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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Valley. This is aglife. My name is Bob Quinn.
With you for the next hour. We're talking about agricultural
production here in the valley and all across the country. Well, friends,
Scam phone calls are becoming big business, even in rural America.
Chad Smith has the unfortunate details.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Silent seeing phone scams is a big job because four
billion robo calls are made to Americans every month, and
the average individual receives fourteen calls each week. In addition
to being annoying and time consuming, the constant ringing of
the phone can be outright dangerous. Sean vass School, director
of the AARP in Oklahoma, said, phone calls and text
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messages where the second and third most frequent modes of
contact reported to the Federal Trade Commission.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
The average victim of a phone scam lost fifteen hundred
dollars and the average text scam victim lost one thousand. Comparatively,
the victims of email scams, the most frequently used contact method,
lost in the average of six hundred dollars. It's clear
that this technological advances, automated phone calls and texts remain
among the most popular way to target older Americans.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
While not all robocalls are fraudulent, the vast majority come
from criminal scammers. Voscoll said. There are three common elements
to a scam like that.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
There's always time pressure, something has to be handled with
no delay. There's a threat of loss, either for the
victim or someone close to the victim. There's also a
promise of gain financial or otherwise. One or all of
these elements mean you should be very cautious about who
you're dealing with.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
There are three ways to cut down on these scam
calls at a call blocker.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Check with your telephone provider about options, many of which
kind of no cost. You can also let unfamiliar phone
numbers go to voicemail. If it's a legitimate call, they'll
leave a message. Otherwise, the easiest method is just to
hang out if you don't know.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Who they are.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
You can also get any fraud questions answered at answers
dot AARP dot org.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
If you think you or someone you know is and scammed,
the AARP Fraud Watch Helpline can help you. These are
AARP volunteers who devote their time to helping others, and
that number is eight seven seven nine zero eight thirty
three sixty. Learn more on Wednesday night at six thirty
pm Central Time on RFDTV or online at AARP dot
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org forward Slash AARP Live. Chad Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Well, friends, the US and China are coming together on
trade deals, including some deals in the works for soybeans,
although the details may be lacking. We'll have a special
look at soybean exports coming up on Aglife. Bob Quinn
back with some farm news this morning. Friends, We have
a special report this morning, a look at soybeans and
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the export market. Alexa Kambelick is with US right now,
American Soybean Association Executive director of Government Affairs. So, Alexa,
the elephant in the room is the government to shut down.
Apparently is open and so give you about thirty seconds
on what we're getting back to business as usual in Washington.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
Well, well, thank you for having me. You know, the
government reopened mid last week, and while we were thrilled
to see that, I think things just take a little
while to get back on track. And so right now,
the top line thing that we are watching is trying
to make sure that those essential services at USCA are
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available to our farmers. And while we expect to have
a little bit of a slowdown as we are getting
back on track with loan servicing. That should be, you know,
within the next week or two, back to regular business
as usual. Now, the government shutdown ending means two other
good things. It means that we have an extension of
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the farm bill as we work towards a more comprehensive
five year farm bill. It also means that if there
is another government and shut down at the end of January,
the Agriculture Department, the ag Appropriations Bill has been funded
for the next year, so that is no longer going
to be at risk as we look at another funding
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deadline at the end of January.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Well, that was going to be my first question is
are you satisfied with the fact that we've just made
an extension on the farm bill?
Speaker 6 (04:19):
Sounds like you are, Well, I think you know.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
No one is satisfied with just an extension, right We
want to make sure that we are working on a
dynamic farm bill that can address the issues of today. However,
in the current gridlock that we have in Washington, it's
really important to know that we aren't going to be
facing that big cliff at the end of the year.
As we continue to pursue our priorities for a larger
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comprehensive package. So while we're not thrilled that we are
yet again looking at an extension, we're glad that we
will have continuation of services while we continue to pursue
that larger five year bill.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Hey, Alexa, we're going to talk about the biofuels market
coming up a little bit, And of course we've been
talking a lot about exports, but there's also starting to
bubble up on the radar screen, maybe some efforts to
control farm input cost and I'm thinking about fertilizer as
the main thing. What can you tell me?
Speaker 5 (05:15):
Yeah, And I think that across the board, everyone is
seeing those input costs continue to rise and farm production costs,
you know, across the board becoming untenable, and so, you know,
I think that there are some efforts underway that we've
been seeing a lot of exploration right of what are
the triggers that are causing these higher costs and how
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can we reduce them. There is a joint memorandum of
understanding between the USDA and the Department of Justice to
look at these costs. And just the other week we
had our President testifying at the Senate Judiciary Committee to
talk about these costs and try to identify some opportunities
to lower them. Now, on Friday, we did have some
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good news out of the administration. They have removed a
couple of key fertilizers from the reciprocal tariff list, which
means that potash and a few other fertilizers are no
longer going to be subject to those reciprocal tariffs. So
as we look ahead towards planning season, this is you know,
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at least one cost that will be defrayed.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Just a bit, I'll actually got about one minute left
with you here. I want you to give me an
update on the export market from your chair.
Speaker 5 (06:33):
Yeah, and you know, I think that we were all
thrilled last month with the news that came out of
the administration at about positive momentum with SINAS. We are
seeing some additional bookings and certainly want to see more
in the weeks ahead. But between that and a lot
of the efforts going on with this administration to open
up additional export markets for US, you know, I think
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hopefully good news ahead, but certainly that that you know,
push for market diversity, push for additional markets at home.
Like with biofuel, these are all going to be equally
as important as we move forward.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Alexa comball like with us talking soybean exports. You are
listening to WAG life.
Speaker 7 (07:14):
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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
the split corn moved briskly supportive for bids near barge
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and unit train capacity, while soybeing slowed, leaving cash strength
more dependent on crush and steady vessel programs out of
both the Gulf and Pacific Northwest. On inputs, a RABO
research note flags China's crop protection sector shifting from low
cost production to innovation and overseas integration. It's a pivot
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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
softened even as shell eggs tick, tire and butter slipped.
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Speaker 12 (10:21):
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
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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
happens to be going up coincidentally, not for any broad
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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
of confusing and causes some additional issues you and know
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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.
We're already importing a lot of beef. 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
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the most part. So there's certainly nothing that's going to
change state 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 happen.
Speaker 7 (12:00):
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Speaker 1 (12:09):
It's time for Ask the Vets with doctor Ryan Leiderman,
director of Technical Services with Crystal Creek.
Speaker 7 (12:15):
Ryan, as we head.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Into seasonal changes at old Man.
