TODAY ON AGDAY
MAY 30, 2017
HEADLINES
WAITING ON NEW CONDITION REPORTS FOR PLANT 17. PLUS, ALLEGATIONS OF BRIBERY AND THE ACREAGE MIX BE CHANGING? MACHINERY PETE SHOWS US WHATSHOT AT FARM AUCTIONS LATELY. AND FULFILLING A LIFE LONG DREAM AFTER MOVING A WORLD AWAY...WE’RE IN THE LONE STAR STATE TODAY ON IN THE COUNTRY. AGDAY-BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DEPENDABLE, LONG LASTING CHEVY SILVERADO.
WET WEATHER CAUSING FARMERS TO REPLANT
GOOD MORNING I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. DELAYED BY THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY, TO COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE ANY INDICATION, IT WON’T LOOK GOOD IN THE CORN BELT. FARMER BRIAN PETTY OF ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA TWEETED THIS FOOTAGE SHOWING THE SLOPPY MESS IN HIS CENTRAL-STATE FIELDS. BRIAN SAYS HE PLANTED THIS FIELD A WEEK AGO, AND RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS JUST TWO DAYS LATER. AND DAVID CHATTERTON POSTING THIS PHOTO SHOWING THE PONDING IN FIELDS EAST OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS. HE SAYS “MORE PLANTING FOR PRODUCERS”. ILLINOIS’ NEW STATE SLOGAN SHOULD BECOME “LAND OF TEN-THOUSAND PONDS”. DURING OUR I-80 PLANTING TOUR, WE WERE HARD-PRESSED TO FIND FARMERS WHO WERE ACTUALLY PLANTING. FOR MANY THAT DID GET SEED IN THE GROUND, THEY’RE NOW LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF RE-PLANTING FOLLOWING WEEKS OF WET AND COLD WEATHER. FARM JOURNAL FIELD AGRONOMIST KEN FERRIE - WHO IS BASED NEAR BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS - SAYS DURING HIS 30 YEARS OF AGRONOMY, THIS IS THE MOST REPLANT HE’S SEEN ACROSS ILLINOIS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATE. BUT WITH JUNE JUST TWO DAYS AWAY, MIDWEST FARMERS ARE FACING THE DECISION OF SWITCHING FROM CORN TO SOYBEANS. TED SEIFRIED OF ZANER AG TELLING AGDAY, THE DILEMMA OF REPLANTING MAY NOT SHOW UP IN THE COMMODITY MARKETS THIS SPRING. “YOU KNOW LET’S LOOK AT ARGENTINA THIS LAST YEAR. WE HAD A TON OF FLOODING DOWN IN ARGENTINA. USDA STARTED TO 57 MILLION METRIC TON SOYBEAN CROP. THE TRADE BROUGHT THAT NUMBER DOWN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 51 52 MILLION. AND WHERE DID WE END UP? 57 MILLION. SO I THINK THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS FOR WHATEVER’S NOT FLOODED OUT, THE YIELD POTENTIAL STILL VERY MUCH THERE.” SEIFRIED STILL EXPECTS TO SEE SOME TYPE OF RALLY THIS YEAR, BUT SAYS THAT MAY COME WHEN FARMERS LEAST EXPECT IT. CANADA IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WET FIELDS AS WELL. AGRIMONEY-DOT-COM IS REPORTING THAT ONE-AND-A-HALF MILLION ACRES IN THE GRAIN-GROWING PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN WILL GO UNPLANTED THIS SEASON. THAT’S ABOUT FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL CROP ACREAGE.
