseases and bacteria, you know,
including you know, things as bad as staff areus, you know,
which is the partmery caused the mass sitis. You know,
messitis is a huge issue in the dairy industry because
it can lead to these blind quarters in some of
these others, which translate into lost milk production and lost profits.
The ted ends become irritated from these flies. Bacteria will
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enter that teed end and move upward into those quarters,
and it basically will start destroying some of the milk
producing tissues there, ellentially to a blind quarter in that utter,
which you know translates to lost profits once the bacterias
are in there. You know, you have some of these
opportunistic flies, you know, like the house lives specifically, there
are new since then they'll come and they'll land on
those ted ends. They'll start being the transmission point to
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move a lot of these bacterias around from you know,
other ted ends or to other others, other heifer's and
that's where the problem comes in. You know, dairrias are
never going to be fly free, you know, that's the problem.
And I know a lot of people want to get
the numbers as low as possible, and we do too,
but fly free is not always obtainable. You know, if
you leave these flies untreated, that the infestations can lead,
you know, to reduce dairy profitability. You know a lot
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of studies that we've done to the economic threshold for
dairy farms around fifty flies per animal, which you know
isn't a lot, but you know, the ones that bite
and inflict these painful bites of these animals, you know,
taking these blood meals, they really cause a lot of
the stress that's problematic. Something as simple as these stable flies,
just a handful of those can create a fifteen to
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third percent loss of milk production alone. The estimated damage
done by these flies, the biting flies, is over three
hundred and sixty million dollars a year in the US.
And something else to consider in some areas of the country,
or these face flies, which we think about face flies,
you know, they're always linked to pinky issues. You know,
they stay on the face of animals and they try
to get to around the areas of the eyes where
all that moisture is, and they can really take off
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and cause pinky issues in your operation, which you know,
we've estimated that to be almost one hundred and fifty
million dollars damage to the US producers.
Speaker 15 (15:19):
What are some of the best ways to address fly
infestations on a dairy operation.
Speaker 16 (15:23):
Yeah, the most effective fly control programs are built around
a feed through fly control products you know and darius
and other confined settings like feed lots. We recommend using
Clarify larva side for their flight control and it controls
the four main flies that are they're causing the damage
to causing the problems with the house flies, the stable flies,
the face flies, and the horn flies. You know, a
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lot of the research and studies that we've done have
shown that, you know, if you have a program that's
using Clarifly larva side, you can expect to reduce the
amount of flies in the areabody ninety six point seven
percent of these flies you can can keep from emerging
out of this maneuver causing problems.
Speaker 15 (15:58):
Well that's a pretty high percentage. Where can we go
to find more info about effectively managing these pests on
the farm.
Speaker 16 (16:04):
Well, they can start with their feed company and see
what options they have available. But they can always go
to Central Flycontrol dot Com and they can find out
what products we have available through our website and find
a number or contact person to reach out to to
get started if they need someone to look at their
fly control needs. One thing I will come in on
a lot of questions I get I'll throw this in
there is people always want to know when to start
(16:26):
using when to stop using these products, and I think
this is the key to it is we have a
concept of this thirty thirty approach to fly control, and
it's basically saying, you know, we want if you're going
to use a Clarify larbast side, we want to have
that product out in front of the animals where they're
consuming it thirty days before these flies emerge. That way,
when these flies do come out, they're going to treat
them maneuver and go be way ahead of the game
(16:48):
early in the season. And in turn, we also want
to keep that product in thirty days after that first
frost in the fall, just to make sure if there's
any more days where it warms up and flies emerged,
that they're going to treat them maneuver. So that's why
the biggest things I'd like to keep in mind.
Speaker 15 (17:01):
Well, thank you for the time today. David David Bennett
is regional sales manager with Central Life Sciences and for
more go to Centralflycontrol dot com. I'm Bill Baker, Gary Radio.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
Now.
