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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, in all across the country. Well
friends several enjoy smoking meats for meals or events, but
a USDA food safety expert says there are food safety
tips to keep in mind. Rod bain starts us off today.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Whether summer cookout, fall football, tailgate, party, or holiday feast,
smoked meats provide a delicious menu option, you know, smoked ribs, brisket, pork,
shoulder or butt for pulled pork, sandwiches, chicken, fish, or
other fair and if you are someone who puts a
meat smoker to good use, USDA food safety expert Meredith
(00:42):
Corrothers says there are some tips for you to know
to keep food safe from food board bacteria.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
First, starting with a clean smoker, A lot of food
particles get charred and onto the grates, making sure you're
scraping off those bits before you put ones on there.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Marinate or brian your meats before smoking them, where others
points out a couple of food safety considerations.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
It's just possible where juices from the raw meat and
poultry to kind of splatter around your kitchen or to
get other places. So cleaning as you go and sanitizing
after to make sure those surfaces are cleaned as you
marinate those items. They can go in the fridge for
one to two days, usually.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Using a siplock freezer bag both for storage and refrigeration
of Marinating meats and transporting from the fridge to the
smoker is one way to prevent spillage of juices and
avoid cross contamination. Now a reminder about separation as it
applies the plates and utensils.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
I just used tongs to take raw meat and poultry
out of a bag, put it onto the grill that
has raw meat or poultry juices on it, that has
food born illness bacteria on it. Keeping in mind to
have a different set of utensils there at your grill
ready to swap is important. Or taking those tongs inside
to wash and sanitize before bringing them back out.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Separating raw cooked foods to prevent cross content ambidation also
applies to plates, cutting boards, and other food prep items.
Smoking meats is a low its low cooking method, yes,
and how low can you go?
Speaker 3 (02:09):
The smoker needs to be set between two hundred and
twenty five degrees fahrenheit and three hundred degrees fahrenheit throughout.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
The cooking process.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Anything less than two hundred and twenty five degrees is
going to be too low for the food to move
through the danger zone and really cook fast enough and
hot enough for the bacteria to be killed before they
may reach dangerous levels.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
And use a food thermometer to determine if meat has
reached proper internal cooking temperatures. Another food safety consideration with
smoking larger cuts of meat like a pork roast or
beef brisket.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
You don't want to smoke a big portion of food
and then just leave it like that and put it
in a fridge because it may not cool quick enough.
You have to break it down into smaller portions in
order for that to cool safely.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Do not leave smoked foods out in room temperature for
more than two hours to avoid bacteria. Others says for leftovers.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
Safe storage time frame is four days in the French,
or you can freeze items. You have at least two
to six months for things in the freezer to keep
their great quality without any issues.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
I'm Rod Bain reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Friends, the LATESTDY report was out late last week and
the estimates for corn and soybeans lowered. That's coming up
on Aglife. Bob Quent back with some farm news this morning. Friends.
Welldy's report on Friday bumped the markets up in spite
of its bullish nature. Mike Davis looks at the numbers.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
Paul Meadow Grains market analyst Brook Shaper.
Speaker 6 (03:41):
We were expecting a reduction and yield and then a
subsequent reduction and carry out with the possibility of an
increase in exports on corn specifically. We got that, but
we also got another million and a half planted acre
added to corn, and so that takes harvested acres up
from eighty eight point six eighty eight point seven on
(04:04):
the last report to ninety even so that basically canceled
out all of the decrease in production we got and
the decrease in carry out that we got from reduced
production and increased demand.
Speaker 5 (04:18):
Shaper says the market wasn't surprised by the change.
Speaker 6 (04:21):
It was down pretty hard when the numbers first came out,
but the recovery seems to point the fact that the
market's already got that priced in. When when you get
a Barish report and get a positive reaction, that seems
to indicate the markets got that priced in, or at
least was prepared for that.
Speaker 5 (04:38):
For soy beans, Shaper says harvested acres were adjusted up.
Speaker 6 (04:43):
USA did trim yield a tenth of a bushel. They
added a few acres to beans too. On the last
report where they added corn acres, they took those away
from beans. On this one they didn't. Bean harvested acres
are up up a little bit from last and we
still don't have any sales to China. So that's that's
what the bean market is looking at. If we don't
(05:03):
sell anything to China, we're gonna have way too many beans.
If we do sell some to China, things get really tight.
Speaker 5 (05:09):
I'm Mike Davis.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
The push is on to get year round E fifteen
available across the nation. Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith says it
would be a win win.
Speaker 7 (05:20):
We've had presidents from both parties off for the waiver.
That's great, but it's not like getting it in statute.
Getting it in statute for year round E fifteen marketing,
and you know it's not a mandate. It's simply allowing
retailers to offer that product to their customers on a
year round basis. It'd be great for corn country. I
(05:40):
think consumers would appreciate it as well. It offers some
price relief at the pump, but overall, I think, you know,
more consumer choice is always a good thing.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Smith says Washington has taken steps in that direction, but
now they need to finish the job.
Speaker 7 (05:56):
We came so close at the end of last year
because we had that the government funding bill going through
that didn't ultimately work out. We're looking for another vehicle there.
I don't want to give up on a standalone approach either,
because I think it has a lot of bipartisan support.
So we're examining all of the avenues as we move forward,
(06:16):
certainly making sure though that everyone is aware that this
is a good thing. It has bipartisan support, It's good
for consumers and good for producers.
Speaker 8 (06:25):
Let's get this done.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith this morning, well friends of proposal
by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture would severely increase registration
and inspection fees for animal markets, dealers and truckers Jason Munyaini,
executive director of government Relations with the Wisconsin Farm Bureau,
says the price hikes are enormous.
Speaker 9 (06:49):
This proposal is to massively increase fees for the programs,
and registration fees and inspection fees for animal markets, dealers
and truckers, and some of these fees are increasing seventeen
hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
For example, a Class A animal market fee would jump
from four hundred twenty dollars to seven thousand, four hundred
and thirty annually. Munyaini says the increased cost would add
undue stress to the entire supply chain.
Speaker 9 (07:20):
Putting this on the backs of the entire industry and
funding the entire program with just industry fees not only
puts a financial burden on the markets, dealers and truckers
that are bringing animals to market, but also puts us
wildly outside of the fees that are charged by our
neighboring states. We anticipate that those fees will unavoidably be
(07:42):
passed down to farmers. I don't see any way that
they wouldn't.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Be, Munyaani says. The public comment period is opened until
October fifteenth. Farm News This morning, you're listening to AG life.
Speaker 10 (07:54):
It's another agnews update. Farmers facing mixed conditions? What's it mean?
Speaker 5 (08:02):
More?
Speaker 11 (08:02):
After this at the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention
in Denver, we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student
Loan Advisor.
Speaker 12 (08:11):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
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 biggest 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 11 (08:31):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 10 (08:34):
Farmers facing mixed conditions. According to the Federal Reserve's Beige Book,
roadcroft producers battling low corn prices and high input costs,
while cattle prices remain strong, supporting ranch income. USDA says
dairy exports are surging, with chief shipments up fifteen percent,
(08:55):
butter exports more than doubling that international demand is helping
offset flat milk cells here at home. Across the South,
another record grain harvest is raising storage concerns. Some states
may run out of space, forcing farmers to sell at
weak prices unless they have on farm bins or flexible contracts.
