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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Valley. This is Aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agriculture production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well, friends,
the public is receiving increased education on what to watch
out for regarding the New World screwworm. Rod Bain has
an updated report.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
There is grog awareness of the threat New World screwworm
composed to our nation's livestock, particularly beef cattle, as is,
if basive passed once decades removed away from our country
travels closer to the US Mexican border.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
This one's particularly problematic because the maggot will infest living
tissues and consumes those on a living animal. It'll get into,
say the umbilicus of a newborn calf, onto a cut,
onto say a de horning wound. Those types of things
are some of the primary places that we might see
this and it will kind of continue to make those
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wounds worse and continue to eat tissue if it's left untreated.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary for mark Tiga Regulatory Program Lauren Stubb
says only those who dealt with NWS at the height
of our country several decades ago might know what to
look out for or understand the potential impacts. Hence the
importance of education and vigilance of what to watch regarding
a possible New World screw worm case.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Especially for those who are living around the border, which
would be more of a high risk area. Any animal
that's going to have more proximity to wildlife or livestock
or an animal course that is livestock is going to
be at higher risk.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
It is not just livestock though, at risk for a
potential case of EDWS.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
For pets, those are probably a little bit easier to check,
but make sure, especially in the long haired ones are
really furry ones to be checking for any wounds.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
The EDWS maggot is shaped like a screw and screws
down as it consumes tissue, but the Deputy Undersecretary says
there is another way this past can potentially be detected.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Screwworm also has reportedly a very particular smell. I've actually
been around it and seen it in real life myself.
It does have a very sort of particularly noxious smell.
So any kind of foul smelling wounds, of course, you
would want to check out for any number of reasons,
but look at those for any signs of biases.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
If biases infestation by fly larva is suspected.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I think the best case scenario is not to try
to determine whether it is screwworm or if it is
something else yourself, but to report that to either your
state animal health official or if you so wish, you
can call USDA directly, but I think the state animal
health official will be more than happy to take that
call and to look into it for you.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Contact information for USDA area veteranarians is also available by
going online to www. Dot aphis dot USDA dot gov.
Scroll down the homepage to the New World screw wormlink
the following page it tad's a link on how to
contact at accredited veteran area in your area.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Farm US coming up. This is aaglife Bob quinn Her
was some farm news this morning friends. During your recent
manufacturer's conference in Ottawa, the talk turn to resuming trade
talks between the US and Canada. Pete hoakstrip US Ambassador
to Canada, said it could be a challenge to get
things going again.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
I've got suggestions that I think can get it restarted,
but it's not going to be easy. People will say,
the president got met about an ad. People will say, Pete,
you just don't understand why we're so mad about the
fifty first state.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
Yeah, you're right, I don't.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
All I can say is to my Canadian friends, is
the ad that was run. No one can ever remember
a like circumstance or a foreign government came into the
United States targeting the President of the United States and
his policy in a couple of weeks before a Supreme
Court case would be heard in front of the Supreme Court.
(03:47):
That does not happen in the United States of America.
You do not come into America and start political ads
and expect no consequences or reaction from the United States
of America and the Trump administration. As far as we
can tell, it has never happened in America before. And
(04:07):
if Canada wants to insert itself and create a new
precedent that you're going to participate in our electoral politics
through advertising targeting the President of the United States and
his policies, I would suggest that you seriously consider whether
that is the best way to try to achieve your
(04:28):
objectives in the United States of America.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Again, hoax for suggested the timing of the anti tariff
Reagan ad amounted to foreign meddling in American affairs of state.
The US, Canada, and Mexico are set to begin negotiations
to update the USMCA agreement soon well. Friends, sustainability is
of growing importance for consumers and companies, meaning highlighting the
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success in the farming community is becoming more and more
important as well. Chris Voight, executive director of the Washington
State Potat Commission, said he and other members traveled back
to Chicago earlier this year to meet with McDonald's leadership
to discuss sustainability and what that looks like on today's farm.
Speaker 6 (05:11):
As they went through kind of the list of the
things that were important to McDonald's, it was it was reassuring.
It was awesome because it almost mirrored exactly what the
things were important to us as the Washington State Potato Commission.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Voight pointed out that the Commission is making large investments
to improve sustainability. For example, the Commission is working to
improve the potato breeding program.
Speaker 6 (05:35):
That's hugely important to McDonald's because they recognize that their
suppliers need to be on the cutting edge of creating
new varieties that use less water, or use less fertilizer,
or resistant to this pass ter, this disease that has
good yields, so that they can ensure good quality and
that they can store them year round to make sure
that they're going to be able to make fresh rise
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three hundred and sixty five days a year. And so
it really it was really real suring to see that
their goals and their objectives were really the same things,
or I would say ninety five percent of them match
up with the Patria grows here in Washington State.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Boy It says while this year's meeting was encouraging, he's
hopeful it will encourage more collaboration in all parts of
the food supply chain. Well, friends, it's been an interesting
time in the seybean market. Jim McCormick, the chief operating
officer at agmarket dot Net, was pleased to hear that
the US and China had struck a trade framework that
included Chinese soybean purchases from the US. However, he had
(06:31):
some questions about the agreement.
Speaker 7 (06:33):
I got admit there was some strange aspects to it.
You came in here a couple weeks ago and the
bean market rallied on the anticipation that Scott Bessett was
going to cut a deal with the Chinese. Coming out
of the weekend, Scott Bessett said, we have a deal,
and the bean market rally. A few days later, President
Trump came out and said we have a deal, and
the bean market rallied. And then here recently, the Chinese
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actually fulfilled part of the deal, a very small portion
of it. They did start buying beans, and the bean
market rallied again. So I've been doing this for thirty years.
I can tell you I've never seen a mark where
you've bought the rumor three times and then you turn
around about the fact.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Jim McCormick agmarket dot net with US farm US you're
listening to ag Life.
Speaker 8 (07:13):
It's another agnews update. Today's headlines include tight cattle supplies,
major Tyson plant closure, and rising railcasts.
Speaker 5 (07:22):
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became assistance engineer, before I got started in aerospace, I.
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Was a kid making discoveries.
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Speaker 8 (07:51):
Tyson Food's decision to close its Lexington, Nebraska beef plant
and scale at Samarillo, Texas facility to a single full
capacity shift sending immediate shockwaves through the cattle sector, tightening
packing capacity at a time when the national herd is
already at seventy year lows. The move follows weaker b
(08:13):
earnings in Tyson's physical twenty twenty five results and echoes
that twenty thirteen Plane View, Texas closure that rattled markets
and reduced competition. Nebraska leaders, including Senator Dean Fisher, warned
the loss of hundreds of jobs will hurt rural communities
while shrinking procurement options for feed yards. Meanwhile, latest USDA
(08:36):
Cattle on Feed report showing US inventories down two percent
from last year, with Nebraska officially surpassing Texas and Kansas
as the nation's top cattle feeding state. October placements were
the lowest for the month since records began in nineteen
ninety six, and underscores tight feeder supplies heading into twenty
(08:58):
twenty six and higher relator of some Canadian oats, raising
freight cost for US food manufacturers. It's another agnews update.
Speaker 5 (09:08):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 10 (09:15):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the biggest empowering choices of your
life to go out and get this degree inside of
the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly. So we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 5 (09:34):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot.
Speaker 8 (09:36):
Org, American Cattle News, Beef Packing Closure, and Cattle on
Feed all ahead after this.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
Before I started working as a soil scientist, before I
became assistance engineer, before I got started in aerospace, I.
