TODAY ON AGDAY
JULY 10 ,2017
HEADLINES
FARM LAND VALUES STABILIZE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS-- IN AGRIBUSINESS...PREPARING FOR ANOTHER WEATHER DRIVEN TRADING WEEK. MACHINERY PETE IS ON AN ALLIS CHALMERS TRAIL. AND ITS PICKING TIME IF YOU’RE WILLING TO WORK FOR IT AT U-PICK IN TENNESSEE. AGDAY-BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DEPENDABLE, LONG LASTING CHEVY SILVERADO.
FARM LAND VALUES
GOOD MORNING I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. AFTER A NEARLY TWO YEAR RUN OF FALLING FARMLAND VALUES IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, IT APPEARS THE TREND MAY HAVE RUN ITS COURSE. IN ITS QUARTERLY LAND VALUES AND CREDIT SURVEY, THE DALLAS FEDERAL RESERVE SAYS BANKERS IN THE REGION EXPECT TO SEE FARMLAND VALUES START TO PUSH HIGHER IN THE COMING MONTHS. THE DALLAS FED SAYS DRYLAND VALUES ROSE FOUR-POINT-THREE PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO. IRRIGATED CROPLAND SEEING A FIVE-POINT-THREE PERCENT RISE YEAR OVER YEAR. AND RANCHLAND PUSHED HIGHER THREE-POINT-SEVEN PERCENT FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR. THE DALLAS FED ALSO FOUND “DEMAND FOR AGRICULTURAL LOANS OVERALL DECREASED FOR A SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE QUARTER. LOAN RENEWALS AND EXTENSIONS CONTINUED TO INCREASE, BUT AT A SLOWER PACE. THE RATE OF LOAN REPAYMENT STABILIZED AFTER DECLINING FOR TWO YEARS. AFTER A SLIDE IN FARMLAND VALUES ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS AND THE MIDWEST, IT APPEARS THINGS ARE LOOKING UP IN TEXAS. TYNE MORGAN HEADS TO THE LONE STAR STATE TO FIND OUT WHY. STANDING ON THE BROWNING RANCH JUST OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, KASEY MOCK SEES A RAPID CHANGE. WHAT WAS ONCE A RURAL DESTINATION, IS NOW ON THE EDGE OF SUBERBIA. THIS IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING AREAS IN TEH COUNTRY. AND THAT’S PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON US AS PRIVATE LAND OWNERS BECAUSE AS RANCHERS AND FARMERS ARE TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THIS PROEPRTY, WITH PROPERTY VALUES RAPIDLY EXPANDING, MAKES IT HARDER TO KEEP LEASE GROUND, BUT ALSO VERY TEMPTING TO SELL PROPERTY> IN 2016, FORBES NAMED AUSTIN THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE U.S. AND NUMBER THREE ON THAT LIST WAS DALLAS. IT’S THE LOCATION MAKING THESE PARCELS OF PROPERTY PRIME REAL ESTATE... WE’VE BOUGHT REAL ESTATE IN THIS AREA OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS FORA S LITTLE AS $15,000 AND AS MUCH AS $30,000 AN ACRE FOR RAW RANCHLAND.. UN IMPROVED PROPERTY. MOCK SAYS THAT’ PRICE DOUBLED IN LESS THAN 10 YEARS. IT’S NOT JUST AUSTIN SEEING RAPID GROWTH. OF AMERICA’S 100 LARGEST CITIES, 13 CALL TEXAS HOME. TEXAS FARM BUREAU PRESIDENT RUSSEL BOENING FARMS 35 MILES SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO... WHICH IS THE COUNTRY’S SEVENTH MOST POPULOUS CITY. BUT WHEN YOU GET CLOSE TO SOME OF THOSE BIG CITIES, IT’S NOT JUST THE PRICE OF HTE LAND, IT’S EVERYTHING ELSE, THAT COMES WITH IT, MORE PEOPLE, WE’RE STANDING IN FRONT OF A HIGHWAY AND 4 VEHICLES HAVE GONE BY. IF YOU’RE CLOSER TO HOUSTON OR