June 27, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, valley, This is aglife. My name is Bob Quinn.
With you for the next hour're talking about agricultural production
here in the valley, in all across the country. Well friends.
USDA has a Local ag Market program. That's where we
start the day.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Coming up soon deadlines for application of USDA grant funding
to develop and expand local agricultural markets. Tricia Kovacs of
the Agricultural Marketing Service says the Local Agriculture Market Program
has twenty six and a half million dollars available through
three offerings.

Speaker 3 (00:33):
Those are the Farmers Market Promotion Program, the Local Food
Promotion Program, and the Regional Food System's Partnership grants.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
And what is the point of focus of those programs
within the lamp umbrella. Kovac starts with the farmers Market
Promotion Program.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
The Farmers Market Promotion Program is designed for that direct
farmer to consumer relationship, so it is farmers' markets as
the name implies, but it might also be things like
community supported agriculture where an individual or family signs up
at the beginning of a season to purchase fruits and
vegetables or meats. Those allow the farmer to receive the

(01:08):
money or at least the commitment of the funding up front.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
The Local Food Promotion Program serves as a partner program
to the farmers Market Promotion Program.

Speaker 3 (01:17):
Supports a lot of the same goals and outcomes, but
it is for food supply chains that are a little
more indirect to the consumer. We call them intermediated markets,
where there is somebody else in the middle of that
supply chain. That might be food hubs where they pull
and aggregate and provide distribution and marketing for a variety
of farmers in their network. Could be a distributor, could

(01:38):
be a farm to school program where they're buying from
multiple farmers and delivering it to each of their individual schools.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
Then there is the Regional Food System Partnership.

Speaker 3 (01:47):
It supports public private partnerships, coordination, convening, and planning for
local and regional food systems, all with a goal to
build and strengthen the viability and resilience of local and
regional food economies. Projects might be public private. They have
to have these fund partnerships, as the name implies, so
they have to have partners from two different categories. But

(02:09):
the goal is to plan and develop those relationships with
them and with producers and with food service operators and
institutional markets or others to really create the strongest network
and foundation for markets for farmers in that region.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
AMS offers requests for application webinars to help new applicants
navigate the process. In addition, AMS's grants website www. Dot
AMS dot USDA dot gov Slash Services Slash Grants offers
a frequently asked questions page and grant management specialists available

(02:45):
to assist with application.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
Always recommend that people start early and go into that
system and start their application.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
I'm broadband reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.

Speaker 1 (02:57):
Farm News coming up. You're listening to Wagla Life Bob Quinn.
Here were some farm News today friends. Cost of feeding
a crowd this July fourth will be about the same
as last year, when shoppers saw a record high cost.
Chad Smith has the numbers for US.

Speaker 4 (03:12):
As Americans all across the country are gearing up to
celebrate Independence Day, families planning a cookout celebration should plan
to spend about the same as they did last year.
Samantha Ayoub, an associate economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation,
says the group's volunteer Shopper survey found almost no change

(03:33):
from last year's results.

Speaker 5 (03:34):
This year's Summer cookout finds that a July fourth meal
middle running about seventy dollars and ninety two cents or
seven dollars and nine cents a person. This is the
second highest price we've seen since we started the survey,
but it is down about thirty cents from last year,
which has really slowed down from those huge spikes of
inflation we are seeing the last few years.

Speaker 4 (03:54):
She said, some of the biggest price swings this year
come from protein, so for.

Speaker 5 (03:58):
Two pounds of ground beef year, learning about thirteen dollars,
which is up four and a half percent from last year.
But our largest decrease was actually in pork chops, within
eight point eight percent decrease to fourteen dollars and thirteen cents.
So pork chops are really looking at a substitute for
ground beef, whether they're on sale. Are also just increased
supplies of hogs in the market.

Speaker 4 (04:18):
Aube says that we can celebrate America's independence this year
in part because of the hard work of farmers and ranchers,
but they are still waiting on a modernized five year
farm bill.

