November 12, 2025

Episode Transcript

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, the
science behind fall colors. That's where we start off the.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
Day, taking a drive this fall to a forest park
or scenic by way to observe the beauty of trees
transforming colors. So if the Adobe Ghidi looks at this
phenomenon not just from an artistic perspective.

Speaker 3 (00:24):
It's actually quite interesting to study why leaves change color
in the fall.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
That approach comes from her background as a Kansas State
University Extension horticulture expert.

Speaker 3 (00:35):
What you actually are seeing is that the leaves aren't
necessarily changing color. They're revealing colors.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
Or put another way, the colors have always been present
within the leaves. Those fall color pigments, however, are overshadowed
by nature's process in the summer, the.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
Chlorophyll in the plant leaves that's capturing the energy from
the sun and making food for the plant. We're seeing
the green that's being produced from all of.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
That chlorophyll production is slowed down in the auto bunds
as sudlight decreases, a days grow shorter, so.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
The leaves lose their green color and the other pigments
are now being revealed.

Speaker 2 (01:17):
For you plant pathologists out there my career are just
interest you made all the fall color pigments that leaves
contained several components.

Speaker 3 (01:25):
So some of those pigments that you're starting to see
or you may see, depending on what varieties of plants
are around, will show orange and yellow pigment. Those pigments
are created by xanthophylls and keroteens. Tannins in the plant
are producing the brown colors that you see. Anthocyanins will

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create red and purple pigments, and the timing and intensity
of the fall color varies depending on tree type, but
also the environmental conditions.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
That is why the fall color leaf disc play on
any given tree can vary from year to year, from
brilliant colors in the canopy to leaves already on the
ground That.

Speaker 3 (02:07):
Can be the result of temperature changes, rainfall, sunlight, the
soil moisture, all of those things, even just wind blowing
the leaves off the trees.

Speaker 2 (02:18):
Doll mcghidi adds other ways to appreciate the transition to
fall colors, whether in a national forest or for your
own backyard tree.

Speaker 3 (02:26):
It's actually a really interesting thing to track if you're
into journaling and keeping records of what colors. Maybe even
taking photos of what your trees look like from one
year to the next and comparing those could be kind
of interesting.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
A broad Bain reporting farm ws ahead, This is Aglife.
Bob Quinn back with some farm news this morning. Friends.
While final numbers not available yet, this year's sugar beet
crop in the Pacific Northwest looks to be a very
good one. Samantha Parrot, executive director of the Snake sugar
Beet Growers Association, says growers have reported a massive crop

(03:02):
thanks to great weather across Idaho and Oregon.

Speaker 4 (03:05):
I think we're going to have in terms of tonnage,
it should be a record across the growing region. I'm
hearing sugars are average, but in terms of tonnage, you know,
we're usually like thirty eight to forty tons per acre,
and I'm hearing of growers that have fifty tons sixty
tons in some fields, So that is these are massive,

(03:25):
massive sugar beets. So I'm really happy for our growers,
you know that they had such a successful growing season.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
Wow, Mother Nature helped growers during the season. Harvest was
another story.

Speaker 4 (03:36):
For example, in eastern Idaho, it's been really wet and
sane with kind of the Magic Valley area, Paul and
so a lot of trucks getting stuck having to pull
them out. It's just been really hard to get the
crop out of the ground in some places. So I
really feel for those growers that have been battling really
just not great conditions to harvest.

Speaker 1 (03:57):
Parrot says, looking back on twenty twenty five, she's proud
of Northwest sugar bee growers for having quote such a
successful crop and doing the work they put in to
feed the world well. Friends. Dairy farmers were pleased about
new trade agreements in Asia. Chad Smith has our story.

Speaker 5 (04:15):
The National Milk Producers Federation applauded the recent announcement from
the Trump administration of new trade agreements in Southeast Asia.
The agreements where with Malaysia and Cambodia, and new trade
agreement frameworks are in place with Thailand and Vietnam.

Speaker 1 (04:31):
SHAWNA.

Speaker 5 (04:32):
Morris, the executive vice president of Trade Policy and Global
Affairs for the National Milk Producers Federation, said it is
welcome news.

Speaker 6 (04:41):
It's fantastic news for our dairy exporters. Southeast Asia is
already a really big destination for our products. The markets
down there are really dairy deficit.

Speaker 7 (04:52):
They need a lot.