Speaker 9 (09:54):
Was a kid making discoveries.
Speaker 5 (09:56):
I did my first lab experiment.
Speaker 9 (09:58):
I've gone up science to school in four h. In
four h in four h.
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One million new ideas. Learn more and see how you
can help at four dash h dot org.
Speaker 8 (10:16):
Oliver's slope is with blue line futures in Chicago. With
the recap of markets on Friday.
Speaker 11 (10:23):
Market saw an uptick in volatility to round out the week.
At the close, February live cattle futures ninety cents lower
to to fourteen to fifty. However, that was nearly six
and a half dollars off the low for the week.
That contract was four dollars and seventy five cents lower.
January feeder cattle features opened limit down at three oh
seven twelve, but settled the day at three fourteen seventeen,
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which was down two dollars and twenty cents on the session.
That grew losses for the week to six dollars and
thirty two cents. Then over on this outside February lean
hog futures dropped two dollars and five cents today, settling
at seventy seven to sixty. That was a dollar sixty
seven for the lower for the week. Analyst point to
President Trump removing the forty percent tariff on Brazilian food products,
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including beef, as a key factor in recent price pressure. Now, ranchers,
traders and analysts will also keep a close eye on
screwworm developments and any progress made there that could impact
the US and Mexico cattle trade. The USDA announced on
Friday that a new website, screwworm dot gov is now
live and will provide updates on that topic now on
the same page of the USA This afternoon, they released
(11:27):
their first Cattle on Feed report since September. Net report
showed on feed at ninety eight percent, which was in
line with expectations, placements at ninety percent, which was slightly
below the average analys assessment in Marketing's ninety two percent,
largely in line with expectations.
Speaker 8 (11:42):
Of course, the biggest news over the weekend cattle supplies
and packing capacity tightening. As Tyson Foods announced the closure
of a Lexington, Nebraska b packing plant. They'll scale up
their Ameralo, Texas facility American Cattle Mute.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
This is Dairy.
Speaker 12 (12:03):
Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 13 (12:08):
It's time to take a break finding your passion outside
of farming. Our focus today on our Producer Tuesday, presented
by Monica McConkie, rural health mental counselor at Eyes on
the Horizon Consulting.
Speaker 14 (12:19):
I begin to do some outreach around farm stress meeting
with talking to helping farmers, ranchers and their families and
those who work with them, because we know they also
carry the stress of the ups and downs of agriculture.
Speaker 13 (12:35):
So thinking outside of the box or thinking outside of
the farm.
Speaker 14 (12:39):
Taking breaks all things that are really foreigned many of
us in farming and agriculture. The whole concept of taking
a break or a vacation or a nap or having
time off the farm can sometimes bring on so much guilt,
and even through what's been ingrained in our minds or
(13:02):
we've ingrained it ourselves, we can consider being lazy, which
really is painful because we know that our farmers are
not lazy, and so to take a break and to
take care of oneself and have that equated with not
being a hard worker or being lazy or dropping the ball,
(13:24):
that is really difficult. So this is an important topic.
And when I was thinking about how this plays out
in the work that I do with my farmers, I
see kind of two distinct groups. One are those folks
that are are still very active on the farm and
how they don't seek out opportunities to have any kind
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of a life or a lifestyle or interests off the farm.
The second group is that farmer that is transitioning off
the farm or the time has come to start looking
at transitioning away from full time duties on the farm,
and they find themselves in a place where they have nothing,
(14:11):
They have no other interests, they have no hobbies, and
then what happens is leaving that operation becomes filled with
a lot of grief and loss. And what do we
do if we can avoid grief and loss, we avoid
it right, which sometimes looks like really holding on tight
to the farm when it's time to let go. On
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some level, I see retirement is like, you know, they
should be the best years of your life, and yet
there's been no building up for that. There's nothing there
in their farm other than the farm. So with those
two groups, I think it's finding this balance can look
different and feel different, and I think there's different challenges
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with finding the space and time to do things for
yourself for your relationship off the farm, both when you're
actively on and when you're a transitioning or off. The
benefit of building and growing and a life of enjoyment
with things not connected to the farm is that, you
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know what, when I'm done on the farm, I'm okay,
because there are things that fill my soul, there are
things that fill my mind, there are things that bring
me joy. That's going to make that transition so much
more simple emotionally and mentally and physically. You know, it
isn't just having a hobby away from the farm. It
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is integral to our wellness because it allows us to
take a break from off and what is the most mentally,
emotionally and physically taxing. So when we are able to
have an outlet, to have space with other people, to
have time that isn't tied to make a living, that's important.
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We need rest and relaxation. It's something that's not been
embedded in farm culture over the years. So I feel
like the younger generation is more in touch with trying
to balance family time and their health and wellness, which
means hobbies, interests, and passions off the farm. The older
generation needs to feel from that perspective.
Speaker 13 (16:25):
Those are comments from Monica mcconkay Rural Health, mental counselor
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Speaker 16 (16:49):
A company offers new bees for pollinating a different species
than the European honeybe I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with the California
Trena Report, part of the vastag Information Network. Jim Watts
is with Watts Solitary bees also known as mason or
blue orchard bees. We're talking about that massive almond pollination
(17:10):
happens every spring. Here's Jim Watts commenting on how we
got this bee population scaled up to provide the almond industry,
and we're talking about mason bees, also known as blue
orchard bees.
Speaker 17 (17:21):
It took us about eight years to get to our
first million bees. But then once you get to a million,
now you got something to work with. Right now you
can start multiplying bees at a higher rate, and so
and then once we kind of got to that base
population of bees, we started then looking around at what
are the best crops, and then of course almonds, cherries,
those types of things, they're just fantastic pollinators, so those
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are the preferred trees. So right now the almond it
takes most all of our bees intoup pollinating almonds because
that's where obviously the demand in almonds is high. And
so in the last fifteen years we've dropped our prices
by about seventy percent. We continue to work with new
ideas to try to continue to drop those so we
can be You know, it has to work economically. We're
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pretty competitive with the honeybe.
Speaker 16 (18:05):
Rate and they say the grower can get an increase
in yield.
Speaker 17 (18:08):
What we're trying to do is compete with the honeybee
pricing even without the yield increase.
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Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sofena
insecticide from basf We.
Speaker 8 (18:46):
Just get nailed with it.
Speaker 5 (18:47):
So tell us, how are you feeling.
Speaker 9 (18:49):
Really really weird.
Speaker 19 (18:51):
And you still wanted to devour this field?
Speaker 5 (18:54):
No way, bro, There you have it, folks.
Speaker 19 (18:57):
Safena insecticide is specifically engineered to disorient aphis and wife
flies so they can't eat, and when they can't eat,
they can't destroy.
Speaker 20 (19:04):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with sophena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions with.
Speaker 16 (19:10):
The AGI Information Network. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
It's that time of year to talk Turkey. Turkey. It
is that time of year. USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline
gets its fair share of food safety questions about preparing
that Thanksgiving meals centerpiece and even some of the side dishes.
Speaker 21 (19:30):
We've gotten like a lot less of crazy stories in
recent years, but throughout the years of the halline has
been operating at like thirty five almost forty years of
the Meat Coultry Hotline and has been a journey.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
I'm Rod Bade. USDA food safety expert Meredith Corruthers joins
us as we discuss the hotline's role in creating a
safe Thanksgiving dinner and some of those crazy questions in
this edition of Agriculture USA. What does Thanksgiving and the
Super Bowl have in common besides football in the food
(20:06):
safety realm USDA food safety expert Meredith Carrothers says, for
her and her colleagues operating the Agriculture Department's meet at
Poultry Hotline.