Speaker 13 (12:17):
Winter, that's the question a good reminder, how do we
care for our calves during these winter months. Yeah, looking
at cavs think involve cold weather from a calorie balance
is something that's always important to do as the season's
change and the weather gets colder, and I always like
to explain it. I think about calories as a former currency,
and so people pay bills with money, and calves pay
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bills with calories. And the bills that calves have to
pay are the heat bill, and that maintains their body temperature,
their core body temperature, and that takes calories, and then
they have to pay the immune system. Those are the
little warriors. They are all fighting off infection every day,
hundreds and thousands of millions of them, white blood cells
and things floating around the bloodstream, fighting off infection, and
they all have to be paid with calories. In fact,
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the immune system is one of the largest calorie utilizers
in the body. People don't think about that, but it is.
And then of course growth takes calories, and so doing
everything we can to help it keep that calorie balance
as a positive. So you can think about calves heat bill.
Just like our heat bill gets more expensive in the
winter because we have to burn more to stay warm,
calves have to burn more calories to stay warm. And
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so if calves have a fixed amount of calories that
they're eating every day and have to send more of
those calories to pay the heat bill to keep their
core temperature where it needs to be. Then by definition,
they have less calories to do other things like pay
the immune system to keep themselves healthy, or divert calories
to growth. With calves that are not maintaining a good
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calorie balance. In the winter, growth rates decrease, and illness events,
whether it's scolars or respiratory or whatever, will typically increase.
And that's because of this kind of like a negative
calorie balance thing where so many calories are going to
pay the heat bill to keep that body temperature up,
and so a couple of things we can do to
make that calorie balance better. Obviously, betting with long stem
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straws is that takes a little thermal stress off the calf.
I kind of liken it to like crawling under the
covers at night when you go to bed, And if
you can't do that, then that would be like you
going to bed, but you don't crawl under your sheets
and stay warm. You just lay on top of your
sheets and that would be cold. And so betting, you know,
maybe three four times a week instead of two or
three times a week, keeps that betting loftier, and a
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good number to use would be twenty five pounds of
dry lofty straw per thousand pounds of calf every day.
Now that doesn't mean that you have to bet every day,
but you can use that to calculate. If you've got
ten calves in each way one hundred pounds, that's one
thousand pounds, so you should be going through about twenty
five pounds of straw day, or fifty pounds if you
do it every other day. So some simple math can
help us keep on track on the betting. There Another
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thing you can do to help the calorie balance is
you can put calf jackets on. A Typical rule of
thumb is when the daytime high and the nighttime low
added together are less than ninety, then you should put
jackets on. Ample the daytime highest forty, the nighttime low
is thirty, that add together is seventy seventies less than ninety,
there should be cap jackets on. So typically when the
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days are fifty and the nights are forty usually about
when we start to put them on. Another thing you
can do is feed more calories, and that's best done
by feeding more volumes. So if you're feeding whole milk,
there's really not a whole lot of choice you're going
to have. You just increase the volume. Some people add
a balancer for a little extra nutrition. Another option is
if you're feeding milk or placer, some people might be
tempted to just add more powder right the calories are
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in the powder and feed the same volume. But you
have to be very careful when you do that, because
if the total solids get too much or the milk
becomes too rich, it can cause tremendous amounts of nutritional
diarrhea for caves, and they can actually get very sick
and die from That can also increase the risk of
things like clustrial bloat. So generally speaking, my advice is,
don't change the mix, just increase the volume fed. If
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you are going to change the mix, I would not
push your total solids percentage more than thirteen. In fact,
there's a lot of companies out there that recommend the
teen percent toll solids. I just think it's too high.
My own personal limit is like twelve point five. I
think it's a safe realm. And then if you still
want more nutrition, you can just always feed that percentage
mix with more volume. So just a few things, betting
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the jacket, increased calories. All of these things are designed.
It's kind of stack the deck in that calf's favor
and put more calorie balance towards being available for things
like immune system and growth, and you'll see a difference.
You definitely see a difference in those calves when they
have adequate calories in the cold weather. Just on the
flip side, during the summer. As weird as it sounds,
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they actually have to burn more calories to cool themselves.
So it's not just a winter only thing. But nonetheless
we got six months before I have to worry about that.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Thank you, Ryan. That's doctor Ryan Leiderman, director of technical
services with Crisco Greek.
Speaker 14 (16:50):
For many ammon areas of California. Naval orangeworm long time
number one past is not so bad because a lot
of growers are using mating disruption, but in northern California
they're not adopting it as much, and this grower is
seeing more naval orange worm pressure. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh with
the California Tree Nut Report, part of the vast ag
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Information Network. John A. Lee Dunn is a third generation
ALM and farmer in the Dunnagan area of California where
that past naval orange worm is still a problem, even
though many growers up there do use the puffers that
put out the pheromone that confuse the past.
Speaker 15 (17:27):
Not all of our orchards, but you know, I'd say
maybe forty fifty percent of our orchards have them, but
the pressure from the naval orange worm, it just seems
to be getting worse every year. NOMA Shadow with Blue
Diamond and Franz Neederholzer, our UC cooperative extension agent. I mean,
he's constantly, you know, asking growers clean up your orchards,
clean you know, get the mummies out, which we do.
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You know, we go bring in a shaker every year
through the orchards and try to shake out the mummies
or I don't know if it's weather related or just
the fact that there's so many emin's planted now, but
naval orangeworm continues to get worse.
Speaker 14 (18:02):
And one of the problems in northern California is that
are not enough growers are using mating disruption to really
make a big difference for the area. And that's critically
important if you want to make an impact on naval orangeworm.
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With the AGI Information Network. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
Speaker 19 (19:14):
When it comes to simplifying irrigation and conserving resources, efficient
irrigation solutions have a big impact on productivity and profitability
for growers. Rees Andrews is a product manager for Lindsay
and so the time commitment for crop producers is intensive.
He talks about what folks in the field need to
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help maximize their yields.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
I've done several clinics over my career, and really number
one the biggest stated need is save my time, usually
followed closely by just make things easier, make life easier.
And to meet those needs, Lindsay began developing innovations around
what we call smart pivot solutions that deliver unique time
saving features and benefits. The new power Watch innovation, which
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is a smart pivot solutions feature, figures out which tower
is the problem, and this requires less skilled labor needed
to troubleshoot that situation. This that minimizes what we call
walking the pivot in challenging conditions such as mud, heat, humidity,
walking through a dense crop, and the strain actually of
crawling up each of those towers as you walk that pivot.
Speaker 19 (20:18):
He said. Tower Watch monitors each tower with a small
sensor installed in each tower box.
Speaker 4 (20:25):
This identifies the specific tower that caused the alignment fault
even before you reach the field. So this can save
a considerable amount of time. What happens is tower Watch
will report the field Net the tower number that faulted,
and field Net's premier service then sends an alert informing
the grower stating which tower needs attention. Many of our
growers operate a big mixture of center pivots from different brands, models, ages,
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Speaker 19 (20:59):
Having power Watch monitoring your pivots can reduce troubleshooting time
by up to seventy five percent.
