TODAY ON AGDAY
NOVEMBR 21, 2016
HEADLINES
TODAY ON AGDAY - THE DIRECTION OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IS CHANGING...I THINK WE’RE GOING TO CLOSE 2016 MUH BETTER IF WE KEEP PRICES WHERE THEY ARE TODAY. BUT CAN THAT MOMENTUM CONTINUE INTO THE NEW YEAR? AN EARTHQUAKE THAT ROCKED NEW ZEALAND IS FORCING PRODUCERS TO DUMP MILK.. “I MUST SAY THE DEVASTATION IS WORSE THAN I ANTICIPATED, IN AGRIBUSINESS, AS THE DOLLAR GAINS STRENGTH, IT’S A WET BLANKET ON COMMODITY PRICES..WELL THERE’S WINDS OF CHANGE AND THEY SEEM TO BE MAJOR WINDOS OF CHANGE ON A GLOBAL SCALE IT’S AN OLD BARN WITH A NEW LOOK... IT’S JUST NOT YOUR NORMAL CAFETERIA-TYPE SETTING OR PARKING LOT. ITS JUST, THE PICTURES WILL ALWAYS BE BEAUTIFUL.” WHY WEDDING BELLS ARE HELPING SAVE A RUN-DOWN GEM ON THIS WISCONSIN FARM. AGDAY-BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DEPENDABLE, LONG LASTING CHEVY SILVERADO.
GROWING MILK SUPPLY
GOOD MORNING I’M TYNE MORGAN. CLINTON GRIFFITHS IS OFF TODAY. LOWER MILK PRICES THIS YEAR ISN’T STOPPING U-S DAIRY FARMERS FROM GROWING SUPPLY. ON FRIDAY - USDA RELEASED ITS MONTHLY MILK PRODUCTION REPORT. IT SHOWS OCTOBER MILK CLIMBED TWO-POINT-SEVEN PERCENT FROM A YEAR. IT NOW TOTALS 16-AND A HALF BILLION POUNDS.THE BIGGEST PRODUCERS - CALIFORNIA AND WISCONSIN - ARE BOTH UP ABOUT TWO PERCENT. NATIONALLY, PRODUCTION PER COW CLIMBED 43 POUNDS. THE HERD SIZE IS 31-THOUSAND HEAD BIGGER THAN A YEAR AGO. LIKE ALL OF AG, THE DAIRY INDUSTRY HAS FACED CHALLENGES THIS YEAR, BUT MAINLY PRICE. PRICES ARE LOOKING UP TO CLOSE OUT 2016, WITH THE WORLD’S LARGEST DAIRY EXPORTER, FONTERRA, INCREASING ITS FARMGATE PRICE FORECAST FOR THE 2016 TO 2017 SEASON. DESPITE WEAKER COMMODITY VALUES THIS PAST YEAR, MILK PRODUCTION HAS GROWN. BUT WHAT’S THE DIRECTION FOR THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN 2017? 2016 HAS BEEN FULL OF PEAKS AND VALLEYS FOR DAIRY PRODUCERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND ENTERING INTO THE FINAL DAYS OF THE YEAR, PRICES ARE STARTING TO LOOK UP. “WHAT’S BEEN A TOUGH 2016 AS WE GOT INTO MID SUMMER I THINK WE’RE GOING TO CLOSE 2016 MUH BETTER IF WE KEEP PRICES WHERE THEY ARE TODAY 20:54:36 20:24:08-20:24:19 “WE’RE SEEINGA SHIFT IN TERMS OF TIGHTNESS IN THE MARKET AROUND THE WORLD AND AS A RESULT WE’VE SEEN WHOLE MILK POWDER JUMP ABOUT 35 PERCENT IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS” THAT STRENGTH BEING DRIVEN BY IMPROVING CHEESE PRICES, HELPING CARRY MILK, TOO. BUT BROWN SAYS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MASSIVE SUPPLIES OF BOTH CHEESE AND BUTTER, THERE’S MORE DOWNSIDE RISK THAN UPSIDE POTENTIAL OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS RABOBANK’S TOM BAILEY AGREES, BUT SAYS WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A SHIFT. “THE U.S. HAS KIND OF MARCHED TO THE BEAT OF ITS OWN DRUM THE PAST 24 MONTHS. THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET HAS DONE ITS OWN THING. BUT WE’VE FIALLY SEEN THE INTERINATIONAL MARKET CONTRACT IN TERMS OF SUPPLY SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 7 BUGGEST EXPORTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY: THAT’S THE U.S. AUSTRALIA, EU, NEW ZELAND, URAGUAY, OF THOSE 