September 18, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Valley. This is Aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. We
start off with harvest safety this morning.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
While some crops like wheat and rice are near to
completely harvested, others such as cord and soybeads will soon be.
No matter if your role is a producer driving a cobbine,
a driver Holly grade to the local elevators, or a
motorist on country roads surrounded by farmland, safety needs to
be kept in mind.

Speaker 3 (00:29):
The days are getting shorter, so you're going to see
these big pieces of equipment out onto the roadway later
into the evening, and we're getting darker earlier in the evening,
so the chances that AGG equipment is going to meet
with the motoring public is pretty good.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Dan Neenan of the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety
says both farm equipment drivers AB motorist needs safety rerobders.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
So left turns on farmsteads is something that we need
to talk about. AGG equipment will be making turns into farmsteads.
Motoring public, you have to obey the law and you
can only pass farm equipment in passing zone. Since we
see a lot of collisions that occur between the motoring
public and the farming community when the tractors and the
combines are turning left into farmsteads about the same time
that the motoring public is trying to pass, so there

(01:10):
needs to be that awareness out there and to share
the road.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Meanwhile, farmers need to make safety checks of machinery and
have personal protection and safety equipment available prior to the
start of harness for the season.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
For each day, we always want to take a look
at the fire extinguishers that are in the shed and
then the combine. Are they charged?

Speaker 4 (01:28):
Are they ready to go?

Speaker 3 (01:29):
The first aid kits? Do you have a farm first
aid kit that stopped and ready to go?

Speaker 2 (01:34):
Need in ads. If a grower's area uses nine one
one signs for emergency notification.

Speaker 3 (01:39):
Have a notebook in every vehicle combine, tractor, pickup truck,
minivan that might go from farmstead to farmstead. Because farmers
are now renting more property than ever before, that would
have that nine one one sign. So if you have
an emergency that you can get that nine one one
sign and be able to give them that nine one
one number right away, which is going to tell the
dispatcher what fire department, what ambulance, what law enforcement agency

(02:01):
to be able to respond.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
And even though most cell phone customers pay a nine
one one fee that allows vectoring to find GPS location.

Speaker 3 (02:09):
That takes time and in an injury or in a
cardiac event, timeless muscles, do we need to shorten up
that time from the time that we dial nine one
one till the time that we can get medical resources
there to be able to help.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
I'm Rodbane reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
Farm US Coming up. You're listening to wag Life. Bob
Quinn back with some farm news this morning. Friends. Applications
now open for the Emergency Livestock Relief Program for flood
and Wildfire, which is meant to help farmers and ranchers
cover part of extra feed cost associated with these types
of natural disasters. Mike Davis has our story.

Speaker 5 (02:46):
Applications are now open for the Emergency Livestock Relief Program
for flood and Wildfire, which is meant to help farmers
and ranchers cover part of extra feed costs associated with
these types of natural disasters. America and Farm Bureau economist
Danny Munch says the application for this relief differs from
a previous USDA program.

Speaker 6 (03:07):
Unlike the drought version that was announced earlier this year
and paid automatically off of Livestock Forage Program payments, this
one requires a direct application from farmers to FSA. Payments
are going to be based off of USDA's standard monthly
feed costs, and that'll be sixty percent of three months
of feed for flooding or sixty percent of one month
of feed for wildfires.

Speaker 5 (03:27):
Munch says about nine hundred and forty million dollars is
available for the program.

Speaker 6 (03:31):
This is the remaining balance back from Congress's two billion
a livestock directive from the American Relief Act of twenty
twenty five. If estimated demands that USDA receives exceeds available funds,
USA is going to apply a national payment factor at
the end of the calculations, so those final payments might
be lower than the base calculation. There are payment limits

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of one hundred and twenty five thousand per program year,
or two hundred and fifty thousand if more than seventy
five percent of your adjusted gross income is from farming.

Speaker 5 (04:00):
If farmers or ranchers think they're eligible, Munch says they
should reach out to their local FSA office to learn
more by October thirty first of this year.