Speaker 4 (21:06):
When you know exactly which tower caused the shutdown, you
can better plan your field trip. If I take an
eight tower pivot as an example in field that says
it's tower number seven, You're probably going to drive to
the edge of the field and walk in two hundred
feet versus going to the pivot point and walking potentially
like a quarter of a mile, inspecting every single tower
as you go until you get to that tower number seven.
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It's like, ah, there it is. I had one of
our beta test growers this season comment that when he
got his first tower fault shutdown alert and told them
what tower it was. He said he's saved between two
to four hours easily just on that one occurrence, and
he only had to climb up one tower on his
ten tower system to correct the issue. It was a
circuit breaker that tripped on tower number eight.
Speaker 19 (21:48):
He offered some advice for those preparing for twenty twenty six.
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Speaker 19 (22:25):
That is Rees Andrews, a product manager for Lindsay. The
cry for age to a reform can be heard all
around agriculture, and the reason adjustments to calculating the adverse
effect wage rate is a step in the right direction,
but Enrique Gastolom, CEO of the Worker and Farmer Labor Association,
says the adverse effect wage rate is not the program's
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only problem that needs to be addressed.
Speaker 20 (22:51):
Second six we need to see is some thing's got
to break the farmery way related to the cost of housing.
This is one of the only foreign guest worker programs
where the employer is on the hook for paying one
hundred percent of the worker's living situation.
Speaker 19 (23:08):
Gaslom says, it all adds up very quickly.
Speaker 20 (23:11):
Not only do you have to either build or rent
or identify safe and healthy licensed housing, which I have
no problem with that, but you've also got to bear
the brunner of the entire cost the facility, the utilities,
the maintenance, the upkeep that could be upwards of five
or six dollars a production hour per person.
Speaker 19 (23:28):
He says. The H two B program, which is seasonal labor,
which is no more than ten months, but non agg related,
now those workers actually pay all of their housing costs.
Speaker 20 (23:39):
Yes, it is a different program, but I think conceptually
we have shown we can still have guest workers come
in and have them pay, if not all they can
pay some share of that housing gas.
Speaker 19 (23:49):
Lom says this gives foreign guest workers a competitive advantage
with domestic workers who probably see forty to fifty percent
of their check going to the place they live. You're
listening to AGGE. I'm Duayanne Murley. Thanks for being with
us today.
Speaker 21 (24:03):
It's time for California AG Today on the AG Information Network,
I am Haley's ship. Cows play an essential role in
California agriculture, and UC Davis researchers are exploring new ways
to support productive herds while reducing methane from digestion. A
new study from UC Davis, UC Berkeley, and the Innovative
Genomics Institute looks closely at what happens inside the room
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and when cows are given a small amount of red
seaweed in their feet. Earlier UC Davis works showed that
seaweed can sharply cut methane, and this new research uncovers
what is happening behind the scenes. The team found that
the seaweed changes the activity of certain microbial genes, which
briefly increases hydrogen in the rooman that shift gives a
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naturally occurring bacterium called Duodena bisillis the chance to use
that hydrogen before it can feed methane producing microbes. Hydrogen
is a key energy source in the room and specifically
for methane producing microbes, said Spencer Diamond of the Innovative
Genomics Institute, adding that this study helps us better understand
how other microbes that naturally occur in the room and
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can divert this hydrogen away from methanogens. Cowsped seaweed in
the study cut methane by sixty percent and improved feed efficiency,
pointing to promising animal friendly climate solutions.
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Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sophena
insecticide from BASF.
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read and follow label directions.
Speaker 21 (26:18):
This is California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
I am Haley's ship. For more agnews, check us out
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Speaker 1 (26:26):
Bob Quinn Backers and farm News. This morning, we have
a special look at soybean exports now that China could
be back in the soybean export market. Talking soybeans and
soybean exports right now with Jim Sutter with the us
Sey Export Council. Elephant in the room for a long
time when it comes to exports has been China. We
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have a quote unquote deal with China. What's it looked
like from your chair?
Speaker 6 (26:53):
I think it's looks pretty good. And here I'll tell
you why I think. I think our US soy groups,
ASA and others the state certainly did a very good
job of getting soy elevated on the list of the
things that US government was going to talk to China about.
And so I think this agreement and I know everybody
is a little disappointed. You know, we heard about it
shortly after their meeting in Busam, Korea on October thirty first,
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and everybody thought, you know, we should see action starting
to come a little more quickly. But I tell you what,
I think the fact that it was there, and I
think that it was part of the President's high level agreement,
I think we just need to give it a little time.
We've seen a few purchases start to happen, which is
a lot more than we had been seeing over the
last many months. And I believe there's I think it's
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very high on the list of the Chinese to want
to fulfill this obligation because it is at this top
of the list with the President's agreement, so they don't
want to back out on this. And for a little
you know, twelve million tons of soybeans this year, I
think that's a small quantity for China to buy relative
to keeping the better relationship that now seems to be
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in place between the United States and China.
Speaker 9 (28:00):
Jim.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
We hear that China buys soybeans on a price driven
basis a lot of times. So how do you sell
them on quality versus strictly price.
Speaker 6 (28:10):
Yeah, that's a good question, and that's something you know,
our organization has been doing work in China for over
forty years and we spend a lot of time talking
to them about quality, sustainability, which is also something that's
of interest to them, on all those sort of factors.
And China is a big market. You know, there are
some buyers that are focused price is what drives them.
There are other buyers that have different things that drive them,
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like the quality. So it's knowing who your customer is
making sure they understand the data. We just had meeting
last week in China. Our team did talking about quality
and all of these factors. So it's an ongoing process.
We just have to keep educating them.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Now, China's big market, there's no doubt about that, but
there are other markets out there that the Soybean Association
would like to be into as well, So talk about
some growth and maybe the other markets.
Speaker 6 (28:54):
Yeah, that's really that's a great point. And you know,
while everybody's been focused on China and seeing that our
shipments to China been non existent, the last few months
since we started this year September first, this marketing year,
our shipments to non China destinations of soybeans according to
USDA or FGIS inspections numbers are forty one percent versus
where they were last year. And some of the high
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countries on this list would be Bangladesh, Egypt. Of course,
the Americas are always a very important customer, Pakistan, the
EU has been doing quite a bit of buying, so
it's really a very diversified list of countries. Now they
don't make up for China. So if somebody says, well, fine,
just shift to all those countries and not China, that's
you know, it's going to take a long time before
we can totally make up for China because China is
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the biggest buyer in the world. But I think think
our industry and I think our associations have been doing
a good job getting other buyers interested. Just this week,
we have an event going on in the PNW, a
PNW exploratory Mission with about seventy different buyers, soybean buyers
and soybean meal buyers from a diverse set of countries
coming to seeing the capabilities of the PNW. These are
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people that haven't been normally buying from there. That's the
kind of work we do to try and diversify market.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
I want to ask you to give me topic A
as far as your market priorities moving forward. Got about
a minute and a half to spend with you here.
