October 7, 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,
Partnerships between USDA and a multitude of entities continue to
be essential in aggressive efforts to keep a threat to
our nation's livestock out of the country. Rod Bain has
our story with.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
The approach of new World screw worb closer to our
nation southern border, that is in Nuevo Leone.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
It was made known to US on September twenty first,
and we have boots on the ground in Mexico determining
exactly what happened there.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
Animal health officials like Agriculture Department Deputy under Secretary for
Marketing and Regulatory Programs Laura and stubb acknowledge and already
aggressive approach by our country to protect our border at
our Asian's livestock from potential EDWS cases must be accelerated
with partnerships on multiple levels. Essential. There are joint US

(00:51):
Mexico efforts in.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
Being partners with them and eradication to protect the US
southern border. We have to enhance that US oversight surveillance
We've got to get better case reporting, lockdown that animal
movement that's happening in Mexico to prevent further spread, providing
traps and lures for screwworms so we really have an
accurate assessment of where the pest is for doing proactive
trapping in areas where we know it is not yet.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
There is also a long standing partnership between the US
and Panama.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
That is the Commission with US and Panama on a
Sterile fly Production Facility and Center of Excellence that we
call KOPEG in Panama and that today produces sterile flies
that are utilized in keeping this pest at Bay.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
USDA is the lead agency above several in the federal
government addressing New World screwworm prevention and eradication, such as
Customs and Border Protection.

Speaker 3 (01:42):
Department of Interior. And you're thinking about this pest, there
are different pesticides that are regulated by EPA that would
need to be utilized. There are also drugs that are
effective in treatment against the screwworm. Those are regulated by
FDA Center for Vennory Medicine. We are working hand in
hand and with a number of different agencies to make
sure that we are prepared if there were to be

(02:04):
a domestic incursion that the tools that we would need
to have in our toolbox are already ready to go.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
Collaboration at EDWS efforts also include.

Speaker 3 (02:13):
The partnerships with the States, are industry partners, and the public.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
As well accordated activities that go beyond prevention. Education, particularly
the public of what to look out for regarding New
World screw warm is important, according to the Deputy Under
Secretary Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
Farm News Ahead, This is Aglife, Bob Quhen, Here was
some farm news this morning.

Speaker 4 (02:38):
Friends.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
Is the US cattle industry about to rebuild the herd
well industry. Experts are watching for signs and expansion is underway.
Britney Goodrich, an agricultural economist University of Illinois, offers her
thoughts on where the current cattle cycle is.

Speaker 5 (02:55):
First of all, we've seen drought like conditions for a
number of years. Was also the twenty twelve drought that
affected things, and so that can have a major impact.
But then also we've had increases in efficiency in production efficiency,
so now we're getting more beef per cow that we're processing,
and so that processing can also play a role.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
There aren't many signs of expansion yet.

Speaker 5 (03:20):
We haven't seen any expansion in the cattle herd at
this time, and part of that, again is because we've
seen the drought monitor here in Illinois and it looks
a lot worse than it did two weeks ago, and
so the drought really makes those input costs of keeping
cattle really high, and so then it looks a lot

(03:41):
better to just sell those feeder calves off, not expand
your herd size.

Speaker 6 (03:45):
But it is.

Speaker 5 (03:46):
Anticipated that eventually producers will start increasing these herd sizes
again and we will start to see the start of
a new cattle cycle that will be probably starting in
twenty two twenty six.

Speaker 7 (04:00):
Fish.

Speaker 1 (04:01):
A couple of key factors have pushed the inventory level
to record lows.

Speaker 5 (04:05):
First of all, we've seen drought like conditions for a
number of years. There was also the twenty twelve drought
that affected things, and so that can have a major impact.
But then also we've had increases in efficiency in production efficiency,
so now we're getting more beef per cow that we're processing,
and so that processing can also play a role.

Speaker 1 (04:28):
Britney Goodrich University of Illinois with US well friends, the
dairy on beef cross is gaining steam in the cattle market.
Mike North, president of the producer division at ever dot Agg, says,
dairy is in a great position to take that over.