Speaker 6 (04:53):
More dairy than their local farmers and industry can produce.
So it's been a very sizeable market for our exports,
and the agreements that we're announced are going to be
able to help increase that significantly as we're looking ahead.

Speaker 5 (05:06):
After a lot of trade tariff back and forth, she said,
this is a boost for dairy and the overall agricultural industry.

Speaker 6 (05:13):
To that point, the certainty that we're getting, particularly in
those countries that have announced fully fledged agreements some Malaysia,
Cambodia having something that irons out the terms of trade
looking forward is very helpful as we're looking at the
specifics of that though. That's where we're the most excited.
On the normal side of things, you think about trade agreements,

(05:33):
you think tariffs. You know, certainly they're checking the box
really strongly there, Cambodia totally eliminating dairy tear, Malaysia eliminating
almost all of it, and increasing access in the few
spots where tariffs are going to remain in place, but
then you have a lot of really groundbreaking new commitments
in the non tariff space. That's one of the biggest areas,
particularly with respect to these markets that we hear about

(05:56):
from our members is those red tape regulatory HAGH muscles.

Speaker 5 (06:00):
Now that there are some agreements in place, it's important
to keep that trade momentum moving forward.

Speaker 6 (06:06):
These two are great, but we have our eyes on
a whole lot more that the Administration is also negotiating with.
That's why it was also really encouraging to see those
additional frameworks with Vietnam and Thailand.

Speaker 7 (06:17):
Announced last weekend too. Those are also big export destinations
for our products already, also ones where we face tariff
disadvantages compared to other suppliers. So we're hopeful that the
administration intends to use the Malaysian Cambodia agreements as sort
of a template with other countries that have announced these
more higher level framework commitments and work on turning those

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into practice as they continue to flesh out those negotiations.

Speaker 5 (06:44):
The trade agreements contain other positive developments for US Dairy.

Speaker 7 (06:48):
One of the other big pieces too.

Speaker 6 (06:50):
That's really timely given EU negotiations with other markets in
that region is on common cheese names. We've been battling
the European in market after market all around the world,
pushing back against their efforts to monopolize generic names things
like setup, parmesan, romano, and other terms. These agreements with

(07:11):
Malaysia and Cambodia for the first time have really specific
direct commitments protecting particular common cheese names of products that
our producers make. They want to have a fair shot
to export to Southeast Asian other markets, so it's fantastic
to see that type of precedent start.

Speaker 8 (07:29):
To be set.

Speaker 5 (07:30):
These agreements ensure that dairy farmers can keep doing what
they do best, which is produced top quality milk and
dairy products for families at home and around the world.
Chad Smith reporting.

Speaker 1 (07:42):
Farm Us this morning. You're listening to Aglife.

Speaker 9 (07:45):
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USDA says only about half of November SNAP benefits will
go out under court orders during the government shutdown. It's
a factor that could temper near term grocery demand in
some markets, while uncertainty lingers export inspections closed October with

(08:45):
the split corn move briskly supportive for bids near barge
and unit train capacity, while soybeing slowed, leaving cash strength
more dependent on crush and steady vessel programs out of
both the Gold and Pacific Northwest. On inputs, a RABO
research note flags China's crop protection sector shifting from low

(09:10):
cost production to innovation and overseas integration. It's a pivot
that could reshape pesticide availability and pricing over time and
at the food and wholesale level. Several produce lines, ease
proteins were mixed into holiday buying, and vegetable oil prices

(09:31):
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Doctor Darrylpeel, Oklahoma State Livestock Economists.

Speaker 13 (11:00):
You know, beef prices are record high pretty much across
the board. Consumers have been willing to pay that, and
you know, the market is working. Beef production is falling
because of where we are with cattle inventories, so there
is less beef. The market's going to ration that to
the folks that want it the most and have the
means to pay the most, and all of that's working.
So you know, it's not clear to me that we

(11:21):
need to if you will mess with the market a
little bit. Some of it comes down to the last
you know, CPI report on inflation. Beef was kind of
identified as one of the markets that's up the most,
and there's other markets as well. But the thing is,
no one market causes inflation. Inflation is a general concept
where a lot of markets are going up, and beef

(11:42):
happens to be going up coincidentally, not for any broad
based reason. That's affecting other markets as well. So even
if we had no inflation, beef prices would still be
high because of the supply fundamentals that we have and
the demand fundamentals, and so you know, it's kind of
being rolled into a lot of other issues here, I think,
and that's unfortunate because then you know, it gets kind

(12:03):
of confusing and causes some additional issues he and OI.
It's going to depend on again, this attention that's been
focused on it kind of from an inflation perspective, may
not let it because beef prices aren't going to come
down and there's really nothing anybody can do to change that.

