TODAY ON AGDAY
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
HEADLINES
WHY FARMERS SEEM ENCOURAGED IN THE FACE OF TOUGH COMMODITY PRICES. “THERE WAS SOME IMPROVEMENT IN PEOPLE’S OPTIMISM IN CURRENT CONDITIONS IN AG BUT ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE FUTURE. WHAT DOES RURAL AMERICA HOPE FOR IN THE NEW PRESIDENT. “IT’S JUST A DAILY STRUGGLE FOR MOST PEOPLE..."LIVESTOCK GROUPS URGE THE PRESIDENT TO TALK TRADE WITH JAPAN. IN AGRIBUSINESS - ANALYZING SOYBEAN MARGINS... AND HOW TO AVOID KIDS CLASHING OVER VEGGIES. AGDAY-BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DEPENDABLE, LONG LASTING CHEVY SILVERADO.
PURDUE AG BAROMETER
GOOD MORNING I’M BETSY JIBBEN. CLINTON GRIFFITHS JOINS US FROM THE AGRIBUSINESS DESK IN A FEW MINUTES. A LEADING INDICATOR ON HOW FARMERS AND RANCHERS FEEL ABOUT THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO PUSH HIGHER. PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND THE CME GROUP HAVE RELEASED THEIR MONTHLY AG OUTLOOK BAROMETER. IT GAUGES HOW PRODUCERS FEEL ABOUT THE ECONOMY NOW AND WHERE IT’S HEADED. AFTER RECORD-HIGH SENTIMENT IN DECEMBER FOLLOWING THE ELECTION, PRODUCERS AGAIN BROKE RECORDS IN JANUARY. THE AG BAROMETER REACHED ONE-HUNDRED-53. THAT’S A 21 POINT JUMP FROM LAST MONTH. THAT’S THE BIGGEST MONTH-OVER-MONTH CHANGE SINCE DATA COLLECTION BEGAN IN OCTOBER 2015. PURDUE’S REPORT SHOWS, HOWEVER, THAT THE PRODUCERS POSITIVE PERCEPTIONS ARE TEMPERED BY A NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS WHO SAY THEIR FARM FINANCIAL CONDITIONS ARE WORSE THAN A YEAR AGO. “ONE OF THE THINGS WE OBSERVED IS THAT A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE RESPONDENTS TO OUR SURVEY ARE STILL INDICATING THEIR FINANCIAL CONDITION IS STILL PRECARIOUS. THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE, NOT ONLY IN THE NEAR TERM BUT LOOKING AHEAD FIVE YEARS. SO EVEN THOUGH THERE’S BEEN AN IMPROVEMENT OF OPTIMISM AMONG PRODUCERS WE’RE STILL IN A CHALLENGING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT FOR PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE,"MIN-TERT SAYS ONE REASON THE FARMERS SEEM MORE OPTIMISTIC IS BECAUSE THEY EXPECT A LESS-RESTRICTIVE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. 41-PERCENT THINK GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS WILL BE LESS BURDENSOME FIVE YEARS FROM NOW. THE BAROMETER IS BASED ON SURVEY RESULTS FROM 400 PRODUCERS.