COMMODITY PRICES
WHILE COMMODITY PRICES HAVE REMAINED GENERALLY, STRONG YIELDS LAST YEAR HELPED SUPPORT FARMERS’ BOTTOM LINE. THAT’S THE OPINION OF ECONOMISTS LAST WEEK’S DURING THE SENATE AG COMMITTEE HEARING ON THE FARM ECONOMY. ECONOMIST NATHAN KAUFFMAN FROM THE KANSAS CITY FEDERAL RESERVE SAYS THE DEGREE OF FINANCIAL STRESS VARIES BY REGION. THE WESTERN PART OF HIS DISTRICT - WHICH IS HEAVY IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION -HAD A MORE DIFFICULT TIME WITH LOAN REPAYMENT THAN THE GRAIN INTENSIVE STATES TO THE EAST. “FINANCIAL STRESS IN THE FARM SECTOR HAS INCREASED MORE SIGNIFICANTLY IN REGIONS WHERE CROPLAND IS GENERALLY LESS PRODUCTIVE AND IN REGIONS CONCENTRATED IN MARKETS THAT HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY WEAK, SUCH AS CATTLE AND WHEAT. IN OTHER AREAS, STRONG CROP YIELDS LAST FALL RESULTED IN CASH FLOWS THAT WERE BETTER THAN EXPECTED, AND FINANCIAL CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN MORE STABLE RECENTLY IN THOSE REGIONS."> KAUFFMAN EXPECT DOWNWARD TRENDS TO CONTINUE IN THE NEAR TERM AS GLOBAL SUPPLIES ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO WEIGH ON GRAIN PRICES AND PROFIT MARGINS.
CATTLE ON FEED
JUST BEFORE THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, USDA RELEASING THE CATTLE ON FEED NUMBERS. AS OF MAY FIRST THERE WERE 11 MILLION HEAD IN THE NATION’S LARGEST FEEDLOTS. THAT’S UP 2 PERCENT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. PLACEMENTS (1.85 M) WERE UP 11 PERCENT YEAR OVER YEAR...WHICH IS THE BIGGEST TOTAL FOR AN APRIL IN THE LAST 14 YEARS...AND HIGHER THAN THE TRADE EXPECTED...AND PRESSURING MARKETS LOWER. MARKETINGSOF FED CATTLE ROSE (1.70 MILLION) 3 PERCENT.
JBS SCANDAL LATEST
BRIBERY, KICKBACKS AND COLLUSION ALL SPELLED OUT IN RECENT REVELATIONS FROM JBSLEADERSHIP IN BRAZIL. ACCORDING TO BLOOMBERG, VIDEO TAPED TESTIMONYFROM THE BASTISTA BROTHER’S--OWNERS OF GLOBAL MEATPACKING POWERHOUSE JBS--LAYS OUT HOW THE COMPANY’S 20 BILLION DOLLAR ACQUISITION SPREE OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS WAS HELPED BY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN BRIBES AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICIANS IN BRAZIL. THE 7 HOUR TESTIMONY AND PRIVATE DOCUMENTS ALLEGEDLY IMPLICATE MORE THAN 18-HUNDRED POLITICIANS INCLUDING A REPORTED AUDIO RECORDING OF PRESIDENT MICHEL TEMERENDORSING HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS TO FORMER LAWMAKERS. TEMER DENIES THOSE ACCUSATIONS ACCORDING TO TESTIMONY, THE STATE-DEVELOPMENT BANK PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN JBS’S EXPANSION IN THE U.S. INJECTING MORE THAN $3 BILLION DOLLARS IN CAPITAL FOR THE ACQUISITION OF SWIFT & CO. IN 2007, THE BEEF-PRODUCING UNITS OF SMITHFIELD FOODS INC. IN 2008, AND CHICKEN PRODUCER PILGRIM’S PRIDE IN 2009. IN A RECENT LETTER, JOESLEY BATISTA SAYS THEY WERE WRONG TO DO WHAT THEY DID AND APOLOGIZEDSAYING, “WHILE WE HAVE EXPLANATIONS FOR WHAT WE DID, WE HAVE NO JUSTIFICATION.” ADDING THAT, “IN OTHER COUNTRIES OUTSIDE BRAZIL, WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR BUSINESS WITHOUT VIOLATING ETHICAL VALUES.”
HURRICANE FORECAST
GOVERNMENT WEATHER FORECASTERS ARE RELEASING THEIR PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2017 HURRICANE SEASON. THEY SAY THERE’S A 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SEEING BETWEEN 11 AND 17 NAMED TROPICAL STORMS IN THE ATLANTIC THIS SEASON. NOAA’S CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER SAYS THIS WOULD BE MORE STORMS THAN NORMAL. THAT INCLUDES FIVE TO NINE HURRICANES INCLUDING TWO TO FOUR MAJOR ONES WITH WINDS OF AT LEAST 111 MILESPER HOUR.