Speaker 8 (12:19):
We're already importing a lot of beef.

Speaker 13 (12:21):
There's no additional imports that fundamentally are going to change
that very much. And again that's mostly affecting the ground
beef market for the most part, so there's certainly nothing
that's going to change steake prices for example, and so
you know, hopefully things settle down and we get some
of the headlines out of the beef market, and the
beef markets will take care of themselves if that happens.

Speaker 9 (12:42):
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Speaker 1 (12:46):
This is Dairy Radio. Now.

Speaker 14 (12:48):
I'm John Clark traveling the Irish countryside, and with me
today is doctor Endeneville of Celtic c Minerals and glad
to have you with us. Most of the milk is
going to manufacturing, very little it's going to liquid or
what we call fluid milk production.

Speaker 15 (13:01):
Yes, we have over one point six million deiry cous
and island here of Ireland we have only five million people.
We produce a lot more milk than our people require,
so we export about ninety percent of our milk production.
Hence why most of it goes into manufacturing. So that's
why we the system here manufacturing milk, cheese production, a
lot of butter production, and then in recent years more

(13:22):
kind of higher value abouting isolates and different way and
skin based products.

Speaker 14 (13:26):
We're here at the University College Dublin Lions Farm, and
today we learned a lot from doctor finnbar Mulligan.

Speaker 15 (13:32):
Yes, part of the EU regulations. There's a big push
on reducing chemical nitrogen output on pastures over the last
number of years, so we probably reduced that by about
twenty percent in the last three to four years.

Speaker 1 (13:44):
There's a big.

Speaker 15 (13:44):
Push on trying to reduce chemical application and it's been
a real challenge because our pasture based systems require a
decent amount of nitrogen fertilizer to make them grow. Maximize
amount of grass we grow on amount of milk we
can produce some grass. So it's been a real challenge
and real shift in mindset. The research has showing that
why clover utilize their own night chune from the soil
and from the air, so you need less chemical collection.

(14:06):
The real challenges right, Clover's a different plant grows is
a quite different growth pattern of ranald ryegrass, so it
needs a warmer soil conditions to start with. Doesn't like
the start of the year. Early in the year, it
doesn't like it. It doesn't get going it gets warmer.

Speaker 14 (14:18):
We're talking about doctor Enin and Neville. Some of the
tools we may have in the US are not here.
You don't have Menensen to use in lactating dairy cows
on a day to day basis, we'n beef kettle.

Speaker 15 (14:28):
No, we don't have menenson. Menensen has been disallowed many
years ago under the U again under U regulations. So no,
that's one thing that's not available to us.

Speaker 14 (14:36):
Do you work with a product we would know in
the US is called calman or acid buff over here,
tell us a little bit about that and why it
fits into that natural strategy.

Speaker 15 (14:43):
Caalman is produced by a company called Caliminiole, the Irish company,
and distributed in the US by Feedworks. It's a natural product.
It's produced from cultified seaweed. Because of its marine origins,
It's unique properties then make it very available to the
dairy cow. Most of its efficacies at a rooming level.
Traditionally it's been used quite effectively to promote better room
and function, get more nutrients from the feeds that we use,

(15:04):
get more feed efficiency, and in more recent years we've
been using it in pre freshmen. We getting a lot
of nice data on its use in pre fresh cows.

Speaker 14 (15:12):
For dairy farmers at home, who know that those two
words transition cows can be a real challenge.

Speaker 15 (15:18):
Yeah, so one of the biggest challenges of getting cows
from close up into the milking herd. Is that dip
in dry matter intech just before calving. It really knows
dives and you can see it in a lot of
research around the world, and there's many strategies used to
try and compensate for that energy loss by adding more
energy products after calvin. But one of the I suppose
unique aspects of the research around calmen is that it

(15:40):
actually can increase driymetter intech just in that week before
calving or prevent that nose diving or that dip in
dry matter intech, which is really neat because it can
be up between a kilout to two kilos of dry
matter perk cow per day in that week before calving.

Speaker 14 (15:53):
Tell us a little bit about the product. It comes
out of the sea, right, Yeah, So.