Speaker 6 (04:09):
This is a little different than a lot of the
previous programs that have automatically sent applications. You have to
file this one A two. FSA Applicants must provide livestock
inventory as of the disaster date, and if your county
is not a pre approved list, photos insurance or local
declarations that prove you face that disaster. There's also more
information from your local FSA office or Farmers dot gov

(04:30):
to provide a little bit more information. Payments are expected
to go out sometime in early twenty twenty six, once
USDA can estimate demand and pick a final peroration amount
for those calculations.

Speaker 5 (04:41):
For more information, stay tuned to the market Intel page
on fb dot org. Mike Davis Washington well friends.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
With the end of the growing season in sight, for
many growers, agronomic decisions made now can have a big
impact on harvest. Curtis Rainbolt with BASF says, just because
the season may be d to a close, that doesn't
mean disease pressures are done for the year, and as
he said, just like late spring and midsummer, those pressures
are best addressed preventatively.

Speaker 7 (05:10):
So unfortunately, it's not something where you can wait until
you see the pathog and start to develop in the
field and then very easily come in and take care
of it. So ideally they've planned ahead. But even if
they've planned ahead and made an application of a premium
fung site, a row closer or one two weeks after
that and some additional sprays is needed, it's all about
being out in those fields.

Speaker 1 (05:30):
And Monity Rainbow noted it's critical for growers this time
of year to make sure they're not over watering, which
he said can happen very easily because of the swings
in daytime and nighttime temperatures. Over Watering can lead to
increased white mold pressures, especially in potatoes. He added that
being in the field would allow a grower to get

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in front of any problem as soon as it develops.

Speaker 7 (05:55):
When it comes to early blight, we do need to
worry about the selecting of resistant islets, and so if
you look at what's being used in the market for
controlling early blight and brown spot, which were both alternate area.
We've been heavily reliant on Group seven fund sites frack
Group seven. That means they all work the same way,
and Dura is one of those frack Group sevens. What

(06:16):
sets a Dura pro apart from the other ones that
are on the market is that second active ingredient, that
pro that's short for provosol. Provosol is a Group three
find a side and it is extremely effective on earth.

Speaker 1 (06:28):
Blke, Curtis Rainbow Basf with US Well friends, corn harvest
quickly approaching and in many parts of the country it's
looking like a bumper crop. Ben Pisto, Wisconsin regional manager
with BES Hybridgs, says farmers aren't preparing for a bar andbuster.

Speaker 8 (06:44):
A lot of guys are frustrated because the crop price
is not what we'd like it to be. But the
reality is there's a very good crop across the Midwest.
In fact, Wisconsin's one of the highest rated states relative
to how we've been in the past. We are going
to have a very good crop really from Green Bay
all the way down to the Platfem from Milwaukee all
the way up to here towards Menominee.

Speaker 9 (07:00):
The crop looks really good.

Speaker 8 (07:01):
If there's differences, it's because the manager didn't do a
good job the crop. Overall, we had an ideal growing season.
We're gonna have the bushels, and you know what, I'd
rather just have the bushels. We can market them maybe
a little bit later, but you don't want to be
the guy that didn't have the bushels.

Speaker 9 (07:13):
And it's a low price.

Speaker 8 (07:14):
So consider the blessings we do have in having the
crop and do the best you can on the marketing
side from here on out.

Speaker 1 (07:20):
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Indian goods, citing India's high farm tariffs and trade barriers,
Reuters reporting AG remains a core issue that's derailling progress
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(08:24):
have pushed for greater access to India's ag, ethanol, dairy,
and medical markets. India, though resisting, arguing that opening its
markets to subsidized US farm goods threatened the livelihoods of
millions of small farmers. US farm exports like corn, soybeans, cotton,
and ethanol excluded from recent talks. India's average teriff rate

(08:48):
on AG imports thirty nine percent, US imports five percent.
Some farm duties are as high as fifty percent, according
to the White House House and the Trump administration has
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With trade talk stalled, Indian exporterers now face rising levees

