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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Valley. This is aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well friends.
In the event of an emergency or disaster, USDA's Food
and Nutrition Service provides assistance in collaboration with a wide
range of partners. Rod Bain has that story for us
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this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
The Bluegrass State Kentucky, parts of which are recovering from
recent disasters such as floods, tornadoes, add severe weather. One
of the ways those that need receive assistance the Agriculture
departments Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
The d SNAP program. Disaster SNAP authorizes states to allow
and provide one month of SNAP benefits individuals and families
who otherwise may not be eligible for SNAP benefits under
normal circumstances, like in a situation where a family has
lost their employment or they were displaced because of that
natural disaster.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
USDA Food and Nutrition Service Administrator James C. Miller notes
emergency nutrition assistants comes in several forms.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Beefinets do provide food, sports, shelter, and other mass feeds.
I distribute feud packaging directly to households, offer flexibility in
nutrition assistance programs and approve eligible state's requests to operate
fns's disaster supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Those emergency nutrition assistance efforts are part of collaboration such
as with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
We work very closely with FEMA and the National Response Framework.
When and events or national disaster strike. We work closely
with FEMA's mass care and logistics teams to coordinate a
disaster response effort and get people the help that they
need when they need it as quickly as possible. Again,
time is of the essence and a lot of these
circumstances and being responsive is critical.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Additional partnership comes from.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Providing supplemental nutrition assistants when disasters occur, ordinating with states, territories, tribes,
and local organization.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
The Administrator provides a further breakdown of the FFS structure
regarding emergency nutrition assistance.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
The Officer of Emergency Management coordinates FNS disaster response efforts
across the agency's sixteen nutrition programs. We work with the
Federal Disaster Coordinators in all FNS offices to make sure
we respond to every event in the quickest way possible
to consider every option to ensure that families are fed
in the impacted areas. Our programs are implemented at the
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state levels. To communicating efforts to states is incredibly crucial
during these disasters.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Like other emergency response efforts, the Food and Nutrition Service
at their partners conduct regular trading and relationship building, particularly
with those potential disasters where there is an amount of warning,
such as a hurricane.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
F situation is different.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Every hurricane is different, but there are things at federal
government ahead of time prepared to ensure that we're timely
that their response and the assistants that would provide these
people where they're.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
At Broad Bay and reporting for the US Department of
Agriculture in Washington, d.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
C Well Friends. Fat cattle prices continue to set records
all across the country. That story is coming up on Aglife.
Bob Quinn back with some farm news this morning talking
about cattle prices and the record high prices paid for
fat cattle and feeder cattle all across the country. Local
auction barns are seeing cattle sale prices at an all
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time high with no indication of its slowing down anytime soon.
Story out of the Midwest. This morning. Brad teelan owner
of long Prairie livestock in Minnesota, says dairy cattle continue
to sell well.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
Some old scene springers that day at the front end
from three thousand to thirty eight to fifty small and
commons twenty two hundred to three thousand opening breedables all
weights you know, two dollars to two seventy pound dairy.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
May be high, but another market, to the baby calf
market is skyrocketing baby kass.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
Some front end ba casts from ten to fifty to
fourteen hundred and fifty dollars for a baby beef cast,
a lot of them from fifty to twelve fifty long
commons from nine hundred to eleven hundred, dairy crossers from
thousand to twelve fifty on them front end dairy cross
baby casts long comments from eight hundred to ten to fifty.
Holsting casts yesterday from seven fifty to nine and a
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quarter most of them seven to fifty to eight fifteen,
and some and some small and commons from six fifty
to seven to seventy five so strong strong.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
As of late, there has been a surge in the
fat cattle market as it is hitting historical highs along
with the call cow market them.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
Good beef cows break from one fifty four to one
sixty five, some of them younger. Heffer at Kowett kind
of beef couch one sixty five to one ninety five.
So what a market? That's all I can say.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Brad Teelin, Long Prairie Livestock, Long Prairie, Minnesota with us
well friends. Clutter and disorganization aren't just physical issues. Chad
Smith has more in this report.
Speaker 6 (05:09):
They can cause stress, anxiety, sleep issues, and other mental
health challenges, but getting rid of the clutter can be overwhelming.
Oklahoma State AARP Director Sean Voskul says as people age,
they can face very big challenges around downsizing.
Speaker 7 (05:26):
AARP offers virtual downsizing and decluttering presentations, and many state
offices offer in person presentations by AARP volunteers. One of
the biggest tips they offer in these presentations is to
give away legacy items now. Those are items that have
more sentimental value than monetary value. Don't wait till you
die to give them away or have your state divvy
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them up.
Speaker 6 (05:49):
Giving them away now lets you see your loved ones
enjoy using them and helps empty your house faster. Another
important piece of advice is to avoid punting.
Speaker 7 (05:59):
Hunting is when you can ansel guilt the next generation
and taking an item they really don't want. But how
do you know whether your kids want your stuff? You
have to ask them. If they don't want something, respect
your decision, then sell it or donate it to someone
who does really want it.
Speaker 6 (06:13):
Hanging on to stuff that you might fit into again,
or moving your kids stuff to the basement will cost
you living space. It can cost you more than a
dollar per pound to move things or pay a junk
company to pick it up, and if you pass on,
your kids have to bear that cost.
Speaker 7 (06:29):
AARP has resources and a home fit guide to help
folks who want to stay in their homes or on
their farms. We have tips on how small changes to
your home can help you do just that.
Speaker 6 (06:41):
Learn more on Wednesday nights at six thirty pm Central
Time on our FDTV or online at AARP dot org,
Forward Slash AARP Live. Chad Smith Reporting Well Friends.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
These sixty seventh Wheat Quality Council Hard Redwinter Wheat Tour
across Kansas wrapped up last week. This year's tour hosted
sixty seven people from twenty one US states and six countries.
More than half of the attendees were first timers. Aaron Harry's,
vice president of Research and Operation with Kansas Wheat, gives
the final overall tour estimate of the size of this
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year's Kansas wheat crop.
Speaker 8 (07:19):
The group estimate for total production of Kansas sweet this
year is three hundred and thirty eight point five million bushels.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
That would be up from last year.
Speaker 8 (07:29):
It's a little bit lower than USDA's estimate from last week,
which was three hundred and forty five million bushels. So
you know, it was a good crop that we saw
in places, and in other places, it.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Wasn't a lot. More on this in about a half
hour here farm News this morning. You're listening to AG Life.
Speaker 9 (07:47):
It's another agnews update, the big beautiful bill extending tax cuts.
What's the latest. More after this.
Speaker 10 (07:57):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
I think the.
Speaker 11 (08:04):
Biggest thing to remember when it comes down to student
loans and student loan forgiveness is that you have to
be very very vigilant because it really can be one
of the biggest empowering choices of your life to go
out and get this degree inside of the veterinary field,
or it can be a tremendous roadblock if it's not
managed properly. So we really try and encourage that as
the overarching team and the top line piece of advice
that we give the books.
Speaker 10 (08:23):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 9 (08:27):
On Friday morning, a handful of Republicans voted against the
budget bill. But on Sunday night.
Speaker 12 (08:35):
Are there any members who wish to change their vote
or who have not voted?
Speaker 9 (08:39):
Mister Chair.
Speaker 13 (08:39):
On the vote, there were seventeen eyes, sixteen no's and
four president.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
The eyes have it.
Speaker 12 (08:45):
The motions agreed to. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act
is ordered reported favorably to the House of Representatives with
a favorable recommendation. A note for the record that a
quorum is present.