Speaker 5 (04:29):
As we continue to see crop prices falling, as we
continue to see pressures from whether it's animal disease or
crop disease or drought, we require support for our farmers,
whether that's price supports and down markets, or continued research
and innovation to make sure that farmers have the technology
they need to sustain through hard times.

Speaker 4 (04:46):
You can learn more at fb dot org. Forward slash
fourth of July. Chad Smith, Washington, Well friends of the.

Speaker 1 (04:54):
Hot, dry, and windy conditions Kansas has seen for the
past several days have put the wheat harvest into high gear.
It includes central parts of the state that saw severe
weather last week. Doug Keesling is a wheat farmer from
Chase in Rice County, and talked about last week's rains.

Speaker 6 (05:12):
We had two and a half inches, so we missed
like what Mecpherson a little further east and actually great
then got west of us got more than we did
different times during the week. But even with two and
a half inches, we were only out one day and
we were right back in the field, so that's just
how dry we were.

Speaker 1 (05:27):
Keesling says he's presantly surprised at the wheat yields we've
seen so far.

Speaker 6 (05:32):
All of the fields have exceeded my expectations from a
month or two months ago. Of course, my expectations were
kind of low back then, but I'm really pleasantly surprised that,
you know, the wheat has come through this well. Proteins
are down after that one rain, the test weight dropped
off quite considerably, and some of that might be some

(05:53):
of the wheat that we were cutting toward the end also,
But I've been happy with the yield so far.

Speaker 1 (05:57):
Keesling says he hasn't had many issues with the the
wheat streak mosaic virus found in several areas of the state.

Speaker 6 (06:04):
But when you did, or when I or other farmers
have cut them, they've said that the EELDS was way
down on those fields. But then you go to the
next field and the yield is really good. So it
is very hit and miss. But there are some of
those issues, and I have noticed it more on my
red wheat than on my white wheat that I raised.

Speaker 1 (06:23):
The latest harvest update as of last week showed that
twenty percent of the harvest was complete. Well, farmers aren't
the only ones that have a difficult time navigating around tariffs,
equipment manufacturers often bring their raw materials in from other countries,
and those materials can suddenly cost more than expected. Darren Haven's,
director of Production and Precision agg Marketing at John Deere,

(06:47):
talks about how Deer has fared in getting production materials.

Speaker 7 (06:51):
Yeah, I would say, generally speaking for the US and
Canada when you think about it from a large egg
equipment perspective, which I mostly represent almost seventy five percent
of the goods that we sell in the US or
made in the US. And that's not only US, but
it's also the suppliers and the steel that we get
that goes into making our products.

Speaker 1 (07:08):
But that doesn't mean Deer doesn't feel the effects of
higher cost I.

Speaker 7 (07:11):
Would say, generally speaking, that's not a major challenge or
concern for US at this point with tariffs, but I
mean there are components that are no different than when
we went through COVID times. It does start to challenge
the supply base whenever it goes to things that are
subject to potentially tariffs or non tariff barriers.

Speaker 1 (07:30):
Darren Haven's of John Deere with US Farm News this morning.
You're listening to wag Life.

Speaker 8 (07:35):
It's another agnews update. The Eagles sang a song. Hotel California.
You can check in, but never check out. More after this.

Speaker 9 (07:45):
Here's farmer and landowner John Pruf.

Speaker 10 (07:47):
We purchased the land about three years ago and there
was an old farmstead on there with trees. We're going
to clear the lands we could farm through it. We
thought we knew where the pipe was, so we didn't
call to get it located. The work on our property
led to the damage of a light crude pipeline. Fortunately
no one was hurt, but it could have been much worse.

Speaker 9 (08:03):
Never assumed the location or depth of underground lines. Always
call eight one to one or visit clickbefore youdig dot
com before you start work. A message from the pipeline
operators for egg Safety campaign in.

Speaker 8 (08:13):
AESODA representative Pete Stauber with Secretary of Interior Doug Bergum.