SAN ANTONIO, IT WOULD AHVE BEEN 40 TO 100 VEHICLES GOING BY. URBAN SPRAWL IS NOT ONLY MAKING IT HARD TO FARM, BUT ULTIMTELY DRIVING SOME OUT OF BUSINESS. THERE’S FEWER AND FEWER FULLTIME PRODUCERS IN MY AREA. FROM WHERE WE’RE STANDING, 10 PRODUCERS HAVE GONE OUT OF BSUINESS WITHIN 10 MILES OF HERE. , TI’S CHANGED, IT’S CHANGED OUR AREA.YOU ALSO SEE AFFLUENT, WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS WANTING A RECREATIONAL PIECE OF PROPERTY WITHIN A COMMUTER DISTANCE OF AUSTIN. SO THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY OUT COMPETE THE FARMERS AND RANCHER FOR PRICE PER ACRE ON THIS RANCH, BECAUS IT DOESN’T HAVE TO PENCIL OUT FOR THEM ON A PRODUCTIVE BASIS.MOCK SAYS THEY’RE SEEING MORE LAND PUSHED OUT OF PRODUCTION AGRIUCLTURE AND TURNED INTO RECREATIONAL USE LIKE HUNTING. SO WE SEE LANDOWNERS ACTUALLY MAKING MORE MONEY IN SOME CASES OFF OF HTE HUTNIN INDUSTRY OR OTHER USES LIKE VINEYARDS GRAPES FOR WINE THAN THEY WOUDL RUNNING CATTLE.DESPITE OBSTACLES, IT’S THE DRIVE TO SURVIVE THAT’S KEEPING MANY TEXAS FARMERS AND RANCHERS AFLOAT. THE ESTATE TAX IS ALSO A MAJOR ISSUE FOR TEXAS LANDOWNERS. BOTH BOENING AND MOCK TOLD TNYE AS LAND VALUES CONTINUE ON THEIR UPWARD TREND, THE ESTATE TAX IS TURNING INTO AN EVEN BIGGER BURDEN FOR MULTI- GENERATIONAL FARMS.
ARKANSAS DICAMBA BAN
IN OTHER NEWS ARKANSAS’ TEMPORARY EMERGENCY BAN ON DICAMBA GOES INTO EFFECT AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE STATE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DID NOT TAKE ACTION FRIDAY TO BLOCK THE BAN, SO IT NOW AUTOMATICALLY GOES INTO EFFECT.. THE PLANT BOARD HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 500 COMPLAINTS ABOUT DAMAGE TO CROPS ALLEGEDLY DUE TO DICAMBA DRIFT.
SEVERAL STATES ARE SEEKING TO JOIN A LEGAL CHALLENGE TO A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DECISION TO KEEP A WIDELY USED PESTICIDE ON THE MARKET. LED BY NEW YORK, THE COALITION FILED A MOTION WEDNESDAY TO INTERVENE IN A LEGAL FIGHT OVER THE CONTINUED SPRAYING OF
CHLORPYRIFOS ON FOOD. THE SUIT IS PENDING BEFORE THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE STATES CLAIM THAT EPA CHIEF SCOTT PRUITT VIOLATED THE LAW BY ENDING HIS AGENCY’S EFFORT TO BAN THE PESTICIDE SOLD BY DOW CHEMICAL AFTER FEDERAL SCIENTISTS CONCLUDED IT CAN INTERFERE WITH THE BRAIN DEVELOPMENT OF FETUSES AND INFANTS.
CROP COMMENTS
LETS CHECK ON CROP COMMENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH METEOROLOGIST MIKE HOFFMAN. GOOD MORNING MIKE. GOOD MORNING CLINTON. IT APPEARS THE MIDSOUTH MAY BE THE GARDEN SPOT THIS YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO THE CORN CROP OUTSIDE THE MIDWEST, LAST WEEK’S CROP PROGRESS REPORT SHOWS 89-PERCENT OF THE TENNESSEE CORN CROP IS GOOD TO EXCELLENT. IT’S 85-PERCENT IN KENTUCKY. AND 80-PERCENT OF NORTH CAROLINA GETS THOSE HIGH MARKS. THE UPDATED CROP PROGRESS REPORT COMES OUT THIS AFTERNOON. AND IN MICHIGAN - “NASS” SAYS HARVEST OF EARLY BLUEBERRY VARIETIES BEGAN IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE, FRUIT QUALITY WAS REPORTED AS EXCELLENT, BUT FRUIT SIZE WAS AN ISSUE WITH SOME DUE TO A LATE FROST. AND NOW HERE ARE SOME HOMETOWN TEMPS.