Speaker 4 (04:42):
If you look at the animals that we are producing
in this space, you have an opportunity to produce a
consistent carcass for a meat packer that is in search
of a consistent carcass because as they go out and
sell their product into the market place, whether it's food
service or retail, they get orders for a very consistent product.

(05:05):
They want a certain size RIBI delivered consistently month after
month after month.

Speaker 1 (05:11):
He said, crossing beef and dairy cattle couldn't make up
the shortage of beef cattle in the US.

Speaker 4 (05:16):
Well, if you look at the genome inside of the
dairy space, it's very harmonized. That Holstein cow doesn't change
much from one farm to another, that Jersey cow doesn't
change much one farm from another. And so if we
bring beef semen into that marketplace and then really drive
home that point of consistency with the kind of quality

(05:36):
that we're seeing and being able to bring calves into
the space day after day, week after week, month after month,
rather than in one big batch in the spring or
one big batch in the fall, we can really deliver
to that consumer demand over time in a much more
consistent fashion.

Speaker 1 (05:53):
Dairy cows and calves can bring something unique to the
beef sector.

Speaker 4 (05:57):
That's not to say that beef has done a bad job.
They have not.

Speaker 1 (06:00):
They've set the standard.

Speaker 4 (06:01):
Reality is is that we have a production system inside
of dry that has cows bringing caves to the market
every single day. And again, back to that genetics opportunity,
there's a real opportunity for dairy to really show its
vigor here.

Speaker 1 (06:18):
Mike north ever dot AG with US well Friends. The
Energy Information Administration said US ethanol output dropped during the
week ending September twenty six. Production fell to an average
of nine hundred and ninety five thousand barrels per day
from one point two million a week earlier. Agency data
also said that's down from the one point oh one
million produced during the same week one year ago. In

(06:40):
the Midwest, output average nine hundred and forty thousand barrels
a day, down from nine hundred and sixty four thousand
the previous week. Some farm news this morning. You're listening
to wag Life.

Speaker 8 (06:49):
It's another rag news update. Global food security is improving,
butterfat boom is squeezing cheesemakers and farm lend values rising
more after this.

Speaker 7 (07:00):
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Speaker 10 (07:09):
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Speaker 8 (07:29):
USDA economists say global food insecurity is easing, with six
hundred four million people affected this year. It's down sharply
from twenty twenty four, though Sub Saharan Africa remains most vulnerable.
Closer to home, cattle producers are on alert after a
new case of new world screwworm confirmed just seventy miles

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south of the Texas border last week, prompting stepped up
eradication and biosecurity investments in dairy. Co Bank reports buttterface
levels in US milk climbing twice as fast as protein
leaves cheesemakers with costly imbalances and quality risk. USDA's Fruit

(08:11):
and Nut Outlook shows apples, pears, grapes, and walnuts on
the rise, but peaches, cranberries, and olives are lagging. It
underscores a mixed harvest season, and farmland values continue to
climb across the Northeast and Lake States. It's led by

(08:31):
record highs in Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Strong
gains also in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin. I'm totally Saint James.
It's another agnew's update.

Speaker 10 (08:45):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gergey from Student Loan Advisor.

Speaker 11 (08:52):
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down to student loans and student loan forgiveness is that
you have to be very, very vigilant because it really
can be one of the gut empowering choices of your
life to go out and get this degree inside of
the veterinary field, or it can be a tremendous roadblock
if it's not managed properly. So we really try and
encourage that as the overarching theme and the top line
piece of advice that we give the books.

Speaker 12 (09:10):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot.

Speaker 8 (09:13):
Work American Cattle News. How did markets clean up last week?
We'll find out after this.

Speaker 7 (09:23):
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became assistance engineer, before.

Speaker 1 (09:29):
I got started in aerospace, I was.

Speaker 9 (09:31):
A kid making discoveries.

Speaker 10 (09:33):
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Speaker 7 (09:41):
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Speaker 8 (09:52):
Looking back at how markets ended on Friday, Virginia mcgafy
McGaffey Commodities Cattle mixed.