What are you thinking about?
Speaker 6 (30:11):
You know, we're thinking about continuings of diversify market. We
want to continue to grow markets that are relatively new
to the US, but also take good care of our
mature markets Japan, the EU I mentioned earlier, all of
those kind of places. We want to continue to make
sure that people in all of those countries understand the
difference between US SOI and other SOI because there are
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numerous differences, the nutritional nutritional bundle that's in the SOI,
the sustainability aspects of the SOI, and then the reliability
of our chain all the way from farmers through to
the export elevators. We've got a lot of great things
and use ex strategic goals are to differentiate than to
build a preference. And while we're doing all that, to
make sure that we have market access to be able
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to go into these various countries that there aren't tariff
barriers or non tariff barriers.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
Jim Sut who are USSOY Export Council. You're listening to
AG live.
Speaker 22 (31:05):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with your
agribusiness update.
Speaker 23 (31:10):
Well.
Speaker 22 (31:10):
Land of Lakes and Microsoft announced a multi year strategic plan,
marking a new chapter in their shared commitment to agriculture innovation.
Building on five years of successful collaboration, the alliance will
focus on co developing AI powered tools, including a digital
assistant called oz oz is built on models with Azure
AI foundry and uses landa Lake's agricultural data to help
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farmers make informed decisions, aim to optimize operation, maximize yield,
and mitigate risk. The House Committee on Ag Chair Gt.
Thompson and Pennsylvania, expressed his relief after the vote to
reopen the federal government, but Thompson says there's no question
this shutdown inflicted unnecessary pain on farm families, rural communities,
and those who depend on critical USDA services. Now, he says,
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extending the current Farm bill will give US time to
finalize Farm Bill two point zero, a bipartisan paserckage that
builds on the One Big Beautiful Bill Chinese purchases of
soybeans from the US appear to have stalled, just two
weeks after the US touted a wide ranging trade truce
between the two countries. Bloomberg reports. Traders who ask not
to be identified, said they were not aware of any
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new shipments, and the pause is causing significant uncertainty. Stoneeck's reports.
Singapore insiders say many experts view China's commitment to be
more of a diplomatic gesture than a firm agreement.
Speaker 24 (32:25):
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Speaker 22 (33:22):
You From THEAG Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with today's
Agribusiness Update.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
Bob quin back to wrap up AGLIE for today. Friends,
Be on the lookout for respiratory disease in your calves.
Chad Smith has the inside report.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
When it comes to raising healthy dairy calves, protecting them
from bovine respiratory disease is essential for their growth and
long term profitability. Doctor Linda Taikowsky, a professional services veterinarian
with Bearinger Ingelheim, talks about the importance of creating a
plan to protect calves from BRD.
Speaker 23 (33:55):
BRD is one of the most common syndromes diseases that
present to young dairy heifers and accounts for probably about
twenty four to twenty five percent of deaths of pre
weened heifer calves and then almost sixty percent of winged
heifer calves. So it has implications both in your heifer
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group that you're raising to be your replacements as well
as some of the efficiencies of those heifers that survive
the disease. From an economic standpoint, it can be very
detrimental to that.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Dairy colostrum is a vital part of the battle against BRD.
Speaker 23 (34:35):
Colostrum is the most important thing we can do with
calves in the first twenty four hours of life. Calves
or ruminants are born with an immune system that is
not fully functional. They're born essentially naive to many of
the diseases that are out there. They have no antibiotic protection.
So by delivering sufficient amounts of good quality claustrum in
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that first twelve hours of life, we're going to provide
passive antibodies to those calves to help protect them through
the first few months of life. So without that, they
are much more likely to succumb to infectious diseases.
Speaker 2 (35:12):
She offers tips on vaccination and attaining a strong immune system.
Speaker 23 (35:16):
One we want to ensure or build their immunity with
colostrum and also with a strong vaccination program. I encourage
my producers to work with their veterinarians to design a
vaccine program that addresses the risks in their particular area
or on their particular operation. We also want to think
about our management practices. How can we build up that
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cast's own immunity through nutrition and reduction of stress so
that they are less susceptible If we do have pathogens introduced,
and then we want to make sure that we are
identifying disease early and then managing those infections to prevent
long term damage. As colosterum wanes, we want to make
sure that we are building that CAP's own immunity through
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strategic vaccination by choosing vaccines that will actually stimulate immunity
in the face of maternal antibodies.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
It's also important to do vaccinations at times of low
stress for the animals. Make sure to work with your
veterinarian to set up a solid vaccination program.
Speaker 23 (36:20):
Look for a vaccine that can stimulate immunity early on.
Certain vaccines can begin having that CAF respond as early
as thirty days of age, so we know as that
colossal immunity wanes, we can be stimulating that CAP's own immunity.
Follow manufacturer's directions on those vaccines. Many of the ones
we use in cabs are modified lives, so they require
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certain storage parameters. Certain handling parameters and timeliness of administration.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
Again, that's doctor Linda Taikowsky of Behringer Ingelheim. Chad Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
With that friends about a time for today, Thanks for
joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition of Bag
Life
Good morning, Valley. This is aglife. My name is Bob Quinn.
With you for the next hour. We're talking about agricultural
production here in the valley and all across the country. Well, friends,
Scam phone calls are becoming big business, even in rural America.
