October 31, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, valley, This is aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well, friends,
what are some of the details eligible livestock producers should
know when applying for USDA's latest round of Emergency Livestock
Relief Program assistance? Well Rod Bain starts us off.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Side up is now underway for the second part of
USDA's Emergency Livestock Relief Program through local Farm Service Agency offices.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Producers will have until October thirty first to apply for assistance.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
FSA Administrator Bill Biebe says ELERP Phase two focuses on
producers who suffered livestock losses due to qualifying floods and
wildfires for calendar years twenty twenty three and twenty twenty
four and.

Speaker 3 (00:49):
Provides a fractionally a billion dollars to help producers offset
that increased supplemental feed costs that they had due to
flooding and wildfires.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
So, what are some things producers should regarding eligibility and
documentation to apply for the latest route of ELRP. The
administrator starts with this to.

Speaker 3 (01:07):
Help streamline program delivery. The FSA has determined eligible counties
within for qualifying floods and qualifying wildfires for the years
twenty twenty three and twenty four. For losses these counties,
livestock producers are not required to submit additional documentation for
the flood or wildfire.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
A list of approved counties is found online at www.
Dot FSA, dot USDA dot gov slash ELRP.

Speaker 3 (01:38):
For losses and counties not listed on that list, livestock
producers can apply for ERP for those years stated before,
but must provide some supporting documentation to demonstrate they had
a qualifying flood or wildfire.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
With examples of acceptable identification including.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
Photographs documenting impacts to livestock land property, the insurance documentation,
emergency declarations, press releases or news articles, or any other
documentation that may be determined acceptable by your county committee.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
Phase two of the Emergency Livestock Relief Program shares the
same coverage of livestock under the Livestock Forage Disaster Program.

Speaker 3 (02:18):
If you qualify for LFP with your species, you will
qualify for EERP.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
Producers must submit documentation to support eligible livestock inventories at
the beginning date of a qualifying disaster.

Speaker 3 (02:30):
Livestock producers can receive assistance for one or both years
of twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four, and for
multiple disasters events if applicable.

Speaker 2 (02:40):
I'm broad Bane reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, DC, and.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
A reminder the deadline for sign up for this program
is today. Well, friends, cherry harvest is wrapped up in
the Pacific Northwest. We'll have a report coming up. You're
listening to agwife Bob Quinn. Here are some farm news
this morning for ends. Northwest cherry growers can now look
back on the largest harvest in six years, but it
might not be enough to really celebrate. Kelly Lang, director

(03:08):
of domestic Promotions for Northwest Cherry Growers, says, there was
some fruit left on the trees.

Speaker 4 (03:14):
Yes, some of the blocks the growers did have to
walk away from, either due to labor issues or just
because they weren't going to be able to make back
the picking cost, so it wasn't worth even picking.

Speaker 1 (03:25):
And finding adequate labor wasn't easy either.

Speaker 4 (03:28):
The charges that they're requiring for overtime on labor is
really making it hard on the grower because the workers
want to come up, they want to work that extra time.
They want to make the extra money, you know, and
go home. They don't want to just work forty hours
a week and then hang out because they have nothing
else to do.

Speaker 1 (03:44):
But one of the season's highlights was exports.

Speaker 4 (03:46):
International market actually did pretty well this year. We had
all exported with all the tariffs and everything that was
going on at the beginning of the season, thirty one
point four percent, so that was good to see. We
like hitting over that thirty percent mark.

Speaker 1 (03:59):
That's said it rough out there.

Speaker 4 (04:00):
I've heard that we're probably going to lose some more growers.
I've also heard there's a potential we may lose some
shippers after this season. So it's a sad thing to
watch happen.

Speaker 1 (04:10):
Carly Lang, Domestic Promotions Director, Northwest Cherry Growers Well friends
of The National Pork Board's Retail Advisory Committee serves as
a vital link between pork industry leaders and the retail community.
At their recent NPB hosted event, retailers voiced important strategies
to make pork more relevant to more Americans. Bailey Morrell,
manager of Channel Marketing Development with the National Pork Board,

(04:33):
set of retailers ensure upcoming marketing initiatives effectively resonate with shoppers.