(09:21):
And USDA's latest trade outlook projecting a forty seven billion
dollar AG trade deficit for twenty twenty five. It's slightly
better than earlier forecast. Exports are higher in volume but
lower prices, keeping overall values down. And at the end
(09:41):
of the week, WORLDAGS supply demand estimates and crop production
report for the month of September from USDA, it's another
agnews update.
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American Cattle News Today we look back at how the
cattle market closed on Friday. More after this.
Speaker 11 (10:34):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association annual convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 12 (10:41):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
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 biggest 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 it.
Speaker 11 (11:00):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 10 (11:04):
Ted Sieferd is vice president of Zayner agg Heage. Recapping
last week's cattle market.
Speaker 15 (11:11):
Live cattle closed moderately lower. However, they did close well
off their lows. In fact, they closed closer to and
changed down one point thirty five than they did off
the lows. They were a dollar sixty off the low,
so a nice little bounce back there. However, when you
look at that live cattle chart, it does have a
bit of a rounded top at the moment, and a
lot of times technical analysts will say, is this chart
(11:33):
rolling over or what they mean by that are we
do for a bit of a deeper correction. Live cattle
market hasn't seen any deep corrections really since the beginning
of the bull market, but that's also because the bull
fundamentals have been pretty constant throughout. So from a technical standpoint,
we are watching to potentially have a bit of a
near termat high end here unless we take out last
(11:56):
week's high within the next few training sessions, these speculators
might look to take some profits up here, so do
keep an eye out for that. Cash cattle is expected
to trade lower this week as packers have become more
current with their needs, and so the idea is that
maybe we could go through a few weeks of cash
(12:17):
cattle softening as we typically do in the month of September. However,
box beef prices have remained surprisingly high, and one of
the reasons why we expect software cash market cash cattle
market during the month of September is because we also
expect box beef prices to come down once we get
past that Labor Day holiday weekend, we start to see
demand sort of slow down a little bit, but so
(12:38):
far that hasn't happened. In fact, we are printing box
beef prices up near the highs of twenty twenty five
and the highest ever that we've seen in the month
of September. So lots of things going on here with
the live cattle.
Speaker 10 (12:51):
Market, American Cattle News. This is Dairy Radio Now with
Bill Baker.
Speaker 16 (13:01):
Today on our Producer Tuesday, brought to you by the
Professional Dairy Producers, we look at the day in the
life of a cow with Faith rayis, dairy outreach specialist
at the University of Wisconsin Madison. On a recent PDP
Dairy Signal, she discussed feedbunk competition and overstocking and just
what a cow needs to get through the day.
Speaker 17 (13:20):
So when we think about competition at the feedbunk, personalities
are dominant can come into play. So sometimes if they
a cow has a more dominant persona, they may be
more apt to physically push other cows around. That all
can go into play of how much competition certain animals
are involved in. But then there's also some other management
strategies to consider too with how much competition is occurring
(13:42):
at the feedbump. So some of those are of course
feed availability and the consistency of that feed. So you know,
back to the basics, if you will, of some of
the management takeaways of always making sure that feed spans
the whole bunk is pushed up frequently, and then we're
you know, mixing it to that precision where each is
ideally able to consume a uniform ration. Two other things
(14:06):
that come into mind when we think about feedbunk competition
are what I called today as like the penmates, so
those individuals she's interacting with in her pen, as well
as space. How can we group our cows in a
pen to think about who she's interacting with and that
space she has, and what does that look like for
the interaction with how much competition there is at the
feedba And then also we haven't had a clear distinction
(14:29):
to the feed efficiency aspect, so really thinking about that
input versus output and that could look like that your
energy corrected milk divided by the pounds of feed she consumes,
and so really maximizing what she consumes is that efficiently
utilized for something she's producing, such as milk with the
dairy cow. And when we evaluate residual feed intake again
(14:54):
we could think about it in a way of saying
did she eat as much as we thought she would
in a way what we predict her to eat When
we take into consideration all of those energy sinks, body
weight age, and stage of flactation would be on the
x axis here, and when we compare that to what
she actually ate the observed dry matter intake, that's where
(15:14):
we can really understand what residual feed intake or RIFI means.
But I think even thinking of it from a bigger
picture perspective of what does a certain management strategy have
more of like a ripple effect. So you know, we
might put something in place like overstocking because we want
to reduce competition, but also just being mindful of what
(15:35):
all the other things that change, So I definitely recognize that,
you know, if you're gonna change one thing in a pen,
that might impact three other things differently. So keeping that
large picture perspective of I, you know, maybe I want
to reduce my stocking density, but then know that not
only might that reduce competition, but it could help with
(15:56):
overall eating patterns and potentially feed efficiency. Looking at it
from the reverse perspective, knowing that if you think we're
increasing something like stock in density. You know there's a
ripple effect to what those might impact if you make
that change, so really looking at multiple metrics to understand
all the large scope changes that one management decision might make.
Speaker 16 (16:20):
Those are comments from faith Rais Dairy outreach specialists at
the University of Wisconsin, Madison on a recent PDP Dairy
signal that you can hear in its entirety for free
by simply going to pdpw dot org. Our thanks to
the Professional Dairy Producers for today's sponsorship of Producer Tuesday.
Eligible livestock producers suffering drought and wildfire losses the past
(16:41):
two calendar years can now sign up for the latest
component of its Emergency Livestock Relief Program.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
It was this past sprigue that USDA's Farm Service Agency
rolled out a disaster relief program abe DEBT Livestock Producers,
the first phase addressing producers suffering drought or wildfire related losses.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
The Emergency Livestock Relief Program, with over a billion in relief,
already paid out to producers who suffered grazing losses due
to these droughts and wildfires in calendar year twenty twenty
three and twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
Farm Production and Conservation Deputy Undersecretary Brook Appleton now signe
up against one day for the second part of what
is known as ELRP, about what billion dollars in disaster
recovery assistance to help livestock growers offset increased supplemental feed
cost due to a qualifying flood or wildfire event a
calendar years twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four. Sign
(17:30):
Up continues until October thirty first at local FSA offices.
More details about ELRP are also available online at www
dot FSA dot USDA dot gov. I'm Rodbaine, reporting for
the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 16 (17:47):
Join us tomorrow for our wellness Wednesday. I'm Bill Baker
Derry Radio.
Speaker 18 (17:51):
Now, India is the top export market for ammans, but
there is potential, big potent for more exports to Turkey,
Morocco and Indonesia. I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with a California tree
Nut Report, part of the vast ag Information Network. Chlorice
Turner as President and CEO of the almed Border California.
Speaker 19 (18:15):
So you'll see us focusing on some of the markets
in the years ahead. So they meet and met the
criteria that I talked about before, I just you know,
illustrate India, and that is that half the population in
India today is under the age of thirty and it
is now the largest population in the world. And many
people in that segment have now turned their focus to
(18:36):
health because you know, post COVID, we're also much more
aware of our health and the importance of preserving it.
So the market is ripe for expansion and we are
well underway again. Another task force that we're forming with
pulling people in from different parts of industry to get
their expertise and guidance as we go forward and develop
(18:57):
the plan.