Chad Smith has the unfortunate details.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Silent seeing phone scams is a big job because four
billion robo calls are made to Americans every month, and
the average individual receives fourteen calls each week. In addition
to being annoying and time consuming, the constant ringing of
the phone can be outright dangerous. Sean vass School, director
of the AARP in Oklahoma, said, phone calls and text
(00:40):
messages where the second and third most frequent modes of
contact reported to the Federal Trade Commission.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
The average victim of a phone scam lost fifteen hundred
dollars and the average text scam victim lost one thousand. Comparatively,
the victims of email scams, the most frequently used contact method,
lost in the average of six hundred dollars. It's clear
that this technological advances, automated phone calls and texts remain
among the most popular way to target older Americans.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
While not all robocalls are fraudulent, the vast majority come
from criminal scammers. Voscoll said. There are three common elements
to a scam like that.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
There's always time pressure, something has to be handled with
no delay. There's a threat of loss, either for the
victim or someone close to the victim. There's also a
promise of gain financial or otherwise. One or all of
these elements mean you should be very cautious about who
you're dealing with.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
There are three ways to cut down on these scam
calls at a call blocker.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Check with your telephone provider about options, many of which
kind of no cost. You can also let unfamiliar phone
numbers go to voicemail. If it's a legitimate call, they'll
leave a message. Otherwise, the easiest method is just to
hang out if you don't know.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Who they are.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
You can also get any fraud questions answered at answers
dot AARP dot org.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
If you think you or someone you know is and scammed,
the AARP Fraud Watch Helpline can help you. These are
AARP volunteers who devote their time to helping others, and
that number is eight seven seven nine zero eight thirty
three sixty. Learn more on Wednesday night at six thirty
pm Central Time on RFDTV or online at AARP dot
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org forward Slash AARP Live. Chad Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Well, friends, the US and China are coming together on
trade deals, including some deals in the works for soybeans,
although the details may be lacking. We'll have a special
look at soybean exports coming up on Aglife. Bob Quinn
back with some farm news this morning. Friends, We have
a special report this morning, a look at soybeans and
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the export market. Alexa Kambelick is with US right now,
American Soybean Association Executive director of Government Affairs. So, Alexa,
the elephant in the room is the government to shut down.
Apparently is open and so give you about thirty seconds
on what we're getting back to business as usual in Washington.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
Well, well, thank you for having me. You know, the
government reopened mid last week, and while we were thrilled
to see that, I think things just take a little
while to get back on track. And so right now,
the top line thing that we are watching is trying
to make sure that those essential services at USCA are
(03:28):
available to our farmers. And while we expect to have
a little bit of a slowdown as we are getting
back on track with loan servicing. That should be, you know,
within the next week or two, back to regular business
as usual. Now, the government shutdown ending means two other
good things. It means that we have an extension of
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the farm bill as we work towards a more comprehensive
five year farm bill. It also means that if there
is another government and shut down at the end of January,
the Agriculture Department, the ag Appropriations Bill has been funded
for the next year, so that is no longer going
to be at risk as we look at another funding
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deadline at the end of January.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Well, that was going to be my first question is
are you satisfied with the fact that we've just made
an extension on the farm bill?
Speaker 6 (04:19):
Sounds like you are, Well, I think you know.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
No one is satisfied with just an extension, right We
want to make sure that we are working on a
dynamic farm bill that can address the issues of today. However,
in the current gridlock that we have in Washington, it's
really important to know that we aren't going to be
facing that big cliff at the end of the year.
As we continue to pursue our priorities for a larger
(04:45):
comprehensive package. So while we're not thrilled that we are
yet again looking at an extension, we're glad that we
will have continuation of services while we continue to pursue
that larger five year bill.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Hey, Alexa, we're going to talk about the biofuels market
coming up a little bit, And of course we've been
talking a lot about exports, but there's also starting to
bubble up on the radar screen, maybe some efforts to
control farm input cost and I'm thinking about fertilizer as
the main thing. What can you tell me?
Speaker 5 (05:15):
Yeah, And I think that across the board, everyone is
seeing those input costs continue to rise and farm production costs,
you know, across the board becoming untenable, and so, you know,
I think that there are some efforts underway that we've
been seeing a lot of exploration right of what are
the triggers that are causing these higher costs and how
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can we reduce them. There is a joint memorandum of
understanding between the USDA and the Department of Justice to
look at these costs. And just the other week we
had our President testifying at the Senate Judiciary Committee to
talk about these costs and try to identify some opportunities
to lower them. Now, on Friday, we did have some
(05:57):
good news out of the administration. They have removed a
couple of key fertilizers from the reciprocal tariff list, which
means that potash and a few other fertilizers are no
longer going to be subject to those reciprocal tariffs. So
as we look ahead towards planning season, this is you know,
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at least one cost that will be defrayed.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Just a bit, I'll actually got about one minute left
with you here. I want you to give me an
update on the export market from your chair.
Speaker 5 (06:33):
Yeah, and you know, I think that we were all
thrilled last month with the news that came out of
the administration at about positive momentum with SINAS. We are
seeing some additional bookings and certainly want to see more
in the weeks ahead. But between that and a lot
of the efforts going on with this administration to open
up additional export markets for US, you know, I think
(06:56):
hopefully good news ahead, but certainly that that you know,
push for market diversity, push for additional markets at home.
Like with biofuel, these are all going to be equally
as important as we move forward.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Alexa comball like with us talking soybean exports. You are
listening to WAG life.
Speaker 7 (07:14):
It's another AG news update. Producers facing mixed signals this
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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
the split corn moved briskly supportive for bids near barge
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and unit train capacity, while soybeing slowed, leaving cash strength
more dependent on crush and steady vessel programs out of
both the Gulf and Pacific Northwest. On inputs, a RABO
research note flags China's crop protection sector shifting from low
cost production to innovation and overseas integration. It's a pivot
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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
softened even as shell eggs tick, tire and butter slipped.
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Speaker 12 (10:21):
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
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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
happens to be going up coincidentally, not for any broad
(11:05):
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
of confusing and causes some additional issues you and know
(11:25):
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.
We're already importing a lot of beef. 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
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the most part. So there's certainly nothing that's going to
change state 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 happen.
Speaker 7 (12:00):
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Speaker 10 (12:03):
This is Dairy Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
It's time for Ask the Vets with doctor Ryan Leiderman,
director of Technical Services with Crystal Creek.
Speaker 7 (12:15):
Ryan, as we head.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Into seasonal changes at old Man.
Speaker 13 (12:17):
Winter, that's the question a good reminder, how do we
care for our calves during these winter months. Yeah, looking
at cavs think involve cold weather from a calorie balance
is something that's always important to do as the season's
change and the weather gets colder, and I always like
to explain it. I think about calories as a former currency,
and so people pay bills with money, and calves pay
(12:39):
bills with calories. And the bills that calves have to
pay are the heat bill, and that maintains their body temperature,
their core body temperature, and that takes calories, and then
they have to pay the immune system. Those are the
little warriors. They are all fighting off infection every day,
hundreds and thousands of millions of them, white blood cells
and things floating around the bloodstream, fighting off infection, and
they all have to be paid with calories. In fact,
(12:59):
the immune system is one of the largest calorie utilizers
in the body. People don't think about that, but it is.
And then of course growth takes calories, and so doing
everything we can to help it keep that calorie balance
as a positive. So you can think about calves heat bill.
