TODAY ON AGDAY
MARCH 7, 2017
HEADLINES
BIRD FLU MAKES ITS WAY BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. ITS WINTER AND IT’S CALVING SEASON--FOR RANCHERS IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS. IN AGRIBUSINESS...FOLLOWING SOUTH AMERICAN HARVEST. PLUS IDEAS FOR IMPROVING THE DAIRY MARGIN PROTECTION PROGRAM. AND A SIGHT SAVING OPERATION FOR AN APE IN NEED. AGDAY-BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DEPENDABLE, LONG LASTING CHEVY SILVERADO.
BIRD FLU OUTBREAK IN TENNESSEE
GOOD MORNING I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. ANIMAL HEALTH OFFICIALS IN TWO SOUTHERN STATES ARE ON-ALERT AFTER A POULTRY FLOCK TESTED POSITIVE FOR HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN FLU. THE VIRUS WAS DISCOVERED IN A COMMERCIAL CHICKEN BREEDER FLOCK IN LINCOLN COUNTY, TENNESSEE. IT’S A CONTRACT GROWER FOR TYSON. LINCOLN COUNTY IS ABOUT TWO HOURS EAST OF CHATTANOOGA. AND ABOUT AN HOUR NORTH OF HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. AS SUCH, DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE IN BOTH STATES ARE RESPONDING TO THE OUTBREAK. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF AG, THIS IS THE FIRST CONFIRMED CASE OF HIGH-PATH AVIAN FLU IN COMMERCIAL POULTRY IN THE UNITED STATES THIS YEAR. TESTING CONFIRMED THIS OUTBREAK TO BE THE H-7 STRAIN. ON FRIDAY THE POULTRY PRODUCER NOTICED AN INCREASE IN BIRD DEATHS AND CONTACTED STATE OFFICIALS. THE FACILITY IS NOW UNDER QUARANTINE, AND THE AFFECTED FLOCK OF 73- THOUSAND BIRDS IS BEING DE-POPULATED. 30 OTHER POULTRY FARMS WITHIN A 10 KILOMETER RADIUS ARE ALSO UNDER QUARANTINE. THAT’S STANDARD PRACTICE IN HIGH-PATH AVIAN FLU OUTBREAKS. AS WE HAVE REPORTED THESE VIRUS STRAINS CAN TRAVEL IN WILD BIRDS WITHOUT ANY APPEARANCE OF THOSE BIRDS BEING SICK. USDA IS ENCOURAGING BIRD OWNERS - WHETHER IT’S A COMMERCIAL OPERATION OR A BACKYARD FARM - TO PRACTICE GOOD BIOSECURITY STEPS. PRODUCERS SHOULD PREVENT CONTACT BETWEEN THEIR OWN FLOCKS AND WILDBIRDS. THIS IS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER FLU VIRUS THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT HAS TO BE MANAGED BECAUSE JUST THE SAME AS ANY OTHER FLU WILL MUTATE THIS VIRUS CAN MUTATE JUST THE SAME AS THE OTHERS SO THIS WILL BE A CONSTANT UPHILL BATTLE I KNOW THAT SOME VACCINES ARE BEING CURRENTLY DEVELOPED STILL WORKING ON IT THOUGH THEY’RE NOT PERFECTED YET BUT IT’S THE BEST THING THAT WE’VE GOT NOW AND AS AS MORE RESEARCH GOES ALONG WITH THIS BETTER VACCINES WILL COME OUT OF IT. THE LAST KNOWN HIGH-PATH CASE OF AVIAN FLU WAS IN INDIANA IN EARLY 2016. IN 2015, SEVERAL STATES IN THE MIDWEST WERE HIT BY AVIAN FLU AND 50 MILLION EGG-LAYING HENS AND TURKEYS WERE PUT-DOWN.
