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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,
this morning, we have some production forecasts for various crops.
Rod main starts us off.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
The primary focus of USDA September crop reports is usually
the latest odd major spring plant at row crops, cord
soybeats at cotton, yet with harvest near or underway. For
many other crops, there are also production forecasts for those
commodities as well. Athony Preliment of the National Agricultural Statistic
(00:35):
Service says take for instance, sorgum production.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Is forecast to be up two point seven percent compared
to the previous forecast and of seventeen percent from last season.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
As for notable southern crops, in.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
A production at nearly seven point four billion bushels, he's
up two point one percent from August and fourteen point
seven percent from last year. If reelize, this would represent
a record high production for the US rice production and
profest to be lightly from the August forecast but six
percent below what was produced last season.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Increased production forecast we're also revealed for this year's crops
of various leay goops, chick.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Pea production is forecast to be thirty one point nine
percent higher than last year. Now looking at dry out
of a peas production is forecast to be up twenty
three point four percent compared to last season. Mental production
up twenty two five percent from twenty four.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Prelbin says for US sugar crops, sugar beets add sugar cane.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Sugar beets production is works to be up a tens
of a percent compared with last month and up slightly
from twenty twenty one. We're looking at sugarcane reduction is
up one point three percent from August and down slightly
from last year.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Add regarding to California crops, add their production forecast, naval.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Orange production in California is expected to total one point
six million tons or twenty million boxes this year. That
is up five point five percent from the previous season.
This month's forecast is based on objective measurement surveys. The
objective measurement survey indicated that fruitset was down nine percent
from last year, but the average fruit size was up
six percent from twenty twenty four. For low nuts, California
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is our only estimating state production in twenty twenty five
is forecast at seven hundred and ten thousand times. That
is up seventeen point seven percent.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Four Broadbaid reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
D C.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Coming up is the US ready to deal with new
world screw worm. We'll have that story that is ahead
on ag Life. Bob Quinn. Here were some farm news
this morning friends. As the broader ag economy continues to struggle,
Roe crop farmers face a particularly difficult time. Chad Smith
has more on the financial headwinds.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
As fall harvest season rolls on, many farmers and ranchers
are studying their balance sheets. Faith Parum, an economist for
the American Farm Bureau Federation, said the difficult ag economy
is impacting Roe crop farmers particularly harshly so our.
Speaker 6 (03:02):
Row crop farmers, but really all of our farmers and
producers are being squeezed by falling prices and really high
input cost We've seen an increase and a record high
production cost this year, and that's affecting roe crop farmers,
our specialty crop farmers, livestock producers all.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Across the board.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
Farmers and ranchers are having to devote more and more
of their budgets to the cost of production.
Speaker 6 (03:24):
Fertilizer rising again. It's still not to those highs of
twenty twenty two, but it's going up. Chemicals, fuel and
energy interest is really becoming a larger and larger expense
in farm budgets as farmers continue to take out operating
loans to make it to the next marketing year. Due
to all of the decreases in commodity prices, labor is
always increasing as well as the machinery and repairs.
Speaker 5 (03:46):
Parham says the tough economy is impacting a variety of crops,
but each one has a different profitability scenario.
Speaker 6 (03:53):
Tottons our largest loss at over three hundred dollars an acre,
and so that's going to be pretty high and really
hurt their operations. Peanuts are at one hundred and seventy
three dollars loss, corn at one hundred and sixty nine
dollars loss, soybean's at one hundred and fourteen dollars loss,
and rice at one hundred and fifty four dollars loss.
Sorgum and we also operating at a loss well over
one hundred dollars. So all of our roecrop producers are
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really struggling, and this isn't the first year that they've.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
Operated at a loss.
Speaker 5 (04:18):
You can learn more at fb dot org, Forward Slash
Market Intel, Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Well Friends. From mid August through mid September, Mexican officials
reported almost thirty two percent more cases of New World
screwworm in their country, totaling over sixty seven hundred cases.
Doctor Rosalind Biggs is an Oklahoma State University Extension beef
veterinarian who says she's concerned that beef producers aren't ready
(04:46):
if the parasite ever gets into the US.
Speaker 7 (04:49):
It's one of my biggest concerns frankly with New World
screwworm is access to facilities, access to be able to
treat right facilities. As far as that investment, it's got
to be something that of course makes sense.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
We've got to be able to.
Speaker 7 (05:06):
Get those animals caught, get them handled in the way
based on what we could potentially face that and I
have concern that the vast majority of producers don't remember it,
and that includes me, right Like I have to listen
to my father and others that had to deal with
New World screw worm literally on a daily basis.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
To do the daily inspections necessary to combat these screw worm,
producers need to think about facilities that will make it
easier to do.
Speaker 7 (05:34):
That, especially with looming New World screwworm. We had the
announcement I saw it kind of in the middle of
the night that it's seventy miles from the border. It
looks like it's inching closer. And with that, if there's
any time to invest in facilities is probably now. What
you may find is that handling facilities will improve your
(05:57):
cattle experience if you get good ones right. I don't
know how many times we've been just dealing with something,
dealing with something, dealing with something, and we finally make
the investment.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
It's like, why did we wait so long to do that?
Speaker 7 (06:08):
You know that's another component too, for that you can
have your veterinarian out.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
It's a new fresh set of eyes to it.
Speaker 7 (06:15):
Havn't facility consoles, I think is a great approach, and again,
now's the time to invest.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Whatever the facilities you have available need to work for you.
Speaker 7 (06:23):
It just needs to be safe and functional, right, safe
and functional, and it does not have to be super fancy.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
It doesn't.
Speaker 7 (06:30):
It just needs to get the job done, as you said,
and making sure we've got personnel and animal handling in mind.
I suppose to maybe now's the time with cattle prices.
If you got that one col that is hard to catch,
and you get her captured, maybe she needs to go
to the sale barn. Those are some decisions that I
think are worth considering.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Doctor Rosalind Biggs, Oklahoma State University. With us USDA's projection
for this year's winner wheat crop production is the highest
and almost a decade.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Production of one point four billion bushels is the highest
since twenty sixteen.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
That's Anthony Prillman, Southern Regional director for the National Agriculture
Statistics Service. He said the increased production is fueled in
part by what is the second highest winter wheat crop
yield on record. The NASA estimates for winter wheat production
comes in above industry expectations. Farmer us this morning, you're
listening to wag Life.
Speaker 8 (07:25):
It's another agnews up to USDA reports bringing surprises for corn,
wheat and small grains. Taiwan pledging more purchases more after
this Ryan I don't know.
Speaker 9 (07:37):
How must to say this, so I'll just say it.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
What is it, Linda?
Speaker 4 (07:41):
I think we should see other people.
Speaker 5 (07:42):
Are you breaking up with me on a roller coaster?
Speaker 10 (07:45):
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Speaker 5 (07:47):
Maybe we should.
Speaker 10 (07:48):
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Speaker 8 (08:06):
USDA September Grainstocks where report delivered barous surprises for corn
and wheat inventories above trade expectations, while soybeans landed neutral.