7, 6 ARE NOW CONTRACTING IN TERMS OF MILK VOLUME. SO THAT’S A BIG SHIFT FROM WHERE WE WERE 6 TO 12 MONTHS AGO.” HE SAYS THE U-S WILL BE THE ONLY MAJOR DAIRY PRODUCING COUNTRY TO EXPAND PRODUCTION OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. “AND ACTUALLY WE’VE SEEN COMMERCIAL DISAPPEARANCE OF WELL ABOVE AVERAGE LEVELS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AS A RESULT OF THIS” BROWN SAYS WHILE THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY PICTURE DOES LOOK FRIENDLIER, IT’S THE DYNAMICS AMONG PRODUCTION THAT WORRIES HIM LONG- TERM. “IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUPPLY SIDE OF THE INDUSTRY, WE’RE VERY SLOW TO RESPOND TO NEGATIVE RETURNS. AND SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR DEMAND TO CATCH UP. AND GO THROUGH A LONGER PERIOD OF NEGATIVE TIMES FOR PRODUCERS YET WHEN WE HAVE GOODS TIMES INT EH DAIRY INDUSTRY, WE GROW RIGHT AWAY. WE GROW PRETTY RAPIDLY AND WE GROW OUT OF THOSE VER GOOD TIMES. " 20:56:34> THERE’S ALSO A SHIFT IN WHERE MILK IS BEING PRODUCED IN THIS COUNTRY DUE TO FACTORS LIKE REGULATORY ISSUES AND TROUBLE FINDING WATER. THAT’S WHY SOME PREDICT CALIFORNIA COULD BE DETHRONED AS THE NUMBER ONE MILK PRODUCING STATE. “IF YOU TAKE THE LAST 6 MONTHS ALONE AND YOU PROJECT IT OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, IT’S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT 3 YEARS OF CALIFORNIA CONTRACTING AT ABOUT 2 PERCENT AND WISONSIN GROWING AT 4 TO 5 PERCENT FOR WISCONSIN TO BE THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER. SO IT’S STILL A WAYS OUT. NO MATTER WHERE THE MILK IS PRODUCED, ANALYSTS THINK SOLID DEMAND WILL SURFACE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, MAKING THE PRICE STORY A FRIENDLY ONE FOR DAIRY. WE CAN’T REALY RANTIONALIZE WHERE THE SUPPLY IS GOING TO COME FROM THAT THE WORLD IS GOING TO NEED OVER THE NEXT 10 YRS,> HE THINKS THE U-S MARKET IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT HAS THE INFRANSTRUTURE, LAND AND FEED TO MEET GROWING INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC DEMAND. THAT GROWING HUNGER FOR DAIRY IS SOMETHING THE INDSUTRY IS WATCHING, ESPECIALLY THE CHANGE IN CONSUMERS’ TASTES. “PURCHASE DECISIONS HISTORICALLY WERE DRIVEN BY PRICE, CONVENIENCE AND TASTE. THAT IS NOT LONGER THE CASE, CONSUMRES HAVE QUESTIONS AB0UT WHERE THE PRODUCTS COME FROM,” “I THINK WHILE MANY ARE CONCERNED BY THIS, IT CREATES GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE INDUSTRY TO TELL OUR STORY."AHLEM SAYS PRODUCERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT VALUES DIFFER FROM CONSUMER TO CONSUMER. “GET TO KNOW YOUR CUSTOMERS, GET TO KNOW OCNSUMERS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY VALUE AND CONNECT TO THAT"> HE THINKS THE INDUSTRY IS JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE, AS THIS MARKET POTENTIAL WILL GROW. AND THAT’S WHY HE SAYS HE’S BULLISH DAIRY IN 2017. THE DAIRY MARGIN PROTECTION PROGRAM ALSO A KEY TOPIC AT FARM JOURNAL’S MILK BUSINSS CONFERENCE, WITH PRODUCERS SAYING IN A YEAR WITH LOW MILK PRICES, THE PROGRAM DIDN’T PAY ENOUGH. BROWN TOLD ME THE CHALLENGE IN THE NEXT FARM BILL WILL BE CREATING A PROGRAM THAT’S GOOD BUT NOT TOO GOOD.
