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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,
what does the twenty twenty five harvest of US apples
look like from a production perspective, including by state and
by variety? Well Rod Main starts us off this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
If you enjoy the fall flavors of apples, not just
an autumn, but anytime. USDA Research economis Catherine Weber notes
this year has projected US apple production.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
The twenty twenty five US apple crop is forecasts at
eleven point five billion pounds. According to the August USDA
NAS Crop Production Report. The twenty twenty five apple crop
marks the third season in the last decade that anto
production exceeded eleven billion pounds based on seven NASS surveyed states.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
If those forecasts hold up, apple production will be up
six percent year over year, but similar to production numbers
from twenty twenty three.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
In Washington, the largest apple producing state, the crop is
forecast to be a billion pounds seven percent higher, or
five hundred twenty million pounds more than last year. If realized.
The twenty twenty five apple crop would be the largest
in Washington history.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
The majority of the Evergreen state's apple crop, eighty percent,
goes to the fresh market.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
This fresh market share is higher than the next three
apple producing states, New York, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, which each
had a fresh market share closer to fifty percent over
the last five seasons.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
I'll look at production forecast and other apple growing states include.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
In New York, twenty twenty five, apple production is forecast
to increase twelve percent year over year, ranking second and
apple production behind Washington with one point four five billion pounds.
If realized, New York's apple crop will be the largest
since twenty twenty two. Pennsylvania is forecast to produce four
hundred and thirty million pounds of apples in twenty twenty five,
which represents four percent of US production. This year's forecast
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is similar to last year, and overall fruit quality is
reported as high. Virginia and Oregon are each forecast to
produce one hundred and sixty five million pounds of apples
this year. The twenty twenty five apple crop in Oregon
is up thirty eight percent year per year and is
the largest crop since twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Regarding twenty twenty five apple production forecast by variety.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
The US Apple Association expects a record size honeycrisp crop
in twenty twenty five twenty six. If realized, Honeycrisp would
rank third in apple varieties by volume for the first time,
surpassing Granny Smith by continuing to trail behind the Gala
and Red Delicious.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Also of note a rise of fresh apple exports.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Fresh apple exports are higher, imports are lower. In the
last two seasons and marketing year twenty twenty four to
twenty five, the United States exported approximately twenty five percent
of its fresh market apple production volume, the same share
as last season. US fresh apple exports and marketing year
twenty twenty four to twenty five total one point eight
five billion pounds by volume and one billion pounds by value.
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In twenty twenty four to twenty five, the fresh apple
export volume was one hundred and twenty nine million pounds
lower than last season, the nineteen percent higher than the
previous three year average.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Broad Bain reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Friends coming up a look at ethanol use not just
here in the US, but around the world. That stories ahead.
On today's edition of ag Life, Bob Quin he were
some farm news this morning, friends, while as farmers harvest
another massive grain crop, they're facing low prices and little
opportunity to send that product abroad. Chad Smith as details
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on the ongoing storage issue.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
America's farmers are harvesting large amounts of corn and soybeans,
and the question is do they have enough room to
store the incoming commodities. Barrett Nelson, had economists with the
American Farm Bureau Federation, says farmers are facing a classic
case of supply versus demand.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
Corn production for the twenty five twenty six marketing years
estimated that are record sixteen point eight billion bushels ALFAQATA
switched gears and look over at soybean production, it's also
projected higher at four point three billion bushels. If we
kind of think about what's happening with demand, demand is
lowered due to the ongoing trade challenges, and what this
really means is that we've got a big crop and
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we need to find a place to put it.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Nelson said, the problem is that the national storage capacity
for grain crops has an increased at the same rate
as production has.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
Grain storage capacity has gone up only a little bit
at the same time. So if we look at combined
on and off farm storage capacity as of December first,
twenty twenty four, this total is about twenty five and
a half billion bushels. Our big corn belt states added
very little new storage space in recent years.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
He said, insufficient storage space can have an effect on
commodity prices.
Speaker 5 (04:44):
The increase in crop size with limited increase in demand
or storage space could continue putting some pressure on our
crop prices. It also could have a big impact on basis.
A weakening basis would really add a significant price risk
to the farm sector.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
In the bottom line, you can learn more on the
market intel, pagetfb dot org. Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Well friends. There's no question that ethanol is a popular
fuel choice in the US, But what about the rest
of the world. Doug Burvin is vice president of corporate
Affairs with Poets.
Speaker 6 (05:15):
Yeah, around the world. It's interesting because gasoline and diesel
are still popular choices, okay, but biofuels are coming on
strong in many many countries. In fact, last year we
set a record in exports around the world from the
United states of bioethanol. This year, we're on pace to
break that record again. So you've got countries like Brazil,
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their minimum blend rate of ethanol is E thirty nine.
Thirty percent ethanol is the lowest blend rate you can
get at a gas pump. It's either thirty percent bioethanol
or one hundred percent bioethanol. Believe it, that's their choices.
There is no E ten or E fifteen, it's thirty
or one hundred percent. That's where our country needs to go,
and many other countries need to go.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
What about other countries?
Speaker 7 (06:00):
Now?
Speaker 6 (06:00):
In India, they have just gone to an E twenty
blend rate nationwide and interesting there, they have banned the
use of sugarcane in the country to make ethanol, which
is also a popular feedstock. If you make bioethanol out
of sugarcane, you hinder the sugar market, so they're banning
sugarcane from being used and just using maize or corn
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in India. Canada is moving to E fifteen quickly, Japan
is talking about E ten now, The EU and the
UK and Southern Asia all are moving to higher blend
rates of ethanol.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Other countries are discovering the advantages of ethanol.
Speaker 6 (06:39):
Number one, it's less expensive. Number two, it's clean. Number three,
it reduces cost to the consumer. Number four, it's perfectly
fine for all cars. The good news is we're seeing
great implementation of higher blends of bioethanol around the world.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Doug Bourvan of poet with us the farmers were free
trade motorcade to continues across the country Mike Davis as
a report.
Speaker 8 (07:03):
The latest event was in West b Wisconsin on Wednesday,
where Wisconsin State Senator Brad Path told farmers that trade access,
specifically to China is essential for rural economic prosperity.
Speaker 9 (07:15):
To just lose an international market like we have when
we lose a buyer device of significant paciety of American
slaving crops, it's just really frustrating, and I know that
it may speak for all of you with concerns of
what's happening.
Speaker 8 (07:30):
Path stress the need to find new markets in the
US to help counter the loss of major international markets.
Speaker 9 (07:37):
We have to medi an series from how we could
build this gator fall of supply chain that uses more domestically,
drown foreign slightings, and really build out the market domestically
Here for our gata culture, our commodity crops.
Speaker 8 (07:52):
The tour will continue through harvest season and conclude with
a Washington, DC event featuring members of Congress. I'm mikeas
farm US.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
You're listening to Aglife.
Speaker 10 (08:02):
It's another AG news update. Ethanol looking to fuel the
ceas beef imports are climbing and seafood markets face tariffs.