Speaker 13 (10:00):
It seems that high prices may have reached its limit
where consumers just aren't paying anymore. A box prices did
decline again, with Choice down five dollars and forty two
cents and Select down two dollars and ninety seven cents.
There's also weaker cash out there as well, but it
didn't really put too much pressure on the market, so
it was a mixed that. You know, the market state

(10:21):
traded a little below and above the opening range. December
we had a two dollars and thirteen cent range. We
were really right around.

Speaker 10 (10:29):
That two thirty two mark.

Speaker 13 (10:31):
Even October was down to two thirty twenty five, with
February getting down to two thirty four five before the
market's kind of bounced back and kind of rose back
up just a little bit, but still even though sideways
it's kind of looking a little bit weak. Seatbelts at
seventeen point two percent for the live cattle feeder today
were a little bit firm. Surprisingly, traders are still trying

(10:53):
to close that gap with that September contract close and
it's clawing back much of yesterday losses and with November.
November was up two dollars and seventy eight cents. We
were up to three fifty five with October getting up
to three fifty seven forty seven and the sea vall
for the feeders is twenty point two percent, so it's
still pretty strong. So it just showing that there's a

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lot of activity in that market.

Speaker 1 (11:18):
Leen Hoggs, though.

Speaker 5 (11:19):
Is the one to write home about.

Speaker 2 (11:20):
We made a new high.

Speaker 13 (11:22):
The quarterly numbers were below the estimates and offered some
strong market support here with demand is staying strong as
packers have been buying aggressively really all week and so
pushing all the markets to you know, making new highs.

Speaker 8 (11:35):
This week American Cattle News.

Speaker 1 (11:38):
This is Dairy Radio Now with Bill Baker.

Speaker 14 (11:44):
The Hard but Necessary Family Conversations. Our guest today Wesley
tucker Field, specialist in agricultural business with the University of
Missouri Extension. We talk about a state and succession planning.
Wesley has some advice from a recent PDPA signal.

Speaker 15 (12:01):
I do call this the hard but necessary family conversations
because I really feel like communicating and talking about some
of these sensitive issues. How many of you would be
excited or happy if the day after your funeral, a
caravan of livestock tradelers backed up to your facilities and
loaded up all your cows to take them to the
sale barn. The local auction company was called to schedule

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the estate and machinery sale, and the kids stopped by
the realty office on the way home from the funeral
to list the farm for sale. And all the hundreds
of times I've asked this, no one ever jumps up
and says, yeah, that's what I want my legacy to be.
But the reality is, if we don't take farm succession serious,
and if we don't plan for it and work through
some of the difficult conversations that may be your legacy,

(12:45):
and so that's really what we want to try to avoid.
And so I think all of our producers will be
familiar with the old three legged milking stool right road
maps to farm and ranch transition. To make that map
for how the operation should transition from one generation to
the next, I spend quite a bit of time talking
about family business dynamics and how to separate some of
those family and business roles. And then we spend quite

(13:06):
a bit of time talking about family meetings and how
to protect not only the business through those but also
the family. The reality is, when we had the recent
AG census, we found that thirty eight percent of our
producers are now sixty five or older. It doesn't matter
where I go across the country. If I go to
the Midwest to crop producers, if I go to the
North or South to dairy producers, or any small town

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that has small businesses like a rural hardware store or
a local feed store. Rural America is on the edge
of a massive amount of rollover of small businesses from
one generation to the next. And so we've got to
get really serious about planning and doing this properly if
we want to not only protect our operations and our families,
but also our rural communities scattered throughout our country. If

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all you want to do is pass the land to
your kids, all you need is in the state plan,
pass your stuff to the kids. Check the box, Go
get a will, a trust, whatever you want to do,
get your state plan in order, and you can sleep
well at night. But the reality is if a farmer's
goal is not just leaving the land to the kids
and letting them fight over it or sell it, But

(14:13):
if a farmer's goal is actually seeing if you want
one of your kids milking cows on your family land
five years or ten years after you're gone, then a
succession plan is much much bigger than an estate plan. Yes,
the state planning is part of succession planning, but it's
only a piece of it, because, yes, you have to
think about the assets. You've got to think about the

(14:34):
financial side of it. Do I even want to retire?
Does the dairy support more than one family in this operation?

Speaker 16 (14:41):
And then the.