ECONOMIC PROSPECTS UNDER TRUMP
THE ECONOMY IS ONE BIG REASON WHY WISCONSIN VOTERS " WENT RED” THIS ELECTION CYCLE - VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP. MANY OF THE VOTERS ARE HOPING THE NEW PRESIDENT WILL BOOST THEIR ECONOMIC PROSPECTS. WE HEAD TO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN TO CHECK ON THE PULSE OF THE DAIRY STATE. THIS IS TRUMP COUNTRY. AND MANY RESIDENTS ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE NEW PRESIDENT CAN DO. MANY FARMERS SEE AS DISMAL MARKET PRICES FOR THEIR CROPS AND LIVESTOCK. FARMER BERNARD MORE'-UH-VITS SAYS HE ALSO SEES TOO MANY AMERICANS LOOKING FOR GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS WHEN HE’S BUSY WORKING HARD TO MAKE A LIVING — AND STRUGGLING ANYWAY. “TOO MANY PEOPLE … THEY WALK AROUND LIKE THIS (HOLDS HAND OUT). THAT AIN’T THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS."THIS CORNER OF WISCONSIN HAS SEVERAL RURAL COUNTIES AMONG THE 217 NATIONWIDE THAT VOTED MAJORITY OBAMA IN 2008 AND 2012 — THEN FLIPPED TO TRUMP IN THIS LAST ELECTION.THE ECONOMY SEEMS TO BE THE BIGGEST WORRY. “I BELIEVE, AND I KNOW THIS IS TRITE BUT PEOPLE WANTED CHANGE. AND THEY SAW, IT’S MY PERSONAL OPINION, THEY SAW DONALD TRUMP AS SOMEONE THAT, LIKE HIM OR NOT, THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE."SOT VERBATIM> THIS PART OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN HAS SOME BIG EMPLOYERS, LIKE THE THREE-M COMPANY AND A DISTRIBUTION CENTER FOR CABELA’S, A MAKER OF OUTDOOR CLOTHING AND GEAR. BUT STILL IT CAN BE TOUGH TO MAKE ENDS MEET, “IT’S JUST DISTANT FROM URBAN CENTERS AND BECAUSE OF THAT — AND THIS IS TRUE OF MOST PARTS OF RURAL AMERICA — IT TYPICALLY HAS LOWER WAGES, LESS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND A REAL CHALLENGE FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT FEEL TRAPPED IN A RURAL ENVIRONMENT."> MARLENE KRAMER, WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP AFTER TWO VOTES FOR OBAMA, IS ONE OF THEM. SHE MAKES TEN-50 AN HOUR AT A LOCAL SPORTSWEAR FACTORY. SHE SAID SHE AND HER HUSBAND DROPPED “OBAMACARE” HEALTH INSURANCE WHEN IT ROSE TO 12-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THEIR FAMILY. THEY’VE OPTED TO PAY A TWO-THOUSAND DOLLAR ANNUAL PENALTY INSTEAD. “WE DON’T GO TO THE DOCTOR THAT MUCH. IF SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN, I GUESS THAT’S A CHANCE WE’LL HAVE TO TAKE UNTIL SOMETHING ELSE COMES ALONG, A BETTER PROGRAM."BACK ON THE FARM - THOUGH HE’S NOT COMPLETELY SOLD ON THE NEW PRESIDENT, MORAVITS IS WATCHING TO SEE IF TRUMP WILL MOVE QUICKLY TO HELP BOOST PRICES FOR HIM AND OTHER FARMERS. “COME BACK IN SIX MONTHS AND WE’LL DRINK A 30-PACK AND WE’LL SEE, RIGHT?"MARLENE KRAMER - THE FACTORY WORKER - DOESN’T LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT TRUMP EITHER. BUT SHE’S WILLING TO GIVE HIM A SHOT.
JAPAN U.S. FREE TRADE
JAPAN’S PRIME MINISTER IS SET TO VISIT THE U.S. FRIDAY AND LIVESTOCK ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT WASTING ANY TIME PUSHING TRUMP AT BEGINING FREE TRADE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS. THE NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL AND NATIONAL CATTLEMEN’S BEEF ASSOCIATION -WRITING A JOINT LETTING URGING TRUMP TO INITIATE AGREEMENTS WITH ASIA-PACIFIC COUNTRIES STARTING WITH JAPAN. THIS COMES AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOT DOWN THE TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERHIP WHICH WOULD HAVE OPENED TRADE AND REDUCED HEAVY TARIFFS FROM JAPAN. “IN THE CASE OF TPP, CATTLE AND BEEF PRODUCERS ARE DISAPPOINTED WE WON’T SEE THE EXPANDED MARKET ACCESS IMMEDIATELY AND TPP WOULD AHVE GIVEN US. WE ARE DISADVANTAGED INTO THE MARKET OF JAPAN, THEY ARE PAYING A 38 AND A HALF PERCENT TARIFF WHILE OUR BIGGEST COMPETITOR AUSTRALIA AHS A MUCH LOVER TARIFF RATE THAT THEY’RE PAYING,” THE COUNTRY PURCHASED ONE-POINT-4 BILLION DOLLARS IN U.S. BEEF PRODUCTS AND ONE-POINT-5 BILLION DOLLARS OF U.S. PORK PRODUCTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2016.