NEW ZEALAND DAIRY DUMPING
MEANWHILE DOZENS OF FONTERRA DAIRY PRODUCERS ARE STILL DUMPING THEIR MILK - ONE WEEK AFTER A SEVEN-POINT-EIGHT EARTHQUAKE ROCKED NEW ZEALAND. ACROSS THE QUAKE-HIT RURAL REGIONS, ROADS AND POWERLINES - VITAL TO THE DAIRY INDUSTRY - ARE SLOWLY BEING REPAIRED. DAIRY FARMERS ARE TRYING TO GO BACK TO WORK, BUT IN MANY CASES THEY ARE DUMPING THEIR MILK. “HAVEN’T BEEN INTO THE HOUSES YET, YOU KNOW, WE’VE JUST BEEN WORRIED ABOUT THE ANIMALS, MAKING SURE THEY’RE MILKED.""I MUST SAY THE DEVASTATION IS WORSE THAN I ANTICIPATED, THE WHOLE DAY I’VE BEEN BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT I’VE SEEN."> BECAUSE OF FRACTURED ROADS, TANKERS ARE UNABLE TO GET TO DAIRY FARMS TO PICK-UP MILK. WITH NO COLLECTION, SOME FARMS HAVE RUN THE RAW MILK THRU THEIR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN THEIR PASTURES. WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US THANKSGIVING DAY FOR OUR ANNUAL HARVEST OF THANKS SPECIAL. BUT ON FRIDAY, WE’LL HAVE AN ENTIRE SHOW DEDICATED TO DAIRY WITH NOT ONLY A LOOK AT PRODUCTION, THE PEOPLE WHO HELP THE U-S DAIRY INDUSTRY THRIVE.
CATTLE ON FEED
MEANWHILE THE LATEST CATTLE ON FEED REPORT SHOWING A ONE PERCENT DROP AT THE NATION’S LARGEST FEEDLOTS. THE INVENTORY SITS AT TEN-POINT- SEVEN MILLION HEAD. PLACEMENTS DROPPED FIVE PERCENT FROM OCTOBER 2015, NOW SITTING AT TWO-POINT-ONE MILLION HEAD. MARKETINGS OF FED CATTLE TOTALLED ONE-POINT-SEVEN MILLION - A FIVE PERCENT DROP FROM A YEAR AGO.
CROP COMMENTS
“CROP COMMENTS IS POWERED BY RESICORE HERBICIDE FOR CORN, FROM DOW AGROSCIENCES.” IT APPEARS THE DROUGHT-PLAGUED SOUTH WON’T BE GETTING MUCH RELIEF OVER THE NEXT 90 DAYS. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CALLING FOR BELOW-NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND ABOVE- NORMAL TEMPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF STATES, INCLUDING SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. AND IT EXPECTS ABOVE-NORMAL PRECIP AND COOLER TEMPS IN NORTHERN STATES AND THE EASTERN CORN BELT. THIS FORECAST IS CONSISTENT WITH A WEAK LA NINA. LET’S CHECK IN WITH MIKE HOFFMAN FOR YOUR FIRST LOOK AT FARM COUNTRY WEATHER THIS HOLIDAY WEEK. GOOD MORNING MIKE. GOOD MORNING, TYNE. LET’S START OFF IN SOUTH EAST SOUTH DAKOTA. WE RECEIVED THIS ‘WINTER WONDERLAND’ PHOTO FROM A VIEWER IN THE AREA. SHE SAYS THANKFULLY THE LIVESTOCK WERE MOVED FROM THE PASTURE EARLIER IN THE WEEK. AND THE SNOW BLANKETED THE AREA IN NELIGH, NEBRASKA TOO. KENNY REINKE JUST COMPLETED HARVEST THE DAY BEFORE IT HIT. HE’S THANKFUL HE DID - SAYING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A YIELD LOSS WITH THE SNOW AND HOWLING WIND. NOW TAKING A LOOK AT THE DROUGHT MONITOR YOU CAN SEE THE DROUGHT HAS REALLY EXPANDED IN THE SOUTH EAST THAT IS A BIG CONCERN AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT 30 DAYS WE’LL BE CHECKING OUT THAT FORECAST COMING UP BUT NOW HERE ARE SOME HOMETOWN TEMPS
TEASE