Speaker 15 (14:42):
Elephant in the room often is who's my business success
or going to be and how I'm going to treat
them if I have one or two children that want
to be a part of the dairy operation when I
have other children that don't, and just going through farm
succession with my family when my father was killed, you know,
unexpectedly quickly, but I realize how important this truly is now.

(15:04):
Family businesses, unfortunately, are hard. There's always something that takes
priority over our time. But unless you get extremely intentional
about communicating and put family meetings on the calendar and
say we're gonna sit down and we're going to talk
about things once a month or once a quarter or whatever,
they will not happen. I love that analogy of the

(15:24):
airport runway. The sooner we start having these, the longer
the runway we got in, the smoother the landing can be.
Don't be afraid to bring the family together and talk
about things. I feel like sometimes people are so afraid
because they know there's different thoughts and different opinions. They
feel like, well, if I let people have the opportunity
to express their opinion, it's like going through the drive

(15:44):
through at a fast food restaurant. Everyone gets what they ordered.

Speaker 1 (15:48):
No, it's not.

Speaker 15 (15:49):
You know, we're gonna have to compromise, We're gonna have
to make some hard decisions. It is important to let
everyone have a voice and everyone to have, you know, input,
but then ultimately we have to make some of these
hard decisions about what's best for the family invest with
the future of our dairy operation.

Speaker 14 (16:03):
Those are comments from Wesley tucker Field, specialist and agricultural
business at the University of Missouri Extension on a recent
PDP Dairy Signal that you can hear in its entirety
for free simply by going to pdpw dot org. Our
thanks to the Professional Dairy Producers for today's sponsorship of
Producer Tuesday on Dairy Radio.

Speaker 17 (16:22):
Now, as we enter the fall and winter months, there's
a big decision to be made regarding weed control, especially
pre emergent herbicides. I'm Patrick Cavanagh with a California Tree
nutt Report part of that vast ag information network. George
Angels is a weed management and ecology advisor for Larry,

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Kings and Fresno Counties. He noted that keeping weeds from
coming up through pre emergent herbicides is the way to go.

Speaker 18 (16:51):
Pure merger herb sizes is the first start of I
would say weed management and train and bine crops. Of course,
you know, for them to be effective, you have to
make sure the make good contact with the soil, so
you absolutely have to do some sort of sweeping or
try to gas much of the debris in between the
trees and vines as possible. That way wants to apply
your pre emerged herbicides. You know, they make good contact

(17:13):
with the soil and you can try to get as
much residual activity as possible.

Speaker 1 (17:18):
And that's when you want to do it.

Speaker 17 (17:19):
Over the next few months.

Speaker 18 (17:20):
As far as you know some of the other wheed
issues we face, you know, pre emergence is probably the
best way to tackle head on on some of those
weeds because you're prevailing them from germanying in the first.

Speaker 17 (17:31):
Place, and preventing weeds that are popping up all over
the orchards a heck a lot better than chasing them
all season long. In more news, scientific research shows that
people who snack on pistachios and other mixed nuts have
better weight control and more efficient use of dietary fat
for energy.

Speaker 19 (17:49):
A large selection of over two thousand used pieces of
construction equipment and other top brand assets will be up
forbidding in the Richie Brothers Sacramento Sale. Event October eighth
and ninth. Registration for this absolute unreserved auction open to
the public and completely free, so make sure to visit
rbauction dot com to view our available inventory of truck tractors, excavators,
compact trackloaders, trailers and more. This exclusive auction will be

(18:10):
conducted entirely online, but we're still happy to welcome you
on site for in person inspections. Once again, visit rbauction
dot com to learn more.

Speaker 12 (18:18):
The best place to reach a farmer with a farming
solution message is when they're well farming. It's easy to
find them during the day, as most farmers are behind
the wheel of the pickup truck or farm equipment with
the radio on, listening to this station for the AG
Information Network of the West News. So reach real farmers
right here, right now as they listen to what's important

(18:38):
to their farm operation. Give us a call and we'll
connect you with our local farming community. They trust us,
so they'll trust you with the AG Information Network. I'm
Patrick Kavanaugh.

