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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Valley. This is aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well, friends,
we need more veterinarians. That's where we start today.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
At issue for years at rural America a shortage of veterinarians.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Because of a significant increase in education debt for our
veterinarian students compared to their potential earnings. A decline in
student desire to practice in rural areas is real, and
a rapidly growing companion animal sector, the lack of rural
food animal veterinarians is only expected to worsen unless we
step in.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Agriculture Secretary Brook Rawlins added at a recent visit at
Mississippi State University.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
At USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service or APHIS and
our Food Safety Inspection Service FSIS, we have faced our
own challenges just at USDA, of competing with private companion
animal clinics to hire and retain qualified veterinarians. This inability
to fill even our own positions in both rural areas
(01:04):
and in the federal government is alarming and threatens our
supply chain.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
And these shortages come at a time of annible health challenges.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
We've relied on our great team of veterinarians to carry
out this mission of protecting livestock and poultry from diseases
in paests like the bird flu and the new World screwworm.
Bovine veterinarians alone contribute almost a billion and a half
dollars in direct economic impact.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
With that, Secretary Rollins made this announcement.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
USDA is issuing the Rural Veterinary Shortage Action Plan.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Explaining components of the plan.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
First, we are enhancing in streamlining USDA's veterinary grant programs.
We are making an additional fifteen million dollars available for
the Veterinarian Medicine Loan Repayment Program, and streamlining the application
process to collect less information and allows submission via an
online portal.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Additional plan aspects include new economic research.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
To analyze and project veterinary shortages in rural areas, especially
for food animal veterinarians. Third, USDA is pursuing strategies to
make federal service more attractive for our vets to create
a direct pipeline into public service. In addition, we will
work with veterinarian schools across the country to increase recruitment
(02:22):
from rural America.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
I'm Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
D C.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
More hot weather coming up. You are listening to Waglife
Bob Quinn here with some farm US Today friends. USDA's
Deputy Secretary, Stephen Vaden, was in Nebraska recently and bringing
down high input cost was a significant topic of conversation.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
First step is to get those prices up through increased demand,
and that goes to what our trade team is trying
to do when it comes to high input prices. Again,
until a few months ago, I was actively farming myself.
You don't have to tell me about the fact that
even though if you look at the Consumer Price Index
it claims over the past five years prices have gone
up twenty percent, which itself is horrendous, but if you
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look at what ag input costs, it's closer to doubling.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Input costs are high across the board.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
You're talking about a combine, you're talking about a cotton picker,
you're talking about chemicals and seeds. The prices are sky high,
and the returns on the commodity side and on the
selling side when it comes to sell your crop are
not there, and so we've got to take a look
at scene to it that farmers get a fair deal,
that there are more people who are competing to sell
them services, and we're keeping a close eye on the
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large companies to make certainly not abusing their market position.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Vaden also said it's time to look at cornfields differently
than we have in the past.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
People passed by the cornfields on I eight, they're probably
thinking food, but what they ought to be thinking is fuel.
That's as much fuel as an oil well that you
pass in Texas. Nebraska is leading the charge when it
comes to biofuels. USDA is working hand in glove with
the Environmental Pretection Agency. I had lunch with my counterpart
over their biofuels were on our agenda for that lunch.
(04:05):
We're very happy with the RVO numbers that they have
put out. We hope those will be finalized when the
rulemaking proceeding is completed. We're very happy they're continuing the
E fifteen waiver to allow for fifteen percent fanol to
be put in cars, but we understand because of court
rulings that a permanent solution to that can only come
from Congress, and we are hopeful that Congress will act
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on that as soon as possible.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Stephen Vaden USDA with US this morning. The European Commission
has proposed legislation allowing some duty free access for US
bison meet into the European Union. Under the legislation, the
current twenty percent tariff on US bison would be eliminated
under an annual tariff rate quota. National Bison Association executive
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director Jim Matheson says, it's access they've wanted for a
long time.
Speaker 5 (04:54):
EU has been a big goal of ours for a
number of years. I would say we've been lobbying for
twelve to fifteen US to lower the tariffs and the
duties on our products going over there, and sure enough
last week we got word that they are finally going
to go ahead and eliminate those tariffs on bison, and
that's what should happen. You know, we pose no competition
to European farmers and ranchers. As mentioned, we only produced
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these animals in the US and Canada. Further, the Canadian
government has had a trade agreement with Europe for a
number of years that allows them to import bison at
zero percent, which obviously leads US at a competitive disadvantage
here in the States.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
The industry would like to see similar tariff relief for
exports into the United Kingdom. American bison also recently gained
access to Australia, with Asia hopefully next on the list.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
I sure hope that we get access to Japan. We've
been lobbying again for access there. We've had inspectors come
over to the States from Japan and do audits at
some of our bison processing facilities. Everything is going on schedule,
and I hope twofold one with the Australian the eun
News that'll set precedent for US to gain access to Japan.
And not only Japan, We're also pushing for access to
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Korea and Taiwan as well.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Jim Matheson, National Bison Association Well Friends. Hot dry weather
is embedded over the Pacific Northwest. We have an update
with USDA Meteorologists Brad Rippy.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Extreme heat expected to continue in the Pacific Northwest.
Speaker 6 (06:21):
For Washington State, extending into Oregon, northern Idaho, and even
western Montana. It has been very, very warm for this
time of year. We've routinely seen temperatures at or near
one hundred degrees as far north as eastern Washington.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
With USDA b urologists Brad Rippy saying the tradeoff has
been increased pace of harvest that field work for spring,
wheat and barley crops in the region.
Speaker 6 (06:44):
But in the meantime, we are looking at significant drought
conditions that has had an adverse impact on rangeland pastures
and summer.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Crops, plus a greater wildfire threat.
Speaker 6 (06:54):
We'll have to keep an eye on the interior northwest
over the next couple of days. We have moving its
way north through it some dry lightning strikes that could
ignite some wildfires. Oregon seems to be the potential hotspot
for that, but it could extend into Washington State as
well as Idaho and even as far east as Utah.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
I'm Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Farm News. This morning, you're listening to wag Life.
Speaker 7 (07:20):
It's another agnews update. Ethanol production climbs while exports surge Midsummer.
Speaker 8 (07:29):
More after this, here's farmer and landowner John Prue.
Speaker 9 (07:33):
We purchased the land about three years ago and there
was an old farmstead on there with trees. We're going
to clear the land so we could farm through it.
We thought we knew where the pipe was, so we
didn't call to get it located. The work on our
property led to the damage of a light crude pipeline.
Fortunately no one was hurt, but it could have been
much worse.
Speaker 8 (07:50):
Never assumed the location or depth of underground lines. Always
call eight one to one or visit clickbefore youdig dot
com before you start work. A message from the pipeline
operators for Eggs campaign.
Speaker 7 (08:01):
Ethanol production rose to a six week hi for the
week that ended July twenty fifth, reaching one point one
million barrels per day. That's one point seven percent higher
than the previous week and two point one percent above
the three year average, and that's according to EIA data
analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. Though output slightly below
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last year's level, the four week average now stands at
an annualized rate of sixteen point seven to one billion gallons.
Stocks climbed the twenty four point seven million barrels, highest
since mid May, while gasoline supplied used to measure fuel
demand rose two point one percent to nine point one
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five million barrels per day. Blender inputs ticked up slightly,
as did ethanol exports, which jump forty two point six percent,
now an estimated one hundred fifty four thousand barrels per day.
For contexts, US ethanol exports topping one billion gallons just
halfway through the new marketing year. USDA expects a record
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one point eight five billion gallons in exports by year end. Meanwhile,
no ethanol imports recorded for over a year. It's another
ag news update.
Speaker 10 (09:21):
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then perhaps it would be okay to buy it from
just anyone. But this is not just any car. It's
a certified pre own Mercedes Benz. Every detail has been
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(09:43):
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to buy one simple if you authorized Mercedes Benz deal.
