September 4, 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 looking at a new swine health protection plan.
Rod Bain has our.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Story efforts in preventing Africans wine fever from ed trade
the us AD, threatening the nation's pork supply.

Speaker 3 (00:20):
Our USDA team has worked with state and industry and
academic partners to develop this cooperative initiative to establish a
health certification program for swine to help prevent the introduction
of African swine fever, but also to sort of offer
an avenue to maintain trade should we have a disease

(00:40):
introduction erg Lydia.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Carpenter of USDA's Addible at Plant Health Inspected Service. One
of the highest orders presented to federal civil servants, the
Samuel J. Haymen Service to America Metal a savvy.

Speaker 3 (00:54):
The Sammys do an excellent job highlighting the work that
public servants do across the very departments and agencies.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
The basis for the work of Carpenter at colleagues at
APIs Veterinary Services is a swide health Plaid protecting herds
from threats.

Speaker 3 (01:10):
For the last few years, I've been working on the
US Swine Health Improvement Plan and the program, which is
currently transitioning into a federal animal health program, is modeled
after the poultry industry's National Poultry Improvement Plan or MPIP,
and MPIP has been highly successful, is close to ninety

(01:31):
years old in the swine industry. Was looking to really
mimic something similar to enjoy similar benefits.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
Swide health certification, traceability, and disease surveillance are all part
of the program, noted acrodem form as us SHIP.

Speaker 3 (01:47):
We generated a proposed rule which would institute the program,
and that was published this past December. The public comment
periods there were two of them, have opened and closed,
and we're currently in the process of responding to and
generating a final rule.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
And as for her recognition with a SABBY.

Speaker 3 (02:04):
I was just so humble to see the work that
we've done on us SHIP highlighted among that work from
various other agencies like NASA, HHS. You work to protect
the public and the industries from issues and threats that
you hope they never experience.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
Rod Bade, reporting for the US Department of agriculture in Washington.

Speaker 4 (02:26):
D C.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
Farm News ahead, you are listening to Aglife Bob Quen.
Here was some farm news this morning. Friends. Well, an
appeals court recently ruled against the president's authority on tariffs. However,
as Chad Smith reports, the playing field stays the same
for now.

Speaker 5 (02:42):
The Federal Court of Appeals has recently decided that President
Donald Trump does not have the power to set tariffs
on imports based on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Dave Salmonson, Senior director of Government Affairs for the American
Farm Bureau Federation, and said the court decision reaffirmed an
earlier decision made by a lower court.

Speaker 6 (03:05):
That said the President doesn't have authority under that International
Emergency Economic Powers Act. He doesn't have the authority to
impose tariffs. Well, the Court of Appeals said, you know,
the lower court was right, So they upheld the Court
of International Trade and said, no, no authority, mister President
to do tariffs under this statue.

Speaker 5 (03:26):
Despite the finding, the appeals Court didn't force the administration
to call off the tariffs.

Speaker 6 (03:32):
The tariffs continue. But administration, you have until October fourteenth,
that's the latest date that you can petition the Supreme
Court to hear a case, so we just leave everything
as it is. If you decide to take an appeal,
then you go on. But for right now, even though
we have this decision, nothing has changed on the tariff.

Speaker 5 (03:52):
Front, Salmonson said the next development in the process could
take several months to unfold, pending the Supreme Court's decision.
You hear the administration's case.

Speaker 6 (04:02):
Say they decide to hear the case, it probably wouldn't
come up before them until sometime in the winter, and
we might not have a decision till March April, sometime
into next year. So this whole process, once you go
to the Supreme Court, it takes time.

Speaker 5 (04:17):
Chad Smith, Washington.

Speaker 1 (04:19):
Well Friends. Butter prices recently tumbled to the lowest level
since twenty twenty one.

Speaker 7 (04:23):
Ever.

Speaker 1 (04:24):
Dot AG dairy analyst Katie Burgess says a drop of
thirteen and a half cents last week was the biggest
single day drop in nearly two years. Burgess says the
collapses primarily because of record high butterfat levels on US
dairy farms.

