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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Valley. This is Aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well, friends,
the public is receiving increased education on what to watch
out for regarding New World screwworm to help in potential
prevention and control efforts. Rod Bain has an update for
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us this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
There is growing awareness of the threat New World screwworm
composed to our nation's livestock, particularly beef cattle, as is
evasive pass once decades removed away from our country travels
closer to the US Mexican border.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
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 Deharning 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 wounds
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worse and continue to eat tissue if it's left untreated.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary for Marketinggue of Regulatory Programs 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 (01:22):
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 (01:35):
It is not just livestock though, at risk for a
potential case of EDWS.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
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 (01:48):
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 (01:59):
Screworm has reportedly a very particular smell. I've actually been
around it and seen it in real life myself, and
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 (02:16):
If biases infestation by fly larva is suspected.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
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 (02:39):
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 screwwormlink. The
following page patades a link on how to contact at
a credited veteranarian in your area abroad. Bain reporting for
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the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Well, friends, We've talked about it many times, how quickly
agriculture adapts to technology. Many times farmers are on the
technological cutting edge. We'll have a story and some more
insight on that coming up, and we'll also have a
preview of the American Farm Bureau Annual Meeting, which is
coming up this year in California. That's ahead on today's
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edition of Aglife. Bob Quinn back with some farm Us
this morning friends. While technological advances in US agriculture are
not slowing down, Bob Larson has a report.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
We are seeing today's technological advancements everywhere, even in agriculture
where AI and automation are becoming increasingly common, and Keith
the Selka, CEO and co founder of NWFM Northwest Farm
Management says it's not slowing down.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
I think with the emergence of AI and then the
advancement it's robotics, autonomy, drones, a lot of the capabilities
with these advanced cameras, it's really going to lend itself
well to helping the farmers kind of augment maybe what
they don't have in terms of human resources.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
When you're trying to cover a lot of ground. Baselka says,
these new capabilities can be crucial just.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
In terms of like tractor autonomy or autonomous vehicles. A
lot of those are coming into play now. You're seeing
more and more companies develop or have developed successful tractors
or sprayers, and those are I think you're going to
see a real kind of surgence of those in the
near future.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
And Baselka says this is in real time.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
The scanning capabilities knowing what's on the crop, crop size,
crop growth growth curves over course of the season start
to look for like pest and mildew tree condition.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Go to the Northwest Farm Management website at NWFM dot
biz for more information.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Bob Larson reporting for US Today, Well, friends, there are
many things to see and do at next year's American
Farm Bureau Federation Convention. Chad Smith as some details on
the jam packed schedule.
Speaker 6 (05:03):
Farmers and ranchers should make plans now to attend Farm
Bureaus Convention January ninth through the fourteenth, twenty twenty six,
at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. Nikki Jones, director
of Event Marketing for Idea AG, said, they'll have a
lot going on at the convention.
Speaker 7 (05:20):
We'll be in sunny Anaheim, California this year, where attendees
can take advantage of a full lineup of engaging workshops,
tours of Southern California landmarks and agriculture, and energizing general
sessions featuring our closing General session speaker Heisman Trophy winner
Tim Tebow.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
Jones says the convention offers a workshop topic for almost
every interest.
Speaker 7 (05:40):
Topics for our workshops fall into four different tracks, public policy,
consumer engagement, member engagement, and rural development. Some of our
featured topics include the Make America Healthy Again movement, the Farmville,
and ag economic outlooks.
Speaker 6 (05:56):
Jones says to make notes of two important dates for
the convention.
Speaker 7 (06:00):
This year's convention takes place January ninth through the fourteenth,
twenty twenty six. We ask that attendees register themselves either
with their state Farm Bureau or on our website at
Annual Convention dot FB dot org by December twelfth to
reserve housing.
Speaker 6 (06:13):
Once again, that website is Annual Convention dot FB dot org.
Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
US dairy markets can be a challenge to completely understand.
Mick Home, the general manager for the Farm First Dairy
co Op in Wisconsin, said, even he's not sure why
the milk markets are doing what they're doing.
Speaker 8 (06:33):
I wish I was smart enough to explain the milk markets.
It seems like milk right now is a little bit tight.
But it's going to take somebody smarter than me to
figure out how come milk is tight and the milk
prices are solo seventeen dollars for the next pursuit of
the future six months. It's just not where the farmers
need to be, and it's certainly not where we would
like things to be because with the price and everything
and costs, I just think it's hard for anybody to
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make it, but let alone farmers. We're not getting the
price for their milk that I think they deserve.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Us dairy farmers are in credit efficient producers, which can
make it hard to get good prices for their products
and co products correct.
Speaker 8 (07:06):
And that's the one thing when you put in perspective
of what all of the rest of us do for
a job, and they do for a job, it doesn't
make any sense that if you get better at your job,
you should make more money. And that just isn't the
way it is. All of our farmers are components. In
the last four or five years, butterfat, protein, other solid
somatic seal has all the farmers are gotten better, But
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that you're still turning around and we're having the prices
that we had and thirty forty years ago. It makes
no sense and that's hard to run their businesses or
our businesses when you don't see any light at the
end of the tunnel.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Mccome farm first dairy co op out of the Midwest
with US Farm UWS. You're listening to wag Life.
Speaker 9 (07:46):
It's another ag news up to USDA reports bringing surprises
for corn, wheat, and small grains. Taiwan pledging more purchases
more after this.
Speaker 10 (07:57):
I don't know how else to say this.
Speaker 7 (07:59):
Just say it.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
What is it, Linda?
Speaker 11 (08:01):
I think we should see other people. Are you breaking
up with me on a roller coaster? Well, we double
lot of fun.
Speaker 12 (08:07):
Maybe we should.
Speaker 13 (08:08):
Didn't an emotional roller coaster? Surprising? What's not surprising? How
much you could say by switching to geico, I.
Speaker 11 (08:19):
Just need a little lead time.
Speaker 13 (08:22):
Geicow fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.
Speaker 9 (08:25):
USDA September grainstocks for report delivered barious surprises for corn
and wheat inventories above trade expectations, while soybeans landed neutral.
A separate small grain summery showing record yields boosting winter weed,
though spring wheat and rye output fell. At the same time,
Taiwan pledging to increase US Farm imports by thirty percent
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over four years, prompting the USDA Trade Mission to Taipei
focusing on road crops, livestock, and specialty products. On the
logistics front, low Mississippi River levels are once again restricting
barge movement, tightening grain transport capacity and raising freight rates
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as corn exports remain strong and soybean sales lag beyond
egg metals markets also influencing farm inputs and investor confidence.
Copper tied to China's fragile industrial outlook, gold being buoyed
by US physical and geopolitical risk in silver demand remains
underpinned by renewable energy growth despite global supply shortfalls. Together,
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reports and market shifts outline both challenges and opportunities for AG.
It's another Agnews update.
Speaker 14 (09:43):
As farmers and ranchers, the stewardship of the land comes naturally.
Your work keeps our water clean and improves the soil
and enhances wildlife habitat. It also provides countless benefits, not
just for you and your family, but for millions of
Americans who depend on this region every day without even
realizing it. Thank you for being stewards of America's prairie.
(10:04):
For all of us take a moment to find out
how conservation pays, Visit Conservation pays, dot.
Speaker 9 (10:10):
Org, American Cattle News, Growing the herd. How can we
do it without spending money?
Speaker 15 (10:19):
More?
Speaker 2 (10:20):
After this, Ryan, I don't know how much to say this,
so I'll just say it.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
What is it, Linda?
Speaker 11 (10:26):
I think we should see other people. Are you breaking
up with me on a roller coaster roll? We do
have a lot of fun.
Speaker 16 (10:33):
Maybe we should see any.
Speaker 13 (10:37):
An emotional roller coaster? Surprising? What's not surprising? How much
you could say by switching to Geico, I just need
a little me time, Geico, fifteen minutes could save you
fifteen percent or more.
Speaker 9 (10:50):
Big prices have been at record highs for months and
why simple supply and demand eg. Secret Brook rawlings.