NEW NCBA PRESIDENT
SPEAKING OF NCBA, THE 2017 CATTLE INDUSTRY CONVENTION AND NCBA TRADE SHOW WRAPPED UP IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE LAST WEEK. AND THE END OF EACH SNOW BRINGS NEW LEADERSHIP. NEBRASKA CATTLEMEN CRAIG U-DEN IS THE NATIONAL CATTLEMEN BEEF ASSOCIATION’S NEW PRESIDENT. U-DEN, WHO IS A FOURTH-GENERATION COW-CALF OPERATOR FROM THE SOUTHERN PART OF NEB., SAYS HE IS PROUD TO LEAD THE ORGANIZATION. HE SAYS TRADE IS TOP OF FMIND BECAUSE IF WE NEED A VIBRANT MARKET FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS, WE MUST HAVE TRADE. WE DEFINATELY NEED TO BE IN THE CONVERSATION AND BE VILIGENT IN TRADE BECAUSE CANADA, MEXICO AND JAPAN ARE THREE OF OUR LARGEST EXPORT MARKETS. WE EXPORT IN NOVEMBER 300 DOLLARS A HEAD WERE VALUED FOR EXPORT. WE CAN’T AFFORD TO LOSE THAT PARTICULARLY WITH OUR THREE TRADING PARTNERS. WE’RE GOING TO STAY ENGAGED WITH THAT.U-DEN SAYS IT’S ALSO A GOAL OF NCBA THIS YEAR TO HELP ROLLBACK REGULATIONS WHICH ADD UNNECESSARY COSTS.
CROP COMMENTS
WE’RE TALKING LIVESTOCK TODAY IN CROP COMMENTS. MIKE. GOOD MORNING, BETSY. MIKE LASS IN LOCKNEY, TEXAS SENDING US A PICTURE OF THE START OF CALVING SEASON! HE SAYS TEMPERATURES ARE HOT, DRY AND WINDY - IN THE 70S AND 80S ALL WEEK WITH LITTLE PRECEIPATION IN THE 10 DAY FORECAST. WITH WEATHER LIKE THAT, HE WISHES ALL OF HIS CALVES COULD ARRIVE NOW. AND MARKUS MURPHY SENT US A PHOTO FROM FARIMONT, MINNESOTA OF AN ANIMAL WE DON’T COVER AS OFTEN AS WE SHOULD - BOER GOATS! MARKUS SAYS IT’S FEEDING TIME IN THE BARN. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE HIGH TEENS AND LOW TWENTIES. BUT THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO WARM UP LATER IN THE WEEK. AND NOW HERE ARE SOME HOMETOWN TEMPS.
TEASE
SOYBEANS GAINING SOME GROUND EARLY IN THE YEAR - WHICH FACTORS COULD HELP THE MARKET DOWN THE ROAD? AND WE ALL HAVE PICKY EATERS AT HOME- NEW RESEARCH SHOWS HOW TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM AS EARLY AS PREGNANCY. AND MUSIC CITY BRINGS ITS SITES AND SOUNDS TO THE CATTLEMEN’S CONVENTION. A REPORT FROM NASHVILLE. AND MUSIC CITY BRINGS ITS SITES AND SOUNDS TO THE CATTLEMEN’S CONVENTION. A REPORT FROM NASHVILLE. GET THE ROOTS YOUR CROPS NEED, BY GETTING RADIATE FIRST. VISIT LOVELAND PRODUCTS.COM SLASH RADIATE. SEE YOUR CPS DEALER TODAY.