Speaker 7 (17:15):
When it comes to the per capita consumption of almonds
is near the top, but we can certainly improve that.
I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with the California Trina Report, part of
the VASTAC Information Network. Alena Handler is the Associate Director
of Nutrition Research at the Almend Border California, overseeing the
nutrition research program.
Speaker 17 (17:34):
So the consumption in the US is per capita higher than.
Speaker 7 (17:38):
India, almonds biggest export.
Speaker 17 (17:40):
Market because people are eating higher quantities and a portion
size of almonds in the US tends to be about
an ounce. However, yeah, we still do have a lot
of work to do. We've done a great job at
ABC of really changing consumer perceptions so that people in
the US they know almonds are healthy. However, consumption is
still quite low. Recommending that people eat one serving of
(18:02):
nuts per day, and people are really nowhere close to
that at all. So we do have a lot of
work to do in terms of bringing consumption up to
the levels that the science recommends.
Speaker 7 (18:13):
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It's been popping up in orchards and vineyards all over
in the origin theories scholars.
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leader in disease control.
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Speaker 7 (19:35):
Bressions with the AG Information Network I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
Speaker 20 (19:39):
Mostly good news as we get a little deeper into
the twenty twenty five glowing season.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Regarding the leadest US Drought Monitor and crops and commodities
a drought. USDA b urologist Brad Repee says for the
period ending June third.
Speaker 20 (19:52):
One in soybeans and drought, those numbers are much better
than what we've been seeing prior to planting, and as
we get into the growing season here cot.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
This area is also a low drought coverage a big
mouth over a month decrease according to Rippy.
Speaker 20 (20:05):
In terms of our spring week crop, we had some
disappointingly low conditions as we started the twenty twenty five
browne season there, but hopefully it'd be able to take
advantage of some of the improved moisture in the last
couple of weeks.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Winter we did. Drought has also been had from the
previous month.
Speaker 20 (20:18):
US hate productionary and drought just nineteen percent, that is
down from twenty eight percent at the end of April.
US cattle inventory and drought just twenty one percent in
drought on June third. That is down from thirty one
percent on April twenty ninth. Only twenty one percent of
the US corn production area in drought on June third,
that's pretty much of a flat number through the month
(20:39):
of May. We've really see not much change in Midwestern
drought coverage. At the end of April that number was
twenty percent, and for soybeans and drought, the current number
is just sixteen percent. That is up slightly from last
month fifteen percent. In the South, we have basically eradicated
drought from the southern Great Plains all the way into
the southeast excluding Florida, and so the reason we're actually
(21:00):
seeing a very low number in terms of cotton production
area for the US in drought. Current number for that
is just six percent. So hopefully some of those early
condition numbers that we've been seeing for cotton will improve
as some of that moisture is able to be utilized
by the young cotton plants. A month ago, cotton production
aary and drought was twenty one percent, so we've seen
a big decrease in that number. Other southern crops. Just
(21:22):
wanted to mention that on June third, only two percent
of the US peanuts and rice production areas we're experiencing drought,
so virtually a non player for those two crops, and
in fact, we have seen too much wetness in some
of those production areas. End of April spring wheat productionary
and drought for the US thirty seven percent that has
been basically have to nineteen percent on June third, as
(21:43):
we have seen some much needed moisture in some of
those northern spring wheat areas. In terms of the winter
wheat production area in drought there too, some of it
too late for some of the southern crops, but we're
still benefiting in the North. Only twelve percent of production
area for winter wheat in drought on June third. That
is again basically had from twenty three percent at the
(22:03):
end of April, so they're moisture coming too late in
some of the southern production areas where harvest is underway.
Still hoping for a little bump or a little benefits
of the crop in some of those northernmost production areas
that are just starting to head out.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
With spring crop planting nearly complete for much of the nation,
USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Bill b offers this reminder
to growers.