Speaker 8 (04:38):
This past week, we have totally collapsed. Butter prices are
the lowest they've been since twenty twenty one dropping close
to two dollars mark. As we look at that, there's
a few different reasons, and so dairy producers out there
probably have noticed that the fat levels in the milk
coming off the farm continue to climb, and so one
of the big drivers of lower but prices here today

(05:01):
is that butter fat levels at the farm level they're
the highest they've ever been. As the cows make more
fat in the milk due to a lot of it
is butter genetics.

Speaker 1 (05:10):
Advances in genetics and nutrition, such as improved genomic testing
and specialized feed have boosted the fat content in milk.
This has led to an abundance of cream and in
turn a surge in butter production as.

Speaker 8 (05:24):
We do more genomic testing on animals. You know, dairy
cows today keep getting better and better with each generation.
Plus the dairy nutrition this out there have been working
hard to finding things like highlight beams which help increase
the fat content per pound of milk produced, and the
result is record high butter fat production in each pound
of milk. That means we've had a lot more cream

(05:44):
available out in the market, and all of that cream
that means we've made a lot of butter contacts tell
us there's a lot of bulk butter around, and that
sent the prices to the lowest level we've seen in
four years.

Speaker 1 (05:56):
With bulk butter supplies swelling, prices have sunk to four
year low and unusual trend for late summer, when prices
typically rise.

Speaker 8 (06:04):
In a typical year, you tend to see the price
for bulk butter bite in September and October, right as
we're heading into that holiday baking season. So this year
is definitely a bit of an anomaly as so we're
watching to see how it plays out. I will say,
you know, as most people do buy a bit of
extra butter here during the latter part of the year.
Maybe one of the good news pieces is that it's

(06:25):
only August right now, so as retailers are planning their
holiday promotions, I definitely think there's a chance that maybe
we see butter a little bit more on sale as
we make our or we do our grocery shopping ahead
of Christmas or something like that.

Speaker 1 (06:38):
While the dip is concerning for dairy producers, consumers may
benefit if retainers roll out more aggressive butter promotions for
holiday shopping.

Speaker 8 (06:46):
Maybe one of the good news pieces is that it's
only August right now, so as retailers are planning their
holiday promotions, I definitely think there's a chance that maybe
we see butter a little bit more on sale as
we make our or we do our grocery shopping ahead
of Risthmus or something like that, that lower butter prices
today potentially could result in more aggressive promotions later on.

(07:07):
And then, thinking back about the dairy producers, we have
seen that in some year's past that if all of
a sudden, we can spur some extra consumer demand for
products over the holidays, you know that potentially could give
us a rebounding prices at the farm level as well.

Speaker 1 (07:20):
Katie Burgess, ever, not AG with us this morning, farm us.
You're listening to WAG Life.

Speaker 9 (07:26):
It's another agnews update. President Trump ordering twenty five percent
tariffs on Indian imports. More after this.

Speaker 10 (07:36):
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Speaker 9 (08:06):
Today, President Trump announcing a twenty five percent tariff on
Indian goods, citing India's high farm tariffs and trade barriers.
Reuters reporting AG remains a core issue that's derailling progress
toward bilateral trade deals between the two countries. US negotiators

(08:28):
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,

(08:48):
and ethanol excluded from recent talks. India's average teriff rate
on AG imports thirty nine percent US imports five percent.
Some farm duties are as high as fifty percent, according
to the White House, and the Trump administration has repeatedly

(09:09):
cited the barriers as an obstacle to deeper trade ties.
With trade talk stalled, Indian exporters now face rising levees
across a broader range of goods. I'm totally saint shames.
It's another Ragews Update.

Speaker 5 (09:28):
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Speaker 11 (09:40):
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Speaker 9 (09:58):
American Cattle News packer margins are in the red? What's next?
More after this?

Speaker 10 (10:07):
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Speaker 14 (10:12):
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Speaker 12 (10:23):
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Speaker 9 (10:38):
Bob Maurs with Manduka Trading in Chicago.