Speaker 5 (04:38):
You know, our supply chain partners are fantastic and they've
been along on this ride with us since the very start,
providing them resources, support from an in store perspective or
digital whichever they may need, all the way to having
just more conversations about where this campaign is going to go.

Speaker 1 (04:59):
Well, says. She wants those in attendance to leave with
confidence in the pork industry's direction and a clear understanding
of the available resources. She emphasized the goal is to
empower retailers and industry partners with the tools, data and
support they need to connect more effectively with consumers.

Speaker 5 (05:15):
We are here as a support system for all of
our supply chain partners. We want all of them to
succeed because at the end of the day, if they
are successful, we are selling more pork and we can't
do this campaign launch without them. So if they are
on board with us, you know, we want them to
take away the energy and we want to leverage checkof

(05:36):
dollars to support our retail partners the best that we can.

Speaker 1 (05:39):
The insight shared at the event helps make pork an
easy appealing choice in the meat case. Pork Board and
retail partners are developing taste what pork can do digital
and in store advertising, highlighting Pork's flavor, balance and convenience.

Speaker 5 (05:53):
As early as it is. There is so much momentum
and energy behind this effort. Everyone understands the the opportunity
that pork has.

Speaker 1 (06:01):
For more Visit pork checkoff dot oorg for friends. The
need for a new farm bill has never been more important.
Lori Bayer has our story.

Speaker 6 (06:09):
The National Farmers Union continues to focus on key policy priorities,
including the urgent need for a new farm bill. Vice
President of Advocacy Mike Strand says several critical farm policy
issues remain unresolved, and the organization is working hard to
ensure producers's voice are heard in Washington, d C.

Speaker 7 (06:26):
Given the circumstances with the farm economy, that yes, there
should be some sort of assistance provided to family farmers
and ranchers because of the trade disruptions, but that ought
to be part of a greater picture about farm policy
reform and farm policy improvements that could happen through a
farm bill negotiation that might happen here this fall We've
heard Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Gt. Thompson speak

(06:46):
about his interest in having a farm bill markup and
the House side. I think moving forward with something like
that is a great opportunity to make some of these changes,
and we ought to take a look at the whole picture.

Speaker 6 (06:55):
Much of the upcoming discussion will center on farm bill
assistance programs, which are just one piece of the larger puzzle.
The bigger focus, according to Strands, would be the long
overdue improvement to the farm bill.

Speaker 7 (07:05):
Given the fact that the farm bill is expired right now.
Although this is a third year in a row where
the farm Bill has expired, there's an opportunity by the
end of the year or early twenty twenty six to
get something done on the rest of the farm bill.

Speaker 6 (07:16):
Mike Strands with the National Farmers Union.

Speaker 1 (07:18):
Mariy Boyer with our story this morning, farm US. You're
listening to WAG Life.

Speaker 8 (07:22):
It's another agnews update. Trade diplomacy take center stage for
US Chinese relations ethanol output slips.

Speaker 9 (07:32):
Here's farmer and landowner John Proof.

Speaker 10 (07:35):
We purchased the land about three years ago and there
was an old farmstead on there with trees and you're
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We thought we knew where the pipe was so we
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Fortunately no one was hurt, but it could have been
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Speaker 9 (07:51):
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Speaker 8 (08:01):
This week's President Trump President she summoned signaled a reset
in US China trade relations, pairing tariff discussions with renewed
access for key farm commodities like corn, beef, and soybeans.
China state owned Cofco confirming a small test purchase of

(08:21):
six point six million bushels of US soybeans. That's their
first of the twenty twenty five crop. It hnts the
progress ahead of broader agreements. Ethanol output easing one point
nine percent last week to one point o nine million
barrels per day, but stocks and exports increase, reinforcing the

(08:44):
US's strong global position. Now on the home front, ag
America reports that fewer than one in four farm families
have a formal succession plan. RAS's concerns is nearly half
of US farmland could change hands in the next two decades.
Rivo Banks Fall Harvest Outlook underscores tightening margins, citing high

(09:07):
input cost and trade instability as key threats or profitability
heading into twenty twenty six. It's another AG News update.