NAFTA RENEGOTIONS AFTER ROSS CONFIRMED
NOW THAT WILBUR ROSS IS OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED AS SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT WILL NOTIFY MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE IN MID-MARCH THAT IT WILL RENEGOTIATE THE 23-YEAR OLD PACT. ONCE THE ADMINISTRATION COMMUNICATES ITS INTENT, IT THEN MUST CONSULT WITH CONGRESS ON THE OBJECTIVE OF TRADE TALKS DURING A 90-DAY PERIOD. “WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL. WE’VE TAKEN SOME HITS AT CHINA, NOW THIS WILL BE A HIT AT MEXICO AND CANADA. THOSE ARE OUR THREE LARGEST TRADING PARTNERS. WE CERTAINLY DON’T WANT TO GET IN A TRADE WAR WITH ANY OF THOSE FOLKS.” WHEN EVER WE HAVE HAVE RETALIATION, IT ALWAYS GOES TO AG PRODUCTS BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE’RE GOING TO SCREAM THE LOUDEST AND WE’LL BE ON THE HILL AND TLAKING TO MEMBERS SO THEY WANT TO MAKE IT AS HIGH PROFILE AS POSSIBLE. BUT I THINK IF WE GET INTO SOME KIND OF TRADE RELTATION WE’LL HAVE AG PRODUCTS ON THE TABLE IN A BIG WAY.
AGROTERRORISM ATTACK
ALSO IN WASHINGTON, BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WOULD ADDRESS THE POTENTIAL THREAT OF AN AGRO-TERRORISM ATTACK ON THE U-S. THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THE FOOD PUT ON THE TABLES OF AMERICAN FAMILIES REMAINS SAFE FROM ATTACK. SENATE AG CHAIR PAT ROBERTS CO- SPONSORED THE LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE AND SAYS IT REITERATES THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AS IT RELATES TO AGRO- TERRORISM. “AS THE DHS CONTINUES TO BUILD THE NATIONAL BIO AND AGRO- DEFENSE FACILITY IN MANHATTAN, KANSAS,” SAYS ROBERTS, “NOW IS THE TIME TO SHORE UP OUR AUTHORITIES REGARDING COORDINATION AND MITIGATION SHOULD OUR NATION BE HIT BY BIOLOGICAL ATTACK ON OUR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE.” NEW YORK REPUBLICAN DAN DONOVAN, WHO CO-SPONSORED THE LEGISLATION IN THE HOUSE, SAYS AMERICA’S ENEMIES ARE INTENT ON ATTACKING THE COUNTRY’S RESOURCES AND VULNERABILITIES, WHICH INCLUDES THE FOOD SUPPLY. “THREATS TO THE U.S. FOOD, AGRICULTURE, AND LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES COULD DEVASTATE OUR FOOD SYSTEMS. THIS WOULD AFFECT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND THE ECONOMY,” SAYS DONOVAN. HE CALLED THE BILL AN ESSENTIAL TOOL TO ENHANCE THE COUNTRY’S PREPAREDNESS FOR AN AGRO-TERRORISM ATTACK.
COTTON MARKET
THE COTTON MARKET SEEING A STRONG DAY OF TRADE MONDAY. MARKET ANALYSTS O-A CLEVELAND SAYS SPECULATORS AND LARGE FUNDS ARE FLOCKING TO THE COTTON MARKET AT HISTORIC LEVELS. THAT HAS FUTURES PRICES INCHING THEIR WAY TOWARD 80 CENTS PER HUNDRED ON THE FRONT MONTHS. CONTINUED STRONG EXPORTS AND SMALLER THAN ANTICIPATED CARRYOVER IS TRUMPING THE EXPECTED RISE IN ACREAGE SO FAR. COTTON ACREAGE COULD BE UP TO 12 MILLION ACRES THIS SPRING WHICH WOULD BE SOME 2 MILLION MORE THAN 2016. FORMER AG SECRETARY CLAYTON YEUTTER IS BEING REMEMBERED FOR HIS UNBRIDLED SUPPORT FOR AMERICAN AGRICULTURE. YEUTTER DIED SATURDAY AFTER A FOUR YEAR BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE WAS 86. YEUTTER WAS RAISED ON A NEBRASKA FARM DURING THE DEPRESSION. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA IN 1952 WITH A DEGREE IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. HE LATER EARNED A P-D-H IN AG ECONOMICS. FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS ON THE FARM HE ROSE TO BECOME AG SECRETARY UNDER PRESIDENT GEORGE H-W BUSH. BEFORE THAT, HE WAS U-S TRADE REPRESENTATIVE FOR PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN. IN 2008 YEUTTER TOOK PART IN A FARM JOURNAL FORUM IN WASHINGTON D-C. THE EVENT SHOWCASED SEVEN FORMER USDA SECRETARIES. IN 2011, HE GAVE BRIEF REMARKS ABOUT HIS TENURE AT USDA. I MADE A LOT OF TRIPS BACK AND FORTH TO JAPAN AND I WOULD CARRY RICE WITH ME, A BIG STRIPE ON THE BRIEFCASE SAYING U.S. RICE. IT REALLY HELPED KEEP THE ATTENTION ON THE ISSUE. FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT WE PUBLISHED PROPOSALS FOR THE 1990 FARM BILL. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME USDA HAD DONE ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THAT. AND THAT’S WHAT PERMITTED US TO MAKE SOME FIRST RATE CHANGES IN THE 1990 FARM LEGISLATION.” A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR CLAYTON YEUTTER WILL BE HELD NEXT MONTH IN BETHESDA MARYLAND.