WHEN WE COME BACK - THE U-S DOLLAR HITTING A 13 YEAR HIGH LAST WEEK. JIM BOWER OF BOWER TRADING IS HERE TO SEE IF IT WILL KEEP A WET BLANKET ON GRAINS. PLUS, “TIS THE SEASON”, FOR MACHINERY PETE. STAY TUNED, FOLKS. COMING UP I’LL TELL YOU ABOUT A VERY RARE BALER AND A LATE MODEL PLANTER DURING THESE RECENT AUCTIONS. AND SEE HOW THIS WISCONSIN DAIRY BARN GETS ALL “GUSSIED UP” FOR ITS NEW USE AS A WEDDING VENUE. ENTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN TWO REGISTRATIONS TO THE TOP PRODUCER SEMINAR - JANUARY 24TH THROUGH THE 27TH IN CHICAGO. PACKAGE INCLUDES A THREE-NIGHT HOTEL STAY, PLUS A TWO-HUNDRED DOLLAR VISA GIFT CARD! GO TO TOPPRODUCERSEMINAR.COM/SWEEPSTAKES.
AGRIBUSINESS
AGRIBUSINESS TODAY, BROUGHT TO YOU BY YAMAHA - MAKERS OF VIKING SIDE- BY-SIDES. YAMAHA - REAL WORLD TOUGH. CORN WEEKLY EXPORTS SKYROCKETING 35 PERCENT THIS WEEK. AT 1 POIN 66 MILLION METRIC TONS, THAT’S ALSO 47 PERCENT ABOVE THE 4- WEEK AVERAGE. UNKNOWN DESTINATION BUYS ACCOUTNING FOR 433 THOUSAND METRIC TONS. AND JAPAN PURCHASED 255 THOSUAND METRIC TONES. WELL, WE MAY HAVE HAD SOME REALLY STRONG EXPORT SALES LAST WEEK BUT THAT U S DOLLAR JUST SEEMS TO BE THIS WET BLANKET ON OUR COMMODITY MARKETS. JIM BOWER OF BOWER TRADING, HERE WITH US THIS WEEK. JIM, U.S. DOLLAR 13 YEAR HIGH, DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL HITTING A NEW HIGH. WHY IS THIS IMPACTING OUR MARKETS SO MUCH? THERE’S WINDS OF CHANGE AND THEY SEEM TO BE MAJOR WINDS OF CHANGE ON A GLOBAL SCALE. WE’RE GOING TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE MARKET SAYS HIGHER INTEREST RATES, HIGHER DOLLAR, HIGHER DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY TO GET THE EXPORTS. I THINK I’D BE CAREFUL HERE. KEEP IN MIND THERE IS NOT NECESSARY A MAJOR TENDENCY LOOKING AHEAD PAST IN OPERATION BASED UPON WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN ELECTION AND INAUGURATION THERE IS NO DIRECT CORRELATION OVER THE MARKET SAYS DEFINITELY HIGHER INFLATION. DO YOU THINK WE’VE OVERDONE IT? I HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME AND I CAN REMEMBER TRADING THE DOLLAR AT 1.22 AND OF COURSE IT WAS DEVASTATING TO COMMODITIES SEVERAL TIMES SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. IF IT DOESN’T, WE ARE HEADING TOWARD A REAL COLLAPSE. FINALLY, THEY FINALLY BACKED OFF AND THEY BROUGHT THAT DOLLAR BACK DOWN. BUT IF THEY HAD THEY WENT MUCH OVER 1.22, WE’D HAVE A REAL FINANCIAL CRUSH. SO NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS ON OUR DEMAND SIDE OF THE LEDGER, JIM IF THIS U S DOLLAR IF THIS CONTINUES TO SHOW STRENGTH, DO EXPORTS EVEN MATTER AT THIS POINT? THEY DO IN A WINDOW IN THE BIG PICTURE BUT IT’S GOING TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO EXPORT AGAINST OUR COMPETITION. IT WILL ENABLE US TO BUY COMMODITIES THAT WE NEED AND PRODUCTS WE NEED A LITTLE EASIER. BUT WE DON’T WANT THE DOLLAR TO GO TO HIGH LEVEL HER COMMODITIES. OK BUT REAL QUICK, AFTER INAUGURATION DAY, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE TRUMP FISCAL POLICY TO BE LIKE AND HOW WILL IT CERTAINLY, WE’LL SEE HIGHER INTEREST RATES IN MY OPINION. THAT’S GOING TO PUT SOME DEGREE OF SETBACK TO THE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET INTO NEW HOMES THAT TYPE OF THING, BUT OVERALL IT’S GIVEN SOME TIME. LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE NOW. OK, ALRIGHT, JIM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE STAY WITH US. WE’LL HAVE A CHECK WITH WEATHER NEXT. FOR A FREE TWO WEEK TRIAL TO JIM’S DAILY GLOBAL MARKET LETTER, CALL BOWER TRADING TOLL FREE AT 1-800-533-8045.