Speaker 11 (08:19):
When the gray wolf was listed as threatened under the
ESA in nineteen seventy eight, a recovery goal of twelve
fifty to fourteen hundred wolves was set for Minnesota. It's
clearly far beyond that. The first Trump administration issued a
final delisting rule that was quickly litigated and blocked by
a district court in of all places, northern California. Even
the Biden administration, to their credit, sided with the science,

(08:41):
agreed with the delisting and defending this ruling. Can you
please speak to your department's defense of this rule delisting
the gray wolf, and can you commit today that the
Trump administration will continue to follow the science and work
to ensure the gray wolf is delisted.

Speaker 12 (08:58):
Yes, absolutely, we'll follow this cience. And we've got multiple
examples gray wolf and grizzly where we far exceeded the
original goals set, in some cases by more than two x.
I've recently called the Endangered Species list the Hotel California.
You can check in, you can never check out. There's
ninety seven percent of the species that have gone on

(09:20):
there have never been removed. We need to build the
capability to celebrate when species come off this list as
supposed to celebrate when they go on.

Speaker 8 (09:28):
It's another Agnews update.

Speaker 13 (09:30):
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(09:51):
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Speaker 8 (10:00):
American Cattle News. These wildfires we've seen, could they be prevented?

Speaker 14 (10:08):
More?

Speaker 8 (10:08):
After this?

Speaker 9 (10:10):
Here's farmer and landowner John True.

Speaker 10 (10:12):
We purchased the land about three years ago and there
was an old farmstead on there with trees, and you're
going to clear the lands, we could fire through it.
We thought we knew where the pipe was, so we
didn't call to get it located. The work on our
property led to the damage of a light crude pipeline.
Fortunately no one was hurt, but it could have been
much worse.

Speaker 9 (10:28):
Never assumed the location or depth of underground lines. Always
call eight one to one or visit clickbefore youdig dot
com before you start work a message from the pipeline
operators for egg safety campaign.

Speaker 15 (10:39):
The catastrophic wildfire crisis continues to grow each year because
of federal land management policy.

Speaker 8 (10:47):
Caitlin Glover is executive Director Public Lands Council.

Speaker 15 (10:52):
For a long time One of the things that grazers
that ranchers have faced is this sort of you know,
being a set tier tool, a second class tool. The
federal agencies have always preferred chaining or other mechanized efforts,
prescribed fire or even herbicides because it's more standardized. Right,

(11:14):
But this role of target grazing, this expansion of using
grazing animals to conduct find fuels management at scale, is
gaining traction. We have more than a handful of bills
this Congress alone. We have very clear direction from the
Secretary of the Interior in a recent memorandum. We have
an executive order from President Trump identifying the need for

(11:36):
USDA and DOI to work better together in not only
putting these fires out, but preventing the catastrophic conditions and
from those fires becoming too big. And So, whether you're
talking about sage grouse, or you're talking about fire and
fuels management, or you're even just talking about protecting water sheds, right,
from a various number of factors, you're really seeing grazing

(11:59):
having a moment.

Speaker 6 (12:00):
Right.

Speaker 15 (12:01):
It's not just goats in city parks, but it's cows
and sheep and technology and drones and satellites and all
of the big scientific and technology pieces coming together with
one of the most traditional, reliable, effective tools in grazing,
and it's.

Speaker 8 (12:20):
Exciting American cattle News.

Speaker 4 (12:27):
This is Dairy Radio Now with Bill Baker, feed Form Friday.

Speaker 16 (12:32):
With doctor Mike Kutchenz, Professor Evertis from the University of Illinois. Hello, Mike, Well,
welcome to today's pet forearm Man.