(09:13):
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Speaker 16 (10:31):
Last week's slaughter five hundred and forty nine thousand head.
That's down fourteen thousand week on week, and down substantially
from the same week last year, which was six hundred
and five thousand, So again kind of reinforcing the supply
side tightness. We'll see where cash wants to trade this week.
Last week generally hire about one to four box depending

(10:52):
on the region. Even though the five area weighted average
ended up a little bit lower, box beef prices settled
lower about three sixty six seventy ish. That was down
from about three seventy three and a half the prior week,
and that just kind of indicates at the moment a
bit slower beef demand at the higher prices. We'll see

(11:13):
if that continues as a pattern. Packers I believe are
working in the red still, So yeah, there's only so
long that that can happen until some kind of market
adjustment needs to occur, either with higher box beef prices
or lower cash in order to bring things back into
the green for them. So we'll see how that plays out.
Other impacts in the cattle market, we're watching export competition.

(11:37):
I guess it's leaning slightly bearsh at the moment. Argentina
just lowered its beef export tax from six and a
half percent to five percent. That could make them a
little bit more competitive in the global market. And being
that there hasn't been any really new news to clearly
associate any kind of tariff for trade talks to beef

(11:58):
in any wide fashion. I don't see that the export
market is going to be doing any better than we
already expected to do, so we'll see how that plays out.

Speaker 10 (12:11):
American Cattle News.

Speaker 1 (12:16):
This is Dairy Radio. Now.

Speaker 4 (12:19):
I'm John Clark, traveling the countryside for Feedwort to USA.

Speaker 10 (12:22):
Today.

Speaker 4 (12:22):
I'm talking with Katie, daughter of Advocate Hola. Welcome, Katie.
We're glad to have you with us today.

Speaker 14 (12:29):
Thank you so much for having me. I'm super excited to.

Speaker 9 (12:31):
Be here, Katie.

Speaker 4 (12:32):
What is Agvocate?

Speaker 14 (12:33):
Agvocate is an online and in person agricultural education program
that is bridging the gaps between Spanish and non Spanish
speaking people in agriculture.

Speaker 4 (12:43):
You really have a passion for that. Tell us about
that and how it developed with you.

Speaker 14 (12:47):
It developed when I grew up on my family's dairy
as a third generation farmer, and then I was also
a first generation farmer for thirteen years, and I remember
specifically trying to explain to my Spanish speaking team about
a new milking protocol we were putting in and they
just weren't understanding, and they weren't understanding the why behind it,
and it's like, how can I better communicate this? And

(13:09):
Google Translate was not cutting it because Google Translate doesn't
understand milking procedure and so there's not a lot of
words there. So I blended my passion for agriculture and
education together and now I teach agriculture specific Spanish classes
for English speakers. And then on the flip side, English
is a second language for the Hispanic community within agriculture.

Speaker 4 (13:29):
You've been doing this for a few years, and I
presume that you've also learned a little bit from your students.

Speaker 14 (13:34):
I absolutely have from my English speaking students that are like, hey, Katie, well,
I have an employee that says this for the Spanish
word or that Spanish word, so I just keep adding
it to my vocabulist. So these vocabulists are very comprehensive.
Your first list in my dairy classes caw Heffer, gate, Haulture, bucket,
things like that. And I've also learned a lot from
my Spanish speaking students with their culture that I can relate. Then,

(13:57):
you know, back and forth between the two cultures.

Speaker 4 (13:59):
There must be a great variety of people who actually
enroll in your courses.

Speaker 14 (14:03):
There absolutely is, you name it. I probably had them
from dairy farmers to hoof termers, to nutritionists, people from
pharmaceutical reps. I mean all of his boards. A lot
of veterinarians too, A lot of veterinarians, a lot of veterinarians.
It's almost I'm gonna say about half my classes now.

Speaker 4 (14:16):
That would kind of make sense though, because they really
have to communicate with hurds people and more and more
of the are Hispanic herriags people on farms.