Speaker 18 (18:58):
In more news, while we all think well, insects bugs
true bugs are a specific group of insects from the
order Hemiptera. They have needlelike mouth parts for piercing and sucking,
and they go through a life cycle that includes eggs, nymphs,
and adults. True bugs have two pairs of wings, with
the front pair being hard at the base and soft
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of the tips, and they can be problems in tree nuts.
Speaker 11 (19:21):
Farmwork is tough and so is staying safe on the road.
Speaker 13 (19:24):
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 you're slow moving vehicles. Signs and lights are visible,
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Speaker 2 (20:25):
Typology my mistake. The correct pronunciation is typology, a classification
according to general type applied to disciplines such as social
science or archaeology and in the case of the Department
of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service, topology refers to how
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data from the most recent senses of agriculture on our
nation's farms and ranches are presented.
Speaker 20 (20:53):
Data by some different cross cuts. In one of these
is called farm topology, and it's just a little different
way of looking at the data.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
On rod day, NASA Administrator Joseph Parsons joins us as
we look at the Census of ag using some farm topology.
In this edition of Agriculture USA. It is considered the
premier data set on agriculture and the ag sector. USDA's
Census of Agriculture conducted every five years. The most recent
(21:24):
census started in twenty twenty two, with its initial release
of its many data points issued early last year. National
Agricultural Statistic Service Administrator Joseph Parsons says, with so much information,
reports on our nation's farms and ranches continued to be
released based on different categories and focuses, for instance, coming
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up before years end studies associated with the census.
Speaker 20 (21:50):
Things that emanate from the Census of Agriculture program one
is a tenure in Land Ownership study that'll be coming
out around about Halloween, and also the Census of Horticulture.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
All these census based reports designed for end users to
get a better understanding of data and trends, and agriculture policymakers, agribusinesses,
producers themselves, and the general public among the many who
glean information from these studies. Most recently, USDA as issued
its last report focused on farm topology. In other words,
(22:23):
a further breakdown of USDA twenty twenty two Census of
Agriculture data on farm types via the recently released report.
Speaker 20 (22:32):
The farm topology really focuses more on what the farm
or farm household would receive from the enterprise the farm,
not just all the receipts that might come from the farm,
as value production does. It's another way of looking at
it to say what goes back to those households that
gained income or grocery sipts from a farming operation.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
And the ephasis of the Farm Typology report is family farms.
As defined in the Census.
Speaker 20 (22:57):
Most farms in the United States are family farms, and
in fact most are small family farms.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
With ninety five percent of US farm operations listed as
family farms.
Speaker 20 (23:07):
In fact, most are small family farms. The farm topology
sort of slices this up by looking at what's called
the gross cash farm income under value production. That farm
produces many many dollars value production that the part that
comes back to the farmer is just the fee he receives.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
So small family farms, those with a gross cash farm
income of less than three hundred and fifty thousand dollars
annually constitute eighty five percent of our nation's family farms.
Speaker 20 (23:37):
We categorize in this farm topology to small, mid size, large,
and very large family farms, and the small further cut
into two pieces by low sales moderate sales. Most farms
in the United States are small and have low sales,
so very quite small.
Speaker 2 (23:52):
Among the data categories within NASA's Farm Topology Report, what
farm size category produces most of what commodity.
Speaker 20 (24:01):
The smallest farms, they tend to be cattle operations, calcafe operations,
and they tend to grow hey part of your lifestyle.
Maybe you have a small herd of cattle and a
field or two of hay. The largest categories are grains
and oil seeds for the moderate sales, the mid size
and the large category, and then when we get to
the very large family farms, there's much higher proportion of
those in specialty crops. And then also in dairies, we've
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seen a concentration of dairies becoming larger on average, and
many of those are very large family farms.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Also, demographics of family farms.
Speaker 20 (24:34):
Small family farm producers tend to be more likely, for example,
to have served in the military and also work off
the farm, and to be a new and beginning farmer.
Producers on small farms tend to be somewhat more likely
to be female than mid size or large scale farmers.
Small farmers tend to be a little more likely to
be sixty five years or older, so in some cases
this may be a lifestyle part of one's retirement, for example.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
More details about US d Census of Agriculture and its
various products are found online at www. Dot at ass,
dot USDA, dot go slash census. This has been Agriculture
USA Rodbaine reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.
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Speaker 1 (27:56):
Bob Wuen back with some farm use this morning. Friends
will watch these report on Friday bumped the markets up
in spite of its bullish nature. Mike Davis looks at
the numbers.
Speaker 5 (28:07):
Paul Meadow Grains market analyst Brook Shaper.
Speaker 6 (28:09):
We were expecting a reduction and yield and then a
subsequent reduction and carry out with the possibility of an
increase in exports on corn specifically. We got that, but
we also got another million and a half planted acre
added the corn, and so that takes harvested acres up
from eighty eight point six eighty eight point seven on
(28:32):
the last report to ninety even so that basically canceled
out all of the decrease in production we got and
the decrease in carry out that we got from reduced
production and increased demand.
Speaker 5 (28:46):
Shaper says, the market wasn't surprised by the change.
Speaker 6 (28:49):
It was down pretty hard when the numbers first came out,
but the recovery seems to point the fact that the
market's already got that priced in. When when you get
a Baris report and get a positive reaction, that seems
to indicate the market's got that priced in, or you know,
at least was prepared for that.
Speaker 5 (29:07):
For soy beans, Shafer says harvested acres were adjusted up.
Speaker 6 (29:11):
USCA did trim yield a tenth of a bushel. They
added a few acres to beans too. On the last
report where they added corn acres, they took those away
from beans on this one they didn't. Bean harvested acres
are up up a little bit from last and we
still don't have any sales to China. So that's that's
what the bean market is looking at. If we don't
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sell anything to China, we're gonna have way too many beans.
If we do sell some to China, things get really tight.
Speaker 5 (29:38):
I'm Mike Davis.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
The pushes on to get year round E fifteen available
across the nation. Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith says it would
be a win win.
Speaker 7 (29:48):
We've had presidents from both parties off for the waiver.
That's great, but it's not like getting it in statute.
Getting it in statute for a year round E fifteen marketing,
and you know, it's not a mandate. It's simply allowing
retailers to offer that product to their customers on a
year round basis. It would be great for corn country.
(30:08):
I think consumers would appreciate it as well. It offers
some price relief at the pump, but overall, I think,
you know, more consumer choice is always a good thing.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
Smith says Washington has taken steps in that direction, but
now they need to finish the job.
Speaker 7 (30:24):
We came so close at the end of last year
because we had that the government funding bill going through
that didn't ultimately work out. We're looking for another vehicle there.
I don't want to give up on a standalone approach either,
because I think it has a lot of bipartisan support.
So we're examining all of the avenues as we move forward,
(30:44):
certainly making sure though that everyone is aware that this
is a good thing. It has bipartisan support, It's good
for consumers and good for producers.
Speaker 8 (30:53):
Let's get this done.
Speaker 1 (30:55):
Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith this morning, well proposal by the
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture would severely increase registration and inspection
fees for animal markets, dealers and truckers. Jason Munyaini, executive
director of government Relations with the Wisconsin Farm Bureau, says
(31:15):
the price hikes are enormous.