Speaker 7 (09:52):
American Cattle News major changes coming to USDA will have
more after this.
Speaker 8 (10:02):
Here's farmer and landowner John Prue.
Speaker 9 (10:04):
We purchased the land about three years ago, and there
was an old farmstead on there with trees and we're
going to clear the lands we could farm through it.
We thought we knew where the pipe was, so we
didn't call to get it located. The work on our
property led to the damage of a light crude pipeline.
Fortunately no one was hurt, but it could have been
much worse.
Speaker 8 (10:21):
Never assumed the location or depth of underground lines. Always
call eight one to one or visit clickbefore youdig dot
com before you start work. A message from the pipeline
operators for egg safety campaign.
Speaker 7 (10:32):
What could you do with four billion dollars? What could
usda do for four billion dollars? USDA's Deputy Secretary Stephen
Vaden before the Senate ad Committee on their reorganization plan.
Speaker 4 (10:51):
We do have an estimate, Senator, regarding how much, at
a minimum, we expect to save once costs are taken
into account, and that's approximately four billion dollars. How did
we get to that number. We got to that number
by looking into account the head count reductions as a
result of the deferred resignation program. Those alone will save
the Department of Agriculture approximately one point nine billion dollars net.
(11:14):
You've mentioned the state of our buildings, and you are
unfortunately correct, particularly when it comes to the National Capital Region,
and you're looking at the four buildings that the Secretary's
memorandum proposes to vacate. The value of the deferred maintenance
on those buildings. A liability on USDA is two point
two billion, with a B dollars hard to conceive, but
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that is the calculation when you add those four buildings
together of how much maintenance they need to bring them
up to modern standards. And so when you add those
two sums together of expected savings, you're starting out with
more than four billion dollars. And that is before we
take into account the lower cost of living for employees,
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the lower lease rates that we will have to pay
in the five hubs. Of course, the full value of
that we'll only know when the plan is finalized after
consultation with Congress, But we start out at a baseline
of four billion dollars worth of savings.
Speaker 7 (12:13):
Many will relocate to Raleigh, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Sport Collins,
and Salt Lake City. American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
This is Dairy Radio.
Speaker 11 (12:27):
Now it's time for our feed Forum Friday with doctor
Mike Hutchins, Professor Emeritus from the University of Illinois.
Speaker 12 (12:34):
Hello, Mike, Well, welcome to today's feed form and our
topic will be protein flexibility and this is based on
a presentation by doctor Kelly Nichols from the University of California, Davis.
And certainly we look at sustainability and protein side. There
are some risks such as a morn you're going into
the air, a nitrogen leaching through water, nitrogen oxide that
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is a greenhouse gas that's quite high in content, carmon equivalents,
and of course nitrates that can pop up in the water.
In fact, we are thinking that nitrogen may become as
important as we have automo as methane we have today
on farms. We're going to look at three different aspects
of it. The first one will be energy source. And
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we know that we have enough energy in the room
and where we can capture the ammonia and divert that
over into amino acids that can then go to the
mammary gland. There are two sources of energy that can
be utilized. One is what we call glucon gleucogenic, which
basically produces propionic acids coming primarily from starch and sugar sources.
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Lypogenic is coming from lipid sources, or they end up
producing such things as acetate and butyrate, and the efficiency
from acetate and butterrate is twenty four percent, whereas the
glucogenic compounds are a thirty one percent efficiency as well
and involve insulent activity as well. The second aspect on
protein balance has to do with maximizing microbial synthesis. The
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good news Bill is that the amino acid profile from
rumen microbes is almost identical to what is needed for
milk and for growth and tissue deposition for growing animals. Well,
we know that if there's excess ammonia in the room
and that is going to be lost in the urine,
and in fact, if we feed additional nitrogen, seventy nine
percent can end up in the urine and therefore be lost.
(14:22):
The good news is highlighted by Cornell University in which
in their models they now have recycling of the ammonia.
Ammonia what happens if it's an excess for our listeners,
that goes into the bloodstream deliver then converts that over
to bloody reonitrogen and that then ends up going into
the bloodstream, which can one be circulated back to the
room to be reutilized, can go to the kidney where
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it is excreted and can end up going to milk
as milk ureonitrogen as well. The third aspect is the
mammary plane itself. So once we get these amino acids
in the bloodstream, bill the memory plane is very efficient
at converting that over into milk protein. So certainly the
goal here is once we we've got microbial protein, which
is a pretty well defined amino acid profile, then farmers
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build a ruman undegraded protein to complement that to meet
the amino as requirements in these high producing cows and
those the cows are producing an excess of two point
four pounds of milk protein per day, and the efficiency
varies depending on the type of amino acids. The essential
amino acids, and there are ten of them, that efficiency
is thirty one percent. The non essentials only attribute about
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three percent in terms of a marginal efficiency response for protein. Also,
a blood folk can be impacted by amino acids and
appears hissidine is one of the key amino acids as well.
So in summary, we know that energy sources are going
to be important to capture ammonia and having the right balance.
We want to recycle as much of that nitrogen as
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we can through the rooman because we can recapture it
a second time. And amino acid strategies on farms and
grouping amino acids will be important. That completes the program
for today. Thanks every day.
Speaker 11 (16:01):
Thank you Mike. That's doctor Mike Cutchens, Professor emeritus from
the University of Illinois, featured every Friday here on our
feed Forum Friday on Dairy Radio Now. USDA's latest look
at farm income forecasts indicates several measures up from its
February report, and USDA Radio's Rod Bane is with research
economist Kerry Lekowski that.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Far Bigcome is expected to be up from USDA's February forecast.
Research economist Kerry Lakowski says the latest Far bigcom forecast
released Wednesday indicates.
Speaker 13 (16:31):
Farm income will increase in twenty twenty five relative to
twenty twenty four, and this follows declining farm income in
twenty twenty three. In twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
By the numbers, that Far Big CUB is forecasted up
fifty two billion with a b dollars year over year.
While that farm cash income is projected to increase over
forty billion for this year.
Speaker 13 (16:52):
Most of expected increase in farm income is coming from
higher cash to seat from the sale of animal and
animal products, and also we expect higher payment from government
programs to farmers in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Also expected up total production expenses by two point six
percent in twenty twenty five, down from the previous year.
Cash receipts for crop producers by almost five percent year
over year. I'm broad Baine reporting for the US Department
of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
Speaker 14 (17:24):
There is big research on cardio metabolic health when eating almonds,
and it looks good. Patrick Cavanaugh with the California Tree
Nut Report, part of the vastag Information Network. Cardio Metabolic
health refers to the overall well being of the cardiovascular
and metabolic systems, which are interconnected and play crucial roles
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in maintaining optimal health. Garrialla Rolf Retkind is the Director
of Europe and Global Public Relations for the AMA Border
California and is responsible for oversight and implementation of market
development and program activities in the European region and globally
for consumer public relations. She comments on scores of scientists
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around the world coming together.
Speaker 15 (18:11):
They all got together to critically analyze this thirty years
of research that we have on cardio metabolic health and
they came to a consensus on different areas and from
what I hear, it's very difficult for scientists to come
to a consensus on these areas. And the work that
they did as part of this roundtable resulting in a
published paper which will be coming out soon in a
leading nutrition journal, and that will really give added credibility
(18:34):
to the great body of research that we have on
health and almonds.
Speaker 14 (18:37):
And the evidence is irrefutable.
Speaker 15 (18:40):
The evidence is definitely there are two hundred plus published
papers that are reviewed by medical professionals. Really shows that
there is a lot of good news that we can
say about almonds and health.
Speaker 16 (18:52):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on road.
Speaker 17 (18:55):
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 16 (19:02):
Here's what you need to remember.