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Speaker 8 (09:47):
American Cattle News a member of the HALSAG Committee weighing
in on tariffs and trade.

Speaker 9 (09:55):
More after this, here's farmer and landowner John Prue.

Speaker 10 (09:59):
We perked as Land about three years ago and there
was an old farmstead on there with trees. You're going
to clear the lands. We could farm through it. We
thought we knew where the pipe was, so we didn't
call to get it located. The work on our property
led to the damage of a light crude pipeline. Fortunately
no one was hurt, but it could have been much worse.

Speaker 9 (10:15):
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Speaker 8 (10:26):
Eric Sorenson is a representative from Illinois member of the
House agg Committee.

Speaker 12 (10:30):
Right, because another thing that we have to understand here
tony is when we talk about trade and tariffs, these
are things that the United States has done to itself. Right,
the rest of the world isn't dealing with the trade war.
The trade war is what we are having to deal
with by our own hand. And so when we look
at what China has done, you know, China was slighted

(10:53):
in the first Trump presidency to the point where they
went and made best friends with Brazil and with Argentina.
And now we're seeing the problem because our soybean farmers
now don't have an export market, you know.

Speaker 13 (11:05):
And I was.

Speaker 12 (11:05):
Critical in the previous administration as well that we need
to open up more markets.

Speaker 7 (11:11):
We need to do that everywhere.

Speaker 12 (11:12):
I would like to see more market stability for our
exports in India and into South Africa and the rest
of South America and into Europe. And then also looking
at why on earth would this administration feel it is
right to bail out Argentina before we actually help solidify

(11:33):
our own farmers. You know, look in the end, our producers,
they don't want to bail out. They want better policy.
You know, our producers want somebody who is going to
champion the Mississippi River to make sure that we're so
resilient here that we're understanding what we need to do
for our inland ports, that we're extending our locks on

(11:54):
the river system so that we can get our exports
to market faster. We need to be able to innovate
as opposed to this administration which is just allowing this
constriction of the entire tag market.

Speaker 8 (12:09):
American Cattle News.

Speaker 1 (12:14):
This is Dairy Radio.

Speaker 14 (12:16):
Now it's time for our feed Forum Friday with doctor
Mike Cutchins, Professor Emeritis from the University of Illinois.

Speaker 15 (12:23):
Hello Mike, Well, welcome to today's feed form and our
topic is going to look at ration optimization. Very interesting
discussion presented by doctor Mark Hannigan from Virginia Polytech and
the nutritioness in California by the name of Steve Martin.
What do you mean by diet optimization? Well, basically, we're
looking at trying to have computers modeling, looking at trying

(12:44):
to minimize costs or maximize profit using the best solution.
And of course this computer has has several iterations to
try to find the best fit. We look at economics
out here in the feeding program. The challenge bill is
that the dairy farmer's face a real challenge and nutritionness.
If you look at there are some two hundred and
fifty feet stuffs here in the United States that could

(13:05):
be included in a dairy irration and forty nine different
nutrients to be balanced for in the diet itself. For example,
in the maximizer approach, we'll look at about five different
amino acids histidine lying lucine DEFININGE three in nine. The
nation looks at different energy calculations here as well. And
of course the goal here with these optimizing irrations is

(13:27):
you have to look at one the objective functions and
basically that is look at such things as cost and
income over feed costs and that out there the model.
Then number two has to have a set of inputs
that would be witching greatings to include descriptures of cows,
of milk production, other cost factors, environmental things could be
considered in social factors as well, and then finally the