Just like our heat bill gets more expensive in the
winter because we have to burn more to stay warm,
calves have to burn more calories to stay warm. And
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so if calves have a fixed amount of calories that
they're eating every day and have to send more of
those calories to pay the heat bill to keep their
core temperature where it needs to be. Then by definition,
they have less calories to do other things like pay
the immune system to keep themselves healthy, or divert calories
to growth. With calves that are not maintaining a good
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calorie balance. In the winter, growth rates decrease, and illness events,
whether it's scolars or respiratory or whatever, will typically increase.
And that's because of this kind of like a negative
calorie balance thing where so many calories are going to
pay the heat bill to keep that body temperature up,
and so a couple of things we can do to
make that calorie balance better. Obviously, betting with long stem
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straws is that takes a little thermal stress off the calf.
I kind of liken it to like crawling under the
covers at night when you go to bed, And if
you can't do that, then that would be like you
going to bed, but you don't crawl under your sheets
and stay warm. You just lay on top of your
sheets and that would be cold. And so betting, you know,
maybe three four times a week instead of two or
three times a week, keeps that betting loftier, and a
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good number to use would be twenty five pounds of
dry lofty straw per thousand pounds of calf every day.
Now that doesn't mean that you have to bet every day,
but you can use that to calculate. If you've got
ten calves in each way one hundred pounds, that's one
thousand pounds, so you should be going through about twenty
five pounds of straw day, or fifty pounds if you
do it every other day. So some simple math can
help us keep on track on the betting. There Another
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thing you can do to help the calorie balance is
you can put calf jackets on. A Typical rule of
thumb is when the daytime high and the nighttime low
added together are less than ninety, then you should put
jackets on. Ample the daytime highest forty, the nighttime low
is thirty, that add together is seventy seventies less than ninety,
there should be cap jackets on. So typically when the
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days are fifty and the nights are forty usually about
when we start to put them on. Another thing you
can do is feed more calories, and that's best done
by feeding more volumes. So if you're feeding whole milk,
there's really not a whole lot of choice you're going
to have. You just increase the volume. Some people add
a balancer for a little extra nutrition. Another option is
if you're feeding milk or placer, some people might be
tempted to just add more powder right the calories are
(15:31):
in the powder and feed the same volume. But you
have to be very careful when you do that, because
if the total solids get too much or the milk
becomes too rich, it can cause tremendous amounts of nutritional
diarrhea for caves, and they can actually get very sick
and die from That can also increase the risk of
things like clustrial bloat. So generally speaking, my advice is,
don't change the mix, just increase the volume fed. If
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you are going to change the mix, I would not
push your total solids percentage more than thirteen. In fact,
there's a lot of companies out there that recommend the
teen percent toll solids. I just think it's too high.
My own personal limit is like twelve point five. I
think it's a safe realm. And then if you still
want more nutrition, you can just always feed that percentage
mix with more volume. So just a few things, betting
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the jacket, increased calories. All of these things are designed.
It's kind of stack the deck in that calf's favor
and put more calorie balance towards being available for things
like immune system and growth, and you'll see a difference.
You definitely see a difference in those calves when they
have adequate calories in the cold weather. Just on the
flip side, during the summer. As weird as it sounds,
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they actually have to burn more calories to cool themselves.
So it's not just a winter only thing. But nonetheless
we got six months before I have to worry about that.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Thank you, Ryan. That's doctor Ryan Leiderman, director of technical
services with Crisco Greek.
Speaker 14 (16:50):
For many ammon areas of California. Naval orangeworm long time
number one past is not so bad because a lot
of growers are using mating disruption, but in northern California
they're not adopting it as much, and this grower is
seeing more naval orange worm pressure. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh with
the California Tree Nut Report, part of the vast ag
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Information Network. John A. Lee Dunn is a third generation
ALM and farmer in the Dunnagan area of California where
that past naval orange worm is still a problem, even
though many growers up there do use the puffers that
put out the pheromone that confuse the past.
Speaker 15 (17:27):
Not all of our orchards, but you know, I'd say
maybe forty fifty percent of our orchards have them, but
the pressure from the naval orange worm, it just seems
to be getting worse every year. NOMA Shadow with Blue
Diamond and Franz Neederholzer, our UC cooperative extension agent. I mean,
he's constantly, you know, asking growers clean up your orchards,
clean you know, get the mummies out, which we do.
(17:49):
You know, we go bring in a shaker every year
through the orchards and try to shake out the mummies
or I don't know if it's weather related or just
the fact that there's so many emin's planted now, but
naval orangeworm continues to get worse.
Speaker 14 (18:02):
And one of the problems in northern California is that
are not enough growers are using mating disruption to really
make a big difference for the area. And that's critically
important if you want to make an impact on naval orangeworm.
Speaker 16 (18:14):
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Today we're talking with aphens and white flies about sefena
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We just get nailed with it.
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So tell us, how are you feeling really really weird.
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Safena insecticide is specific engineered to disorient aphis and wife
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Speaker 14 (19:11):
With the AGI Information Network. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
Speaker 19 (19:14):
When it comes to simplifying irrigation and conserving resources, efficient
irrigation solutions have a big impact on productivity and profitability
for growers. Rees Andrews is a product manager for Lindsay
and so the time commitment for crop producers is intensive.
He talks about what folks in the field need to
(19:34):
help maximize their yields.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
I've done several clinics over my career, and really number
one the biggest stated need is save my time, usually
followed closely by just make things easier, make life easier.
And to meet those needs, Lindsay began developing innovations around
what we call smart pivot solutions that deliver unique time
saving features and benefits. The new power Watch innovation, which
(19:57):
is a smart pivot solutions feature, figures out which tower
is the problem, and this requires less skilled labor needed
to troubleshoot that situation. This that minimizes what we call
walking the pivot in challenging conditions such as mud, heat, humidity,
walking through a dense crop, and the strain actually of
crawling up each of those towers as you walk that pivot.
Speaker 19 (20:18):
He said. Tower Watch monitors each tower with a small
sensor installed in each tower box.
Speaker 4 (20:25):
This identifies the specific tower that caused the alignment fault
even before you reach the field. So this can save
a considerable amount of time. What happens is tower Watch
will report the field Net the tower number that faulted,
and field Net's premier service then sends an alert informing
the grower stating which tower needs attention. Many of our
growers operate a big mixture of center pivots from different brands, models, ages,
(20:48):
and tower Watch is designed as a cost effective, high
impactful solution that integrates seamlessly with nearly any center pivot,
regardless of US age or its manufacturers.
Speaker 19 (20:59):
Having power Watch monitoring your pivots can reduce troubleshooting time
by up to seventy five percent.
Speaker 4 (21:06):
When you know exactly which tower caused the shutdown, you
can better plan your field trip. If I take an
eight tower pivot as an example in field that says
it's tower number seven, You're probably going to drive to
the edge of the field and walk in two hundred
feet versus going to the pivot point and walking potentially
like a quarter of a mile, inspecting every single tower
as you go until you get to that tower number seven.