AGRIBUSINESS
IN AGRIBUSINESS- WE’RE ANALYZING THE SOYBEAN COMPLEX. COULD MARGINS STAY PROFITABLE ONCE THE SEED IS IN THE GROUND? CLINTON GRIFFITHS EXPLORES ALL THE FACTORS IN ANALYSIS. JIM MCCORMICK WITH ALLENDALE OUR GUEST HERE AT THE AGRIBUSINESS TODAY JIM LET ‘S TALK ABOUT THIS SOYBEAN MARKET. THE SOYBEAN ISSUE WE WE HAVE PRETTY STRONG PRICES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR BUT THERE ‘S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS STILL OUT THERE YEAH THE PRICES ARE DRIVEN A LOT THE FUND ‘S THE THING A FUND POSITION. CORN MEAL BEAN OIL AND BEANS COMBINED THEY’RE ALMOST AS LONG. NOW THEY WERE LAST SUMMER ON THE MARKET TOPPED OUT SO THE FUNDS OF LOADED INTO THIS BETTING ON THE WEATHER HICCUP WE’RE A DOLLAR TWENTY FIVE HIGHER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME WE THINK WE’RE AT PRICES YOU GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND THE PRODUCER HAS TO SELL UM WE BELIEVE WE’RE GETTING MORE ACRES WERE GONNA GET QUITE A FEW MORE ACRES WITH A TREND YIELD YOUR CARRY-OUT GOING TO GROW AGAIN. WE DID HAVE A RUN UP ON THE ARGENTINA PROBLEM THAT HELPED GIVE US A BOOST IN THE NEAR TERM HIGHS THAT CROP SEEMS TO HAVE STABILIZED WHILE THE BRAZILIAN CROP. CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE IT ‘S GONNA GET BIGGER AND BIGGER AND IT ‘S GOING OFF SET A GOOD CHUNK OF THE LOSSES IN THE NET SOUTH AMERICA ‘S CROP COULD BE AN ALL TIME HIGH. WELL ALL TIME HIGH DOWN IN SOUTH AMERICA BUT HERE LET ‘S DISSECT SOMETHING YOU SAID THERE AS FAR AS ACREAGE GOES HERE YOU KNOW WE’VE WE’VE HEARD ALL OVER THE GAME. SAME AS USUAL MORE THAN EVER. WHAT DO YOU THINK WE’RE GUESSING FOUR FOR FOUR TO FIVE MILLION MORE ACRES OF BEANS. WE THINK A GOOD CHUNK OF IT ‘S GONNA COME OUT THE WHEAT WHILE WE KNOW THERE IS LESS WHEAT BEING PLANTED. WE’VE HEARD AS MUCH AS SEVENTY PERCENT OF SOME OF THE WHEAT ACREAGE IN KANSAS THAT IS NOT GOING TO WHEAT COULD BE GOING TO BEANS. WE LOOK FOR C R P ACRES TO COME OUT AND WE’RE ALSO LOOK FOR SOME OF THE FARMER ‘S TO TO MOVE OUR GREAT NON FARM BUSINESSES OF A CORN. FARMERS TO MOVE IN THE BEANS ECONOMICALLY THE U S FARMER IS TIGHT HE HAD A ROUGH YEAR LAST YEAR. THE PRICES IF HE DID NOT SELL OUT EARLY THEY HAD A HARD TIME GETTING CORN OVER THREE FIFTY CASH FOR THE LAST NINE MONTHS IT ‘S PUT THEM OF ALL QUITE A FEW FARMERS IN A FINANCIAL PINCH THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS BEANS ARE CHEAPER TO PLANT. THE YIELD THERE COMING ON STRONG SO THERE ‘S AN ECONOMIC AND A FISCAL REASON FOR THEM TO GO AND PLANT THE BEANS OK AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS MONTH YOU’RE SAYING GET BUSY WHAT ELSE SO AS GOOD THING MARK MARK GO THROUGH LESS A MONTH WERE RECOMMENDING GUYS ME WITH A BANKER ‘S COME OF THE GAME PLAN OUR BIGGEST TOOL WE CAN SAY IS WORK WITH YOUR BANKER HE ‘S THERE TO HELP YOU OUT COME OF THE GAME PLAN AND LOCK IN THESE PRICES. WE’RE OPTIMISTIC ON THE CORN WILL BOUNCE A LITTLE BIT THAT WE GET CORN OVER FOUR FOUR TWENTY FIVE. ‘S ZONE WE’RE SAYING GUYS OF ITS PROFITABLE UNITS OR MARKETING GRAIN ALRIGHT WE’LL DO IT THANK JIM WE’LL BE BACK WIT MORE AGDAY IN JUST A MINUTE TO TALK TO JIM MCCORMICK ONE ON ONE CONTACT ALLENDALE INCORPORATED AT 815-578-6166 OR EMAIL JIM AT JMCCORMICK AT ALLENDALE DASH INC DOT COM. THE NEXT GENERATION OF HEAVY DUTY ENGINE OILS ARE HERE. INTRODUCING DELO 400 WITH ISOSYN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. THE NEW DELO 400 PRODUCT LINE IS BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER.