Speaker 11 (08:11):
More after this at the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual
Convention in Denver, we caught up with doctor Kerry Ryan,
pet cloning and genetic preservation expert with Viagin in Cedar Park, Texas.
Speaker 12 (08:22):
We've been working with dogs and cats for three years.
We're the only company in the United States that clones
dogs and the only company in the world that clones cats.
And we've also been cloning horses in livestack for about
fifteen years. So I think this will be here to stay,
and I think as we get better and better at it,
the costs will come down and people will be more
and more interested in it.
Speaker 11 (08:38):
There's more information at AVMA dot org.
Speaker 10 (08:41):
The International Maritime organization pushing for net zero greenhouse gas
submissions in shipping by two thy fifty, creating new opportunities
for US ethanol and marine and aviation fuels. Eighteen billion
gallons of production capacity here in the US and record
exports last year. US infrastructure well positioned for this market.
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USDA data shows US beef imports up six percent this year,
reaching one point eight two million metric tons. Canada remains
the top supplier, but South America, led by Brazil and
Uruguay quickly gaining ground. Pork imports in the meantime down
eleven percent as domestic supplies hold steady. World Trade Organization
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that's where students from more than ten countries pitch solutions
to food insecurity. Winning idea focused on reducing post harvest
losses in Africa. Others proposed biofuel production and stronger trade rules.
And finally, seafood markets remain mixed. Domestic shrimp and catfish steady,
but tariffs are lifting costs on imported shrimp, crab, and
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lobster products. Supply challenges continue in whitefish and premium species.
It's another agnews update.
Speaker 13 (09:58):
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Speaker 10 (10:27):
American Cattle News rodeos for Working Ranch Cowboys more.
Speaker 11 (10:35):
After this at the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention
in Denver, we caught up with doctor Kerry Ryan, pet
cloning and genetic preservation expert with Viagin in Cedar Park, Texas.
Speaker 12 (10:47):
We've been working with dogs and cats for three years.
We're the only company in the United States that clones
dogs and the only company in the world that clones cats.
And we've also been cloning horses in livestack for about
fifteen years. So I think this will be here to stay,
and I think as we get better and better at it,
the costs will come down and people will be more
and more interested in it.
Speaker 11 (11:03):
There's more information at AVMA dot org.
Speaker 10 (11:06):
Lehman wall is with the WRCA that's the Working Ranch
Cowboys Association.
Speaker 14 (11:14):
The people that compete with us are not professional athletes.
They are real working ranch cowboys that get up every
day and help feed the world through raising cattle. And
whenever you come down Marillo and you come to the
World Championship, we put an environment together that's really kind
of focused on what the ranching community is all about, family, faith,
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and really taking care of your business the right way.
So we're going to compete in five events, and those
events have some semblance of what might happen on the
ranch every day, in doctoring cattle or penn in or
moving cattle from place to place, maybe getting on a
ranch bronk every once in a while, a little certly
in the morning and might try you out. We're going
(12:00):
to buck some bronx at our event as well. And
then I tell you the one thing that our guys
would say, we don't do this on the ranch, so
would you please stop making us doing it in a competition.
But it's called wild cow milking. So everybody needs the NASCAR,
you know, accident to occur, right you're looking for that
wild moment, and that's that's one of those real fan
(12:21):
friendly activities that may not be real cowboy friendly. If
you get my drift. But that's what we're about is
every year in November we're going to convene in Amarillo,
Texas and bring in, you know, about thirty thousand of
our closest friends and put on this great activity here.
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We always say, it's not just a rodeo. There's more
to this thing.
Speaker 10 (12:45):
Lehman Wall with the WRCA Working Ranch Cowboys Association, American
Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
This is Dairy Radio.
Speaker 15 (12:57):
Now Milkie Monday lookas.
Speaker 16 (13:03):
Pees senior dairy analysts with Rabble Bank in Chicago, Lucas.
Milk production is rising in the US and around the world,
driving down prices, which is an age old problem in
the dairy industry.
Speaker 17 (13:17):
What does Rabble Bank's outlook With that in mind.
Speaker 18 (13:20):
We are currently in a situation where we are seeing
milk production grow from all key global exporting areas that
includes not only the US, the European Union, in UK
and New Zealand, but also even into places into South
America which sometimes we forget can be exporting dairy nations.
(13:40):
And you're right, this additional milk production has caused lower
prices in many parts of the world. Of late, we
are dealing with a pretty significant supply increase all around
the globe. In the US, most recent numbers are even
as high as four plus percent higher versus the prior year. Granted,
in twenty twenty four we did see weaker milk output
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due to avian influenza, so part of that is a
function of a week prior year. But regardless, we are
seeing strong output and additionally to that strong volume, seeing
higher fat and protein in the milk as well. It
is currently October, which means it is New Zealand's peak
milk producing month of the year. New Zealand very seasonal
in nature. So far in the season ramp up, we
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have seen record milk output in a few months, so
it could be a record milk production month in New
Zealand this month. In Europe, after a slow start to
the year, higher as well. What we're seeing is a
price response to some of this additional milk. In the US,
most notably butter prices sharply lower, but also cheese and
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non fat dry milk seeing weakness in recent weeks. It's
likely that those lower prices will start to hit farmer
milk checks here in the US into the fourth quarter,
but thankfully, expecting low feed to continue and the strong
price for bulcalves to continue to drive revenue gains on
the farm. It is likely, as things stand right now
(15:10):
with the government shutdown, we will not get new data
in the US this week, but the story I'm sure
would not change with that new data. Still expecting strong
output to purchase here into the next several months.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Thank you Lucas.
Speaker 16 (15:23):
Lucas Fees, senior dairy analysts with Rabble Bank in Chicago.
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Now developing pheromones that can confuse pest that are problematic
to tree nuts. I'm Patrick Kavana with California tree Nut Report,
part of the vastag Information Network. Ken Dane is a
cooperative extension specialist based at the Kerningagg Center in Fresno County.
He comments on these different pheromones and a new one
(18:00):
and they can really help farmers.
Speaker 27 (18:01):
So.
Speaker 28 (18:01):
Joshua Miller is a pheromone chemist based at University of California, Riverside,
and he's worked on a number of different bug species.
He's a wonderful pheromone chemist. He has worked on ligis
pheromone for quite some time and that entryway led us
to ask him canny work on the stink bug or
leafooted bug pheromones.
Speaker 29 (18:22):
Both of those peests are serious on tree nuts. He
did work on stinkbug pheromones. He has identified some of
those from the past. What's strange is that some of
the stink bugs have a combination of the pheromone and
a vibrational que they put out, and that's what makes
it difficult getting the stink bugs into the pheromone traps.
He also recently started working with the leafooted bug about
six years ago, and so he had all of these
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different compounds and we were trying to figure out what
combination of compounds were actually needed to pull the bug
into the trap. And that's where he discovered and Houston Wilson,
with his work in the field, showed that it was
this lepto trem to tyrene that seem to be the
single most important component and will report on it as
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this pheromone gets established.