Speaker 21 (22:23):
After spring planting is complete, agricultural producers should make an
appointment with their local Farm Service Agency office to complete
their crop acreage reports so for the application deadline.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
That deadline b July fifteenth. The importance to producers regarding
crop acreage reporting is.
Speaker 21 (22:38):
To ensure the receipt of an important safety net or
disaster assistance conservation and crop insurance programs. Producers should file
an accurate crop acres report for all crops and land uses,
including failed acreage and prevent plant acreage beam AD.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Some reporting deadlines will vary by county, add by crop.
Details on needed reporting documentation is available through local FSA
offices or online at www. Dot FSA dot USDA dot gov.
Speaker 21 (23:08):
A CROPACREGS report document is a crop grown on a
farm or a ranch. It's intended use and location. Producers
can contact their local FSA office for ACREGS reporting deadlines
that are specific to their county. To file a crop
Acregs report, producers need to provide crop or crop type
(23:29):
or variety, intended use of crop, the number of cropacres,
a map with the approximate crop boundaries, your planning dates,
planning patterns when applicable, producer shares irrigation practices, if any
acreage prevent planning when applicable, and any other required information.
(23:50):
The following exceptions apply to acres reporting dates. If the
crop has not been planted by the acres report deadline,
then the acreag must be report no later than fifteen
days after the crop has been planted or completed planning.
If the producer requires additional acreage after the acreage reporting deadline,
(24:10):
then the acreage must be reported no later than thirty
calendar days after the purchase are acquiring the lease. Appropriate
documentation must be provided to the county office to help verify.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
I'm Rod Dain reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 22 (24:27):
It's time for California agg today on the ag Information Network.
I am Haley's ship. California's pistachio industry has seen a
boom in popularity in recent years, and some food experts
predict that pistachios could become the next big seasonal flavor
after pumpkin spice. You heard it here. So where are
we at with this year's crump.
Speaker 23 (24:49):
We're looking at the shells starting to harden, starting to
get some size on the kernel inside. Depending on the
variety and where you're at, you know, it's not consistent
across the board, but during this period we're hitting our
second bugs are coming on and we're starting to put
more insecticides out Right now today.
Speaker 22 (25:03):
We are chatting again with James Schaeffer from Helena agri Enterprises,
who emphasizes that heat protection is a big deal in pistachios.
Speaker 23 (25:11):
We're going to see consistent days of triple digits. So
irrigation is very important when it comes to maintaining a
healthy orchard during the summer. Managing any inefficiencies within your
irrigation system can help mitigate some of this water stress
in our crops. So tools like Resigenics from Helena can
improve irrigation in efficiencies in both light and heavy soils
because we do have different soil textures throughout the state,
(25:34):
so you know, making sure our applied water is actually
getting into that root zone and then staying in that
root zone for an extended period of times can ensure
that our orchard stay productive and continue to be in
great shape through the summer months as we approach harvest.
Speaker 22 (25:46):
To learn more and find a rep near you, visit
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AG Information Network. I am Hatley, Ship.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
Bob quin backpharm News This morning, friends, President Trump is
again shifting gears, calling for revoking the Biden administrations executive
actions targeting the Lower Snake River Dams. Washington Representative Dan
Newhouse says keeping the dams is something he's been working for,
so he was pleased to hear that news.
Speaker 5 (27:09):
I think that the decision the administration has made on
withdrawing from the MoU that was put into place under
the Biden administration, which, as you know, effectively was a
plan for the possible breaching of the dams. By withdrawing
from that MoU, I think that solidifies the presence of
(27:29):
the dams and our ability to continue getting all of
the benefits from them.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
As for helping these salmon, the Republican says, there's still
plenty to do.
Speaker 5 (27:38):
I'm sure there'll be continued discussions and conversations with the
proponents of dam breaching. But the bottom line is, and
I've said this all along, and I'm glad the administration
agrees that we can have the dams but also continues
to work very hard on making sure that salmon can
not only survive but thrive. And we have some work
to do there no doubt.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
New How says blaming the dams for dwindling salmon returns
is narrow minded. There are other contributing factors which should
be addressed.