WEATHER
AGDAY WEATHER - BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LIBERTYLINK SYSTEM, A SIMPLY BETTER SOLUTION FROM BAYER. WELCOME BACK TO AGDAY WITH METEOROLOGIST MIKE HOFFMAN. MIKE IT LOOKS AS IF WITH THIS MAP OVER HERE A LOT OF AREAS WILL RECEIVE SOME RAIN OR SNOW. YOU HAVE SEVERAL SYSTEMS MOVING FROM OUT WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS IS ALSO THE REASON WE CAN’T GET COLD AIR IN HERE THIS WINTER TO STICK AND STAY BECAUSE THE SYSTEM’S JUST KEEP COMING OFF THE PACIFIC. BUT OF COURSE WITH ALL THOUGH SYSTEMS MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST WE GOTTEN RID OF A HUGE DROUGHT AREAS IN THE SOUTHWEST AND THE SOUTHEAST OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WINTER. SO IT HAS BEEN PRETTY AMAZING YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH NEW ENGLAND FAIR AMOUNT OF SNOW A LOT OF THAT IN CANADA, A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN IN IN THE SOUTHEAST WITH A SECOND LITTLE SYSTEM RIDING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND THIS ONE IN NEBRASKA WILL SPREAD AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE PLAINS MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. AND OF COURSE THE NEXT SYSTEM COMING INTO THE WEST COAST MORE RAIN MORE SNOW FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WESTERN WASHINGTON WESTERN OREGON AND THAT’LL BE MOVING INTO THE REST OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AS WELL. NOW THIS A PRETTY COLD AIR MASS COMING SOUTHWARD AGAIN BUT IT ‘S GONNA BE AROUND IN MOST AREAS ABOUT TWO DAYS. AND THEN IT’S OFF TO THE EAST AGAIN AS WE’LL SEE THE SYSTEM MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO BY LATER ON TODAY YOU CAN SEE THAT LIGHT SNOW ACROSS MANY PARTS OF INDIANA OHIO TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST SYSTEM IS A MOVING AWAY OFFSHORE. AND THE NORTHEAST SYSTEM MOVING AWAY AS WELL. SO AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT THEN THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO QUICKLY MOVE TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC AS IT HITS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WE’RE GONNA SEE IT INTENSIFY. AND IT’S GOING TO BE A PRETTY DECENT SNOWFALL FOR PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST, SOME OF THE BIG CITIES AS WELL NEXT SYSTEM LOTS OF MOISTURE COMING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. HEADING THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW YOU CAN SEE THAT SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD OUTWEST AND OF COURSE THAT WARM FRONT WILL MEAN THE END OF THE COLD AIR AFTER ABOUT TWO DAYS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE GREAT LAKES. PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS SOME PRETTY HEAVY AMOUNTS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EVEN SOME REPORTS OF TORNADOES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN ALL PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND GULF COAST AREA. THAT NEXT SYSTEM OUT WEST AGAIN THE SIERRA NEVADA IS GETTING HAMMERED AND THEY’RE GONNA SEE SOME MORE WITH THAT NEXT SYSTEM COMING IN. LOOK AT ALL THE RED ALONG THE WEST COAST IN THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BUT CHECKING SNOWFALL ESTIMATES WE’VE ALREADY SEEN SOME DECENT AMOUNTS HIGHER ELEVATIONS NORTHERN ROCKIES SIERRA NEVADA IS PART OF THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND ADDING IN THE NEXT THIRTY SIX HOURS WE’LL SEE THIS TRIP ON SNOW MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST AGAIN AND INTENSIFIES BY THE EAST