TEASE
UP NEXT ITS OUR MONDAY MARKET ROUNDTABLE. OUR GUESTS JOIN TO HELP SET THE STAGE FOR THE TRADING WEEK AHEAD. PLUS MACHINERY PETE. YOU LOVE ALLIS CHALMERS TRACTORS WELL IF YOU DO STAY TUNED YOU’RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS MY REPORT.AND SUMMER TIME IS PICKING TIME FOR FAMILIES LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THE CITY AND ONTO A FARM. GET THE ROOTS YOUR CROPS NEED, BY GETTING RADIATE FIRST. VISIT LOVELAND PRODUCTS.COM SLASH RADIATE. SEE YOUR CPS DEALER TODAY.
FLOOR OF THE CME
IN AGRIBUSINESS LETS CATCH UP WITH MARKETS FROM FRIDAY AS WE SET THE STAGE FOR A NEW WEEK. DETAILS FROM THE FLOOR OF THE CME IN CHICAGO. HOT AND DRY WEATHER AND TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES ARE REALLY ENSURING THAT VOLATILITY IS HERE TO STAY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER IN SOYBEANS HAD A BIG SURGE TODAY BROKE THROUGH THAT $10 MARK AND WE’RE OFF TO THE RACES AFTER THAT. WEATHER WORRIES REALLY ABOUND AND THE MARKET HAS REALLY SHRUGGED OFF THIS OVERBOUGHT CONDITIONS. THERE SOME SERIOUS CROP STRESS OUT THERE CERTAINLY LEAKING OUTSIDE THE NORTHERN PLAINS WHERE THE ORIGINAL HOT AND DRY WEATHER STARTED. IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE SPREADING EVEN FURTHER. CORN ALSO WAS HIGHER NOW. IT’S BEEN, WE’VE BEEN GETTING SOME OVERFLOW BUYING FROM THE WHEAT AND FROM THE SOYBEANS BUT IT’S CERTAINLY TODAY RECAPTURED IT’S FOUR OR NINE HIGH FROM LAST MONTH. CERTAINLY THESE TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO START TO AFFECT THE CATTLE AND THE FEEDER MARKETS. RIGHT NOW WE EXPECT THAT THE FEEDING IS GOING TO BE LESS AND SOME OF THE WEIGHTS MAY BE REDUCED SOMEWHAT. THAT’S ALL FROM THE FLOOR OF THE CME GROUP I’M VIRGINIA MCGATHY.
AGRIBUSINESS
JOE VACLAVIK STANDARD GRAIN AND ANDY SHISSLER WITH S&W TRADING OUR GUESTS HERE LET’S TALK ABOUT PREPARING FOR THIS WEEK AS WE KICK OFF ON A MONDAY SHORT WEEK LAST WEEK WITH TRADE. WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING AS WE GET READY. WE’LL START WITH YOU JOE. THE MARKET WILL CONTINUE TO REACT TO WEATHER FORECASTS AND PATTERNS AND ULTIMATELY WHAT TYPE OF YIELDS THE TRADERS BELIEVE THEY CAN PUNCH INTO THEIR BALANCE SHEETS. THAT’S THOSE ARE THE BIG TICKET ITEMS THIS TIME OF YEAR IT’S REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS CROP CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO START TO MEAN MORE AS WE GET FURTHER TOWARD POLLINATION AND EVEN MORE SO INTO AUGUST. TRADE WILL START TO TAKE THE USDA PROJECTIONS A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUSLY IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER THE JULY JULY. ESTIMATES DON’T HAVE MUCH OF A CORRELATION TO THE FINAL NUMBERS. YEAH AS YOU WATCH WEATHER ANDY WHAT ARE YOU SEEING WHAT ARE YOU. KIND OF. WHAT’S YOUR READ OF THIS CROP FROM FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. TOTALLY DIFFERENT. LIKE WE GET A FORECAST AND THEY THEY CALL FOR RAIN AND YOU GET HUMIDITY WHICH YOU DON’T GET RAIN. AND SO IT’S HITTING THE SAME SPOTS AS WE SEE THESE