(13:48):
model will look at setting constraints in other words, such
things as feet availability, palatability to feed stuff ance, animal
tolerance such as we'll find with some of the animal
byproducts here, nutrient use, environmental factors even both densities come
into play as well. So then we looked at optimizing
this and basically give us some challenging opportunities here. With

(14:09):
this approach, Number one is try is a nonlinear function
in some cases some of these variables, and that's why
you have to reiterate it and run it several times.
For example, the amount of microbial growth would be a
factor that's not a constant factor. As well, energy modification,
in other words, different amounts of energy coming from different
feet stuff such as corn siages and some of the

(14:30):
corn grain products as well, and certainly the ruin production
of ammonia and methane as well, another problem will be
a conversion of the nutrients that are being absorbed aren't
always a constant. For example, we may have a different
amount of vfa's being absorbed or being utilized by the cow.

(14:51):
Another conversion factor is diminishing return. At some point we
don't get the same response from these nutrients out there
in the feeding program, And of course there can be
the substitution going on in the diet as well. And
then of course we have to always be aware of
income over feed costs. But as Mark pointed out, through
these very complex calculations and iterations, there can be a

(15:13):
ten to thirty cents savings per cow per day, and
therefore certainly a goal that we can look at. We
can dial in these models more accurately. Now be well
aware that Nathan does not have an optimizer, but some
of the commercial products out there, such as NDS and
AMTS does have an optimizer function that you can ask
for when putting your rations into the feeding program. Then

(15:36):
Steve Martin came in and he talked about using it
in California herds, and his take home messages were a
number one, You've got to be certainly aware of the
risk of variation of feed stuff, especially at high levels
of intakes, and that would be forges as far as
that goes, he said, string analysis and be very valuable
when you look at very modeling effects. And finally he
discovered in their herds in California about a savings potentially

(15:59):
a five or ten sense per date. So our TAKEO
messages honor that number one. Certainly, dairy optimization might be
a nice tool of views on some farms here in
the future. You really need to know what is going
to be the best cost for producing milk. Well, that
completes the program for today. Thanks, Hey, I have a
great day.

Speaker 14 (16:13):
Thanks Mike. That's doctor Mike Cutchins, Professor emeritus from the
University of Illinois, featured every Friday here on our feed
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Coming up on Monday, we'll look at the markets with
Lee Milk. I'm Bill Baker, Dairy Radio.

Speaker 18 (16:54):
Now orangeworm pressure and ant pressure really impacted this grower
this past season. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh with the California Tree
Nut Report, part of the VASTAG Information Network. John A.
Lee Dunn is an almond grower in Calusa County. She

(17:17):
talks about this pressure from two major insects.

Speaker 19 (17:20):
We had naval orangeworm pressures. Again. I think we think
it was worse this year than even last year. I mean,
the naval orange worn pressure just seems to get worse
and worse every year. This year we struggled with ant damage,
which you always get a little bit of it. But
my husband I personally, we have a block of independence,
and man, it was hard to keep the ants at
bay when those amages were on the ground, and we

(17:41):
got some pretty good damage from the ants.

Speaker 20 (17:43):
No kidding, Ants usually aren't bad because you can treat
prevent those ants from coming beyond. Yeah, and ants aren't
typically a problem because there's plenty of materials that can
treat those ants.

Speaker 19 (17:54):
You just couldn't get ahead of it this year. I mean,
we did the same thing that we do every year,
and then even got more aggressive when we noticed it
was a bigger issue. And I don't know if it's
the weather pattern, you know, if it was the mild
summer or you know, I don't know, but and it.

Speaker 18 (18:08):
Was on an independence block, and it shouldn't attract ants
any more than other varieties, should it.

Speaker 19 (18:13):
I didn't think so, but it seemed to this year.
But I don't know that as a fact, but you know,
in our orchards it seemed due.

Speaker 18 (18:19):
That's johnnal Lee Dunn. It's almond grower in Calusive County.