CROP COMMENTS
CINDI CLAWSON IS FILLING IN FOR MIKE HOFFMAN AGAINTHIS MORNING. SHE HAS TODAY’S CROP COMMENTS.GOOD MORNING CLINTON. PLANT 17 HAS TURNED INTO RE-PLANT 17 FOR MANY FARMERS LIKE MARK ISBELL OF LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS. HE’S BEEN BACK IN THE FIELDS TRYING TO GET THEM BACK IN SHAPE AFTER HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING IN EARLY MAY. ON TWITTER HE SAYS IT FEELS LIKE DEJAVU. MEANWHILE FOR THOSE WITH CROPS IN THE GROUND, FIELD AGRONOMIST SAMANTHA KRHOVSKYSAYS THEY’RE FINDING LOTS OF BLACK CUTWORM IN CORN AROUND THE DUNDEE MICHIGAN AREA. THIS IS A PATCH OF CHICKWEED MISSED BY THE SPRAY BOOM. NOW FOR SOME HOME TOWN TEMPS. THIS IS MACHINERY PETE - INVITING YOU TO CHECK OUT MY NEW WEBSITE - MACHINERYPETE.COM - OFFERING FARMERS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF USED EQUIPMENT LISTINGS TO SEARCH. LET MACHINERY PETE HELP YOU FIND AND VALUE YOUR NEXT PIECE OF USED EQUIPMENT.
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WHEN WE COME BACK WE’LL BE TALKING THE ACREAGE MIX AND HOW IT COULD BE CHANGING EVEN THIS LATE IN THE SEASON. AND LATER, MACHINERY PETE. STAY TUNED. FOLKS COMING UP WE’RE GOING TO TALK SOME RECENT RED HOT AUCTION PRICES ON SMALL SQUARE BALERS. AND WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PACK-UP EVERYTHING YOU OWN AND MOVE IT ACROSS THE OCEAN TO FULFILL A LIFELONG AMBITION? WHEN WE HEAD ‘IN THE COUNTRY’ YOU’LL MEET A MAN WILLING TO RISK IT ALL FOR HIS ‘DAIRY DREAMS.”
SUMMER OIL PRICES
MEMORIAL DAY MARKS THE START OF THE SUMMER DRIVING SEASON. PURDUE UNIVERSITY ENERGY ECONOMIST WALLY TYNER SAYS REDUCED DEMAND AND HIGHER INVENTORIES WILL KEEP A LID ON OIL PRICES THIS SUMER. THAT AFTER OIL FUTURES DROPPED NEARLY 5 PERCENT LAST WEEK. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROJECTING GASOLINE PRICES TO AVERAGE $2.39 PER GALLON THIS SUMMER NATIONALLY. --TYNER SAYS IT COULD BE A BIT LOWER IN THE MIDWEST.
AGRIBUSINESS
FARMERS ALWAYS START THE PLANTING SEASON WITH A PLAN BUT THIS YEAR, FOR MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, THOSE INTENTIONS HAVE BEEN DERAILED. TYNE MORGAN JOINS US THIS MORNING FROM THE INDY 500 WITH A LOOK AT ACREAGE AS WE WRAP UP MAY. HERE NOW WITH TED SEIFRIED OF ZANER AG HEDGE TED IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH PLANTING SEASON THIS YEAR. NOW I’M HEARING SOME RUMBLINGS OF A FARMER SAYING HEY BY THE END OF THE MAY. IF I CAN GET MY CORN CROP AND I’M SWITCHING TO BEANS SO. DO YOU THINK THAT MAYBE THE SACRED NUMBER WE COULD END UP SEEING A LOT OF OF OF MORE SOYBEAN ACRES BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SUCH A ROUGH PLANTING YEAR I MEAN YOU KNOW GUYS REALLY WANT TO TRY TO PLANT CORN IF THEY GOT THE INPUTS DOWN ALREADY WHICH A LOT A LOT OF THAT WENT DOWN BEFORE THE RAINS HAPPENED SO YOU I THINK WE’RE GONNASTICK TO CORN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BUT I THINK WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE SOME MORE BEAN ACREAGE I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S GOING TO BE AN EXTRA TWO MILLION ACRES SOMETHING LIKE THAT I’M THINKING IT MIGHT SAY ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES SWING BUT OVERALL YOU KNOW THE BIG BLOW THAT WAS DEALT TO THE SOYBEAN MARKET RECENTLY WAS THE BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT GETTING IMPEACHED BECAUSE OF SOME TAPES INCRIMINATING TAPES THAT WERE THAT SURFACED IN THAT SHARP DROP IN THE REAL KIND OF TOOK OUR HOPES A WAY THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH THEIR OLD