(21:27):
It's like, ah, there it is. I had one of
our beta test growers this season comment that when he
got his first tower fault shutdown alert and told them
what tower it was. He said he's saved between two
to four hours easily just on that one occurrence, and
he only had to climb up one tower on his
ten tower system to correct the issue. It was a
circuit breaker that tripped on tower number eight.
Speaker 19 (21:48):
He offered some advice for those preparing for twenty twenty six.
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I just want growers to know that Lendsay's smart Pivot
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time and make life even easier and less strenuous dealing
with alignment faults. For growers to learn more about Lindsay's solutions,
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Speaker 19 (22:25):
That is Rees Andrews, a product manager for Lindsay. The
cry for age to a reform can be heard all
around agriculture, and the reason adjustments to calculating the adverse
effect wage rate is a step in the right direction,
but Enrique Gastolom, CEO of the Worker and Farmer Labor Association,
says the adverse effect wage rate is not the program's
(22:49):
only problem that needs to be addressed.
Speaker 20 (22:51):
Second six we need to see is some thing's got
to break the farmery way related to the cost of housing.
This is one of the only foreign guest worker programs
where the employer is on the hook for paying one
hundred percent of the worker's living situation.
Speaker 19 (23:08):
Gaslom says, it all adds up very quickly.
Speaker 20 (23:11):
Not only do you have to either build or rent
or identify safe and healthy licensed housing, which I have
no problem with that, but you've also got to bear
the brunner of the entire cost the facility, the utilities,
the maintenance, the upkeep that could be upwards of five
or six dollars a production hour per person.
Speaker 19 (23:28):
He says. The H two B program, which is seasonal labor,
which is no more than ten months, but non agg related,
now those workers actually pay all of their housing costs.
Speaker 20 (23:39):
Yes, it is a different program, but I think conceptually
we have shown we can still have guest workers come
in and have them pay, if not all they can
pay some share of that housing gas.
Speaker 19 (23:49):
Lom says this gives foreign guest workers a competitive advantage
with domestic workers who probably see forty to fifty percent
of their check going to the place they live. You're
listening to AGGE. I'm Duayanne Murley. Thanks for being with
us today.
Speaker 21 (24:03):
It's time for California AG Today on the AG Information Network,
I am Haley's ship. Cows play an essential role in
California agriculture, and UC Davis researchers are exploring new ways
to support productive herds while reducing methane from digestion. A
new study from UC Davis, UC Berkeley, and the Innovative
Genomics Institute looks closely at what happens inside the room
(24:26):
and when cows are given a small amount of red
seaweed in their feet. Earlier UC Davis works showed that
seaweed can sharply cut methane, and this new research uncovers
what is happening behind the scenes. The team found that
the seaweed changes the activity of certain microbial genes, which
briefly increases hydrogen in the rooman that shift gives a
(24:47):
naturally occurring bacterium called Duodena bisillis the chance to use
that hydrogen before it can feed methane producing microbes. Hydrogen
is a key energy source in the room and specifically
for methane producing microbes, said Spencer Diamond of the Innovative
Genomics Institute, adding that this study helps us better understand
how other microbes that naturally occur in the room and
(25:08):
can divert this hydrogen away from methanogens. Cowsped seaweed in
the study cut methane by sixty percent and improved feed efficiency,
pointing to promising animal friendly climate solutions.
Speaker 16 (25:21):
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to crack, but it doesn't have to be. Protect your
crop with Maravon Funge' sided bloom for added resiliency against frost,
long lasting, broad spectrum disease control, and proven yield results.
See that wasn't tough at all. Maravon funge aside number
(25:43):
one a bloom for all the right reasons. Always read
and follow label directions.
Speaker 17 (25:49):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sophena
insecticide from BASF.
Speaker 7 (25:54):
We just get nailed with it.
Speaker 17 (25:56):
So tell us how you feeling, really, really weird still
want to devour this fiew?
Speaker 10 (26:02):
No way, bro. There you have it, folks.
Speaker 17 (26:05):
Safena insecticide is specifically engineered to disorient aphis and wi
flies so they can't eat, and when they can't eat,
they can't destroy.
Speaker 18 (26:12):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with safena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions.
Speaker 21 (26:18):
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 (26:26):
Bob Quinn Backers and farm News. This morning, we have
a special look at soybean exports now that China could
be back in the soybean export market. Talking soybeans and
soybean exports right now with Jim Sutter with the us
Sey Export Council. Elephant in the room for a long
time when it comes to exports has been China. We
(26:47):
have a quote unquote deal with China. What's it looked
like from your chair?
Speaker 6 (26:53):
I think it's looks pretty good. And here I'll tell
you why I think. I think our US soy groups,
ASA and others the state certainly did a very good
job of getting soy elevated on the list of the
things that US government was going to talk to China about.
And so I think this agreement and I know everybody
is a little disappointed. You know, we heard about it
shortly after their meeting in Busam, Korea on October thirty first,
(27:17):
and everybody thought, you know, we should see action starting
to come a little more quickly. But I tell you what,
I think the fact that it was there, and I
think that it was part of the President's high level agreement,
I think we just need to give it a little time.
We've seen a few purchases start to happen, which is
a lot more than we had been seeing over the
last many months. And I believe there's I think it's
(27:37):
very high on the list of the Chinese to want
to fulfill this obligation because it is at this top
of the list with the President's agreement, so they don't
want to back out on this. And for a little
you know, twelve million tons of soybeans this year, I
think that's a small quantity for China to buy relative
to keeping the better relationship that now seems to be
(27:57):
in place between the United States and China.
Speaker 9 (28:00):
Jim.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
We hear that China buys soybeans on a price driven
basis a lot of times. So how do you sell
them on quality versus strictly price.
Speaker 6 (28:10):
Yeah, that's a good question, and that's something you know,
our organization has been doing work in China for over
forty years and we spend a lot of time talking
to them about quality, sustainability, which is also something that's
of interest to them, on all those sort of factors.
And China is a big market. You know, there are
some buyers that are focused price is what drives them.
There are other buyers that have different things that drive them,
(28:31):
like the quality. So it's knowing who your customer is
making sure they understand the data. We just had meeting
last week in China. Our team did talking about quality
and all of these factors. So it's an ongoing process.
We just have to keep educating them.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Now, China's big market, there's no doubt about that, but
there are other markets out there that the Soybean Association
would like to be into as well, So talk about
some growth and maybe the other markets.