Speaker 5 (28:07):
Ocean conditions is one, certainly, habitat breeding grounds. You know,
the fish hatcheries have been a strong effort that we
can continue working on predators. It's a huge part of
the salmon survival.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Issue, and now new House says is the right time
to get working on these.
Speaker 5 (28:24):
I'm thinking that the momentum truly is on the side
of the dams. That we have way more reasons to
keep the dams than we do to take them out.
And if we continue to improve the fish situation, which
I'm committed to do, I think that's going to be
the best thing we can do to ensure their continued existence.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
During his tenure in Congress, new House led the charge
and combating efforts to breach the four Lower Snake River dams.
Speaker 13 (28:48):
Well.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
Another crop of new college graduates are out looking for
jobs to start careers, and the agg industry is a
good place to begin. Tammy Jensen, president of Agricreers Recruiting Service,
talks about where graduates should start looking.
Speaker 24 (29:03):
I would say within the egg industry. The last twelve
to eighteen months, I have actually seen unemployment probably be
higher in egg industry than it typically has been. But
that is more for your seed. In chemical companies, equipment manufacturers.
There's quite a few riffs in that arena, but there
is still demand in the service side of it, whether
(29:26):
it be like maintenance or equipment agronomy, hands on farm
positions where you know it's physical labor, caring for the
animals or planning the crops. Those jobs are still plentiful,
I think.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
Tammy Jensen of agg Careers with us this morning, Well, friends,
the US cattle herd contraction has been well documented and
the resulting prices for producers are welcome, but there are
issues further down the chain.
Speaker 25 (29:50):
Mike Davis reports, Oklahoma State University ag economics professor doctor
DARRYL Peel told a webinar audience last week the beef
industry of the US is cyclical and has been for
one hundred and fifty years, but in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 26 (30:05):
We've had exaggeration of those normal seasonal tendencies because of
drought issues in the beef industry, and so we find
ourselves today with these very low numbers. The last low
we had was about a decade ago in twenty fourteen,
and we're actually a million one point one million a
head of beef cow smaller even than we were then.
Speaker 25 (30:25):
With the total cattle herd in the US being at
the lowest point since nineteen fifty one, Peel says, producers
are the beneficiaries of basic economics.
Speaker 26 (30:35):
If you're following it at all, you know that we've
got record high cattle prices across the board for all
kinds of cattle. We've got record high beef prices at
the wholesale and retail levels, and so there's lots of
supply driven fundamentals here that are really driving the market.
We've had incredible beef demand to match that, which is
(30:57):
why we can maintain these record high price at the
consumer level. But there's also lots of challenges along the way.
Speaker 25 (31:05):
Those challenges, Peel says, start to show up at the
processor level.
Speaker 26 (31:09):
Everybody is really caught in this in this challenging you know,
sort of adverse by cell margin because of the supply
driven price increases from the bottom up in terms of
animal production. And so that's the environment that everybody's in
right now. And you know, again, without getting into too
much of the detail, the bottom line is it's going
(31:32):
to be a while before This is not going to
be a fast process.
Speaker 25 (31:35):
With heard expansion yet to really begin. Peel predicts will
stay in this high price environment for the rest of
the decade. I'm Mike Davis.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
Farm News this morning. You're listening to WAG Life.