Speaker 17 (12:38):
Our topic is going to be looking at bcaine. Bucaine
is a product that is not very common in dairy
rations here in the United States, but it's a natural
byproduct found in sugar beets and so it comes from
the sugar beat industry as well, and it's used as
an additive in both swine and poultry areas as well.
You might ask, well, why are we interested in bcaine. Well,
bcane would be a methyl donor source in derry rations

(13:01):
that things as room protected coaling and the finding would
be similar type products as well, and it can affect osmology,
which would be important on hydration and under heat stress
as well. We looked and study was reported here from
the University of Melbourne in Australia on meta analysis, and
they looked at thirty one different articles that were published
in journals and had fifty six different experiments in here,

(13:23):
and there's also detained our interesting we saw about a
two point two pound increase in milk yield and an
increase of about four tenths of a pound of dry matter,
and those both were in that study meta analysis significant
at the point zero one level, so she really really
has significant impact here. There's also a trend with increase

(13:44):
in milk lactose and also in milk protein as well.
They also then pulled out and looked at some of
the studies thirteen of them in fact, that looked at
heat stress and grazing conditions here, and the milk yild
was still very similar. We saw that same two point
two pound increase in milk yield and dry matter increased
point five pounds as well here In that meta analysis

(14:05):
and analysis, they also looked at beef cattle, which is
not a topic for today's here, but they saw an
improvement and find weight gain in beef cattle as well. Certainly,
the level of btaane is being fed varies from ten
to sixty grams per head per day, and now the
higher numbers would be under heat stress animals as well
when they did the met analysis, there was no effect
on anifhaus, which is non asterid fatty acids, which would

(14:28):
be lipids that are coming from body weight losses or
ketone bodies. Here there were four studies that they zeroed
in and looked at those variables as well. Another meta
analysis looked at eleven different studies and they found that
seventy four percent of those studies showed a positive response
here and in that study they saw an improvement in
feed efficiency going from the controls of one point five

(14:48):
to one, which is a very normal number, bill up
to one point five to five here as well. And
they also did look at some of the milk glactose
studies at eight studies that they head in. Milk glactoses
btain will be degraded anywhere some sixty to ninety percent
in the room which can have some effects beneficial effects
on the microbes before it gets to the dairy cow

(15:10):
as well. There is a study defund from Arizona in
the Journal of Dairy Science in which they under heat
stress conditions and they saw a nice improvement with the btained,
increasing milk heal from five to seven pounds and increasing
dry matter from two to four pounds in these cows.
So our take on messages that batata is another feat
additor that can be strategically placed in the dairy ration

(15:30):
as a metal donor and for heat stress in programs,
and has limited use here in the United States. Well,
hopefully our listeners have learned more about btained. Thanks, have
a great day.

Speaker 1 (15:40):
Thank you, Mike.

Speaker 16 (15:41):
That's doctor by Cutchens, professor emeritus from the University of Illinois,
featured every Friday here on our feed Forum Friday on
Dairy Radio.

Speaker 2 (15:48):
Now summer is officially here, which meets the suburb grilling
season as well underway. Also continuing though contraction of US
cattle supplies for beef. USDA Livestock analyst Michael buddcaddle.

Speaker 18 (16:03):
On June first, there was eleven point four to four
million head of cattle in those feed loots, which is
one percent lower than a year ago. That was the
result of placements during the month of May totaling one
point eight nine million head, which was eight percent lower
than a year ago.

Speaker 2 (16:16):
Yet, for marketings of fed cattle.

Speaker 18 (16:18):
Marketings came in at one point seven to six million head,
which was ten percent lower than a year ago, although
if you accounted one fewer slaughter day. It was about
six percent lower in this past May versus last May.
Inventories are down slightly from where they were a year ago,
but overall not as sharply down as what would be
reflected by the placements. However, because marketings have been relatively
light for the past couple of weeks, that's kept the

(16:39):
number of cattle available to be marketed to be relatively high.
The number of cattle that we have in feed lots
for more than one hundred and fifty days is pretty
much the highest that we've seen since we've started given track.

Speaker 19 (16:48):
Of those tallies.

Speaker 18 (16:48):
So overall, what we're seeing is relatively tight supplies, but
low marketings for the past couple of weeks results in
the fact that we have haddle there in the feed
lots ready to be marketed. It's just a matter of
markets doing their thing and have prices that both packers
and feedbots can a greet you to see the cattle move.
So overall, it was type supplies are resulting in supportive
pricing now all through up the value chain.

Speaker 2 (17:06):
Rod Bain, reporting for the US the Bartment of Agriculture.