Speaker 9 (08:55):
Chairman of the Budget Committee, Jody Errington of Texas, I know.
Speaker 12 (09:00):
A lot of long hours went into hitting our aggressive timeline,
and we all appreciate their role in this process.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
Well.
Speaker 12 (09:08):
Tonight, the House Budget Committee took a critical step to
passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in making President
Trump's America First vision a reality for the American people.
Speaker 9 (09:18):
Ranking member from Pennsylvania, Brendan Boyle.
Speaker 13 (09:21):
Obviously, the members on this side have a completely different
view based on at least what was in the bill
as a Friday in what I certainly think will be
there Cbo saying thirteen million, seven hundred thousand Americans at
least will lose their healthcare because of this bill for
billionaires that was passed. We will continue to fight it
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on our side of the aisle.
Speaker 9 (09:43):
It's another agnews update. Hey there the sub Hello, Hello,
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Speaker 9 (10:12):
Us by members of the Why American Cattle News. Today,
we take a look back at last week's markets and
what to expect this week after this.
Speaker 10 (10:25):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 11 (10:32):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the biggest empowering choices of your
life to go out and get this degree inside of
the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly. So we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 10 (10:51):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 9 (10:55):
Virginia mcgafy with mcgaffe Commodities.
Speaker 15 (10:58):
Cattle a firm up a little bit.
Speaker 16 (11:00):
That liquidation seems to have finished really for the time being.
Speaker 15 (11:04):
Next money will give us a little bit better idea
of market direction.
Speaker 16 (11:07):
So all isn't completely in the clear just yet. June
today was up a buck seventy, we got up to
twelve eighty seven, with August up a dollar forty two
to two oh seven twenty seven.
Speaker 15 (11:19):
Certainly we didn't reach that objective of.
Speaker 16 (11:21):
Two twenty when the market rallied up there and it's
still out there in case we start to rally again,
but that remains to be seen.
Speaker 15 (11:28):
We'll see how it goes next week.
Speaker 16 (11:30):
Sea valve for the live kettles at nineteen point two percent,
so that's way up. Feeders were also higher that box
prices are up.
Speaker 15 (11:37):
Feed lots have just not seemed to be too keen
to sell right now futures. We're able to claw.
Speaker 16 (11:42):
Back about fifty percent of yesterday's losses, with August up
two dollars and sixty three cents to two ninety eight
forty five, and we're still nine dollars and twenty two
cents from the high from Wednesday before the big collapse happened.
So just something to watch for, even though we did
have a sizeable comeback today. Sea valf is also higher
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with a eighteen point six percent for that feeder cattle
live our lienhowg excuse me, is a little bit higher today.
Speaker 15 (12:13):
The demand is on the rise, and maybe it's just
that beef prices are just too high.
Speaker 16 (12:18):
And finally, poor caughtouts are increasing as well, really offering
plenty of support for the pork market and the lean
hogs as a whole. June was up ninety cents today
at to oneh one sixty, with July getting up to
one oh five seventeen. In August even at one four
to thirty seven, so everything's well above that one hundred
dollars mark Sea valve four of the leen hogs is
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at twenty percent.
Speaker 9 (12:41):
American Cattle News.
Speaker 17 (12:44):
This is Dairy Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 18 (12:50):
What is limiting your dairy success?
Speaker 19 (12:52):
Our focus today at our Producer Tuesday, brought to you
by the Professional Dairy Producers. More details about their upcoming events,
programs and resource is at PDPW dot org. Our guest
today is Tim Schaeffer, a certified family Business Advisor and
professional business coach with Encore Consultants. He says, there are
three types of dairy farming methods.
Speaker 20 (13:11):
The experts, the managers, and the professional, and they're very
very different one from the other. Whether you're an expert,
a manager, or run a professionalized farm, you can all
be happy, you can all make money, you can.
Speaker 7 (13:24):
All have success.
Speaker 15 (13:26):
Let's talk a little bit about experts.
Speaker 20 (13:27):
Frankly, they must do everything because they're almost always alone,
but they have a lot of freedom. They have full
control over their day and their time. We see a
lot of very contented farmers, but it's really hard to
grow the operation because all the work is being done
by maybe one or two people. When we talk about
that kind of the managers, they have a lot of
things going on and they have either family or employees
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working and things are moving along the benefit. But it's
really only as scalable as long as the manager has
the capacity, the time, the energy, and the skill. All
those balls in the air. Because everything is being run
right through the manager.
Speaker 15 (14:04):
Then there's a professional.
Speaker 20 (14:06):
They're probably the most scalable. In other words, you could
take it from a thousand animals to three thousand animals
to ten thousand animals or even more. It's kind of
just rinse and repeat. Everything kind of has a flow
to it. There's a lot of delegation of duties that
go to employees who share not only the workload but
also some decision making as well. Kind of the downside
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to this sort of operation is that a lot of
times these operators they're spending less and less time in
the trenches. And some people say, well, that's where all
the fun stuff is. So there's a pro and there's
a con to really all different types of farms. It's
just so important though that you understand where you're at
and where you want to be, and be really deliberate
about what type of operation is going to bring you
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the most happiness and success.
Speaker 18 (14:52):
You're listening to business coach Tim Schaefer with Encore Consultants
who talks about these successful businesses today.
Speaker 20 (15:00):
Having a great meeting structure, but then also having a
way of identifying root causes of the challenge and coming
up with a game plan. It's really important. So often
with issues we have challenges, they come and like, oh, yeah,
I have to deal with that, but it gets forgotten.
We're a real big proponent of creating what we call
issues list. Write it down, Yes, this is a decision,
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this is a challenge we have, and you just write
those downs that they never get forgotten. And our encouragement
is that everyone can add things to the issues list,
it's not just one person, and then when you do
have your meetings, you have something to work off of.
And it feels really great when you can look back
over the last twelve months and look at all of
the decisions and all of the challenges that you guys
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have solved together as a ownership group or as an
employee group. But how do you not get pulled back right.
So when everything gets crazy, everything gets busy, or harvest comes,
or it's time to get that manure out there before
it freeze up.
Speaker 15 (15:56):
How do you keep that momentum right?
Speaker 20 (15:58):
How do you keep the momentum on the business side,
just like you keep the momentum on the production side,
and not really get pulled back into some old ways
or habits. And it really comes down to taking all
of the pieces and putting them together and keeping them
moving because we.
Speaker 15 (16:15):
Need that power of all these pieces.
Speaker 20 (16:17):
But then there has to be action that comes behind it,
and consistent action, and a big one. And this is tough.
It's accountability and discipline. And we don't often as owners
think about well I need to be accountable right where
I say, well, how do we get our employees to
be more accountable and how do we get them to
be more disciplined? But really requires a different skill set
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of discipline and accountability at the ownership level as well.
This is probably the hardest thing is to stay disciplined
and not get pulled back into some of the old
ways of doing things maybe aren't relevant, and being really
clear about your strengths and your weaknesses, what each one
brings to the table before you jump into it, because
it can get a little messy.
Speaker 18 (16:59):
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With about one point six million acres of almonds growing
throughout the state, the industry truly offsets a lot of carbon.
I'm Patrick Cavanaugh with the Cattle from Your Tree dut Report,
part of the vastag Information Network. With me is danielle Vinstrs.
She's an almond grower as well. As the senior management
for Reputation Management and Sustainable Ability Communications for the Almond
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Border California.