Speaker 21 (20:15):
Thanksgiving is our food safety super Bowl of the year
from actual football super Bowl. We really lean into Thanksgiving
because there are just so many food safety points to
make and so many things to consider.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
If one thinks about it, the person responsible for cookie
that Thanksgiving meal may be under stress for a myriad
of reasons.
Speaker 21 (20:35):
A lot of times tensions are high with timelines, with
trying to impress loved ones, or the pressures of doing this.
Speaker 5 (20:41):
For the first time, et cetera.
Speaker 21 (20:43):
So there's a lot goes on. There's a lot of
them things that people might miss or might not feel
like they have time to do, and unfortunately, some of
those shortcuts impact food.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
Safety and that could lead to cooks missing something in
the meal prep process or taking shortcuts that could lead
to a food safety issue. Advance planning plays a key
role in a successful and safe Thanksgiving dinner.
Speaker 21 (21:05):
What you're making, how you're making it, where you're taking it,
how long you need to prepare it and cook it
and whatnot all factors into each other for the ultimate
plan of success.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
Meredith reminds us that preparing a frozen versus a fresh
turkey has different food safety considerations. Ample time must be
given for a frozen turkey to thaw twenty four hours
for every four to five pounds of meat to thaw
on the refrigerator.
Speaker 21 (21:29):
Using the refrigerator is the safest way to thaw the turkey,
just because it's constantly out of safe temperature. Also easy
because you don't have to think about it. Put it
in the fridge, you'll let it thaw, and then you
take it out to cook it.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
And put the frozen turkey in a bowl to catch
any thawing juices and avoid spillage. Plan to purchase a
fresh turkey, look for the use or freeze by date
on the packaging that.
Speaker 21 (21:50):
Has a user freeze by date on it, not a
cell by date a user freeze by date on it.
The poultry industry has said those used by dates are
fine to use, meaning if you buy a fresh turkey
that has a used Buyer best by date on it,
you can keep that turkey in the refrigerator until that date.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
An important food safety tip at cookie that turkey, while
even a still somewhat frozen turkey can be cooked at
an oven, where it cannot be cooked is in a
deep fryer.
Speaker 21 (22:14):
If you put frozen anything into hot oil, the ice
crystals turn into steam immediately, and then when there's such
a high quantity of that happening, it can cause the
deep fryer oil or the hot oil to bubble up
and bubble out, which is then when you see those
terrible deep fryer videos happening.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
With now Meredith Caruther's acknowledges, there have been some very
unique questions pose the staffers of the USDA Meat and
Poultry Hotline over the decades regarding Thanksgiving meal food safety.
Speaker 21 (22:47):
The turkey was brining in a trash bag, and then
we put it in the oven and there was still
trash bag, and now there's melted plastic, and can we
still eat the turkey? Somebody tried to thaw their turkey
in a dishwasher or in the shower, maybe some obvious
or even not so obvious reasons. We wouldn't recommend doing that.
Speaker 22 (23:02):
Yet.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
One trend notice by Corrothers is fewer of these unique
food safety questions. Over time on the hotline, she servises.
Speaker 21 (23:10):
People call and learn and then in theory pass that
information onto others. And a lot of what we learn
in cooking comes from cooking with others. And then our
team meeting Poultry Hotline plus the rest of our food
safety education team put out some very helpful resources.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
We develop partnerships, and.
Speaker 21 (23:26):
We do as much as we can to really get
food safety information into the hands of consumers.
Speaker 2 (23:31):
Have a Thanksgiving meal, food safety question, or any query
concerning food safety, call USDAS Meat and Poultry Hotline one
eight eight eight MP Hotline. Food safety questions can also
be emailed at MP Hotline all one word at USDA
dot gov. This has been Agriculture USA Rod Bain, reporting
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for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 23 (24:01):
It's time for California add today on the ag Information Network.
I Am Hayley's ship. Equine herpes virus or EHV is
getting some renewed attention after cases linked to major horse
events in other regions and with California's busy horse world.
Veterinarians say it's a good time to revisit the basics.
So we're breaking it down using the five ws of journalism.
(24:22):
Who is impacted well, anyone who owns, trains, halls, or
competes with horses. California's active circuits and racetracks mean a
lot of mixing and higher risk overall. What should you
watch for? Well, fever, nasal discharge, cough, or a horse
that just seems off. In some serious cases, neurologic signs
like stumbling or weakness can appear. Isolate any horse with
(24:44):
symptoms and call a veterinarian. When should owners act as
soon as something looks wrong? Early action helps to limit spread.
Where does it matter most boarding barns, showgrounds, racetracks, clinics
and shared trailers. And why the concern HV does spread
easily sometimes before signs appear, and good monitoring and barn
(25:04):
biosecurity can prevent bigger problems. It's an issue we're going
to stay on top of. I know you all are
going to do the same. For reliable updates, you are
encouraged to visit equinediseasecc dot org. That's the website for
the Equine Disease Communications Center.
Speaker 19 (25:21):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sofena
insecticide from basf.
Speaker 5 (25:25):
We just get nailed with it. So tell us, how
are you feeling.
Speaker 9 (25:28):
Really really weird.
Speaker 5 (25:31):
And you still want to devour this feel? No way, bro.
There you have it, folks.
Speaker 19 (25:36):
Sofena insecticide is specifically engineered to disorient aphis and wife
flies so they can't eat, and when they can't eat,
they can't destroy.
Speaker 20 (25:44):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with Sphena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions.
Speaker 22 (25:49):
The best place to reach a farmer with a farming
solution message is when they're well farming. It's easy to
find them during the day, as most farmers are behind
the wheel of the pickup truck or farm equipment with
the radio on, listening to this station for the ag
Information Network of the West News. So reach real farmers
right here, right now as they listen to what's important
(26:10):
to their farm operation. Give us a call and we'll
connect you with our local farming community. They trust us,
so they'll trust you.
Speaker 23 (26:18):
This is California AGG today on the ag Information Network.
Find more agricultural news at agginfo dot net.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
Bob Quinn here was some farm news this morning, friends
during a recent manufacturer's conference in Ottawa, the talk turned
to resuming trade talks between the US and Canada. Pete
hoakstrip US Ambassador to Canada, said it could be a
challenge to get things going again.
Speaker 4 (26:41):
I've got suggestions that I think can get it restarted,
but it's not going to be easy. People will say
the President got mad about an ad. People will say, Pete,
you just don't understand why we're so mad about the
fifty first state. Yeah, you're right, I don't. All I
can say is to my Canadian friends, is the ad
that was run. No one can ever remember a like
circumstance or a foreign government came into the United States
(27:04):
targeting the President of the United States and his policy
in a couple of weeks before a Supreme Court case
would be heard in front of the Supreme Court. That
does not happen in the United States of America. You
do not come into America and start political ads and
expect no consequences or reaction from the United States of
(27:28):
America and the Trump administration. As far as we can tell,
it has never happened in America before. And if Canada
wants to insert itself and create a new precedent, that
you're going to participate in our electoral politics through advertising
targeting the President of the United States and his policies.