Speaker 9 (31:18):
This proposal is to massively increase fees for the programs,
and registration fees and inspection fees for animal markets, dealers
and truckers, and some of these fees are increasing seventeen
hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
Munyaini says. The public comment period is opened until October fifteenth. Well, friends,
harvest approaching fast all across the country, and once the
crop is out of the field, it's an ideal time
to do some soil testing. Riley Smith has a report
for US.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Eileen Bernard, director of Farm and Retail Growth at Farmer's Edge,
said farmers need to be purposeful with the tests they conduct.
Speaker 22 (31:57):
You're exactly right, you know we're coming up into harvest time.
After that's when you want to start your soil sampling
and your soil testing. I think for me that like
the number one takeaway I want to leave people with
is like always to come back to why are we
doing this in the first place, Like why are we
doing any of these soil tests, and so we can
understand more about what's happening in our fields, what we
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need to do next year, and just use that to plan.
You know, you can't manage, but you can't measure. So
we love to be a part of that solution.
Speaker 4 (32:25):
Bernard said that having healthier soil can help crops to
better handle late season disease pressure one hundred percent.
Speaker 22 (32:31):
Like the more offense we can do against like some
of these late season diseases and all of the other
pressures that we have, Like a healthy crop is going
to put you in the best position you could be
in to defend against that.
Speaker 8 (32:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 22 (32:44):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (32:45):
Bernard added that the tissue test can offer comparisons between
old and new leaves to check if certain deficiencies were fixed,
or they can provide a snapshot of one current point in.
Speaker 22 (32:54):
Time and the way that we recommend it. We have
protocols available we're happy to share, but you can your
older leaves and your newer leaves and see if you've
corrected for any of your deficiencies or just a really
better understanding of what's happening right now so you can
be proactive and address it.
Speaker 4 (33:10):
I'm Riley Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
Rdy Smith out of the Midwest for US this morning.
Some farm news. You're listening to ag Life.
Speaker 23 (33:19):
From the ED Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
All the surgeon, livestock kills, attacks and other conflicts caused
by California's growing predator population has prompted the state's largest
agricultural organization to form a predator working group. The California
Farm Bureau will work in conjunction with law enforcement and
other advocacy groups to examine the state's predator issue with
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a focus on wolves. Since March, there have been more
than sixty confirmed or probable cases of cattle killed by wolves.
Well Bloomberg's Gerson Fredis Junior reports the US agricultural trade
deficit widen further in July, highlighting the challenge facing President
Trump as he bows to reverse the trend. Fretis tells
Agramarketing dot Com that exports legged imports by four point
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ninety seven billion dollars in July, nine percent greater than
a year earlier and the largest on record for July.
Fredas says that pushed the sector's deficit to an unprecedented
thirty three point six billion dollars for the first seven
months of the year. In a follow up to the
May report, the Department of Health and Human Services released
its Action Strategy to address Children's health from its Make
(34:25):
America Healthy Again Commission. Many farm organizations had said the
original document was filled with fear based rather than science
based information about pesticides. The second report calls for better nutrition,
more physical activity, and the need to address environmental health
factors to improve children's health.
Speaker 8 (34:42):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer
you have to go digital. Hmmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest,
LinkedIn and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, but
which one?
Speaker 23 (34:57):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (34:57):
And how receptive is this age group to your sale
pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best place
to reach a farmer with a farming solution message is
when they are well, quite frankly farming. You know, it's
easy for us to find them during the day, as
most farmers are behind the wheel of a pickup truck
or farm equipment with the radio on. Listening to this
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station for the AGG Information Network of the West News.
If you'd like to deliver information about your terrific product
or service, give us a call and we'll connect you
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Speaker 23 (35:43):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with Today's
Agribusiness Update.
Speaker 1 (35:47):
Bob quin back to wrap up Baglie for today friends well.
The conditions of this year's corn and soybean crops offer
an illustration of how the timing of drought during the
growing season can impact yield. Rod Bain wraps up.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
When it comes to drought threats over the course of
this growing season for cord ad soybeads, we.
Speaker 24 (36:07):
Made it through much of the summer with relatively minimal
drought coverage.
Speaker 2 (36:11):
Just three percent drought coverage for cord and bead growing
areas on August fifth, according to USDA be urologist Brad Rippy.
Yet over the past month, drought coverage significantly expanded in
parts of the cord and soybean belts.
Speaker 24 (36:25):
Corn went from three percent on August fifth, tripling to
nine percent in drought by September.
Speaker 9 (36:31):
Second.
Speaker 24 (36:31):
Soybeans, because we had more production area in the mid South,
we saw an even bigger expansion three percent drought coverage,
up to sixteen percent of the US soybean production area
in drought by September Second.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Rippy says this illustrates the typing of drought at its
impacts on crops. Increasing dryness eighty GI cord and bead
crop maturity add the upcoming harvest. Yet what about other
crops rippy looks at wheat For spring wheat, drought was.
Speaker 24 (36:59):
Pretty ant of early in the growing season for spring wheat,
and on August fifth, thirty five percent of the US
spring wheat production area was in drought. That was actually
down from a peak in July of forty three percent
of the production area in drought. And even though we
did see some late summer rain that reduced spring wheat
in drought to thirteen percent by September second, that of
course came largely too late for the crop which is
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now being harvested.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
And with winter wheat plantag sued to start.
Speaker 24 (37:25):
It is worth noting that thirty four percent of the
US winter wheat production area is in drought on September second,
but interestingly, almost all of the plains production areas the
hard reread winter wheatbelt is free of drought at this
time at thirty four percent, mostly due to drought in
the white wheat production areas of the Northwest and the
soft red production areas of the mid South and lower Midwest.
Speaker 2 (37:47):
Meanwhile, cotton growing areas covered in rout expanded both over
a month.
Speaker 24 (37:52):
Cotton also was at three percent drought coverage on August fifth.
That went up tenfold to thirty percent on September second.
Speaker 2 (37:59):
Yeah says the drought expansion came at a time when
cotton bowls opened in the later days of August. In
several key growing states, crop conditioned due to flash droughted
sub growing areas lessened mouth over month, Yet total cotton
crop condition in the US was more favorable than at
the end of August one year ago. Abroad, Bain, reporting
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for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
With that, friends, arount of time for today, Thanks for
joining us back tomorrow morning with another edition of ag
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, in all across the country. Well
friends several enjoy smoking meats for meals or events, but
a USDA food safety expert says there are food safety
tips to keep in mind. Rod bain starts us off today.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Whether summer cookout, fall football, tailgate, party, or holiday feast,
smoked meats provide a delicious menu option, you know, smoked ribs, brisket, pork,
shoulder or butt for pulled pork, sandwiches, chicken, fish, or
other fair and if you are someone who puts a
meat smoker to good use, USDA food safety expert Meredith
(00:42):
Corrothers says there are some tips for you to know
to keep food safe from food board bacteria.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
First, starting with a clean smoker, A lot of food
particles get charred and onto the grates, making sure you're
scraping off those bits before you put ones on there.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Marinate or brian your meats before smoking them, where others
points out a couple of food safety considerations.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
It's just possible where juices from the raw meat and
poultry to kind of splatter around your kitchen or to
get other places. So cleaning as you go and sanitizing
after to make sure those surfaces are cleaned as you
marinate those items. They can go in the fridge for
one to two days, usually.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Using a siplock freezer bag both for storage and refrigeration
of Marinating meats and transporting from the fridge to the
smoker is one way to prevent spillage of juices and
avoid cross contamination. Now a reminder about separation as it
applies the plates and utensils.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
I just used tongs to take raw meat and poultry
out of a bag, put it onto the grill that
has raw meat or poultry juices on it, that has
food born illness bacteria on it. Keeping in mind to
have a different set of utensils there at your grill
ready to swap is important. Or taking those tongs inside
to wash and sanitize before bringing them back out.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Separating raw cooked foods to prevent cross content ambidation also
applies to plates, cutting boards, and other food prep items.