Speaker 22 (18:03):
So, you know, as we talk about sustainability and some
of these big global challenges, climate changes is the top
of the list, right, and the way we farm and
just the fact that our trees exist is a key
way that our industry is helping fight that. So our
trees and the amins that we grow in California, they
capture thirty million metric tons of carbon. Okay, what does
that number mean? It just sounds big, but that's the
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same as the annual emissions of three thousand Boeing seven
thirty sevens. That's the same as the world's top four
airline fleet. That's their annual missions. And that's what our
trees capture. Or you can look at twenty nine coal
fired power plants or twenty four and a half million cars,
which that's the same as the amount of cars in California, Washington, Oregon,
and Texas. So we're offsetting, we're capturing so much carbon
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just by the fact that we grow these trees in California.
Speaker 21 (18:50):
And think of this one point six million acres of almonds.
Another way to look at it is that there's an
almond forest growing throughout California, and that's something to be
proud of because really, nobody ever complains about a forced
because it's all part of our natural resources.
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The AGI Information Network. I'm Patrick Kavanaugh. While we have
the Waters of the United States rule in place, there
may still be questions about where it goes from here.
Mary Thomas Hart is the chief counsel for the National
Catman's Beef Association and says there's been a rule in
place since twenty twenty three.
Speaker 25 (20:24):
We have a OTIS rule in place. After a twenty
twenty three unanimous Supreme Court decision, the Biden administration had
to kind of take their rule back to the drawing
board and rewrite it to comply with this new WOTIS standard,
and the Supreme Court threw out the significant nexus test,
which was kind of what we'd been using for the
prior thirty years for WOTUS determinations, and they replace that
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with a new, more narrow standard. So waters their lotis
are relatively permanent waters and wetlands with a continuous surface
connection to those waters.
Speaker 26 (20:57):
She talked about how the Biden administration enforce the new ruling.
Speaker 25 (21:02):
EPA incorporated that into its rule during the Biden administration,
but we heard from producers and other stakeholders out in
the country that if anything, the Biden administration was maybe
being more aggressive about their WODUS implementation. And so the
Trump administration has started the process of getting recommendations for
regulated stakeholders and really I think trying to determine if
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there's a need for additional rulemaking, if they just need
to develop implementation guidance, to what extent they need to
work with other agencies like USDA to develop guidance. So
we'll see what path they take. But you know, I'm
optimistic that this agency, that this administration has once again
made WHATUE a real priority.
Speaker 26 (21:42):
She talked about the National Catal and Deep Association's ideal
WOTIS rule.
Speaker 25 (21:47):
Our ideal WOTICE rule, you know, I think is nearly
ninety five percent already on paper, right, it's what the
Biden administration created. But you know, I think there are
some important definitions that need to be established for the
terms like relative permanence and continuous surface connection. Some of
the exempted categories of waters that were in prior to
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WODAS definitions are really important to us. We're happy that
some of those were maintained through the Biden rule. We
would like to see, I think a broader elimination of
ditches from federal jurisdiction we'd like to see additional clarity
when it comes to ephemeral features. And you know, I
think our big one is eliminating from federal jurisdiction interstate
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waters just because they're jurisdictional.
Speaker 26 (22:32):
Some waters in the US should not be regulated.
Speaker 25 (22:35):
If a pond crosses state lines but it doesn't actually
connect to downstream water, if it's isolated from traditional navigable waters,
it shouldn't be federally jurisdictional just because it crosses state lines.
That seems like kind of a waste of limited and
really valuable federal resources to manage the quality of a
feature that isn't contributing to downstream water quality.
Speaker 26 (22:57):
Again, that is Mary Thoma's Heart Cheaply Council for the
National cat on Ons Beef Association.
Speaker 27 (23:07):
This is the.
Speaker 28 (23:08):
Agricultural Law and Tax Report. I'm Roger Mcowen. You can
deduct contributions to a health savings account account. Earnings are
tax free, and distributions to pay for qualified medical expenses
are also non taxed. Qualified expenses include Medicare premiums or
any other qualified expenses incurred before retirement if you have receipts,
but Medicare enrollment complicates things. I'll be back in a
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moment to discuss. Join me for two days of Farm income,
Tax and Estate in Business Planning on June five and
six in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and August four and
five in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. More information at registration is available
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Speaker 28 (24:00):
Once you enroll in any part of Medicare, you cannot
contribute to an HSA, but merely being eligible for Medicare
doesn't prevent additional contributions. You can contribute to your HSA
past age sixty five if you delay enrolling in Medicare.
If your spouse enrolls in Medicare, you can still contribute
to your HSA if you aren't enrolled. Even after you
enroll in Medicare, you can still withdraw funds from your
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HSA tax free to pay for qualified medical expenses, and
you can use the account funds to pay for various
Medicare related expenses including premiums, deductibles, copays, and co insurance.
In addition, once you reach age sixty five, you can
withdraw money from your HSA for any reason without incurring
a tax penalty. But those withdrawals are taxable income if
you start taking Social Security before age sixty five. Medicare
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enrollment starts at age sixty five. When you enroll in
Medicare after age sixty five, you are deemed to enroll
six months before your application date or age sixty five,
whichever is later. This has been the Agricultural Law and
Tax Report. I'm Roger Mcowen.
Speaker 26 (24:59):
You've been listening to fun Focus on AG. I am
Dwayne Merley.
Speaker 30 (25:03):
It's time for California AG today on the AGI Information Network.
I in Haley's ship. It's last call for almond growers.
Your twenty twenty five Almond Board of California Board of
Directors election ballot must be filled out and returned by
May twenty second. Ballots were mailed to growers back on
April twenty first, and time is running out to make
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your voice heard. Every year, the Almond Board of California
holds an election for open board seats, ensuring leadership. Reflects
the values and direction of California's almond industry. Election results
will be announced on June second, with new terms beginning
August first. In other news, the twenty twenty five California
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Almend Subjective Forecast is in published last week by the
USDA's National Agricultural Statistic Service. The report estimates this year's
crop at two point eight billion pounds. That's up three
percent from last year's two point seven three billion forecast.
To yield is twenty ten pounds per acre, a thirty
pounds increase from twenty twenty four. This larger crop estimate
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is what the industry expected after a solid water winter
and generally good weather during bloom, said Clarice Turner, Almond
Board president and CEO, adding that it's also a testament
to the hard work done by almond farmers throughout California.
Don't forget May twenty seconds, the deadline to return your
ballots and help shape the industry's future.
Speaker 23 (26:29):
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Speaker 31 (26:58):
Today, we're talking aphids and white flies about sefena insecticide
from basf We just.
Speaker 10 (27:04):
Get nailed with it.
Speaker 31 (27:05):
So tell us how you feeling really, really weird and
you still want to devour this field?
Speaker 9 (27:12):
No way, bro.
Speaker 15 (27:13):
There you have it, folks.
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Speaker 1 (27:30):
Bob Quinn. Here are some farm news this morning, friends,
and look at the Kansas wheat crop today. The sixty
seventh Wheat Quality Council Hard Red Winter Wheat Tour across
Kansas wrapped up late last week. This year's tour hosted
sixty seven people from across twenty one States. Aaron Harry's
vice president of Research and Operations with Kansas Wheat, gives
the final overall tour estimate of the size of this
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year's Kansas wheat crop.
Speaker 8 (27:56):
The group estimate for total production of Kansas whet this
year is three hundred and thirty eight point five million bushels.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
That would be up from last year.
Speaker 8 (28:06):
It's a little bit lower than USDA's estimate from last week,
which was three hundred and forty five million bushels. So
you know, it was a good crop that we saw
in places, and in other places it.