Speaker 17 (11:02):
Low inventory and high demand is not sustainable if we
wish to be a country that can feed ourselves. Like
so many of the problems that you face, our cattle
inventory unfortunately cannot be built rebuilt overnight. That's why USDA
is prioritizing, along with our partners in the States, our governors,
our ag secretaries, etc. Both short and long term solutions
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that address the root of the shortage and deliver rapid relief.
We are developing a robust plan to revitalize and diversify
the US beef industry alongside our great partners in that
industry for producers, processors, and consumers. We will provide more
details at a rollout in mid October alongside my partner,
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Secretary Doug Bergham. But to be clear, and there's been
a lot of speculation about this in the news in
the last couple of days, we have no current plans
to offer any payment to beef producers. We see how
the government getting involved can completely to start the markets,
and so currently there will be no plan, No plan
is even under consideration to insert ourselves through payments into
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the beef cattle industry. But our plan will focus on
opening up more working lands, expanding expanding our risk mitigation tools,
expanding those risk mitigation tools for our beef cattle industry,
and hopefully inspiring the next generation of farmers who hold
the future of this great nation in their hands.
Speaker 9 (12:31):
And again, she says, growing the herd will not involve payments.
American Cattle News. This is Dairy Radio Now.
Speaker 18 (12:41):
I'm John Clark thing on the countryside for feedwe It's
USA Today. I have the pleasure of being with Casey
Kindler with National Milk Producers Federation. Casey, welcome and tell
us what you do at National Milk.
Speaker 19 (12:51):
Thanks John, Thanks for having me at National Milk.
Speaker 20 (12:54):
I'm the senior director of Board, State and Member Relations,
so everything I do kind of dabbles in that membership space,
making sure we're communicating out to our remembers what National
Milk does and also providing that forum for those dairy
producers to talk about what's happening boots on the ground
and how National Milk can help them in the dairy
policy space.
Speaker 18 (13:13):
Now, you just finished up a week at World Dairy
Expo and I know you were on a panel out there.
Tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 20 (13:19):
Sure, So World Dairy Expo it's always a great event,
and it, honestly, it felt like a full circle moment
for me. I was out there was my last trip
when I was with my last organization, so first trip
with National Milk, so it was really great to meet
familiar faces and meet new people as well.
Speaker 19 (13:33):
We did have some panel discussions out there.
Speaker 20 (13:35):
I introduced a panel that was hosted by National Milk
Producers Federation's Young Cooperators Program, this panel was about progressive farmers,
so innovation strategy, the future of dairy farming. So we
had four panelists on that panel and they discussed what
does the future.
Speaker 19 (13:51):
Of dairy farming look like for them? And what we
really found is that it can look different for each
dairy farmer.
Speaker 20 (13:57):
But I think one of the main takeaway messages that
that I got from the panel was as long as
they are always striving for continuous improvement, that they are
thinking about the future of what their dairy, their family,
their community. You know, as long as they have that
kind of mindset, they are being a progressive farmer and
thinking about, you know, what could they do differently, what
could they do better, how could they better serve their family,
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their dairies, their community. It really puts things into perspective
for me to come back to the office and have
that be my fuel for working for them in the
office space in Arlington, Virginia, everything that.
Speaker 19 (14:31):
Is, you know, hits a dairy farmer.
Speaker 20 (14:32):
We try to make sure that they're in our priorities
and so working on their behalf on Capitol Hill, making
sure that we're having those conversations with legislators, with Congress,
making sure that our members' voices are being heard. And
one of the other things we hosted another panel at
World Dairy Expo about dairy policy and you know, dairy
policy in the Trump era. We're about two hundred and
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fifty days in and one key message that came out
of that panel.
Speaker 19 (14:57):
We had several members on that panel as.
Speaker 20 (14:59):
Well as our pres and CEO gregged down and one
of the take home messages was we have to have
a united voice. We have to be unified and go
to Capitol Hill, go to our congressman, go to our legislators,
and make sure that we're all speaking with the same voice.
Because if they hear from dairy producers or cooperatives and
they're hearing mixed messages, that's not going to help the
dairy community.
Speaker 19 (15:19):
That's not going to help the dairy community at LART.
Speaker 18 (15:22):
Tell us about your annual meeting coming up?
Speaker 20 (15:24):
Sure, So, our annual meeting happens every year. This year
it is in Arlington, Texas. It is our joint annual meeting,
and so what this is is we bring together dairy
producers from all walks of life and really joint annual
meeting is hosted by National Dairy Promotion and Research Board,
National Milk Producers Federation, and the United Dairy Industry Association.
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And this year Arlington, Texas November tent through the twelfth, so.
Speaker 19 (15:48):
Registration is open.
Speaker 20 (15:49):
We'd love to see as many dairy farmers out there
as possible. We are expecting about seven hundred, seven hundred
and fifty to eight hundred attendees, So we're really excited.
And see your theme is making every drop count, driving
results for dairy, so really demonstrating the commitment of the
National Dairy Farmer Promotion and Policy organizations to implement strategies
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and programs that optimize short and long term success for
our dairy farmers and the broader dairy community. So excited
for those conversations. We have a lot of panels planned,
we have some breakout sessions, some keynote addresses. So excited
to bring everyone together in Arlington, Texas and really again
give me the opportunity to meet our members and also
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get more of that appreciation and fuel that drives us
every day.
Speaker 18 (16:34):
You know, the more we can communicate with each other,
particularly in your position and your members, it's just got
to be really educational and informative to you and really
helps drive home while you're doing what you're doing.
Speaker 20 (16:45):
Absolutely and you know, hearing from our members, you know,
they are why we are here, and so our members
set our priorities, you know, set our strategic direction, and
so hearing from them, you know what really matters. What
do we need to focus on at the National Milk
Producers Federation at the federal level, It's very important and
it drives everything we do.
Speaker 18 (17:04):
Can she tell us where we can find more information
about National Milk and or the annual meeting.
Speaker 20 (17:08):
So to find more information about National Milk you can
visit our website at NMPF dot org. We also have
a podcast that's called Dairy Defined.
Speaker 18 (17:17):
Casey Kindler with National Milk Producers Federation, thanks for joining
us today.
Speaker 19 (17:20):
Thank you so much. John.
Speaker 18 (17:21):
I'm John clarkvilin site for Peedbret's USA.
Speaker 10 (17:28):
When treating weeds pre emergent or even contact, don't use
the same product over and over again because this is
what leads to weed resistance to herbicides. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh
with the California Tree aut Report, part of the VASTAG
Information Network. George Angels is a weed management and ecology
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advisor for Larry Kings and Fresno Counties.
Speaker 21 (17:53):
The first step is identifying in what we do have
out there and trying to adjust your your herbside combination.
So it's always best to use herb sides are different
modes of action. That's probably the best way to go.
You know, sometimes we deal with very specific weeds like
I mentioned the horseweed and Harry fleabain. You have to
go after those, you know, with very specific herbicides that
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work with some of those weeds because the glycysay and
the glupossa aren't going to work one hundred percent of
the time.
Speaker 10 (18:18):
That's because of serious resistant issues to glycys.
Speaker 21 (18:22):
Ay, So you have to sometimes go with the cephlupiniso,
which we know has trivic with some of the herbisi
resistant grasses. You have to be very specific, so you
have to go with the satoxidym which we know as
posts or the fusils which has the active ingredient flossiphop
and some of those rbsides are going to work really
great on some of those specific grasses that we deal
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with where we see a lot of escapes from the
glycysy and the gluposter and the.
Speaker 10 (18:46):
Applications contact your past controlled advisors for specific materials that
can be used on these problem weeds.
Speaker 22 (18:53):
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Speaker 23 (19:54):
Farmers today face more decisions than ever, but now they
don't have to make decisions alone on your Operations Center
is a single secure platform that lets you set up, plan, monitor,
analyze and share your farm data anytime and anywhere. Ryan Stein,
go to Market Manager for Digital Products with John Deere,
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talks about why the Operations Center is a game changer
for farmers.