NORTH DAKOTA HARSH WEATHER
WINTER IS NOT READY TO GIVE-UP ITS GRIP ON NORTH DAKOTA. PARTS OF THE STATE WERE UNDER A BLIZZARD WARNING ON MONDAY. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE NEAR WILLISTON. WHILE THERE WASN’T A LOT OF SNOW PREDICTED IN THE FORECAST, THE WINDS PUSHED INTO THE MID 50 MILE AN HOUR RANGE, CREATING THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WHEN NORTH DAKOTA’S CALVING SEASON BEGINS, LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS MONITOR THEIR HERDS AROUND THE CLOCK. NEWBORNS CAN’T SURVIVE LONG IN THE COLD WINTER WEATHER SO RANCHERS CHECK COWS EVERY FEW HOURS. CLIFF NAYLOR FROM AFFILIATE KFYR TELLS US ABOUT THOSE LONG HARD DAYS AND COLD SLEEPNESS NIGHTS. GLEN AND WANDA LENNICK ARE HAPPY TO HAVE A ROOF OVER THEY CALVES. THE ROOF OF THIS BARN COLLAPSED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF HEAVY SNOW ON JANUARY 13TH, JUST THREE DAYS AFTER THEIR FIRST CALF WAS BORN. WANDA LENNICK: WE HEARD A CRACK AND I SAID WE BETTER GET OUT OF HERE SO WE GOT OUT AND WALKED AWAY AND IT WENT DOWN. THE NEXT EIGHT DAYS 140 CALVES DROPPED. GLEN LENNICK: ALL NIGHT LONG WE WENT OUT WITH THE COWS. SOMEBODY WAS THERE 24/7 JUST SO THEY WOULDN’T FREEZE UP. IT WAS NASTY COLD RIGHT DURING THAT TIME. DURING THAT PERIOD OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGED FROM FIFTEEN TO TWENTY-FIVE BELOW ZERO. WANDA LENNICK: IT WAS EITHER US NOT SLEEPING OR THE CALVES DYING, SO WE DIDN’T SLEEP. NAT SOUND OF COWS MOOING.....THANKS TO QUICK WORK BY LOCAL CONTRACTORS, THE LENNICK’S BARN WAS REPAIRED IN JUST EIGHT DAYS. WANDA LENNICK: THE CARPENTER AND ELECTRICIAN AND THE LUMBER YARD PULLING TOGETHER AND GETTING US GOING AGAIN THAT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. NAT SOUND OF COWS BEING FED..... THE LENNICK RANCH EXPECTS TO DELIVER CLOSE TO 500 CALVES BY THE TIME CALVING SEASON ENDS IN LATE MARCH OR EARLY APRIL. THE LENNICK’S STILL HAVE 120 COWS THAT HAVEN’T DROPPED CALVES YET. THANKS TO A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIENDS, THESE CALVES WON’T BE LEFT OUT IN THE COLD THIS WINTER. I’M CLIFF NAYLOR REPORTING FOR AGDAY.
CROP COMMENTS
CALVING SEASON IS UNDERWAY FOR MANY PRODUCERS. CINDI CLAWSON JOINS US NOW WITH AN UPDATE. GOOD MORNING, CLINTON. MATT LANSFORD FROM CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO SENDING US SOME CALVING PHOTOS.HE SAYS CALVING COULDN’T BE GOING ANY BETTER. HE’S RECEIVING NICE WEATHER AND HE’S NOW TWO-THIRDS DONE. WHILE SOME ARE ALMOST DONE, IT’S THE START OF CALVING SEASON FOR JIM JIBBEN IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. JIM SAYS THE BULL BROKE OUT LAST YEAR. AND AS A RESULT, HE’S CALVING EARLIER THAN NORMAL ON HIS FARM!! HE LAUGHS AND SAYS AT LEAST THE WEATHER IS NICE, IDEAL FOR CALVING. AND NOW THERE ARE SOME HOMETOWN TEMPS. AGDAY - BROUGHT TO YOU BY RESICORE HERBICIDE FOR CORN. WITH A UNIQUELY POWERFUL FORMULATION OF PROVEN INGREDIENTS, RESICORE GIVES YOU EXTRAORDINARY POWER OVER WEEDS. LEARN MORE AT POWEROVERWEEDS.COM.