SPORADIC THUNDERSTORMS FIRE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING MISSED. AND I THINK WE’VE WE’VE HAD ENOUGH PEOPLE GETTING THIS LONG ENOUGH THAT I THINK IT’S NOT DOABLE AT THE 170 FOR ME. I JUST DON’T THINK SO. I THINK THE TRADE IS GOING TO START QUESTIONING ARE WE AT A 165. AND THEN IF YOU’VE GOT ANOTHER WEEK WHERE THEY HAD MORE HEAT AROUND THEY START TALKING A 160. AND IF THOSE ARE REAL OR I DON’T KNOW BUT JUST THE PERCEPTION OF IT WOULD REALLY PUT A BOOST IN PRICES. NOW IT MIGHT BE A BIG OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SUMMER BUT THE WEATHER IS JUST SO ERRATIC KIND OF MODELS IT’S JUST HARD TO LOOK AT. I’VE GOT TO TELL YOU YOU THINK TOP ENDS OUT WE’RE WE’VE LOST IT. I THINK IT’S KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HAD THE REALLY BAD START THE EASTERN CORN BELT IN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA AND OHIO AND THAT’S REFLECTED IN THE CROP RATINGS. INDIANA AND OHIO ESPECIALLY ARE WAY BELOW LAST YEAR. SURE. BUT NOW THE HEAT AND THE DRYNESS THAT THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT IS IN THE WESTERN CORN BELT. SO NOW YOU’VE GOT SOME POTENTIAL PROBLEMS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER WHICH IS ULTIMATELY PROBLEMATIC. SO I THINK THERE’S ENOUGH YIELD RISK HERE FOR THE MOMENT TO KEEP THESE PRICES ELEVATED AND HOPEFULLY INTO SOME NEW HIGHS HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. SO MAYBE A CHANCE TO DO SOME MARKETING THIS YEAR AND TRY TO GET PROFITABLE. YEAH I THINK WE PLANNED IT IN SUCH TOUGH CONDITIONS THAT WE PUT MOST OF THE ACRES IN. SO WE DIDN’T SEE MUCH PRE-VET PLAN RIGHT IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THEY WERE DOING THEIR NUMBERS SHOWING SO MUCH THERE. BUT THE ACRES WENT IN AND YOU DIDN’T GET THE POPULATION OUT OF IT. SO I THINK THAT BEAN POPULATIONS THIS YEAR ARE REALLY POOR AND THAT’S WHY I’M FROM THE BEANS. I THINK THAT BEING POPULATION IS EVEN WORSE THAN CORN NOW BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN SLAMMED ALL THAT STUFF IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN IT DIDN’T RAIN FOR A MONTH. RIGHT. THAT DOESN’T DO GOOD FOR THIS DOESN’T IT. REAL QUICK JOE ON THE CATTLE MARKET THIS WEEK AND THE THING THAT YOU’RE WATCHING. I’M HOPING THAT WE’VE COME TO SOME SORT OF BOTTOM HERE SHORT TERM AT LEAST THE FUNDAMENTAL STUFF HAS ALL BEEN BAD THE CASH MARKET’S BEEN DOWN THE BOX BEEF MARKET IS FALLING OUT OF BED. SO ALL THAT STUFF IS KIND OF NEGATIVE. THE SPREADS HAVE LEVELED OUT. SO I DON’T THINK WE’RE GOING BACK TO 100 BUCKS ANYTIME SOON BUT MAYBE MORE OF A RANGE BOUND TYPE DEAL IS WHAT TO EXPECT. ALL RIGHT IT’S GOING TO BE ANOTHER BUSY WEEK. GENTLEMEN THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE’LL BE BACK WITH MORE AGDAY IN JUST A MINUTE. ARE YOU A GAME CHANGER? KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS? CHEVRON IS SEARCHING FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MADE AN IMPACT ON THE INDUSTRY. SHARE YOUR NOMINEE AT CHEVRONDELO DOT COM SLASH GAME CHANGERS! DELO: LET’S GO FURTHER.