Speaker 24 (20:20):
It really is the customer's farm in digital form. So
what I mean is they can see their fields, they
can see their equipment, they can see the historical records
of what has happened on that farm, what the equipment
is doing right now on the farm, and even make
plans for the future in one spot. It's accessible from
a cell phone, a computer, and a web browser, so
any place, anytime the internet connection is available, especially as
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we come into harvest season. If we're talking at this
time of year, lag on a green car, maybe waking
on a semi to show up, all of those things
can be viewed in the operations Center in real time.
Speaker 11 (20:50):
So it becomes a game changer for farming on the fly.
Speaker 23 (20:53):
The Operations Center can help farmers make better year round decisions.
Speaker 24 (20:58):
When we think about making decisions before during after the
growing season. The operation center power comes in analyzing the
data that comes into the system. For instance, if I
had a feel of porn that I planted this year,
and maybe I wanted to try funge a side on
a part of it, or even maybe two passes of
fungicide on a certain part, or maybe I wanted to
try an in season fertilizer versus a single dose to
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fertilizer at the start of the year, and analyze what
is my ROI on that decision. Did I actually see
a yield lift? And was that yield lift profitable for
my farm? The Operation Center gives the ability for any farmer,
regardless of size, regardless of expertise, to go in make
those plans, execute their own on farm trial and understand
a bit better what's making money for me. I mentioned
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examples of inputs, but it could also be my equipment.
Speaker 23 (21:42):
He talked about how a farmer might use the platform
to monitor performance my family.
Speaker 24 (21:47):
Farms and I can pull up Operations Center and just
looked this last week. It gives the report rundown, how
many fields did I get harvested, how many acres am
I harvesting through that? What percent moisture are those fields
pulling out at? If I'm a farmer and I'm making
those decisions. I'm monitoring the data as it's coming through.
Now I'm looking at do I have drying capacity? You
know a little bit early in the harvest season. Some
of that coin's coming out at twenty three twenty four
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percent moisture. All right, do I have a spot to
go with it to get it dry? All of that
data gets synthesized and surfaced up to the customer and
our John Deer Operation Center B will have so it's
a great place for them to make those decisions on
the fly.
Speaker 23 (22:22):
Yeah. It's also a great so so for sharing vital
information with our trusted advisors. Steen talked about where to
go for more information.
Speaker 11 (22:31):
Work with your local John Deere dealer. They're a great resource.
Speaker 24 (22:33):
So we'll be excited to get you set up with
John Der Operation Center. We also have a full suite
of playlists on YouTube, so if you go to YouTube
search and Deer YouTube channel and Operation Center a whole
host of videos.
Speaker 11 (22:44):
So it's a self startup.
Speaker 24 (22:45):
Thank If you want to go out and learn about
it today and do it, you can go to Deer
dot com Operation Center, hop on the YouTube channel and
it will walk you through the setup process along the way.
Speaker 11 (22:53):
So it's a free platform to use.
Speaker 24 (22:55):
Anyone can use it regardless of what equipment you use,
and if you have a mixed fleet of equipment, all
that data can be housed in the operations center and
to engage with it for completely free.
Speaker 11 (23:04):
Again.
Speaker 23 (23:05):
That's Ryan Stein with John Deere. Good wheat and barley
yields and Idaho were offset by big weed challenges and
Glenn Vaughan has more.
Speaker 12 (23:16):
The University of Idaho reported wild oats were especially challenging
this year, reducing some wheat yields by more than twenty
four percent and barley by up to eighteen percent. Julian
and Marshall Ui Extension Cereals pathologists says we challenges aside.
Yields for both crops were outstanding, with some barley yields
exceeding two hundred and twenty bushels per acre. She said
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it was the weather that led to the magical season
in the Magic Valley.
Speaker 25 (23:41):
We had about two inches of rain in some areas
in May, followed by consistent irrigation and most critically, some
very consistent temperatures. The temperatures really never spiked exceedingly hot,
and it was consistent and we had some consistent cool evenings,
and those grasses really like cooler evenings and cooler nights.
Speaker 12 (24:04):
Now, when it comes to those wild oats, Marshall says,
these weeds are not only yield robbers, but also nutrient
robbers and water robbers, and they reside in the soil
for years.
Speaker 25 (24:14):
Wild oats have some dormancy that allows them to stay
in the soil for many years. So this isn't a
problem that's going to be correctable in one year. This
is something that we're going to be following for multiple
years to try once again to get the wild oats
under control.
Speaker 12 (24:29):
A University of Idaho WE'D scientists recommended farmers that struggled
with wild oats this season rotate in a broad laved
crop such as potatoes or sugar beets next season and
expand their herbicide options. I'm Glenn Bogin reporting you are
less saint to ag life. I am Dwayne Merley.
Speaker 16 (24:46):
It's time for California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
Speaker 11 (24:50):
I am Haley's ship.
Speaker 16 (24:51):
If you are in the nursery or landscaping business, you
might want to take note of what was being discussed
at the twenty twenty five California Nursery Conference. The University
of California Agriculture and Natural Resources hosted the event in
Ventura County this year, bringing together growers, landscapers, and researchers
to talk about what is next for the horticulture industry.
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One of the biggest talking points was plastics. The conference
spent time unpacking Senate Bill fifty four at twenty twenty two,
law designed to curb pollution by requiring all single use
packaging sold in California to be recyclable or compostable by
two thousand and thirty two. That includes the plastic pots
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so many nurseries rely on. It's going to take a
lot of money to comply with what they're trying to do,
said Manuel Morales from Los Arroyos International Wholesale Nursery in Watsonville,
adding that some containers we reuse, but sometimes we can't
because we don't want to contaminance with the plant. And
if you don't have a place to recycle, what do
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you do with the plastic. Representatives from the Plants California
Alliance reminded to attendees that the official rules are still
being drafted and urged nursery owners to get involved.
Speaker 26 (26:06):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on road.
Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffics share the
same space, whether you're behind the wheel of a tractor
or a car. Here's what you need to remember. Tractors
move slower, be patient, don't pass on hills or curves. Farmers,
make sure your slow moving vehicles, signs and lights are
visible and everyone's sailor, especially on rule roads.
Speaker 21 (26:28):
One moment a.
Speaker 26 (26:28):
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Bob Gwinn back with some fire news this morning, friends.
While technological advances in US agriculture are not slowing down,
Bob Larson has a report.
Speaker 4 (27:21):
We are seeing today's technological advancements everywhere, even in agriculture
where AI and automation are becoming increasingly common, and Keith
the Selka, CEO and co founder of NWFM Northwest Farm
Management says it's not slowing down.
Speaker 5 (27:36):
I think with the emergence of AI and then the
advancement's robotics, autonomy drones, a lot of the scanning capabilities
with these advanced cameras is really going to lend itself
well to helping the farmers kind of augment maybe what
they don't have in terms of human resources.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
When you're trying to cover a lot of ground. For
Selka says, these new capabilities can be crucial.
Speaker 5 (27:59):
Just in terms of like tractor autonomy or autonomous vehicles.
A lot of those are coming into play now. You're
seeing more and more companies develop or have developed successful
tractors or sprayers, and those are I think you're going
to see a real kind of surgeence of those in
the near future.
Speaker 4 (28:15):
And Baselka says this is in real time.
Speaker 5 (28:18):
The scanning capabilities knowing what's on the crop, crop size,
crop growth growth curves over course of the season start
to look for like pest the mildew tree condition.
Speaker 4 (28:28):
Go to the Northwest Form Management website at n WFM
dot biz for more information.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Bob Larson reporting for US Today, Well, friends, there are
many things to see and do at next year's American
Farm Bureau Federation Convention. Chad Smith has some details on
the jam packed schedule.
Speaker 6 (28:47):
Farmers and ranchers should make plans now to attend Farm
Bureau's Convention January ninth through the fourteenth, twenty twenty six,
at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. Nikki Jones, director
of Event market for Idea AG, said, they'll have a
lot going on at the convention.
Speaker 7 (29:04):
We'll be in sunny Anaheim, California this year, where attendees
can take advantage of a full lineup of engaging workshops,
tours of southern California landmarks and agriculture, and energizing general
sessions featuring our closing General Session speaker Heisman Trophy winner
Tim Tebow.