Speaker 17 (18:23):
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Speaker 2 (19:23):
State's Promoting agriculture is common among the vessels used our
state departments of Agriculture at state far Bureaus and in
the case of the Jayhawks, State It's State far Bureau
offers an avenue for producers to promote and sell their
goods at value added products. For as Kylie Stout explades.

Speaker 21 (19:42):
When we speak with farmers that we work with, their
number one challenge is marketing. How can we reach more consumers?
How can we do that with minimal effort when they
have been working all day providing labor to create the
products or work the cattle.

Speaker 2 (19:55):
That led to Kansas Far Bureau developing an oddline store
Shop Kansas Farms.

Speaker 21 (20:01):
A lot of times they work with us just to
outsource that because we can do it and we can
provide a bigger outreach that they're not able to do
on their own, and we put on direct to marketing
workshops for them. We try to bring all the resources
and partner with other organizations to make sure they have
every tool available to them in their toolkit.

Speaker 2 (20:17):
The convenience factor of sales avenues like shop kants as
farms are not lost on Kylie. Are those producers who
utilize their online presence.

Speaker 21 (20:26):
A lot of the farmers that we work with don't
want to commit to a weekly farmers market. They want
to be home with their family. Makes sense, and so
we provide a digital platform for farmers to be able
to sell their products twenty four to seven to consumers.

Speaker 2 (20:39):
Nor the irony that Kansas farm goods and value added
products the day we visited with Kylie were being sold
not just out of Farmer's Market, but the Great American
Farmer's Market in Washington, d C. Earlier this summer. Yet,
she says Betty, producers are aware they need.

Speaker 21 (20:55):
To use all access points available to them to be
able to market their products. This is one avenue being
at a farmer's market. The online availability is another. Shipping
nationwide is another. Wholesale models and grocery stores is one.

Speaker 2 (21:08):
Way to diversify revenue streams as well as make connections
with customers, even if virtually In part it's education not
just about the source of food, but Kansas agriculture. While
a state perhaps best known for wheat at small grades
and beef.

Speaker 21 (21:25):
The sandtail plum jelly the sandhill plum is the Kansas
state fruit, thanks to a group of fifth graders who
wrote to the governor and said, this should be our
state fruit. So it grows wild out in the western
fields of Kansas, and we're proud to be promoting it
in our nation's capital. It is, I think, a little
bit sweeter than a regular plum, but of course in
the jelly context, it's going to be sweeter because of

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the added sugars that make it so great on a
piece of toast in the morning for your breakfast.

Speaker 2 (21:51):
Twenty twenty five marks the fortieth anniversary of what Madi
considered the Agriculture departments flagship conservation program person perhaps most
connected to the creation of the conservation reserve program in
nineteen eighty five. Former Agriculture Secretary John Block. He shared
some of his thoughts on CRP a decade ago during

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the program's thirtieth anniversary. The Reagan administration cabinet member recalls.

Speaker 22 (22:17):
In order to have farm program supports, you'd have to
take out ten or fifteen percent of your ground, and
some of it was really good ground. So my idea, wealth,
if we're going to set something aside, let's do something
that can protect the soil and get some of this
fragile landmount of production.

Speaker 2 (22:30):
So after some debate, Secretary Block managed to include CRP
as part of the nineteen eighty five Farm Bill. Considering
how the program has grown in scope and wide ranging
support over four decades, what might thake CRP is perhaps
John Block's legacy as Secretary of Agriculture, he says, though
it's just one example of what he tried to do

(22:51):
while in office.

Speaker 22 (22:52):
I considered my legacy is working hard to reform farm programs,
and that was part of the reform. But we also
got rid of setting this land aside, the good land.

Speaker 2 (23:00):
And some of that approach comes from blocks experience as
a farmer, several decades of experience where he operated his
Illinois farm and enrolled his farmland into CRP.

Speaker 22 (23:10):
We've had CRP land on our farms, and a lot
of our farms are not erosive, but we have got
some fields. It might be pretty flat for the most part,
but then there's a river or stream down at the
bottom and it's rough down in there. Instead of trying
to farm that, which would get a lot of erosion,
we put it in CRP.