Speaker 14 (10:42):
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.
We last week generally higher about one to four bucks

(11:03):
depending 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 the bit slower beef demand at the higher prices.

(11:25):
We'll see if that continues as a pattern. Packers I
believe are working in the red still, so you know,
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,

(11:48):
we're watching export competition. I guess it's leaning slightly bearishit
the moment. Argentina just lowered its beef export tax from
six and a half percent to five percent 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

(12:12):
beef 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 9 (12:26):
American Cattle News. This is Dairy Radio Now.

Speaker 15 (12:35):
I'm John Clark, probably in the countryside for Petebrock's USA.

Speaker 13 (12:38):
Today.

Speaker 15 (12:38):
We're with a very special guest, the brand new executive
director Hovan Are these dairy producers, Alison Jones Brimmer.

Speaker 16 (12:44):
Welcome, Allison, thank you so much for having me. We
are made up of dairy farm members who elect a
board of directors who represent them.

Speaker 13 (12:53):
We're really farmer led, farmer.

Speaker 16 (12:54):
Driven, and that board sets our strategic direction.

Speaker 15 (12:58):
We're at the Birthing Center in here a fair and
that is put on by New York Animal ad Coalition.

Speaker 16 (13:04):
Yes, NEDPA is a member of New York Animal agg
Coalition and was really part of the founding of the organization.
And it's really important that we have this connection point
with consumers, getting them to see a little glimpse of
what goes on on dairy farms across the state and
have an appreciation for how their milk and other delicious

(13:25):
dairy foods get to their tables, and also have that
opportunity to talk to a farmer, ask questions, talk to
a veterinarian, talk to other industry experts to get their
questions answered right from the source.

Speaker 15 (13:37):
So it's sort of like a natural cooperative extension for
NEDPA to be involved with a consumer it is.

Speaker 16 (13:43):
It's a good opportunity to have that outreach. And you know,
a lot of what we focus on at NEDPU is
telling our story for lawmakers, agency officials, elected officials, and
part of reaching that audience is reaching a general consumer
audience so that they can come communicate and help carry
our message forward as well.

Speaker 15 (14:02):
So your next board mating, do you think you'll have
some interesting feedback from members who are either a host
farm here or worked here at the birthing Center.

Speaker 16 (14:11):
Yeah, I think so. I think it's a unique experience
to hear what the questions are out there here here,
what people are concerned about, and that kind of does
inform or can inform what we determine our priorities at
NETPA and what we need to focus on our education
and outreach efforts looking forward to the next legislative session

(14:32):
in New York State and also federal issues.

Speaker 15 (14:35):
So you're here at the New York State Fair at
the Birthing Center's what's important for you to be here.

Speaker 16 (14:39):
I think it's a great opportunity to connect with both
our members and those lawmakers and the general public and
see myself firsthand. What are the questions that we're getting
out there?

Speaker 15 (14:48):
Speaking of membership, can you elaborate on those please?

Speaker 13 (14:51):
Absolutely.

Speaker 16 (14:52):
Our core members are farmer members, so dairy farmers join.
They're really at the heart of our organization. But industry
partners are really essential as well. Netput is the voice,
the network, and the resource for New York State's dairy industry.
Our ability to provide resources to keep farmers up to
date on what the latest laws and regulations are, to

(15:12):
be their voice in Albany or in Washington, DC.

Speaker 13 (15:16):
All of that takes resources.

Speaker 16 (15:17):
So the more support we can get from not only farmers,
but those allied industry partners and businesses that work throughout
the supply chain are really important and we're all stronger together.

Speaker 15 (15:29):
It's early September. Tell Us a little bit about what's
going to be happening the next few months.

Speaker 16 (15:33):
So in the fall, farmers are obviously out in the
field doing what they need to do to get crops
in and finished up for the year. But a lot
of what we're doing is preparing for next legislative session
in New York State is specifically from January to June.
So we're working on setting our priorities, communicating what those
are in advance to state leadership so that we can

(15:54):
set ourself up for success next legislative session.