I would suggest that you seriously consider whether that is
(27:52):
the best way to try to achieve your objectives in
the United States of America.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Hoakster suggested the timing of the anti tariff Reagan ad
amounted to foreign meddling and American affairs of state. The US, Canada,
and Mexico are set to begin negotiations to update the
USMCA agreement soon. Well, friends, it's been an interesting time
in the soybean market. Jim McCormick, the chief operating officer
(28:20):
at agmarket dot net, was pleased to hear that the
US in China had struck a trade framework that included
Chinese soybean purchases from the US. However, he had some
questions about the agreement.
Speaker 7 (28:32):
I got admit, there was some strange aspects to it.
You came in here a couple of weeks ago, and
the bean market rallied on the anticipation that Scott Bessett
was going to cut a deal with the Chinese. Coming
out of the weekend, Scott Bessett said, we have a deal,
and the bean market rally. A few days later, President
Trump came out and said, we have a deal, and
the bean market rallied. And then here recently, the Chinese
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actually fulfilled part of the deal, a very small portion
of it. They did start buying beans, and the bean
market rallied again. So I've been doing this for thirty years.
I can tell you I've never seen a market where
you've bought the rumor three times and then you turn
around about the fact.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
McCormick shared his thoughts on the soybean market during a
presentation at the Farm Broadcasters Annual meeting. He says, the
US and China don't technically have a signed agreement yet.
Speaker 7 (29:15):
So now where we're going to see, folks, is what
actually does pertain, because what's interesting is we still don't
have a deal with the Chinese. We've essentially have a framework,
and as we know, these frameworks can fall apart. Now,
we did see some big bean purchases from China earlier
this week was announced. There's a few more boatloads that
were sold last night, which is very good to see.
But you're still I think calculating they've maybe bought about
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ten percent of the twelve million metric tons that Scott
Bessett and President Trump has said they've committed to do.
The thing that we have to be cautious about in
this marketplace right now is the Chinese, as far as
I know, have not made any commitment to what they've
actually agreed to.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
Jim McCormick Agmarket dot Net this morning. There are some
optimism surrounding a recent drop in the strength of the
US dollar, Mike Zolo, president of Global comman The Analytics,
said in many are hoping that the drop opened some
more export opportunities for US commodities.
Speaker 24 (30:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 25 (30:06):
And one of the things that's happened here in the
last ten to fifteen days has been a very big
correction in bitcoin futures. I'm waiting to see as Wednesday
is also a big day for Federal Reserve and other
macro issues that are impacting these currencies and kind of
giving the commodities as a whole risk off. Look, whether
it's crude oil, unleaded gas, feeder cattle, or soybeans. Everything
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is down pretty good on Wednesday, and so you see
that macro play there. But the big thing to be watching,
I think again goes back to the dollar trend. It
does it become a safe haven again and a buy again.
And I think that would be signaled if the gold
did what the bitcoin is doing right now. If the
market gives up on the inflationary bias and the trade
war fears of the gold rally that we've seen a
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new record highs in twenty twenty five, I will take
note of that.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
Mike Zizzolo, Global Commodity Analytics Farm News, you're listening to
aag life.
Speaker 26 (31:00):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with your
agribusiness update. California clean peach growers face and uncertain future effort.
Long term contracts worth more than a half billion dollars
were voided by Delmotty Foods, which filed for bankruptcy in July.
Delmonti's bankruptcy rejected its contracts with members of the California
Canning Peach Association, about seventy percent of the state's clean
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peach growers. That leaves dozens of growers without a future
buyer for their fruit, exposing some to steep losses. In
a move aimed at easing frustration among producers, the USDA
reopened approximately twenty one hundred Farm Service Agency county offices
Each reopened office is staffed with two employees, open five
days a week to provide limited but essential services like
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disaster aid, crop insurance, sign up, farm loans, and safety
Net program assistants at Secretary Brook Rawlins emphasized reopening these
offices as a critical step towards delivering on early earlier
commitments to farmers, including billions in disaster relief, and USDA
is launching a major disaster relief effort under its Supplemental
Disaster Relief Program to deploying roughly twenty one billion dollars
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in aid to farmers affected by adverse weather in twenty
twenty three and twenty four. Stage one prioritizes producers with
previously indemnified losses through crop insurance, streamlining their application, and
a Stage two rollout is expected to cover shallower or
uninsured losses, broadening access to those who didn't receive full
compensation previously.
Speaker 22 (32:19):
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Speaker 26 (33:17):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with today's
agribusiness update.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
Bob quin back to wrap up AGLIE for today friends.
While a plan to expand the Norrad Early Warning system
involves buying a lot of Canadian farmland, Dennis Guy has
our closing report. The plan to expand an early warning
system for the Canada US Norrad military system, aim to
improve the Arctic Zone protection, is being welcomed in Northern Canada.
(33:46):
But not so much in the farm belt of southern Ontario.
The Arctic over the Horizon Radar site is part of
a thirty eight billion dollar investment to upgrade Canada's contribution
to NORRAD, established in nineteen fifty eight. NORRAD stands for
the North American Aerospace Defense Command, a joint military command
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of Canada and the United States responsible for aerospace warning,
control and maritime advance warnings to protect North America. Earlier
this year, Prime Minister Carney announced that his government will
build what's called the Arctic over the Horizon Radar system
to make NOD more quickly aware of objects approaching and
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edering Canadian and Arctic airspace. However, those expansion plans involve
thousands of acres of prime agricultural land. Two different southern
Ontario rural communities are slated to receive communications installations integral
to the system. The Department of National Defense recently held
public information sessions in Kobakonk in the Kuwartha Lakes region
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east of Toronto, and in Clearview Township just south of
Georgian Bay. The NORRAD expansion plan calls for nearly four
one thousand acres of prime farmland to be purchased and
expropriated where the plan calls for two separate but relatively
closely situated sites. The Brooks family has livestock and a
seven hundred acre cash crop operation, and is one of
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several farm operations affected by NORAD's expansion plans. But Rachel
Brooks says her family has no interest in selling any
of their second generation farmland.
Speaker 27 (35:26):
Are looking at installing two sites that would be approximately
fifteen hundred acres each through its three thousand acres. So
these two sites combined would obliterate a small town. We've
been working this land for forty five years. I have
no desire to sell our land. This is where we
raise our family and this is where we have our business.
Speaker 12 (35:43):
Both of the sites in Clearview Township, along with the
proposed site in the Quortha Lakes region, were chosen for
being flat and dry, with fairly limited environmental constraints, and
close to southern Ontario's readily available electrical power sources. The
Hutchinson farm family is one of those affected in Kuwortha Lakes.
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The Hutchinsons run beef, cattle and cash crop just over
one thousand acres. Jennifer Hutchinson believes Department of Defense should
find somewhere else for the nor ED project that does
not involve food producing land.
Speaker 24 (36:19):
There's animals that feed us, wheat that makes our bread.
Where are we going to gain that? Where is that
going to come from? With the amount of people coming
into our province, into Canada, who is going to feed them?
People are not willing to budge. We do not want
to move, We do not want to sell. Go find
another location.