Speaker 2 (23:27):
The fact that CRP has grown into more than just
the soil conservation tool over its forty years is well
in job blocks words.

Speaker 22 (23:36):
It's blossomed in the more than I ever really anticipated.

Speaker 2 (23:39):
In part because of its growing popularity with outdoor recreationalists,
from outdoor sports participants to those hiking longstream banks protected
by CRP land. There is the variety of cover crops
planted on CRP land, some with potential as energy feedstock,
much of it part of wildlife habitat.

Speaker 22 (23:56):
There's insistence that you've got to have the right kind
of crops or growing there in grass and lagoobs so
that all of the butterflies and bugs and everything you'll
have a habitat. It just turned into more than I
have imagine.

Speaker 2 (24:08):
I'm broad Bane, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.

Speaker 23 (24:14):
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brings together the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources,
the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the Governor's
Office of Business and Economic Development. According to a release
from the University of California Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources,
the Alliance will unite nine regional innovation hubs to deploy

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new technology, train a future ready workforce, and attract millions
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Speaker 1 (26:38):
Bob gwyn Makison Farmer used this morning, friends, dairy producers
are closely watching for signs of how agricultural and nutrition
policy may evolve, especially when it comes to making America
healthy again. Stephanie Hoff has a special report for US
this morning.

Speaker 24 (26:54):
What are some of those key differences between President Trump's
first and second term that dairy producers should take note of.
We're hearing it today from someone who is inside the administration,
Greg Dowd, along with us. He's the National Milk Producers
Federation President and CEO. Before arriving at NMPF, he was
working trained negotiations for President Trump, serving as Chief Agricultural

(27:19):
Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
This was from twenty eighteen to twenty twenty one. He says,
this time around, make America Great Again came with make
America healthy again. But how does dary fit into that conversation?

Speaker 25 (27:34):
We're having a time here. What they are talking about
is really an important change in how we feed ourselves
as human beings, and the fact that you know, we've
got to get away from all this ultra process stuff
that we're I think everybody kind of agrees with that.
It's just a matter of how you define it. And
I don't know what that is and what that looks like.

(27:55):
And we need to get back to more protein in
our diet, We need to get back to more whole
foods in our diet. What is that definition? I don't
know what it means, but I think for us in dairy,
there is this huge recognition that fat and dairy isn't.

Speaker 13 (28:09):
Bad for you.

Speaker 8 (28:10):
It's good for you.

Speaker 25 (28:11):
It's brain food. It's a critical thing that helps your
body function. And we're not saying that you need to
drink a gallon of milk a day or anything like that.
You know, it's all in moderation. But I think there
is an overwhelming realization of the nutrition and the importance
of protein and the products that we make in dairy,
from cheese to butter, to yogurt to cottage cheese. You know,

(28:35):
the combination of protein and the right kinds of saturated fat.
We see this now as human beings. And this time
the best term that I saw is, you know, all
this old dietary guideline stuff, it isn't science anymore. It's
become dogma, and we need to get past it and
get back to what we know about the science and
nutrition today.

Speaker 24 (28:55):
Even though we're still waiting on anutrition guidelines right nowhing's
really set in stone. We're seeing the industry kind of
move forward with this Maha thing, Walmart making an announcement,
Starbucks releasing high protein drinks. The only cottage cheese plant
in Wisconsin has to expand because the demand is so high.

Speaker 25 (29:12):
Well, and if you look at the grocery store, whole
milk and two percent in terms of fluid mill capture
the vast majority of the shelf space. What does that mean?
That means the consumers know that that's you know, that's
what they buy because they know it's good for you,
they know that's what is good for their kids, et cetera.
We've got to get the dietary guidelines to be more
of a reflection of what was really going on in

(29:34):
the real world. And I, frankly, I think we're going
to see that, and I'm going to be really interested
to see what.

Speaker 13 (29:40):
It looks like.

Speaker 24 (29:41):
Does Darry have the presidents here.