A separate small grain summary showing record yields boosting winter wheat,
though spring wheat and rye output fell. At the same time,
Taiwan pledging to increase US farm imports by thirty percent
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over four years, prompting the USDA trade mission to Taipei
focusing on row crops, livestock, and specialty products. On the
logistics front, low Mississippi River levels are once again restricting
barge movement, tightening grain transport capacity and raising freight raids,
(08:51):
as corn exports remained strong and soybean sales lag beyond
agg metals markets, also influencing farm inputs and confidence. Copper
tied to China's fragile industrial outlook, gold being buoyed by
US physical and geopolitical risk in silver demand remains underpinned
(09:12):
by renewable energy growth despite global supply shortfalls. Together, reports
and market shifts outline both challenges and opportunities for agg
It's another AGEWS update.
Speaker 11 (09:27):
As farmers and ranchers, stewardship of the land comes naturally.
Your work keeps our water clean and improves the soil
and enhances wildlife habitat. It also provides countless benefits, not
just for you and your family, but for millions of
Americans who depend on this region every day without even
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(09:49):
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Speaker 8 (09:56):
Org, American Cattle News, growing the herd? How can we
do it without spending money?
Speaker 1 (10:05):
More?
Speaker 2 (10:06):
After this, Ryan, I don't know how must to say this,
so I'll just say it.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
What is it? Linda?
Speaker 12 (10:12):
I think we should see other people.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
Are you breaking up with me on.
Speaker 13 (10:16):
A roller coaster?
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Well, we do have a lot of fun.
Speaker 14 (10:19):
Maybe we should see any.
Speaker 10 (10:23):
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Speaker 8 (10:38):
B prices have been at record highs for months and
why simple supply and demand.
Speaker 15 (10:46):
Eg.
Speaker 8 (10:46):
Secretary Brook Rollins.
Speaker 16 (10:49):
Low inventory and high demand is not sustainable if we
wish to be a country that can feed ourselves. Like
so many of the problems that you face, our cattle
inventory unfortunately cannot be built rebuilt overnight. That's why USDA
is prioritizing, along with our partners in the States, our governors,
our ag secretaries, etc. Both short and long term solutions
(11:12):
that address the root of the shortage and deliver rapid relief.
We are developing a robust plan to revitalize and diversify
the US beef industry alongside our great partners in that
industry for producers, processors, and consumers. We will provide more
details at a rollout in mid October alongside my partner,
(11:34):
Secretary Doug Bergham. But to be clear, and there's been
a lot of speculation about this in the news in
the last couple of days. We have no current plans
to offer any payment to beef producers. We see how
the government getting involved can completely distort the markets, and
so currently there will be no plan, no plan is
(11:54):
even under consideration to insert ourselves through payments into the
beef cattle industry. But our plan will focus on opening
up more working lands, expanding expanding our risk mitigation tools,
expanding those risk mitigation tools for our beef cattle industry,
(12:15):
and hopefully inspiring the next generation of farmers who hold
the future of this great nation in their hands.
Speaker 8 (12:22):
And again she says, growing the herd will not involve payments.
American Cattle News This is Dairy Radio.
Speaker 17 (12:34):
Now the government shutdown continues with no end in sights.
We check in with Alan Birga, executive VP of Communications
and industry Relations with the National Melt Producers Federation. Alan,
how has the shut down affected the dairy industry so far?
Speaker 18 (12:50):
Well, what you've seen, of course, is an ability to
get new loans processed. Farm Service agency offices have been closed,
although USDA's direction is saying that should the shutdown last
more than ten days, there will be one staffer per
office brought back on basically to process things that have
been ongoing. You also see, of course pauses and in
programs that you know, it's just farmers, and that's a
(13:13):
challenge in farm country, in dairy country. There are two
pieces of good news, I guess. One, you know, because
of a lot of the farm bill being included in
the spending and tax package that was passed last summer,
you do have that certainty as far as what farm
programs will look like in the future. And the other
good piece of news is that the dairy margin coverage
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program isn't as relevant right now, simply because margins have
been higher and the payment level hasn't been triggered. So
that cold comfort. Though, if you're trying to get a
new loan from your FSA office, or if you're working
you're in our CS office, you know those are also closed.
There's a lot of waiting going on right now, and
you're right, we don't have an end in site, and
it's tysticlarly putting a lot of necessary operations on farm
(13:57):
operations on pause until we can get this worked out
in Washington.
Speaker 17 (14:01):
So we're taking a wait and see approach here. But
is there any action we can take in the dairy
industry well, I.
Speaker 18 (14:07):
Mean, one thing you can do, obviously is check with
your member of Congress, you know, respond to the social
media feeds, let them know that agriculture needs to be
remembered as folks who are affected by the shutdown. You know,
we talked a little bit about USDA and operations. Let's
talk a little bit about opportunities too. It's been a
(14:27):
tough time with crop producers. You know, Milk prices have
been going down, and with these trade tariffs that's been
really wreaking havoc on some export markets. You know, when
China starts buying soybeans from Brazil, that creates an issue.
Also difficult to allocate any money for any relief for
farmers affected by that when there's a shutdown. If the
government were in action, I have no doubt that there
(14:49):
would be discussion of that sort of a trade mitigation
payment going on right now. That doesn't happen when you
have the shutdown, and that may be something to let
your lawmaker know, which is Look, we need to get
at the government up and running because the world keeps
moving along and we need to react to it. And
when you have harder times in farm country, that's not
going to be happening while you're trying to figure out
(15:10):
how to even have the basic functions of government happening.
Speaker 17 (15:13):
Yes, those in the dairy industry certainly know how big
of a role the federal government plays in US dairy operations.
Speaker 18 (15:21):
It's important us also, of course, to remember what the
shutdown covers and what it doesn't cover, you know, emergency
operations that are still taking place, and that's really important
when we're taking a look at how close New World
screw worm is getting to the border. USDA is continuing
its activities in that area. You know, should it cross
the border, I would expect resources would be used for it.
(15:41):
But at the same time, it's kind of like being
a distance runner who hasn't been running for a while.
You've got to get those muscles back into shape, and
every day that you're not training, that's another day you
get flavior. So we certainly want to be able to
get the government up and running so that you can
be at optimal capacity to react to whatever may be happening,
even if some of those scenarios are being covered under
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current planning.
Speaker 17 (16:02):
Well, thank you for the update today, Allen from our
nation's capital, Alan Birga Executive VP of Communications and industry
Relations with the National Mouth Producers Federation. Find more at
NMPF dot org.
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Speaker 9 (17:32):
With an SMATUS seven and ten thousand tons of walnuts
that are going to be harvest this year. Well, the
industry is really in a good balance. Robert Verloop is
President and CEO of the California Walnut Boarding Commission.
Speaker 21 (17:47):
Yeah, it's certainly better in balance, and not only here
in the United States, but you know the Chilean production
which we compete with at the beginning and the end
of our seasons, and you know, they've been more in
line with the traditional numbers and it doesn't look like
their industry is growing, so they're very predictable. I think
we have good communication with them, so we kind of
(18:08):
know where they stand.
Speaker 9 (18:09):
And that certainly helps with the balance.
Speaker 21 (18:11):
Last year because we didn't have enough walnuts, you know
that we did lose some markets to the Chinese market supplying.