TEASE
SPRING PLANTING IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. IN SOUTH AMERICA HARVEST IS STARTING TO WIND-DOWN. WE’LL CHECK ON THE BIG CROP COMING OUT OF BRAZIL.IN OUR DAIRY REPORT, WE TALK ABOUT THE NEXT FARM BILL...AND WHAT’S NEEDED TO MAKE DAIRY PRODUCERS HAPPY. LATER WE VISIT THE VETERINARY LABS AT KANSAS STATE WHERE A RARE PROCEDURE WAS CONDUCTED TO GIVE AN APE A BETTER LIFE. DETAILS AS WE HEAD IN THE COUTNRY. 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 COTTON STARTING THE WEEK WITH TRADES MORE THAN A DOLLAR HIGHER. LETS SEE HOW OTHER COMMODITIES FAIRED FROM OUR FRIENDS ON THE FLOOR OF THE CME IN CHICAGO. IT’S BEEN KIND OF A WILD DAY IN THE GRAIN MARKETS, ESPECIALLY IN THE WHEAT AND SOYBEANS. SOYBEANS HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN ALL DAY LONG, WHEAT HAS HELD SOME GAINS AND THE CORN HAS BEEN THE WEAKER MARKET ALL DAY LONG. SOYBEANS CAN’T DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO BE GOOD OR NOT. THE SITUATION DOWN IN BRAZIL WITH THE LINGUISTICAL PROBLEMS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY SEEM TO BE RESOLVING THEMSELVES AND THE FLOW IN TRUCKS IN NORTHERN AREAS IS MUCH MUCH BETTER TODAY. LIVESTOCK MARKETS HAVE BEEN GENERALLY TRADING BOTH SIDES OF UNCHANGED BUT GENERALLY WITH A LITTLE FIRMER TONE, MOSTLY IN THE HOGS OVER THE COURSE OF TODAY. AS WE DEAL WITH SOME BIG SELLING WE’VE SEEN LAST WEEK. HOG PRICES HAVE REMAINED CONSTANT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE SO WE’RE SEEING THE FUTURES SIDE START TO RECOVER. THE BIG MYSTERY IS OVER IN THE CATTLE MARKET WHERE THE CATTLE IS HOLDING CLOSE TO THE LOWER END OF THE AREA AND THE LIVE CATTLE MARKET HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH ANY UPSIDE POTENTIAL AT ALL BESDIES SOME VERY FIRM LIVE CATTLE AUCTION PRICES. THANKS VERY MUCH. THIS HAS BEEN JACK SCOVILLE WITH PRICES FUTURES GROUP. COMING TO YOU FROM THE CME FLOOR IN CHICAGO.