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Speaker 29 (20:04):
With the AG Information Network, I'm Patrick cavanagh. The twenty
twenty five Canadian harvest seas and enshowing mixed results and
progressing at an erratic peace. Dennis Guy has more severe
drought has hit some regions, had some areas well ahead
of harvest schedules, simply because the crop has run out
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of moisture. Parts of Saskatchewan, along with Central Canada. In
the regions of southeastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec were very
dry this growing season, and in Atlantic Canada, Prince Edward
Island was severely affected by drought. Conversely, there are areas
that had exceptionally good brainfall, along with good weather conditions
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throughout the growing season. John Kowalchuk farms near Trochew in
central Alberta and has recently completed his canola and cereal
grains harvest. Kowalchuk says the extremely warm weather this fall
is causing some concern for hot spots forming in storage bins,
but he is pleased with this year's crop.
Speaker 30 (21:08):
When we get lots of rain, I guess we can
grow a crop in centralbert This year it's been really good.
It was a good run. We had really good weather
this year for harvest. It was mason warm and very
happy with the result, especially the cereals. It made for
good harvest as far as getting the crop off, but
maybe not so good at getting it in really good
condition going into bins. We're not used to that kind
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of heat during harvest, so we've had warm grain going
into You really got a walk.
Speaker 17 (21:32):
Moving east into Saskatchewan, the harvest picture is quite different.
Darryl Francho farms wheat and canola near Glaslin in central Saskatchewan.
Franch who says some late season rains helped his canola
crop a bit, but overall this has not been a
great year.
Speaker 31 (21:50):
We were droughted out here. We were in like the
tree into rain category. The wheat was really poor. We
did have some late rain that really helped full of silks.
It was still mediocre, but for the mountain rain wet
they had definitely surprised us. Subso moisture really held the
canola going and I think that's where a lot of
the yield came from. So we're going to try to
catch as much snow as we can, but besides that,
get ready for winter.
Speaker 17 (22:08):
I guess southern Ontario was a province of extremes this year.
Much of central Ontario and especially eastern Ontario was hard
hit with drought, but in southwestern Ontario between Lake Erie
and Lake Huron, Philip Shaw, who farms near Dresden, expects
to have an average to good crop that part of
the province.
Speaker 32 (22:28):
In the deep southwest of Ontario, we've had normal precipitation
all year. With the harvest activities in Ontario has drought induced.
It's come early, but down on this end of the
province it really hasn't started yet. The soybeans are much
better than my expectations. And corn, I'm sure it'll average
in this area over to hunder bushel spunk n which
is quite a bit different than the rest of Ontario
if they face a lot of growth.
Speaker 17 (22:50):
Prince Edward Island has experienced one of the hottest and
driest growing seasons on record. Ryan Bennett Farms, near the
village of Selkirk on the south western shore of Pei,
just kept.
Speaker 25 (23:02):
Thinking, Oh, it's got to rain sometime, and then it
just never did. The majority of the island has been
really dry for the entire summer, and for most stuff
it's too late. We're going to see significant yield reductions
on potatoes, most of our graincorn. I imagine it'll be
down twenty twenty five percent. Probably won't be har of
using it for another two or three weeks. Anyway. Soybean
yields cafaton to the acre on soybean's when they usually
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would get a ton and a quarter, you know, So
there's going to be some hurts around on crops this year.
Speaker 17 (23:28):
Reporting from Canada, I'm Dennis Guy.
Speaker 33 (23:32):
The ninety eighth FFA National Convention and Expo will take
place on October twenty ninth through November first in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Mike Davis has more.
Speaker 8 (23:43):
The ninety eighth FFA National Convention and Expo will take
place October twenty ninth through November first, bringing more than
seventy thousand young people in blue corduroy jackets to the
Hoosier State. Christine White, chief Program Officer of the National
FFA Organization, says, it's a highlight of the year for
many FFA rs.
Speaker 27 (24:03):
When you look at it from a perspective, for some
FFA members at the pinnacle of their event and for
others at the launching point of their FFA career. So
it's an opportunity to hear motivational speakers here from our
national officers compete in competitive events. This year, we will
recognize the highest record number of American Farmer Degree or
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American Degree recipients that we've had in the past.
Speaker 8 (24:27):
White says there are plenty of opportunities for personal growth
as well.
Speaker 27 (24:31):
We will have workshops throughout convention that students can engage
in and be able to learn new things and take
that back to their communities. We also have career success tours,
so exposing students to agricultural career opportunities in the greater
Indianapolis area, so they can go visit different locations, but
just to learn a little bit more about those pieces.
So it's about really opening horizons and providing good connection
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points with real life experiences that they may not get
in their local communities.
Speaker 34 (24:58):
It's time for California AAG today on the AG Information Network,
I am Haley's ship. Ever bite into a plum that's
just right, with the perfect mix of firm skin, soft flesh,
and juicy sweetness hitting that goldilocks balance starts long before
fruit reaches the shelf. Here in California, researchers have been
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digging deep, right down to the genes to understand what
makes some plums ripen quickly while others take their time.
Midway through the season, the UC Davis Department of Plant
Sciences announced a breakthrough. Postdoctoral scholar Pokai Huang identified three
groups of genes that control hal plums soften as they ripen.
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You also discovered two other key players, a hormone called
jasminate and special proteins known as NAC transcription factors that
help guide the process. As Professor Diane Beckles explains, this
was the first comprehensive map of the plum's softening genes.
These families are large and complex and they had been
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underreported before. It is a discovery that could reshape breeding, harvesting,
and storage for California's seven hundred million dollars stone fruit industry.
To learn more, you can visit us online at aginfo
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This is California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
I am Haley Ship. For more AG news, check us
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Speaker 1 (27:24):
Bob went back with some farm us this morning. We
have a special report this morning. The US agriculture industry
is rapidly digitizing. Casey Shepherd has our report.
Speaker 36 (27:35):
Well, the agricultural industry is rapidly digitizing and according to
doctor Ryan Ruter and Animal food science as professor at
Oklahoma State University, this transformation is making its way to
livestock production.
Speaker 37 (27:47):
Yeah, it's been it's been going well. We've been doing
virtual fence and other sensor research for several years now,
and you know, we've we've been through several iterations of
the models of the technology and they continue to get
better over time. It looks like they're getting a little
bit cheaper over time, the commercial ones, so you know
that that's going to continue in the future. But we're
(28:10):
we're getting sensors and devices that are more capable, more durable,
and we have better retention rates and uh, and finding
new ways we can use the data. So we're still
excited about precision livestock farming in cattle and range cattle
applications and what the future has there.
Speaker 36 (28:30):
Doctor Ruter stress that the core mission of the automation
is to make ranchers lives easier and safer.
Speaker 37 (28:35):
Yeah, so that's one of the things that we're interested in.
With sensors and automation. How can we not only how
can we reduce input costs, but how can we make
farmers' lives better. Farmers are getting a lot of cases
getting older, and so we if we have a sensor
that an animal, we can we can check the location
(28:58):
of an animal. We can right where an animal is.
If there's a problem, we can drive right to it.