CROP EXPORT THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST ‘S REALLY THERE WAS A MOMENT THERE RIGHT BEFORE THAT HAPPENED WHERE WE WERE LOOKING AT THE PRICE SHEETS FOR US AND THEM AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE WERE GOING TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR EXPORTS FAIRLY WELL VERY COMPETITIVE ON THE SCALE SO WE’LL SEE IF THAT CHANGES WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE REAL GOING FOUR TO BE HONEST. YOU CAN’T CUT A LIKE THE IDEA THAT THE BRAZILIAN PRODUCERS NOW ARE GETTING MORE RESPONSE ON SOYBEANS. I’D LIKE TO GET THAT CROP MOVE RATHER HAVE THIS BLACK CLOUD HANGING OVER. THE MARKETS HEAD FOR THE NEXT MARKETING YEAR SO LONGER TERM YOU KNOW WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. PRODUCTION WISE. WE HAD A LONG YEAR AGO HERE. BUT WE’RE OPTIMISTIC ON DEMAND AND YOU KNOW THE USDA FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY MILLION BUSHEL CARRYOVER. THAT’S NOT NEARLY AS BIG AS WHAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOPING FOR SO OR HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR SOME. MAYBE WE DO SEE PRICES HANG IN HERE AND POSSIBLY SOME UPSIDE POTENTIAL. WE HAVE A WEATHER ISSUE BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE TED WE DO HAVE SOME BEARISH FACTORS THAT CAN REALLY WEIGH ON THAT THIS MARKET AND IN SO IN YOUR MIND DO WE NEED TO BE PROTECTING. THIS DOWNSIDE RISK. NOW. THE THING SO THEY DON’T REALLY WANT IS POSSIBLE IN THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAD A VERY GOOD FEBRUARY AVERAGE RIGHT IN SO YOU’RE JUST UNDER TEN TWENTY THERE. SO YES YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR BOUNCES YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANY SORT OF BOUNCES DURING THE GROWING SEASON TO DO THAT BECAUSE IF WE DO HAVE A GOOD CROP HERE AND ESPECIALLY THE DEMAND IS NOT QUITE STRONG IS WITH USDA IS CURRENTLY THINKING WHICH I HAVE MY LITTLE SKEPTICAL ABOUT HOW WE COULD EASILY END A SIX HUNDRED PLUS MILLION BUSHEL CARRY OVER AND WE COULD BE TALKING PRICES NEAR EIGHT DOLLARS RANGE LOW. EIGHT DOLLARS POSSIBLY SO YOU. DO WANT TO TAKE THIS GROWING SEASON YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR OPPORTUNITIES TO HEDGE DOWNSIDE RISK. YOU CAN REOWN ON THOSE BUSH CALLS. IF YOU WANNA HAVE UPSIDE POTENTIAL IS ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE UPSIDE POTENTIAL IN SOYBEANS AS THEY DO TEND TO BE EXPLOSIVE IN TIME TO TIME. BUT YOU NEED TO GET THOSE CASH SALES MADE WHEN YOUR PROFITABLE ALRIGHT TED SEIFRIED THANKS SO MUCH STAY WITH US. WE’LL BE BACK WITH MORE AGDAY IN JUST A MOMENT
WEATHER
WELCOME BACK TO AGDAY HERE WITH CINDI CLAWSON. CINDI AS WE WRAP UP MAY, WE START TO LOOK AT THE NEXT MONTH OF JUNE. DOES THE JET STREAM TELL US ANYTHING DIFFERENT. WELL IT ‘S GONNA TELL US THAT WE HAVE SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES AND SOME RAIN. AT LEAST FOR THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY AS WE HEAD INTO THIS WEEK. LET ‘S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT JET STREAM. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DO HAVE A TROUGH RIGHT HERE OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND THAT ‘S GONNA SHOOT DOWN SOME COOL AIR ESPECIALLY FOR THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. WE’LL ALSO SOC CHANCES FOR SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS AS WE HEAD THROUGH A SPECIALLY TUESDAY AND THROUGH ABOUT A WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. BUT A BIG RIDGE IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY ‘S GONNA MEET SOME VERY WARM OUT THERE. LET ‘S PUT THIS INTO MOTION. YOU COULD SEE THAT TROUGH SLIDE SLOWLY TO THE EAST, KINDA FLATTENS OUT A LITTLE BIT. SO WE SEE THOSE COOLER TEMPERATURES ESPECIALLY AROUND THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO THE NORTHEAST AND WE STAY WARM OUT WEST. NOW WE WILL SEE A BIT OF A YOUNG CUT OFF A POTENTIALLY IN THE SOUTHWEST BUT NOT REALLY MUCH OF THE CHANGING TEMPERATURES. AND EVEN AS WE GET THROUGH FRIDAY WE’RE STILL SEEING SOME SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTH EASTERN UNITED STATES. ALRIGHT IN THE WEEK START TO SEE SOME WARMING UP IS WE GET INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. AS FAR AS WHAT WE CAN OVERALL FOR THIS WEEK WE’RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AT MAINLY FOR THAT TROUGH FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY THERE BUT WE DO EXPECT TO SEE SOME MAYBE SOME STORMY CONDITIONS THAT COULD KEEP THINGS A LITTLE ON THE COOL SIDE EVEN DOWN INTO PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT ON THE WARM SIDE IN FLORIDA AND IN MUCH OF THE NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. NOW AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING FOR PRECIPITATION THIS WEEK A BIT ON THE WET SIDE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES BUT A LITTLE DRY ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE GREAT LAKES AND ALL THE WAY DOWN OVER ACROSS THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. NOW OVER THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS A LITTLE COOLER THAN NORMAL FOR MUCH OF THE AWAIT SMACK DAB IN THE NATION ‘S MIDSECTION RIGHT OVER THE CORN BELT. WHILE WE KEEP IT WARMER ON THE COASTS OF THE EAST COAST WEST COAST ALSO ALONG THE GULF COAST AND INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. AND PRECIPITATION-WISE, WE’RE LOOKING AT AND MAYBE NOT SO GOOD NEWS DEPENDING ON IF YOU PLANTED OR NOT. IT WILL DEPEND ON IF IS GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. BUT ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION IN MUCH OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. FAIRLY NORMAL IN THE PLAINS STATES WHAT LOOKS LIKE IT ‘S GONNA BE A LITTLE ON THE DRY SIDE IN PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND ALONG THE WEST COAST. THAT ‘S A LOOK AT YOUR NATIONAL FORECAST NOW. LET ‘S CHECK ON THE WEATHER WHERE YOU LIVE. MOAB. UTAH MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARM FOR YOU TODAY WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF EIGHTY SIX DEGREES. VELVA. NORTH DAKOTA. A MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF SIXTY NINE DEGREES. AND A FARMINGTON TENNESSEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF EIGHTY TWO.
BEE COLONY SURVEY
THANKS CINDI. THERE’S ENCOURAGING NEWS THIS MORNING FOR BEES AND BEEKEEPERS. THE ANNUAL SURVEY OF BEE COLONIES SHOWS FEWER BEES DIED OVER THE WINTER. THE “BEE INFORMED PARTNERSHIP” ESTIMATES COLONY LOSSES AT 21-PERCENT. THAT’S A NEARLY SIX POINT IMPROVEMENT FROM THE 2015-2016 WINTER SEASON. BEEKEEPERS ALSO LOSE BEE COLONIES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. LAST YEAR IT WAS ABOUT 18-PERCENT. THE REPORT IS BASED ON A SURVEY OF ABOUT FIVE-THOUSAND BEEKEEPERS.
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MACHINERY PETE CHECKS-IN NEXT WITH A LOOK AT THE HOTTEST SELLING FARM EQUIPMENT OF THE MONTH.AND HOW FAR ARE YOU WILLING TO GO TO LIVE OUT YOUR DREAMS? THIS MAN SHARES HIS STORY OF DESIRE AND DETERMINATION...AND IT LANDED HIM IN TEXAS!