Speaker 15 (15:57):
Your meeting's next spring.

Speaker 16 (15:58):
Yes, our North Dairy Management Conference that we host in
conjunction with Cornell Pro Dairy in March in East Syracuse,
and really looking forward to that. We hold that conference
every other year in the spring.

Speaker 15 (16:11):
There's someone within the sound of your boys who's a
dairy farmer has thought about being part of NETPUB.

Speaker 16 (16:16):
Yeah, I appreciate the opportunity to spread the word about
the good work that NEDPU does. It's a really exciting
time to be part of New York's dairy industry with
all the processing capacity that we are getting added to
the state, and we're really laser focused on what we
can do to help the farmer grow responsibly to meet
those exciting new processing opportunities, meet that demand that's out there,

(16:40):
and we're communicating with state and federal officials to share
what farmers need in this exciting time and how they
can be most successful and continue to contribute to rural
communities in the royal fabric of New York State. So
any farmer that wants to be a part of that,
a part of this exciting time, a part of the
benefit from the work that we do, would welcome them

(17:00):
to reach out and join NETPUD. Our website is netpa
dot org, so you can learn more about us there
and shoot me an email and we'll we'll set up
time to talk and learn more.

Speaker 15 (17:12):
Alison, thanks so much for being with us today. It's
been our pleasure to have you as the executive director
of North Three Story Producers.

Speaker 16 (17:18):
Thanks John, We really appreciate you advocating for our organization
and always giving us an opportunity to share our voice.

Speaker 15 (17:24):
I'm John Clark, traveling in the countryside from Fever, USA.

Speaker 17 (17:29):
When a PCA writes a recommendation for tree crops, his
job is not done yet. I'm Patrick Kevanaugh with a
California tree Nut Report part of the fast agg Information Network.
Paul Squire's is an independent PCA based in Yuba City.
He looks after many crops, including tree nuts.

Speaker 18 (17:47):
Well, our job is to identify the possible problems before
it's a problem, and then provide a solution for that problem,
whether it be to not make an application and explain
what the thresholds are and be available for the time
that there is an opportunity to protect yourself from a
possible problem. And then we write a recommendation, set up

(18:08):
the jobs, make sure that it gets applied where it's
supposed to do.

Speaker 17 (18:11):
And with Paul Squires, what he expects to happen sometimes
doesn't happen, so he's very much aware of that.

Speaker 18 (18:17):
Yeah, I mean, I think there's flaws in every great
attempt that there's going to be a flaw. How can
you measure that flaw? Is it a little thing that's
not noticed or does it become something big? And so, Yeah,
our expectations I don't know if they're ever really met.
I think that we have to be aware of if
our expectations are realistic and if we're providing an opportunity

(18:38):
for somebody to make a proper application where it doesn't
turn into a problem.

Speaker 17 (18:42):
That's Paul Squires, another conscientious PCA based in Yuba City.
In more news, the latest objective USDA acts Ististics Service
forecast for this year's amand Krupp is three point zero
billion meat pounds.

Speaker 13 (18:57):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on
the road.

Speaker 19 (19:00):
Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffic share the
same space. Whether you're behind the wheel of a tractor
or a car, here's what you need to remember. Tractors
move slower, be patient, don't pass on hills or curves. Farmers,
make sure your slow moving vehicles, signs and lights are
visible and everyone's sailor, especially on rule roads. One moment

(19:20):
a caution can save a life. Let's work together to
keep our roads and our farm safe. This message was
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Speaker 20 (19:28):
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(19:50):
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so they'll trust you with.

Speaker 17 (19:58):
The bag information work. I'm Patrick Cavanaugh.

Speaker 1 (20:02):
You're listening to ag Life.

Speaker 5 (20:04):
My name is Dwane Merley.

Speaker 2 (20:06):
Rod Bain has this report from the USDA in Washington,
d C. A further breakdown of twenty twenty two Census
of Agriculture data is now available as USDA's National Agricultural
Statistic Service released its Farm Topology report this week.