Speaker 1 (28:18):
Wasn't, which Harry says is nothing out of the ordinary
for Kansas. He says another factor in wheat the tour
participants saw, which was very prevalent on the tour was
wheat streak mosaic virus.
Speaker 8 (28:31):
We call it a complex because there's other viruses usually
along with it, like a tritequm mosaic virus, but it's
easy just to say wheat streak, and its presence is
really widespread across the state. I mean, there were very
few fields that we didn't see at least symptoms of
wheat streak mosaic virus. So that virus is transmitted by
the wheat curl mite, which is a really tiny little
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critter that we can't even see with the naked eye usually,
and it can get into fields and infect It comes
in from volunteer wheat or maybe ditches waterways or cover
crops and transmit set virus with it. So there are
localized hot spots of virus across the state, and in
those spots it is pretty severe. I mean, there are
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some fields that have diseases as bad as I've ever seen.
Some of those fields might not be harvested, but they
are localized and localized and numerous, is the way I
would put it. So they're certainly going to have some
impact on yield locally. How much it will have statewide
is truly hard to estimate, but everyone on this tour
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saw that virus complex in most every field out there.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Era says the virus is usually found in western Kansas,
but they're starting to see it more in the central
part of the state as well.
Speaker 8 (29:48):
It will affect the kernel size, right, so if a
field is infected with it and that grain head's trying
to feel, it's not going to make those nice, big,
round plump kernels. So you know, the smaller kernel size
is basically, you know, the virus doesn't produce any toxin
or anything like that. It doesn't affect the safety of
the crop at all. It's just the size of those kernels.
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So you know that would have an effect on test
weight and yield overall, but it's going to be it
depends where the disease is in the plant, you know,
whether it was on the lower levels of the plant
or the upper levels of the leaves. So this is
going to be a learning year for a lot of
us because even the plant pathologists at Case States EI,
they're seeing symptoms that they don't normally see associated with
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this virus. So we've just got to learn from what's
happening this year and use our knowledge later this summer.
There are steps we can take to kind of prevent
it from happening in the next crop.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
Harry's also says spraying for wheat streak does no good
once it's been detected in the field.
Speaker 8 (30:47):
We've, unfortunately, i think, seeing some places spraying on fungicides
thinking that it was a rust problem, and it simply
is not. We didn't see rust on the tour this year.
That's not an issue. It's all we street virus, So
fungicides can be useful and very helpful in plant health
and preventing fungus from infecting the plant, but there's nothing
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you can do with wheat street once it's in the field.
The mites are very hard to control because they're so small,
so pesticides typically don't work. So there's really only a
two prong approach. One you can choose wheat varieties that
have built in genetic resistance to the diseases, and then
the other is what we talk about in August and September,
those cultural controls, making sure that volunteer wheat is dead
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several weeks before your new wheat crop emerges, because you
don't want to have that green bridge. You want the
volunteer week to be dead, so those mites starve to
death before your week comes up that you have planted,
and you know there's nothing you can do about ditches
or highway medians or pastures where those mites there's really
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nothing you can do. Maybe in Central Kansas, if you
have cover crops, you can be a little bit more
mindful about the.
Speaker 4 (31:59):
Grass species that you have in your cover crop.
Speaker 8 (32:01):
Blend grasses like barley wheat, they can they're the favored
host of these weak curl minds.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
So just a couple of things to consider.
Speaker 8 (32:10):
Choose those resistant varieties and take care of that green
bridge and the late summer in the fall timely harvest.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
Now to bring in the rest of that crop. Farm
news this morning, you're listening to aag.
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Life from the BAG Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
Professors at cal Pauly San Luis Obispo are conducting a
multi year research project on the ethical implications of robotic
and artificial intelligence in the kitchen. The professors are traveling
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meeting with scientist, industry experts, religious leaders, and philosophers to
discuss automation and food philosophy. Professor Patrick Linn says this
is our most interdisciplinary project because food touches on just
about every discipline at cal Poly. The House Egg Committee
voted along party lines to advance legislation that would cut
as much as three hundred billion dollars in food aid
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spending to pay for Republicans Domestic Policy Bill and some
Farm Bill programs. The measure now goes before the House
Budget Committee for consideration before a full floor vote. Politico
says the GOP proposal would create the largest overhaul in
decades to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. US retail egg
prices dropped from the record high prices they hit earlier
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this year. Government data shows the average price of a
dozen great A eggs dropped from five dollars and twelve
cents last month after our record six twenty three in March.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it was the
first month to month drop in egg prices since last October.
The Associated Press reports the twelve point seven percent drop
and egg prices was the steepest in thirty years.
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Bob went back to wrap up aaglife ford today. Friends.
There have been rumblings of separation within the Canadian province
of Alberta for decades. Dennis Guy has a report for
US this morning. With the re election of the federal
Liberal Party, those rumbles have turned to angry shouts. Polls
suggest that between twenty five and thirty percent of Alberton's
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would prefer their province to be an independent, sovereign state,
and some of those are saying they don't mind us
President Trump's fifty first state rhetoric. At the core of
the pro secession argument is the idea that Western Canada
especially oil and gas rich Alberta is a primary economic driver,
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and that Alberta is contributing far more to the rest
of Canada than it receives. Alberta is one of Canada's
wealthier provinces, so must make equalization payments to Ottawa, with
those funds dispersed to other less prosperous jurisdictions. When Justin
Trudeau's Liberals were re elected in twenty nineteen, the Alberta
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separatist movement began to get more organized, and the movement
got a name, the Alberta Prosperity Project. On Monday night,
us north of Edmonton, about a thousand people turned out
for a town hall meeting. Alberta Prosperity Project leader Mitch
Sylvester opened the meeting by asking those in attendance, would
you like Alberta to become a sovereign country?
Speaker 2 (36:15):
Do you agree that.
Speaker 12 (36:16):
The promise of Alberta shall become a sovereign country and
she used to be a province of Canada?
Speaker 4 (36:20):
Yes or no?
Speaker 8 (36:21):
Okay.
Speaker 32 (36:23):
Jeff Wrath, a lawyer representing the Alberta Prosperity Project, said
that Premier Smith needs to acknowledge that many people within
her own provincial United Conservative Party are in favor of
the separation issue and that Ottawa has nothing to offer Alberta.
Speaker 33 (36:40):
She understands now that over sixty five percent of the
UCP base are on side with what we're offering Alberta's
she's going through her exercise with Mark Varney, where Mark
Carney is going to try to offer some inducements. But
there's nothing that Mark Karney can offer Alberta. He's certainly
not going to offer us freedom from federal regulation.
Speaker 32 (37:00):
Much of oil and gas rich Northern Alberta is Crown
land controlled by the federal government and there are the
land treaty issues that have little to do with Alberta.
But those treaties do involve the various First Nations tribes
in Alberta and the federal government in Ottawa. Brooks arcand
Paul is Native Cree and he is an elected member
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of the Alberta Legislature.
Speaker 34 (37:25):
Our in hair Wright and jurisdiction over these lands predate
the creation of Alberta. We are signatories to treaties made
with the Crown, not with the province, and we do
not want to become the fifty first state. I will
never vote for separatism.
Speaker 32 (37:39):
So while there is some appetite for Alberta to separate
from Canada, the Alberta Prosperity Project faces a steep, uphill
battle to attain its goal of sovereignty. Reporting from Canada,
I'm Dennis Guy. With that friends, amount of time for today,
thanks for joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition
of Aglife
Good morning, Valley. This is aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well friends.