Speaker 12 (36:37):
The Department of National Defense has already purchased five hundred
and sixty acres in the Coartha Lakes area, but says
that it needs to acquire at least another thousand acres
to make the nor ED expansion project viable. Reporting from Canada,
I'm Dennis Guy. With that, friends are out of time
for today, Thanks for joining us. Back tomorrow morning with
another edition A Bag Life
Good morning, Valley. This is Aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agriculture production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well, friends,
the public is receiving increased education on what to watch
out for regarding the New World screwworm. Rod Bain has
an updated report.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
There is grog awareness of the threat New World screwworm
composed to our nation's livestock, particularly beef cattle, as is,
if basive passed once decades removed away from our country
travels closer to the US Mexican border.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
This one's particularly problematic because the maggot will infest living
tissues and consumes those on a living animal. It'll get into,
say the umbilicus of a newborn calf, onto a cut,
onto say a de horning wound. Those types of things
are some of the primary places that we might see
this and it will kind of continue to make those
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wounds worse and continue to eat tissue if it's left untreated.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary for mark Tiga Regulatory Program Lauren Stubb
says only those who dealt with NWS at the height
of our country several decades ago might know what to
look out for or understand the potential impacts. Hence the
importance of education and vigilance of what to watch regarding
a possible New World screw worm case.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Especially for those who are living around the border, which
would be more of a high risk area. Any animal
that's going to have more proximity to wildlife or livestock
or an animal course that is livestock is going to
be at higher risk.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
It is not just livestock though, at risk for a
potential case of EDWS.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
For pets, those are probably a little bit easier to check,
but make sure, especially in the long haired ones are
really furry ones to be checking for any wounds.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
The EDWS maggot is shaped like a screw and screws
down as it consumes tissue, but the Deputy Undersecretary says
there is another way this past can potentially be detected.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Screwworm also has reportedly a very particular smell. I've actually
been around it and seen it in real life myself.
It does have a very sort of particularly noxious smell.
So any kind of foul smelling wounds, of course, you
would want to check out for any number of reasons,
but look at those for any signs of biases.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
If biases infestation by fly larva is suspected.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I think the best case scenario is not to try
to determine whether it is screwworm or if it is
something else yourself, but to report that to either your
state animal health official or if you so wish, you
can call USDA directly, but I think the state animal
health official will be more than happy to take that
call and to look into it for you.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Contact information for USDA area veteranarians is also available by
going online to www. Dot aphis dot USDA dot gov.
Scroll down the homepage to the New World screw wormlink
the following page it tad's a link on how to
contact at accredited veteran area in your area.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Farm US coming up. This is aaglife Bob quinn Her
was some farm news this morning friends. During your recent
manufacturer's conference in Ottawa, the talk turn to resuming trade
talks between the US and Canada. Pete hoakstrip US Ambassador
to Canada, said it could be a challenge to get
things going again.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
I've got suggestions that I think can get it restarted,
but it's not going to be easy. People will say,
the president got met about an ad. People will say, Pete,
you just don't understand why we're so mad about the
fifty first state.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
Yeah, you're right, I don't.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
All I can say is to my Canadian friends, is
the ad that was run. No one can ever remember
a like circumstance or a foreign government came into the
United States targeting the President of the United States and
his policy in a couple of weeks before a Supreme
Court case would be heard in front of the Supreme Court.
(03:47):
That does not happen in the United States of America.
You do not come into America and start political ads
and expect no consequences or reaction from the United States
of America and the Trump administration. As far as we
can tell, it has never happened in America before. And
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if Canada wants to insert itself and create a new
precedent that you're going to participate in our electoral politics
through advertising targeting the President of the United States and
his policies, I would suggest that you seriously consider whether
that is the best way to try to achieve your
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objectives in the United States of America.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Again, hoax for suggested the timing of the anti tariff
Reagan ad amounted to foreign meddling in American affairs of state.
The US, Canada, and Mexico are set to begin negotiations
to update the USMCA agreement soon well. Friends, sustainability is
of growing importance for consumers and companies, meaning highlighting the
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success in the farming community is becoming more and more
important as well. Chris Voight, executive director of the Washington
State Potat Commission, said he and other members traveled back
to Chicago earlier this year to meet with McDonald's leadership
to discuss sustainability and what that looks like on today's farm.
Speaker 6 (05:11):
As they went through kind of the list of the
things that were important to McDonald's, it was it was reassuring.
It was awesome because it almost mirrored exactly what the
things were important to us as the Washington State Potato Commission.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Voight pointed out that the Commission is making large investments
to improve sustainability. For example, the Commission is working to
improve the potato breeding program.
Speaker 6 (05:35):
That's hugely important to McDonald's because they recognize that their
suppliers need to be on the cutting edge of creating
new varieties that use less water, or use less fertilizer,
or resistant to this pass ter, this disease that has
good yields, so that they can ensure good quality and
that they can store them year round to make sure
that they're going to be able to make fresh rise
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three hundred and sixty five days a year. And so
it really it was really real suring to see that
their goals and their objectives were really the same things,
or I would say ninety five percent of them match
up with the Patria grows here in Washington State.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Boy It says while this year's meeting was encouraging, he's
hopeful it will encourage more collaboration in all parts of
the food supply chain. Well, friends, it's been an interesting
time in the seybean market. Jim McCormick, the chief operating
officer at agmarket dot Net, was pleased to hear that
the US and China had struck a trade framework that
included Chinese soybean purchases from the US. However, he had
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some questions about the agreement.
Speaker 7 (06:33):
I got admit there was some strange aspects to it.
You came in here a couple weeks ago and the
bean market rallied on the anticipation that Scott Bessett was
going to cut a deal with the Chinese. Coming out
of the weekend, Scott Bessett said, we have a deal,
and the bean market rally. A few days later, President
Trump came out and said we have a deal, and
the bean market rallied. And then here recently, the Chinese
(06:54):
actually fulfilled part of the deal, a very small portion
of it. They did start buying beans, and the bean
market rallied again. So I've been doing this for thirty years.
I can tell you I've never seen a mark where
you've bought the rumor three times and then you turn
around about the fact.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Jim McCormick agmarket dot net with US farm US you're
listening to ag Life.
Speaker 8 (07:13):
It's another agnews update. Today's headlines include tight cattle supplies,
major Tyson plant closure, and rising railcasts.
Speaker 5 (07:22):
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Speaker 8 (07:51):
Tyson Food's decision to close its Lexington, Nebraska beef plant
and scale at Samarillo, Texas facility to a single full
capacity shift sending immediate shockwaves through the cattle sector, tightening
packing capacity at a time when the national herd is
already at seventy year lows. The move follows weaker b
(08:13):
earnings in Tyson's physical twenty twenty five results and echoes
that twenty thirteen Plane View, Texas closure that rattled markets
and reduced competition. Nebraska leaders, including Senator Dean Fisher, warned
the loss of hundreds of jobs will hurt rural communities
while shrinking procurement options for feed yards. Meanwhile, latest USDA
(08:36):
Cattle on Feed report showing US inventories down two percent
from last year, with Nebraska officially surpassing Texas and Kansas
as the nation's top cattle feeding state. October placements were
the lowest for the month since records began in nineteen
ninety six, and underscores tight feeder supplies heading into twenty
(08:58):
twenty six and higher relator of some Canadian oats, raising
freight cost for US food manufacturers. It's another agnews update.
Speaker 5 (09:08):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 10 (09:15):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the biggest empowering choices of your
life to go out and get this degree inside of
the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly. So we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.
Speaker 5 (09:34):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot.
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became assistance engineer, before I got started in aerospace, I.
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Speaker 8 (10:16):
Oliver's slope is with blue line futures in Chicago. With
the recap of markets on Friday.
Speaker 11 (10:23):
Market saw an uptick in volatility to round out the week.
At the close, February live cattle futures ninety cents lower
to to fourteen to fifty. However, that was nearly six
and a half dollars off the low for the week.