Speaker 21 (20:22):
The farm topology really focuses more on what the farm
or farm household would receive from the enterprise the farm,
not just all the re seats 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 grosser receipts from a farming operation.

Speaker 2 (20:39):
DAS Administrator Joseph Parson says the focus of the report
is family farms as defined in the Census, with ninety
five percent of US farm operations listed as family farms,
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. The

(21:00):
Topology report also breaks down data in categories such as
commodities produced and demographics of producers.

Speaker 21 (21:06):
One of the things that we do in the Census
of Agriculture is make some comparisons by the size of operation.
We've laid all that information out by value production or
value sales. This Farm Topology does things just a little
bit different in that it does that measurement, but it
separates out between family farms and those that are non
family farms. First off, and most farms in the United

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States are family farms. In fact, most are small family farms.
We're going to focus mostly just on those 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, but the
part that comes back to the farmer is just the

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fee he receives cash farm income, and the Farm Topology
just counts the part that the farmer gets for his fee.
Value production counts everything came off the farm. We categorize
in this farm topology small, mid size, large, and very
large family farms, and the small further cut into two
pieces by low sales and moderate sales. Most farms in

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the United States are small and have low sales, so
very quite small. The smallest farms, they tend to be
cattle operations. They tend to be calcaf operations, and they
tend to grow hay. Maybe not too much of a
surprise part of your lifestyle. Maybe you have a small
herd of cattle and a field or two of hay.

Speaker 7 (22:29):
As we move on up.

Speaker 21 (22:30):
The size groupings, the tendency is there's all kinds of
farms in each size category, but 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 farms family farms, what we find
is that there's much higher proportion of those in specially
crops think about the crops that might be grown in

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California and other fruit and vegetable crops. And then also
in dairies, we've seen a concentration of dairies becoming larger
on average, and many of those are very large arge
family farms, small family farm producers tend to be more likely,
for example, to 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

(23:12):
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,
you're more likely if you're a small farm producer than
the other categories to farm ten years or less. Some
of that may be that you're newer, and those larger

(23:33):
scale producers, in order to grow to that larger scale,
have been added a little bit longer. They also tend
to do more direct farm market than.

Speaker 22 (23:40):
The other size groupings.

Speaker 21 (23:41):
In fact, the direct consumer sales, for example, is much
higher in the small family farms. Small farm producers a
little more likely to live on their farm as opposed
to away from the farm enterprise itself. Most farm producers
don't consider their primary occupation to be farmers. They often
have jobs and roles of the firm.

Speaker 2 (24:01):
I'm Rodbane reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.

Speaker 23 (24:06):
This is the Agricultural Law and Tax Report, brought to
you by Helena A. Managencies and Nutrition with korn Metra.
Visit Helena agra dot com for more information. I'm Roger Mcowen.
One key legal issue for ranchers has been the BLM's
Public Lands Rule. Another one is the Clean Water Act,
particularly the definition of Waters of the US. Ambiguity in

(24:26):
this definition has subjected ranchers to legal uncertainty about the
need for a federal permit for activities on their land.
Another major point of contention is the rise of state
laws which impose specific animal confinement standards on all products
sold within their borders, regardless where the livestock was raised.
The focus is also on strengthening the Packers and Stockyards
Act to prevent unfair, deceptive, or discriminatory practices by large

(24:49):
meat packing companies. Yet another legal issue involves the push
for mandatory country of origin labeling for beef. This has
been the Agricultural Law and Tax Report. I'm Roger Mcowen.

Speaker 24 (25:04):
With California AG Today. I am Hailey's ship. This is
the AGI Information Network. Governor Gavin Newsom and the California
Jobs First Council have now announced eighty million dollars in
funding for eleven projects across seven regions and eighteen counties.
The funding is designed to create more family supporting jobs

(25:27):
and strengthen key industries for agriculture, About twenty eight point
six million dollars of that is going to ag tech
and farm equipment projects. These investments will support workforce development,
ecosystem growth, and infrastructure in regions including North State, the
Redwood Coast, the San Joaquin Valley, and the southern Border.