COAST AND THE HIGHER AMOUNTS CONTINUE OUT WEST. TEMPERATURES SINGLE DIGITS FOR HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON, 70S AND 80S TO THE SOUTH THIS COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTH SO LOWS TOMORROW MORNING MINUS TEN IN SOME AREAS UP ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER HIGHS TOMORROW AFTERNOON ONLY 21 IN CHICAGO AND STILL IN THE SIXTIES ALONG THE GULF COAST EVEN WITH THAT COLDER AIR COMING IN. THE JET STREAM AND SHOWS THAT QUICK A LITTLE BLAST OF COLD AIR THEN WE GO ZONAL FOR A LITTLE WHILE BUT THIS CUT OFF IN THE SOUTHWEST MAY ALLOW THE COLD AIR RETURN FOR THE GREAT LAKES TO NEW ENGLAND FOR NEXT WEEK. THAT ‘S A LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW LET ‘S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME LOCAL FORECASTS. WE HEAD TO TACOMA WASHINGTON FIRST OF ALL CLOUDY AND CHILLY TIMES OF RAIN. HIGH TEMP OF 42 DEGREES. GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA CLOUDY WITH A BIT OF SNOW HIGH OF ONLY TWENTY THREE AND FINALLY PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND CLOUDY AND WARMER. SHOWERS POSSIBLE HIGH OF FIFTY EIGHT.
TEASE
STILL TO COME - WE RETURN TO THE 2017 CATTLEMEN’S CONVENTION WITH A UNIQUE “SOUND” OF THE SHOW. VEGGIES AND YOUR KIDS DON’T ALWAYS SEE EYE-TO-EYE. SO WHAT CAN PARENTS DO TO PREVENT THAT CLASH? DETAILS NEXT IN OUR PACKER TV REPORT. AGDAY - BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOP THIRD AG MARKETING. FARMER-FIRST, WITH A PLAN FOR EVERY MARKET.
PACKER TV
IN NEWS FROM PACKER T-V - THE AG DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUY ABOUT 37 MILLION POUNDS OF APPLES AND APPLE PRODUCTS. USDA ROUTINELY PURCHASES AG PRODUCTS TO CONTROL MARKET PRICES AND TO AID FARMERS. ACCORDING TO FRUIT-GROWER-NEWS-DOT-COM, THIS IS A 15 MILLION DOLLAR PURCHASE. THE U-K IS FACING A PRODUCE SHORTAGE - LIMITING HOW MUCH CONSUMERS MAY PURCHASE. ACCORDING TO BBC NEWS BROCCOLI AND ICEBURG LETTUCE ARE SOME ITEMS AFFECTED THE MOST. IT’S SUCH A SHORTAGE THAT SOME U-K BASED SUPERMARKETS ARE CAPPING HOW MUCH CUSTOMERS FROM BUYING BROCCOLLI AND ICEBERG LETTUCE IN BULK. LETTUCE LOVERS ARE TURNING TO SPAIN FOR PRODUCTION BUT THE COUNTRY WAS HIT HARD BY ICY WEATHER AS WELL. FOR MANY CHILDREN - ESPECIALLY PICKY-EATERS - VEGETABLES ARE NOT ALWAYS A WELCOME SIGHT AT THE DINNER TABLE. BUT AS ADULTS, WE UNDERTAND THE HEALTH VALUES OF EATING BROCCOLLI, SPINACH AND PEAS. THE PROBLEM OF GETTING CHILDREN TO EAT THOSE PESKY GREENS CAN LINGER ON INTO ADULTHOOD IF NOT TACKLED EARLY ON. ONE RESEARCHER AT KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SAYS YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT POTENTIAL SHOW- DOWN A LOT SOONER THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. “DURING PREGNANCY WE’VE GOT A DEVELOPING EMBRYO AND FETUS THAT IS GETTING SOME BITS OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE OUTSIDE WORLD IS GOING TO BE LIKE AND TASTE PREFERENCES IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WOMEN WHO ARE EXPOSED TO THESE BITTER POLYPHENOLICS IN VEGETABLES, THEN HAVE KIDS THAT ARE MORE RECEPTIVE TO THEM WHEN THEY TRY THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME.” > ALTHOUGH EARLY EXPOSURE IS KEY, ONCE CHILDREN ARE BORN, PARENTS NEED TO CONTINUE TO REINFORCE GOOD EATING HABITS. ROSENKRANZ SAYS HAVE CHILDREN HELP PREPARE MEALS BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE MORE INCLINED TO LIKE A VEGETABLE THEY HAVE MADE. HE ALSO WARNS PARENTS NOT TO “HIDE” VEGGIES INSIDE MEALS BECAUSE THAT COULD TEACH CHILDREN THAT VEGETABLES ARE BAD.