Speaker 20 (17:12):
When it comes to that serious problem in allmends red
leaf blotch. Got to make sure you have those fungicides
on early to protect those trees. I'm Patrick Cavanagh with
the California Tree Nut Report, part of that vast agg
Information Network. Brent Holtz is an orchard Systems Farm Advisor
for the University of California and he's a county director

(17:34):
in San Juan King County.

Speaker 21 (17:35):
A lot of people that you know did their normal
full bloom sprays, you know, but didn't put anything on
after pedalfall are seeing it now and uh, you know,
lots of questions are will will it spray work at
this time of the year or just late in the season.

Speaker 20 (17:51):
So when it comes to protecting your trees from red
leaf blotch, timing of the sprays is essential.

Speaker 21 (17:57):
So we think the timing is going to be better
when the leaves emerge in the spring.

Speaker 20 (18:02):
But again Holtz says that spray timing needs to be
proofed a little bit.

Speaker 21 (18:06):
We're still looking at that exact timing, but we think
it's going to be you know, from pedal fall to
you know, four or five weeks after pedal fall in
that month's period there and probably will be dictated whether
we have a rate events or not.

Speaker 20 (18:20):
That's Brent Holtz, a U SEE farm advisor in San
Joaqing County. In more news, the almond industry is truly
happy with record export sales, but that mood could change
dramatically if export terrorists are established by the Trump administration.

Speaker 22 (18:36):
It's been popping up in orchards and vineyards all over
in the origin theories colors.

Speaker 23 (18:41):
Oh hey, yeah, it's Seva fungicide from BASF, a category
leader in disease control.

Speaker 22 (18:46):
How do you explain these healthy crops well.

Speaker 23 (18:48):
Longer lasting residual Plus, it's built for current regulatory standards
and prepare for what's to come, which improves crop marketing flexibility.

Speaker 22 (18:55):
So a fungicide that is out of this world. I
knew it aside from BASF for is it always were.

Speaker 24 (19:05):
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(19:25):
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Speaker 19 (19:35):
I'm Patrick Kavanaugh Heim Dwayne Murley, and you're listening to
AGG Live. The University of Idaho released the results through
its tenure study on the impacts of grazing on sage
grouse population's. Caitlin Glover, Executive director of the Public Lands Policy,
said the results are good news for cattle producers.

Speaker 25 (19:54):
So this exciting study is actually the culmination of a
decade worth of work between the University Idaho and a
number of partners, including the Public Lands Council and ranchers
in the area, as well as federal agencies, who were
seeking to answer the question about whether cattle grazing in
areas where sage grouse tend to lack or breed and

(20:15):
reproduce and live in those first stages, and what that
relationship looks like. And after ten years, I'm very pleased
to say that the work that was recently published demonstrates
that not only is grazing by cattle not harmful to
these sage gross populations, but we actually see a positive
corollary effect on how grazing helps improve those habitats over time.

Speaker 19 (20:37):
The study proves what cattle producers have known for years.

Speaker 25 (20:41):
The short version here is that grazing is good for
the bird. So what we've been saying for the last
ten to fifteen years, that's what is good for the
herd is good for the bird, really proves out.

Speaker 19 (20:51):
Glever talks about what the study results mean for Western
cattle producers.

Speaker 25 (20:56):
It's really important to have science backing up traditional knowledge
and customary knowledge because all of our land management in
the West, particularly when it comes to grazing. Science really
is a result of all of the different scientific impacts
for wildlife, for forage, for livestock grazing, and how they
interact with this study, it's peer reviewed. The USGS, the

(21:17):
US Studological Survey has reviewed this science. It's gone through
rigorous evaluations. It means that what we know about our
good grazing management now has basis not only in traditional knowledge,
but also in science as well.

Speaker 19 (21:30):
The study was extensive to ensure reliable results.

Speaker 25 (21:34):
This study is massive.

Speaker 1 (21:35):
Right.