In the event of an emergency or disaster, USDA's Food
and Nutrition Service provides assistance in collaboration with a wide
range of partners. Rod Bain has that story for us
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this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
The Bluegrass State Kentucky, parts of which are recovering from
recent disasters such as floods, tornadoes, add severe weather. One
of the ways those that need receive assistance the Agriculture
departments Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
The d SNAP program. Disaster SNAP authorizes states to allow
and provide one month of SNAP benefits individuals and families
who otherwise may not be eligible for SNAP benefits under
normal circumstances, like in a situation where a family has
lost their employment or they were displaced because of that
natural disaster.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
USDA Food and Nutrition Service Administrator James C. Miller notes
emergency nutrition assistants comes in several forms.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Beefinets do provide food, sports, shelter, and other mass feeds.
I distribute feud packaging directly to households, offer flexibility in
nutrition assistance programs and approve eligible state's requests to operate
fns's disaster supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Those emergency nutrition assistance efforts are part of collaboration such
as with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
We work very closely with FEMA and the National Response Framework.
When and events or national disaster strike. We work closely
with FEMA's mass care and logistics teams to coordinate a
disaster response effort and get people the help that they
need when they need it as quickly as possible. Again,
time is of the essence and a lot of these
circumstances and being responsive is critical.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Additional partnership comes from.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Providing supplemental nutrition assistants when disasters occur, ordinating with states, territories, tribes,
and local organization.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
The Administrator provides a further breakdown of the FFS structure
regarding emergency nutrition assistance.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
The Officer of Emergency Management coordinates FNS disaster response efforts
across the agency's sixteen nutrition programs. We work with the
Federal Disaster Coordinators in all FNS offices to make sure
we respond to every event in the quickest way possible
to consider every option to ensure that families are fed
in the impacted areas. Our programs are implemented at the
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state levels. To communicating efforts to states is incredibly crucial
during these disasters.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Like other emergency response efforts, the Food and Nutrition Service
at their partners conduct regular trading and relationship building, particularly
with those potential disasters where there is an amount of warning,
such as a hurricane.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
F situation is different.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Every hurricane is different, but there are things at federal
government ahead of time prepared to ensure that we're timely
that their response and the assistants that would provide these
people where they're.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
At Broad Bay and reporting for the US Department of
Agriculture in Washington, d.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
C Well Friends. Fat cattle prices continue to set records
all across the country. That story is coming up on Aglife.
Bob Quinn back with some farm news this morning talking
about cattle prices and the record high prices paid for
fat cattle and feeder cattle all across the country. Local
auction barns are seeing cattle sale prices at an all
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time high with no indication of its slowing down anytime soon.
Story out of the Midwest. This morning. Brad teelan owner
of long Prairie livestock in Minnesota, says dairy cattle continue
to sell well.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
Some old scene springers that day at the front end
from three thousand to thirty eight to fifty small and
commons twenty two hundred to three thousand opening breedables all
weights you know, two dollars to two seventy pound dairy.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
May be high, but another market, to the baby calf
market is skyrocketing baby kass.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
Some front end ba casts from ten to fifty to
fourteen hundred and fifty dollars for a baby beef cast,
a lot of them from fifty to twelve fifty long
commons from nine hundred to eleven hundred, dairy crossers from
thousand to twelve fifty on them front end dairy cross
baby casts long comments from eight hundred to ten to fifty.
Holsting casts yesterday from seven fifty to nine and a
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quarter most of them seven to fifty to eight fifteen,
and some and some small and commons from six fifty
to seven to seventy five so strong strong.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
As of late, there has been a surge in the
fat cattle market as it is hitting historical highs along
with the call cow market them.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
Good beef cows break from one fifty four to one
sixty five, some of them younger. Heffer at Kowett kind
of beef couch one sixty five to one ninety five.
So what a market? That's all I can say.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Brad Teelin, Long Prairie Livestock, Long Prairie, Minnesota with us
well friends. Clutter and disorganization aren't just physical issues. Chad
Smith has more in this report.
Speaker 6 (05:09):
They can cause stress, anxiety, sleep issues, and other mental
health challenges, but getting rid of the clutter can be overwhelming.
Oklahoma State AARP Director Sean Voskul says as people age,
they can face very big challenges around downsizing.
Speaker 7 (05:26):
AARP offers virtual downsizing and decluttering presentations, and many state
offices offer in person presentations by AARP volunteers. One of
the biggest tips they offer in these presentations is to
give away legacy items now. Those are items that have
more sentimental value than monetary value. Don't wait till you
die to give them away or have your state divvy
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them up.
Speaker 6 (05:49):
Giving them away now lets you see your loved ones
enjoy using them and helps empty your house faster. Another
important piece of advice is to avoid punting.
Speaker 7 (05:59):
Hunting is when you can ansel guilt the next generation
and taking an item they really don't want. But how
do you know whether your kids want your stuff? You
have to ask them. If they don't want something, respect
your decision, then sell it or donate it to someone
who does really want it.
Speaker 6 (06:13):
Hanging on to stuff that you might fit into again,
or moving your kids stuff to the basement will cost
you living space. It can cost you more than a
dollar per pound to move things or pay a junk
company to pick it up, and if you pass on,
your kids have to bear that cost.
Speaker 7 (06:29):
AARP has resources and a home fit guide to help
folks who want to stay in their homes or on
their farms. We have tips on how small changes to
your home can help you do just that.
Speaker 6 (06:41):
Learn more on Wednesday nights at six thirty pm Central
Time on our FDTV or online at AARP dot org,
Forward Slash AARP Live. Chad Smith Reporting Well Friends.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
These sixty seventh Wheat Quality Council Hard Redwinter Wheat Tour
across Kansas wrapped up last week. This year's tour hosted
sixty seven people from twenty one US states and six countries.
More than half of the attendees were first timers. Aaron Harry's,
vice president of Research and Operation with Kansas Wheat, gives
the final overall tour estimate of the size of this
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year's Kansas wheat crop.
Speaker 8 (07:19):
The group estimate for total production of Kansas sweet this
year is three hundred and thirty eight point five million bushels.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
That would be up from last year.
Speaker 8 (07:29):
It's a little bit lower than USDA's estimate from last week,
which was three hundred and forty five million bushels. So
you know, it was a good crop that we saw
in places, and in other places, it.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Wasn't a lot. More on this in about a half
hour here farm News this morning. You're listening to AG Life.
Speaker 9 (07:47):
It's another agnews update, the big beautiful bill extending tax cuts.
What's the latest. More after this.
Speaker 10 (07:57):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
I think the.
Speaker 11 (08:04):
Biggest thing to remember when it comes down to student
loans and student loan forgiveness is that you have to
be very very vigilant because it really can be one
of the biggest empowering choices of your life to go
out and get this degree inside of the veterinary field,
or it can be a tremendous roadblock if it's not
managed properly. So we really try and encourage that as
the overarching team and the top line piece of advice
that we give the books.
Speaker 10 (08:23):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 9 (08:27):
On Friday morning, a handful of Republicans voted against the
budget bill. But on Sunday night.
Speaker 12 (08:35):
Are there any members who wish to change their vote
or who have not voted?
Speaker 9 (08:39):
Mister Chair.
Speaker 13 (08:39):
On the vote, there were seventeen eyes, sixteen no's and
four president.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
The eyes have it.
Speaker 12 (08:45):
The motions agreed to. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act
is ordered reported favorably to the House of Representatives with
a favorable recommendation. A note for the record that a
quorum is present.