Speaker 17 (19:03):
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 sailer, 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 18 (19:23):
The best place to reach a farmer with a farming
solution message is when they're well farming. It's easy to
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the wheel of the pickup truck or farm equipment with
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right here, right now as they listen to what's important
(19:44):
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so they'll trust you with the AG Information Network. I'm
Patrick Cavanaugh.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
An issue for years in rural America I shorty veterinarians.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Because of a significant increase in education debt for our
veterinarian students compared to their potential earnings. A decline in
student desire to practice in rural areas is real and
a rapidly growing companion animal sector. The lack of rural
food animal veterinarians is only expected to worsen unless we step.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
In Agriculture, Secretary Brook Rawlins added at a recent visit
at Mississippi State University.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
At USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service or APHIS and
our Food Safety Inspection Service FSIS, we have faced our
own challenges just at USDA of competing with private companion
animal clinics to hire and retain qualified veterinarians. This inability
to fill even our own positions in both rural areas
(20:47):
and in the federal government is alarming and threatens our
supply chain.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
And these shortages come at a time of animal health challenges.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
We've relied on our great team of veterinarians to carry
out this mission, protecting livestock and poultry from diseases and
pests like the bird flu and the new World screwworm.
Bovine veterinarians alone contribute almost a billion and a half
dollars in direct economic impact.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
With that, Secretary Rawlins made this announcement.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
USDA is issuing the Rural Veterinary Shortage Action Plan.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
Explaining components of the plan.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
First, we are enhancing in streamlining USDA's veterinary grant programs.
We are making an additional fifteen million dollars available for
the Veterinarian Medicine Loan Repayment Program, and streamlining the application
process to collect less information and allow submission via an
online portal.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
Additional plan aspects include new economic research to.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
Analyze and project veterinary shortages in rural areas, especially for
food animal veterinarians. Third, USDA is pursuing strategies to make
federal service more attractive for our vets to create a
direct pipeline into public service. In addition, we will work
with veterinarian schools across the country to increase recruitment from
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rural America.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Producers who suffered qualified natural disaster related crop losses in
twenty twenty three and twenty four can still apply for
assistance under USDA's Supplemental Disaster Relief Program.
Speaker 19 (22:20):
We have made this process as easy as possible and
streamlining the application where we mailed pre filled applications using
data already on file from the non insured Disaster Assistance
Program an the crop insurance data.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
That's far production at Conservation Deputy under Secretary Brook Appleton.
Speaker 19 (22:36):
By way of reminder, farm operations across the United States
were impacted by devastating natural disasters in twenty twenty three
and twenty twenty four that caused immense revenue and production losses.
Congress provided disaster funds to the Department to ensure that
farmers were able to recover from these disasters. Part of
that disaster relief is the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Stage one as the VP funding site ups that began
in July are four indemnified producers who suffered crop loss
due to a qualifying natural disaster.
Speaker 20 (23:08):
It's quite a list.
Speaker 19 (23:09):
Wildfires, hurricanes, floods to ratios, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze,
smoke exposure, excessive moisture, qualifying droughts, and then all related
conditions occurring in the twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
The definition of qualified drought under SdRP.
Speaker 19 (23:26):
Rout losses must have occurred in a county rated by
the US Drought Monitor as having in D two or
a severe drought for eight consecutive weeks or E three
or greater intensity level during the applicable calendar year.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
And eligible indemnified growers must commit to maintain their crop
insurance coverage or non insured disaster assist as coverage.
Speaker 19 (23:46):
At sixty percent or greater for the next two crop
years in order to be eligible for this program. Producers
who fail to purchase crop insurance are not for the
next two available cropiers will be required to refund the
SdRP payment. So that is just to make sure as
we're moving forward, folks are purchasing the crop insurance they
need to also help in times of natural disaster.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Stage two sign ups for eligible shallow or uncovered losses
are scheduled to begin sometime this fall. Local Farm Service
agency offices have additional details about the Supplemental Disaster Relief
Program and pre filled applications available for request if not
already received by mail. Information is also found at www.
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Dot f SA, dot USDA, dot gov, slash resources, slash Programs.
I'm Rodbaine reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 21 (24:37):
Southern russ maybe pushing the twenty twenty five crop to
maturity quicker than normal. With USDA currently projecting their record
yield and crop many analysts say the US crop is
likely going backwards in terms of yield, but that does
not necessarily mean the USDA will cut yield projections in
this month's report. I'm Dwayne Merley.
Speaker 22 (24:58):
It's sign for California. At today on the Aggie Information Network,
I am Hayley's ship. California strawberry growers are setting new
records this year. According to the California Strawberry Commission, summer plantings,
which produce fruit in the fall and early winter, have
climbed to eleven thousand, five hundred and three acres. That
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is up two point six percent from last year and
marks the largest acreage on record. Those summer acres now
make up nearly twenty seven percent of the state's total
strawberry ground, which overall has risen to forty two thousand,
eight hundred eighty five acres, a one point three percent
increase from twenty twenty four. The Commission says the growth
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in fall producing fields is a direct response to strong
demand from September through November, and the trend is not
stopping there. Fall planted acres harvested in spring and summer
are expected to edge higher up nearly one percent, with
new plantings reaching thirty thousand, two hundred and fifty two
acres and second year plantings of one than one hundred
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twenty nine acres. An increase of one hundred and sixty
six acres from last year. That's according to the California
Farm Bureaus AG Alert that second to your growth is
especially noteworthy. Since twenty twenty one second year plantings have
increased more than fifty percent compared to twenty eighteen, they
have searched by six hundred percent. The Commission points out
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that the increase is driven by the need to reduce
operating costs.
Speaker 16 (26:25):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on
a road.
Speaker 17 (26:28):
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 16 (26:35):
Here's what you need to remember.
Speaker 17 (26:37):
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 salert, especially on rule roads.
Speaker 16 (26:48):
One moment a.
Speaker 17 (26:48):
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 18 (26:56):
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Speaker 23 (27:02):
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Speaker 18 (27:03):
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Speaker 22 (27:26):
On the AG Information Network. I am Hateley's ship.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Bob Quinn. Here were some farm used today friends. USDA's
Deputy Secretary, Stephen Vaden, was in Nebraska recently and bringing
down high input cost was a significant topic of conversation.
Speaker 4 (27:42):
First step is to get those prices up through increased demand,
and that goes to what our trade team is trying
to do when it comes to high input prices. Again,
until a few months ago, I was actively farming myself.
You don't have to tell me about the fact that
even though if you look at the Consumer Price Index
it claims over the past five year years prices have
gone up twenty percent, which itself is horrendous, But if
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you look at what ag input costs, it's closer to doubling.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
Input costs are high across the board.
Speaker 4 (28:09):
You're talking about a combine. You're talking about a cotton picker,
you're talking about chemicals and seeds. The prices are sky high,
and the returns on the commodity side and on the
selling side when it comes to sell your crop are
not there. And so we've got to take a look
at scene to it that farmers get a fair deal,
that there are more people who are competing to sell
them services, and we're keeping a close eye on the
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large companies to make certainly not abusing their market position.
Speaker 1 (28:35):
Vaden also said it's time to look at corn fields
differently than we have in the past.
Speaker 4 (28:40):
People pass by the cornfields on I eight, they're probably
thinking food, but what they ought to be thinking is fuel.
That's as much fuel as an oil well that you
pass in Texas. Nebraska is leading the charge when it
comes to biofuels. USDA is working hand in glove with
Environmental Protection Agency. I had lunch with my counterpart over there.
Biofuels were on our agenda for that launch. We're very
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happy with the RVO numbers that they have put out.
We hope those will be finalized when the rulemaking proceeding
is completed. We're very happy they're continuing the E fifteen
waiver to allow for fifteen percent fanol to be put
in cars. But we understand because of court rulings that
a permanent solution to that can only come from Congress,
and we are hopeful that Congress will act on that
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as soon as possible.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
Stephen Vaden USDA with us this morning. Well friends, the
US has significant tariffs in place and a number of
imports from Brazil. The Farm Dock Team at the University
of Illinois looked into the impact of the tariffs on
prices in the US. Juanna Calusi, an agricultural economics instructor
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University of Illinois, said Brazil is one of the world's
biggest exporters.