WEATHER
WELCOME BACK TO AGDAY HERE WITH METEOROLOGIST MIKE HOFFMAN MIKE SUMMER WEATHER ALWAYS CRAZY IT SEEMS LIKE. AND IF WE LOOK AT RAINFALL OVER THE PAST WEEK YOU CAN SEE WE’RE KIND OF THOSE POP UP SHOWERS HAVE BEEN LIVING. YEAH. AND THEY REALLY HAVE THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST THERE’S BEEN POP UP SHOWERS AND STORMS SOME OF THEM HEAVY BUT THE HEAVIEST IS IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. IN FACT AS WE ZOOM IN ON PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS YOU CAN SEE SOME AREAS AT EIGHT INCHES PLUS OF RAIN FROM A WEEK AGO SATURDAY TO THIS PAST FRIDAY. SO VERY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN PLACES LIKE THAT AND OF COURSE IT WAS SCATTERED THROUGH OTHER PARTS OF THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY. HERE’S THE JETSTREAM AS WE START THIS WEEK THEN WE’RE STARTING OFF WITH A TROUGH IN THE GREAT LAKES AND THE EAST THAT’S KEEPING THINGS COOLER THAN NORMAL. THE REDS IT’S BEEN PRETTY MUCH CENTERED OUT WEST AND SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT EASTWARD INTO THE FAR WESTERN PLAINS EASTERN ROCKIES BUT A LITTLE BIT OF A TROUGH COMING IN. BUT HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS. THE RIDGE KIND OF FLATTENS EVERYTHING OUT FOR A WHILE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AND THEN IT GOES SHIFTING RIGHT BACK TO THE WEST AGAIN AND THE TROUGH BUILDS INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND THE EAST SO WHILE THE GREAT LAKES EAST OHIO VALLEY WILL WARM UP FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS THIS WEEK. IT DOES START TO COOL BACK DOWN BELOW NORMAL AGAIN AS WE HEAD TOWARD FRIDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND WITH THAT TROUGH KIND OF CONTINUING AND EVEN MORE ENERGY DIVING INTO IT AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK SO THAT APPEARS TO BE THE PATTERN WE’VE SETTLED INTO WITH. GENERALLY A TROUGH IN THE EAST AND A RIDGE OUT WEST THAT KEEPS IT VERY HOT AND VERY DRY IN MOST OF THE WEST. HERE ARE THE TEMPERATURES I’M EXPECTING THIS WEEK FROM THE FAR WESTERN GREAT LAKES ACROSS INTO THE NORTHWEST DOWN INTO THE SOUTHWEST ABOVE NORMAL EXCEPT FOR THE FAR NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HIM GOING BELOW NORMAL FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN APPALACHIANS IT’LL BE KIND OF BACK AND FORTH IN THE GREAT LAKES ALL DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT RIDGE AND TROUGH SETS UP PRECIPITATION THIS WEEK AND GOING ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE SOUTHEAST EXCEPT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA. ALSO FOR MOST OF THE GREAT LAKES AND SOME OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS ABOVE NORMAL AND THEN BELOW NORMAL MUCH OF MEXICO INTO TEXAS ALL THE WAY UP INTO PARTS OF NEBRASKA AND IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BACK TO WASHINGTON DOWN IN CALIFORNIA BELOW NORMAL AS WELL. AS FAR AS A 30 DAY OUTLOOK FOR TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO GO BELOW NORMAL FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE FAR NORTH EAST AND EASTERN CANADA. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE PRETTY MUCH MOST OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL WITH THAT HUGE RIDGE STILL SITTING THERE. WE WILL GO NEAR NORMAL BECAUSE IT’S TYPICALLY HOT IN MOST OF CALIFORNIA AND BAJA CALIFORNIA AS WELL. PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS WILL GO IS BELOW NORMAL. NORTHERN MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA. MUCH OF SOUTHERN CANADA INTO THE NORTHWEST NEAR NORMAL FOR THE SOUTHWEST. THAT’S THOSE HIT AND MISS AFTERNOON VARIETY STORMS AND THEN ABOVE NORMAL SITUATION CONTINUES FOR EASTERN KANSAS NEBRASKA OR MISSOURI ALL THE WAY THROUGH MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST WITH THOSE AREAS CONTINUING TO GET A LITTLE BIT WET. THAT’S A LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NOW LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME LOCAL FORECASTS. FIRST OF ALL FOR BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA MOSTLY SUNNY AND HOT AGAIN TODAY HIGH. ONE HUNDRED AND SIX MORE HOT AREAS AS WELL. MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA PARTLY SUNNY HOT AND HUMID HIGH OF 92 AND CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE LOTS OF SUNSHINE. HOT AND HUMID HIGH. 91.