Speaker 9 (08:55):
Chairman of the Budget Committee, Jody Errington of Texas, I know.
Speaker 12 (09:00):
A lot of long hours went into hitting our aggressive timeline,
and we all appreciate their role in this process.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
Well.
Speaker 12 (09:08):
Tonight, the House Budget Committee took a critical step to
passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in making President
Trump's America First vision a reality for the American people.
Speaker 9 (09:18):
Ranking member from Pennsylvania, Brendan Boyle.
Speaker 13 (09:21):
Obviously, the members on this side have a completely different
view based on at least what was in the bill
as a Friday in what I certainly think will be
there Cbo saying thirteen million, seven hundred thousand Americans at
least will lose their healthcare because of this bill for
billionaires that was passed. We will continue to fight it
(09:41):
on our side of the aisle.
Speaker 9 (09:43):
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Us by members of the Why American Cattle News. Today,
we take a look back at last week's markets and
what to expect this week after this.
Speaker 10 (10:25):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 11 (10:32):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the biggest empowering choices of your
life to go out and get this degree inside of
the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly. So we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 10 (10:51):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 9 (10:55):
Virginia mcgafy with mcgaffe Commodities.
Speaker 15 (10:58):
Cattle a firm up a little bit.
Speaker 16 (11:00):
That liquidation seems to have finished really for the time being.
Speaker 15 (11:04):
Next money will give us a little bit better idea
of market direction.
Speaker 16 (11:07):
So all isn't completely in the clear just yet. June
today was up a buck seventy, we got up to
twelve eighty seven, with August up a dollar forty two
to two oh seven twenty seven.
Speaker 15 (11:19):
Certainly we didn't reach that objective of.
Speaker 16 (11:21):
Two twenty when the market rallied up there and it's
still out there in case we start to rally again,
but that remains to be seen.
Speaker 15 (11:28):
We'll see how it goes next week.
Speaker 16 (11:30):
Sea valve for the live kettles at nineteen point two percent,
so that's way up. Feeders were also higher that box
prices are up.
Speaker 15 (11:37):
Feed lots have just not seemed to be too keen
to sell right now futures. We're able to claw.
Speaker 16 (11:42):
Back about fifty percent of yesterday's losses, with August up
two dollars and sixty three cents to two ninety eight
forty five, and we're still nine dollars and twenty two
cents from the high from Wednesday before the big collapse happened.
So just something to watch for, even though we did
have a sizeable comeback today. Sea valf is also higher
(12:05):
with a eighteen point six percent for that feeder cattle
live our lienhowg excuse me, is a little bit higher today.
Speaker 15 (12:13):
The demand is on the rise, and maybe it's just
that beef prices are just too high.
Speaker 16 (12:18):
And finally, poor caughtouts are increasing as well, really offering
plenty of support for the pork market and the lean
hogs as a whole. June was up ninety cents today
at to oneh one sixty, with July getting up to
one oh five seventeen. In August even at one four
to thirty seven, so everything's well above that one hundred
dollars mark Sea valve four of the leen hogs is
(12:39):
at twenty percent.
Speaker 9 (12:41):
American Cattle News.
Speaker 17 (12:44):
This is Dairy Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 18 (12:50):
What is limiting your dairy success?
Speaker 19 (12:52):
Our focus today at our Producer Tuesday, brought to you
by the Professional Dairy Producers. More details about their upcoming events,
programs and resource is at PDPW dot org. Our guest
today is Tim Schaeffer, a certified family Business Advisor and
professional business coach with Encore Consultants. He says, there are
three types of dairy farming methods.
Speaker 20 (13:11):
The experts, the managers, and the professional, and they're very
very different one from the other. Whether you're an expert,
a manager, or run a professionalized farm, you can all
be happy, you can all make money, you can.
Speaker 7 (13:24):
All have success.
Speaker 15 (13:26):
Let's talk a little bit about experts.
Speaker 20 (13:27):
Frankly, they must do everything because they're almost always alone,
but they have a lot of freedom. They have full
control over their day and their time. We see a
lot of very contented farmers, but it's really hard to
grow the operation because all the work is being done
by maybe one or two people. When we talk about
that kind of the managers, they have a lot of
things going on and they have either family or employees
(13:50):
working and things are moving along the benefit. But it's
really only as scalable as long as the manager has
the capacity, the time, the energy, and the skill. All
those balls in the air. Because everything is being run
right through the manager.
Speaker 15 (14:04):
Then there's a professional.
Speaker 20 (14:06):
They're probably the most scalable. In other words, you could
take it from a thousand animals to three thousand animals
to ten thousand animals or even more. It's kind of
just rinse and repeat. Everything kind of has a flow
to it. There's a lot of delegation of duties that
go to employees who share not only the workload but
also some decision making as well. Kind of the downside
(14:29):
to this sort of operation is that a lot of
times these operators they're spending less and less time in
the trenches. And some people say, well, that's where all
the fun stuff is. So there's a pro and there's
a con to really all different types of farms. It's
just so important though that you understand where you're at
and where you want to be, and be really deliberate
about what type of operation is going to bring you
(14:51):
the most happiness and success.
Speaker 18 (14:52):
You're listening to business coach Tim Schaefer with Encore Consultants
who talks about these successful businesses today.
Speaker 20 (15:00):
Having a great meeting structure, but then also having a
way of identifying root causes of the challenge and coming
up with a game plan. It's really important. So often
with issues we have challenges, they come and like, oh, yeah,
I have to deal with that, but it gets forgotten.
We're a real big proponent of creating what we call
issues list. Write it down, Yes, this is a decision,
(15:23):
this is a challenge we have, and you just write
those downs that they never get forgotten. And our encouragement
is that everyone can add things to the issues list,
it's not just one person, and then when you do
have your meetings, you have something to work off of.
And it feels really great when you can look back
over the last twelve months and look at all of
the decisions and all of the challenges that you guys
(15:43):
have solved together as a ownership group or as an
employee group. But how do you not get pulled back right.
So when everything gets crazy, everything gets busy, or harvest comes,
or it's time to get that manure out there before
it freeze up.
Speaker 15 (15:56):
How do you keep that momentum right?
Speaker 20 (15:58):
How do you keep the momentum on the business side,
just like you keep the momentum on the production side,
and not really get pulled back into some old ways
or habits. And it really comes down to taking all
of the pieces and putting them together and keeping them
moving because we.
Speaker 15 (16:15):
Need that power of all these pieces.
Speaker 20 (16:17):
But then there has to be action that comes behind it,
and consistent action, and a big one. And this is tough.
It's accountability and discipline. And we don't often as owners
think about well I need to be accountable right where
I say, well, how do we get our employees to
be more accountable and how do we get them to
be more disciplined? But really requires a different skill set
(16:38):
of discipline and accountability at the ownership level as well.
This is probably the hardest thing is to stay disciplined
and not get pulled back into some of the old
ways of doing things maybe aren't relevant, and being really
clear about your strengths and your weaknesses, what each one
brings to the table before you jump into it, because
it can get a little messy.
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With about one point six million acres of almonds growing
throughout the state, the industry truly offsets a lot of carbon.
I'm Patrick Cavanaugh with the Cattle from Your Tree dut Report,
part of the vastag Information Network. With me is danielle Vinstrs.
She's an almond grower as well. As the senior management
for Reputation Management and Sustainable Ability Communications for the Almond
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Border California.