Speaker 6 (18:49):
Input cause of skyrocketed for US farmers who are already
looking up plans for twenty twenty six. HAG Secretary Brook
Rawlins speaking at the agripoles Eleventhani wi ag outlook for him,
talked about how much higher costs of risen since the
first Trump administration.

Speaker 20 (19:06):
As I was traveling around the country, I heard a
lot about fertilizer, seed, labor, interest rates, tractors, how it
had all gone sky high, especially in the last four years.
US farm production inputs all cost so much more today
than they did under the last Trump administration. Seed costs
up eighteen percent, fuel and oil up thirty two percent,

(19:29):
electricity costs up thirty six percent, labor costs up forty
seven percent, the cost of vehicles and machineries up forty
five percent, interest expenses up by seventy three percent, and
fertilizer costs increased thirty seven percent.

Speaker 6 (19:48):
The Secretary is very worried about foreign influence on the
US agg sector and has taken steps to stop it.

Speaker 20 (19:55):
I am incredibly concerned about undue foreign influence on this
last mon market, especially given a significant portion of our
fertilizer production is overseas. To that end, USDA and the
Department of Justice signed a memorandum of understanding that aligns
a joint commitment by both of our agencies under Attorney
General Pambondi and myself to protect American farmers and ranchers

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from the burdens imposed by a high and volatile input
costs such as feed, fertilizer, fuel, seed equipment, and other
essential goods, while ensuring competitive supply chains, lowering consumer prices
and the resilience of US agriculture and the food supply.

Speaker 6 (20:35):
The agencies that be looking at competitions and consolidation and agriculture.

Speaker 20 (20:40):
The Antitrust Division of DOJ will work hand in hand
with USDA effective immediately to take a hard look and
scrutinize competitive conditions in the agricultural marketplace, including antitrust enforcement
that promotes free market competition. Farmers have enough challenges to
deal with. Sky high end prices should not be one

(21:01):
of them. Indeed, USDA and DOJ are taking bold action
today and putting farmers and ranchers first, and there will
be more announcements on that to come, but that work
begins today again.

Speaker 6 (21:13):
That is USDA's Secretary of Agriculture Brook Rollins. Across the country,
sugar beet and sugarcane farmers are heading into the field
for harvest. Recently, those farmers and sugar industry stakeholders heard
from the Trump administration about the issues facing family farmers
at the fortieth International Sweetener Symposium. In keynote remarks, Deputy

(21:36):
Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Vaden reaffirmed USDA's farmers first commitment
to US sugar policy.

Speaker 21 (21:44):
Every action that we're taking is within America first and
farmers first philosophy. You saw a taste of that a
little earlier when the Department announced that we were going
to set the tariff right quota for specialty sugar at
the minimum required by our trade agreements, and not one
gram more.

Speaker 6 (22:00):
Vaden also stress the critical role that farmers play in
protecting the nation's food supply.

Speaker 21 (22:05):
One of the things that it's important to keep in
mind is that for everything this administration does, no harm
must come to America's farm and rural communities. The best
way that we can ensure Americans are healthy and well
taken care of is to ensure that as much as
possible of what they eat is grown here in the

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United States of America. We have the most efficient, the
most sustainable, and the safest food supply the world has
ever seen. We should want that food supply to be
what's on the plate of every American doctor.

Speaker 6 (22:41):
Nancy beck A, Principal Deputy Assistant and Administrator at the
US Environmental Protection Agency AMPLE sizes the agency's commitment to
regulatory reform and ensuring that farmers can quickly access crop
protection tools.

Speaker 22 (22:55):
So this is our laser focus is to improve the
tools that we can to you to help grow your crops.
And I can assure you that Administrator zeld In is
one hundred percent committed to ensuring that we are using
gold standard science in everything that we do, in all
our reviews, through all of all pesticides, so we know
the pesticides are vital tools. We know you need them

(23:18):
to control pests, to increase yield, to decrease food loss,
and we are going to work to get you those tools.

Speaker 6 (23:23):
To learn more about the International Sweetener Symposium and you
have Sugar Policy log onto Sugar Alliance dot ORGA. That
Sugaralliance dot ORGA. Thanks for being with us. You're listening
to AG Live. I'm Dwayne Merley.