Speaker 6 (29:20):
Jones says the convention offers a workshop topic for almost
every interest.
Speaker 7 (29:24):
Topics for our workshops fall into four different tracks, public policy,
consumer engagement, member engagement, and rural development. Some of our
featured topics include the Make America Healthy Again movement, the
Farm Bill, and ag economic outlooks.
Speaker 6 (29:40):
Jones says to make notes of two important dates for
the convention.
Speaker 7 (29:44):
This year's convention takes place January ninth through the fourteenth,
twenty twenty six. We ask that attendees register themselves either
with their state Farm Bureau or on our website at
Annual Convention dot fb dot org by December twelfth to
reserve housing once again.
Speaker 6 (29:57):
That website is Annual Convention dot fb dot org. Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
Well Friends. Profitability and the ethanol segment is there thanks
to a slight rise and the profit margins in the
third quarter. Through the first half of September, Dan O'Brien,
an agricultural economist with Kansas State University Extension, talked about
the profitability of the US ethanol sector that uses roughly
thirty five percent of a corn crop in any given year.
Speaker 27 (30:26):
The calculations through the first three weeks of September are
looking pretty good. You know profits based on I guess
that Iowa model kind of straddling Illinois, Nebraska, and parts
of Kansas at least showing about twenty four cents a
gallon in terms of profitability. Ethanol price jumped up here
of late, with anthonol price going higher and the corn
price sideways to lower.
Speaker 11 (30:46):
That's when you get profits like this.
Speaker 27 (30:47):
So for the last three months, we've had about twelve
cents profitability in July August at about nineteen twenty cents,
and here first three weeks of September twenty four cents.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
How long profitability will last on depends on several factors,
including whether grain sorgum gets used in more ethanol production.
Speaker 27 (31:05):
And lass an ethanol plant is closing down for some
type of refurbishing or whatever. It would seem to be
a pretty good time to run. Really, I guess how
long will we maintain pretty decent motor fuel prices and
that bringing ethanol along as well in the light of
the US economy, and then if also add in moderate
strength in even grainsorgum music. In fact, talking with USDA
(31:29):
economist Steve Ramsey out of the ers indicated that we've
had strong grain sorgument into ethanol, which is the prize
for the grain sorgument industry. You've given the weakness we've
been seeing in exports.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
He's hopeful that at least okay profitability is still ahead.
Speaker 3 (31:42):
Overall.
Speaker 27 (31:43):
I guess that'll be the story as we look at
the ethanol market. That again, low price feedstocks coming into
whatever we have for the ethanol market, and if that
holds up at least decently, then you'd hope for a
time of at least okay profitability for ethanol plants.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Dan O'Brien came ends of State Extension talking ethanol profitability.
This morning, farm us, you're listening to ag Life.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
From theag Information Network. I'm Bob Larson, and this is
your agribusiness update. The Washington State Department of Agriculture confirmed
Grant County's first case of HPAI, or bird flu, in
a large commercial poultry facility in Moses Lake. WSDA veterinarians
are urging bird owners across Washington to take precautions to
protect their flocks. State veterinarian doctor Amber Idol says this
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first detection of the season is a sobering reminder that
bird flu remains a threat to altmeistic Poultry. A marketing group,
recently pulled members of its Farmer Online panel regarding their
outlook for the twenty twenty six ag economy. While fifty
nine percent of the participants are either very pessimistic or
somewhat pestimistic concerning the economy, another twenty seven percent are
(32:50):
either very optimistic or somewhat optimistic. Avan's online panel includes
over eleven hundred producers with over half farming twenty five
hundred acres or more and it's row crop, beef, pork, poultry,
and specialty crop production. According to research in Tello, the
global agricultural drones market reached four point seven billion dollars
in twenty twenty four, demonstrating robust momentum that's expected to continue.
(33:14):
The market is projected to reach a value of twenty
nine point one billion by twenty thirty three, driven by
escalating adoption of precision farming and the growing demand for
advanced AGG solutions like crop monitoring, field mapping, and yield optimization.
Speaker 22 (33:28):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer
you have to go digital. Hmmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn,
and online publication. Or maybe a podcast hmm, but which one?
Speaker 18 (33:43):
Oh?
Speaker 22 (33:43):
And how receptive is this age group to your sales
pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best place
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
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Speaker 1 (34:39):
Bob Quinn back to wrap up AG Live for Today friends.
While at a press conference earlier this week, Democrats criticize
President Trump's terraform, saying it's costing American farmers crucial markets,
and they're unlikely to get them back anytime soon. Mike
Davis has a report for US this morning.
Speaker 15 (34:55):
Minnesota Governor Tim Walls pointed out that in twenty twenty four,
China bought twenty seven million metric tons of soybeans from
the US, but this year they've bought none.
Speaker 28 (35:06):
Donald Trump didn't create these markets. In fact, government didn't
create these markets. Farmers themselves, through check out programs and
hard work over decades, established markets globally that allow us
to drive, allow us we produce way more food than
we're going to use here, It allows us to feed
the world, It brings stability, and right now all of
this is at risk.
Speaker 15 (35:23):
Kansas Congresswoman Sharise Davids says this is just a repeat
of what happened in President Trump's first term.
Speaker 29 (35:30):
His trade war caused US farmers to lose twenty seven
billion dollars in exports just between twenty eighteen and twenty nineteen,
and unfortunately history is repeating itself and American farmers are
caught in the middle.
Speaker 15 (35:45):
Democrats are also critical of President Trump, crediting Argentina twenty
billion dollars to shore up its economy right after that
country sold billions of dollars of soybeans to China. I'm
Mike Davis.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
US dairy markets can be a challenge to completely understand.
Mick Home, the general manager for the farm First Dairy
co Op in Wisconsin, said even he's not sure why
the milk markets are doing what they're doing.
Speaker 8 (36:12):
I wish I was smart enough to explain the milk markets.
It seems like milk right now is a little bit tight,
But it's going to take somebody smarter than me to
figure out how come milk is tight and the milk
prices are solo seventeen dollars for the next foreseeable future
six months. It's just not where the farmers need to be,
and it's certainly not where we would like things to
be because with the price and everything and costs, I
just think it's hard for anybody to make it, but
(36:33):
let alone farmers. We're not getting the price for their
milk that I think they deserve.
Speaker 1 (36:37):
Us dairy farmers are incredibly efficient producers, which can make
it hard to get good prices for their products and
co products correct.
Speaker 8 (36:45):
And that's the one thing when you put in perspective
of what all of the rest of us do for
a job, and they do for a job. It doesn't
make any sense that if you get better at your job,
you should make more money. And that just isn't the
way it is. All of our farmers are components. In
the last four or five years, butterfat, protein, other solid
somatic seal has all the farmers have gotten better. But
(37:07):
yet you're still turning around and we're having the prices
that we had and thirty forty years ago. It makes
no sense. And that's hard to run their businesses or
our businesses when you don't see any light at the
end of the tunnel.