Speaker 14 (14:23):
The first feedback that I got from a veterinarian student,
I ask, you know why this is when they first
started enrolling, And I was like, why are you my class?
And they'd say, because the first person to contact anymore
when we go to a farm is no longer the
farm owner. It is usually a Spanish speaker, and I
need to either ask where is you know the owner?
Or show me the sick cow, or can you help
me with a procedure. And I'm also leaving protocols or

(14:45):
directions on how to take care of a sick cow
after I leave.

Speaker 4 (14:48):
So folks out there kind of have a choice. They
can wait till they have a problem, or they can
really work with you and be proactive.

Speaker 14 (14:55):
They absolutely can, and I can guarantee you you're going
to save a lot more money if you're going to
be proactive and a lot more cat, a lot more
cows and safety. Safety is pretty important that I think
people forget about. And I also, you know, just want
to bring up the biosecurity that we've been facing here lately,
and that can be very costly. So if your employees
understand from the get go what you need and what
is to be followed on farm, the better office.

Speaker 4 (15:16):
It would seem like biosecurity of itself has a lot
of technical questions and nuances to it that would be
a challenge to communicate.

Speaker 14 (15:24):
Absolutely. Again, there's Google Translate can translate every single thing,
and so you have to ask yourself, am I willing
to invest in this? This isn't just an expense, This
is an investment not only for yourself, but for the
people that you're working with every day and your business
as a whole.

Speaker 4 (15:38):
And would it help with quality of life for these
folks of just being able to respect their employees more
and being able to be respected more back and forth
a mutual respect.

Speaker 14 (15:47):
I guess maybe absolutely. And one things I always tell
people the Hispanic community is one of the most forgiving communities.
So they're not expecting you to be perfect, and so
if you're even just trying, you you have no idea
how much respect that you're really gaining. And you're also
so showing them that, hey, I'm vulnerable. I'm putting myself
out there learning some of your language. I'm going to
do the same on learners of English.

Speaker 4 (16:06):
Yeah, we've talked a lot about day, but you have
done other interesting parts of agriculture.

Speaker 14 (16:10):
I did as soon as other sectors of ag found out.
I do for dary. I now have a curriculum for swine,
one for poultry, and I'm adding a brand new one
this year for the produce industry.

Speaker 4 (16:20):
For the produce industry. And also I think you've had
an equine affair.

Speaker 14 (16:23):
Oh yes, I have. My goodness, the equine has been
very interesting, very fun, and so I guess I've added
that to the curriculum as well.

Speaker 4 (16:30):
Katie, how do folks find you? Is it easy to
find you?

Speaker 14 (16:33):
Absolutely? My website ag vo Kate kat e ag vocate
dot com.

Speaker 4 (16:40):
Katie daughter with Advocate, Thanks for being with us today.

Speaker 14 (16:43):
Mos gracias, John, thank you very much.

Speaker 4 (16:45):
I'm John Clark. Traveling in the countryside for Feedwort.

Speaker 9 (16:47):
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Speaker 17 (17:01):
The twenty twenty five pistachio crop is looking very robust,
a big on year. I'm Patrick Kavana with a California
Trina Report, part of the Vastag Information Network. Zachary Fraser
is president and CEO of American Pistachio Growers based in Fresno.

Speaker 18 (17:21):
Yeah, so not only around the office, We've spent a
significant amount of time out with growers over the last
couple of weeks as they began to shake.

Speaker 17 (17:28):
Yes, and he's talking about shaking that crop off the trees.

Speaker 18 (17:31):
I've visited a couple of processors and been on the
line frequently with our industry. It's going to be a
good crop year. We anticipated. Middle of the summer. During
our insights day, we called out we believe a one
point six billion pound crop, and I think that that
number is going to be a conservative number. I think
it's going to be a good sized crop this year. Again,
it's a little bit like looking into a crystal ball,
but all of the indicators are that it's going to

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be a good on year for.