Don't don't waste time driving around looking for an animal
that we can't find. So that that's a way that
it can help. We can get information about the animal's
behavior or something about its physiology, maybe temperature or those
kind of things, and get an alert that an animal
(29:20):
needs our attention. And conversely, other animals don't need our attention,
and so we don't We aren't spending time and energy
checking on animals that are that are doing fine, and
then we're We also look at automation. So for instance,
we we have a new device that we're just beginning
to test that's an autonomous feed truck. So we can
actually send this this feed truck into the into the
(29:44):
pasture by itself. It can run a mission based on
GPS and and actually distribute supplement independent of having a
driver with it. So there's a there's another way that
we can you know, automate some of these things and
make safe time keep farmers out of harm's way. A
lot of times having UH feeding cows is often can
(30:10):
be can be a dangerous situation. Tagging cabs can be
a dangerous situation. So things that we can do to
to make that less dangerous or or benefit too well.
Speaker 36 (30:19):
These systems do collect a vast amount of data. Doctor
Ruter highlighted two key data points that provide the most
value for managing in a grazing environment.
Speaker 37 (30:27):
I'd say there's really two data points that are really
most valuable to ranchers for cows in a in a
grazing environment. One is the location, So a GPS sensor
on the cow and we know if we know where
the animal is and where it's where where it's location
history has been. We can do a lot with that
information about not only management of the animal. Is it
(30:49):
is it where it's supposed to be or not, and
can we go find it or not? But how is
it using the environment? How's it acting in our grazing system.
So so GPS location of the animal is is one
of the critical ones. And then behavior summary of the animal,
and usually we get those with an accelerometer. Something like
a fitbit is the analogous thing, but with an accelerometer,
(31:14):
we can get information about the animal's behavior, whether it's
how many steps taking, how much it's resting, potentially ruminating.
We were working to try to measure feed intake, supplement intake,
those kind of things. We can get alerts when an
animal has changed this behavior significantly, like if it's getting
(31:35):
sick and depressed, if it's beginning to cav We're developing
algorithms to get all of those kind of indicators from
an accelerometer sensor. That's just measured behavior.
Speaker 36 (31:46):
Once again, that's Oklahoma State Universities doctor Ryan Ruter farm Us.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
This morning, you're listening to wag life.
Speaker 15 (31:54):
From an egg information Network. I'm Bob Larson and this
is your agribusiness Update. Researchers have developed a smartphone based
AI system that accurately predicts the ripeness and internal quality
of avocados. Oregon State University Assistant Professor lu Yaoma says
avocados are among the most wasted fruits globally due to
over ripening. Scientists from Oregon State and Florida State University
(32:15):
trained AI models using more than fourteen hundred iPhone images
of haas avocados. The system predicted ripeness with nearly ninety
two percent accuracy and internal quality with over eighty four
percent accuracy. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers monthly Flash report
shows the sales of all tractors in September were up
four percent from last year. Sales of two wheel drive
(32:36):
smaller tractors under forty horse power were up three percent,
while those forty to one hundred horse power were up
seventeen percent. That was offset, however, by a sharp drop
in the sales of larger tractors. For the year, tractor
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Speaker 19 (33:16):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer
you have to go digital hmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn,
and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, But which one?
Speaker 28 (33:31):
Oh?
Speaker 19 (33:32):
And how receptive is this age group to your sales
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trust you. Bob Quinn back to wrap up AG Live
(34:18):
for today friends. Well, after some fireworks due to the
back and forth trade war escalation.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
Between the US and China, things have been a little
quiet for the most part in the markets.
Speaker 30 (34:29):
Now.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
China and the US placed reciprocal fees on maritime shipping
from each country. Garrett Toy of agtrader talk dot Com
says it's yet another escalation.
Speaker 7 (34:42):
It's just an escalation of the trade war. I mean,
it doesn't really impact greens because China's not buying any greens,
you know, But we have the tip for tag of
China implementing that on US born ships. Some problem is
there in any US ships, So it's really a non
sequitary there. But I think the biggest thing is is
obviously at angered President Trump with Central the weaponization of
the rare earths. That caused the response from President Trump,
(35:05):
and then both sides spoke over the weekend and kind
of calmer heads prevailed.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
On Sunday, he says, the market really didn't react to
the rhetoric.
Speaker 7 (35:14):
The thing is, the market really hasn't reacted, and I
don't think for the bean market, I don't think we
will react until we see some sort of response from China,
and their side has kind of been radio silent. So yes,
the started the week was very quiet. Not only government
shutdown begin weapon, then he had bank holidays as well.
It was exceptionally quiet in a quiet market.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
Toy talked about what he's watching in the soybean market.
Speaker 7 (35:36):
Well, I mean, I'm more of a spread trader. I
follow cash and spread, so that to me tells me
more about what's happening on the commercial side, the farmer movement,
that sort of thing, and bean spread last week actually
kind of interesting. This market coming into harvest was doing
everything in his power to discourage beans from coming to
the market. We had wide cash carries, we had cheap basis,
we had wideboard spread carries, and then spread started to
(35:58):
move a little bit last week narrowing, and then I
think what that did was the pipeline got a little thin.
We do need beans to move and with a spreads
narrowing and basis appreciation, I mean, I think that caught
the market's attention a lot of these markets. For example, locally,
we're thirty forty cents off of the harvest lows on
swavy basis, the part of that's harvests in the last half,
and when we get past that fifty percent mark, we
(36:18):
tend to look for a market bottom, if you will.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
With the government shut down, Toy says, market traders are
not likely to accept much risk without that information.
Speaker 7 (36:28):
We're with the government being closed, not just the USDA,
But we don't we don't have commited with the traders.
We don't know what the markets, you know, the market
positions are, so you know, I don't think you're getting
a lot of.
Speaker 14 (36:42):
Trading.
Speaker 7 (36:43):
You know, historical you look at the last shut down
in October, volatility really kind of collapses, the traders said
for the sidelines. So I don't necessarily think that anyone's
going to assume big risk without knowing what's really going
on in the market as far as the internal structure.
So that lends the more quiet trade, if you will.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
Garrett toyag trader Talk dot Com with us this morning,
and with that, friends around of time for today, Thanks
for joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition of
Aglife
Good morning, valley. This is aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well, friends,
what does the twenty twenty five harvest of US apples
look like from a production perspective, including by state and
by variety? Well Rod Main starts us off this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
If you enjoy the fall flavors of apples, not just
an autumn, but anytime. USDA Research economis Catherine Weber notes
this year has projected US apple production.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
The twenty twenty five US apple crop is forecasts at
eleven point five billion pounds. According to the August USDA
NAS Crop Production Report. The twenty twenty five apple crop
marks the third season in the last decade that anto
production exceeded eleven billion pounds based on seven NASS surveyed states.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
If those forecasts hold up, apple production will be up
six percent year over year, but similar to production numbers
from twenty twenty three.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
In Washington, the largest apple producing state, the crop is
forecast to be a billion pounds seven percent higher, or
five hundred twenty million pounds more than last year. If realized.