That contract was four dollars and seventy five cents lower.
January feeder cattle features opened limit down at three oh
seven twelve, but settled the day at three fourteen seventeen,
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which was down two dollars and twenty cents on the session.
That grew losses for the week to six dollars and
thirty two cents. Then over on this outside February lean
hog futures dropped two dollars and five cents today, settling
at seventy seven to sixty. That was a dollar sixty
seven for the lower for the week. Analyst point to
President Trump removing the forty percent tariff on Brazilian food products,
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including beef, as a key factor in recent price pressure. Now, ranchers,
traders and analysts will also keep a close eye on
screwworm developments and any progress made there that could impact
the US and Mexico cattle trade. The USDA announced on
Friday that a new website, screwworm dot gov is now
live and will provide updates on that topic now on
the same page of the USA This afternoon, they released
(11:27):
their first Cattle on Feed report since September. Net report
showed on feed at ninety eight percent, which was in
line with expectations, placements at ninety percent, which was slightly
below the average analys assessment in Marketing's ninety two percent,
largely in line with expectations.
Speaker 8 (11:42):
Of course, the biggest news over the weekend cattle supplies
and packing capacity tightening. As Tyson Foods announced the closure
of a Lexington, Nebraska b packing plant. They'll scale up
their Ameralo, Texas facility American Cattle Mute.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
This is Dairy.
Speaker 12 (12:03):
Radio Now with Bill Baker.
Speaker 13 (12:08):
It's time to take a break finding your passion outside
of farming. Our focus today on our Producer Tuesday, presented
by Monica McConkie, rural health mental counselor at Eyes on
the Horizon Consulting.
Speaker 14 (12:19):
I begin to do some outreach around farm stress meeting
with talking to helping farmers, ranchers and their families and
those who work with them, because we know they also
carry the stress of the ups and downs of agriculture.
Speaker 13 (12:35):
So thinking outside of the box or thinking outside of
the farm.
Speaker 14 (12:39):
Taking breaks all things that are really foreigned many of
us in farming and agriculture. The whole concept of taking
a break or a vacation or a nap or having
time off the farm can sometimes bring on so much guilt,
and even through what's been ingrained in our minds or
(13:02):
we've ingrained it ourselves, we can consider being lazy, which
really is painful because we know that our farmers are
not lazy, and so to take a break and to
take care of oneself and have that equated with not
being a hard worker or being lazy or dropping the ball,
(13:24):
that is really difficult. So this is an important topic.
And when I was thinking about how this plays out
in the work that I do with my farmers, I
see kind of two distinct groups. One are those folks
that are are still very active on the farm and
how they don't seek out opportunities to have any kind
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of a life or a lifestyle or interests off the farm.
The second group is that farmer that is transitioning off
the farm or the time has come to start looking
at transitioning away from full time duties on the farm,
and they find themselves in a place where they have nothing,
(14:11):
They have no other interests, they have no hobbies, and
then what happens is leaving that operation becomes filled with
a lot of grief and loss. And what do we
do if we can avoid grief and loss, we avoid
it right, which sometimes looks like really holding on tight
to the farm when it's time to let go. On
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some level, I see retirement is like, you know, they
should be the best years of your life, and yet
there's been no building up for that. There's nothing there
in their farm other than the farm. So with those
two groups, I think it's finding this balance can look
different and feel different, and I think there's different challenges
(14:54):
with finding the space and time to do things for
yourself for your relationship off the farm, both when you're
actively on and when you're a transitioning or off. The
benefit of building and growing and a life of enjoyment
with things not connected to the farm is that, you
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know what, when I'm done on the farm, I'm okay,
because there are things that fill my soul, there are
things that fill my mind, there are things that bring
me joy. That's going to make that transition so much
more simple emotionally and mentally and physically. You know, it
isn't just having a hobby away from the farm. It
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is integral to our wellness because it allows us to
take a break from off and what is the most mentally,
emotionally and physically taxing. So when we are able to
have an outlet, to have space with other people, to
have time that isn't tied to make a living, that's important.
(16:02):
We need rest and relaxation. It's something that's not been
embedded in farm culture over the years. So I feel
like the younger generation is more in touch with trying
to balance family time and their health and wellness, which
means hobbies, interests, and passions off the farm. The older
generation needs to feel from that perspective.
Speaker 13 (16:25):
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at Eyes on the Horizon Consulting here on Dairy Radio Now.
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Speaker 16 (16:49):
A company offers new bees for pollinating a different species
than the European honeybe I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with the California
Trena Report, part of the vastag Information Network. Jim Watts
is with Watts Solitary bees also known as mason or
blue orchard bees. We're talking about that massive almond pollination
(17:10):
happens every spring. Here's Jim Watts commenting on how we
got this bee population scaled up to provide the almond industry,
and we're talking about mason bees, also known as blue
orchard bees.
Speaker 17 (17:21):
It took us about eight years to get to our
first million bees. But then once you get to a million,
now you got something to work with. Right now you
can start multiplying bees at a higher rate, and so
and then once we kind of got to that base
population of bees, we started then looking around at what
are the best crops, and then of course almonds, cherries,
those types of things, they're just fantastic pollinators, so those
(17:42):
are the preferred trees. So right now the almond it
takes most all of our bees intoup pollinating almonds because
that's where obviously the demand in almonds is high. And
so in the last fifteen years we've dropped our prices
by about seventy percent. We continue to work with new
ideas to try to continue to drop those so we
can be You know, it has to work economically. We're
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pretty competitive with the honeybe.
Speaker 16 (18:05):
Rate and they say the grower can get an increase
in yield.
Speaker 17 (18:08):
What we're trying to do is compete with the honeybee
pricing even without the yield increase.
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Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sofena
insecticide from basf We.
Speaker 8 (18:46):
Just get nailed with it.
Speaker 5 (18:47):
So tell us, how are you feeling.
Speaker 9 (18:49):
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And you still wanted to devour this field?
Speaker 5 (18:54):
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Safena insecticide is specifically engineered to disorient aphis and wife
flies so they can't eat, and when they can't eat,
they can't destroy.
Speaker 20 (19:04):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with sophena insecticide. Always
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Speaker 16 (19:10):
The AGI Information Network. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
It's that time of year to talk Turkey. Turkey. It
is that time of year. USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline
gets its fair share of food safety questions about preparing
that Thanksgiving meals centerpiece and even some of the side dishes.
Speaker 21 (19:30):
We've gotten like a lot less of crazy stories in
recent years, but throughout the years of the halline has
been operating at like thirty five almost forty years of
the Meat Coultry Hotline and has been a journey.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
I'm Rod Bade. USDA food safety expert Meredith Corruthers joins
us as we discuss the hotline's role in creating a
safe Thanksgiving dinner and some of those crazy questions in
this edition of Agriculture USA. What does Thanksgiving and the
Super Bowl have in common besides football in the food
(20:06):
safety realm USDA food safety expert Meredith Carrothers says, for
her and her colleagues operating the Agriculture Department's meet at
Poultry Hotline.
Speaker 21 (20:15):
Thanksgiving is our food safety super Bowl of the year
from actual football super Bowl. We really lean into Thanksgiving
because there are just so many food safety points to
make and so many things to consider.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
If one thinks about it, the person responsible for cookie
that Thanksgiving meal may be under stress for a myriad
of reasons.
Speaker 21 (20:35):
A lot of times tensions are high with timelines, with
trying to impress loved ones, or the pressures of doing this.