Speaker 25 (21:35):
You look at sagegross populations across those Western states and
they have a lot of things in common. They deal
with a lot of different factors that influence the environment
and the where they live and how they reproduce. I mean,
this study alone had more than thirty thousand project locations
that were surveyed over this decade long period. And what
this means is that grazing can very definitively say that

(21:57):
our work is not only good for the vironment, but
is good for future conservation efforts of this kind of
habitat as well.

Speaker 19 (22:05):
Again, that's Caitlin Glover of the Public Lands Council. The
autonomous harvester market size is expected to record a twelve
percent annual growth rate between twenty twenty four and twenty
thirty two. Global Market Insight says the rise of be
fueled by a surge in product launches and the melding

(22:26):
of advanced technologies with farm management systems. Now companies are
producing new autonomous harvesting solutions, embedding state of the art sensors,
machine learning, and real time data analystics. By seemingly integrating
with farm management systems, autonomous harvesters are enhancing crop health monitoring,

(22:46):
optimizing harvest schedules, and streamlining resource management. The autonomous harvester
industry is segmented by product level of automation technology, crop
type and re now, the market shaff in the remote
controlled level of automation segment is expected to witness substantial

(23:06):
growth through twenty thirty two. The surge is attributed to
the rising demand for adaptable harvesters across diverse crops. In
terms of crop type, the autonomous harvester market value for
the fruits and vegetable segment will generate notable revenue from
twenty twenty four through twenty thirty two.

Speaker 26 (23:29):
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Speaker 19 (24:22):
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Speaker 27 (24:25):
It's time for California agg today on the AG Information Network.
I am Hayley's ship. Table grapes are the topic today,
specifically what it takes to get those rich red hues
that consumers love to see.

Speaker 28 (24:38):
In table grapes.

Speaker 29 (24:39):
Color isn't just about looks. It's a key factor in
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Premium packouts depend on consistent vibrant color. But with these
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Speaker 27 (24:55):
That is Jeremy Hamlin, technical sales manager in California for Cultiva.

Speaker 29 (25:00):
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Speaker 27 (25:18):
Jeremy said that timing is key and that Calure needs
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Speaker 27 (25:43):
Jeremy Hamlin, technical sales manager in California for Cultiva.

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Speaker 1 (26:50):
Here are some Farm News Today friends. Cost of feeding
a crowd this July fourth will be about the same
as last year, when shoppers saw a record high cost.
Chad Smith has the numbers for US.

Speaker 4 (27:01):
As Americans all across the country are gearing up to
celebrate Independence Day, families planning a cookout celebration should plan
to spend about the same as they did last year.
Samantha Ayoub, an associate economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation,
says the group's volunteer shopper survey found almost no change

(27:22):
from last year's results.

Speaker 5 (27:23):
This year's summer cookout finds that the July fourth meal
middle running about seventy dollars and ninety two cents, or
seven dollars and nine cents a person. This is the
second highest price we've seen since we started the survey,
but it is down about thirty cents from last year,
which has really slowed down from those huge spikes of
inflation we are seeing the last few years.

Speaker 4 (27:43):
She said, some of the biggest price swings this year
come from protein, So for two.

Speaker 5 (27:48):
Pounds of ground beef this year were running about thirteen dollars,
which is up four and a half percent from last year.
But our largest decrease was actually in pork chops within
eight point eight percent decrease to fourteen dollars and thirteen cents.
Shops are really looking at a substitute for ground beef,
whether they're on sale. Are also just increased supplies of hogs.

Speaker 4 (28:06):
In the market. Aube says that we can celebrate America's
independence this year in part because of the hard work
of farmers and ranchers, but they are still waiting on
a modernized five year farm bill.

Speaker 5 (28:18):
As we continue to see crop prices falling, as we
continue to see pressures from whether it's animal disease or
crop disease or drought, we require support for our farmers,
whether that's price supports and down markets, or continued research
and innovation to make sure that farmers have the technology
they need to sustain through hard times.

Speaker 4 (28:35):
You can learn more at fb dot org. Forward slash
fourth of July Chad Smith, Washington.