Speaker 1 (37:19):
Mccome farm first dairy co op out of the Midwest
with us and with that, friends, a lot of 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 talking about agricultural 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 New World screwworm to help in potential
prevention and control efforts. Rod Bain has an update for
(00:20):
us this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
There is growing awareness of the threat New World screwworm
composed to our nation's livestock, particularly beef cattle, as is
evasive pass once decades removed away from our country travels
closer to the US Mexican border.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
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 Deharning 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 wounds
(00:57):
worse and continue to eat tissue if it's left untreated.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary for Marketinggue of Regulatory Programs 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 (01:22):
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 (01:35):
It is not just livestock though, at risk for a
potential case of EDWS.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
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 (01:48):
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 (01:59):
Screworm has reportedly a very particular smell. I've actually been
around it and seen it in real life myself, and
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 (02:16):
If biases infestation by fly larva is suspected.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
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 (02:39):
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 screwwormlink. The
following page patades a link on how to contact at
a credited veteranarian in your area abroad. Bain reporting for
(03:02):
the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Well, friends, We've talked about it many times, how quickly
agriculture adapts to technology. Many times farmers are on the
technological cutting edge. We'll have a story and some more
insight on that coming up, and we'll also have a
preview of the American Farm Bureau Annual Meeting, which is
coming up this year in California. That's ahead on today's
(03:26):
edition of Aglife. Bob Quinn back with some farm Us
this morning friends. While technological advances in US agriculture are
not slowing down, Bob Larson has a report.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
We are seeing today's technological advancements everywhere, even in agriculture
where AI and automation are becoming increasingly common, and Keith
the Selka, CEO and co founder of NWFM Northwest Farm
Management says it's not slowing down.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
I think with the emergence of AI and then the
advancement it's robotics, autonomy, drones, a lot of the capabilities
with these advanced cameras, it's really going to lend itself
well to helping the farmers kind of augment maybe what
they don't have in terms of human resources.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
When you're trying to cover a lot of ground. Baselka says,
these new capabilities can be crucial just.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
In terms of like tractor autonomy or autonomous vehicles. A
lot of those are coming into play now. You're seeing
more and more companies develop or have developed successful tractors
or sprayers, and those are I think you're going to
see a real kind of surgence of those in the
near future.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
And Baselka says this is in real time.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
The scanning capabilities knowing what's on the crop, crop size,
crop growth growth curves over course of the season start
to look for like pest and mildew tree condition.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Go to the Northwest Farm Management website at NWFM dot
biz for more information.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Bob Larson reporting for US Today, Well, friends, there are
many things to see and do at next year's American
Farm Bureau Federation Convention. Chad Smith as some details on
the jam packed schedule.
Speaker 6 (05:03):
Farmers and ranchers should make plans now to attend Farm
Bureaus Convention January ninth through the fourteenth, twenty twenty six,
at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. Nikki Jones, director
of Event Marketing for Idea AG, said, they'll have a
lot going on at the convention.
Speaker 7 (05:20):
We'll be in sunny Anaheim, California this year, where attendees
can take advantage of a full lineup of engaging workshops,
tours of Southern California landmarks and agriculture, and energizing general
sessions featuring our closing General session speaker Heisman Trophy winner
Tim Tebow.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
Jones says the convention offers a workshop topic for almost
every interest.
Speaker 7 (05:40):
Topics for our workshops fall into four different tracks, public policy,
consumer engagement, member engagement, and rural development. Some of our
featured topics include the Make America Healthy Again movement, the Farmville,
and ag economic outlooks.
Speaker 6 (05:56):
Jones says to make notes of two important dates for
the convention.
Speaker 7 (06:00):
This year's convention takes place January ninth through the fourteenth,
twenty twenty six. We ask that attendees register themselves either
with their state Farm Bureau or on our website at
Annual Convention dot FB dot org by December twelfth to
reserve housing.
Speaker 6 (06:13):
Once again, that website is Annual Convention dot FB dot org.
Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
US dairy markets can be a challenge to completely understand.
Mick Home, the general manager for the Farm First Dairy
co Op in Wisconsin, said, even he's not sure why
the milk markets are doing what they're doing.
Speaker 8 (06:33):
I wish I was smart enough to explain the milk markets.
It seems like milk right now is a little bit tight.
But it's going to take somebody smarter than me to
figure out how come milk is tight and the milk
prices are solo seventeen dollars for the next pursuit of
the future six months. It's just not where the farmers
need to be, and it's certainly not where we would
like things to be because with the price and everything
and costs, I just think it's hard for anybody to
(06:54):
make it, but let alone farmers. We're not getting the
price for their milk that I think they deserve.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Us dairy farmers are in credit efficient producers, which can
make it hard to get good prices for their products
and co products correct.
Speaker 8 (07:06):
And that's the one thing when you put in perspective
of what all of the rest of us do for
a job, and they do for a job, it doesn't
make any sense that if you get better at your job,
you should make more money. And that just isn't the
way it is. All of our farmers are components. In
the last four or five years, butterfat, protein, other solid
somatic seal has all the farmers are gotten better, But
(07:27):
that you're still turning around and we're having the prices
that we had and thirty forty years ago. It makes
no sense and that's hard to run their businesses or
our businesses when you don't see any light at the
end of the tunnel.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Mccome farm first dairy co op out of the Midwest
with US Farm UWS. You're listening to wag Life.
Speaker 9 (07:46):
It's another ag news up to USDA reports bringing surprises
for corn, wheat, and small grains. Taiwan pledging more purchases
more after this.
Speaker 10 (07:57):
I don't know how else to say this.
Speaker 7 (07:59):
Just say it.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
What is it, Linda?
Speaker 11 (08:01):
I think we should see other people. Are you breaking
up with me on a roller coaster? Well, we double
lot of fun.
Speaker 12 (08:07):
Maybe we should.
Speaker 13 (08:08):
Didn't an emotional roller coaster? Surprising? What's not surprising? How
much you could say by switching to geico, I.
Speaker 11 (08:19):
Just need a little lead time.
Speaker 13 (08:22):
Geicow fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.
Speaker 9 (08:25):
USDA September grainstocks for report delivered barious surprises for corn
and wheat inventories above trade expectations, while soybeans landed neutral.
A separate small grain summery showing record yields boosting winter weed,
though spring wheat and rye output fell. At the same time,
Taiwan pledging to increase US Farm imports by thirty percent
(08:48):
over four years, prompting the USDA Trade Mission to Taipei
focusing on road crops, livestock, and specialty products. On the
logistics front, low Mississippi River levels are once again restricting
barge movement, tightening grain transport capacity and raising freight rates
(09:08):
as corn exports remain strong and soybean sales lag beyond
egg metals markets also influencing farm inputs and investor confidence.
Copper tied to China's fragile industrial outlook, gold being buoyed
by US physical and geopolitical risk in silver demand remains
underpinned by renewable energy growth despite global supply shortfalls. Together,
(09:34):
reports and market shifts outline both challenges and opportunities for AG.
It's another Agnews update.
Speaker 14 (09:43):
As farmers and ranchers, the stewardship of the land comes naturally.
Your work keeps our water clean and improves the soil
and enhances wildlife habitat. It also provides countless benefits, not
just for you and your family, but for millions of
Americans who depend on this region every day without even
realizing it. Thank you for being stewards of America's prairie.
(10:04):
For all of us take a moment to find out
how conservation pays, Visit Conservation pays, dot.
Speaker 9 (10:10):
Org, American Cattle News, Growing the herd. How can we
do it without spending money?
Speaker 15 (10:19):
More?
Speaker 2 (10:20):
After this, Ryan, I don't know how much to say this,
so I'll just say it.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
What is it, Linda?
Speaker 11 (10:26):
I think we should see other people. Are you breaking
up with me on a roller coaster roll? We do
have a lot of fun.
Speaker 16 (10:33):
Maybe we should see any.
Speaker 13 (10:37):
An emotional roller coaster? Surprising? What's not surprising? How much
you could say by switching to Geico, I just need
a little me time, Geico, fifteen minutes could save you
fifteen percent or more.
Speaker 9 (10:50):
Big prices have been at record highs for months and
why simple supply and demand eg. Secret Brook rawlings.
Speaker 17 (11:02):
Low inventory and high demand is not sustainable if we
wish to be a country that can feed ourselves. Like
so many of the problems that you face, our cattle
inventory unfortunately cannot be built rebuilt overnight. That's why USDA
is prioritizing, along with our partners in the States, our governors,
our ag secretaries, etc. Both short and long term solutions
(11:23):
that address the root of the shortage and deliver rapid relief.
We are developing a robust plan to revitalize and diversify
the US beef industry alongside our great partners in that
industry for producers, processors, and consumers. We will provide more
details at a rollout in mid October alongside my partner,
(11:44):
Secretary Doug Bergham. But to be clear, and there's been
a lot of speculation about this in the news in
the last couple of days, we have no current plans
to offer any payment to beef producers. We see how
the government getting involved can completely to start the markets,
and so currently there will be no plan, No plan
is even under consideration to insert ourselves through payments into
(12:09):
the beef cattle industry. But our plan will focus on
opening up more working lands, expanding expanding our risk mitigation tools,
expanding those risk mitigation tools for our beef cattle industry,
and hopefully inspiring the next generation of farmers who hold
the future of this great nation in their hands.