Speaker 5 (20:41):
For the first time, et cetera.
Speaker 21 (20:43):
So there's a lot goes on. There's a lot of
them things that people might miss or might not feel
like they have time to do, and unfortunately, some of
those shortcuts impact food.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
Safety and that could lead to cooks missing something in
the meal prep process or taking shortcuts that could lead
to a food safety issue. Advance planning plays a key
role in a successful and safe Thanksgiving dinner.
Speaker 21 (21:05):
What you're making, how you're making it, where you're taking it,
how long you need to prepare it and cook it
and whatnot all factors into each other for the ultimate
plan of success.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
Meredith reminds us that preparing a frozen versus a fresh
turkey has different food safety considerations. Ample time must be
given for a frozen turkey to thaw twenty four hours
for every four to five pounds of meat to thaw
on the refrigerator.
Speaker 21 (21:29):
Using the refrigerator is the safest way to thaw the turkey,
just because it's constantly out of safe temperature. Also easy
because you don't have to think about it. Put it
in the fridge, you'll let it thaw, and then you
take it out to cook it.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
And put the frozen turkey in a bowl to catch
any thawing juices and avoid spillage. Plan to purchase a
fresh turkey, look for the use or freeze by date
on the packaging that.
Speaker 21 (21:50):
Has a user freeze by date on it, not a
cell by date a user freeze by date on it.
The poultry industry has said those used by dates are
fine to use, meaning if you buy a fresh turkey
that has a used Buyer best by date on it,
you can keep that turkey in the refrigerator until that date.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
An important food safety tip at cookie that turkey, while
even a still somewhat frozen turkey can be cooked at
an oven, where it cannot be cooked is in a
deep fryer.
Speaker 21 (22:14):
If you put frozen anything into hot oil, the ice
crystals turn into steam immediately, and then when there's such
a high quantity of that happening, it can cause the
deep fryer oil or the hot oil to bubble up
and bubble out, which is then when you see those
terrible deep fryer videos happening.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
With now Meredith Caruther's acknowledges, there have been some very
unique questions pose the staffers of the USDA Meat and
Poultry Hotline over the decades regarding Thanksgiving meal food safety.
Speaker 21 (22:47):
The turkey was brining in a trash bag, and then
we put it in the oven and there was still
trash bag, and now there's melted plastic, and can we
still eat the turkey? Somebody tried to thaw their turkey
in a dishwasher or in the shower, maybe some obvious
or even not so obvious reasons. We wouldn't recommend doing that.
Speaker 22 (23:02):
Yet.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
One trend notice by Corrothers is fewer of these unique
food safety questions. Over time on the hotline, she servises.
Speaker 21 (23:10):
People call and learn and then in theory pass that
information onto others. And a lot of what we learn
in cooking comes from cooking with others. And then our
team meeting Poultry Hotline plus the rest of our food
safety education team put out some very helpful resources.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
We develop partnerships, and.
Speaker 21 (23:26):
We do as much as we can to really get
food safety information into the hands of consumers.
Speaker 2 (23:31):
Have a Thanksgiving meal, food safety question, or any query
concerning food safety, call USDAS Meat and Poultry Hotline one
eight eight eight MP Hotline. Food safety questions can also
be emailed at MP Hotline all one word at USDA
dot gov. This has been Agriculture USA Rod Bain, reporting
(23:54):
for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 23 (24:01):
It's time for California add today on the ag Information Network.
I Am Hayley's ship. Equine herpes virus or EHV is
getting some renewed attention after cases linked to major horse
events in other regions and with California's busy horse world.
Veterinarians say it's a good time to revisit the basics.
So we're breaking it down using the five ws of journalism.
(24:22):
Who is impacted well, anyone who owns, trains, halls, or
competes with horses. California's active circuits and racetracks mean a
lot of mixing and higher risk overall. What should you
watch for? Well, fever, nasal discharge, cough, or a horse
that just seems off. In some serious cases, neurologic signs
like stumbling or weakness can appear. Isolate any horse with
(24:44):
symptoms and call a veterinarian. When should owners act as
soon as something looks wrong? Early action helps to limit spread.
Where does it matter most boarding barns, showgrounds, racetracks, clinics
and shared trailers. And why the concern HV does spread
easily sometimes before signs appear, and good monitoring and barn
(25:04):
biosecurity can prevent bigger problems. It's an issue we're going
to stay on top of. I know you all are
going to do the same. For reliable updates, you are
encouraged to visit equinediseasecc dot org. That's the website for
the Equine Disease Communications Center.
Speaker 19 (25:21):
Today we're talking with aphids and white flies about sofena
insecticide from basf.
Speaker 5 (25:25):
We just get nailed with it. So tell us, how
are you feeling.
Speaker 9 (25:28):
Really really weird.
Speaker 5 (25:31):
And you still want to devour this feel? No way, bro.
There you have it, folks.
Speaker 19 (25:36):
Sofena insecticide is specifically engineered to disorient aphis and wife
flies so they can't eat, and when they can't eat,
they can't destroy.
Speaker 20 (25:44):
He'll protect your alfalfa from aphids with Sphena insecticide. Always
read and follow label directions.
Speaker 22 (25:49):
The best place to reach a farmer with a farming
solution message is when they're well farming. It's easy to
find them during the day, as most farmers are behind
the wheel of the pickup truck or farm equipment with
the radio on, listening to this station for the ag
Information Network of the West News. So reach real farmers
right here, right now as they listen to what's important
(26:10):
to their farm operation. Give us a call and we'll
connect you with our local farming community. They trust us,
so they'll trust you.
Speaker 23 (26:18):
This is California AGG today on the ag Information Network.
Find more agricultural news at agginfo dot net.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
Bob Quinn here was some farm news this morning, friends
during a recent manufacturer's conference in Ottawa, the talk turned
to resuming trade talks between the US and Canada. Pete
hoakstrip US Ambassador to Canada, said it could be a
challenge to get things going again.
Speaker 4 (26:41):
I've got suggestions that I think can get it restarted,
but it's not going to be easy. People will say
the President got mad about an ad. People will say, Pete,
you just don't understand why we're so mad about the
fifty first state. Yeah, you're right, I don't. All I
can say is to my Canadian friends, is the ad
that was run. No one can ever remember a like
circumstance or a foreign government came into the United States
(27:04):
targeting the President of the United States and his policy
in a couple of weeks before a Supreme Court case
would be heard in front of the Supreme Court. That
does not happen in the United States of America. You
do not come into America and start political ads and
expect no consequences or reaction from the United States of
(27:28):
America and the Trump administration. As far as we can tell,
it has never happened in America before. And if Canada
wants to insert itself and create a new precedent, that
you're going to participate in our electoral politics through advertising
targeting the President of the United States and his policies.
I would suggest that you seriously consider whether that is
(27:52):
the best way to try to achieve your objectives in
the United States of America.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Hoakster suggested the timing of the anti tariff Reagan ad
amounted to foreign meddling and American affairs of state. The US, Canada,
and Mexico are set to begin negotiations to update the
USMCA agreement soon. Well, friends, it's been an interesting time
in the soybean market. Jim McCormick, the chief operating officer
(28:20):
at agmarket dot net, was pleased to hear that the
US in China had struck a trade framework that included
Chinese soybean purchases from the US. However, he had some
questions about the agreement.
Speaker 7 (28:32):
I got admit, there was some strange aspects to it.