The twenty twenty five apple crop would be the largest
in Washington history.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
The majority of the Evergreen state's apple crop, eighty percent,
goes to the fresh market.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
This fresh market share is higher than the next three
apple producing states, New York, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, which each
had a fresh market share closer to fifty percent over
the last five seasons.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
I'll look at production forecast and other apple growing states include.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
In New York, twenty twenty five, apple production is forecast
to increase twelve percent year over year, ranking second and
apple production behind Washington with one point four five billion pounds.
If realized, New York's apple crop will be the largest
since twenty twenty two. Pennsylvania is forecast to produce four
hundred and thirty million pounds of apples in twenty twenty five,
which represents four percent of US production. This year's forecast
(01:53):
is similar to last year, and overall fruit quality is
reported as high. Virginia and Oregon are each forecast to
produce one hundred and sixty five million pounds of apples
this year. The twenty twenty five apple crop in Oregon
is up thirty eight percent year per year and is
the largest crop since twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Regarding twenty twenty five apple production forecast by variety.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
The US Apple Association expects a record size honeycrisp crop
in twenty twenty five twenty six. If realized, Honeycrisp would
rank third in apple varieties by volume for the first time,
surpassing Granny Smith by continuing to trail behind the Gala
and Red Delicious.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Also of note a rise of fresh apple exports.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Fresh apple exports are higher, imports are lower. In the
last two seasons and marketing year twenty twenty four to
twenty five, the United States exported approximately twenty five percent
of its fresh market apple production volume, the same share
as last season. US fresh apple exports and marketing year
twenty twenty four to twenty five total one point eight
five billion pounds by volume and one billion pounds by value.
(02:56):
In twenty twenty four to twenty five, the fresh apple
export volume was one hundred and twenty nine million pounds
lower than last season, the nineteen percent higher than the
previous three year average.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Broad Bain reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Friends coming up a look at ethanol use not just
here in the US, but around the world. That stories ahead.
On today's edition of ag Life, Bob Quin he were
some farm news this morning, friends, while as farmers harvest
another massive grain crop, they're facing low prices and little
opportunity to send that product abroad. Chad Smith as details
(03:32):
on the ongoing storage issue.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
America's farmers are harvesting large amounts of corn and soybeans,
and the question is do they have enough room to
store the incoming commodities. Barrett Nelson, had economists with the
American Farm Bureau Federation, says farmers are facing a classic
case of supply versus demand.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
Corn production for the twenty five twenty six marketing years
estimated that are record sixteen point eight billion bushels ALFAQATA
switched gears and look over at soybean production, it's also
projected higher at four point three billion bushels. If we
kind of think about what's happening with demand, demand is
lowered due to the ongoing trade challenges, and what this
really means is that we've got a big crop and
(04:12):
we need to find a place to put it.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Nelson said, the problem is that the national storage capacity
for grain crops has an increased at the same rate
as production has.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
Grain storage capacity has gone up only a little bit
at the same time. So if we look at combined
on and off farm storage capacity as of December first,
twenty twenty four, this total is about twenty five and
a half billion bushels. Our big corn belt states added
very little new storage space in recent years.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
He said, insufficient storage space can have an effect on
commodity prices.
Speaker 5 (04:44):
The increase in crop size with limited increase in demand
or storage space could continue putting some pressure on our
crop prices. It also could have a big impact on basis.
A weakening basis would really add a significant price risk
to the farm sector.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
In the bottom line, you can learn more on the
market intel, pagetfb dot org. Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Well friends. There's no question that ethanol is a popular
fuel choice in the US, But what about the rest
of the world. Doug Burvin is vice president of corporate
Affairs with Poets.
Speaker 6 (05:15):
Yeah, around the world. It's interesting because gasoline and diesel
are still popular choices, okay, but biofuels are coming on
strong in many many countries. In fact, last year we
set a record in exports around the world from the
United states of bioethanol. This year, we're on pace to
break that record again. So you've got countries like Brazil,
(05:38):
their minimum blend rate of ethanol is E thirty nine.
Thirty percent ethanol is the lowest blend rate you can
get at a gas pump. It's either thirty percent bioethanol
or one hundred percent bioethanol. Believe it, that's their choices.
There is no E ten or E fifteen, it's thirty
or one hundred percent. That's where our country needs to go,
and many other countries need to go.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
What about other countries?
Speaker 7 (06:00):
Now?
Speaker 6 (06:00):
In India, they have just gone to an E twenty
blend rate nationwide and interesting there, they have banned the
use of sugarcane in the country to make ethanol, which
is also a popular feedstock. If you make bioethanol out
of sugarcane, you hinder the sugar market, so they're banning
sugarcane from being used and just using maize or corn
(06:23):
in India. Canada is moving to E fifteen quickly, Japan
is talking about E ten now, The EU and the
UK and Southern Asia all are moving to higher blend
rates of ethanol.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Other countries are discovering the advantages of ethanol.
Speaker 6 (06:39):
Number one, it's less expensive. Number two, it's clean. Number three,
it reduces cost to the consumer. Number four, it's perfectly
fine for all cars. The good news is we're seeing
great implementation of higher blends of bioethanol around the world.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Doug Bourvan of poet with us the farmers were free
trade motorcade to continues across the country Mike Davis as
a report.
Speaker 8 (07:03):
The latest event was in West b Wisconsin on Wednesday,
where Wisconsin State Senator Brad Path told farmers that trade access,
specifically to China is essential for rural economic prosperity.
Speaker 9 (07:15):
To just lose an international market like we have when
we lose a buyer device of significant paciety of American
slaving crops, it's just really frustrating, and I know that
it may speak for all of you with concerns of
what's happening.
Speaker 8 (07:30):
Path stress the need to find new markets in the
US to help counter the loss of major international markets.
Speaker 9 (07:37):
We have to medi an series from how we could
build this gator fall of supply chain that uses more domestically,
drown foreign slightings, and really build out the market domestically
Here for our gata culture, our commodity crops.
Speaker 8 (07:52):
The tour will continue through harvest season and conclude with
a Washington, DC event featuring members of Congress. I'm mikeas
farm US.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
You're listening to Aglife.
Speaker 10 (08:02):
It's another AG news update. Ethanol looking to fuel the
ceas beef imports are climbing and seafood markets face tariffs.
Speaker 11 (08:11):
More after this at the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual
Convention in Denver, we caught up with doctor Kerry Ryan,
pet cloning and genetic preservation expert with Viagin in Cedar Park, Texas.
Speaker 12 (08:22):
We've been working with dogs and cats for three years.
We're the only company in the United States that clones
dogs and the only company in the world that clones cats.
And we've also been cloning horses in livestack for about
fifteen years. So I think this will be here to stay,
and I think as we get better and better at it,
the costs will come down and people will be more
and more interested in it.
Speaker 11 (08:38):
There's more information at AVMA dot org.
Speaker 10 (08:41):
The International Maritime organization pushing for net zero greenhouse gas
submissions in shipping by two thy fifty, creating new opportunities
for US ethanol and marine and aviation fuels. Eighteen billion
gallons of production capacity here in the US and record
exports last year. US infrastructure well positioned for this market.