Speaker 24 (29:51):
In twenty twenty four, Brazilian agriculture exports total one hundred
and sixty four billion dollars. China was the top buyer
county for thirty percent of that total, followed by the
European Union with fourteen percent in the United States with
seven percent. Even before these new tariffs, Brazil had been
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reinforcing each trade with the bricks Nations Russia, India, China,
and South America alongside Brazil itself over the past fifteen years.
China has become Brazil's largest agricultural trade partner.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
The tariff supply to many of Brazil's biggest agricultural exports
to the US, including.
Speaker 24 (30:33):
Coffee such as coffee, beef, tropical fruits like a mango
and papaya, seafood, and coco. For products which are strong
US market presence, the impact could be even more significant.
Brazilian cough makes up seventeen percent of export value to
the US, beef ten percent, tobacco nine percent, coco thirteen percent,
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and seafood fifteen six percent. Let's take cough as one example.
Brazil is the world larger coff exporter and a key
supplier to the US, A county for thirty four percent
of America's total cough consumption. The US, in turn, is
the largest coff consumer in the world.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
Coffee supports numerous US jobs.
Speaker 24 (31:21):
The coffee industry here supports about two million jobs and
generates over three hundred billion dollars for the economy. Exporters
and importers warned that new tariffs could push it up
consumer prices and add pressure to inflation. In response, Brazil
has started looking for other destinations for cough shipments that
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would normally go to the United States, a challenged to
the specification and phytosanitary standards in many other markets. One
growing alternative is China.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
Now the beef sector also faces challenges because of tariffs.
Speaker 24 (32:02):
Brazils is the third larger supplier of beef to the US,
after Australia and Canada. The US Meanwhio is Brazil's second
largest beef exports market, thinking about eight percent of total
shipments in twenty twenty four, second only to China's forty
six percent. With the fifty percent tariffs in place, Brazilian
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meatpackers expect to lose at least one billion dollars this year.
Industry leaders say that no other market can easily replace
the United States, giving its high demand and the premium
prices paid meanwhyo. The United States could serch more beef
from Argentina or Australia, for example, but that could drive
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up prices for some products like a ground beef, adding
even more to inflation.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Joanniculusi, University of Illinois talking tariff with us the small
farm years. You're listening to Waglife.
Speaker 23 (33:04):
From theag Information Network. This is your agribusiness update. The
US population in rural counties grew by more than one
hundred and thirty four thousand between twenty twenty three and
twenty four, an increase of point to nine percent, although
the growth rate was lower than metropolitan counties, which grew
by one point one percent. Rural populations, after nearly a
decade of loss, have grown annually since twenty twenty, even
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though they've experienced more deaths than births. Between twenty twenty
and twenty four, death succeeded berths by five hundred and
sixty three thousand, five hundred and fifty, but migration added
over nine hundred and seventy four thousand people to rural counties.
The Maryland Department of Health says the patient with the
first human infection of travel associated New World screw worm
infection in the US has recovered from the flesh eating
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parasite with no signs of transmission to other people or animals.
The problem is Health and Human Services says. The disease
was confirmed on August fourth than a person who traveled
to El Salvador, but the didn't report it until August
twenty fourth. A National Corn Growers Association reports as corn
prices have dropped about fifty percent, so it's hitting a
peak in twenty twenty two, but the cost of production
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has declined only modestly, making production unprofitable. Despite the plunging prices,
the cost of growing an acre of corn this year
is down only three point three percent from its peak
in twenty twenty two. The report says this is particularly
problematic for farmers trying to cash flow high production costs.
Speaker 16 (34:28):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on
a road.
Speaker 17 (34:31):
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 16 (34:37):
Here's what you need to remember.
Speaker 17 (34:39):
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. One moment a
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,
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and so is staying safe on a road. Every year,
accidents happen when tractors and traffic share the same space,
whether you're behind the wheel of a tractor or a car.
Speaker 16 (35:08):
Here's what you need to remember.
Speaker 17 (35:10):
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
of caution can save a life. Let's work together to
keep our roads and our farms safe. This message was
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Speaker 1 (35:45):
Bob going back to wrap up baglife for today friends.
German farm machinery manufacturer COSS recently broke ground on a
new research and development center in Nebraska. Riley Smith wraps
us up.
Speaker 25 (35:55):
Facility will add new jobs and support the local economy
in an area that is all already very familiar with Coloss.
As the new building is being constructed on the current
Class campus in Omaha. Eric Raby, Senior Vice President of
Class North America said the new facility will allow them
to better assess and address the machinery desires of farmers
across the country.
Speaker 26 (36:14):
Our R and D Center is really the next step,
if you will, in our voyage here in the North America.
For people who don't know, we started making combines here
a quarter century ago, twenty five years in Omaha.
Speaker 20 (36:26):
We also have our academy there.
Speaker 26 (36:28):
Our headquarters for the US and Canada are located there,
So it really made sense for us to say, what
is the next thing that we want to do, and
research and development is extremely important for us because it
really allows us to really practically go out, listen to
the customers, understand what their needs are, what the requirements
are currently, what their requirements are in the future, and
hopefully you'll start to see that on the equipment.
Speaker 25 (36:48):
Raybe said that the developers won't be cooped up inside
the Research and Development center all the time. They'll actually
be in fields across the US gathering data from producers
of all different backgrounds.
Speaker 26 (36:58):
And I think that's the thing too, is all these
people are not going to be sitting in there all day.
We're going to have them in the cornfields of Iowa
in the rice fields of northern California wherever they need
to be, chopping forage wherever, and then bring that information
back and saying, Okay, what are some of the things
that we saw, What are some of the things that we.
Speaker 20 (37:15):
Need to do.
Speaker 26 (37:15):
And it's not always about particularly performance increases. It could
be reliability improvements, it could be a whole host of things.
And the great thing about R and D is it's
not only developing the current product that you want improvements on,
but it's looking far enough in the future to say,
what are some of the things that farmers are encountering
now or will be encountering. And when you really hit
a great idea is when you've identified something to a
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farmer that they might not have thought of yet and
we haven't thought of of what is the next problem
going to be down the road?
Speaker 20 (37:44):
And putting that into your R and D is really priceless.
Speaker 25 (37:47):
Raby said, This facility builds upon the strong foothold that
COSS is gaining in North America.
Speaker 20 (37:52):
Yeah, there is.
Speaker 26 (37:53):
And you know that's one of the things a lot
of people may just be hearing about us for the
first time or whatever.
Speaker 20 (37:59):
We've been around for a long time.
Speaker 26 (38:01):
We have facilities in Canada throughout the United States, not
only Omaha, Columbus, Indiana, in Saskatchewan, so we have a
lot of facilities and we continue to grow. We're also
increasing our footprint with dealers. We developed a new remote
parts and service solution called farm Point and that's being
rolled out now throughout different places in the Midwest. And
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we continue to have really great relationships with our third
party dealers that are selling costs for us as well.
Speaker 20 (38:28):
But yeah, it's.
Speaker 26 (38:30):
Back in twenty nineteen, we had a dealer meeting and
I told the dealers then that our goal was to
double our business in five years.
Speaker 20 (38:36):
We did it.
Speaker 26 (38:37):
It took us four and so now what is the
next goal. It's just to keep providing the best absolute
To me, it's great to sell equipment, but the best
parts and service in the industry is what we really
want to hang.
Speaker 20 (38:48):
Our hat on.