You came in here a couple of weeks ago, and
the bean market rallied on the anticipation that Scott Bessett
was going to cut a deal with the Chinese. Coming
out of the weekend, Scott Bessett said, we have a deal,
and the bean market rally. A few days later, President
Trump came out and said, we have a deal, and
the bean market rallied. And then here recently, the Chinese
(28:52):
actually fulfilled part of the deal, a very small portion
of it. They did start buying beans, and the bean
market rallied again. So I've been doing this for thirty years.
I can tell you I've never seen a market where
you've bought the rumor three times and then you turn
around about the fact.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
McCormick shared his thoughts on the soybean market during a
presentation at the Farm Broadcasters Annual meeting. He says, the
US and China don't technically have a signed agreement yet.
Speaker 7 (29:15):
So now where we're going to see, folks, is what
actually does pertain, because what's interesting is we still don't
have a deal with the Chinese. We've essentially have a framework,
and as we know, these frameworks can fall apart. Now,
we did see some big bean purchases from China earlier
this week was announced. There's a few more boatloads that
were sold last night, which is very good to see.
But you're still I think calculating they've maybe bought about
(29:36):
ten percent of the twelve million metric tons that Scott
Bessett and President Trump has said they've committed to do.
The thing that we have to be cautious about in
this marketplace right now is the Chinese, as far as
I know, have not made any commitment to what they've
actually agreed to.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
Jim McCormick Agmarket dot Net this morning. There are some
optimism surrounding a recent drop in the strength of the
US dollar, Mike Zolo, president of Global comman The Analytics,
said in many are hoping that the drop opened some
more export opportunities for US commodities.
Speaker 24 (30:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 25 (30:06):
And one of the things that's happened here in the
last ten to fifteen days has been a very big
correction in bitcoin futures. I'm waiting to see as Wednesday
is also a big day for Federal Reserve and other
macro issues that are impacting these currencies and kind of
giving the commodities as a whole risk off. Look, whether
it's crude oil, unleaded gas, feeder cattle, or soybeans. Everything
(30:27):
is down pretty good on Wednesday, and so you see
that macro play there. But the big thing to be watching,
I think again goes back to the dollar trend. It
does it become a safe haven again and a buy again.
And I think that would be signaled if the gold
did what the bitcoin is doing right now. If the
market gives up on the inflationary bias and the trade
war fears of the gold rally that we've seen a
(30:49):
new record highs in twenty twenty five, I will take
note of that.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
Mike Zizzolo, Global Commodity Analytics Farm News, you're listening to
aag life.
Speaker 26 (31:00):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with your
agribusiness update. California clean peach growers face and uncertain future effort.
Long term contracts worth more than a half billion dollars
were voided by Delmotty Foods, which filed for bankruptcy in July.
Delmonti's bankruptcy rejected its contracts with members of the California
Canning Peach Association, about seventy percent of the state's clean
(31:20):
peach growers. That leaves dozens of growers without a future
buyer for their fruit, exposing some to steep losses. In
a move aimed at easing frustration among producers, the USDA
reopened approximately twenty one hundred Farm Service Agency county offices
Each reopened office is staffed with two employees, open five
days a week to provide limited but essential services like
(31:40):
disaster aid, crop insurance, sign up, farm loans, and safety
Net program assistants at Secretary Brook Rawlins emphasized reopening these
offices as a critical step towards delivering on early earlier
commitments to farmers, including billions in disaster relief, and USDA
is launching a major disaster relief effort under its Supplemental
Disaster Relief Program to deploying roughly twenty one billion dollars
(32:01):
in aid to farmers affected by adverse weather in twenty
twenty three and twenty four. Stage one prioritizes producers with
previously indemnified losses through crop insurance, streamlining their application, and
a Stage two rollout is expected to cover shallower or
uninsured losses, broadening access to those who didn't receive full
compensation previously.
Speaker 22 (32:19):
For over forty years, the ag Information Network has been
providing news and information for the most important industry in
the world, agriculture. The Egg Information Network gives you worldwide
updates from local producers to regional organizations, from major crops
like wheat and corn, to animal agriculture to specially crops
like apples, almonds, and cherries. We report on stories that
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mean the most to you online at aginfo dot net.
The Egg Information Network trusted and transparent journalism lasting for
the next generation. For the last forty years, the AGG
Information Network has been the source of news for farmers
and ranchers. Yet we have never seen such an assault
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Speaker 26 (33:17):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with today's
agribusiness update.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
Bob quin back to wrap up AGLIE for today friends.
While a plan to expand the Norrad Early Warning system
involves buying a lot of Canadian farmland, Dennis Guy has
our closing report. The plan to expand an early warning
system for the Canada US Norrad military system, aim to
improve the Arctic Zone protection, is being welcomed in Northern Canada.
(33:46):
But not so much in the farm belt of southern Ontario.
The Arctic over the Horizon Radar site is part of
a thirty eight billion dollar investment to upgrade Canada's contribution
to NORRAD, established in nineteen fifty eight. NORRAD stands for
the North American Aerospace Defense Command, a joint military command
(34:07):
of Canada and the United States responsible for aerospace warning,
control and maritime advance warnings to protect North America. Earlier
this year, Prime Minister Carney announced that his government will
build what's called the Arctic over the Horizon Radar system
to make NOD more quickly aware of objects approaching and
(34:29):
edering Canadian and Arctic airspace. However, those expansion plans involve
thousands of acres of prime agricultural land. Two different southern
Ontario rural communities are slated to receive communications installations integral
to the system. The Department of National Defense recently held
public information sessions in Kobakonk in the Kuwartha Lakes region
(34:52):
east of Toronto, and in Clearview Township just south of
Georgian Bay. The NORRAD expansion plan calls for nearly four
one thousand acres of prime farmland to be purchased and
expropriated where the plan calls for two separate but relatively
closely situated sites. The Brooks family has livestock and a
seven hundred acre cash crop operation, and is one of
(35:15):
several farm operations affected by NORAD's expansion plans. But Rachel
Brooks says her family has no interest in selling any
of their second generation farmland.
Speaker 27 (35:26):
Are looking at installing two sites that would be approximately
fifteen hundred acres each through its three thousand acres. So
these two sites combined would obliterate a small town. We've
been working this land for forty five years. I have
no desire to sell our land. This is where we
raise our family and this is where we have our business.
Speaker 12 (35:43):
Both of the sites in Clearview Township, along with the
proposed site in the Quortha Lakes region, were chosen for
being flat and dry, with fairly limited environmental constraints, and
close to southern Ontario's readily available electrical power sources. The
Hutchinson farm family is one of those affected in Kuwortha Lakes.
(36:05):
The Hutchinsons run beef, cattle and cash crop just over
one thousand acres. Jennifer Hutchinson believes Department of Defense should
find somewhere else for the nor ED project that does
not involve food producing land.
Speaker 24 (36:19):
There's animals that feed us, wheat that makes our bread.
Where are we going to gain that? Where is that
going to come from? With the amount of people coming
into our province, into Canada, who is going to feed them?
People are not willing to budge. We do not want
to move, We do not want to sell. Go find
another location.
Speaker 12 (36:37):
The Department of National Defense has already purchased five hundred
and sixty acres in the Coartha Lakes area, but says
that it needs to acquire at least another thousand acres
to make the nor ED expansion project viable. Reporting from Canada,
I'm Dennis Guy. With that, friends are out of time
for today, Thanks for joining us. Back tomorrow morning with
another edition A Bag Life
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