Speaker 15 (15:56):
It comes from the sea. It grows in the fjords
off the coast of Iceland. It has a honeycomb structure,
so it contains calcium magnesim in a very soluble form.
So let's it absorb a lot of roman acids and
aid in Rouman function.

Speaker 14 (16:07):
You go really great grasses here in Ireland that are
very nutritious for the animal, and you have what type
of milking system and feeding systems you have around that.

Speaker 15 (16:16):
I suppose average herd size in Irelands one hundred and
fivedairy cows. A lot of them are unfamily farmed. Labor
is more expensive here, so we're better off to build
a good big parlor the first day and try and
reduce them on the labor we need. We get paid
for milk solids. It has its challenges. Biggest limiting fact
on a pass away systems dryme matter intech. There's probably
a limit to what we can do in terms of
milk volumes to try and increase milk solids. There is
other strategies or even feeding some grains in the milk

(16:38):
and parler. So there's different strategies to try and increase
our output per hectare per acre.

Speaker 14 (16:43):
Reproduction is critically important to this seasonally based herd system
you've got.

Speaker 15 (16:47):
Yeah, because those cows are such a short calving window
and they need to have their calf before the grass
growing season begins to be rebred in within eighty two
hundred days after cal give us a.

Speaker 14 (16:56):
Little bit of that calendar. We're hopefully calving February one.

Speaker 15 (17:00):
Yeah, so typically we'd we'd like to call to calve
the first February. We would breed her in in the
first of May for her at end to be dried
off December and January, and in Chica's in February that
mioks for the year. There's been huge focus on genetics
and fertility and genetics. And if that count doesn't go
back in calf she's usually called from the herd because
if she doesn't have down, she's wait till the following.

Speaker 14 (17:18):
Season in County Cork, which is the largest county. And
now I learned how many dairy cows.

Speaker 15 (17:22):
Got in the last sentences, about four hundred thousand dairy
cous just in one county alone.

Speaker 14 (17:26):
Doctor Endoneville with Celtic c Minerals. It has been our
pleasure for you to be with us today at the
University College Dublin UCD Lions Farm.

Speaker 15 (17:34):
Pleasure to have you here, John, and hopefully we'll see
you again across the pond.

Speaker 14 (17:38):
I'm John Clark, traveling the Irish countryside for Feedbrick's USA.

Speaker 16 (17:44):
India is a big international market for almonds, but one
grower has a really nice niche market to a whole
nother country. Aunt Patrick Cavanaugh with the California Trina Report,
part of the vastag Information Network. David Fippen is a
partner with Travail and Fipping, a grower, packer and shipper
of almonds around the world.

Speaker 17 (18:05):
Well, India has stepped up the last two years and
become the wonder child for the almond industry. Our little
company actually doesn't ship too much to India. We do
a little bit, but you know, India is primarily in
shell and we're not a big inshell company. Our biggest
market is Japan, and Japan has just pulled through for

(18:25):
US year after year. They pay pretty much the highest
prices and we've had a great relationship there. There's been
some challenges there with they do one hundred percent testing
of afleotoxin, so some some shippers don't like that. Now
we've made some headway, they're doing less than one hundred
percent detection. So the almond board has been pretty strategic

(18:47):
and relaxing the afleotoxin a little bit. And I use
that word very judiciously because they're still looking, but they're
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reprocessing and then back again, and.

Speaker 16 (19:08):
That always saves a lot of money and time.

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Speaker 21 (20:15):
Harvest means two things, bringing in a crop while planning
for the next growing season. John Treelower is senior technical
agronomous for Novel Nieces and says that harvest appears to
be going well, but growers already have concerns for next year.

Speaker 22 (20:32):
For the most part, so it's been above average for yields.
Corn's been average or above average. A little bit of
disease pressure in some of the higher moisture areas this year,
but all in all, I think harvest is going quite well.
But of course top of mind for most people I
talk to is the input costs for next year. Quite
a bit of concern around those input costs, and in

(20:53):
particular phosphorus we just see that's been high for a
while continues to remain high. That's always top of mind
for growers to to plan for twenty twenty six. Rows
are looking for better ways to mitigate stress, right They're
looking for new solutions, looking for integrated solutions. They know
there's not really a silver bullet up there that can
take care of everything, so they really want to think

(21:14):
about that systematic approach to some of these challenges that
are on farm, and of course biologicals can play a
key role in solving some of those challenges.