Speaker 25 (29:43):
Yes, he absolutely does, any and all of agriculture for
that matter, And I think, you know, there's a recognition
that it isn't just one thing. It isn't just the
tax code, or isn't the reduction in the regulatory burden,
or it isn't just the trade side of the equation.
They're working on all of these things, and I think,
I think from my perspective from being in there working
on the trade things, we just have to be patient.

(30:06):
We have to keep in mind that it wasn't only
just a couple of weeks that we've had under secretaries
at the Department of Agriculture. We just all be ed
was the secretary and a deputy.

Speaker 11 (30:14):
So we still are.

Speaker 25 (30:15):
Getting people in place. They're still you know, getting their
staffs in place to do what they want to do here.
And so it's hard to believe that what we've only
been nine months now or not even nine months in
this administration and everything that's happened. I know the uncertainty
has been crazy, But what I would say is just
be a little patient and let this kind of stuff
unfold a little bit. For those of us in the

(30:38):
dairy industry, it's come in our direction, and I think
we're really going to like it.

Speaker 24 (30:42):
I know you're working on bringing home milk into schools.
How close are we on getting that done?

Speaker 25 (30:46):
Oh, my goodness, we're close.

Speaker 1 (30:47):
We are so close.

Speaker 25 (30:48):
We're down to one senator here. Great conversations about it.
I wish I had better feel for a timeline and
when we get this sorted out, But an unbelievable amount
of effort has gone on into this, and I'm I'm
we're going to get this done. And it's long overdue,
and I think everybody understands us long overdue to get
this done.

Speaker 24 (31:09):
Optimism from Greg Dowd that despite uncertainty in the political sphere,
Darry has a role to play in the administration's vision
for a healthy America. Greg calls MAHA or make America
Healthy Again, a movement as consumers are already putting their
dollars toward clean labels or natural colors, sugars and fats,

(31:30):
or higher protein foods at the grocery store, for example,
it just so happens Dry checks all of those boxes.
Greg Dowd is the President and CEO of the National
Milk Producers Federation. I'm Stephanie Hoff Farm News.

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Bob Quinn back to wrap up AGLIE for today. Friends. Well,
every soybean in your field counts, so don't let weeds
take away from your harvest. That's the word from Chad
Smith in his final report.

Speaker 26 (34:19):
Brian Norton, an agronomy service representative with Sinchenta, talks about
how Tindovo helps you get clean rows without the burn
while keeping the weeds in check with long lasting residual control.

Speaker 27 (34:31):
Throwers understand the importance of early season lead control reducing
that leads seed competition early on our residual herbside products.
Must do this with broad spectrum activity, especially on those
tough leads like I battle here, such as waterham but
also do it safely, minimizing the impact on the plant.
So the o saying is the cure can't be worse
than disease or in this case, that we control can't

(34:53):
be worse than the impact of the plant. So this
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swathing crop off strong, maximizing the growers which aren't on investment.

Speaker 26 (35:14):
Tendvo's crop safety and faster canopy set soybeans up for success.

Speaker 27 (35:19):
Our goal of residual weed control program is to minimize
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Speaker 26 (35:28):
Canniby closure or what I call it.

Speaker 27 (35:30):
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syngena grow more experienced sites across the Midwest, we see
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Speaker 26 (35:51):
Tendovo also fits across different soil types and trait systems,
which matters when growers are planning their full season weed control.

Speaker 27 (35:59):
Pro Growers need easy solutions. Tindovo is flexible gets across
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keep their soybeing surging, regardless of the soil or trade package,

(36:22):
Tindovo is the free emerged herbicide that sets them up
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(36:43):
to three bushel advantage in our trials.

Speaker 26 (36:45):
Again, that's Brian Norton of Syngenta. For more information, go
to Syngenta dashus dot com. Chad Smith reporting with that

Speaker 1 (36:54):
Friends, abount of time for today, thanks for joining us
back Monday morning with another edition, A Bag Life