Speaker 23 (23:39):
It's time for California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
I am Haley ship Well. Attention to California farmers and ranchers.
There is a chance for you to be part of
something pretty big that's happening right here at home. The
American Farm Bureau Federation's Annual Convention is going to be
in Anaheim January ninth through the fourteenth of twenty twenty six,
and it is act with opportunities to learn and connect.

(24:02):
You're not going to want to miss Tim Tebow. He's
going to be speaking on Monday, January twelfth. He's sharing
his perspective on leadership, perseverance, and inspiration. Workshops will cover
hot public policy topics, regenerative agriculture in the Make America
Healthy Again era, mental health initiatives, and growth strategies for

(24:23):
beginning farmers. The trade show will feature the latest from
the big names in agriculture as well as exciting new innovations.
Optional day tours give attendees a chance to see California
from a fresh perspective, and those will include olive oil ranches, wineries,
avocado groves, and produce farms. So if you are curious,
you can head to aginfo dot net for more details

(24:45):
and registration information. Again, that is the American Farm Bureau
Federation Annual Convention come into California this year January ninth
through the fourteenth in Anaheim.

Speaker 24 (24:56):
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Tractors move slower, be patient, don't pass on hills or curves. Farmers,
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(25:18):
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Speaker 19 (25:26):
A large selection of over two thousand used pieces of
construction equipment and other top brand assets will be up
forbidding in the Ritchie Brothers Sacramento Sale event October eighth
and ninth. Registration for this absolute unreserved auction is open
to the public and completely free, so make sure to
visit ourbauction dot com to view our available inventory of
truck tractors, excavators, compact trackloaders, trailers and more. This exclusive

(25:46):
auction will be conducted entirely online, but we're still happy
to welcome you onsite for in person inspections once again.
Visit rbauction dot com to learn more.

Speaker 23 (25:55):
This is California AGG today on the AG Information Network.
I am Haley Ship. For more agnews, check us out
online at aginfo dot net.

Speaker 1 (26:03):
Bob when here was some farm news this morning, friends.
Is the US cattle industry about to rebuild the herd
well industry experts are watching for signs and expansion is underway.
Britney Goodrich, an agricultural economist University of Illinois, offers her
thoughts on where the current cattle cycle is.

Speaker 5 (26:22):
First of all, we've seen drought like conditions for a
number of years. There was also the twenty twelve drought
that affected things, and so that can have a major impact.
But then also we've had increases in efficiency in production efficiency,
so now we're getting more beef per cow that we're processing,
and so that processing can also play a role.

Speaker 1 (26:45):
There aren't many signs of expansion yet.

Speaker 5 (26:47):
We haven't seen any expansion in the cattle herd at
this time. And part of that, again is because we've
seen the drought monitor here in Illinois and it looks
a lot worse and it did two weeks ago, and
so the drought really makes those input costs of keeping
cattle really high, and so then it looks a lot

(27:08):
better to just sell those speeder calves off, not expand
your herd size. But it is anticipated that eventually producers
will start increasing these herd sizes again and we will
start to see the start of a new cattle cycle
that will be probably starting in twenty twenty six.

Speaker 25 (27:27):
Fish.

Speaker 1 (27:28):
A couple of key factors have pushed the inventory level
to record lows.

Speaker 5 (27:32):
First of all, we've seen drought like conditions for a
number of years. There was also the twenty twelve drought
that affected things, and so that can have a major impact.
But then also we've had increases in efficiency in production efficiency,
so now we're getting more beef per cow that we're processing,
and so that processing can also play a role.

Speaker 1 (27:55):
Britney Goodrich, University of Illinois with US friends, the US
dairy markets haven't seen the typical butter bounce as demand
typically picks up ahead of the upcoming holiday season. Mike North,
president of the producer division at ever dot AGG, says
there are several factors behind that.

Speaker 4 (28:11):
Absolutely, this is a trend we've been watching for years,
the last five especially that trend towards more butterfat and
protein and milk has really taken off management. Of course,
feeding genetics has played a big role, and we don't
see that slowing down anytime quick and so that pounds
of solids per hundredweight of milk continues to grow and
makes us more productive as we've been adding more cows,

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and so you know, as you look at this trend,
we've been able to continue to make more and more product,
and exports have been record, which has been a fantastic story,
but our domestic demand has been lackluster at best.