Speaker 21 (21:23):
He says, it's important to be systematic when planning for
possible fertility challenges, and alfonsos have some good building blocks
for your fertility program.

Speaker 22 (21:33):
And when we look at these building blocks that we
can employ to help meet these challenges, again thinking about
the science and the data behind them that kind of
prove that they work and prove that they can help
solve these challenges. If we're looking at something that can
help solublize phosphorus, like our Jumpstar technology, there's thirty years
worth of data. There's tissue tests, there's grain yields, there's

(21:55):
testing under different fertility regimes, and you put it all
together and you can say, you know, this could really.

Speaker 14 (21:59):
Work for me.

Speaker 22 (22:00):
Right, so I'm trying to extend my soybean window plant
earlier in those cool soils. Here's a piece that can
be used within an integrated fertility system to really help
my beans get up and out of the ground and
drive that phosphorus in early. So I think it really
comes down to thinking about it as a systematic, integrated
approach and really evaluating digging a little bit deeper into
the inputs and the science and agronomy behind them that'll

(22:23):
help be successful. Especially when it comes to biologicals.

Speaker 21 (22:26):
No Vonsis knows there's no one size fits all solution
that works for every farm.

Speaker 22 (22:32):
We're continuing to release new organisms and strains of organisms
and biomolecules. We're also interested in formulations that are easier
to use so that things like the liquid jumpstart or
are improved granule, but we're also thinking about delivery methods
and from there we can really be prescriptive in that approach.
We can say, okay, you're looking at enhancing your nodulation here,

(22:55):
why don't we think about making sure that LCO is
employed on that farm to enhance that nodulation probe. Being
very deliberate and prescriptive with our BioSolutions enables the success
of biologicals on farm.

Speaker 21 (23:06):
Treelord talks about how growers can take advantage of the
prescriptive BioSolutions approach, and they're planning for next year.

Speaker 22 (23:14):
You know, I really think it comes down to understanding
the challenges you face on your farm and know what
technologies are out there to help solve that challenge, do
some research, dig into the data, dig into the agronomics
behind it and the modes of action, and then talk
to your retailer. We've got great retail partners across the country.
You talk to your agronomius and your seed dealers about
what products fit best. I mean, we can start with

(23:35):
the soybean world, the basin oculants, the rhizobia products like
our celtech xc our optimized fxcds, and then we can
build on these yield and performance drivers. We can build
on the LCO components and things like nod Pro, We
can build on the phosphors solubilizing technologies with Jumpstart, and
we can really take that systematic approach that will allow

(23:55):
growers to be successful.

Speaker 21 (23:57):
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Speaker 23 (25:14):
It's time for California Today on the AGGI Information Network
I am Haley's ship. Two advocacy groups, California Rural Legal
Assistance Inc. CRLA and the First Amendment Coalition, have now
filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Food and Agriculture,
alleging the agency with held key information about the spread

(25:37):
of H five and one bird flu in state dairies.
The groups argue that cdfa's refusal to release data on
quarantined dairies violates the California Public Records Act and undermines
public health efforts. Governor Gavin Nussom declared a state of
emergency in December of twenty twenty four, promising accurate, up

(25:59):
to date in information on H five N one, but
CRLA says that transparency has not been delivered. To ensure
protective behaviors are in place, we must know which dairies
are impacted, said CRLA attorney David Kremens in its most
recent update. On October twenty ninth, CDFA did report that

(26:19):
thirteen dairy herds are under quarantine, including six that were
re quarantined after previous infections. The agency noted that all
dairies remain under regular surveillance as statewide efforts continue to
monitor and contain the virus.

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Always read and follow label directions.

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Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about saphena
insecticide from basf We just get nailed with it.

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So tell us, how are you feeling really really weird
and you still want to devour this field? No way, bro.
There you have it, folks.

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Safena insecticide is specifically engineered to disorient aphis and wifelies
so they can't eat, and when they can't eat, they
can't destroy.

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He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with sefena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions.

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This is California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
I am Haley's ship. For more agnews, check us out
online at aginfo dot net.

Speaker 1 (27:36):
Bob when here are some farm news this morning. Pumpkins
play such a big part during the holiday season, from
ornamental decorations on Halloween to pumpkin pies during Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Pumpkins are a big part of family celebrations. Nathan Joanning
of the University of Illinois's Extension Service says there are
more types of pumpkins than many people realize, and that

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starts with research and development is.