But we're coming back with a high quality product and
I think we can recover from those missus that we
had last year.
Speaker 9 (18:25):
That's Robert Verloop with the Walnut Boarding Commission and California
does produce the highest quality walnuts in the world. In
more news. In the fall, orchards do not need the
same irrigation volumes they require in July or August, but
there is a need to maintain adequate soil moisture without
over irrigating. Too much water can create saturated soil conditions,
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which encourages root disease and waste fertilizer inputs such as nitrogen.
By September. In early October, irrigation should begin a general
time they bring off.
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Speaker 9 (20:10):
It's apple season.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
I'll look at this year's forecast at us apple production
indicates more apples expected to be harvested.
Speaker 20 (20:18):
The 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 anti production exceeded eleven billion pounds,
based on seven NASS surveyed states.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
At USDA research economist Catherine Weber says, 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 20 (20:44):
In Washington, the largest apple producing state. The crop is
forecast to be eight billion pounds, seven percent higher, or
five hundred and twenty million pounds more than last year.
If realized, the twenty twenty five apple crop would be
the largest in Washington history.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
By variety. Gala ad Delition remade the tops in annual production,
but this season sees honey criss production moving into third
place among apple varieties produced by volume.
Speaker 20 (21:08):
In Washington, the crop is forecast to be eight billion pounds.
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. In New York, twenty twenty five,
apple production is forecast to increase twelve percent year over year,
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ranking second in 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 is similar to last year,
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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. Twenty twenty five
apple crop and Oregon is up thirty eight percent year
per year and is the largest crop since twenty twenty.
The US Apple Association expects a record size honeycrisp crop
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in twenty twenty five twenty six. If realized, honey Crisp
would rank third in apple varieties by volume for the
first time, surpassing Granny Smith but continuing to trail behind
Megala and Red Delicious. 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
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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. In twenty twenty four to twenty five,
the fresh apple export volume was one hundred and twenty
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nine million pounds lower than last season, the nineteen percent
higher than the previous three year average.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
I'm broadbade reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 23 (23:09):
This is the Agricultural Law and Tax Report. I'm Roger Mcowen.
New Tax Code Section ten sixty two offers a tax
benefit for sellers of farmland, allowing a four year installment
payment of the net income tax due on the gain
from the sale. This provision applies specifically to the salor
exchange of qualified farmland property to a qualified farmer and
is effective for transactions in tax chars beginning after July four,
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twenty twenty five. For a calendard year seller, that means
that provision is not available until January one, twenty twenty six,
But can the seller change their taxhaar to qualify a
sale this fall for the tax break. I'll be back
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New Tax Code Section ten sixty two allows a farmland
seller to spread the net tax liability from the sale
to a qualified farmer over four years. For calendar year sellers.
The provision is available starting next year, but can the
seller change their tax hear to use the rule this
fall As a general rule, the seller would need IRIS
approval to change their tax hear, and the requests must
be supported by a bonifid business purpose. A tax chaar
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change with the primary purpose of gaining a tax advantage,
such as accelerating the eligibility for this new provision, without
any substantial non tax reason, will generally be denied. The
seller must ensure any change in taxiar is genuinely motivated
by operational or economic factors, rather than merely seeking to
hasten the data of eligibility for the new provision. This
has been the Agricultural Law and Tax Report. I'm Roger McGowan.
Speaker 9 (25:07):
You're listening to AG Live.
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Speaker 15 (26:31):
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and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, but which one?
Oh on how receptive is this age group to your
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Speaker 1 (27:42):
Bob Quinn. Here are some farm news this morning, friends.
As the broader ag economy continues to struggle, row crop
farmers face a particularly difficult time. Chad Smith has more
on the financial headwinds.
Speaker 5 (27:53):
As fall harvest season rolls on, many farmers and ranchers
are studying their balance sheets. Faithful, an economist for the
American Farm Bureau Federation, said the difficult agg economy is
impacting row crop farmers particularly harshly so our.
Speaker 6 (28:09):
Row crop farmers, but really all of our farmers and
producers are being squeezed by falling prices and really high
input cost We've seen an increase and a record high
production cost this year, and that's affecting roe crop farmers,
our specialty crop farmers, livestock producers all across the board.
Speaker 5 (28:26):
Farmers and ranchers are having to devote more and more
of their budgets to the cost of production.
Speaker 6 (28:31):
Fertilizer rising again. It's still not to those highs of
twenty twenty two, but it's going up. Chemicals, fuel and
energy interest is really becoming a larger and larger expense
in farm budgets as farmers continue to take out operating
loans to make it to the next marketing year. Due
to all of the decreases in commodity prices, labor is
always increasing as well as the machinery and repairs.
Speaker 5 (28:53):
Parum says the tough economy is impacting a variety of crops,
but each one has a different profitability scenario.
Speaker 6 (29:00):
Totton's our largest loss at over three hundred dollars an acre,
and so that's going to be pretty high and really
hurt their operations. Peanuts are at one hundred and seventy
three dollars loss, corn at one hundred and sixty nine
dollars loss, soybean's at one hundred and fourteen dollars loss,
and rice at one hundred and fifty.
Speaker 5 (29:16):
Four dollars loss.
Speaker 6 (29:17):
Sorgum and we also operating at a loss well over
one hundred dollars. So all of our rocrop producers are
really struggling, and this isn't the first year that they've.
Speaker 4 (29:24):
Operated at a loss.
Speaker 5 (29:25):
You can learn more at fb dot org Forward Slash
Market Intel, Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (29:32):
Well Friends. From mid August through mid September, Mexican officials
reported almost thirty two percent more cases of New World
screwworm in their country, totaling over sixty seven hundred cases.
Doctor Roslind Biggs is an Oklahoma State University Extension beef
veterinarian who says, you're concerned that beef producers aren't ready
if the parasite ever gets into the US.
Speaker 7 (29:53):
It's one of my biggest concerns frankly, with New World
screwworm is access to facilities, access to be a to
treat right facilities. As far as that investment, it's got
to be something that, of course makes sense.
Speaker 4 (30:07):
We've got to be able.
Speaker 7 (30:09):
To get those animals caught, get them handled in the
way based on what we could potentially face that and
I have concern that the vast majority of producers don't
remember it, and that includes me, right Like I have
to listen to my father and others that had to
deal with New World screwworm literally on a daily basis.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
To do the daily inspections necessary to combat these screw
worm producers need to think about facilities that will make
it easier to do.
Speaker 7 (30:37):
That, especially with looming New World screwworm. We had the
announcement I saw it kind of in the middle of
the night, that it's seventy miles from the border.
Speaker 4 (30:47):
It looks like it's inching closer.
Speaker 7 (30:49):
And with that, if there's any time to investment facilities
is probably now. What you may find is that handling
facilities will improve your cattle experience if you get good
ones right. I don't know how many times we've been
just dealing with something, dealing with something, dealing with something,
and we finally make the investment.
Speaker 4 (31:07):
It's like, why did we wait so long to do that?
Speaker 7 (31:09):
You know that's another component too, for that you can
have your veterinarian out.
Speaker 4 (31:14):
It's a new fresh set of eyes to it.
Speaker 7 (31:16):
Havn't facility consoles, I think is a great approach, and again,
now's the time to invest.