(09:05):
USDA data shows US beef imports up six percent this year,
reaching one point eight two million metric tons. Canada remains
the top supplier, but South America, led by Brazil and
Uruguay quickly gaining ground. Pork imports in the meantime down
eleven percent as domestic supplies hold steady. World Trade Organization
(09:26):
that's where students from more than ten countries pitch solutions
to food insecurity. Winning idea focused on reducing post harvest
losses in Africa. Others proposed biofuel production and stronger trade rules.
And finally, seafood markets remain mixed. Domestic shrimp and catfish steady,
but tariffs are lifting costs on imported shrimp, crab, and
(09:49):
lobster products. Supply challenges continue in whitefish and premium species.
It's another agnews update.
Speaker 13 (09:58):
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Do they really work as well as name brands? Yes,
Generics and name brand medications do work the same, even
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Speaker 10 (10:27):
American Cattle News rodeos for Working Ranch Cowboys more.
Speaker 11 (10:35):
After this at the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention
in Denver, we caught up with doctor Kerry Ryan, pet
cloning and genetic preservation expert with Viagin in Cedar Park, Texas.
Speaker 12 (10:47):
We've been working with dogs and cats for three years.
We're the only company in the United States that clones
dogs and the only company in the world that clones cats.
And we've also been cloning horses in livestack for about
fifteen years. So I think this will be here to stay,
and I think as we get better and better at it,
the costs will come down and people will be more
and more interested in it.
Speaker 11 (11:03):
There's more information at AVMA dot org.
Speaker 10 (11:06):
Lehman wall is with the WRCA that's the Working Ranch
Cowboys Association.
Speaker 14 (11:14):
The people that compete with us are not professional athletes.
They are real working ranch cowboys that get up every
day and help feed the world through raising cattle. And
whenever you come down Marillo and you come to the
World Championship, we put an environment together that's really kind
of focused on what the ranching community is all about, family, faith,
(11:39):
and really taking care of your business the right way.
So we're going to compete in five events, and those
events have some semblance of what might happen on the
ranch every day, in doctoring cattle or penn in or
moving cattle from place to place, maybe getting on a
ranch bronk every once in a while, a little certly
in the morning and might try you out. We're going
(12:00):
to buck some bronx at our event as well. And
then I tell you the one thing that our guys
would say, we don't do this on the ranch, so
would you please stop making us doing it in a competition.
But it's called wild cow milking. So everybody needs the NASCAR,
you know, accident to occur, right you're looking for that
wild moment, and that's that's one of those real fan
(12:21):
friendly activities that may not be real cowboy friendly. If
you get my drift. But that's what we're about is
every year in November we're going to convene in Amarillo,
Texas and bring in, you know, about thirty thousand of
our closest friends and put on this great activity here.
(12:41):
We always say, it's not just a rodeo. There's more
to this thing.
Speaker 10 (12:45):
Lehman Wall with the WRCA Working Ranch Cowboys Association, American
Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
This is Dairy Radio.
Speaker 15 (12:57):
Now Milkie Monday lookas.
Speaker 16 (13:03):
Pees senior dairy analysts with Rabble Bank in Chicago, Lucas.
Milk production is rising in the US and around the world,
driving down prices, which is an age old problem in
the dairy industry.
Speaker 17 (13:17):
What does Rabble Bank's outlook With that in mind.
Speaker 18 (13:20):
We are currently in a situation where we are seeing
milk production grow from all key global exporting areas that
includes not only the US, the European Union, in UK
and New Zealand, but also even into places into South
America which sometimes we forget can be exporting dairy nations.
(13:40):
And you're right, this additional milk production has caused lower
prices in many parts of the world. Of late, we
are dealing with a pretty significant supply increase all around
the globe. In the US, most recent numbers are even
as high as four plus percent higher versus the prior year. Granted,
in twenty twenty four we did see weaker milk output
(14:03):
due to avian influenza, so part of that is a
function of a week prior year. But regardless, we are
seeing strong output and additionally to that strong volume, seeing
higher fat and protein in the milk as well. It
is currently October, which means it is New Zealand's peak
milk producing month of the year. New Zealand very seasonal
in nature. So far in the season ramp up, we
(14:26):
have seen record milk output in a few months, so
it could be a record milk production month in New
Zealand this month. In Europe, after a slow start to
the year, higher as well. What we're seeing is a
price response to some of this additional milk. In the US,
most notably butter prices sharply lower, but also cheese and
(14:47):
non fat dry milk seeing weakness in recent weeks. It's
likely that those lower prices will start to hit farmer
milk checks here in the US into the fourth quarter,
but thankfully, expecting low feed to continue and the strong
price for bulcalves to continue to drive revenue gains on
the farm. It is likely, as things stand right now
(15:10):
with the government shutdown, we will not get new data
in the US this week, but the story I'm sure
would not change with that new data. Still expecting strong
output to purchase here into the next several months.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Thank you Lucas.
Speaker 16 (15:23):
Lucas Fees, senior dairy analysts with Rabble Bank in Chicago.
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Now developing pheromones that can confuse pest that are problematic
to tree nuts. I'm Patrick Kavana with California tree Nut Report,
part of the vastag Information Network. Ken Dane is a
cooperative extension specialist based at the Kerningagg Center in Fresno County.
He comments on these different pheromones and a new one
(18:00):
and they can really help farmers.
Speaker 27 (18:01):
So.
Speaker 28 (18:01):
Joshua Miller is a pheromone chemist based at University of California, Riverside,
and he's worked on a number of different bug species.
He's a wonderful pheromone chemist. He has worked on ligis
pheromone for quite some time and that entryway led us
to ask him canny work on the stink bug or
leafooted bug pheromones.
Speaker 29 (18:22):
Both of those peests are serious on tree nuts. He
did work on stinkbug pheromones. He has identified some of
those from the past. What's strange is that some of
the stink bugs have a combination of the pheromone and
a vibrational que they put out, and that's what makes
it difficult getting the stink bugs into the pheromone traps.
He also recently started working with the leafooted bug about
six years ago, and so he had all of these
(18:44):
different compounds and we were trying to figure out what
combination of compounds were actually needed to pull the bug
into the trap. And that's where he discovered and Houston Wilson,
with his work in the field, showed that it was
this lepto trem to tyrene that seem to be the
single most important component and will report on it as
(19:04):
this pheromone gets established.
Speaker 19 (19:06):
For over forty years, the AGG 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
(19:27):
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.
(19:50):
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 AGG in network
trusted in transparent journalism for generations.