Speaker 17 (17:53):
Us, and that one point six billion pound crop just
looked back five years, that crop is only at one
point z zero five pounds. In more news, rootstock selection
is one of the most important decisions made before the
planting or replanning of an amine orchard. Among the most
important characteristics to consider when choosing a rootstock is the

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compatibility with the desired variety vigor, good anchorage, low suckering,
and resistance or tolerance to abiotic and biotic soil challenges.

Speaker 13 (18:25):
Farmwork is tough and so is stained safe on the road.

Speaker 19 (18:27):
Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffic share the
same space, whether you're behind the wheel of a tractor
or a car.

Speaker 13 (18:34):
Here's what you need to remember.

Speaker 19 (18:35):
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 a caution can save a life. Let's work together
to keep our roads and are farm safe. This message
was brought to you by the AG Information Network.

Speaker 20 (18:54):
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
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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, work.

Speaker 2 (19:28):
Of USDA researchers in the realm of food safety and
increased detection of potential contabinants.

Speaker 21 (19:35):
One of the technologies that I've worked on is the
and HOLD contamination and Sanitation and inspection technology.

Speaker 22 (19:41):
And remote something in proximal sensing including artificial intelligence to
process results of measurements head to highest potential.

Speaker 2 (19:48):
Improved irrigation water management through innovation.

Speaker 23 (19:52):
From a satellite point of view. We can do that
over the entire field and entire ranch, and over the
entire state.

Speaker 2 (19:57):
At six decades in research support of the nation's content industry.

Speaker 24 (20:02):
It's a refer to ros from Northronima self texts and
every time we've had a rather people before from.

Speaker 2 (20:09):
The US are recognized through one of the highest honors
presented to public servants within the federal government. On broad Day,
Agriculture Department recipients of what is known as the Savvies
joined us to discuss their efforts and recognition for their
work in this edition of Agriculture USA. Annually, the nonprofit

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organization Partnership for Public Service recognizes excellence among our nation's
federal workforce through the Samuel J. Haben Service to America Medals,
former and President Agriculture Department civil servants of what is
known colloquially as SABS.

Speaker 22 (20:47):
It's given to public service representative from various agencies people
who consider it to be substantial, contributing as.

Speaker 21 (20:54):
A public servance researchers that have developed either technologies or
things simpler and ultimately serving US public.

Speaker 2 (21:02):
Yakov Pachevski and Moon Kim of the Agricultural Research Service
in Maryland are among the four USDA scientists honored with
Sammy's in twenty twenty five. Both scientists focus on the
prevention of food born illness in our nation's food supply.
Both use modern technologies and innovations to improve both contabinet
detection and prevention. Kim developed a handheld scattered to detect

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pathogens on food utensils and surfaces at processing facilities and
other locations. His inspiration.

Speaker 21 (21:36):
And I indicated this Actually I was inspired by CSI.
They use fluorescence based technologists to inspect the crime scene.

Speaker 2 (21:43):
The addition of biding artificial intelligence captures images of food
contact surfaces in real time. Yakov Potchefski's work also includes AI,
but approaches microbial contabinet detection and food born illness prevention.

Speaker 9 (21:57):
From another angle, I would.

Speaker 22 (21:59):
Have presented this small samples that we can take for
the big source of water like edigation point. Additional, lake
surface water is more susceptible to microdopollution and if there
are any technologies potential help aunswer this question.

Speaker 2 (22:13):
Sensors emitting light waves in both water sources and through
aerial drodes collect data that's crunched through AI, creating maps
that break down contabinets at microbial levels. In California, USDA
researcher Kyle Nipper and colleagues study more efficient ways to
capture irrigation data at ev apple transporation rates and crops

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to produce greater irrigation efficiencies. The approach developed satellite based
models to better understand irrigation practices and typing.

Speaker 23 (22:43):
Specifically thermal imagery to map how much water the crop
is using in real time, with that.

Speaker 2 (22:49):
Tech picking up both plant and soil eve apple transporation
and providing real time water management information to producers. What
Nipper calls another tool in a grower's tool.

Speaker 23 (23:00):
So they can make a more informed decision when it
comes to irrigation and understanding how much the plants need
when they need it to produce not only optimal yields,
but a high quality product is really important to the
growers out here.