WEATHER
WELCOME BACK. CHECK NOW WITH WEATHER WITH METEOROLOGIST MIKE HOFFMAN MIKE YOU SHOWED SOME NASTY SNOW PHOTO, IN CROP COMMENTS, BUT IT DIDN’T HIT SOME OF THE AREAS ON THE DROUGHT MONITOR THAT NEEDED MOISTURE NO. AND THEY’VE BEEN MISSED THE ENTIRE YEAR BY ALL THE TROPICAL MOISTURE AND EVERYTHING SO IT’S REALLY IS STARTING TO GET BAD IN THE SOUTHEAST AND THAT’S WHY WE WANTED SHOW THAT THE WORST AREA CONTINUES TO BE THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF GEORGIA, ALABAMA BUT IT’S SPREADING WESTWARD IN THE MISSISSIPPI AND WE’RE STARTING TO SEE SOME DROUGHT FARTHER NORTH IN THE KENTUCKY AND WESTWARD INTO A TEXAS AS WELL. AND HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST WEEK. SO YOU GO BACK LAST SATURDAY THROUGH THIS PAST FRIDAY ALMOST NOTHING REALLY NOTHING, ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTRY EXCEPT FOR THAT SNOW THAT CAME ON FRIDAY. AND THAT PROBABLY PILED UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN OUR MODEL IS SHOWING THERE. BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE SOUTHEAST WHERE YOU’RE REALLY DESPERATELY NEED THE RAIN THERE’S JUST A FEW SPOTS GET A LITTLE BIT AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT. SO HERE WE GO AS WE HAD THROUGH THIS WEEK WE’RE STARTING OFF IN A BIG TROUGH IN THE NORTHEAST THAT IS VERY COLD AIR BUT MORE TYPICAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR THE WARMTH CONTINUES TO BUILD BACK INTO THE PLAINS STATES. NOW WE ARE GOING TO INTO KINDA OF FLOW WE’RE GONNA SEE LITTLE RIPPLES IN THE JET STREAM MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST. AND EACH ONE OF THOSE WILL BRING A STORM SYSTEM WITH IT. I DON’T SEE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS A TROUGH SETTING UP ANYWHERE TO BRING COLD AIR THAT’S GOING THE LAST SO YOU’RE GOING TO BRING SHOTS OF COLD AIR AND THEN THE WARM AIR RETURNS AND THEN WE GET ANOTHER SHOT OF COLD AIR. I THINK THAT’S NOT OUR GOING TO GO THROUGH THE WEEK.THERE’S FRIDAY AND YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER TROUGH COMING INTO THE WESTERN STATES AND OTHER BIG STORM SYSTEM THERE. AND AS WE HAD AN EARLY THE FOLLOWING WEEK THE TROUGH IN THE EAST, A TROUGH IN THE WEST. AND A RIDGE THRU THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. BUT OF COURSE EVERYTHING JUST KEEPS MOVING ALONG SO HERE WE GO THE TEMPS THIS WE’RE EXPECTING TO BE BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MID ATLANTIC INTO THE NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN CANADA ABOVE NORMAL FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BACK THROUGH A TEXAS INTO NEW MEXICO ON NORTHWARD THROUGHOUT THE PLAINS. NEAR NORMAL FOR THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. THIS WEEK AS FAR AS PRECIPITATION GOES WHERE YOU HAVE A DECENT SYSTEM COMING TO THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY BUT I’M GOING NEAR NORMAL THERE BECAUSE IT’S JUST ONE SYSTEM NORTHEAST WILL GET A COUPLE OF THEM. BELOW NORMAL UNFORTUNATELY IN THE SOUTHEAST AND ABOVE NORMAL IN THE WESTERN STATES WITH A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS COMING IN THERE. 