Speaker 1 (31:21):
Whatever the facilities you have available need to work for you.
Speaker 7 (31:24):
It just needs to be safe and functional, right, safe
and functional, and it does not have to be super fancy.
Speaker 4 (31:31):
It doesn't.
Speaker 7 (31:32):
It just needs to get the job done, as you said,
and making sure we've got personnel and animal handling in mind.
I suppose to maybe now's the time with cattle prices.
If you got that one cow that is hard to catch,
and you get her captured, maybe she needs to go
to the sale barn. Those are some decisions that I
think are worth considering.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
Doctor Rosalind Biggs, Oklahoma State University with us you as
sugarcane producers are suddenly battling a newly identified weed in
that crip. Doctor Matt Foster, weed scientist at Louisiana State University,
is currently studying herbicide efficacy on the newly identified weed.
Speaker 26 (32:08):
We recently identified lufah quinnquefida in Louisiana. It's a first documentation,
specifically in Saint John the Baptist Parish, Saint James and
Assumption Parish. We even sent samples off to a specialist
in Germany just to confirm lufah quinqueffada is a member
of the kucurbit family. It's a vine, or more commonly
(32:29):
a tie vine, has a vining growth habit. It can
take over the cane very aggressively. It can cause a
cane to collapse and in turn calls issues during harvest.
Currently looking at herbicide programs that we use in sugarcane.
Preliminary results from this study show we do have options,
but you need to be timely in your management as
(32:49):
it can be more aggressive than the traditional vine species
that we deal with, such as morning.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
Glory Matt Foster LSU with US Farm US. You're listening
to WAG life.
Speaker 13 (33:00):
From the AGG Information Network. I'm Bob Larsen and this
is your agribusiness update. The Renewable Fuels Association applauded California
Governor Gavin Newsom for signing Assembly Bill thirty into law,
immediately legalizing the lower cost E fifteen fuel, the last
state to do so. RFA President Jeff Cooper's California is
on the road to lower gas prices and a cleaner
(33:21):
future for families across the state. Recent studies have shown
that HE fifteen could save California drivers two point seven
billion dollars annually, about two hundred dollars per household, while
significantly cutting tailpipe pollutants. The National Association of Wheat Growers
announced that Sam Keefer is the organization's new CEO beginning
November first. He brings more than twenty years of agriculture
(33:43):
leadership and farm policy experience with him. Keefer says he's
honored to join the association at such a pivotal time
for wheat growers across the country. Most recently, Keefer was
the vice president of public policy for the American Farm
Bureau Federation, while September saw global food commodity prices drop
as declines in the sugar and dairy industries offset up
new peak for meat prices. The United Nations Food and
(34:05):
Agriculture Organization's Food Price Index average one hundred and twenty
eight point eight points in September, down from a revised
one hundred and twenty nine point seven in August. The
index was three point four percent higher than the same
month a year ago, though down about twenty percent from
the record level in March of twenty twenty two, following
Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Speaker 15 (34:24):
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Speaker 13 (35:25):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with today's
agribusiness update.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Bob went back to wrap up AGLI for today friends.
As farmers harvest this year's corn crops, also time to
choose seed for next year. Chad Smith wraps us up.
Speaker 5 (35:38):
Nick Frederick King, an agronomist for Agrigold, talked about diversifying
your seed selection to reduce risk and boost profits.
Speaker 1 (35:46):
Growers know their operation better than anyone.
Speaker 27 (35:48):
They know their soils, they know their management, but one
thing they don't always know are the characteristics of corn hybrids,
a big input on their farm every year. So it's
important to growers part with a trusted seed advisor to
help them understand corn hybrids and all those characteristics that
will help them minimize the risk and the environmental stresses
(36:09):
that we have every year.
Speaker 5 (36:10):
A farmer's fertility strategy should also factor into seed decisions.
Speaker 27 (36:15):
Fertility is super important and high yielding corn, but not
every fertility program is the same. Some growers fertilize on
the front end of corn growth and some spoon feed
or side dress their corn throughout the season, and it's
important to recognize that not every corn hybrid responds to
all these fertility programs the same. So again it's important
(36:37):
for a grower to partner with their trusted seed advisor
understand the hybrids and how they respond to these different
fertility programs. Some hybrids flex in girth and length, which
require early season fertility, and some hybrids actually filled and
kernel depth make very heavy kernels at the back half
(36:57):
of grain filled. Those hybrids might respet fond better to
side dress or spoon fed fertility applications, so growers should
partner with their seed advisor to best understand how a
hybrid will respond to their current fertility program.
Speaker 5 (37:11):
Disease was a major topic this year, and he offers
some advice on how farmers can better protect their yields.
In twenty twenty six.
Speaker 27 (37:20):
Disease is a big topic every year, whether it's gray
leaf spot, northern corn leaf flight, southern rust, or tar spot.
We are faced with pathogens every single season, and so
it's important for growers to recognize which pathogen is most
prevalent in their operation, and from there they can start
consulting with their seed advisor on which hybrids best combat
(37:44):
those pathogens with their high genetic tolerance to those diseases.
Speaker 5 (37:49):
Farmers should also consider late season intactness when making seed choices.
Speaker 27 (37:54):
You know, we've got some hybrids that give everything that
they can to that year, result in plants breaking down
prematurely and losing some of that late season integrity at
the end of the season, whereas we have other hybrids
that stand very strong all the way through harvest, maintain
that integrity and allowing them to dry in the field
(38:15):
let's say to fifteen percent. This is a very important
characteristic for a specific market of growers who want their
corn plants to dry out in the field. Maintaining bushels
requires that these hybrids have good late season intactness all
the way through the end of the season, so partner
with a trusted seed advisor to make sure you're selecting
(38:38):
hybrids that fit your program and your harvest capabilities.
Speaker 5 (38:42):
For support putting together your twenty twenty six seed strategy,
reach out to your local Agrigold agronomist or visit agrigold
dot com. Chad Smith reporting with that.
Speaker 1 (38:53):
Friends, out of time for today, thanks for joining us.
Back tomorrow morning with another edition, A Bad Life
Good morning, Valley, This is aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well friends,
this morning, we have some production forecasts for various crops.
Rod main starts us off.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
The primary focus of USDA September crop reports is usually
the latest odd major spring plant at row crops, cord
soybeats at cotton, yet with harvest near or underway. For
many other crops, there are also production forecasts for those
commodities as well. Athony Preliment of the National Agricultural Statistic
(00:35):
Service says take for instance, sorgum production.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Is forecast to be up two point seven percent compared
to the previous forecast and of seventeen percent from last season.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
As for notable southern crops, in.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
A production at nearly seven point four billion bushels, he's
up two point one percent from August and fourteen point
seven percent from last year. If reelize, this would represent
a record high production for the US rice production and
profest to be lightly from the August forecast but six
percent below what was produced last season.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Increased production forecast we're also revealed for this year's crops
of various leay goops, chick.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Pea production is forecast to be thirty one point nine
percent higher than last year. Now looking at dry out
of a peas production is forecast to be up twenty
three point four percent compared to last season. Mental production
up twenty two five percent from twenty four.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Prelbin says for US sugar crops, sugar beets add sugar cane.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Sugar beets production is works to be up a tens
of a percent compared with last month and up slightly
from twenty twenty one. We're looking at sugarcane reduction is
up one point three percent from August and down slightly
from last year.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Add regarding to California crops, add their production forecast, naval.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Orange production in California is expected to total one point
six million tons or twenty million boxes this year. That
is up five point five percent from the previous season.