Speaker 6 (28:54):
Yeah, that's really that's a great point. And you know,
while everybody's been focused on China and seeing that our
shipments to China been non existent, the last few months
since we started this year September first, this marketing year,
our shipments to non China destinations of soybeans according to
USDA or FGIS inspections numbers are forty one percent versus
where they were last year. And some of the high
(29:14):
countries on this list would be Bangladesh, Egypt. Of course,
the Americas are always a very important customer, Pakistan, the
EU has been doing quite a bit of buying, so
it's really a very diversified list of countries. Now they
don't make up for China. So if somebody says, well, fine,
just shift to all those countries and not China, that's
you know, it's going to take a long time before
we can totally make up for China because China is
(29:37):
the biggest buyer in the world. But I think think
our industry and I think our associations have been doing
a good job getting other buyers interested. Just this week,
we have an event going on in the PNW, a
PNW exploratory Mission with about seventy different buyers, soybean buyers
and soybean meal buyers from a diverse set of countries
coming to seeing the capabilities of the PNW. These are
(29:57):
people that haven't been normally buying from there. That's the
kind of work we do to try and diversify market.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
I want to ask you to give me topic A
as far as your market priorities moving forward. Got about
a minute and a half to spend with you here.
What are you thinking about?
Speaker 6 (30:11):
You know, we're thinking about continuings of diversify market. We
want to continue to grow markets that are relatively new
to the US, but also take good care of our
mature markets Japan, the EU I mentioned earlier, all of
those kind of places. We want to continue to make
sure that people in all of those countries understand the
difference between US SOI and other SOI because there are
(30:32):
numerous differences, the nutritional nutritional bundle that's in the SOI,
the sustainability aspects of the SOI, and then the reliability
of our chain all the way from farmers through to
the export elevators. We've got a lot of great things
and use ex strategic goals are to differentiate than to
build a preference. And while we're doing all that, to
make sure that we have market access to be able
(30:55):
to go into these various countries that there aren't tariff
barriers or non tariff barriers.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
Jim Sut who are USSOY Export Council. You're listening to
AG live.
Speaker 22 (31:05):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with your
agribusiness update.
Speaker 23 (31:10):
Well.
Speaker 22 (31:10):
Land of Lakes and Microsoft announced a multi year strategic plan,
marking a new chapter in their shared commitment to agriculture innovation.
Building on five years of successful collaboration, the alliance will
focus on co developing AI powered tools, including a digital
assistant called oz oz is built on models with Azure
AI foundry and uses landa Lake's agricultural data to help
(31:32):
farmers make informed decisions, aim to optimize operation, maximize yield,
and mitigate risk. The House Committee on Ag Chair Gt.
Thompson and Pennsylvania, expressed his relief after the vote to
reopen the federal government, but Thompson says there's no question
this shutdown inflicted unnecessary pain on farm families, rural communities,
and those who depend on critical USDA services. Now, he says,
(31:54):
extending the current Farm bill will give US time to
finalize Farm Bill two point zero, a bipartisan paserckage that
builds on the One Big Beautiful Bill Chinese purchases of
soybeans from the US appear to have stalled, just two
weeks after the US touted a wide ranging trade truce
between the two countries. Bloomberg reports. Traders who ask not
to be identified, said they were not aware of any
(32:15):
new shipments, and the pause is causing significant uncertainty. Stoneeck's reports.
Singapore insiders say many experts view China's commitment to be
more of a diplomatic gesture than a firm agreement.
Speaker 24 (32:25):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer
you have to go digital hmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn,
and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, but which one? Oh,
and how receptive is this age group to your sales
pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best place
(32:46):
to reach a farmer with a farming solution message is
when they are well, quite frankly farming. You know, it's
easy for us to find them during the day, as
most farmers are behind the wheel of a pickup truck
or farm equipment with the radio on. Listening to this
station for the agg Information Network of the West News.
If you'd like to deliver information about your terrific product
(33:09):
or service. Give us a call and we'll connect you
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Speaker 22 (33:22):
You From THEAG Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with today's
Agribusiness Update.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
Bob quin back to wrap up AGLIE for today. Friends,
Be on the lookout for respiratory disease in your calves.
Chad Smith has the inside report.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
When it comes to raising healthy dairy calves, protecting them
from bovine respiratory disease is essential for their growth and
long term profitability. Doctor Linda Taikowsky, a professional services veterinarian
with Bearinger Ingelheim, talks about the importance of creating a
plan to protect calves from BRD.
Speaker 23 (33:55):
BRD is one of the most common syndromes diseases that
present to young dairy heifers and accounts for probably about
twenty four to twenty five percent of deaths of pre
weened heifer calves and then almost sixty percent of winged
heifer calves. So it has implications both in your heifer
(34:19):
group that you're raising to be your replacements as well
as some of the efficiencies of those heifers that survive
the disease. From an economic standpoint, it can be very
detrimental to that.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Dairy colostrum is a vital part of the battle against BRD.
Speaker 23 (34:35):
Colostrum is the most important thing we can do with
calves in the first twenty four hours of life. Calves
or ruminants are born with an immune system that is
not fully functional. They're born essentially naive to many of
the diseases that are out there. They have no antibiotic protection.
So by delivering sufficient amounts of good quality claustrum in
(34:57):
that first twelve hours of life, we're going to provide
passive antibodies to those calves to help protect them through
the first few months of life. So without that, they
are much more likely to succumb to infectious diseases.
Speaker 2 (35:12):
She offers tips on vaccination and attaining a strong immune system.
Speaker 23 (35:16):
One we want to ensure or build their immunity with
colostrum and also with a strong vaccination program. I encourage
my producers to work with their veterinarians to design a
vaccine program that addresses the risks in their particular area
or on their particular operation. We also want to think
about our management practices. How can we build up that
(35:39):
cast's own immunity through nutrition and reduction of stress so
that they are less susceptible If we do have pathogens introduced,
and then we want to make sure that we are
identifying disease early and then managing those infections to prevent
long term damage. As colosterum wanes, we want to make
sure that we are building that CAP's own immunity through
(36:03):
strategic vaccination by choosing vaccines that will actually stimulate immunity
in the face of maternal antibodies.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
It's also important to do vaccinations at times of low
stress for the animals. Make sure to work with your
veterinarian to set up a solid vaccination program.
Speaker 23 (36:20):
Look for a vaccine that can stimulate immunity early on.
Certain vaccines can begin having that CAF respond as early
as thirty days of age, so we know as that
colossal immunity wanes, we can be stimulating that CAP's own immunity.
Follow manufacturer's directions on those vaccines. Many of the ones
we use in cabs are modified lives, so they require
(36:42):
certain storage parameters. Certain handling parameters and timeliness of administration.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
Again, that's doctor Linda Taikowsky of Behringer Ingelheim. Chad Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
With that friends about a time for today, Thanks for
joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition of Bag
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