Speaker 25 (38:49):
For more information, visit colost dot com. I'm Riley Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (38:53):
With that friends, r out of time for today, thanks
for joining us. Back Monday morning with another edition of
Baglife
Good morning, Valley. This is aglife. My name is Bob Quinn,
with you for the next hour talking about agricultural production
here in the valley and all across the country. Well, friends,
we need more veterinarians. That's where we start today.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
At issue for years at rural America a shortage of veterinarians.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Because of a significant increase in education debt for our
veterinarian students compared to their potential earnings. A decline in
student desire to practice in rural areas is real, and
a rapidly growing companion animal sector, the lack of rural
food animal veterinarians is only expected to worsen unless we
step in.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Agriculture Secretary Brook Rawlins added at a recent visit at
Mississippi State University.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
At USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service or APHIS and
our Food Safety Inspection Service FSIS, we have faced our
own challenges just at USDA, of competing with private companion
animal clinics to hire and retain qualified veterinarians. This inability
to fill even our own positions in both rural areas
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and in the federal government is alarming and threatens our
supply chain.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
And these shortages come at a time of annible health challenges.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
We've relied on our great team of veterinarians to carry
out this mission of protecting livestock and poultry from diseases
in paests like the bird flu and the new World screwworm.
Bovine veterinarians alone contribute almost a billion and a half
dollars in direct economic impact.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
With that, Secretary Rollins made this announcement.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
USDA is issuing the Rural Veterinary Shortage Action Plan.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Explaining components of the plan.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
First, we are enhancing in streamlining USDA's veterinary grant programs.
We are making an additional fifteen million dollars available for
the Veterinarian Medicine Loan Repayment Program, and streamlining the application
process to collect less information and allows submission via an
online portal.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Additional plan aspects include new economic research.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
To analyze and project veterinary shortages in rural areas, especially
for food animal veterinarians. Third, USDA is pursuing strategies to
make federal service more attractive for our vets to create
a direct pipeline into public service. In addition, we will
work with veterinarian schools across the country to increase recruitment
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from rural America.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
I'm Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
D C.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
More hot weather coming up. You are listening to Waglife
Bob Quinn here with some farm US Today friends. USDA's
Deputy Secretary, Stephen Vaden, was in Nebraska recently and bringing
down high input cost was a significant topic of conversation.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
First step is to get those prices up through increased demand,
and that goes to what our trade team is trying
to do when it comes to high input prices. Again,
until a few months ago, I was actively farming myself.
You don't have to tell me about the fact that
even though if you look at the Consumer Price Index
it claims over the past five years prices have gone
up twenty percent, which itself is horrendous, but if you
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look at what ag input costs, it's closer to doubling.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Input costs are high across the board.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
You're talking about a combine, you're talking about a cotton picker,
you're talking about chemicals and seeds. The prices are sky high,
and the returns on the commodity side and on the
selling side when it comes to sell your crop are
not there, and so we've got to take a look
at scene to it that farmers get a fair deal,
that there are more people who are competing to sell
them services, and we're keeping a close eye on the
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large companies to make certainly not abusing their market position.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Vaden also said it's time to look at cornfields differently
than we have in the past.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
People passed by the cornfields on I eight, they're probably
thinking food, but what they ought to be thinking is fuel.
That's as much fuel as an oil well that you
pass in Texas. Nebraska is leading the charge when it
comes to biofuels. USDA is working hand in glove with
the Environmental Pretection Agency. I had lunch with my counterpart
over their biofuels were on our agenda for that lunch.
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We're very happy with the RVO numbers that they have
put out. We hope those will be finalized when the
rulemaking proceeding is completed. We're very happy they're continuing the
E fifteen waiver to allow for fifteen percent fanol to
be put in cars, but we understand because of court
rulings that a permanent solution to that can only come
from Congress, and we are hopeful that Congress will act
(04:26):
on that as soon as possible.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Stephen Vaden USDA with US this morning. The European Commission
has proposed legislation allowing some duty free access for US
bison meet into the European Union. Under the legislation, the
current twenty percent tariff on US bison would be eliminated
under an annual tariff rate quota. National Bison Association executive
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director Jim Matheson says, it's access they've wanted for a
long time.
Speaker 5 (04:54):
EU has been a big goal of ours for a
number of years. I would say we've been lobbying for
twelve to fifteen US to lower the tariffs and the
duties on our products going over there, and sure enough
last week we got word that they are finally going
to go ahead and eliminate those tariffs on bison, and
that's what should happen. You know, we pose no competition
to European farmers and ranchers. As mentioned, we only produced
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these animals in the US and Canada. Further, the Canadian
government has had a trade agreement with Europe for a
number of years that allows them to import bison at
zero percent, which obviously leads US at a competitive disadvantage
here in the States.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
The industry would like to see similar tariff relief for
exports into the United Kingdom. American bison also recently gained
access to Australia, with Asia hopefully next on the list.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
I sure hope that we get access to Japan. We've
been lobbying again for access there. We've had inspectors come
over to the States from Japan and do audits at
some of our bison processing facilities. Everything is going on schedule,
and I hope twofold one with the Australian the eun
News that'll set precedent for US to gain access to Japan.
And not only Japan, We're also pushing for access to
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Korea and Taiwan as well.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Jim Matheson, National Bison Association Well Friends. Hot dry weather
is embedded over the Pacific Northwest. We have an update
with USDA Meteorologists Brad Rippy.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Extreme heat expected to continue in the Pacific Northwest.
Speaker 6 (06:21):
For Washington State, extending into Oregon, northern Idaho, and even
western Montana. It has been very, very warm for this
time of year. We've routinely seen temperatures at or near
one hundred degrees as far north as eastern Washington.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
With USDA b urologists Brad Rippy saying the tradeoff has
been increased pace of harvest that field work for spring,
wheat and barley crops in the region.
Speaker 6 (06:44):
But in the meantime, we are looking at significant drought
conditions that has had an adverse impact on rangeland pastures
and summer.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Crops, plus a greater wildfire threat.
Speaker 6 (06:54):
We'll have to keep an eye on the interior northwest
over the next couple of days. We have moving its
way north through it some dry lightning strikes that could
ignite some wildfires. Oregon seems to be the potential hotspot
for that, but it could extend into Washington State as
well as Idaho and even as far east as Utah.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
I'm Rod Bain, reporting for the US Department of Agriculture
in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Farm News. This morning, you're listening to wag Life.
Speaker 7 (07:20):
It's another agnews update. Ethanol production climbs while exports surge Midsummer.
Speaker 8 (07:29):
More after this, here's farmer and landowner John Prue.
Speaker 9 (07:33):
We purchased the land about three years ago and there
was an old farmstead on there with trees. We're going
to clear the land so we could farm through it.
We thought we knew where the pipe was, so we
didn't call to get it located. The work on our
property led to the damage of a light crude pipeline.
Fortunately no one was hurt, but it could have been
much worse.
Speaker 8 (07:50):
Never assumed the location or depth of underground lines. Always
call eight one to one or visit clickbefore youdig dot
com before you start work. A message from the pipeline
operators for Eggs campaign.
Speaker 7 (08:01):
Ethanol production rose to a six week hi for the
week that ended July twenty fifth, reaching one point one
million barrels per day. That's one point seven percent higher
than the previous week and two point one percent above
the three year average, and that's according to EIA data
analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. Though output slightly below
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last year's level, the four week average now stands at
an annualized rate of sixteen point seven to one billion gallons.
Stocks climbed the twenty four point seven million barrels, highest
since mid May, while gasoline supplied used to measure fuel
demand rose two point one percent to nine point one
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five million barrels per day. Blender inputs ticked up slightly,
as did ethanol exports, which jump forty two point six percent,
now an estimated one hundred fifty four thousand barrels per day.
For contexts, US ethanol exports topping one billion gallons just
halfway through the new marketing year. USDA expects a record
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one point eight five billion gallons in exports by year end. Meanwhile,
no ethanol imports recorded for over a year. It's another
ag news update.