This month's forecast is based on objective measurement surveys. The
objective measurement survey indicated that fruitset was down nine percent
from last year, but the average fruit size was up
six percent from twenty twenty four. For low nuts, California
(02:08):
is our only estimating state production in twenty twenty five
is forecast at seven hundred and ten thousand times. That
is up seventeen point seven percent.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Four Broadbaid reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
D C.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Coming up is the US ready to deal with new
world screw worm. We'll have that story that is ahead
on ag Life. Bob Quinn. Here were some farm news
this morning friends. As the broader ag economy continues to struggle,
Roe crop farmers face a particularly difficult time. Chad Smith
has more on the financial headwinds.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
As fall harvest season rolls on, many farmers and ranchers
are studying their balance sheets. Faith Parum, an economist for
the American Farm Bureau Federation, said the difficult ag economy
is impacting Roe crop farmers particularly harshly so our.
Speaker 6 (03:02):
Row crop farmers, but really all of our farmers and
producers are being squeezed by falling prices and really high
input cost We've seen an increase and a record high
production cost this year, and that's affecting roe crop farmers,
our specialty crop farmers, livestock producers all.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Across the board.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
Farmers and ranchers are having to devote more and more
of their budgets to the cost of production.
Speaker 6 (03:24):
Fertilizer rising again. It's still not to those highs of
twenty twenty two, but it's going up. Chemicals, fuel and
energy interest is really becoming a larger and larger expense
in farm budgets as farmers continue to take out operating
loans to make it to the next marketing year. Due
to all of the decreases in commodity prices, labor is
always increasing as well as the machinery and repairs.
Speaker 5 (03:46):
Parham says the tough economy is impacting a variety of crops,
but each one has a different profitability scenario.
Speaker 6 (03:53):
Tottons our largest loss at over three hundred dollars an acre,
and so that's going to be pretty high and really
hurt their operations. Peanuts are at one hundred and seventy
three dollars loss, corn at one hundred and sixty nine
dollars loss, soybean's at one hundred and fourteen dollars loss,
and rice at one hundred and fifty four dollars loss.
Sorgum and we also operating at a loss well over
one hundred dollars. So all of our roecrop producers are
(04:15):
really struggling, and this isn't the first year that they've.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
Operated at a loss.
Speaker 5 (04:18):
You can learn more at fb dot org, Forward Slash
Market Intel, Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Well Friends. From mid August through mid September, Mexican officials
reported almost thirty two percent more cases of New World
screwworm in their country, totaling over sixty seven hundred cases.
Doctor Rosalind Biggs is an Oklahoma State University Extension beef
veterinarian who says she's concerned that beef producers aren't ready
(04:46):
if the parasite ever gets into the US.
Speaker 7 (04:49):
It's one of my biggest concerns frankly with New World
screwworm is access to facilities, access to be able to
treat right facilities. As far as that investment, it's got
to be something that of course makes sense.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
We've got to be able to.
Speaker 7 (05:06):
Get those animals caught, get them handled in the way
based on what we could potentially face that and I
have concern that the vast majority of producers don't remember it,
and that includes me, right Like I have to listen
to my father and others that had to deal with
New World screw worm literally on a daily basis.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
To do the daily inspections necessary to combat these screw worm,
producers need to think about facilities that will make it
easier to do.
Speaker 7 (05:34):
That, especially with looming New World screwworm. We had the
announcement I saw it kind of in the middle of
the night that it's seventy miles from the border. It
looks like it's inching closer. And with that, if there's
any time to invest in facilities is probably now. What
you may find is that handling facilities will improve your
(05:57):
cattle experience if you get good ones right. I don't
know how many times we've been just dealing with something,
dealing with something, dealing with something, and we finally make
the investment.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
It's like, why did we wait so long to do that?
Speaker 7 (06:08):
You know that's another component too, for that you can
have your veterinarian out.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
It's a new fresh set of eyes to it.
Speaker 7 (06:15):
Havn't facility consoles, I think is a great approach, and again,
now's the time to invest.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Whatever the facilities you have available need to work for you.
Speaker 7 (06:23):
It just needs to be safe and functional, right, safe
and functional, and it does not have to be super fancy.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
It doesn't.
Speaker 7 (06:30):
It just needs to get the job done, as you said,
and making sure we've got personnel and animal handling in mind.
I suppose to maybe now's the time with cattle prices.
If you got that one col that is hard to catch,
and you get her captured, maybe she needs to go
to the sale barn. Those are some decisions that I
think are worth considering.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Doctor Rosalind Biggs, Oklahoma State University. With us USDA's projection
for this year's winner wheat crop production is the highest
and almost a decade.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Production of one point four billion bushels is the highest
since twenty sixteen.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
That's Anthony Prillman, Southern Regional director for the National Agriculture
Statistics Service. He said the increased production is fueled in
part by what is the second highest winter wheat crop
yield on record. The NASA estimates for winter wheat production
comes in above industry expectations. Farmer us this morning, you're
listening to wag Life.
Speaker 8 (07:25):
It's another agnews up to USDA reports bringing surprises for corn,
wheat and small grains. Taiwan pledging more purchases more after
this Ryan I don't know.
Speaker 9 (07:37):
How must to say this, so I'll just say it.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
What is it, Linda?
Speaker 4 (07:41):
I think we should see other people.
Speaker 5 (07:42):
Are you breaking up with me on a roller coaster?
Speaker 10 (07:45):
Well, we do a lot of time.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
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Speaker 10 (07:48):
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Speaker 8 (08:06):
USDA September Grainstocks where report delivered barous surprises for corn
and wheat inventories above trade expectations, while soybeans landed neutral.
A separate small grain summary showing record yields boosting winter wheat,
though spring wheat and rye output fell. At the same time,
Taiwan pledging to increase US farm imports by thirty percent
(08:30):
over four years, prompting the USDA trade mission to Taipei
focusing on row crops, livestock, and specialty products. On the
logistics front, low Mississippi River levels are once again restricting
barge movement, tightening grain transport capacity and raising freight raids,
(08:51):
as corn exports remained strong and soybean sales lag beyond
agg metals markets, also influencing farm inputs and confidence. Copper
tied to China's fragile industrial outlook, gold being buoyed by
US physical and geopolitical risk in silver demand remains underpinned
(09:12):
by renewable energy growth despite global supply shortfalls. Together, reports
and market shifts outline both challenges and opportunities for agg
It's another AGEWS update.
Speaker 11 (09:27):
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Your work keeps our water clean and improves the soil
and enhances wildlife habitat. It also provides countless benefits, not
just for you and your family, but for millions of
Americans who depend on this region every day without even
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(09:49):
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Speaker 8 (09:56):
Org, American Cattle News, growing the herd? How can we
do it without spending money?
Speaker 1 (10:05):
More?