MACHINERY PETE
MACHINERY PETE TOOK THE DAY-OFF MONDAY LIKE MANY FOLKS. BUT HE’S HERE TODAY WITH A LOOK AT THE HOTTEST SELLING EQUIPMENT IN MAY. PETE SAYS LOTS OF FOLKS ARE ‘MAKING HAY.’ ONE OF THE HOTTEST SECTORS OF THE USED MARKET I’VE SEEN IN THE MONTH OF MAY WELL SMALL SQUARE BALERS ARE ON YOUR OUR MACHINERY. PETE DOT COM WEBSITE THAT ALMOST FOUR HUNDRED IMWAS TWO FOR SALE BY DEALERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN THE MONTH OF MAY. THAT SEARCH TRAFFIC FOR THESE LISTINGS WAS UP NINETEEN POINT FOUR PERCENT AND I’M ACTUALLY SEEING THIS DEMAND PLAYED OUT ON THE AUCTION MARKET WITH MUCH STRONGER PRICES RECENTLY NOW LET ‘S TAKE A COMMON MODELS SAY IN NEW. HOLLAND B C FIFTY SEVENTY I HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN THE FOUR HIGHEST AUCTION PRICES I’VE EVER SEEN ON THIS MODEL ALL IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. NOW HERE’S A PICTURE OF A TWO THOUSAND TWELVE MODEL IS SOLD ON A FARM AUCTION APRIL EIGHTEENTH SOUTHWEST ALBERTA CANADA BY OUR FRIENDS. RICHEY BROTHERS AND ONE FOR SEVENTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN DOLLARS U S HAS THE HIGHEST PRICE I’VE EVER SEEN ACTUALLY HAD TO PULL HIM ON THAT SALE THAT WERE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE MODELS BOTH BROUGHT THE SAME MONEY THEY ALSO ADDED TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN MODEL NO ONE FOR SIXTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY THREE DOLLARS AND HERE ‘S A PICTURE OF A B C FIFTY SEVENTY THAT SOLD ON A FARM AUCTION IN CENTRAL OHIO. BACK ON MARCH TWENTY ONE FOR SIXTEEN THOUSAND. DOLLARS SO AGAIN THOSE OF THE FOUR HIGHEST AUCTION PRICES I’VE EVER SEEN ON A B C FIFTY SEVENTY MODEL. NOW FOLKS IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A BALER GO TO OUR WEB SITE MACHINERY PETE DOT COM AND AGAIN WE GET ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED OF THEM LISTED FOR SALE BY DEALERS. BUT YOU CAN ALSO CLICK ON THE UPCOMING AUCTION LIKE WE GOT NINETY NINE. BAYLOR ‘S LISTED FOR SALE INCLUDING EIGHTEEN SMALL SQUARE BALERS INCLUDING ONE FIFTY SEVENTY THAT ‘S COMING UP THIS SATURDAY JUNE THIRD ON A CONSIGNMENT SALE AND VERSAILLES MISSOURI AND ALL THIS INFORMATION IS UPDATED DAILY BE SURE TO TELL ALL ‘S AUCTIONEERS AND DEALERS YOU SAW IT ON MACHINERY PETE
IN THE COUNTRY
WHEN WE COME BACK MEET A SCOTTISH DREAMER WHO RE-LOCATED 46-HUNDRED MILES AWAY TO LIVE OUT HIS PASSION ON THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. IN THE COUNTRY IS NEXT. FROM THE GREEN HILLS OF SCOTLAND TO THE TEXAS PLAINS... COLIN THOMSON IS LIVING HIS AMERICAN DREAM. AND HE’S HELPING DAIRYMEN ALONG THE WAY. ED WOLFF FROM THE TEXAS FARM BUREAU HAS THE STORY. AN IDEA. A BIG RISK. A MOVE ACROSS THE GLOBE. COLIN THOMSON & HIS WIFE APRIL MOVED FROM SCOTLAND TO TEXAS IN 2006. A BOLD MOVE THAT HAS SINCE PAID OFF. I WORKED IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN SCOTLAND. WE WOULD COME OVER HERE ON