Speaker 10 (09:21):
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Speaker 7 (09:52):
American Cattle News major changes coming to USDA will have
more after this.
Speaker 8 (10:02):
Here's farmer and landowner John Prue.
Speaker 9 (10:04):
We purchased the land about three years ago, and there
was an old farmstead on there with trees and we're
going to clear the lands we could farm through it.
We thought we knew where the pipe was, so we
didn't call to get it located. The work on our
property led to the damage of a light crude pipeline.
Fortunately no one was hurt, but it could have been
much worse.
Speaker 8 (10:21):
Never assumed the location or depth of underground lines. Always
call eight one to one or visit clickbefore youdig dot
com before you start work. A message from the pipeline
operators for egg safety campaign.
Speaker 7 (10:32):
What could you do with four billion dollars? What could
usda do for four billion dollars? USDA's Deputy Secretary Stephen
Vaden before the Senate ad Committee on their reorganization plan.
Speaker 4 (10:51):
We do have an estimate, Senator, regarding how much, at
a minimum, we expect to save once costs are taken
into account, and that's approximately four billion dollars. How did
we get to that number. We got to that number
by looking into account the head count reductions as a
result of the deferred resignation program. Those alone will save
the Department of Agriculture approximately one point nine billion dollars net.
(11:14):
You've mentioned the state of our buildings, and you are
unfortunately correct, particularly when it comes to the National Capital Region,
and you're looking at the four buildings that the Secretary's
memorandum proposes to vacate. The value of the deferred maintenance
on those buildings. A liability on USDA is two point
two billion, with a B dollars hard to conceive, but
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that is the calculation when you add those four buildings
together of how much maintenance they need to bring them
up to modern standards. And so when you add those
two sums together of expected savings, you're starting out with
more than four billion dollars. And that is before we
take into account the lower cost of living for employees,
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the lower lease rates that we will have to pay
in the five hubs. Of course, the full value of
that we'll only know when the plan is finalized after
consultation with Congress, But we start out at a baseline
of four billion dollars worth of savings.
Speaker 7 (12:13):
Many will relocate to Raleigh, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Sport Collins,
and Salt Lake City. American Cattle News.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
This is Dairy Radio.
Speaker 11 (12:27):
Now it's time for our feed Forum Friday with doctor
Mike Hutchins, Professor Emeritus from the University of Illinois.
Speaker 12 (12:34):
Hello, Mike, Well, welcome to today's feed form and our
topic will be protein flexibility and this is based on
a presentation by doctor Kelly Nichols from the University of California, Davis.
And certainly we look at sustainability and protein side. There
are some risks such as a morn you're going into
the air, a nitrogen leaching through water, nitrogen oxide that
(12:55):
is a greenhouse gas that's quite high in content, carmon equivalents,
and of course nitrates that can pop up in the water.
In fact, we are thinking that nitrogen may become as
important as we have automo as methane we have today
on farms. We're going to look at three different aspects
of it. The first one will be energy source. And
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we know that we have enough energy in the room
and where we can capture the ammonia and divert that
over into amino acids that can then go to the
mammary gland. There are two sources of energy that can
be utilized. One is what we call glucon gleucogenic, which
basically produces propionic acids coming primarily from starch and sugar sources.
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Lypogenic is coming from lipid sources, or they end up
producing such things as acetate and butyrate, and the efficiency
from acetate and butterrate is twenty four percent, whereas the
glucogenic compounds are a thirty one percent efficiency as well
and involve insulent activity as well. The second aspect on
protein balance has to do with maximizing microbial synthesis. The
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good news Bill is that the amino acid profile from
rumen microbes is almost identical to what is needed for
milk and for growth and tissue deposition for growing animals. Well,
we know that if there's excess ammonia in the room
and that is going to be lost in the urine,
and in fact, if we feed additional nitrogen, seventy nine
percent can end up in the urine and therefore be lost.
(14:22):
The good news is highlighted by Cornell University in which
in their models they now have recycling of the ammonia.
Ammonia what happens if it's an excess for our listeners,
that goes into the bloodstream deliver then converts that over
to bloody reonitrogen and that then ends up going into
the bloodstream, which can one be circulated back to the
room to be reutilized, can go to the kidney where
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it is excreted and can end up going to milk
as milk ureonitrogen as well. The third aspect is the
mammary plane itself. So once we get these amino acids
in the bloodstream, bill the memory plane is very efficient
at converting that over into milk protein. So certainly the
goal here is once we we've got microbial protein, which
is a pretty well defined amino acid profile, then farmers
(15:05):
build a ruman undegraded protein to complement that to meet
the amino as requirements in these high producing cows and
those the cows are producing an excess of two point
four pounds of milk protein per day, and the efficiency
varies depending on the type of amino acids. The essential
amino acids, and there are ten of them, that efficiency
is thirty one percent. The non essentials only attribute about
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three percent in terms of a marginal efficiency response for protein. Also,
a blood folk can be impacted by amino acids and
appears hissidine is one of the key amino acids as well.
So in summary, we know that energy sources are going
to be important to capture ammonia and having the right balance.
We want to recycle as much of that nitrogen as
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we can through the rooman because we can recapture it
a second time. And amino acid strategies on farms and
grouping amino acids will be important. That completes the program
for today. Thanks every day.
Speaker 11 (16:01):
Thank you Mike. That's doctor Mike Cutchens, Professor emeritus from
the University of Illinois, featured every Friday here on our
feed Forum Friday on Dairy Radio Now. USDA's latest look
at farm income forecasts indicates several measures up from its
February report, and USDA Radio's Rod Bane is with research
economist Kerry Lekowski that.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Far Bigcome is expected to be up from USDA's February forecast.
Research economist Kerry Lakowski says the latest Far bigcom forecast
released Wednesday indicates.
Speaker 13 (16:31):
Farm income will increase in twenty twenty five relative to
twenty twenty four, and this follows declining farm income in
twenty twenty three. In twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
By the numbers, that Far Big CUB is forecasted up
fifty two billion with a b dollars year over year.
While that farm cash income is projected to increase over
forty billion for this year.
Speaker 13 (16:52):
Most of expected increase in farm income is coming from
higher cash to seat from the sale of animal and
animal products, and also we expect higher payment from government
programs to farmers in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Also expected up total production expenses by two point six
percent in twenty twenty five, down from the previous year.
Cash receipts for crop producers by almost five percent year
over year. I'm broad Baine reporting for the US Department
of Agriculture in Washington, d C.
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California and is responsible for oversight and implementation of market
development and program activities in the European region and globally
for consumer public relations. She comments on scores of scientists
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around the world coming together.
Speaker 15 (18:11):
They all got together to critically analyze this thirty years
of research that we have on cardio metabolic health and
they came to a consensus on different areas and from
what I hear, it's very difficult for scientists to come
to a consensus on these areas. And the work that
they did as part of this roundtable resulting in a
published paper which will be coming out soon in a
leading nutrition journal, and that will really give added credibility
(18:34):
to the great body of research that we have on
health and almonds.
Speaker 14 (18:37):
And the evidence is irrefutable.
Speaker 15 (18:40):
The evidence is definitely there are two hundred plus published
papers that are reviewed by medical professionals. Really shows that
there is a lot of good news that we can
say about almonds and health.
Speaker 16 (18:52):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on road.
Speaker 17 (18:55):
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 16 (19:02):
Here's what you need to remember.
Speaker 17 (19:03):
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 sailer, 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 18 (19:23):
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
(19:44):
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 Cavanaugh.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
An issue for years in rural America I shorty veterinarians.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Because of a significant increase in education debt for our
veterinarian students compared to their potential earnings. A decline in
student desire to practice in rural areas is real and
a rapidly growing companion animal sector. The lack of rural
food animal veterinarians is only expected to worsen unless we step.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
In Agriculture, Secretary Brook Rawlins added at a recent visit
at Mississippi State University.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
At USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service or APHIS and
our Food Safety Inspection Service FSIS, we have faced our
own challenges just at USDA of competing with private companion
animal clinics to hire and retain qualified veterinarians. This inability
to fill even our own positions in both rural areas
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and in the federal government is alarming and threatens our
supply chain.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
And these shortages come at a time of animal health challenges.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
We've relied on our great team of veterinarians to carry
out this mission, protecting livestock and poultry from diseases and
pests like the bird flu and the new World screwworm.