30 DAY OUTLOOK FOR TEMPS BELOW NORMAL FOR THE GREAT LAKES THAT INCLUDES MINNESOTA AND ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE APPALACHIANS. ABOVE NORMAL FROM TEXAS UP THE MONTANA WESTWARD AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE THIRTY DAYS OUTLOOK FOR PRECIPITATION AND UNFORTUNATELY BELOW NORMAL IN THE SOUTHEAST ABOVE NORMAL IN THE GREAT LAKES AND THE NORTHEAST AS WELL AS THE NORTHWEST. THAT’S A LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME LOCAL FORECASTS. WE HEAD TO PHOENIX ARIZONA FIRST OF ALL CLOUDY AND TIMES OF RAIN TODAY HIGH TEMPS AROAUND 70 DEGREES. IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN MOSTLY SUNNY AND RATHER COLD WITH A HIGH OF THIRTY SIX AND ALTOONA PENNSYLVANIA WINDY AND COLD WITH SNOW SHOWERS HIGH OF THIRTY EIGHT.
TEASE
THE HOLIDAY SEASON KICKS-OFF THIS WEEK. IT’S ALSO EQUIPMENT AUCTION SEASON! MACHINERY PETE CELEBRATES, NEXT. AND A WISCONSIN ENTRENPRENEUR FINDS A NEW USE FOR AN OLD BARN....TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A MODERN MOTIF FOR WEDDINGS. ENTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN TWO REGISTRATIONS TO THE TOP PRODUCER SEMINAR - JANUARY 24TH THROUGH THE 27TH IN CHICAGO. PACKAGE INCLUDES A THREE-NIGHT HOTEL STAY, PLUS A TWO-HUNDRED DOLLAR VISA GIFT CARD! GO TO TOPPRODUCERSEMINAR.COM/SWEEPSTAKES.
MACHINERY PETE
MACHINERY PETE - SPONSORED BY THE GRIT, TOUGHNESS AND PERSERVERANCE OF FARMERS EVERYWHERE, WHO RELY ON CHEVRON DELO. BECAUSE UNCOMMON JOBS REQUIRE UNCOMMON TOUGHNESS. CHEVRON DELO - LET’S GO FURTHER. NOVEMBER MEANS THE BEGINNING OF THE BUSY MACHINERY AUCTION SEASON. THIS WEEK MACHINERY PETE TELLS US ABOUT TWO RECENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT CAUGHT HIS EYE, ONE OLD, ONE NEW. WELL, THE AUCTION SEASON IS REALLY PICKING UP SPEED HERE, FOLKS. I’VE SEEN SOME INTERESTING ITEMS SOLD AT AUCTIONS HERE SOLD IN NOVEMBER. NOW HERE’S A PICTURE OF ONE OF THEM, A 1979 NEW HOLLAND 1425 SELF PROPELLED BALER. ONE SOLD ON AN ONLINE FARM AUCTION IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA, NOVEMBER EIGHT ONE WENT FOR 15,631 DOLLARS. NOW WHEN I POSTED A PHOTO OF THE BALER ON OUR MACHINERY PETE TWITTER FEED, BOY, WE HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS OF PEOPLE SAYING THEY’VE NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE. NOW, IF WE SWITCH GEARS THE LATER MODEL EQUIPMENT, LAST THURSDAY, I COVERED A FARM STATE AUCTION IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WHERE THIS TWENTY FIFTEEN JOHN DEERE SIXTY SIX, THIRTY SIX ROLL, TWENTY TWO INCH PLANTER WITH TRACKS SOLD NOW WE ALL KNOW THAT LARGELY MODELED PLANTERS HAVE BEEN PRETTY SOFT THE PAST FEW YEARS. WELL, THIS ONE SOLD FOR TWO HUNDRED, TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. IT’S A VERY STRONG SALES PRICE I THOUGHT. IN FACT, I CHECKED ON OUR MACHINERY PETE WEBSITE WHERE WE HAD OVER 100 THOUSAND DEALER LISTINGS FOR SALE, AND I FOUND THREE 2015 THIRTY SIX ROW PLANTERS FOR SALE. ONE AT 236, THE OTHER TWO AT 210 THOUSAND. SO AGAIN, VERY STRONG SALE PRICE THERE IN MINNESOTA LAST THURSDAY, AT TWO HUNDRED TWENTY.