Speaker 22 (18:03):
So, you know, as we talk about sustainability and some
of these big global challenges, climate changes is the top
of the list, right, and the way we farm and
just the fact that our trees exist is a key
way that our industry is helping fight that. So our
trees and the amins that we grow in California, they
capture thirty million metric tons of carbon. Okay, what does
that number mean? It just sounds big, but that's the
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same as the annual emissions of three thousand Boeing seven
thirty sevens. That's the same as the world's top four
airline fleet. That's their annual missions. And that's what our
trees capture. Or you can look at twenty nine coal
fired power plants or twenty four and a half million cars,
which that's the same as the amount of cars in California, Washington, Oregon,
and Texas. So we're offsetting, we're capturing so much carbon
(18:48):
just by the fact that we grow these trees in California.
Speaker 21 (18:50):
And think of this one point six million acres of almonds.
Another way to look at it is that there's an
almond forest growing throughout California, and that's something to be
proud of because really, nobody ever complains about a forced
because it's all part of our natural resources.
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The AGI Information Network. I'm Patrick Kavanaugh. While we have
the Waters of the United States rule in place, there
may still be questions about where it goes from here.
Mary Thomas Hart is the chief counsel for the National
Catman's Beef Association and says there's been a rule in
place since twenty twenty three.
Speaker 25 (20:24):
We have a OTIS rule in place. After a twenty
twenty three unanimous Supreme Court decision, the Biden administration had
to kind of take their rule back to the drawing
board and rewrite it to comply with this new WOTIS standard,
and the Supreme Court threw out the significant nexus test,
which was kind of what we'd been using for the
prior thirty years for WOTUS determinations, and they replace that
(20:47):
with a new, more narrow standard. So waters their lotis
are relatively permanent waters and wetlands with a continuous surface
connection to those waters.
Speaker 26 (20:57):
She talked about how the Biden administration enforce the new ruling.
Speaker 25 (21:02):
EPA incorporated that into its rule during the Biden administration,
but we heard from producers and other stakeholders out in
the country that if anything, the Biden administration was maybe
being more aggressive about their WODUS implementation. And so the
Trump administration has started the process of getting recommendations for
regulated stakeholders and really I think trying to determine if
(21:23):
there's a need for additional rulemaking, if they just need
to develop implementation guidance, to what extent they need to
work with other agencies like USDA to develop guidance. So
we'll see what path they take. But you know, I'm
optimistic that this agency, that this administration has once again
made WHATUE a real priority.
Speaker 26 (21:42):
She talked about the National Catal and Deep Association's ideal
WOTIS rule.
Speaker 25 (21:47):
Our ideal WOTICE rule, you know, I think is nearly
ninety five percent already on paper, right, it's what the
Biden administration created. But you know, I think there are
some important definitions that need to be established for the
terms like relative permanence and continuous surface connection. Some of
the exempted categories of waters that were in prior to
(22:08):
WODAS definitions are really important to us. We're happy that
some of those were maintained through the Biden rule. We
would like to see, I think a broader elimination of
ditches from federal jurisdiction we'd like to see additional clarity
when it comes to ephemeral features. And you know, I
think our big one is eliminating from federal jurisdiction interstate
(22:29):
waters just because they're jurisdictional.
Speaker 26 (22:32):
Some waters in the US should not be regulated.
Speaker 25 (22:35):
If a pond crosses state lines but it doesn't actually
connect to downstream water, if it's isolated from traditional navigable waters,
it shouldn't be federally jurisdictional just because it crosses state lines.
That seems like kind of a waste of limited and
really valuable federal resources to manage the quality of a
feature that isn't contributing to downstream water quality.
Speaker 26 (22:57):
Again, that is Mary Thoma's Heart Cheaply Council for the
National cat on Ons Beef Association.
Speaker 27 (23:07):
This is the.
Speaker 28 (23:08):
Agricultural Law and Tax Report. I'm Roger Mcowen. You can
deduct contributions to a health savings account account. Earnings are
tax free, and distributions to pay for qualified medical expenses
are also non taxed. Qualified expenses include Medicare premiums or
any other qualified expenses incurred before retirement if you have receipts,
but Medicare enrollment complicates things. I'll be back in a
(23:28):
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Speaker 29 (23:46):
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Speaker 28 (24:00):
Once you enroll in any part of Medicare, you cannot
contribute to an HSA, but merely being eligible for Medicare
doesn't prevent additional contributions. You can contribute to your HSA
past age sixty five if you delay enrolling in Medicare.
If your spouse enrolls in Medicare, you can still contribute
to your HSA if you aren't enrolled. Even after you
enroll in Medicare, you can still withdraw funds from your
(24:20):
HSA tax free to pay for qualified medical expenses, and
you can use the account funds to pay for various
Medicare related expenses including premiums, deductibles, copays, and co insurance.
In addition, once you reach age sixty five, you can
withdraw money from your HSA for any reason without incurring
a tax penalty. But those withdrawals are taxable income if
you start taking Social Security before age sixty five. Medicare
(24:42):
enrollment starts at age sixty five. When you enroll in
Medicare after age sixty five, you are deemed to enroll
six months before your application date or age sixty five,
whichever is later. This has been the Agricultural Law and
Tax Report. I'm Roger Mcowen.
Speaker 26 (24:59):
You've been listening to fun Focus on AG. I am
Dwayne Merley.
Speaker 30 (25:03):
It's time for California AG today on the AGI Information Network.
I in Haley's ship. It's last call for almond growers.
Your twenty twenty five Almond Board of California Board of
Directors election ballot must be filled out and returned by
May twenty second. Ballots were mailed to growers back on
April twenty first, and time is running out to make
(25:24):
your voice heard. Every year, the Almond Board of California
holds an election for open board seats, ensuring leadership. Reflects
the values and direction of California's almond industry. Election results
will be announced on June second, with new terms beginning
August first. In other news, the twenty twenty five California
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Almend Subjective Forecast is in published last week by the
USDA's National Agricultural Statistic Service. The report estimates this year's
crop at two point eight billion pounds. That's up three
percent from last year's two point seven three billion forecast.
To yield is twenty ten pounds per acre, a thirty
pounds increase from twenty twenty four. This larger crop estimate
(26:08):
is what the industry expected after a solid water winter
and generally good weather during bloom, said Clarice Turner, Almond
Board president and CEO, adding that it's also a testament
to the hard work done by almond farmers throughout California.
Don't forget May twenty seconds, the deadline to return your
ballots and help shape the industry's future.
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The Aginformission Network. I am Hateley's ship.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Bob Quinn. Here are some farm news this morning, friends,
and look at the Kansas wheat crop today. The sixty
seventh Wheat Quality Council Hard Red Winter Wheat Tour across
Kansas wrapped up late last week. This year's tour hosted
sixty seven people from across twenty one States. Aaron Harry's
vice president of Research and Operations with Kansas Wheat, gives
the final overall tour estimate of the size of this
(27:54):
year's Kansas wheat crop.
Speaker 8 (27:56):
The group estimate for total production of Kansas whet this
year is three hundred and thirty eight point five million bushels.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
That would be up from last year.
Speaker 8 (28:06):
It's a little bit lower than USDA's estimate from last week,
which was three hundred and forty five million bushels. So
you know, it was a good crop that we saw
in places, and in other places it.
Speaker 1 (28:18):
Wasn't, which Harry says is nothing out of the ordinary
for Kansas. He says another factor in wheat the tour
participants saw, which was very prevalent on the tour was
wheat streak mosaic virus.