Bovine veterinarians alone contribute almost a billion and a half
dollars in direct economic impact.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
With that, Secretary Rawlins made this announcement.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
USDA is issuing the Rural Veterinary Shortage Action Plan.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
Explaining components of the plan.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
First, we are enhancing in streamlining USDA's veterinary grant programs.
We are making an additional fifteen million dollars available for
the Veterinarian Medicine Loan Repayment Program, and streamlining the application
process to collect less information and allow submission via an
online portal.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
Additional plan aspects include new economic research to.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
Analyze and project veterinary shortages in rural areas, especially for
food animal veterinarians. Third, USDA is pursuing strategies to make
federal service more attractive for our vets to create a
direct pipeline into public service. In addition, we will work
with veterinarian schools across the country to increase recruitment from
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rural America.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Producers who suffered qualified natural disaster related crop losses in
twenty twenty three and twenty four can still apply for
assistance under USDA's Supplemental Disaster Relief Program.
Speaker 19 (22:20):
We have made this process as easy as possible and
streamlining the application where we mailed pre filled applications using
data already on file from the non insured Disaster Assistance
Program an the crop insurance data.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
That's far production at Conservation Deputy under Secretary Brook Appleton.
Speaker 19 (22:36):
By way of reminder, farm operations across the United States
were impacted by devastating natural disasters in twenty twenty three
and twenty twenty four that caused immense revenue and production losses.
Congress provided disaster funds to the Department to ensure that
farmers were able to recover from these disasters. Part of
that disaster relief is the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Stage one as the VP funding site ups that began
in July are four indemnified producers who suffered crop loss
due to a qualifying natural disaster.
Speaker 20 (23:08):
It's quite a list.
Speaker 19 (23:09):
Wildfires, hurricanes, floods to ratios, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze,
smoke exposure, excessive moisture, qualifying droughts, and then all related
conditions occurring in the twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
The definition of qualified drought under SdRP.
Speaker 19 (23:26):
Rout losses must have occurred in a county rated by
the US Drought Monitor as having in D two or
a severe drought for eight consecutive weeks or E three
or greater intensity level during the applicable calendar year.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
And eligible indemnified growers must commit to maintain their crop
insurance coverage or non insured disaster assist as coverage.
Speaker 19 (23:46):
At sixty percent or greater for the next two crop
years in order to be eligible for this program. Producers
who fail to purchase crop insurance are not for the
next two available cropiers will be required to refund the
SdRP payment. So that is just to make sure as
we're moving forward, folks are purchasing the crop insurance they
need to also help in times of natural disaster.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Stage two sign ups for eligible shallow or uncovered losses
are scheduled to begin sometime this fall. Local Farm Service
agency offices have additional details about the Supplemental Disaster Relief
Program and pre filled applications available for request if not
already received by mail. Information is also found at www.
(24:25):
Dot f SA, dot USDA, dot gov, slash resources, slash Programs.
I'm Rodbaine reporting for the US Department of Agriculture in Washington,
d C.
Speaker 21 (24:37):
Southern russ maybe pushing the twenty twenty five crop to
maturity quicker than normal. With USDA currently projecting their record
yield and crop many analysts say the US crop is
likely going backwards in terms of yield, but that does
not necessarily mean the USDA will cut yield projections in
this month's report. I'm Dwayne Merley.
Speaker 22 (24:58):
It's sign for California. At today on the Aggie Information Network,
I am Hayley's ship. California strawberry growers are setting new
records this year. According to the California Strawberry Commission, summer plantings,
which produce fruit in the fall and early winter, have
climbed to eleven thousand, five hundred and three acres. That
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is up two point six percent from last year and
marks the largest acreage on record. Those summer acres now
make up nearly twenty seven percent of the state's total
strawberry ground, which overall has risen to forty two thousand,
eight hundred eighty five acres, a one point three percent
increase from twenty twenty four. The Commission says the growth
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in fall producing fields is a direct response to strong
demand from September through November, and the trend is not
stopping there. Fall planted acres harvested in spring and summer
are expected to edge higher up nearly one percent, with
new plantings reaching thirty thousand, two hundred and fifty two
acres and second year plantings of one than one hundred
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twenty nine acres. An increase of one hundred and sixty
six acres from last year. That's according to the California
Farm Bureaus AG Alert that second to your growth is
especially noteworthy. Since twenty twenty one second year plantings have
increased more than fifty percent compared to twenty eighteen, they
have searched by six hundred percent. The Commission points out
(26:21):
that the increase is driven by the need to reduce
operating costs.
Speaker 16 (26:25):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on
a road.
Speaker 17 (26:28):
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 16 (26:35):
Here's what you need to remember.
Speaker 17 (26:37):
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 salert, especially on rule roads.
Speaker 16 (26:48):
One moment a.
Speaker 17 (26:48):
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 18 (26:56):
For the last forty years, THEAG Information Network has been
the source of news for farmers and ranchers.
Speaker 23 (27:02):
Yet we have never.
Speaker 18 (27:03):
Seen such an assault on farming and our food supply
as we do today from fuel to fertilizer. Farmers are
facing unprecedented economic challenges. This is why agriculture news that
farmers receive comes from the AGG Information Network, reaching coast
to coast, deep roots and farming. In decades of reporting,
the AGG Information Network trusted and transparent journalism for generations.
Speaker 22 (27:26):
On the AG Information Network. I am Hateley's ship.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Bob Quinn. Here were some farm used today friends. USDA's
Deputy Secretary, Stephen Vaden, was in Nebraska recently and bringing
down high input cost was a significant topic of conversation.
Speaker 4 (27:42):
First step is to get those prices up through increased demand,
and that goes to what our trade team is trying
to do when it comes to high input prices. Again,
until a few months ago, I was actively farming myself.
You don't have to tell me about the fact that
even though if you look at the Consumer Price Index
it claims over the past five year years prices have
gone up twenty percent, which itself is horrendous, But if
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you look at what ag input costs, it's closer to doubling.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
Input costs are high across the board.
Speaker 4 (28:09):
You're talking about a combine. You're talking about a cotton picker,
you're talking about chemicals and seeds. The prices are sky high,
and the returns on the commodity side and on the
selling side when it comes to sell your crop are
not there. And so we've got to take a look
at scene to it that farmers get a fair deal,
that there are more people who are competing to sell
them services, and we're keeping a close eye on the
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large companies to make certainly not abusing their market position.
Speaker 1 (28:35):
Vaden also said it's time to look at corn fields
differently than we have in the past.
Speaker 4 (28:40):
People pass by the cornfields on I eight, they're probably
thinking food, but what they ought to be thinking is fuel.
That's as much fuel as an oil well that you
pass in Texas. Nebraska is leading the charge when it
comes to biofuels. USDA is working hand in glove with
Environmental Protection Agency. I had lunch with my counterpart over there.
Biofuels were on our agenda for that launch. We're very
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happy with the RVO numbers that they have put out.
We hope those will be finalized when the rulemaking proceeding
is completed. We're very happy they're continuing the E fifteen
waiver to allow for fifteen percent fanol to be put
in cars. But we understand because of court rulings that
a permanent solution to that can only come from Congress,
and we are hopeful that Congress will act on that
(29:24):
as soon as possible.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
Stephen Vaden USDA with us this morning. Well friends, the
US has significant tariffs in place and a number of
imports from Brazil. The Farm Dock Team at the University
of Illinois looked into the impact of the tariffs on
prices in the US. Juanna Calusi, an agricultural economics instructor
(29:45):
University of Illinois, said Brazil is one of the world's
biggest exporters.