TEASE
UP NEXT - MACHINERY PETE PUTS A PRICE ON SOME ALLIS-CHALMERS. PLUS IT’S BERRY PICKING TIME. I’M CHARLES DENNEY. WE’RE PICKING BERRIES AT BATEY FARM IN MURFREESBORO TENNESSEE. THAT STORY COMING UP ON AGDAY.AGDAY IS POWERED BY RAM TRUCKS - AMERICA’S LONGEST LASTING PICKUPS.
MACHINERY PETE
“MACHINERY PETE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY JOHN DEERE…WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF JOHN DEERE CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED TRACTORS, COMBINES AND SPRAYERS? MACHINE FINDER-DOT-COM … SOMETIMES THE BEST NEW ADDITION TO YOUR FLEET ISN’T NEW!” MACHINERY PETE SEES A LOT OF VARIETY IN HIS TRAVEL TO AUCTION. TODAY HE TALKS SPECIFICS. GREG. ALL YOU ALLIS CHALMERS FANS OUT THERE. THIS WEEK’S REPORT IS JUST FOR YOU. A WEEK AGO SATURDAY ON A FARM AUCTION EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS 1984 ALLIS 0830 WITH ONLY 2101 HOURS ON IT SECOND OWNER SOLD ON A FARM AUCTION FOR $30000. NOW IT’S THE SECOND HIGHEST AUCTION PRICE I’VE EVER SEEN IN THE U.S. ON AN 8030 IT’S ONLY $250 OFF THE HIGH PRICE. NOW THAT SAME DAY WE CAN GO SATURDAY. I COVERED A FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA WHERE THIS JUST GORGEOUS RESTORED 1972 ALLIS 220 TWO WHEEL DRIVE TRACTOR SOLD A TON OF INTEREST IN THIS THING. ONE HOPES ON FOR $40000 WHICH THAT IS THE HIGHEST AUCTION PRICE I’VE EVER SEEN ON A TWO WHEEL DRIVE 220. NOW THIS SAME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AUCTION IF WE STAY IN AGGOLD GLEANER FAMILY AND A PAIR OF COLUMBINES AT A 2006 GLEANER R65 LONE HUNDRED ENGINE HOURS ON IT. IT’ SOLD FOR EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH NO HEAD. AND THAT’S THE HIGHEST AUCTION PRICE I’VE SEEN ON OUR 65 IN SIX YEARS. AND THE 1982 GLEANER N6 SERIES THREE WITH TWENTY SIX HUNDRED TWELVE HOURS ON. WELL THAT’S OVER 12000 TO 500 WITH NO HEAD ALL TIME RECORD HIGH PRICE. JUST MORE PROOF HERE FOLKS IT DOESN’T MATTER IF IT’S A GREEN RED BLUE OR ORANGE IF YOU TAKE GREAT CARE OF YOUR EQUIPMENT IT WILL HOLD ITS VALUE.
IN THE COUNTRY
UP NEXT - GRAB A PALE AND HEAD TO THE “YOU PICK” PATCH. IN THE COUNTRY IS NEXT. AGDAY - BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOP THIRD AG MARKETING. FARMER-FIRST, WITH A PLAN FOR EVERY MARKET.