Speaker 27 (31:48):
From the agg Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
The World Organization for Animal Health recently adopted an African
swine fever vaccine standard to help control the disease. The
agreement was reached in the organization's ninety second General session
in Paris. The organization warned, though, that poor quality or
non compliant ASF vaccines may make the disease worse instead
(32:09):
of improving it. Loa says vaccinations alone won't be enough
without high levels of biosecurity, control of animal movements, and
import restrictions. After spring planning, egg producers should make an
appointment with their county Farm Service Agency to complete crop
acreage reports before the deadline. July fifteenth is the major
deadline for most crops, but acreage reporting deadlines vary by
(32:31):
county and crop. FSA administrator Bill Beam says to ensure
receipt of important safety net, disaster assistance, conservation and crop
insurance benefits, producers should file an acreage report for all
crops and land uses. BEAR executives are warning that after
losing billions of dollars to round Up case settlements, they
made me ready to get out of the glife of
(32:51):
state business. BEAR CEO Bill Anderson told investors there's no
protection for pesticide producers in the US, so manufacturers can
comply with the federal labeling requirements and still get sued.
Glypus eight, the active ingredient in round up and other
weed killers, is the world's most widely used herbicidal chemical.
Speaker 11 (33:08):
It's been popping up in orchards and vineyards all over
any origin.
Speaker 19 (33:12):
Theories callers, Oh hey, yeah, it's Seva fungicide from BASF,
a category leader in disease control.
Speaker 11 (33:17):
How do you explain these healthy crops well.
Speaker 19 (33:20):
Longer lasting residual Plus, it's built for current regulatory standards
and prepare for what's to come which improves crop marketing flexibility.
Speaker 11 (33:27):
So a fungicide that is out of this world. I
knew it Sevia fungicide from BASF. For is it always
reading calling versions?
Speaker 28 (33:36):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sophena
insecticide from BASF.
Speaker 11 (33:41):
We just get nailed with it. So tell us how
you feeling really really weird.
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Speaker 1 (34:19):
Bob Quinn here to wrap up aglive for today. Friends.
Social security is ninety years old in twenty twenty five,
and just as important as ever. Chad Smith has our story.
Speaker 29 (34:31):
As Social Security marks its ninetieth anniversary this year, this
vital piece of the American retirement plan is more important
than ever. Sean Vascol, Oklahoma State director for AARP, says,
social Security benefits keep over sixteen million Americans aged sixty
five and over out of poverty each year.
Speaker 4 (34:51):
Forty percent of the recipients rely on Social Security for
at least half their income. The critical part that Social
Security plays in improving the final financial security of older
Americans is recognized by people of all ages, regardless of
political ideology or agenda. Costs of basic necessities from healthcare
to groceries are on the rise, so Social Security must
(35:12):
stay on solid financial footing.
Speaker 29 (35:14):
In its ninety years of existence, social Security hasn't missed
a payment. Foscall said. The program has done what it
was meant to do, help people retire with dignity after
a lifetime of hard work.
Speaker 4 (35:26):
This is money older Americans have earned with every paycheck
to ensure they can independently cover basic needs and access
to services they rely on.
Speaker 5 (35:35):
Every day.
Speaker 4 (35:36):
Seventy million Americans receive Social Security payments. If not for
Social Security, millions of Americans of all ages may find
themselves homeless, hungry, or struggling to make ends meet. Social
Security allows family members to rest easier knowing their parents
have some financial relief and protection as they age.
Speaker 29 (35:56):
Voscoll says the financial footing for Social Security will get
unless something is done now.
Speaker 4 (36:02):
The trust funds from which Social Security benefits are paid
are projected to run short of money by twenty thirty five,
one year later than estimated last year by the Social
Security Board of Trustees. Congress needs to add before then
to fill the gap or risk automatic cuts for people
receiving payments. So this ninetieth anniversary isn't just a celebration.
(36:23):
It's also a reminder that Social Security is a lifeline
for millions of Americans. It's up to us to make
sure it's there for the next ninety years and beyond.
Speaker 29 (36:33):
A great way to get involved and take action is
available at AARP dot org forward slash We Earned It.
You can also learn more on Wednesday nights at six
thirty pm Central Time on RFDTV or online at AARP
dot org forward Slash AARP Live. Chad Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
With that Friends, A out of time for today, Thanks
for joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition A
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