Speaker 1 (28:42):
Brazil farmers are harvesting at corn crop. It keeps getting larger.
Doctor Michael Cordinare and Agronomus that Soybean and Corn advisor
says beneficial rainfall helped that crop.

Speaker 31 (28:53):
Usually the rain papers off early May. This year, the
rainfall the Apelin May was quite heavy, very beneficial. In fact,
it's still raining looking for the South. Good for yield.
Of course, slows down the harvest a little bit. Now
it is gonna be very big. Soffinia corn crop one
hundred and thirty million tons or more. I've been reading
my estimate every couple of weeks and the harvest is

(29:16):
just barely getting started, maybe ten percent. And many states
are anticipating record yields to the Soffenia corn.

Speaker 1 (29:23):
There haven't been a lot of problems for Brazil's second
corn crop.

Speaker 31 (29:27):
There's only been a few little problems down in the
southern locations, the southern Mentroprocity School and Pantana, and it's
still raining there now. One of the reasons is very
slow harvesting. Last year was twenty one percent harvested. The
seed mors is very high. It hasn't dried off very much,
and first of all, they don't have much on farm storage,
much less drying capacity, so they'd rather have a dry

(29:48):
down in the field instead of paying at the co
oper the grain elevator to dry it down. Normally this
time of the year mid June it's bone dry, but
not this year.

Speaker 1 (29:58):
Some areas are a deificantly behind their typical harvest pace.

Speaker 31 (30:02):
They keep getting rain, delaying the harvest put enough. For example,
less than one percent harvested and they should be twenty
thirty percent harvested now. I don't think it's going to
hurt the quality at all. It's not like NonStop raine.
It's just too rainy to have the sea moisture drop
down to what they want.

Speaker 1 (30:20):
Michael Cordiner, Swabeen and Corn Advisor with US. Well, farmers
aren't the only ones that have a difficult time navigating
around tariffs. Equipment manufacturers often bring their raw materials in
from other countries and those materials can suddenly cost more
than expected. Darren Haven's, director of Production and Precision agg
Marketing at John Deere, talks about how Deer has fared

(30:43):
in getting production materials.

Speaker 7 (30:45):
Yeah, I would say, generally speaking for the US and Canada.
When you think about it from a large egg equipment perspective,
which I mostly represent, almost seventy five percent of the
goods that we sell in the US are made in
the US. And that's not only US, but it's also
the suppliers in the steam that we get that goes
into making our products.

Speaker 1 (31:02):
But that doesn't mean Deer doesn't feel the effects of
higher cost.

Speaker 7 (31:06):
I would say, generally speaking, that's not a major challenge
or concern for US at this point with tariffs, but
I mean there are components that are no different than
when we went through COVID times. It does start to
challenge the supply base whenever it goes to things that
are subject to potentially tariffs or non tariff barriers.

Speaker 1 (31:24):
Darren Havens of John deear with US Farm News this morning.
You're listening to ag Life.

Speaker 32 (31:31):
From the Egg Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
The Meat Institute is calling for the processing sector to
be included in the president's plans for a stable and
legal ag workforce. Meat Institute President Julianna Potts is urging
the Trump administration to include meat and poultry packers and
processors in the efforts to improve agricultural worker programs. Pot

(31:52):
says our members need h to a VISA program changes
and modernization of e verify to ensure the processing sector
has a year round workforce. BAG Secretary Brook Rawlins announced
American agg producers will have greater market access to Thailand
and Vietnam and maintain access to Brazil. Actions by the
Administration included maintaining consistent access to Brazilian markets for US

(32:14):
dairy producers. Citrus and apple growers will be able to
sell more products to Thailand, and stoneprouit growers will face
lower non tariff barriers in Vietnam. As a result of
the actions taken by USDA, more than two hundred and
fifty groups of farmers, ranchers, and agrochemical companies are urging
the Trump administration to seek their input on future Make
America Healthy Again Commission declarations. Reuter's reports the farm sector

(32:38):
has been pushing for more involvement in MAHA. The group
says the MAHA Report was produced without adequate input from
the farm sector and contained numerous errors and distortions that
have created unfounded fears about the safety of our food.