TEASE
WHEN WE COME BACK - NASHVILLE FLAIR AT THE CATTLEMEN’S CONVENTION. HERE’S YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A DREAM SPORTS TRIP, PLUS A $10,000 DONATION FOR A COMMUNITY SPACE. TEXT DREAM TO 31313 TO ENTER TODAY.
IN THE COUNTRY
IN THE COUNTRY - SPONSORED BY KUBOTA. DISCOVER THE POWER BEHIND THE M6 SERIES AT KUBOTA.COM.THE CATTLE INDUSTRY CONVENTION AND NCBA TRADE SHOW IS ALL FOCUSING ON THE INDUSTRY - BUT ONE OF OUR PHOTOJOURNALISTS IS CAPTURING WHAT MANY MAY OVERLOOK DURING THE SHOW - THE SITES AND SOUNDS OF HAVING A TRADE SHOW IN THE HEART OF MUSIC CITY. PHOTOJOURNALIST RUSS HNATUSKO HAS THE STORY FROM NASHVILLE. LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY WHO ‘S INTERESTED IN THIS INDUSTRY IS THERE TODAY AND SO IT ‘S GREAT THAT WE HAVE A CLEARINGHOUSE SO TO SPEAK WHERE EVERYBODY CAN COME AND SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS IT’S A GOOD TRADE SHOW THAT ‘S A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR US ON A RANCH WHEN YOU HEAR NASHVILLE WHAT DO YOU THINK OF COUNTRY MUSIC MUSIC WE’LL WE’RE A NASHVILLE BAND PLAYS A LOT OF COWBOY MUSIC COWBOY JAZZ AND COUNTRY MUSIC BOY IF OUR BAND AIN’T THE RIGHT BAND I DON’T WHICH BAND WOULD BE I TELL YOU WHAT WE PLAY THE TEXAS SWING IN OKLAHOMA DANCE MUSIC AND TRADITIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC AND A LOT OF COWBOYS SONGS TO WE GET CALLED TO DO THESE REALLY FUN GIGS HERE AT OPRYLAND AND THIS WAS ONE OF THEM AND THEY SAID ALL COWBOY SONGS WELL I’M PLAYING FOR THREE HOURS TONIGHT SO I ONLY KNOW SO MANY COWBOY SONGS AND I’M TRYING NOT TO BE REPETITIVE. MY MOM ‘S SIDE OF THE FAMILY WE’RE FARMING PEOPLE SO I FEEL PRETTY COMFORTABLE. THERE ARE A LOT OF COWBOY HATS IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT A LOT OF LITTLE KIDS REALLY ENJOY IT I GET TO BE A PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN THIS ROOM SO I’M HERE FOR BACKGROUND MUSIC JUST KIND OF GUIDE PEOPLE LONG AS THEY’RE WALKING AROUND AND GETTING TO SEE ALL THE GREAT EXHIBITS.
CLOSE
THANKS RUSS. THAT’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THIS MORNING. WE’RE GLAD YOU TUNED IN. FOR MIKE HOFFMAN AND CLINTON GRIFFITHS I’M BETSY JIBBEN. HAVE A GOOD DAY.