(25:51):
Other sectors are receiving funding as well. We're talking nearly
seventeen million dollars for aerospace and defense on the Central Coast,
almost twenty four million for life sciences in Los Angeles County,
and ten million dollars for the bioeconomy in the North
San Joaquin Valley. In total, the projects are expected to

(26:11):
support more than twenty three thousand jobs statewide. As Governor
Newsom said, we're putting real dollars to work right now
in communities across California. A second round of funding is
set for October of this year. Curious about the specifics
we were too, you can head to agg info dot
net for the full award details.

Speaker 13 (26:31):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on road.

Speaker 19 (26:34):
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 (26:41):
Here's what you need to remember.

Speaker 19 (26:43):
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 sailor, especially on rural roads.

Speaker 13 (26:54):
One moment a.

Speaker 19 (26:54):
Caution can save a life. Let's work together to keep
our roads and our farms safe. This message was brought
to you by the AG Information Network.

Speaker 20 (27:02):
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we have never seen such an assault on farming and
our food supply as we do today. From fuel to fertilizer.
Farmers are facing unprecedented economic challenges. This is why agriculture
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Speaker 24 (27:32):
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Speaker 1 (27:35):
Bob Quen. Here were some farm news This Morning, friends.
While an appeals court recently ruled against the president's authority
on tariffs, however, as Chad Smith reports, the playing field
stays the same for now.

Speaker 5 (27:48):
The Federal Court of Appeals has recently decided that President
Donald Trump does not have the power to set terriffs
on imports based on the International Emergency Economic Power set
at Dave Salmonson, Senior director of Government Affairs for the
American Farm Bureau Federation, said the court decision reaffirmed an
earlier decision made by a lower court.

Speaker 6 (28:11):
That said the President doesn't have authority under that International
Emergency Economic Powers Act. He doesn't have the authority to
impose tariffs. Well, the Court of Appeals said, you know,
the lower court was right, So they upheld the Court
of International Trade and said, no, no authority, mister President
to do tariffs under this statue.

Speaker 5 (28:32):
Despite the finding, the appeals Court didn't force the administration
to call off the tariffs.

Speaker 6 (28:38):
The tariffs continue. But Administration, you have until October fourteenth,
that's the latest date that you can petition the Supreme
Court to hear a case. So we just leave everything
as it is. If you decide to take an appeal,
then you go on. But for right now, even though
we have this decision, nothing has changed on the tariff front.

Speaker 5 (28:58):
Salmonson said the next development in the process could take
several months to unfold, pending the Supreme Court's decision to
hear the Administration's case.

Speaker 6 (29:08):
Say they decide to hear the case, it probably wouldn't
come up before them until sometime in the winter, and
we might not have a decision till March April sometime
into next year. So this whole process, once you go
to the Supreme Court, it takes time.

Speaker 5 (29:23):
Chad Smith, Washington.

Speaker 1 (29:24):
Many industry experts say the beef on dairy sector is
booming right now, as are the efforts to make these
cows as profitable as possible for producers. Glenn Waughan has
this report.

Speaker 7 (29:35):
Lawrence Williams, dairy beef cross development lead at Purina, says
the sector has become a great revenue option for many
dairy producers. He said, when it comes to the best
cows for both dairy and beef genetics, yeah, they're an
important component, but not the only one.

Speaker 22 (29:49):
Job one is getting the right genetics centum. But then
you've got to take that animal and feed it and
develop it. So we've done some great research at Purina
that talks about the type and kind of nutrition we
need to get in these cattle, the right protein levels,
the total amount of feed, and they're just different requirements

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because they're different genetically.

Speaker 7 (30:11):
Williams added ai artificial insemination in this case has made
these cattle more attractive to prospective producers.

Speaker 22 (30:19):
The genetics companies have done a great job creating these
really terrific beef sires that dairymen have an opportunity to
get right. So they've done some good heavy lifting the
last couple of years to bring these really good sires
to the dairy and again they're perfect mash right dairy

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and beef, and so they've created these cattle that have
a lot of red meat yield. Now there's so much
better than their straight dairy contemporaries. They're just really good cattle.