TEASE
STILL TO COME ON AGDAY - A WISCONSIN FAMILY TURNS THIS FORMER DAIRY BARN INTO A PLACE WHERE SPECIAL MEMORIES ARE MADE. IN THE COUNTRY IS NEXT.
IN THE COUNTRY
IN THE COUNTRY - BROUGHT TO YOU BY KUBOTA’S BX AND L SERIES COMPACT TRACTORS - AVAILABLE NOW WITH A SIX-YEAR LIMITED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. LEARN MORE TODAY AT YOUR LOCAL KUBOTA DEALER. ) WEDDING RECEPTIONS HELD IN OLD BARNS SEEMS TO BE ALL THE RAGE THESE DAYS.IN THIS VIDEO FROM THE WISCONSIN MILK MARKETING BOARD, SEE HOW ONE FAMILY SAVED AN OLD DAIRY BARN WITH A NEW USE. WHEN THE PFAFF’S ORIGINAL COW BARN STARTED TO DETERIORATE, THEY HAD TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THE AGING FACILITY. “FIXED THE ROOF, AND I DECIDED AS I WAS MOWING LAWN THAT WE SHOULD HAVE EVENTS DOWN HERE, AND SO WE PROCEEDED SLOWLY, KIND OF, DOING THAT!” NESTLED IN THE ROLLING HILLS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN, GARDEN VALLEY GATHERINGS IS A RUSTIC FACILITY OFFERING A SERENE SETTING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. SINCE THE FACILITY IS PART OF A 300-ACRE DAIRY FARM, THE PFAFFS OFFER SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR WEDDING PACKAGES. “WE WILL OFFER TO BRING IN ANIMALS AS A PACKAGE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME BRIDES THAT WOULD LOVE TO COME OUT TO THE COUNTRY AND HAVE THEIR PHOTOGRAPH OR FAMILY PICTURES WITH A DAIRY ANIMAL.” AND WITH SEVERAL ACRES OF BEAUTIFUL SCENERY THE VENUE IS A GREAT SETTING FOR ANY EVENT. “YOU’VE GOT THE BEAUTIFUL WOOD, YOU’VE GOT THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY, YOU’VE GOT GREEN GRASS GROWING EVERYWHERE, THE TREES. IT’S JUST NOT YOUR NORMAL CAFETERIA-TYPE SETTING OR PARKING LOT. ITS JUST, THE PICTURES WILL ALWAYS BE BEAUTIFUL.” BECAUSE THE PFAFFS ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THE DAIRY INDUSTRY, THEY ALWAYS OFFER A LITTLE SOMETHING MADE FROM THEIR FARM. “WHEN I SIT DOWN AND PLAN AN EVENT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT THEY HAVE A CHEESE TRAY. I HAVE THE ABILITY TO ORDER IT THROUGH OUR MILK PLANT AND THEY BRING IT ALL CUT UP.” AND THAT’S WISCONSIN DAIRY NEWS.
CLOSE
THAT’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THIS MORNING. WE’RE GLAD YOU TUNED IN. FOR MIKE HOFFMAN, AND ALL OF US AT AGDAY. I’M TYNE MORGAN. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