Speaker 2 (10:06):
After this, Ryan, I don't know how must to say this,
so I'll just say it.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
What is it? Linda?
Speaker 12 (10:12):
I think we should see other people.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
Are you breaking up with me on.
Speaker 13 (10:16):
A roller coaster?
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Well, we do have a lot of fun.
Speaker 14 (10:19):
Maybe we should see any.
Speaker 10 (10:23):
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Speaker 8 (10:38):
B prices have been at record highs for months and
why simple supply and demand.
Speaker 15 (10:46):
Eg.
Speaker 8 (10:46):
Secretary Brook Rollins.
Speaker 16 (10:49):
Low inventory and high demand is not sustainable if we
wish to be a country that can feed ourselves. Like
so many of the problems that you face, our cattle
inventory unfortunately cannot be built rebuilt overnight. That's why USDA
is prioritizing, along with our partners in the States, our governors,
our ag secretaries, etc. Both short and long term solutions
(11:12):
that address the root of the shortage and deliver rapid relief.
We are developing a robust plan to revitalize and diversify
the US beef industry alongside our great partners in that
industry for producers, processors, and consumers. We will provide more
details at a rollout in mid October alongside my partner,
(11:34):
Secretary Doug Bergham. But to be clear, and there's been
a lot of speculation about this in the news in
the last couple of days. We have no current plans
to offer any payment to beef producers. We see how
the government getting involved can completely distort the markets, and
so currently there will be no plan, no plan is
(11:54):
even under consideration to insert ourselves through payments into the
beef cattle industry. But our plan will focus on opening
up more working lands, expanding expanding our risk mitigation tools,
expanding those risk mitigation tools for our beef cattle industry,
(12:15):
and hopefully inspiring the next generation of farmers who hold
the future of this great nation in their hands.
Speaker 8 (12:22):
And again she says, growing the herd will not involve payments.
American Cattle News This is Dairy Radio.
Speaker 17 (12:34):
Now the government shutdown continues with no end in sights.
We check in with Alan Birga, executive VP of Communications
and industry Relations with the National Melt Producers Federation. Alan,
how has the shut down affected the dairy industry so far?
Speaker 18 (12:50):
Well, what you've seen, of course, is an ability to
get new loans processed. Farm Service agency offices have been closed,
although USDA's direction is saying that should the shutdown last
more than ten days, there will be one staffer per
office brought back on basically to process things that have
been ongoing. You also see, of course pauses and in
programs that you know, it's just farmers, and that's a
(13:13):
challenge in farm country, in dairy country. There are two
pieces of good news, I guess. One, you know, because
of a lot of the farm bill being included in
the spending and tax package that was passed last summer,
you do have that certainty as far as what farm
programs will look like in the future. And the other
good piece of news is that the dairy margin coverage
(13:35):
program isn't as relevant right now, simply because margins have
been higher and the payment level hasn't been triggered. So
that cold comfort. Though, if you're trying to get a
new loan from your FSA office, or if you're working
you're in our CS office, you know those are also closed.
There's a lot of waiting going on right now, and
you're right, we don't have an end in site, and
it's tysticlarly putting a lot of necessary operations on farm
(13:57):
operations on pause until we can get this worked out
in Washington.
Speaker 17 (14:01):
So we're taking a wait and see approach here. But
is there any action we can take in the dairy
industry well, I.
Speaker 18 (14:07):
Mean, one thing you can do, obviously is check with
your member of Congress, you know, respond to the social
media feeds, let them know that agriculture needs to be
remembered as folks who are affected by the shutdown. You know,
we talked a little bit about USDA and operations. Let's
talk a little bit about opportunities too. It's been a
(14:27):
tough time with crop producers. You know, Milk prices have
been going down, and with these trade tariffs that's been
really wreaking havoc on some export markets. You know, when
China starts buying soybeans from Brazil, that creates an issue.
Also difficult to allocate any money for any relief for
farmers affected by that when there's a shutdown. If the
government were in action, I have no doubt that there
(14:49):
would be discussion of that sort of a trade mitigation
payment going on right now. That doesn't happen when you
have the shutdown, and that may be something to let
your lawmaker know, which is Look, we need to get
at the government up and running because the world keeps
moving along and we need to react to it. And
when you have harder times in farm country, that's not
going to be happening while you're trying to figure out
(15:10):
how to even have the basic functions of government happening.
Speaker 17 (15:13):
Yes, those in the dairy industry certainly know how big
of a role the federal government plays in US dairy operations.
Speaker 18 (15:21):
It's important us also, of course, to remember what the
shutdown covers and what it doesn't cover, you know, emergency
operations that are still taking place, and that's really important
when we're taking a look at how close New World
screw worm is getting to the border. USDA is continuing
its activities in that area. You know, should it cross
the border, I would expect resources would be used for it.
(15:41):
But at the same time, it's kind of like being
a distance runner who hasn't been running for a while.
You've got to get those muscles back into shape, and
every day that you're not training, that's another day you
get flavior. So we certainly want to be able to
get the government up and running so that you can
be at optimal capacity to react to whatever may be happening,
even if some of those scenarios are being covered under
(16:01):
current planning.
Speaker 17 (16:02):
Well, thank you for the update today, Allen from our
nation's capital, Alan Birga Executive VP of Communications and industry
Relations with the National Mouth Producers Federation. Find more at
NMPF dot org.
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Speaker 9 (17:32):
With an SMATUS seven and ten thousand tons of walnuts
that are going to be harvest this year. Well, the
industry is really in a good balance. Robert Verloop is
President and CEO of the California Walnut Boarding Commission.
Speaker 21 (17:47):
Yeah, it's certainly better in balance, and not only here
in the United States, but you know the Chilean production
which we compete with at the beginning and the end
of our seasons, and you know, they've been more in
line with the traditional numbers and it doesn't look like
their industry is growing, so they're very predictable. I think
we have good communication with them, so we kind of
(18:08):
know where they stand.
Speaker 9 (18:09):
And that certainly helps with the balance.
Speaker 21 (18:11):
Last year because we didn't have enough walnuts, you know
that we did lose some markets to the Chinese market supplying.
But we're coming back with a high quality product and
I think we can recover from those missus that we
had last year.
Speaker 9 (18:25):
That's Robert Verloop with the Walnut Boarding Commission and California
does produce the highest quality walnuts in the world. In
more news. In the fall, orchards do not need the
same irrigation volumes they require in July or August, but
there is a need to maintain adequate soil moisture without
over irrigating. Too much water can create saturated soil conditions,
(18:49):
which encourages root disease and waste fertilizer inputs such as nitrogen.
By September. In early October, irrigation should begin a general
time they bring off.
Speaker 22 (19:01):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on
a 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's sailor, especially on rule roads, One moment
(19:24):
a caution can save alife. Let's work together to keep
our roads and are farm safe. This message was brought
to you by the Agg Information Network.
Speaker 15 (19:32):
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,
(19:52):
reaching coast to coast, deep roots and farming. In decades
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Speaker 9 (20:02):
The AG Information Network. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
Good morning, you're listening to AGG Life. My name's Dwayne Murley.
Speaker 9 (20:10):
It's apple season.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
I'll look at this year's forecast at us apple production
indicates more apples expected to be harvested.