AGRIBUSINESS
TED SEIFRIED ZANER AG HEDGE OUR GUEST HERE TODAY TO LET ‘S TALK ABOUT THE BRAZILIAN CROP BECAUSE YOU KNOW AS WE GET READY FOR SPRING THERE FINISHING UP WITH HARVEST HOW ‘S THAT GOING YOU ABSOLUTELY ARE YOU SAW INFORMA RAISE THEIR NUMBER TO ONE OH EIGHT WE ARE THAT’S A BIG NUMBER IT’S A BIG NUMBER THE USDA ‘S YOU KNOW THAT THEY’VE BEEN CREEPING UP AS WELL WE’LL SEE WHAT THEY DO HERE ON THE ON THE MARCH WASDE REPORT ON OUR ESTIMATE FOR THAT IS ALSO AT ONE OH EIGHT WE’RE TALKING TO A LOT OF OUR CONTACTS DOWN IN BRAZIL AND ARE IN ARGENTINA AND THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OUT OF BRAZIL IS THAT IF THINGS GO WELL BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THEY WRAP UP HARVEST THAT ONE OH EIGHT NUMBERS LOOKING PRETTY LIKELY THE WHISPER NUMBERS ARE CREEPING UP CLOSER TO ABOUT ONE TEN ONE ELEVEN WHILE SO THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR AN EVEN BIGGER CROP DOWN THERE EITHER WAY WHEN YOU PUT BRAZIL IN ARGENTINA TOGETHER THE LIKELIHOOD OF BEATING THE ORIGINAL USDA NUMBERS THAT WE SAW A FEW MONTHS AGO IS VERY LIKELY SO THERE’S THIS GONNA BE A LOT MORE SOYBEANS COMING FROM SOUTH AMERICA IN GENERAL FOR THE WORLD TO ABSORB THAT COULD WEIGH SIGNIFICANTLY ON PRICES YEAH I WAS JUST GONNA SAY HOW MUCH THAT GOING TO WEIGH ON OUR OWN PRICES HERE AT RIGHT IN PARTICULAR YOU KNOW THE SOUTH AMERICAN RIVERS WITH THE BRAZILIAN PRODUCER IS FIFTEEN TO EIGHTEEN PERCENT UNDER SOLD COMPARED WITH A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE. THESE ARE BUSHELS THAT HAVE YET TO CHANGE HANDS TO THE COMMERCIAL WHEN THE COMMERCIAL TAKES TAKES OVER THAT RISK THEY’RE GOING AWAY THAT OFF ON THE BOARD SO THERE STILL COULD BE A TREMENDOUS MAN SELLING PRESSURE COMING FROM THE SOUTH AMERICAN PRODUCER THAT WE JUST HAVE NOT SEEN YET AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT ‘S ONE OF THE FACTORS IS WHY. WE’RE TRADING A DOLLAR THIRTY FIVE ALL OVER WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR WITH VERY SIMILAR OR MAYBE EVEN MORE NEGATIVE FUNDAMENTALS. SO WHEN THAT SELLING WERE TO HAPPEN IF AND WHEN IT DOES AND LIKELY WHEN IT DOES YOU COULD BE LOOKING AT QUITE A DOWN SIDE FOR SOYBEANS SO PRODUCERS ESPECIALLY WHEN WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING MORE SOYBEAN ACRES HERE IN THE U S WE’D BE LOOKING AT THE PRICE THAT WE HAVE. WE KNOW WE KEEP THAT IN MIND AND THEN LOOKING AT PROTECTING THE DOWNSIDE FOR SOYBEAN PRICES ALRIGHT GET SOME PROTECTION IN THERE APPRECIATE IT WILL BE BACK WITH MORE AGDAY IN JUST A MINUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL MARKETING ADVICE SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO YOUR NEEDS, CALL
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WEATHER
WELCOME BACK TO AGDAY, CINDI CLAWSON IN FOR MIKE HOFFMAN TODAY. CINDI, AS WE LOOK AT THE WEATHER HERE, A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS REALLY WORKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. KIND OF STRONG ONES ESPECIALLY THAT ONE OF THE NATION ‘S MIDSECTION. WE’RE SEEING A LOT OF WIND WITH THAT SOME SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. LET ‘S TAKE A LOOK. THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL TALK ABOUT IS THE ONE RIGHT HERE IN THE NATION ‘S MIDSECTION THAT ‘S BEEN BRINGING SOME SHOWERS IN SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER WITH THAT IT ‘S AS IT ‘S BEEN MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF THE CORN BELT THAT WILL CONTINUE A QUICK EASTWARD PUSH IS WE HAD THROUGH THE DAY OUT IN THE NORTHWEST, WE’VE GOT A SYSTEM COMING ONSHORE. WE ALREADY HAVE SOME SNOW AND SOME LOWER ELEVATION RAIN THAT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT ‘S GOING TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWENTY FOUR TO THIRTY SIX HOURS. LET’S PUT THIS INTO MOTION AND SEE WHAT ‘S GOING ON YOU COULD SEE ALL THAT RAIN MOVING OFF TO THE EAST AND. YOU SEE THE RAIN IN UPPER ELEVATION SNOW CONTINUING IN THE NORTHWEST AND NOW REALLY AGAIN NOT GONNA CHANGE WILL START TO SEE SOME DRIER WEATHER WORKING IN TOO MUCH OF THE NATION ‘S MIDSECTION THE WET WEATHER MOVES OFF TO THE EAST COAST WE GOT SOME SNOW FOR PARTS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES AND AGAIN CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR THE NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES AND THAT’S GOING TO CONTINUE EVEN AS WE HEAD THROUGH OUR WEDNESDAY. WE WILL SEE DRIER WEATHER FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY, SOME OF YOU SEE SHOWERS MAYBE A COUPLE OR MOST POSSIBLE IN PART TO THE WESTERN GULF COAST STATES BUT BOY, WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEN THAT RAIN AND UPPER ELEVATION SNOW CONTINUING FOR THE NORTHWEST FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS NOW. HERES THE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS, IT ‘S REALLY BEEN RIGHT BY WHERE THIS COLD FRONT IS PUSHING FOR THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY, AND OF COURSE THAT UPPER ELEVATION SNOW WITH A LOWER ELEVATION RAIN IN THE NORTHWEST TO SEE EVERYTHING PUSHING OFF TO THE EAST. LOOK AT THAT FAIRLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED ESPECIALLY FOR PORTIONS OF OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHERE A LOT OF FOLKS AND BE WELL OVER THAT THREE INCHES, LOOKING AT A LOT OF FOLKS OVER AN INCH HERE IN PARTS OF THE EAST. SNOWFALL OF COURSE THAT ‘S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR SOME FOLKS ESPECIALLY TO GET INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND INTO THE NORTHWEST IN SOME OF THOSE HIGH AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS THERE. MOST OF THE NORTHEAST THE SNOW STAYS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE NORTH OF YOU. ALRIGHT, AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES ARE CONCERNED, A LOT OF US IN THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES THE NATION ‘S MIDSECTION THAT COOLER AIR FOLLOWING BEHIND THAT COLD FRONT. YOU SEE SOME THIRTIES AND FORTIES UP IN THE NORTHCENTRAL UNITED STATES AND YOU SEE THAT COLDER AIR DIPPING DOWN INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS FAR NORTH A LOT OF THIRTIES AND FORTIES. ACROSS MUCH OF THE NATION ‘S MIDSECTION THEY MAY GET BACK INTO THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES FOR THE SOUTH SO WE START TO SEE SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY AT LEAST IN SOUTHERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES. THAT ‘S A LOOK AT YOUR NATIONAL FORECAST NOW LET ‘S CHECK ON THE WEATHER WHERE YOU LIVE. YUMA, ARIZONA, SUNNY AND BREEZY TODAY WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF SEVENTY SIX DEGREES. BAGLEY, MINNESOTA, MOSTLY CLOUDY COLD AIR FOR YOU TODAY WITH SOME SNOW SHOWERS AND A HIGH OF TWENTY FOUR DEGREES. CROSSVILLE, TENNESSEE, LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
TEASE
NEXT, WE’LL HEAR IDEAS ON FIXING THE DAIRY MARGIN PROTECTION PROGRAM FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK. AND LATER, THE GIFT OF SIGHT FOR A SPECIAL FRIEND. THIS COMMON HUMAN SURGERY NOW HELPING MEMBERS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM WITH IMPROVED VISION. AGDAY - SPONSORED BY THE ENLIST WEED CONTROL SYSTEM FROM DOW AGROSCIENCES - COMBINING THE PROVEN CONTROL OF A NEW 2-4-D AND GLYPHOSATE. TAKE CONTROL OF TOUGH WEEDS LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
DAIRY REPORT