Speaker 9 (12:31):
And again, she says, growing the herd will not involve payments.
American Cattle News. This is Dairy Radio Now.
Speaker 18 (12:41):
I'm John Clark thing on the countryside for feedwe It's
USA Today. I have the pleasure of being with Casey
Kindler with National Milk Producers Federation. Casey, welcome and tell
us what you do at National Milk.
Speaker 19 (12:51):
Thanks John, Thanks for having me at National Milk.
Speaker 20 (12:54):
I'm the senior director of Board, State and Member Relations,
so everything I do kind of dabbles in that membership space,
making sure we're communicating out to our remembers what National
Milk does and also providing that forum for those dairy
producers to talk about what's happening boots on the ground
and how National Milk can help them in the dairy
policy space.
Speaker 18 (13:13):
Now, you just finished up a week at World Dairy
Expo and I know you were on a panel out there.
Tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 20 (13:19):
Sure, So World Dairy Expo it's always a great event,
and it, honestly, it felt like a full circle moment
for me. I was out there was my last trip
when I was with my last organization, so first trip
with National Milk, so it was really great to meet
familiar faces and meet new people as well.
Speaker 19 (13:33):
We did have some panel discussions out there.
Speaker 20 (13:35):
I introduced a panel that was hosted by National Milk
Producers Federation's Young Cooperators Program, this panel was about progressive farmers,
so innovation strategy, the future of dairy farming. So we
had four panelists on that panel and they discussed what
does the future.
Speaker 19 (13:51):
Of dairy farming look like for them? And what we
really found is that it can look different for each
dairy farmer.
Speaker 20 (13:57):
But I think one of the main takeaway messages that
that I got from the panel was as long as
they are always striving for continuous improvement, that they are
thinking about the future of what their dairy, their family,
their community. You know, as long as they have that
kind of mindset, they are being a progressive farmer and
thinking about, you know, what could they do differently, what
could they do better, how could they better serve their family,
(14:20):
their dairies, their community. It really puts things into perspective
for me to come back to the office and have
that be my fuel for working for them in the
office space in Arlington, Virginia, everything that.
Speaker 19 (14:31):
Is, you know, hits a dairy farmer.
Speaker 20 (14:32):
We try to make sure that they're in our priorities
and so working on their behalf on Capitol Hill, making
sure that we're having those conversations with legislators, with Congress,
making sure that our members' voices are being heard. And
one of the other things we hosted another panel at
World Dairy Expo about dairy policy and you know, dairy
policy in the Trump era. We're about two hundred and
(14:53):
fifty days in and one key message that came out
of that panel.
Speaker 19 (14:57):
We had several members on that panel as.
Speaker 20 (14:59):
Well as our pres and CEO gregged down and one
of the take home messages was we have to have
a united voice. We have to be unified and go
to Capitol Hill, go to our congressman, go to our legislators,
and make sure that we're all speaking with the same voice.
Because if they hear from dairy producers or cooperatives and
they're hearing mixed messages, that's not going to help the
dairy community.
Speaker 19 (15:19):
That's not going to help the dairy community at LART.
Speaker 18 (15:22):
Tell us about your annual meeting coming up?
Speaker 20 (15:24):
Sure, So, our annual meeting happens every year. This year
it is in Arlington, Texas. It is our joint annual meeting,
and so what this is is we bring together dairy
producers from all walks of life and really joint annual
meeting is hosted by National Dairy Promotion and Research Board,
National Milk Producers Federation, and the United Dairy Industry Association.
(15:44):
And this year Arlington, Texas November tent through the twelfth, so.
Speaker 19 (15:48):
Registration is open.
Speaker 20 (15:49):
We'd love to see as many dairy farmers out there
as possible. We are expecting about seven hundred, seven hundred
and fifty to eight hundred attendees, So we're really excited.
And see your theme is making every drop count, driving
results for dairy, so really demonstrating the commitment of the
National Dairy Farmer Promotion and Policy organizations to implement strategies
(16:10):
and programs that optimize short and long term success for
our dairy farmers and the broader dairy community. So excited
for those conversations. We have a lot of panels planned,
we have some breakout sessions, some keynote addresses. So excited
to bring everyone together in Arlington, Texas and really again
give me the opportunity to meet our members and also
(16:30):
get more of that appreciation and fuel that drives us
every day.
Speaker 18 (16:34):
You know, the more we can communicate with each other,
particularly in your position and your members, it's just got
to be really educational and informative to you and really
helps drive home while you're doing what you're doing.
Speaker 20 (16:45):
Absolutely and you know, hearing from our members, you know,
they are why we are here, and so our members
set our priorities, you know, set our strategic direction, and
so hearing from them, you know what really matters. What
do we need to focus on at the National Milk
Producers Federation at the federal level, It's very important and
it drives everything we do.
Speaker 18 (17:04):
Can she tell us where we can find more information
about National Milk and or the annual meeting.
Speaker 20 (17:08):
So to find more information about National Milk you can
visit our website at NMPF dot org. We also have
a podcast that's called Dairy Defined.
Speaker 18 (17:17):
Casey Kindler with National Milk Producers Federation, thanks for joining
us today.
Speaker 19 (17:20):
Thank you so much. John.
Speaker 18 (17:21):
I'm John clarkvilin site for Peedbret's USA.
Speaker 10 (17:28):
When treating weeds pre emergent or even contact, don't use
the same product over and over again because this is
what leads to weed resistance to herbicides. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh
with the California Tree aut Report, part of the VASTAG
Information Network. George Angels is a weed management and ecology
(17:49):
advisor for Larry Kings and Fresno Counties.
Speaker 21 (17:53):
The first step is identifying in what we do have
out there and trying to adjust your your herbside combination.
So it's always best to use herb sides are different
modes of action. That's probably the best way to go.
You know, sometimes we deal with very specific weeds like
I mentioned the horseweed and Harry fleabain. You have to
go after those, you know, with very specific herbicides that
(18:13):
work with some of those weeds because the glycysay and
the glupossa aren't going to work one hundred percent of
the time.
Speaker 10 (18:18):
That's because of serious resistant issues to glycys.
Speaker 21 (18:22):
Ay, So you have to sometimes go with the cephlupiniso,
which we know has trivic with some of the herbisi
resistant grasses. You have to be very specific, so you
have to go with the satoxidym which we know as
posts or the fusils which has the active ingredient flossiphop
and some of those rbsides are going to work really
great on some of those specific grasses that we deal
(18:42):
with where we see a lot of escapes from the
glycysy and the gluposter and the.
Speaker 10 (18:46):
Applications contact your past controlled advisors for specific materials that
can be used on these problem weeds.
Speaker 22 (18:53):
For over forty years, the EGG 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
(19:14):
mean the most to you online at aginfo dot net.
The AGG 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
on farming and our food supply as we do today,
from fuel to fertilizer. Farmers are facing unprecedented economic challenges.
(19:37):
This is why agriculture news that farmers receive comes from
the AGG Information Network, reaching coast to coast, deep roots
and farming. In decades of reporting, the AG Information Network
trusted and transparent journalism for generations.
Speaker 10 (19:51):
With the AG Information Network, I'm Patrick Kavanaugh.
Speaker 23 (19:54):
Farmers today face more decisions than ever, but now they
don't have to make decisions alone on your Operations Center
is a single secure platform that lets you set up, plan, monitor,
analyze and share your farm data anytime and anywhere. Ryan Stein,
go to Market Manager for Digital Products with John Deere,
(20:15):
talks about why the Operations Center is a game changer
for farmers.
Speaker 24 (20:20):
It really is the customer's farm in digital form. So
what I mean is they can see their fields, they
can see their equipment, they can see the historical records
of what has happened on that farm, what the equipment
is doing right now on the farm, and even make
plans for the future in one spot. It's accessible from
a cell phone, a computer, and a web browser, so
any place, anytime the internet connection is available, especially as
(20:42):
we come into harvest season. If we're talking at this
time of year, lag on a green car, maybe waking
on a semi to show up, all of those things
can be viewed in the operations Center in real time.