Speaker 20 (20:18):
The 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 anti production exceeded eleven billion pounds,
based on seven NASS surveyed states.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
At USDA research economist Catherine Weber says, 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 20 (20:44):
In Washington, the largest apple producing state. The crop is
forecast to be eight billion pounds, seven percent higher, or
five hundred and twenty million pounds more than last year.
If realized, the twenty twenty five apple crop would be
the largest in Washington history.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
By variety. Gala ad Delition remade the tops in annual production,
but this season sees honey criss production moving into third
place among apple varieties produced by volume.
Speaker 20 (21:08):
In Washington, the crop is forecast to be eight billion pounds.
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. In New York, twenty twenty five,
apple production is forecast to increase twelve percent year over year,
(21:29):
ranking second in 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 is similar to last year,
(21:50):
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. Twenty twenty five
apple crop and Oregon is up thirty eight percent year
per year and is the largest crop since twenty twenty.
The US Apple Association expects a record size honeycrisp crop
(22:11):
in twenty twenty five twenty six. If realized, honey Crisp
would rank third in apple varieties by volume for the
first time, surpassing Granny Smith but continuing to trail behind
Megala and Red Delicious. 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
(22:32):
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. In twenty twenty four to twenty five,
the fresh apple export volume was one hundred and twenty
(22:54):
nine million pounds lower than last season, the nineteen percent
higher than the previous three year average.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
I'm broadbade reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 23 (23:09):
This is the Agricultural Law and Tax Report. I'm Roger Mcowen.
New Tax Code Section ten sixty two offers a tax
benefit for sellers of farmland, allowing a four year installment
payment of the net income tax due on the gain
from the sale. This provision applies specifically to the salor
exchange of qualified farmland property to a qualified farmer and
is effective for transactions in tax chars beginning after July four,
(23:31):
twenty twenty five. For a calendard year seller, that means
that provision is not available until January one, twenty twenty six,
But can the seller change their taxhaar to qualify a
sale this fall for the tax break. I'll be back
in a moment to discuss for.
Speaker 24 (23:45):
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Speaker 23 (24:15):
New Tax Code Section ten sixty two allows a farmland
seller to spread the net tax liability from the sale
to a qualified farmer over four years. For calendar year sellers.
The provision is available starting next year, but can the
seller change their tax hear to use the rule this
fall As a general rule, the seller would need IRIS
approval to change their tax hear, and the requests must
be supported by a bonifid business purpose. A tax chaar
(24:38):
change with the primary purpose of gaining a tax advantage,
such as accelerating the eligibility for this new provision, without
any substantial non tax reason, will generally be denied. The
seller must ensure any change in taxiar is genuinely motivated
by operational or economic factors, rather than merely seeking to
hasten the data of eligibility for the new provision. This
has been the Agricultural Law and Tax Report. I'm Roger McGowan.
Speaker 9 (25:07):
You're listening to AG Live.
Speaker 25 (25:10):
It's time for California AGG today on the ag Information Network.
I am Haley's ship Well, a documentary worth keeping your
eyes out for the California rangeland Trusts documentary You Just
Can't See Them from the Road, is going to be
getting the big screen in communities across the state. You
can catch it later this month Tuesday, October twenty first,
(25:30):
five thirty to eight thirty at the Angels Theater in
Angels Camp and then again on Wednesday, October twenty second
at District to fifty six in Elk Grove. The film
takes an honest look at life in production agriculture, an
industry that now involves less than two percent of Americans.
It highlights the challenges farmers and ranchers face every day,
(25:51):
including rising costs, tough weather, and policies that often make
it harder to care for the land the way they
know best. The story also carries a warning across the
country about two thousand acres of farm and ranchland disappear
every day. Once that land is gone, it rarely comes back.
California alone could lose nearly eight hundred thousand acres by
(26:15):
the year twenty forty. You can watch the trailer and
also get ticket information by heading on over to our
website that is aginfo dot net. Again, the documentary You
Just can't see them from the road coming from the
California rangeland trust.
Speaker 15 (26:31):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer
you have to go digital. Hmmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn,
and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, but which one?
Oh on how receptive is this age group to your
sales pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best
(26:53):
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 station for the AG Information Network of the West News.
(27:14):
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.
Speaker 25 (27:33):
This is California AG Today on the AG Information Network.
I am Haley's ship. For more agnews, check us out
online at aginfo dot net.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Bob Quinn. Here are some farm news this morning, friends.
As the broader ag economy continues to struggle, row crop
farmers face a particularly difficult time. Chad Smith has more
on the financial headwinds.
Speaker 5 (27:53):
As fall harvest season rolls on, many farmers and ranchers
are studying their balance sheets. Faithful, an economist for the
American Farm Bureau Federation, said the difficult agg economy is
impacting row crop farmers particularly harshly so our.
Speaker 6 (28:09):
Row crop farmers, but really all of our farmers and
producers are being squeezed by falling prices and really high
input cost We've seen an increase and a record high
production cost this year, and that's affecting roe crop farmers,
our specialty crop farmers, livestock producers all across the board.
Speaker 5 (28:26):
Farmers and ranchers are having to devote more and more
of their budgets to the cost of production.
Speaker 6 (28:31):
Fertilizer rising again. It's still not to those highs of
twenty twenty two, but it's going up. Chemicals, fuel and
energy interest is really becoming a larger and larger expense
in farm budgets as farmers continue to take out operating
loans to make it to the next marketing year. Due
to all of the decreases in commodity prices, labor is
always increasing as well as the machinery and repairs.
Speaker 5 (28:53):
Parum says the tough economy is impacting a variety of crops,
but each one has a different profitability scenario.
Speaker 6 (29:00):
Totton's our largest loss at over three hundred dollars an acre,
and so that's going to be pretty high and really
hurt their operations. Peanuts are at one hundred and seventy
three dollars loss, corn at one hundred and sixty nine
dollars loss, soybean's at one hundred and fourteen dollars loss,
and rice at one hundred and fifty.
Speaker 5 (29:16):
Four dollars loss.
Speaker 6 (29:17):
Sorgum and we also operating at a loss well over
one hundred dollars. So all of our rocrop producers are
really struggling, and this isn't the first year that they've.
Speaker 4 (29:24):
Operated at a loss.
Speaker 5 (29:25):
You can learn more at fb dot org Forward Slash
Market Intel, Chad Smith, Washington.
Speaker 1 (29:32):
Well Friends. From mid August through mid September, Mexican officials
reported almost thirty two percent more cases of New World
screwworm in their country, totaling over sixty seven hundred cases.
Doctor Roslind Biggs is an Oklahoma State University Extension beef
veterinarian who says, you're concerned that beef producers aren't ready
if the parasite ever gets into the US.
Speaker 7 (29:53):
It's one of my biggest concerns frankly, with New World
screwworm is access to facilities, access to be a to
treat right facilities. As far as that investment, it's got
to be something that, of course makes sense.
Speaker 4 (30:07):
We've got to be able.
Speaker 7 (30:09):
To get those animals caught, get them handled in the
way based on what we could potentially face that and
I have concern that the vast majority of producers don't
remember it, and that includes me, right Like I have
to listen to my father and others that had to
deal with New World screwworm literally on a daily basis.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
To do the daily inspections necessary to combat these screw
worm producers need to think about facilities that will make
it easier to do.