ON THE DAIRY REPORT, NEW CHEESE PRODUCTION NUMBERS ARE OUT FROM USDA.IT SHOWS TOTAL CHEESE OUTPUT AT MORE THAN ONE BILLION POUNDS (1.04). THAT’S NEARLY 4 PERCENT (3.7) HIGHER THAN JANUARY 2016. ITALIAN CHEESE ALSO NEARLY 4 (3.8% 452 MILLION LBS) PERCENT HIGHER YEAR OVER YEAR.AMERICAN CHEESE IS UP 3 PERCENT (3% 413 MILLION LBS) AND BUTTER IS ABOUT A PERCENTAGE POINT HIGHER (1.2% 178 MILLION LBS) THAN LAST YEAR BUT UP 8 AND HALF PERCENT SINCE DECEMBER. ON THE POLICY FRONT, THE DAIRY MARGIN PROTECTION PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GARNER ATTENTION FROM WASHINGTON LEADERS. HOUSE AG CHAIRMAN MIKE CONAWAY TELLING REPORTERS AT COMMODITY CLASSIC HE EXPECTS A REWRITE OF DAIRY POLICY IN THE NEXT FARM BILL. WHILE THOSE HELPING ADMINISTER THE LEGISLATION SAY THEY KNOW THE CURRENT SAFETY NET ISN’T WORKING. THEY SAY THERE ARE IDEAS OUT THERE TO HELP IMPROVE THE PROGRAM. YOU KNOW THERE’S A STATUTORY FORMULA IN THE FARM BILL THAT TELLS US HOW TO CALCULATE PAYMENTS. IT COULD CHANGE THE FORMULA THAT BASICALLY SWEETENS THE PAYMENT. WHEN MARGINS SHRINK A LITTLE BIT IT COULD CAN MAKE A LARGER PAYMENT SO IT’S COMPLETELY STATUTORY DRIVEN. WE COULD IMPLEMENT A REGIONAL PROGRAM, WE’RE DOING IT FOR ARC COUNTY BUT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH ARC COUNTY BECAUSE PRODUCERS COMPLAIN THAT THEIR NEIGHBORS GOT A PAYMENT AND THEY DIDN’T. ONE OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH MARGIN PROTECTION IS THERE’S NOT A LOT OF GOOD DATA. WE DON’T NECESSARILY HAVE GOOD DATA ON MILK PRICES, REGIONAL MILK PRICES, REGIONAL FEED PRICES SO IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO DO BUT IF THE CONGRESS DIRECTED TEH SECRETARY TO DO A REGIONAL PROGRAM WE WILL DO IT. IN THE MEANTIME, FSA SAYS THEY’RE WORKING WITH THE NEW TRANSITION TEAM AND IT’S BUSINESS AS USUAL AT USDA..
TEASE
NEXT ON AGDAY . A COMMON HUMAN EYE TREATMENT HELPS A FRIEND FROM THE ANIMAL KINGDOM FIND IT’S VISION. 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. DISCOVER THE POWER BEHIND THE M6 SERIES AT KUBOTA.COM. AS WE AGE, HUMANS BECOME MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CATARACTS. THE LENS OF YOUR EYE STARTS TO CLOUD AND IMPACTS YOUR VISION. THE NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE SAYS BY AGE 80 MORE THAN HALF OF ALL AMERICANS EITHER HAVE A CATARACT OR CORRECTIVE SURGERY.VETERINARIANS AT KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY JUST PERFORMED CATARACT SURGERY ON A SPECIAL GIBBON APE NAMED BOOGER. FROM AN EARLY AGE, SHE SUFFERED FROM VISION PROBLEMS IN BOTH OF HER EYES. THE APE’S OWNER SAYS EVEN THOUGH BOOGER USED OTHER SENSES TO HELP GUIDE HER WHILE AT PLAY, SHE HAD TROUBLE NAVIGATING UNFAMILIAR AREAS. NOW POST-SURGERY, THERE’S AN IMMEDIATE TRANSFORMATION. “SHE’S EXTREMELY AGILE AND DOING THINGS THAT SHE’S NEVER DONE BEFORE. JUMPING UP ON THINGS, VERY ACCURATE WHERE SHE LANDS NOW INSTEAD OF STUMBLING AROUND AND BANGING INTO STUFF."> THE VETERINARIAN WHO PERFORMED THE SURGERY AT KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, SAYS CATARACT SURGERY IS VERY COMMON IN DOGS AND CATS, BUT UNCOMMON IN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES, SUCH AS THE GIBBON APE. “SHE’S UNIQUE IN THAT SHE IS PAVING THE WAY FOR THE POTENTIAL TO DO THIS PROCEDURE IN OTHER NON-HUMAN PRIMATES. IT IS NOT NECESSARILY JUST GIBBONS, BUT OTHER NON-HUMAN PRIMATES THAT DEVELOP CATARACTS BECOMING BLIND AND MAY NEED SURGERY."PRECISION WAS A MAJOR PART OF THE SURGERY, WITH THE INCISION FOR BOTH EYES NO LARGER THAN 3 OR 4 MILLIMETERS IN LENGTH,
CLOSE
THAT’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THIS MORNING. WE’RE GLAD YOU TUNED IN. FOR ALL OF US AT AGDAY, I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