Speaker 11 (20:50):
So it becomes a game changer for farming on the fly.
Speaker 23 (20:53):
The Operations Center can help farmers make better year round decisions.
Speaker 24 (20:58):
When we think about making decisions before during after the
growing season. The operation center power comes in analyzing the
data that comes into the system. For instance, if I
had a feel of porn that I planted this year,
and maybe I wanted to try funge a side on
a part of it, or even maybe two passes of
fungicide on a certain part, or maybe I wanted to
try an in season fertilizer versus a single dose to
(21:19):
fertilizer at the start of the year, and analyze what
is my ROI on that decision. Did I actually see
a yield lift? And was that yield lift profitable for
my farm? The Operation Center gives the ability for any farmer,
regardless of size, regardless of expertise, to go in make
those plans, execute their own on farm trial and understand
a bit better what's making money for me. I mentioned
(21:39):
examples of inputs, but it could also be my equipment.
Speaker 23 (21:42):
He talked about how a farmer might use the platform
to monitor performance my family.
Speaker 24 (21:47):
Farms and I can pull up Operations Center and just
looked this last week. It gives the report rundown, how
many fields did I get harvested, how many acres am
I harvesting through that? What percent moisture are those fields
pulling out at? If I'm a farmer and I'm making
those decisions. I'm monitoring the data as it's coming through.
Now I'm looking at do I have drying capacity? You
know a little bit early in the harvest season. Some
of that coin's coming out at twenty three twenty four
(22:08):
percent moisture. All right, do I have a spot to
go with it to get it dry? All of that
data gets synthesized and surfaced up to the customer and
our John Deer Operation Center B will have so it's
a great place for them to make those decisions on
the fly.
Speaker 23 (22:22):
Yeah. It's also a great so so for sharing vital
information with our trusted advisors. Steen talked about where to
go for more information.
Speaker 11 (22:31):
Work with your local John Deere dealer. They're a great resource.
Speaker 24 (22:33):
So we'll be excited to get you set up with
John Der Operation Center. We also have a full suite
of playlists on YouTube, so if you go to YouTube
search and Deer YouTube channel and Operation Center a whole
host of videos.
Speaker 11 (22:44):
So it's a self startup.
Speaker 24 (22:45):
Thank If you want to go out and learn about
it today and do it, you can go to Deer
dot com Operation Center, hop on the YouTube channel and
it will walk you through the setup process along the way.
Speaker 11 (22:53):
So it's a free platform to use.
Speaker 24 (22:55):
Anyone can use it regardless of what equipment you use,
and if you have a mixed fleet of equipment, all
that data can be housed in the operations center and
to engage with it for completely free.
Speaker 11 (23:04):
Again.
Speaker 23 (23:05):
That's Ryan Stein with John Deere. Good wheat and barley
yields and Idaho were offset by big weed challenges and
Glenn Vaughan has more.
Speaker 12 (23:16):
The University of Idaho reported wild oats were especially challenging
this year, reducing some wheat yields by more than twenty
four percent and barley by up to eighteen percent. Julian
and Marshall Ui Extension Cereals pathologists says we challenges aside.
Yields for both crops were outstanding, with some barley yields
exceeding two hundred and twenty bushels per acre. She said
(23:38):
it was the weather that led to the magical season
in the Magic Valley.
Speaker 25 (23:41):
We had about two inches of rain in some areas
in May, followed by consistent irrigation and most critically, some
very consistent temperatures. The temperatures really never spiked exceedingly hot,
and it was consistent and we had some consistent cool evenings,
and those grasses really like cooler evenings and cooler nights.
Speaker 12 (24:04):
Now, when it comes to those wild oats, Marshall says,
these weeds are not only yield robbers, but also nutrient
robbers and water robbers, and they reside in the soil
for years.
Speaker 25 (24:14):
Wild oats have some dormancy that allows them to stay
in the soil for many years. So this isn't a
problem that's going to be correctable in one year. This
is something that we're going to be following for multiple
years to try once again to get the wild oats
under control.
Speaker 12 (24:29):
A University of Idaho WE'D scientists recommended farmers that struggled
with wild oats this season rotate in a broad laved
crop such as potatoes or sugar beets next season and
expand their herbicide options. I'm Glenn Bogin reporting you are
less saint to ag life. I am Dwayne Merley.
Speaker 16 (24:46):
It's time for California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
Speaker 11 (24:50):
I am Haley's ship.
Speaker 16 (24:51):
If you are in the nursery or landscaping business, you
might want to take note of what was being discussed
at the twenty twenty five California Nursery Conference. The University
of California Agriculture and Natural Resources hosted the event in
Ventura County this year, bringing together growers, landscapers, and researchers
to talk about what is next for the horticulture industry.
(25:12):
One of the biggest talking points was plastics. The conference
spent time unpacking Senate Bill fifty four at twenty twenty two,
law designed to curb pollution by requiring all single use
packaging sold in California to be recyclable or compostable by
two thousand and thirty two. That includes the plastic pots
(25:34):
so many nurseries rely on. It's going to take a
lot of money to comply with what they're trying to do,
said Manuel Morales from Los Arroyos International Wholesale Nursery in Watsonville,
adding that some containers we reuse, but sometimes we can't
because we don't want to contaminance with the plant. And
if you don't have a place to recycle, what do
(25:55):
you do with the plastic. Representatives from the Plants California
Alliance reminded to attendees that the official rules are still
being drafted and urged nursery owners to get involved.
Speaker 26 (26:06):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on road.
Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffics share the
same space, whether you're behind the wheel of a tractor
or a car. Here's what you need to remember. Tractors
move slower, be patient, don't pass on hills or curves. Farmers,
make sure your slow moving vehicles, signs and lights are
visible and everyone's sailor, especially on rule roads.
Speaker 21 (26:28):
One moment a.
Speaker 26 (26:28):
Caution can save a life. Let's work together to keep
our roads and are farm safe. This message was brought
to you by the AG Information Network.
Speaker 22 (26:36):
For the last forty years, the EG Information Network has
been the source of news for farmers and ranchers. Yet
we have never seen such an assault on farming and
our food supply as we do today, from fuel to fertilizer.
Farmers are facing unprecedented economic challenges. This is why agriculture
news that farmers receive comes from the AGG Information Network,
reaching coast to coast, deep roots and farming. In decades
(26:59):
of reding, the AGG Information Network trusted and transparent journalism
for generations.
Speaker 16 (27:05):
This is California AGG today. On the AG Information Network.
Find more agricultural news atgginfo dot net.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
Bob Gwinn back with some fire news this morning, friends.
While technological advances in US agriculture are not slowing down,
Bob Larson has a report.
Speaker 4 (27:21):
We are seeing today's technological advancements everywhere, even in agriculture
where AI and automation are becoming increasingly common, and Keith
the Selka, CEO and co founder of NWFM Northwest Farm
Management says it's not slowing down.
Speaker 5 (27:36):
I think with the emergence of AI and then the
advancement's robotics, autonomy drones, a lot of the scanning capabilities
with these advanced cameras is really going to lend itself
well to helping the farmers kind of augment maybe what
they don't have in terms of human resources.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
When you're trying to cover a lot of ground. For
Selka says, these new capabilities can be crucial.
Speaker 5 (27:59):
Just in terms of like tractor autonomy or autonomous vehicles.
A lot of those are coming into play now. You're
seeing more and more companies develop or have developed successful
tractors or sprayers, and those are I think you're going
to see a real kind of surgeence of those in
the near future.
Speaker 4 (28:15):
And Baselka says this is in real time.
Speaker 5 (28:18):
The scanning capabilities knowing what's on the crop, crop size,
crop growth growth curves over course of the season start
to look for like pest the mildew tree condition.
Speaker 4 (28:28):
Go to the Northwest Form Management website at n WFM
dot biz for more information.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Bob Larson reporting for US Today, Well, friends, there are
many things to see and do at next year's American
Farm Bureau Federation Convention. Chad Smith has some details on
the jam packed schedule.