Speaker 7 (30:37):
That, especially with looming New World screwworm. We had the
announcement I saw it kind of in the middle of
the night, that it's seventy miles from the border.
Speaker 4 (30:47):
It looks like it's inching closer.
Speaker 7 (30:49):
And with that, if there's any time to investment facilities
is probably now. What you may find is that handling
facilities will improve your cattle experience if you get good
ones right. I don't know how many times we've been
just dealing with something, dealing with something, dealing with something,
and we finally make the investment.
Speaker 4 (31:07):
It's like, why did we wait so long to do that?
Speaker 7 (31:09):
You know that's another component too, for that you can
have your veterinarian out.
Speaker 4 (31:14):
It's a new fresh set of eyes to it.
Speaker 7 (31:16):
Havn't facility consoles, I think is a great approach, and again,
now's the time to invest.
Speaker 1 (31:21):
Whatever the facilities you have available need to work for you.
Speaker 7 (31:24):
It just needs to be safe and functional, right, safe
and functional, and it does not have to be super fancy.
Speaker 4 (31:31):
It doesn't.
Speaker 7 (31:32):
It just needs to get the job done, as you said,
and making sure we've got personnel and animal handling in mind.
I suppose to maybe now's the time with cattle prices.
If you got that one cow that is hard to catch,
and you get her captured, maybe she needs to go
to the sale barn. Those are some decisions that I
think are worth considering.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
Doctor Rosalind Biggs, Oklahoma State University with us you as
sugarcane producers are suddenly battling a newly identified weed in
that crip. Doctor Matt Foster, weed scientist at Louisiana State University,
is currently studying herbicide efficacy on the newly identified weed.
Speaker 26 (32:08):
We recently identified lufah quinnquefida in Louisiana. It's a first documentation,
specifically in Saint John the Baptist Parish, Saint James and
Assumption Parish. We even sent samples off to a specialist
in Germany just to confirm lufah quinqueffada is a member
of the kucurbit family. It's a vine, or more commonly
(32:29):
a tie vine, has a vining growth habit. It can
take over the cane very aggressively. It can cause a
cane to collapse and in turn calls issues during harvest.
Currently looking at herbicide programs that we use in sugarcane.
Preliminary results from this study show we do have options,
but you need to be timely in your management as
(32:49):
it can be more aggressive than the traditional vine species
that we deal with, such as morning.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
Glory Matt Foster LSU with US Farm US. You're listening
to WAG life.
Speaker 13 (33:00):
From the AGG Information Network. I'm Bob Larsen and this
is your agribusiness update. The Renewable Fuels Association applauded California
Governor Gavin Newsom for signing Assembly Bill thirty into law,
immediately legalizing the lower cost E fifteen fuel, the last
state to do so. RFA President Jeff Cooper's California is
on the road to lower gas prices and a cleaner
(33:21):
future for families across the state. Recent studies have shown
that HE fifteen could save California drivers two point seven
billion dollars annually, about two hundred dollars per household, while
significantly cutting tailpipe pollutants. The National Association of Wheat Growers
announced that Sam Keefer is the organization's new CEO beginning
November first. He brings more than twenty years of agriculture
(33:43):
leadership and farm policy experience with him. Keefer says he's
honored to join the association at such a pivotal time
for wheat growers across the country. Most recently, Keefer was
the vice president of public policy for the American Farm
Bureau Federation, while September saw global food commodity prices drop
as declines in the sugar and dairy industries offset up
new peak for meat prices. The United Nations Food and
(34:05):
Agriculture Organization's Food Price Index average one hundred and twenty
eight point eight points in September, down from a revised
one hundred and twenty nine point seven in August. The
index was three point four percent higher than the same
month a year ago, though down about twenty percent from
the record level in March of twenty twenty two, following
Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Speaker 15 (34:24):
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
(34:46):
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. For the last forty years, the
AG Information Network has been the source of news for
farmers and ranch Yeah, 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.
(35:10):
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 13 (35:25):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with today's
agribusiness update.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Bob went back to wrap up AGLI for today friends.
As farmers harvest this year's corn crops, also time to
choose seed for next year. Chad Smith wraps us up.
Speaker 5 (35:38):
Nick Frederick King, an agronomist for Agrigold, talked about diversifying
your seed selection to reduce risk and boost profits.
Speaker 1 (35:46):
Growers know their operation better than anyone.
Speaker 27 (35:48):
They know their soils, they know their management, but one
thing they don't always know are the characteristics of corn hybrids,
a big input on their farm every year. So it's
important to growers part with a trusted seed advisor to
help them understand corn hybrids and all those characteristics that
will help them minimize the risk and the environmental stresses
(36:09):
that we have every year.
Speaker 5 (36:10):
A farmer's fertility strategy should also factor into seed decisions.
Speaker 27 (36:15):
Fertility is super important and high yielding corn, but not
every fertility program is the same. Some growers fertilize on
the front end of corn growth and some spoon feed
or side dress their corn throughout the season, and it's
important to recognize that not every corn hybrid responds to
all these fertility programs the same. So again it's important
(36:37):
for a grower to partner with their trusted seed advisor
understand the hybrids and how they respond to these different
fertility programs. Some hybrids flex in girth and length, which
require early season fertility, and some hybrids actually filled and
kernel depth make very heavy kernels at the back half
(36:57):
of grain filled. Those hybrids might respet fond better to
side dress or spoon fed fertility applications, so growers should
partner with their seed advisor to best understand how a
hybrid will respond to their current fertility program.
Speaker 5 (37:11):
Disease was a major topic this year, and he offers
some advice on how farmers can better protect their yields.
In twenty twenty six.
Speaker 27 (37:20):
Disease is a big topic every year, whether it's gray
leaf spot, northern corn leaf flight, southern rust, or tar spot.
We are faced with pathogens every single season, and so
it's important for growers to recognize which pathogen is most
prevalent in their operation, and from there they can start
consulting with their seed advisor on which hybrids best combat
(37:44):
those pathogens with their high genetic tolerance to those diseases.
Speaker 5 (37:49):
Farmers should also consider late season intactness when making seed choices.
Speaker 27 (37:54):
You know, we've got some hybrids that give everything that
they can to that year, result in plants breaking down
prematurely and losing some of that late season integrity at
the end of the season, whereas we have other hybrids
that stand very strong all the way through harvest, maintain
that integrity and allowing them to dry in the field
(38:15):
let's say to fifteen percent. This is a very important
characteristic for a specific market of growers who want their
corn plants to dry out in the field. Maintaining bushels
requires that these hybrids have good late season intactness all
the way through the end of the season, so partner
with a trusted seed advisor to make sure you're selecting
(38:38):
hybrids that fit your program and your harvest capabilities.
Speaker 5 (38:42):
For support putting together your twenty twenty six seed strategy,
reach out to your local Agrigold agronomist or visit agrigold
dot com. Chad Smith reporting with that.
Speaker 1 (38:53):
Friends, out of time for today, thanks for joining us.
Back tomorrow morning with another edition, A Bad Life
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