VACATION, AND I QUICKLY SAW THERE WERE A LOT OF DAIRIES. WE DECIDED WE WANTED A CHANGE IN LIFESTYLE AND DECIDED WE WANTED TO MOVE TO TEXAS AND GIVE IT A GO.” THEY LEFT THE LARGEST CITY IN SCOTLAND FOR LAMKIN, TEXAS. MOVING TO THE RANCH HER GRANDPARENTS ONCE OWNED IN COMANCHE COUNTY. ONE OF THE HISTORICALLY RICH DAIRY AREAS OF THE STATE. A PERFECT PLACE FOR COLIN TO DREAM BIG. COLIN THOMSON “I GREW UP JUST IN TOWN AND HAD NOTHING REALLY TO DO WITH DAIRIES. LEFT SCHOOL WHEN I WAS 16. WORKED FOR A DELEVAL DEALER FOR 11 TO 12 YEARS. FROM THERE ON, I GREW TO LOVE THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE PROGRESS OF DAIRY INDUSTRY—HOW WE COULD HELP THE FARMERS AND THE COWS."AFTER GETTING TO THE LONE STAR STATE HE WORKED FOR ANOTHER DAIRY DEALERSHIP FOR 7 YEARS. THEN 4 YEARS AGO HE AND APRIL DECIDED TO STEP OUT ON THEIR OWN. THOMSON SERVICES WAS BORN. IN DUBLIN. TEXAS…NOT IRELAND. “MY MAIN GOAL WAS JUST TO CREATE A HIGH QUALITY SERVICE COMPANY. WE WEREN’T SCARED TO GET ON OUT THERE AND BRING NEW EQUIPMENT IN WHICH WE COULD SEE COULD HELP THESE FARMERS.” FROM SUPPLIES AND INSTALLATIONS TO MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, COLIN’S TEAM WORKS TO HELP DAIRIES OF ALL SIZES. THEY SERVE ABOUT 40 DAIRIES IN AN 80-MILE RADIUS. WILDCAT DAIRY IN GUSTINE IS ONE. “AS IMMIGRANTS OURSELVES FROM 23 YEARS AGO, WE REALLY COULD ASSOCIATE WITH COLIN WHEN HIM AND HIS FAMILY MOVED HERE. HE DID GREAT SERVICE WORK AND WAS OUT HERE QUITE A BIT AND JUST DEVELOPED A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICE THAT HE DID FOR US.” ONE OF COLIN’S RECENT PROJECTS FOR DAVID IS COW COOLING. COLIN THOMSON: “WE’RE CREATING ABOUT A 7 MILE PER HOUR WIND. WE’VE INDIVIDUALLY BAFFLED EACH PEN SECTION TO CREATE A DOWN DRAFT OF AIR FLOW TO GIVE GREAT WIND VELOCITY AROUND THE COW’S BODY SO WE CAN GET HER CORE TEMPERATURE DOWN.” HE WORKS WITH DAIRYMAN IN CENTRAL TEXAS TO KEEP THEIR BARNS AS AS POSSIBLE. USING FANS & MISTERS, HE HELPS REDUCE THE TEMPERATURE IN THE BARNS BY 18 DEGREES. THAT HELPS KEEP THE COWS COMFORTABLE, WHICH MAKES THEM PRODUCE MILK MORE EFFICIENTLY. CUSTOM LED LIGHTS FOR AGRICULTURE ARE HIS LATEST VENTURE. AND HE’S LOOKING TO INCORPORATE ROBOTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS. “I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS MOVING TO AMERICA FOR ME IT OPENS YOUR EYES TO WHAT’S POSSIBLE. I LOVE THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GET IN THIS COUNTRY. I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANYWHERE ELSE LIKE IT IN THE WORLD.” COLIN IS LIVING HIS DREAM. WHILE HELPING THOSE WHO GROW THE NATION’S MILK. AND ULTIMATELY THOSE WHO DRINK IT. WITH THE TEXAS FARM BUREAU, ED WOLFF, DUBLIN.
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THAT’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THIS MORNING. WE’RE GLAD YOU TUNED IN. FOR CINDI CLAWSON AND ALL OF US AT AGDAY. I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