Smoking meats is a low its low cooking method, yes,
and how low can you go?
Speaker 3 (02:09):
The smoker needs to be set between two hundred and
twenty five degrees fahrenheit and three hundred degrees fahrenheit throughout.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
The cooking process.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Anything less than two hundred and twenty five degrees is
going to be too low for the food to move
through the danger zone and really cook fast enough and
hot enough for the bacteria to be killed before they
may reach dangerous levels.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
And use a food thermometer to determine if meat has
reached proper internal cooking temperatures. Another food safety consideration with
smoking larger cuts of meat like a pork roast or
beef brisket.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
You don't want to smoke a big portion of food
and then just leave it like that and put it
in a fridge because it may not cool quick enough.
You have to break it down into smaller portions in
order for that to cool safely.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Do not leave smoked foods out in room temperature for
more than two hours to avoid bacteria. Others says for leftovers.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
Safe storage time frame is four days in the French,
or you can freeze items. You have at least two
to six months for things in the freezer to keep
their great quality without any issues.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
I'm Rod Bain reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Friends, the LATESTDY report was out late last week and
the estimates for corn and soybeans lowered. That's coming up
on Aglife. Bob Quent back with some farm news this morning. Friends.
Welldy's report on Friday bumped the markets up in spite
of its bullish nature. Mike Davis looks at the numbers.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
Paul Meadow Grains market analyst Brook Shaper.
Speaker 6 (03:41):
We were expecting a reduction and yield and then a
subsequent reduction and carry out with the possibility of an
increase in exports on corn specifically. We got that, but
we also got another million and a half planted acre
added to corn, and so that takes harvested acres up
from eighty eight point six eighty eight point seven on
(04:04):
the last report to ninety even so that basically canceled
out all of the decrease in production we got and
the decrease in carry out that we got from reduced
production and increased demand.
Speaker 5 (04:18):
Shaper says the market wasn't surprised by the change.
Speaker 6 (04:21):
It was down pretty hard when the numbers first came out,
but the recovery seems to point the fact that the
market's already got that priced in. When when you get
a Barish report and get a positive reaction, that seems
to indicate the markets got that priced in, or at
least was prepared for that.
Speaker 5 (04:38):
For soy beans, Shaper says harvested acres were adjusted up.
Speaker 6 (04:43):
USA did trim yield a tenth of a bushel. They
added a few acres to beans too. On the last
report where they added corn acres, they took those away
from beans. On this one they didn't. Bean harvested acres
are up up a little bit from last and we
still don't have any sales to China. So that's that's
what the bean market is looking at. If we don't
(05:03):
sell anything to China, we're gonna have way too many beans.
If we do sell some to China, things get really tight.
Speaker 5 (05:09):
I'm Mike Davis.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
The push is on to get year round E fifteen
available across the nation. Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith says it
would be a win win.
Speaker 7 (05:20):
We've had presidents from both parties off for the waiver.
That's great, but it's not like getting it in statute.
Getting it in statute for year round E fifteen marketing,
and you know it's not a mandate. It's simply allowing
retailers to offer that product to their customers on a
year round basis. It'd be great for corn country. I
(05:40):
think consumers would appreciate it as well. It offers some
price relief at the pump, but overall, I think, you know,
more consumer choice is always a good thing.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Smith says Washington has taken steps in that direction, but
now they need to finish the job.
Speaker 7 (05:56):
We came so close at the end of last year
because we had that the government funding bill going through
that didn't ultimately work out. We're looking for another vehicle there.
I don't want to give up on a standalone approach either,
because I think it has a lot of bipartisan support.
So we're examining all of the avenues as we move forward,
(06:16):
certainly making sure though that everyone is aware that this
is a good thing. It has bipartisan support, It's good
for consumers and good for producers.
Speaker 8 (06:25):
Let's get this done.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith this morning, well friends of proposal
by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture would severely increase registration
and inspection fees for animal markets, dealers and truckers Jason Munyaini,
executive director of government Relations with the Wisconsin Farm Bureau,
says the price hikes are enormous.
Speaker 9 (06:49):
This proposal is to massively increase fees for the programs,
and registration fees and inspection fees for animal markets, dealers
and truckers, and some of these fees are increasing seventeen
hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
For example, a Class A animal market fee would jump
from four hundred twenty dollars to seven thousand, four hundred
and thirty annually. Munyaini says the increased cost would add
undue stress to the entire supply chain.
Speaker 9 (07:20):
Putting this on the backs of the entire industry and
funding the entire program with just industry fees not only
puts a financial burden on the markets, dealers and truckers
that are bringing animals to market, but also puts us
wildly outside of the fees that are charged by our
neighboring states. We anticipate that those fees will unavoidably be
(07:42):
passed down to farmers. I don't see any way that
they wouldn't.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Be, Munyaani says. The public comment period is opened until
October fifteenth. Farm News This morning, you're listening to AG life.
Speaker 10 (07:54):
It's another agnews update. Farmers facing mixed conditions? What's it mean?
Speaker 5 (08:02):
More?
Speaker 11 (08:02):
After this at the American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention
in Denver, we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student
Loan Advisor.
Speaker 12 (08:11):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
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 biggest 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 11 (08:31):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 10 (08:34):
Farmers facing mixed conditions. According to the Federal Reserve's Beige Book,
roadcroft producers battling low corn prices and high input costs,
while cattle prices remain strong, supporting ranch income. USDA says
dairy exports are surging, with chief shipments up fifteen percent,
(08:55):
butter exports more than doubling that international demand is helping
offset flat milk cells here at home. Across the South,
another record grain harvest is raising storage concerns. Some states
may run out of space, forcing farmers to sell at
weak prices unless they have on farm bins or flexible contracts.
(09:21):
And USDA's latest trade outlook projecting a forty seven billion
dollar AG trade deficit for twenty twenty five. It's slightly
better than earlier forecast. Exports are higher in volume but
lower prices, keeping overall values down. And at the end
(09:41):
of the week, WORLDAGS supply demand estimates and crop production
report for the month of September from USDA, it's another
agnews update.
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American Cattle News Today we look back at how the
cattle market closed on Friday. More after this.
Speaker 11 (10:34):
At the American Veterinary Medical Association annual convention in Denver,
we caught up with Michael Gerghi from Student Loan Advisor.
Speaker 12 (10:41):
I think the biggest thing to remember when it comes
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 biggest 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 it.
Speaker 11 (11:00):
There's more valuable information on AVMA dot org.
Speaker 10 (11:04):
Ted Sieferd is vice president of Zayner agg Heage. Recapping
last week's cattle market.