Speaker 8 (28:31):
We call it a complex because there's other viruses usually
along with it, like a tritequm mosaic virus, but it's
easy just to say wheat streak, and its presence is
really widespread across the state. I mean, there were very
few fields that we didn't see at least symptoms of
wheat streak mosaic virus. So that virus is transmitted by
the wheat curl mite, which is a really tiny little
(28:53):
critter that we can't even see with the naked eye usually,
and it can get into fields and infect It comes
in from volunteer wheat or maybe ditches waterways or cover
crops and transmit set virus with it. So there are
localized hot spots of virus across the state, and in
those spots it is pretty severe. I mean, there are
(29:16):
some fields that have diseases as bad as I've ever seen.
Some of those fields might not be harvested, but they
are localized and localized and numerous, is the way I
would put it. So they're certainly going to have some
impact on yield locally. How much it will have statewide
is truly hard to estimate, but everyone on this tour
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saw that virus complex in most every field out there.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Era says the virus is usually found in western Kansas,
but they're starting to see it more in the central
part of the state as well.
Speaker 8 (29:48):
It will affect the kernel size, right, so if a
field is infected with it and that grain head's trying
to feel, it's not going to make those nice, big,
round plump kernels. So you know, the smaller kernel size
is basically, you know, the virus doesn't produce any toxin
or anything like that. It doesn't affect the safety of
the crop at all. It's just the size of those kernels.
(30:09):
So you know that would have an effect on test
weight and yield overall, but it's going to be it
depends where the disease is in the plant, you know,
whether it was on the lower levels of the plant
or the upper levels of the leaves. So this is
going to be a learning year for a lot of
us because even the plant pathologists at Case States EI,
they're seeing symptoms that they don't normally see associated with
(30:30):
this virus. So we've just got to learn from what's
happening this year and use our knowledge later this summer.
There are steps we can take to kind of prevent
it from happening in the next crop.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
Harry's also says spraying for wheat streak does no good
once it's been detected in the field.
Speaker 8 (30:47):
We've, unfortunately, i think, seeing some places spraying on fungicides
thinking that it was a rust problem, and it simply
is not. We didn't see rust on the tour this year.
That's not an issue. It's all we street virus, So
fungicides can be useful and very helpful in plant health
and preventing fungus from infecting the plant, but there's nothing
(31:08):
you can do with wheat street once it's in the field.
The mites are very hard to control because they're so small,
so pesticides typically don't work. So there's really only a
two prong approach. One you can choose wheat varieties that
have built in genetic resistance to the diseases, and then
the other is what we talk about in August and September,
those cultural controls, making sure that volunteer wheat is dead
(31:33):
several weeks before your new wheat crop emerges, because you
don't want to have that green bridge. You want the
volunteer week to be dead, so those mites starve to
death before your week comes up that you have planted,
and you know there's nothing you can do about ditches
or highway medians or pastures where those mites there's really
(31:53):
nothing you can do. Maybe in Central Kansas, if you
have cover crops, you can be a little bit more
mindful about the.
Speaker 4 (31:59):
Grass species that you have in your cover crop.
Speaker 8 (32:01):
Blend grasses like barley wheat, they can they're the favored
host of these weak curl minds.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
So just a couple of things to consider.
Speaker 8 (32:10):
Choose those resistant varieties and take care of that green
bridge and the late summer in the fall timely harvest.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
Now to bring in the rest of that crop. Farm
news this morning, you're listening to aag.
Speaker 27 (32:19):
Life from the BAG Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
Professors at cal Pauly San Luis Obispo are conducting a
multi year research project on the ethical implications of robotic
and artificial intelligence in the kitchen. The professors are traveling
to Rome to participate in a workshop hosted by the Vatican,
(32:40):
meeting with scientist, industry experts, religious leaders, and philosophers to
discuss automation and food philosophy. Professor Patrick Linn says this
is our most interdisciplinary project because food touches on just
about every discipline at cal Poly. The House Egg Committee
voted along party lines to advance legislation that would cut
as much as three hundred billion dollars in food aid
(33:01):
spending to pay for Republicans Domestic Policy Bill and some
Farm Bill programs. The measure now goes before the House
Budget Committee for consideration before a full floor vote. Politico
says the GOP proposal would create the largest overhaul in
decades to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. US retail egg
prices dropped from the record high prices they hit earlier
(33:23):
this year. Government data shows the average price of a
dozen great A eggs dropped from five dollars and twelve
cents last month after our record six twenty three in March.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it was the
first month to month drop in egg prices since last October.
The Associated Press reports the twelve point seven percent drop
and egg prices was the steepest in thirty years.
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Speaker 1 (34:48):
Bob went back to wrap up aaglife ford today. Friends.
There have been rumblings of separation within the Canadian province
of Alberta for decades. Dennis Guy has a report for
US this morning. With the re election of the federal
Liberal Party, those rumbles have turned to angry shouts. Polls
suggest that between twenty five and thirty percent of Alberton's
(35:09):
would prefer their province to be an independent, sovereign state,
and some of those are saying they don't mind us
President Trump's fifty first state rhetoric. At the core of
the pro secession argument is the idea that Western Canada
especially oil and gas rich Alberta is a primary economic driver,
(35:30):
and that Alberta is contributing far more to the rest
of Canada than it receives. Alberta is one of Canada's
wealthier provinces, so must make equalization payments to Ottawa, with
those funds dispersed to other less prosperous jurisdictions. When Justin
Trudeau's Liberals were re elected in twenty nineteen, the Alberta
(35:52):
separatist movement began to get more organized, and the movement
got a name, the Alberta Prosperity Project. On Monday night,
us north of Edmonton, about a thousand people turned out
for a town hall meeting. Alberta Prosperity Project leader Mitch
Sylvester opened the meeting by asking those in attendance, would
you like Alberta to become a sovereign country?
Speaker 2 (36:15):
Do you agree that.
Speaker 12 (36:16):
The promise of Alberta shall become a sovereign country and
she used to be a province of Canada?
Speaker 4 (36:20):
Yes or no?
Speaker 8 (36:21):
Okay.
Speaker 32 (36:23):
Jeff Wrath, a lawyer representing the Alberta Prosperity Project, said
that Premier Smith needs to acknowledge that many people within
her own provincial United Conservative Party are in favor of
the separation issue and that Ottawa has nothing to offer Alberta.
Speaker 33 (36:40):
She understands now that over sixty five percent of the
UCP base are on side with what we're offering Alberta's
she's going through her exercise with Mark Varney, where Mark
Carney is going to try to offer some inducements. But
there's nothing that Mark Karney can offer Alberta. He's certainly
not going to offer us freedom from federal regulation.
Speaker 32 (37:00):
Much of oil and gas rich Northern Alberta is Crown
land controlled by the federal government and there are the
land treaty issues that have little to do with Alberta.
But those treaties do involve the various First Nations tribes
in Alberta and the federal government in Ottawa. Brooks arcand
Paul is Native Cree and he is an elected member
(37:23):
of the Alberta Legislature.
Speaker 34 (37:25):
Our in hair Wright and jurisdiction over these lands predate
the creation of Alberta. We are signatories to treaties made
with the Crown, not with the province, and we do
not want to become the fifty first state. I will
never vote for separatism.
Speaker 32 (37:39):
So while there is some appetite for Alberta to separate
from Canada, the Alberta Prosperity Project faces a steep, uphill
battle to attain its goal of sovereignty. Reporting from Canada,
I'm Dennis Guy. With that friends, amount of time for today,
thanks for joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition
of Aglife
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