Speaker 24 (29:51):
In twenty twenty four, Brazilian agriculture exports total one hundred
and sixty four billion dollars. China was the top buyer
county for thirty percent of that total, followed by the
European Union with fourteen percent in the United States with
seven percent. Even before these new tariffs, Brazil had been
(30:12):
reinforcing each trade with the bricks Nations Russia, India, China,
and South America alongside Brazil itself over the past fifteen years.
China has become Brazil's largest agricultural trade partner.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
The tariff supply to many of Brazil's biggest agricultural exports
to the US, including.
Speaker 24 (30:33):
Coffee such as coffee, beef, tropical fruits like a mango
and papaya, seafood, and coco. For products which are strong
US market presence, the impact could be even more significant.
Brazilian cough makes up seventeen percent of export value to
the US, beef ten percent, tobacco nine percent, coco thirteen percent,
(30:58):
and seafood fifteen six percent. Let's take cough as one example.
Brazil is the world larger coff exporter and a key
supplier to the US, A county for thirty four percent
of America's total cough consumption. The US, in turn, is
the largest coff consumer in the world.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
Coffee supports numerous US jobs.
Speaker 24 (31:21):
The coffee industry here supports about two million jobs and
generates over three hundred billion dollars for the economy. Exporters
and importers warned that new tariffs could push it up
consumer prices and add pressure to inflation. In response, Brazil
has started looking for other destinations for cough shipments that
(31:45):
would normally go to the United States, a challenged to
the specification and phytosanitary standards in many other markets. One
growing alternative is China.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
Now the beef sector also faces challenges because of tariffs.
Speaker 24 (32:02):
Brazils is the third larger supplier of beef to the US,
after Australia and Canada. The US Meanwhio is Brazil's second
largest beef exports market, thinking about eight percent of total
shipments in twenty twenty four, second only to China's forty
six percent. With the fifty percent tariffs in place, Brazilian
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meatpackers expect to lose at least one billion dollars this year.
Industry leaders say that no other market can easily replace
the United States, giving its high demand and the premium
prices paid meanwhyo. The United States could serch more beef
from Argentina or Australia, for example, but that could drive
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up prices for some products like a ground beef, adding
even more to inflation.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Joanniculusi, University of Illinois talking tariff with us the small
farm years. You're listening to Waglife.
Speaker 23 (33:04):
From theag Information Network. This is your agribusiness update. The
US population in rural counties grew by more than one
hundred and thirty four thousand between twenty twenty three and
twenty four, an increase of point to nine percent, although
the growth rate was lower than metropolitan counties, which grew
by one point one percent. Rural populations, after nearly a
decade of loss, have grown annually since twenty twenty, even
(33:27):
though they've experienced more deaths than births. Between twenty twenty
and twenty four, death succeeded berths by five hundred and
sixty three thousand, five hundred and fifty, but migration added
over nine hundred and seventy four thousand people to rural counties.
The Maryland Department of Health says the patient with the
first human infection of travel associated New World screw worm
infection in the US has recovered from the flesh eating
(33:49):
parasite with no signs of transmission to other people or animals.
The problem is Health and Human Services says. The disease
was confirmed on August fourth than a person who traveled
to El Salvador, but the didn't report it until August
twenty fourth. A National Corn Growers Association reports as corn
prices have dropped about fifty percent, so it's hitting a
peak in twenty twenty two, but the cost of production
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has declined only modestly, making production unprofitable. Despite the plunging prices,
the cost of growing an acre of corn this year
is down only three point three percent from its peak
in twenty twenty two. The report says this is particularly
problematic for farmers trying to cash flow high production costs.
Speaker 16 (34:28):
Farm work is tough, and so is staying safe on
a road.
Speaker 17 (34:31):
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 16 (34:37):
Here's what you need to remember.
Speaker 17 (34:39):
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. One moment a
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,
(35:00):
and so is staying safe on a road. Every year,
accidents happen when tractors and traffic share the same space,
whether you're behind the wheel of a tractor or a car.
Speaker 16 (35:08):
Here's what you need to remember.
Speaker 17 (35:10):
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
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.
Speaker 23 (35:30):
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Speaker 1 (35:45):
Bob going back to wrap up baglife for today friends.
German farm machinery manufacturer COSS recently broke ground on a
new research and development center in Nebraska. Riley Smith wraps
us up.
Speaker 25 (35:55):
Facility will add new jobs and support the local economy
in an area that is all already very familiar with Coloss.
As the new building is being constructed on the current
Class campus in Omaha. Eric Raby, Senior Vice President of
Class North America said the new facility will allow them
to better assess and address the machinery desires of farmers
across the country.
Speaker 26 (36:14):
Our R and D Center is really the next step,
if you will, in our voyage here in the North America.
For people who don't know, we started making combines here
a quarter century ago, twenty five years in Omaha.
Speaker 20 (36:26):
We also have our academy there.
Speaker 26 (36:28):
Our headquarters for the US and Canada are located there,
So it really made sense for us to say, what
is the next thing that we want to do, and
research and development is extremely important for us because it
really allows us to really practically go out, listen to
the customers, understand what their needs are, what the requirements
are currently, what their requirements are in the future, and
hopefully you'll start to see that on the equipment.
Speaker 25 (36:48):
Raybe said that the developers won't be cooped up inside
the Research and Development center all the time. They'll actually
be in fields across the US gathering data from producers
of all different backgrounds.
Speaker 26 (36:58):
And I think that's the thing too, is all these
people are not going to be sitting in there all day.
We're going to have them in the cornfields of Iowa
in the rice fields of northern California wherever they need
to be, chopping forage wherever, and then bring that information
back and saying, Okay, what are some of the things
that we saw, What are some of the things that we.
Speaker 20 (37:15):
Need to do.
Speaker 26 (37:15):
And it's not always about particularly performance increases. It could
be reliability improvements, it could be a whole host of things.
And the great thing about R and D is it's
not only developing the current product that you want improvements on,
but it's looking far enough in the future to say,
what are some of the things that farmers are encountering
now or will be encountering. And when you really hit
a great idea is when you've identified something to a
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farmer that they might not have thought of yet and
we haven't thought of of what is the next problem
going to be down the road?
Speaker 20 (37:44):
And putting that into your R and D is really priceless.
Speaker 25 (37:47):
Raby said, This facility builds upon the strong foothold that
COSS is gaining in North America.
Speaker 20 (37:52):
Yeah, there is.
Speaker 26 (37:53):
And you know that's one of the things a lot
of people may just be hearing about us for the
first time or whatever.
Speaker 20 (37:59):
We've been around for a long time.
Speaker 26 (38:01):
We have facilities in Canada throughout the United States, not
only Omaha, Columbus, Indiana, in Saskatchewan, so we have a
lot of facilities and we continue to grow. We're also
increasing our footprint with dealers. We developed a new remote
parts and service solution called farm Point and that's being
rolled out now throughout different places in the Midwest. And
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we continue to have really great relationships with our third
party dealers that are selling costs for us as well.
Speaker 20 (38:28):
But yeah, it's.
Speaker 26 (38:30):
Back in twenty nineteen, we had a dealer meeting and
I told the dealers then that our goal was to
double our business in five years.
Speaker 20 (38:36):
We did it.
Speaker 26 (38:37):
It took us four and so now what is the
next goal. It's just to keep providing the best absolute
To me, it's great to sell equipment, but the best
parts and service in the industry is what we really
want to hang.
Speaker 20 (38:48):
Our hat on.
Speaker 25 (38:49):
For more information, visit colost dot com. I'm Riley Smith reporting.
Speaker 1 (38:53):
With that friends, r out of time for today, thanks
for joining us. Back Monday morning with another edition of
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