Speaker 24 (32:51):
For over forty years, the AGG Information Network has been
providing news and information for the most important industry in
the world, agriculture. The Egg Information Network work gives you
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(33:11):
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Speaker 22 (33:20):
It's been popping up in orchards and vineyards all over
any origin theories colors.

Speaker 23 (33:25):
Oh hey, yeah, it's Seva fungicide from BASF, a category
leader in disease control.

Speaker 22 (33:30):
How do you explain these healthy crops.

Speaker 23 (33:32):
Well, longer lasting residual Plus, it's built for current regulatory
standards and prepare for what's to come, which improves crop
marketing flexibility.

Speaker 22 (33:39):
So a fungicide that is out of this world. I
knew it sevia fungicide from BASF for is it always reading.

Speaker 4 (33:48):
Libressions from the EG Information Network.

Speaker 22 (33:50):
I'm Bob Larson with today's Agribusiness Update.

Speaker 1 (33:53):
Bob Quinn back to wrap up AG Live for today friends. Well,
what does the rising tensions in Iran mean for the
price of oil? Riley Smith takes a look.

Speaker 28 (34:03):
On Saturday, President Trump had the US military launch a
series of coordinated bombings against three nuclear facilities in Iran.
With this major escalation, Iran's government is now deciding how
to respond. They've already issued a warning of quote dangerous consequences.
Greg McBride, director of brokerage at Allen Dale, said, one
word can describe what this means for the markets. Volatility.

Speaker 14 (34:23):
That is appearanceable where we're going to be looking at.
So depending on what happens next, if if Iran strikes
back at the US, whether that's air bases or just
bases in general in the Middle East or whatever could
happen here in the in the US. But that is
a situation where if they ramp it up. If they

(34:44):
go and they strike back at us, we will ramp
things up.

Speaker 28 (34:48):
The immediate response from Iran's government was to close the
Strait of Hormuz, even though they don't technically own it. Regardless,
McBride said this would have an extreme effect on oil prices.

Speaker 14 (34:57):
We already know that they've voted to close the Straight
of Horror moves over there, which is where twenty to
twenty five percent of the world's oil moves through for
shipping lanes. The problem with that is that they don't
necessarily own it. They didn't do it yet they had.
All they did was approve the closer closure of it.
They haven't closed yet, so that could send these these markets,

(35:19):
you know, sky high here. I've heard anything from thirty
to fifty percent or even doubling the price of oil
at this point.

Speaker 28 (35:26):
However, McBride said it's not clear how long the closure
would last if it does end up happening, as it
would cause problems for China, which is one of a
Run's biggest allies.

Speaker 14 (35:34):
Now, the reason that you wouldn't necessarily get overly excited
about that happening or it's staying closed, is because about
fifty percent of China's oil comes through that area, and
China is still a strategic ally of Iran, so that
would hurt one of their one of their allies, would
probably you know, hurt overall economies throughout the world, obviously

(36:00):
if there's the issues with getting crude oil and whatnot.
But overall, it shouldn't it generally wouldn't necessarily stay closed.
It could be something that's a short term deal.

Speaker 28 (36:11):
Even if the closure happens and it is just for
a short while. McBride said, we are already seeing a
ton of volatility with oil prices.

Speaker 14 (36:18):
Five dollars off the highs. You're down about forty cents
on the cruit market. And that is a situation that
just lends to what I said at the beginning, which
is volatility. We're going to see this market go up down,
back and forth. We saw it last Sunday, Sunday night
into Monday. You basically traded that same range from Sunday
night and Monday throughout the entire week last week before

(36:40):
breaking out to the upside. Now you're right back into
to that range again here Today just kind of pumped
up the upper end of that range.

Speaker 28 (36:49):
That again was Creig McBride, the director of Brokeridge at Allendale.
I'm Riley Smith reporting.

Speaker 1 (36:54):
With that friends amount of time for today. Thanks for
joining us back Monday morning with another edition of Bag
Life