Speaker 1 (28:44):
Without solid export numbers, the market would be in a
bad spot.

Speaker 4 (28:48):
Because of production of components and because of some of
that softer domestic demand, it has weight on prices, and
you have, as you pointed out with butter, watched prices
deteriorate back to levels in butter we haven't seen since
twenty twenty one. As we were picking up the pieces
from COVID, and you know, we're looking at a dollar
sixty price there, a dollar sixty price on cheese. That's

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not the kind of market that warrants a twenty dollars
milk check. And so you know, the components probably aren't
going away anytime quick now.

Speaker 1 (29:17):
There is some good news.

Speaker 4 (29:18):
As the world continues to grow, and as the world
continues to demand more protein and more butterfat, eventually that
will catch back up and we will eventually get back
in front of this thing and prices will have an
opportunity to rebound. For the moment, though, we're definitely feeling
the headwinds of production. I mean, heck, we've added one
hundred and seventy six thousand cows in the last year,

(29:39):
producing more milk with more components. That's going to have
a mark on price.

Speaker 1 (29:43):
Back north Ever, dot AG this morning, well friends, California
is the adoption of E fifteen is a bright spot
amid the struggling farm economy and the government shutdown. It
was a silver lining in anotherwise dour news. This past week,
California Governor Newsom signing his legislature's E fifteen bill made
the state the last remaining and biggest to allow the
sales of the higher ethanol blend. Renewable Fuel Association's Troy

(30:08):
breaden Camp never doubted Newsom would sign the unanimously passed bill.

Speaker 16 (30:12):
He got on board last year. RFA commission a study
with UC Berkeley and others that looked at what would
E fifteen mean to the California consumer.

Speaker 1 (30:23):
Bredencamp says the studies findings were significant.

Speaker 16 (30:26):
That study showed a two point seven billion dollars per
year savings to California consumers, almost two hundred dollars per household.

Speaker 1 (30:33):
Those numbers helped fuel Newso signature on the bill.

Speaker 16 (30:36):
As soon as we were able to get that report
in front of him, he has been on board with
getting E fifteen jump started in California.

Speaker 1 (30:43):
Reddencamp says California will add almost six hundred million gallons
of new demand for American ethanol or two hundred million
bushels of corn. He says he hopes California's move will
give added momentum to year round E fifteen legislation in
Congress Farm US. This morning, you're listening to WAG Life.

Speaker 25 (31:03):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson in this
is your agribusiness Update. School cafeterias across Washington State will
spotlight and serve locally grown foods this week as part
of the annual Taste Washington Day celebration. More than thirty
five farms and food producers in Over fifty school districts
are participating. Wednesday, October eighth, Taste Washington Day highlights the

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important connections between farms and schools in our state, connections
that are cultivated all year long across Washington. Taste Washington
Day helps launch National Farm to School Month. The federal
government shut down will stop some payments to farmers and
also delay access to federal farm loans. Reuter's reports it's
one more blow for producers already struggling with low crop prices,

(31:44):
record high debt, and a trade war. At the height
of the fall harvest, Republican and Democratic lawmakers couldn't agree
on a plan to fund the federal government, and this
will last until one party gets enough votes for its
funding plan. The White House Office of Management and Budget
requires the USDA to maintain a plan for agency operations
in the absence of appropriations in the wake of a

(32:05):
government shutdown. The plan shows a total of eighty five
nine hundred and seven USDA employees before the government shut down,
with nearly half placed on furlough. The shutdown particularly effects
employees who work face to face with farmers. Two thirds
of the Farm Service Agency are going on furlough.

Speaker 19 (32:22):
A large selection of over two thousand used pieces of
construction equipment and other top brand assets will be up
forbidding in the Richie Brothers Sacramento Sale event October eighth
and ninth. Registration for this absolute unreserved auction is open
to the public and completely free, so make sure to
visit urbauction dot com to view our available inventory of
truck tractors, excavators, compact trackloaders, trailers and more. This exclusive

(32:43):
auction will be conducted entirely online, but we're still happy
to welcome you on site for in person inspections. Once again,
visit rbauction dot com to learn more.