Speaker 15 (11:11):
Live cattle closed moderately lower. However, they did close well
off their lows. In fact, they closed closer to and
changed down one point thirty five than they did off
the lows. They were a dollar sixty off the low,
so a nice little bounce back there. However, when you
look at that live cattle chart, it does have a
bit of a rounded top at the moment, and a
lot of times technical analysts will say, is this chart
(11:33):
rolling over or what they mean by that are we
do for a bit of a deeper correction. Live cattle
market hasn't seen any deep corrections really since the beginning
of the bull market, but that's also because the bull
fundamentals have been pretty constant throughout. So from a technical standpoint,
we are watching to potentially have a bit of a
near termat high end here unless we take out last
(11:56):
week's high within the next few training sessions, these speculators
might look to take some profits up here, so do
keep an eye out for that. Cash cattle is expected
to trade lower this week as packers have become more
current with their needs, and so the idea is that
maybe we could go through a few weeks of cash
(12:17):
cattle softening as we typically do in the month of September. However,
box beef prices have remained surprisingly high, and one of
the reasons why we expect software cash market cash cattle
market during the month of September is because we also
expect box beef prices to come down once we get
past that Labor Day holiday weekend, we start to see
demand sort of slow down a little bit, but so
(12:38):
far that hasn't happened. In fact, we are printing box
beef prices up near the highs of twenty twenty five
and the highest ever that we've seen in the month
of September. So lots of things going on here with
the live cattle.
Speaker 10 (12:51):
Market, American Cattle News. This is Dairy Radio Now with
Bill Baker.
Speaker 16 (13:01):
Today on our Producer Tuesday, brought to you by the
Professional Dairy Producers, we look at the day in the
life of a cow with Faith rayis, dairy outreach specialist
at the University of Wisconsin Madison. On a recent PDP
Dairy Signal, she discussed feedbunk competition and overstocking and just
what a cow needs to get through the day.
Speaker 17 (13:20):
So when we think about competition at the feedbunk, personalities
are dominant can come into play. So sometimes if they
a cow has a more dominant persona, they may be
more apt to physically push other cows around. That all
can go into play of how much competition certain animals
are involved in. But then there's also some other management
strategies to consider too with how much competition is occurring
(13:42):
at the feedbump. So some of those are of course
feed availability and the consistency of that feed. So you know,
back to the basics, if you will, of some of
the management takeaways of always making sure that feed spans
the whole bunk is pushed up frequently, and then we're
you know, mixing it to that precision where each is
ideally able to consume a uniform ration. Two other things
(14:06):
that come into mind when we think about feedbunk competition
are what I called today as like the penmates, so
those individuals she's interacting with in her pen, as well
as space. How can we group our cows in a
pen to think about who she's interacting with and that
space she has, and what does that look like for
the interaction with how much competition there is at the
feedba And then also we haven't had a clear distinction
(14:29):
to the feed efficiency aspect, so really thinking about that
input versus output and that could look like that your
energy corrected milk divided by the pounds of feed she consumes,
and so really maximizing what she consumes is that efficiently
utilized for something she's producing, such as milk with the
dairy cow. And when we evaluate residual feed intake again
(14:54):
we could think about it in a way of saying
did she eat as much as we thought she would
in a way what we predict her to eat When
we take into consideration all of those energy sinks, body
weight age, and stage of flactation would be on the
x axis here, and when we compare that to what
she actually ate the observed dry matter intake, that's where
(15:14):
we can really understand what residual feed intake or RIFI means.
But I think even thinking of it from a bigger
picture perspective of what does a certain management strategy have
more of like a ripple effect. So you know, we
might put something in place like overstocking because we want
to reduce competition, but also just being mindful of what
(15:35):
all the other things that change, So I definitely recognize that,
you know, if you're gonna change one thing in a pen,
that might impact three other things differently. So keeping that
large picture perspective of I, you know, maybe I want
to reduce my stocking density, but then know that not
only might that reduce competition, but it could help with
(15:56):
overall eating patterns and potentially feed efficiency. Looking at it
from the reverse perspective, knowing that if you think we're
increasing something like stock in density. You know there's a
ripple effect to what those might impact if you make
that change, so really looking at multiple metrics to understand
all the large scope changes that one management decision might make.
Speaker 16 (16:20):
Those are comments from faith Rais Dairy outreach specialists at
the University of Wisconsin, Madison on a recent PDP Dairy
signal that you can hear in its entirety for free
by simply going to pdpw dot org. Our thanks to
the Professional Dairy Producers for today's sponsorship of Producer Tuesday.
Eligible livestock producers suffering drought and wildfire losses the past
(16:41):
two calendar years can now sign up for the latest
component of its Emergency Livestock Relief Program.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
It was this past sprigue that USDA's Farm Service Agency
rolled out a disaster relief program abe DEBT Livestock Producers,
the first phase addressing producers suffering drought or wildfire related losses.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
The Emergency Livestock Relief Program, with over a billion in relief,
already paid out to producers who suffered grazing losses due
to these droughts and wildfires in calendar year twenty twenty
three and twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
Farm Production and Conservation Deputy Undersecretary Brook Appleton now signe
up against one day for the second part of what
is known as ELRP, about what billion dollars in disaster
recovery assistance to help livestock growers offset increased supplemental feed
cost due to a qualifying flood or wildfire event a
calendar years twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four. Sign
(17:30):
Up continues until October thirty first at local FSA offices.
More details about ELRP are also available online at www
dot FSA dot USDA dot gov. I'm Rodbaine, reporting for
the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 16 (17:47):
Join us tomorrow for our wellness Wednesday. I'm Bill Baker
Derry Radio.
Speaker 18 (17:51):
Now, India is the top export market for ammans, but
there is potential, big potent for more exports to Turkey,
Morocco and Indonesia. I'm Patrick Kavanaugh with a California tree
Nut Report, part of the vast ag Information Network. Chlorice
Turner as President and CEO of the almed Border California.
Speaker 19 (18:15):
So you'll see us focusing on some of the markets
in the years ahead. So they meet and met the
criteria that I talked about before, I just you know,
illustrate India, and that is that half the population in
India today is under the age of thirty and it
is now the largest population in the world. And many
people in that segment have now turned their focus to
(18:36):
health because you know, post COVID, we're also much more
aware of our health and the importance of preserving it.
So the market is ripe for expansion and we are
well underway again. Another task force that we're forming with
pulling people in from different parts of industry to get
their expertise and guidance as we go forward and develop
(18:57):
the plan.
Speaker 18 (18:58):
In more news, while we all think well, insects bugs
true bugs are a specific group of insects from the
order Hemiptera. They have needlelike mouth parts for piercing and sucking,
and they go through a life cycle that includes eggs, nymphs,
and adults. True bugs have two pairs of wings, with
the front pair being hard at the base and soft
(19:18):
of the tips, and they can be problems in tree nuts.
Speaker 11 (19:21):
Farmwork is tough and so is staying safe on the road.
Speaker 13 (19:24):
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 you're slow moving vehicles. Signs and lights are visible,
and everyone's sailor, especially on rule roads.
Speaker 11 (19:44):
One moment a.
Speaker 13 (19:44):
Caution can save a life. Let's work together to keep
our roads and are firm safe. This message was brought
to you by the Egg Information Network.