Speaker 2 (23:13):
Johnny Jakin Sammy Metal is associated with an over six
decade career as a USDA researcher in Mississippi, participating in
several efforts to protect our nation's cotton industry from invasive
pest and creating new value added cotton products. Above his
efforts research and advocacy in developing safe and reliable biotech

(23:35):
cotton varieties in a timely manner that resulted a quick
commercialization and use by growers, resulting in successful control of
various pests including cotton bowlwork bow.

Speaker 24 (23:45):
Worms such way ever five seven days now maybe once
a year or maybe two phrases to those all season
long for low.

Speaker 2 (23:53):
Worm add development of cotton lines for cottonseed oil used
in food production lines with higher amount of healthier olaic
fatty ascid. This has been Agriculture USA Abroad. Baine, reporting
for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.

Speaker 25 (24:14):
A different take on your agricultural news today. We're talking
about the place where history, art, controversy, and agriculture all meet.
And right now it's on display at UC Davis. It's
time for California ag Today on the AGA Information Network.
I am Haley's ship. The university just opened up a
traveling exhibition called in Camps, Under Trees and Evicted. It

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features nearly ninety photographs from journalist and a labor photographer
David Bacon, who spent thirty five years documenting the lives
of farm workers in northern California. These black and white
images highlight the experiences of people who, as Bacon says,
are often virtually invisible in the picture most people see
of northern in California. They show the strength and resilience

(25:02):
of farm laborers while also reminding us of the movement
that reshaped agricultural history. The exhibition commemorates the sixtieth anniversary
of the nineteen sixty five Delano Grape Strike, when Filipino
farm workers walked out over por pay and conditions. Within days,
Caesar Chavez and the National farm Workers Association joined in,

(25:24):
and a year later the groups united to form the
United farm Workers. You can see the exhibition at the
Peter J. Shields Library at UC Davis now through December fourteenth.

Speaker 13 (25:35):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on road.

Speaker 19 (25:38):
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 sailort, especially on rural roads. One
moment a caution can save a life. Let's work together

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Ship, Bobquen back with some farm news this morning. Friends.
Applications now open for the Emergency Livestock Relief Program for
Flood and Wildfire, which is meant to help farmers and
ranchers cover part of extra feed cost associated with these
types of natural disasters. Mike Davis has our story.

Speaker 5 (26:56):
Applications are now open for the Emergency Livestock Relief Beef
Program for flood and Wildfire, which is meant to help
farmers and ranchers cover part of extra feed costs associated
with these types of natural disasters. American Farm Bureau economist
Danny Munch says the application for this relief differs from
a previous USDA program.

Speaker 6 (27:17):
Unlike the drought version that was announced earlier this year
and paid automatically off of Livestock Forage Program payments. This
one requires a direct application from farmers to FSA. Payments
are going to be based off of USDA's standard monthly
feed costs, and that'll be sixty percent of three months
of feed for flooding or sixty percent of one month
of feed for wildfires.

Speaker 5 (27:37):
Munch says about nine hundred and forty million dollars is
available for the program.

Speaker 6 (27:41):
This is the remaining balance back from Congress's two billion
a livestock directive from the American Relief active twenty twenty five.
If estimated demands that USDA receives exceeds available funds, USA
is going to apply a national payment factor at the
end of the calculations, so those final payments might be
lower than the calculation. There are payment limits of one

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hundred and twenty five thousand per program year, or two
hundred and fifty thousand if more than seventy five percent
of your adjusted gross income is from farming.

Speaker 5 (28:10):
If farmers or ranchers think they're eligible, munch says they
should reach out to their local FSA office to learn more.
By October thirty first of this year.

Speaker 6 (28:19):
This is a little different than a lot of the
previous programs that have automatically sent applications. You have to
file this one. Two FSA applicants must provide livestock inventory
as of the disaster date, and if your county is
not a pre approved list, photos insurance or local declarations
that prove you face that disaster. There's also more information
from your local FSA office or Farmers dot gov to

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provide a little bit more information. Payments are expected to
go out sometime in early twenty twenty six, once USDA
can estimate demand and pick a final peroration amount for
those calculations.