Speaker 29 (20:04):
With the AG Information Network, I'm Patrick cavanagh. The twenty
twenty five Canadian harvest seas and enshowing mixed results and
progressing at an erratic peace. Dennis Guy has more severe
drought has hit some regions, had some areas well ahead
of harvest schedules, simply because the crop has run out
(20:24):
of moisture. Parts of Saskatchewan, along with Central Canada. In
the regions of southeastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec were very
dry this growing season, and in Atlantic Canada, Prince Edward
Island was severely affected by drought. Conversely, there are areas
that had exceptionally good brainfall, along with good weather conditions
(20:46):
throughout the growing season. John Kowalchuk farms near Trochew in
central Alberta and has recently completed his canola and cereal
grains harvest. Kowalchuk says the extremely warm weather this fall
is causing some concern for hot spots forming in storage bins,
but he is pleased with this year's crop.
Speaker 30 (21:08):
When we get lots of rain, I guess we can
grow a crop in centralbert This year it's been really good.
It was a good run. We had really good weather
this year for harvest. It was mason warm and very
happy with the result, especially the cereals. It made for
good harvest as far as getting the crop off, but
maybe not so good at getting it in really good
condition going into bins. We're not used to that kind
(21:28):
of heat during harvest, so we've had warm grain going
into You really got a walk.
Speaker 17 (21:32):
Moving east into Saskatchewan, the harvest picture is quite different.
Darryl Francho farms wheat and canola near Glaslin in central Saskatchewan.
Franch who says some late season rains helped his canola
crop a bit, but overall this has not been a
great year.
Speaker 31 (21:50):
We were droughted out here. We were in like the
tree into rain category. The wheat was really poor. We
did have some late rain that really helped full of silks.
It was still mediocre, but for the mountain rain wet
they had definitely surprised us. Subso moisture really held the
canola going and I think that's where a lot of
the yield came from. So we're going to try to
catch as much snow as we can, but besides that,
get ready for winter.
Speaker 17 (22:08):
I guess southern Ontario was a province of extremes this year.
Much of central Ontario and especially eastern Ontario was hard
hit with drought, but in southwestern Ontario between Lake Erie
and Lake Huron, Philip Shaw, who farms near Dresden, expects
to have an average to good crop that part of
the province.
Speaker 32 (22:28):
In the deep southwest of Ontario, we've had normal precipitation
all year. With the harvest activities in Ontario has drought induced.
It's come early, but down on this end of the
province it really hasn't started yet. The soybeans are much
better than my expectations. And corn, I'm sure it'll average
in this area over to hunder bushel spunk n which
is quite a bit different than the rest of Ontario
if they face a lot of growth.
Speaker 17 (22:50):
Prince Edward Island has experienced one of the hottest and
driest growing seasons on record. Ryan Bennett Farms, near the
village of Selkirk on the south western shore of Pei,
just kept.
Speaker 25 (23:02):
Thinking, Oh, it's got to rain sometime, and then it
just never did. The majority of the island has been
really dry for the entire summer, and for most stuff
it's too late. We're going to see significant yield reductions
on potatoes, most of our graincorn. I imagine it'll be
down twenty twenty five percent. Probably won't be har of
using it for another two or three weeks. Anyway. Soybean
yields cafaton to the acre on soybean's when they usually
(23:24):
would get a ton and a quarter, you know, So
there's going to be some hurts around on crops this year.
Speaker 17 (23:28):
Reporting from Canada, I'm Dennis Guy.
Speaker 33 (23:32):
The ninety eighth FFA National Convention and Expo will take
place on October twenty ninth through November first in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Mike Davis has more.
Speaker 8 (23:43):
The ninety eighth FFA National Convention and Expo will take
place October twenty ninth through November first, bringing more than
seventy thousand young people in blue corduroy jackets to the
Hoosier State. Christine White, chief Program Officer of the National
FFA Organization, says, it's a highlight of the year for
many FFA rs.
Speaker 27 (24:03):
When you look at it from a perspective, for some
FFA members at the pinnacle of their event and for
others at the launching point of their FFA career. So
it's an opportunity to hear motivational speakers here from our
national officers compete in competitive events. This year, we will
recognize the highest record number of American Farmer Degree or
(24:24):
American Degree recipients that we've had in the past.
Speaker 8 (24:27):
White says there are plenty of opportunities for personal growth
as well.
Speaker 27 (24:31):
We will have workshops throughout convention that students can engage
in and be able to learn new things and take
that back to their communities. We also have career success tours,
so exposing students to agricultural career opportunities in the greater
Indianapolis area, so they can go visit different locations, but
just to learn a little bit more about those pieces.
So it's about really opening horizons and providing good connection
(24:54):
points with real life experiences that they may not get
in their local communities.
Speaker 34 (24:58):
It's time for California AAG today on the AG Information Network,
I am Haley's ship. Ever bite into a plum that's
just right, with the perfect mix of firm skin, soft flesh,
and juicy sweetness hitting that goldilocks balance starts long before
fruit reaches the shelf. Here in California, researchers have been
(25:20):
digging deep, right down to the genes to understand what
makes some plums ripen quickly while others take their time.
Midway through the season, the UC Davis Department of Plant
Sciences announced a breakthrough. Postdoctoral scholar Pokai Huang identified three
groups of genes that control hal plums soften as they ripen.
(25:41):
You also discovered two other key players, a hormone called
jasminate and special proteins known as NAC transcription factors that
help guide the process. As Professor Diane Beckles explains, this
was the first comprehensive map of the plum's softening genes.
These families are large and complex and they had been
(26:02):
underreported before. It is a discovery that could reshape breeding, harvesting,
and storage for California's seven hundred million dollars stone fruit industry.
To learn more, you can visit us online at aginfo
dot net.
Speaker 35 (26:16):
Farm Work is tough, and so is staying safe on road.
Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffic 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 sailert especially on rule roads.
Speaker 11 (26:38):
One moment of.
Speaker 35 (26:38):
Caution can save alife. Let's work together to keep our
roads and our farms safe. This message was brought to
you by the ag Information Network.
Speaker 19 (26:46):
For the last forty years, the Egg 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
(27:09):
of reporting, the AGG Information Network trusted and transparent journalism
for generations.
Speaker 34 (27:15):
This is California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
I am Haley Ship. For more AG news, check us
out online at aginfo dot net.
Speaker 1 (27:24):
Bob went back with some farm us this morning. We
have a special report this morning. The US agriculture industry
is rapidly digitizing. Casey Shepherd has our report.
Speaker 36 (27:35):
Well, the agricultural industry is rapidly digitizing and according to
doctor Ryan Ruter and Animal food science as professor at
Oklahoma State University, this transformation is making its way to
livestock production.
Speaker 37 (27:47):
Yeah, it's been it's been going well. We've been doing
virtual fence and other sensor research for several years now,
and you know, we've we've been through several iterations of
the models of the technology and they continue to get
better over time. It looks like they're getting a little
bit cheaper over time, the commercial ones, so you know
that that's going to continue in the future. But we're
(28:10):
we're getting sensors and devices that are more capable, more durable,
and we have better retention rates and uh, and finding
new ways we can use the data. So we're still
excited about precision livestock farming in cattle and range cattle
applications and what the future has there.
Speaker 36 (28:30):
Doctor Ruter stress that the core mission of the automation
is to make ranchers lives easier and safer.
Speaker 37 (28:35):
Yeah, so that's one of the things that we're interested in.