IN THE COUNTRY
IN THE COUNTRY - SPONSORED BY KUBOTA. SEE THE HARDEST WORKING TRACTORS IN AG AT KUBOTA.COM. OR VISIT YOUR LOCAL KUBOTA DEALER TODAY. IF YOU HAVE A TASTE FOR FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES - AND YOU’RE WILLING TO DO A LITTLE WORK – YOU MIGHT ENJOY A VISIT TO A ‘PICK-YOUR-OWN’ FARM.THIS TIME OF YEAR, MANY OF THESE FARMS FEATURE STRAWBERRIES, BLUEBERRIES AND BLACKBERRIES. IN THIS REPORT PROVIDED BY THE U-T INSTITUTE OF AG CHARLES DENNEY TAKES US TO AN OPERATION WHERE YOUR HARD WORK YIELDS TASTY RESULTS.IT’S AS SIMPLE AS JUST SHOWING UP. BATEY FARMS IN MURFREESBORO INCLUDES THIS FIELD WITH BIG, DELICIOUS STRAWBERRIES. AT BATEY, THEY PROVIDE THE BUCKETS. YOU DO THE PICKING, AND PAY BY THE POUND. BRANDON WHITT: “YOU CAN GO OUT. YOU PICK AS MANY AS YOU LIKE. WE HAVE FOLKS LITERALLY COME UP AND GET TEN STRAWBERRIES. IT’S WHAT THEY WANTED FOR BREAKFAST THE NEXT MORNING, AND THEY COME AND BUY THOSE STRAWBERRIES. WE HAVE FOLKS COME IN AND BUY TEN GALLONS AT A TIME TO MAKE JAM WITH THE FAMILY.” BRANDON WHITT AND HIS FAMILY’S OPERATION HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1807 – AN EIGHT GENERATION AGRI-BUSINESS WITH PRODUCE, ROW CROPS AND LIVESTOCK. THEY ALSO FEATURE BLUEBERRIES AND BLACKBERRIES, NOT QUITE READY FOR PICKING WHEN WE WERE THERE, BUT CLOSE. BATEY WILL ALSO GROW BARLEY AND OFFER A PICK-YOUR-OWN GARDEN THIS SUMMER WITH TOMATOES AND MELONS."YOU HAVE A FARM THAT’S THRIVING AND GROWING AND ADDING NEW BUSINESS VENTURES THAT REALLY CONTINUE THE PROGRESS OF OPENING THE FARM GATE TO THE COMMUNITY.” CHARLES DENNEY: “OUR STATE’S CLIMATE WORKS WELL FOR FRUIT. PROVIDED WE DON’T HAVE A LATE SEASON COLD SNAP AND GET THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF RAIN, WE GROW A TASTY BERRY IN TENNESSEE.” THE BATEY BERRIES GROW NEAR DOWNTOWN MURFREESBORO. AND SPEAKING OF GROWTH, RUTHERFORD COUNTY’S POPULATION IS RISING AT A NEAR HEAD-SPINNING RATE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS FOR THIS OPERATION. “THEY WANT THAT EXPERIENCE IN THINK, AND THAT’S A LOT OF WHAT BATEY FARMS IS ABLE TO PROVIDE RIGHT HERE FOR PEOPLE. THEY CAN COME TO THE FARM AND GET A LITTLE OF THAT EXPERIENCE, AND THEN GO HOME.” BUT AS BRANDON WHITT LIKES TO POINT OUT, THESE BABIES DO FREEZE NICELY, SO PICK NOW AND ENJOY LATER. THIS FARM IS OPEN TO VISITORS, AND IF THE CUSTOMERS PUT IN A LITTLE ENJOYABLE LABOR, THE RESULTS ARE WORTH THE EFFORT. THIS IS CHARLES DENNEY REPORTING. CHARLES SAYS 2017 HAS BEEN CHALLENGING FOR MANY TENNESSEE FRUIT PRODUCERS. SOME CROPS BLOOMED EARLY AFTER AN UNSEASONABLY WARM WINTER. BUT THEN A HARD FREEZE THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH HURT PRODUCTION IN CERTAIN AREAS.
CLOSE
THAT’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THIS MORNING. WE’RE GLAD YOU TUNED IN. FOR TYNE MORGAN AND MIKE HOFFMAN, I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. HAVE A GREAT DAY. AGDAY IS POWERED BY RAM TRUCKS - AMERICA’S LONGEST LASTING PICKUPS.