Speaker 6 (28:47):
Farmers and ranchers should make plans now to attend Farm
Bureau's Convention January ninth through the fourteenth, twenty twenty six,
at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. Nikki Jones, director
of Event market for Idea AG, said, they'll have a
lot going on at the convention.
Speaker 7 (29:04):
We'll be in sunny Anaheim, California this year, where attendees
can take advantage of a full lineup of engaging workshops,
tours of southern California landmarks and agriculture, and energizing general
sessions featuring our closing General Session speaker Heisman Trophy winner
Tim Tebow.
Speaker 6 (29:20):
Jones says the convention offers a workshop topic for almost
every interest.
Speaker 7 (29:24):
Topics for our workshops fall into four different tracks, public policy,
consumer engagement, member engagement, and rural development. Some of our
featured topics include the Make America Healthy Again movement, the
Farm Bill, and ag economic outlooks.
Speaker 6 (29:40):
Jones says to make notes of two important dates for
the convention.
Speaker 7 (29:44):
This year's convention takes place January ninth through the fourteenth,
twenty twenty six. We ask that attendees register themselves either
with their state Farm Bureau or on our website at
Annual Convention dot fb dot org by December twelfth to
reserve housing once again.
Speaker 6 (29:57):
That website is Annual Convention dot fb dot org. Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
Well Friends. Profitability and the ethanol segment is there thanks
to a slight rise and the profit margins in the
third quarter. Through the first half of September, Dan O'Brien,
an agricultural economist with Kansas State University Extension, talked about
the profitability of the US ethanol sector that uses roughly
thirty five percent of a corn crop in any given year.
Speaker 27 (30:26):
The calculations through the first three weeks of September are
looking pretty good. You know profits based on I guess
that Iowa model kind of straddling Illinois, Nebraska, and parts
of Kansas at least showing about twenty four cents a
gallon in terms of profitability. Ethanol price jumped up here
of late, with anthonol price going higher and the corn
price sideways to lower.
Speaker 11 (30:46):
That's when you get profits like this.
Speaker 27 (30:47):
So for the last three months, we've had about twelve
cents profitability in July August at about nineteen twenty cents,
and here first three weeks of September twenty four cents.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
How long profitability will last on depends on several factors,
including whether grain sorgum gets used in more ethanol production.
Speaker 27 (31:05):
And lass an ethanol plant is closing down for some
type of refurbishing or whatever. It would seem to be
a pretty good time to run. Really, I guess how
long will we maintain pretty decent motor fuel prices and
that bringing ethanol along as well in the light of
the US economy, and then if also add in moderate
strength in even grainsorgum music. In fact, talking with USDA
(31:29):
economist Steve Ramsey out of the ers indicated that we've
had strong grain sorgument into ethanol, which is the prize
for the grain sorgument industry. You've given the weakness we've
been seeing in exports.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
He's hopeful that at least okay profitability is still ahead.
Speaker 3 (31:42):
Overall.
Speaker 27 (31:43):
I guess that'll be the story as we look at
the ethanol market. That again, low price feedstocks coming into
whatever we have for the ethanol market, and if that
holds up at least decently, then you'd hope for a
time of at least okay profitability for ethanol plants.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Dan O'Brien came ends of State Extension talking ethanol profitability.
This morning, farm us, you're listening to ag Life.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
From theag Information Network. I'm Bob Larson, and this is
your agribusiness update. The Washington State Department of Agriculture confirmed
Grant County's first case of HPAI, or bird flu, in
a large commercial poultry facility in Moses Lake. WSDA veterinarians
are urging bird owners across Washington to take precautions to
protect their flocks. State veterinarian doctor Amber Idol says this
(32:29):
first detection of the season is a sobering reminder that
bird flu remains a threat to altmeistic Poultry. A marketing group,
recently pulled members of its Farmer Online panel regarding their
outlook for the twenty twenty six ag economy. While fifty
nine percent of the participants are either very pessimistic or
somewhat pestimistic concerning the economy, another twenty seven percent are
(32:50):
either very optimistic or somewhat optimistic. Avan's online panel includes
over eleven hundred producers with over half farming twenty five
hundred acres or more and it's row crop, beef, pork, poultry,
and specialty crop production. According to research in Tello, the
global agricultural drones market reached four point seven billion dollars
in twenty twenty four, demonstrating robust momentum that's expected to continue.
(33:14):
The market is projected to reach a value of twenty
nine point one billion by twenty thirty three, driven by
escalating adoption of precision farming and the growing demand for
advanced AGG solutions like crop monitoring, field mapping, and yield optimization.
Speaker 22 (33:28):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer
you have to go digital. Hmmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn,
and online publication. Or maybe a podcast hmm, but which one?
Speaker 18 (33:43):
Oh?
Speaker 22 (33:43):
And how receptive is this age group to your sales
pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best place
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
(34:05):
station for the AG Information Network of the West News.
If you'd like to deliver information about your terrific product
or service, give us a call and we'll connect you
directly with our community of loyal farmer listeners. Reach real
farmers right here, right now, as they listen to what
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Speaker 4 (34:27):
Public bidding is open for the Richie Brothers Los Angeles
Sale event October twenty third and twenty fourth. This fully
unreserved auction features trucks, trailers, heavy equipment and more. Register
for free at orbauction dot com.
Speaker 1 (34:39):
Bob Quinn back to wrap up AG Live for Today friends.
While at a press conference earlier this week, Democrats criticize
President Trump's terraform, saying it's costing American farmers crucial markets,
and they're unlikely to get them back anytime soon. Mike
Davis has a report for US this morning.
Speaker 15 (34:55):
Minnesota Governor Tim Walls pointed out that in twenty twenty four,
China bought twenty seven million metric tons of soybeans from
the US, but this year they've bought none.
Speaker 28 (35:06):
Donald Trump didn't create these markets. In fact, government didn't
create these markets. Farmers themselves, through check out programs and
hard work over decades, established markets globally that allow us
to drive, allow us we produce way more food than
we're going to use here, It allows us to feed
the world, It brings stability, and right now all of
this is at risk.
Speaker 15 (35:23):
Kansas Congresswoman Sharise Davids says this is just a repeat
of what happened in President Trump's first term.
Speaker 29 (35:30):
His trade war caused US farmers to lose twenty seven
billion dollars in exports just between twenty eighteen and twenty nineteen,
and unfortunately history is repeating itself and American farmers are
caught in the middle.
Speaker 15 (35:45):
Democrats are also critical of President Trump, crediting Argentina twenty
billion dollars to shore up its economy right after that
country sold billions of dollars of soybeans to China. I'm
Mike Davis.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
US dairy markets can be a challenge to completely understand.
Mick Home, the general manager for the farm First Dairy
co Op in Wisconsin, said even he's not sure why
the milk markets are doing what they're doing.
Speaker 8 (36:12):
I wish I was smart enough to explain the milk markets.
It seems like milk right now is a little bit tight,
But it's going to take somebody smarter than me to
figure out how come milk is tight and the milk
prices are solo seventeen dollars for the next foreseeable future
six months. It's just not where the farmers need to be,
and it's certainly not where we would like things to
be because with the price and everything and costs, I
just think it's hard for anybody to make it, but
(36:33):
let alone farmers. We're not getting the price for their
milk that I think they deserve.
Speaker 1 (36:37):
Us dairy farmers are incredibly efficient producers, which can make
it hard to get good prices for their products and
co products correct.
Speaker 8 (36:45):
And that's the one thing when you put in perspective
of what all of the rest of us do for
a job, and they do for a job. It doesn't
make any sense that if you get better at your job,
you should make more money. And that just isn't the
way it is. All of our farmers are components. In
the last four or five years, butterfat, protein, other solid
somatic seal has all the farmers have gotten better. But
(37:07):
yet you're still turning around and we're having the prices
that we had and thirty forty years ago. It makes
no sense. And that's hard to run their businesses or
our businesses when you don't see any light at the
end of the tunnel.
Speaker 1 (37:19):
Mccome farm first dairy co op out of the Midwest
with us and with that, friends, a lot of time
for today, Thanks for joining us. Back tomorrow morning with
another edition of Bag Life
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