With sensors and automation. How can we not only how
can we reduce input costs, but how can we make
farmers' lives better. Farmers are getting a lot of cases
getting older, and so we if we have a sensor
that an animal, we can we can check the location
(28:58):
of an animal. We can right where an animal is.
If there's a problem, we can drive right to it.
Don't don't waste time driving around looking for an animal
that we can't find. So that that's a way that
it can help. We can get information about the animal's
behavior or something about its physiology, maybe temperature or those
kind of things, and get an alert that an animal
(29:20):
needs our attention. And conversely, other animals don't need our attention,
and so we don't We aren't spending time and energy
checking on animals that are that are doing fine, and
then we're We also look at automation. So for instance,
we we have a new device that we're just beginning
to test that's an autonomous feed truck. So we can
actually send this this feed truck into the into the
(29:44):
pasture by itself. It can run a mission based on
GPS and and actually distribute supplement independent of having a
driver with it. So there's a there's another way that
we can you know, automate some of these things and
make safe time keep farmers out of harm's way. A
lot of times having UH feeding cows is often can
(30:10):
be can be a dangerous situation. Tagging cabs can be
a dangerous situation. So things that we can do to
to make that less dangerous or or benefit too well.
Speaker 36 (30:19):
These systems do collect a vast amount of data. Doctor
Ruter highlighted two key data points that provide the most
value for managing in a grazing environment.
Speaker 37 (30:27):
I'd say there's really two data points that are really
most valuable to ranchers for cows in a in a
grazing environment. One is the location, So a GPS sensor
on the cow and we know if we know where
the animal is and where it's where where it's location
history has been. We can do a lot with that
information about not only management of the animal. Is it
(30:49):
is it where it's supposed to be or not, and
can we go find it or not? But how is
it using the environment? How's it acting in our grazing system.
So so GPS location of the animal is is one
of the critical ones. And then behavior summary of the animal,
and usually we get those with an accelerometer. Something like
a fitbit is the analogous thing, but with an accelerometer,
(31:14):
we can get information about the animal's behavior, whether it's
how many steps taking, how much it's resting, potentially ruminating.
We were working to try to measure feed intake, supplement intake,
those kind of things. We can get alerts when an
animal has changed this behavior significantly, like if it's getting
(31:35):
sick and depressed, if it's beginning to cav We're developing
algorithms to get all of those kind of indicators from
an accelerometer sensor. That's just measured behavior.
Speaker 36 (31:46):
Once again, that's Oklahoma State Universities doctor Ryan Ruter farm Us.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
This morning, you're listening to wag life.
Speaker 15 (31:54):
From an egg information Network. I'm Bob Larson and this
is your agribusiness Update. Researchers have developed a smartphone based
AI system that accurately predicts the ripeness and internal quality
of avocados. Oregon State University Assistant Professor lu Yaoma says
avocados are among the most wasted fruits globally due to
over ripening. Scientists from Oregon State and Florida State University
(32:15):
trained AI models using more than fourteen hundred iPhone images
of haas avocados. The system predicted ripeness with nearly ninety
two percent accuracy and internal quality with over eighty four
percent accuracy. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers monthly Flash report
shows the sales of all tractors in September were up
four percent from last year. Sales of two wheel drive
(32:36):
smaller tractors under forty horse power were up three percent,
while those forty to one hundred horse power were up
seventeen percent. That was offset, however, by a sharp drop
in the sales of larger tractors. For the year, tractor
sales are down eight percent. The Animal Agricultural Alliance has
published a new Meat Matters Guide, a science based resource
highlighting why meat dairy, poultry, eggs, and seafood are essential
(32:58):
to a balanced diet and system aintable food system. The
report covers the nutritional benefits and addresses common misconceptions. The
Meatmatter's Guide includes a poster comparing nutritional profiles of various
animal proteins based on dietary needs and preferences. The Meatmatter's
Guide is available at animalag Alliance dot org.
Speaker 19 (33:16):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer
you have to go digital hmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn,
and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, But which one?
Speaker 28 (33:31):
Oh?
Speaker 19 (33:32):
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
(33:55):
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
is important to their farm operation. They trust us, They'll
trust you. Bob Quinn back to wrap up AG Live
(34:18):
for today friends. Well, after some fireworks due to the
back and forth trade war escalation.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
Between the US and China, things have been a little
quiet for the most part in the markets.
Speaker 30 (34:29):
Now.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
China and the US placed reciprocal fees on maritime shipping
from each country. Garrett Toy of agtrader talk dot Com
says it's yet another escalation.
Speaker 7 (34:42):
It's just an escalation of the trade war. I mean,
it doesn't really impact greens because China's not buying any greens,
you know, But we have the tip for tag of
China implementing that on US born ships. Some problem is
there in any US ships, So it's really a non
sequitary there. But I think the biggest thing is is
obviously at angered President Trump with Central the weaponization of
the rare earths. That caused the response from President Trump,
(35:05):
and then both sides spoke over the weekend and kind
of calmer heads prevailed.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
On Sunday, he says, the market really didn't react to
the rhetoric.
Speaker 7 (35:14):
The thing is, the market really hasn't reacted, and I
don't think for the bean market, I don't think we
will react until we see some sort of response from China,
and their side has kind of been radio silent. So yes,
the started the week was very quiet. Not only government
shutdown begin weapon, then he had bank holidays as well.
It was exceptionally quiet in a quiet market.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
Toy talked about what he's watching in the soybean market.
Speaker 7 (35:36):
Well, I mean, I'm more of a spread trader. I
follow cash and spread, so that to me tells me
more about what's happening on the commercial side, the farmer movement,
that sort of thing, and bean spread last week actually
kind of interesting. This market coming into harvest was doing
everything in his power to discourage beans from coming to
the market. We had wide cash carries, we had cheap basis,
we had wideboard spread carries, and then spread started to
(35:58):
move a little bit last week narrowing, and then I
think what that did was the pipeline got a little thin.
We do need beans to move and with a spreads
narrowing and basis appreciation, I mean, I think that caught
the market's attention a lot of these markets. For example, locally,
we're thirty forty cents off of the harvest lows on
swavy basis, the part of that's harvests in the last half,
and when we get past that fifty percent mark, we
(36:18):
tend to look for a market bottom, if you will.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
With the government shut down, Toy says, market traders are
not likely to accept much risk without that information.
Speaker 7 (36:28):
We're with the government being closed, not just the USDA,
But we don't we don't have commited with the traders.
We don't know what the markets, you know, the market
positions are, so you know, I don't think you're getting
a lot of.
Speaker 14 (36:42):
Trading.
Speaker 7 (36:43):
You know, historical you look at the last shut down
in October, volatility really kind of collapses, the traders said
for the sidelines. So I don't necessarily think that anyone's
going to assume big risk without knowing what's really going
on in the market as far as the internal structure.
So that lends the more quiet trade, if you will.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
Garrett toyag trader Talk dot Com with us this morning,
and with that, friends around of time for today, Thanks
for joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition of
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