Speaker 8 (19:52):
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
(20:13):
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 2 (20:25):
Typology my mistake. The correct pronunciation is typology, a classification
according to general type applied to disciplines such as social
science or archaeology and in the case of the Department
of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service, topology refers to how
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data from the most recent senses of agriculture on our
nation's farms and ranches are presented.
Speaker 20 (20:53):
Data by some different cross cuts. In one of these
is called farm topology, and it's just a little different
way of looking at the data.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
On rod day, NASA Administrator Joseph Parsons joins us as
we look at the Census of ag using some farm topology.
In this edition of Agriculture USA. It is considered the
premier data set on agriculture and the ag sector. USDA's
Census of Agriculture conducted every five years. The most recent
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census started in twenty twenty two, with its initial release
of its many data points issued early last year. National
Agricultural Statistic Service Administrator Joseph Parsons says, with so much information,
reports on our nation's farms and ranches continued to be
released based on different categories and focuses, for instance, coming
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up before years end studies associated with the census.
Speaker 20 (21:50):
Things that emanate from the Census of Agriculture program one
is a tenure in Land Ownership study that'll be coming
out around about Halloween, and also the Census of Horticulture.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
All these census based reports designed for end users to
get a better understanding of data and trends, and agriculture policymakers, agribusinesses,
producers themselves, and the general public among the many who
glean information from these studies. Most recently, USDA as issued
its last report focused on farm topology. In other words,
(22:23):
a further breakdown of USDA twenty twenty two Census of
Agriculture data on farm types via the recently released report.
Speaker 20 (22:32):
The farm topology really focuses more on what the farm
or farm household would receive from the enterprise the farm,
not just all the receipts that might come from the farm,
as value production does. It's another way of looking at
it to say what goes back to those households that
gained income or grocery sipts from a farming operation.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
And the ephasis of the Farm Typology report is family farms.
As defined in the Census.
Speaker 20 (22:57):
Most farms in the United States are family farms, and
in fact most are small family farms.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
With ninety five percent of US farm operations listed as
family farms.
Speaker 20 (23:07):
In fact, most are small family farms. The farm topology
sort of slices this up by looking at what's called
the gross cash farm income under value production. That farm
produces many many dollars value production that the part that
comes back to the farmer is just the fee he receives.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
So small family farms, those with a gross cash farm
income of less than three hundred and fifty thousand dollars
annually constitute eighty five percent of our nation's family farms.
Speaker 20 (23:37):
We categorize in this farm topology to small, mid size, large,
and very large family farms, and the small further cut
into two pieces by low sales moderate sales. Most farms
in the United States are small and have low sales,
so very quite small.
Speaker 2 (23:52):
Among the data categories within NASA's Farm Topology Report, what
farm size category produces most of what commodity.
Speaker 20 (24:01):
The smallest farms, they tend to be cattle operations, calcafe operations,
and they tend to grow hey part of your lifestyle.
Maybe you have a small herd of cattle and a
field or two of hay. The largest categories are grains
and oil seeds for the moderate sales, the mid size
and the large category, and then when we get to
the very large family farms, there's much higher proportion of
those in specialty crops. And then also in dairies, we've
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seen a concentration of dairies becoming larger on average, and
many of those are very large family farms.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Also, demographics of family farms.
Speaker 20 (24:34):
Small family farm producers tend to be more likely, for example,
to have served in the military and also work off
the farm, and to be a new and beginning farmer.
Producers on small farms tend to be somewhat more likely
to be female than mid size or large scale farmers.
Small farmers tend to be a little more likely to
be sixty five years or older, so in some cases
this may be a lifestyle part of one's retirement, for example.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
More details about US d Census of Agriculture and its
various products are found online at www. Dot at ass,
dot USDA, dot go slash census. This has been Agriculture
USA Rodbaine reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.
Speaker 21 (25:25):
Pollinators are in trouble, but California almond growers have the
chance to make a real difference. It's time for California
agg today on the ag Information Network I Am Haley's Ship.
Almand growers across the States can still take advantage of
the Pollinator Partnerships Monarch Wings across California Almonds program, which
(25:47):
is still offering free habitat seed to participants. The need
is urgent. According to pollinator dot org, Western monarch butterfly
populations have dropped by ninety percent in recent years. This
program is designed to help to reverse that trend by
improving both the quantity and the quality of habitat and
(26:08):
nutritional resources for monarchs, honeybees, native bees, and many other
pollinators that keep California agriculture thriving. Growers don't need to
set aside large blocks of farmland to make an impact.
As the partnership explains, narrow, odd shaped, or other unused
strips of land next to orchards, roads, levees, structures, et
(26:29):
cetera work well. By turning those hard to farm areas
into pollinator habitat, growers can create food and shelter for
vital species while also supporting the health of their orchards.
Interested growers can learn more by contacting Agriculture at pollinator dot.
Speaker 13 (26:47):
Org Farmwork is tough, and so is staying safe on road.
Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffic share the
same space, whether you're behind the wheel of a tractor
or a car. Here's what you need to remember. 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 of
(27:11):
caution can save alife. Let's work together to keep our
roads and our firm safe. This message was brought to
you by the ag Information Network.
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Speaker 21 (27:48):
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Speaker 1 (27:56):
Bob Wuen back with some farm use this morning. Friends
will watch these report on Friday bumped the markets up
in spite of its bullish nature. Mike Davis looks at
the numbers.
Speaker 5 (28:07):
Paul Meadow Grains market analyst Brook Shaper.
Speaker 6 (28:09):
We were expecting a reduction and yield and then a
subsequent reduction and carry out with the possibility of an
increase in exports on corn specifically. We got that, but
we also got another million and a half planted acre
added the corn, and so that takes harvested acres up
from eighty eight point six eighty eight point seven on
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the last report to ninety even so that basically canceled
out all of the decrease in production we got and
the decrease in carry out that we got from reduced
production and increased demand.
Speaker 5 (28:46):
Shaper says, the market wasn't surprised by the change.
Speaker 6 (28:49):
It was down pretty hard when the numbers first came out,
but the recovery seems to point the fact that the
market's already got that priced in. When when you get
a Baris report and get a positive reaction, that seems
to indicate the market's got that priced in, or you know,
at least was prepared for that.
Speaker 5 (29:07):
For soy beans, Shafer says harvested acres were adjusted up.
Speaker 6 (29:11):
USCA did trim yield a tenth of a bushel. They
added a few acres to beans too. On the last
report where they added corn acres, they took those away
from beans on this one they didn't. Bean harvested acres
are up up a little bit from last and we
still don't have any sales to China. So that's that's
what the bean market is looking at. If we don't
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sell anything to China, we're gonna have way too many beans.
If we do sell some to China, things get really tight.
Speaker 5 (29:38):
I'm Mike Davis.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
The pushes on to get year round E fifteen available
across the nation. Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith says it would
be a win win.
Speaker 7 (29:48):
We've had presidents from both parties off for the waiver.
That's great, but it's not like getting it in statute.
Getting it in statute for a year round E fifteen marketing,
and you know, it's not a mandate. It's simply allowing
retailers to offer that product to their customers on a
year round basis. It would be great for corn country.
(30:08):
I think consumers would appreciate it as well. It offers
some price relief at the pump, but overall, I think,
you know, more consumer choice is always a good thing.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
Smith says Washington has taken steps in that direction, but
now they need to finish the job.