Speaker 7 (30:51):
Williams noted these cattle are available year round, which he
said is very intriguing to the beef industry. He added,
went fed and managed correctly, many of these cattle gray
out in the upper two, third choice and prime. I'm
Glenn Bagin reporting.

Speaker 1 (31:03):
Well from some changes are being made to help farmers
during these difficult times. Bob Larson has.

Speaker 25 (31:09):
More well, some changes are being made to help farmers
during these difficult times. Enrique Gastellum, CEO at the Worker
in Farmer Labor Association, says, a recent court decision in
Louisiana overturns the Department of Labour's adverse effect wage rate
methodology rule.

Speaker 4 (31:24):
So that was the twenty twenty three one of Biden's
He pressed three regulations during his administration. That was the
second one that came out, and that was the one
that forced farmers to pay much higher hourly wages to
specialize job duties.

Speaker 25 (31:40):
Lumping certain tasks, gast Ellam says, to higher paying jobs
outside of agriculture, but.

Speaker 4 (31:45):
Forced employers not only to pay higher wages, but then
they had to segregate these contracts. And now you're paying
extra government filing fees, agent fees to separate out these
workers because all workers on a contract have to earn.

Speaker 25 (31:57):
The same wage sometimes, gust Ellam said, five to six
dollars more per hour.

Speaker 4 (32:02):
This is big in that it basically doll said uncle
on the legal case, and the first said, okay, great,
We're going to make a nationwide injunction and permanently pull
back the rule.

Speaker 25 (32:11):
This lawsuit, guest Ellam says, has been two years in
the making.

Speaker 4 (32:15):
The Trump administration Secretary Larry Charles Dreamer is listening to
farmers even without congressional action. They're trying to do whatever
they can at the DOL side to clean things up,
and so that's promising again.

Speaker 25 (32:26):
That is Enrique guest Ellum, CEO at the Worker and
Farmer Labor Association.

Speaker 1 (32:31):
Bob Larson reporting this morning, farm US, you're listening to
wag Life.

Speaker 26 (32:37):
From the Egg Information Network. This is your agribusiness update.
The US cattle inventory is historically low and that trend
could take some time to turn around. With cattle prices
at record highs, ranchers are more inclined to sell cabs
for cash rather than retain them for breeding after drought
crushed rancher's bottom lines. California rancher Michael David Fisher said

(32:58):
many cow calf operators are finally getting out of the
red a little bit, and with the current cattle prices,
are encouraged to sell. When retail prices for any product
reach record high levels, the demand usually plummets quickly, unless
that product is US beef. A new report from Cobank
says the allure of beef, even at high prices is
likely the result of several factors currently shaping consumer buying behaviors.

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Codebank says improvements in beef quality and the increased availability
of premium grade cuts at retail have played a big
role in driving demand. The USDA's August Food Price Outlook
forecasts overall food prices to increase by two point nine
percent this year. Food at home prices will rise by
two point two percent, while food away from home prices
will go up three point nine percent. These projections suggest

(33:45):
price increases will be close to average this year, while
prices are expected to grow more slowly next year, With
the USDA expecting a two point two percent increase food
at home prices next year, we are projected to increase
one point two percent and three point three percent for
four away from home.

Speaker 19 (34:00):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on
a road. Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffics
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 sailert, especially on rule roads. One

(34:23):
moment of caution can save a life. Let's work together
to keep our roads and our farms safe. This message
was brought to you by the AG Information Network. Farm
work is tough, and so is staying safe on a road.
Every year, accidents happen when tractors and traffics share the
same space. Whether you're behind the wheel of a tractor
or a car. Here's what you need to remember. Tractors

(34:43):
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 sailert, especially on rule roads. One
moment of caution can save a life. Let's work together
to keep our roads and our farms safe. This message
it was brought to you by the AG Information Network.