Speaker 25 (28:01):
In multiple areas. A lot of it has to do
with new varieties, especially when it gets in the realm
of the ornamental side, which include the jack lanterns and
any of our various colors. A lot of that happens
within different seed companies all around the United States that
supply seeds for the area. So a lot of that
is they're working hard to breed and develop different varieties

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to give new colors, new things. I mean, we have
pumpkins that are now really gold and yellow color. We
didn't have that few years ago, so that's a large
part of it.

Speaker 1 (28:33):
There are many similarities between growing pumpkins and other types
of commodities.

Speaker 25 (28:37):
The University of Illinois we host trials looking at varieties,
but also we've looked at different ways to manage weeds,
different conservation practices like utlizing cover crops and how that
can be adopted into a pumpkin system and things like that.
So there's a large gamut of things. We also have
a plant pathologist in Champagne Orbana that works exclusively on

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disease management. Pumpkins are susceptible to main diseases, including powdery
mildew and others that can cause the leaves to die
and the plant to die. There's things that can cause
the fruits to rot.

Speaker 1 (29:09):
Nathan Joanning, University of Illinois with us this morning. Well friends,
Dairy farmers were pleased about new trade agreements in Asia.
Chad Smith has our story.

Speaker 5 (29:18):
The National Milk Producers Federation applauded the recent announcement from
the Trump administration of new trade agreements in Southeast Asia.
The agreements where with Malaysia and Cambodia, and new trade
agreement frameworks are in place with Thailand and Vietnam. Shanna Morris,
the executive vice president of Trade Policy and Global Affairs

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for the National Milk Producers Federation, said, it is welcome news.

Speaker 6 (29:45):
It's fantastic news for our dairy exporters. Southeast Asia is
already a really big destination for our products. The markets
down there are really dairy deficit.

Speaker 7 (29:56):
They need a lot more dairy than their local.

Speaker 6 (29:58):
Farmers and industry can. So it's been a very sizable
market for our exporters and the agreements that we're announced
are going to be able to help increase that significantly.

Speaker 7 (30:08):
As we're looking.

Speaker 5 (30:09):
Ahead after a lot of trade tariff back and forth,
she said, this is a boost for dairy and the
overall agricultural industry.

Speaker 6 (30:17):
To that point, the certainty that we're getting, particularly in
those countries that have announced fully fledged agreements some Malaysian
and Cambodia, having something that irons out the terms of
trade looking forward is very helpful as we're looking at
the specifics of that though. That's where we're the most excited.
On the normal side of things, you think about trade agreements,

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you think tariffs. You know, certainly they're checking the box
really strongly there, Cambodia totally eliminating dairy traf Malaysia eliminating
almost all of it and increasing access in the few
spots where tariffs are going to remain in place. But
then you have a lot of really groundbreaking new commitments
in the non tariff space.

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That's one of the.

Speaker 6 (30:56):
Biggest areas, particularly with respect to these markets that we
hear about from our members is those red tape regulatory hassles.

Speaker 5 (31:04):
Now that there are some agreements in place, it's important
to keep that trade momentum moving forward.

Speaker 6 (31:10):
These two are great, but we have our eyes on
a whole lot more that the administration is also negotiating with.
That's why it was also really encouraging to see those
additional frameworks with Vietnam and Thailand announced last weekend too.
Those are also big export destinations for our products already,
also ones where we face tariff disadvantages compared to other suppliers.

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So we're hopeful that the administration intends to use the
Malaysian Cambodia agreements as sort of a template with other
countries that have announced these more higher level framework commitments
and work on turning those into practice as they continue
to flesh out those negotiations.

Speaker 5 (31:48):
The trade agreements contain other positive developments for US Dairy.

Speaker 7 (31:52):
One of the other.

Speaker 6 (31:53):
Big pieces too that's really timely given EU negotiations with
other markets in that region, is on common cheese names.
We've been battling the Europeans in market after market all
around the world, pushing back against their efforts to monopolize
generic names things like setup, parmesan, romano, and other terms.

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These agreements with Malaysia and Cambodia for the first time
have really specific direct commitments protecting particular common cheese names
of products that our producers make. They want to have
a fair shot to export to Southeast Asian other markets,
so It's fantastic to see that type of precedent start
to be set.

Speaker 5 (32:34):
These agreements ensure that dairy farmers can keep doing what
they do best, which is produced top quality milk and
dairy products for families at home and around the world.
Chad Smith reporting.

Speaker 1 (32:46):
Farm News this morning. You're listening to ag Life, probably.