Speaker 12 (32:51):
For the last forty years, the Egg Information Network has
been the source of news for farmers and ranchers.

Speaker 1 (32:56):
Yet we have never.

Speaker 12 (32:57):
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 of reporting,
the AGG Information Network trusted and transparent journalism for generations.

Speaker 1 (33:20):
From the Egg Information Network.

Speaker 25 (33:21):
I'm Bob Larson with today's Agribusiness Update.

Speaker 1 (33:24):
Bob Quinn back to wrap up Aglive for today Friends.
Innovations continue to help corn growers be more efficient. Chad
Smith wraps us up today.

Speaker 10 (33:32):
Bayar Crop Science is an industry leader in agricultural research
and development investment. Jamie Horton, dical brand manager, said, farmers
can look forward to some exciting innovations coming down Bayer's
corn product pipeline.

Speaker 26 (33:47):
So these products would include ongoing germ plasm improvements from
the DCAL brand to continue to boost that yield potential,
but also enhance protection against insect pests, diseases, other agronomic challenges.
And one that we're really excited about our innovation pipeline
would be the press on smart corn system which offers
that short stature corn typically around more of that seven
foot tall compared to the traditional corn plant of nine

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to twelve feet and another advantage of this is it
also offers a thicker stalk structure than a traditional plant.
So as we think through increased protection against lodging green
snap from some of the storms we see throughout the
summer months, as well as greater application flexibility to continue
to help maximize that crop performance.

Speaker 1 (34:26):
She said.

Speaker 10 (34:26):
The pipeline will also bring a stronger defense against corn rootworm.

Speaker 26 (34:31):
Yeah, we know. Cornrootworm is something that we continue to
battle and cornrootworm four, which is Beyer's fourth generation cornrootworm trait,
is really going to be the new standard for corn
insect control and so it'll provide two new insecticidal proteins
for improved control of high pressure, yield robbing rootworm populations.
Another piece is the LEFT five which is also in development,
which offers new solutions of above ground pests including corn earworm,

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fall army worm, and southwestern corn bore.

Speaker 10 (34:57):
As Grow Brand manager Britney you Banks producers who plant
as Grow brand soybeans will also benefit from Beyar's pipeline innovations.

Speaker 27 (35:06):
As we think about the Asgro portfolio. We have exciting
performance with our as Grow Extenflex soybeans today. But what
we're even more excited about is the launch of Vkonic
in twenty twenty seven, which is our new fourth generation
soybean trade package. Iconic is going to change the industry right.
It's going to be that first soybean to have five

(35:27):
herbicide tolerances to glyphosate Glufocinate di Camba two forty and
Miso with Iconic. We're seeing performance being extremely positive over
our stenflex soybeans that we have today, and we're also
really looking forward to the opportunity to have a variety
of maturities across the entire US.

Speaker 10 (35:48):
You Bank said. The Beyar pipeline also includes two new
weed management technologies for soybeans and corn.

Speaker 27 (35:55):
We've got Iconic coming out in twenty twenty seven. But
not far behind that is our FIT generation of herbicide
tolerance coming out in as Grow, which will be our
HT five soybeans that will add additional tolerance from those
five that I mentioned earlier, adding in the PPO resistance
as well, so six herbicide tolerances total. In addition to

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our soybean portfolio, we have some exciting things coming out
in our crop protection portfolio. It's called Conventro, which is
a Group twelve herbicide expected to be available next season.
It's going to offer a new tool giving farmers an
effective new defense against resistant palmer and waterhamp on maintaining
yield potential.

Speaker 10 (36:36):
While awaiting the introduction of these and other Bayer pipeline innovations,
Farmers can contact their local Decalb asgrowdealer, or visit decalb
dot com and asgrow dot com to learn more about
the brand's twenty twenty six product lineup. Chad Smith reporting

Speaker 1 (36:54):
With that Friends about a time for today, Thank you for
joining us, back tomorrow morning with another edition of Bag
Life