Speaker 7 (30:24):
We came so close at the end of last year
because we had that the government funding bill going through
that didn't ultimately work out. We're looking for another vehicle there.
I don't want to give up on a standalone approach either,
because I think it has a lot of bipartisan support.
So we're examining all of the avenues as we move forward,
(30:44):
certainly making sure though that everyone is aware that this
is a good thing. It has bipartisan support, It's good
for consumers and good for producers.
Speaker 8 (30:53):
Let's get this done.
Speaker 1 (30:55):
Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith this morning, well proposal by the
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture would severely increase registration and inspection
fees for animal markets, dealers and truckers. Jason Munyaini, executive
director of government Relations with the Wisconsin Farm Bureau, says
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the price hikes are enormous.
Speaker 9 (31:18):
This proposal is to massively increase fees for the programs,
and registration fees and inspection fees for animal markets, dealers
and truckers, and some of these fees are increasing seventeen
hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
Munyaini says. The public comment period is opened until October fifteenth. Well, friends,
harvest approaching fast all across the country, and once the
crop is out of the field, it's an ideal time
to do some soil testing. Riley Smith has a report
for US.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Eileen Bernard, director of Farm and Retail Growth at Farmer's Edge,
said farmers need to be purposeful with the tests they conduct.
Speaker 22 (31:57):
You're exactly right, you know we're coming up into harvest time.
After that's when you want to start your soil sampling
and your soil testing. I think for me that like
the number one takeaway I want to leave people with
is like always to come back to why are we
doing this in the first place, Like why are we
doing any of these soil tests, and so we can
understand more about what's happening in our fields, what we
(32:17):
need to do next year, and just use that to plan.
You know, you can't manage, but you can't measure. So
we love to be a part of that solution.
Speaker 4 (32:25):
Bernard said that having healthier soil can help crops to
better handle late season disease pressure one hundred percent.
Speaker 22 (32:31):
Like the more offense we can do against like some
of these late season diseases and all of the other
pressures that we have, Like a healthy crop is going
to put you in the best position you could be
in to defend against that.
Speaker 8 (32:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 22 (32:44):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (32:45):
Bernard added that the tissue test can offer comparisons between
old and new leaves to check if certain deficiencies were fixed,
or they can provide a snapshot of one current point in.
Speaker 22 (32:54):
Time and the way that we recommend it. We have
protocols available we're happy to share, but you can your
older leaves and your newer leaves and see if you've
corrected for any of your deficiencies or just a really
better understanding of what's happening right now so you can
be proactive and address it.
Speaker 4 (33:10):
I'm Riley Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
Rdy Smith out of the Midwest for US this morning.
Some farm news. You're listening to ag Life.
Speaker 23 (33:19):
From the ED Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
All the surgeon, livestock kills, attacks and other conflicts caused
by California's growing predator population has prompted the state's largest
agricultural organization to form a predator working group. The California
Farm Bureau will work in conjunction with law enforcement and
other advocacy groups to examine the state's predator issue with
(33:40):
a focus on wolves. Since March, there have been more
than sixty confirmed or probable cases of cattle killed by wolves.
Well Bloomberg's Gerson Fredis Junior reports the US agricultural trade
deficit widen further in July, highlighting the challenge facing President
Trump as he bows to reverse the trend. Fretis tells
Agramarketing dot Com that exports legged imports by four point
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ninety seven billion dollars in July, nine percent greater than
a year earlier and the largest on record for July.
Fredas says that pushed the sector's deficit to an unprecedented
thirty three point six billion dollars for the first seven
months of the year. In a follow up to the
May report, the Department of Health and Human Services released
its Action Strategy to address Children's health from its Make
(34:25):
America Healthy Again Commission. Many farm organizations had said the
original document was filled with fear based rather than science
based information about pesticides. The second report calls for better nutrition,
more physical activity, and the need to address environmental health
factors to improve children's health.
Speaker 8 (34:42):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer
you have to go digital. Hmmm, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest,
LinkedIn and online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, but
which one?
Speaker 23 (34:57):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (34:57):
And how receptive is this age group to your sale
pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best place
to reach a farmer with a farming solution message is
when they are well, quite frankly farming. You know, it's
easy for us to find them during the day, as
most farmers are behind the wheel of a pickup truck
or farm equipment with the radio on. Listening to this
(35:21):
station for the AGG Information Network of the West News.
If you'd like to deliver information about your terrific product
or service, give us a call and we'll connect you
directly with our community of loyal farmer listeners. Reach real
farmers right here, right now, as they listen to what
is important to their farm operation. They trust us, They'll
trust you.
Speaker 23 (35:43):
From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with Today's
Agribusiness Update.
Speaker 1 (35:47):
Bob quin back to wrap up Baglie for today friends well.
The conditions of this year's corn and soybean crops offer
an illustration of how the timing of drought during the
growing season can impact yield. Rod Bain wraps up.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
When it comes to drought threats over the course of
this growing season for cord ad soybeads, we.
Speaker 24 (36:07):
Made it through much of the summer with relatively minimal
drought coverage.
Speaker 2 (36:11):
Just three percent drought coverage for cord and bead growing
areas on August fifth, according to USDA be urologist Brad Rippy.
Yet over the past month, drought coverage significantly expanded in
parts of the cord and soybean belts.
Speaker 24 (36:25):
Corn went from three percent on August fifth, tripling to
nine percent in drought by September.
Speaker 9 (36:31):
Second.
Speaker 24 (36:31):
Soybeans, because we had more production area in the mid South,
we saw an even bigger expansion three percent drought coverage,
up to sixteen percent of the US soybean production area
in drought by September Second.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Rippy says this illustrates the typing of drought at its
impacts on crops. Increasing dryness eighty GI cord and bead
crop maturity add the upcoming harvest. Yet what about other
crops rippy looks at wheat For spring wheat, drought was.
Speaker 24 (36:59):
Pretty ant of early in the growing season for spring wheat,
and on August fifth, thirty five percent of the US
spring wheat production area was in drought. That was actually
down from a peak in July of forty three percent
of the production area in drought. And even though we
did see some late summer rain that reduced spring wheat
in drought to thirteen percent by September second, that of
course came largely too late for the crop which is
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now being harvested.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
And with winter wheat plantag sued to start.
Speaker 24 (37:25):
It is worth noting that thirty four percent of the
US winter wheat production area is in drought on September second,
but interestingly, almost all of the plains production areas the
hard reread winter wheatbelt is free of drought at this
time at thirty four percent, mostly due to drought in
the white wheat production areas of the Northwest and the
soft red production areas of the mid South and lower Midwest.
Speaker 2 (37:47):
Meanwhile, cotton growing areas covered in rout expanded both over
a month.
Speaker 24 (37:52):
Cotton also was at three percent drought coverage on August fifth.
That went up tenfold to thirty percent on September second.
Speaker 2 (37:59):
Yeah says the drought expansion came at a time when
cotton bowls opened in the later days of August. In
several key growing states, crop conditioned due to flash droughted
sub growing areas lessened mouth over month, Yet total cotton
crop condition in the US was more favorable than at
the end of August one year ago. Abroad, Bain, reporting
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for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
With that, friends, arount of time for today, Thanks for
joining us back tomorrow morning with another edition of ag
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