Speaker 5 (28:51):
For more information, stay tuned to the market Intel page
on fb dot org. Mike Davis Washington Well friends.

Speaker 1 (28:58):
With the end of the growth season in sight for
many growers, agronomic decisions made now can have a big
impact on harvest. Curtis Rainbolt with BASF says, just because
the season may be drawing to a close, that doesn't
mean disease pressures are done for the year, and as
he said, just like late spring and midsummer, those pressures
are best addressed preventatively.

Speaker 7 (29:20):
So unfortunately, it's not something where you can wait until
you see the pathage and start to develop in the
field and then very easily come in and take care
of it. So ideally they've planned ahead. But even if
they've planned ahead and made an application of a premium
fung site, a row closer or one two weeks after
that and some additional sprays is needed, it's all about
being out in those fields.

Speaker 1 (29:40):
And Monity Rainbowt noted it's critical for growers this time
of year to make sure they're not over watering, which
he said can happen very easily because of the swings
in daytime and nighttime temperatures. Over Watering can lead to
increased white mold pressures, especially in potatoes. He added that
being in the field would allow a grower to get

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in front of any problem as soon as it develops.

Speaker 7 (30:05):
When it comes to early blight, we do need to
worry about the selecting of resistant islets, and so if
you look at what's being used in the market for
controlling early blight and brown spot, which are both alternate
area we've been heavily reliant on Group seven find sites
frack Group seven. That means they all work the same way,
and dura is one of those frack group sevens. What

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sets it dura pro apart from the other ones that
are on the market is that second active ingredient, that
pro that's short for provosol. Provosol is a Group three
find a side and it is extremely effective on early.

Speaker 1 (30:38):
Blite curtis rainbow basf with us well friends with corn
and soybeans often over produced in this country, farmers are
looking for alternative crops for diversification and they might find
that sorghum is worth a look. Tracy Zinc, chair of
the Nebraska Sorghum Producers Association, says sorghum offers several benefits.

Speaker 15 (30:57):
Now, the diversification, it just has to happen on our fields,
partly because we are getting so much weed resistance, and
we aren't. We have too much corn. If you look
at the kerry and everything, we're going to have too much.
You still want to have a crop that can be
used both for grain as well as for cattle feed
and well as for grazing, and sorghum fits all that.

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Plus it lets us put a new rotation of chemicals
in so that we get some less of the weed
resistant build up.

Speaker 1 (31:25):
Going Zinc says she's even started realizing additional uses for
the versatile commodity.

Speaker 15 (31:31):
It's starting to be recognized where I can stretch my
summer follow outwards dryer an extra year because sorghum can
handle drier conditions. But they're starting to realize, hey, that's
pretty good caffeine too, and so we're starting to see
it progress onto more of the viable acres, better producing acres,
and that's where we need it to be so we

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can get a little bit more of a consistent number
of bushels.

Speaker 1 (31:55):
Zinc adds that sorgin provides a good canopy right out
of the gate, suppressing weed pressure. Farm News this morning,
you are listening to aag life.

Speaker 26 (32:05):
From the Information Network. This is your agribusiness update. Well,
the North American Blueberry Council is pleased with the release
of the Make America Healthy Again Commissions Strategy Report, Make
Our Children Healthy Again. NABC President Casey Cronquist says, the
Council applauds the Administration for pursuing decisive actions that will
improve health outcomes for Americans, most importantly our children. NABC

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strongly supports USDA's focus on whole healthy foods and sees
tremendous promise in MAHA's recommendations, including the food box for
SNAP participants. Food security is estimated to improve in twenty
twenty five in most of the eighty three countries included
in the Global Food Assessment, published by the USDA annually.
In twenty twenty five, per capita incomes in the GFA

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countries are projected to grow by three point seven percent,
and food price inflation is expected to ease. With the
improved food access, the number of food insecure people is
estimated to decrease more than twenty six percent. Butter prices
have fallen to their lowest level since November of twenty
twenty one. EVERAGG Dairy analyst Katy Burgess wonders why prices
are falling at a time when demand typically increases, and

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could consumers see more aggressive grocery store promotions heading into
the holiday season. Burgess says the collapse is largely driven
by record high butterfat levels on US dairy farms, which
has led to an abundance of cream and a surge
in butter production.