Speaker 25 (35:03):
From THEAG Information Network, I'm Bob Larson with today's agribusiness update.

Speaker 1 (35:07):
Bob went back to wrap up iguy for today friends,
John Deere taking steps to help farmers streamline things during
the upcoming harvest.

Speaker 5 (35:15):
As harvest season ramps up, John Deere is helping farmers
streamline operations with smarter infield decision making tools. The latest
updates to the John Deere Operation Center allow operators to
automatically send harvest automation files, speeding up combine setup and
leveraging crop data to improve productivity. Bergen Nelson, the go

(35:38):
to market manager for harvesting equipment at John Deere, talks
about the updates that can help farmers make infield decisions
to best manage their harvest.

Speaker 27 (35:49):
Really a couple things around harvest, focusing in on our
ability to automatically send files automation files through work Planner,
which is a software within Operations Center that sends files
to the machines wires through our mtgs, and the importance
of that with the harvest automation files. It allows us
to send the satellite imagery over to the combine, which
is needed to run predictive ground speed automation. That's the

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technology that allows us to see forward in front of
the machine using cameras, but we use the satellite imagery
to match what we're seeing in real time to control
the speed of the machine to increase our farmer's productivity.
And so that's one area The other option that I
would talk about, or a report that's available in the
customers operation centers that are running our newer combines MUL
year twenty five or newer is the Harvest Automation Performance Report.

(36:34):
Once a week, it compiles information from the customer's operation
center organ the crops in land that they've harvested and
gives them a snapshot of how the combines performed on
their operation.

Speaker 5 (36:44):
There are a lot of logistics at harvest. He talks
about how John Deere improved harvest logistics to help farmers
be more productive and efficient.

Speaker 27 (36:54):
New for this fall, we've introduced grain harvest weight sharing.
So that's a new technology that allows us to partner
with green cart manufacturers and tie into their scale head.
And so that allows us to pull the weight of
the green cart into the G five or genifour display
in the green cart, and then that also is broadcasted
over it's the combines, so the combine operator and the
green card operator are always in sync of how much

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weight is on either one of their machines, and then
customers can see that live on their operations center mobile app.
So if a semi driver is waiting for a green cart,
and they need fifty five thousand pounds put on their
semi to be at a legal load.

Speaker 4 (37:29):
They can look right.

Speaker 27 (37:30):
On their phone and see exactly how much weight is
in that grain cart. Another thing that's really helpful is
our series and M series modems. M series modems in
particular have been super helpful for customers to put on
semi trucks, for an example, and so not only can
we monitor where our machines are within the fleet, but
we can also with the installation of an M series modem,

(37:50):
track where all of our semis are, and so it's
really helpful.

Speaker 5 (37:54):
Deer has several precision upgrades available to help farmers be
more efficient.

Speaker 27 (37:59):
One in particular is combine auto unload, and so that's
a camera kit that goes on the end of the
unloading auger on the combine, and it's really enhancing what
we've had out in the marketplace for quite some time,
which is called machine sync. Auto unload takes that to
the next step. And so once that grain card is
synced up to the combine, the camera system locks in
and then it automatically will move the grain cart forward
and backwards to fill it to completion, and then the

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green car driver can take back over. So we also
have some other kits that are available for combines that
are pretty popular. Cross Auger shut off when they're unloading
and they stop unloading. It stops the two augurs inside
the grain tank, allows the unloading our go to empty
out so that way they're not carrying all the weight
around the field.

Speaker 5 (38:35):
And then we also have adjustable spout. Where can customers
go for more information? If customers or folks have more questions,
deer dot com. There's plenty of resources out there, or
contact your local John Dear dealer.

Speaker 15 (38:47):
They'll be happy to.

Speaker 4 (38:48):
Help you out.

Speaker 13 (38:49):
Again.

Speaker 5 (38:49):
That's Bergen Nelson of John Deere Chad Smith reporting with that.

Speaker 1 (38:54):
Friends, out of time for today, thanks for joining us.
Back tomorrow morning with another edition A Bag Life