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The EAG information that work on Bob Larson, and this
is your agribusiness update. Well, the Supreme Court had tough
questions for the Droup administration about the legal of tariffs
imposed on almost every US trading partner. The Guardian says
justices began hearing oral arguments Wednesday, with even conservative justices
sounding doubtful about the administration's position. In a series of

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executive orders, Trump has cited the nineteen seventy seven International
Emergency Economic Powers Act that sometimes grants the president authority
to regulate or prohibit international transactions during a national emergency.
Three sources say the Trump administration still intends to roll
out an initial payment of up to twelve billion dollars
for farmers struggling because of the president's tariff policies. North

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Dakota Senator John Hoven says a program similar to the
twenty eight billion dollar farmer bailout that Trump released during
his first term is all teed up and good to go,
but added that it's being held up by the ongoing
government shut down. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers released a
new study examining how technological advancements across agriculture, construction, and

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the utility industries are helping improve output and use less water.
The report, titled from Source to Solution and Advancing Water
Stewardship in the Non Road Sector, showcases the world class
water stewardship taking place across North America. It highlights how
US equipment manufacturers are helping to save trillions of gallons
of water annually through modern practices and technologies.

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Always read and follow label directions.

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Speaker 1 (35:19):
Bob Quinn back to wrap up AGLIE for Today Friends.
Soilborn threats continue to take bushels from soybean producers. Chad
Smith takes a look at our final report.

Speaker 5 (35:30):
Soybean farmers continue to face yield losses from soilborn threats
like soybean cysinematode, sudden death syndrome, and red crown rot.
Recent data from the Crop Protection Network said these pests
and diseases caused millions in losses during twenty twenty four loan.
Now there's a seed treatment ready to answer the challenge.

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Dale Ireland, technical product lead at Syngenta talks about Victrotto
seed treatment, newly registered for soybeans and cotton Ireland talks
about wy nematodes SDS and red crown rot are such
persistent threats.

Speaker 27 (36:06):
SDS and nematodes are definitely the two that are probably
the most common. Nematodes are on almost all soy acres
across the US to some degree or another, and they
amplify SDS sud death syndrome. Now Red Crown Rock's kind
of an up and comer, but certainly with soybean production
frequently within our crop rotation, those are all very good

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hosts for soybean cystinematode, SDS, Suden death syndrome and then
increasingly in the southern Midwest Red Crown Rock.

Speaker 18 (36:36):
He said.

Speaker 5 (36:36):
Victroto is the latest innovation from Syngent to seed care.

Speaker 27 (36:40):
What's unique about Victroto is that it is more efficacious
on nematodes and early season disease as well as sudden
death syndrome and red crown rot as anything that's on
the market statistically different and that's the most exciting thing.
It's powered by Timerium technology, so if you've heard of
Timerium technology over the last two three four years. Once

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it's registered, that'll be called Victroto, and that's its branded
name that will be used in the marketplace. We're very excited.
We know it very very well, and we think growers
will be very excited to use it because it sets
a new level of protection.

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He talks about what makes Victroto different from the competition.

Speaker 27 (37:20):
So, the efficiency of the fit in the actual spot
where it actually works on the susceptible organism is unique.
It was backward engineered to fit that spot. In that spot,
it basically is the most efficient fit and for that reason,
it provides more activity against the susceptible organism, which would

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be any of your nematodes, sudden dot syndrome, red crown rock.
And this is far more efficacious than the leading competitor
of Levo, simply for that reason alone. And it's also
very safe.

Speaker 5 (37:55):
Ireland talks about yield results during various trials.

Speaker 27 (37:58):
When you use Victroto on top of the base package
under moderate to heavy soybean cystinematod you have three to
four bushels of yield advantage over the base treatment against
the competitors, depending on what rate you're using of that
competitive product. Between one and a half and three bushel advantage.
Under SDS moderate to heavy SDS, you can expect four

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to five bushels better than the leading competitor, and this
is winning between eighty seven and ninety one percent of
the time, so it truly is a new level of
protection for sun death as well as nematodes.

Speaker 5 (38:30):
Victroto seed treatment is now registered for use in soybeans
and cotton. To learn more about vigtroto, visit syngentius dot
com forward slash Victrodo always read and follow label instructions.
Chad Smith reporting with.

Speaker 1 (38:46):
That friends, r out of time for today, thanks for
joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition A Baglife