Speaker 20 (33:25):
You've probably been told that to reach a millennial farmer,
you have to go digital. Hmm Facebook Vimeo YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn,
an online publication or maybe a podcast hmm, but which one?

Speaker 12 (33:39):
Oh?

Speaker 20 (33:39):
And how receptive is this age group to your sales
pitch during non work social time. Maybe the best place
to reach a farmer with a farming solution message is
when they are well, quite frankly farming. You know, it's
easy for us to find them during the day, as
most farmers are behind the wheel of a pickup truck
or farm equipment with the radio. Go on listening to

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Speaker 9 (34:21):
You From the Egg Information Network. I'm Bob Larson with
today's agribusiness update. Bob Quent back to wrap up AGLI
for today friends Well. USDA's latest look at global wheat
production shows another record forecast. Rod Bain has that story.

Speaker 2 (34:37):
The record world wheat production continues to grow. World Agricultural
Outlook Board Chair Mark Jack Gatowski.

Speaker 27 (34:43):
Says record production forecast of eight hundred and sixteen point
two million tons. Really all of that increase this month
comes from what are generally considered major global wheat exporters.

Speaker 2 (34:55):
Led by Australia. The Global Wheat ballad sheet reflects increased
production through larger numbers. It use categories at ending stocks.
On the US week ledger, increased exports are forecasted.

Speaker 27 (35:05):
We raised our feed export forecast by twenty five million bushels.
That just reflects a continuing strong pace of US exports.
In this case, it's all hard red winter wheat.

Speaker 2 (35:14):
The seasont Eddigg average price forecast is lowered twenty sets
at five dollars ten sets of bushel.

Speaker 27 (35:19):
Recent prices that we've seen from NAS for July cash
prices have gipped below five dollars for bushel. That would
be for the first time since October twenty twenty.

Speaker 2 (35:29):
I'm Rod Baine, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.

Speaker 1 (35:34):
Well, Friends, We wrap up with a story on brain
health with Mike Davis.

Speaker 5 (35:38):
Sean Boskell is Oklahoma State director for AARP. He says
we can do a lot to help support our brain help.

Speaker 28 (35:45):
Experts say that only thirty percent of fiscal aging can
be traced back to our genes. The rest are factors,
some of which we may have control over.

Speaker 5 (35:52):
Boskell says. AARP's Staying Sharp program outlines six pillars of
brain help, and there's an easy way to remember it.

Speaker 28 (36:00):
Be more, bes for beespucial, stay connected with family and friends,
join clubs, get involved in your community. Eat, engage your brain,
push yourself to learn new things. And yes, as we age,
we can learn new things. M manage stress. Something as
simple as talking with friends. We're sitting quietly and counting
our breasts can help us relax.

Speaker 7 (36:19):
Oh.

Speaker 28 (36:19):
Ongoing exercise, just staying active on the farming ranch with
regular chores can build strength and endurance and maintain functional fitness.
Our restorative sleep sleep is vile to our brain health
and our mental health. Getting enough sleep is just part
of it. We need about seven to eight hours, but
make sure it's good sleep without disturbances. Eat, ride, more
fruits and vegetables like leafy grains and wholeberries, less salt, sugar,

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and more fish.

Speaker 5 (36:43):
Learn more Wednesday night at six thirty pm Central Time
on RFDTV or online at AARP dot org Forward Slash
AARP Live.

Speaker 1 (36:53):
I'm Mike Davis with that friends, arount of time for today,
Thanks for joining us. Back tomorrow morning with another edition
of Aglife