TODAY ON AGDAY
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
HEADLINES
TODAY ON AGDAY - A NEW TOOL IN THE BATTLE AGAINST WEEDS IS GETTING TANGLED UP IN WASHINGTON. WE’RE LOOKING AT WHATS NEXT FOR DICAMBA TOLERANT CROPS. IN AGRIBUSINESS... SORTING OUT HARVEST MARKETS. THEIR MODEL SAYS THAT YOU GO SELL THE WINNERS AND GO LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT’S UNDERVALUED. MACHINERY TELLS US WHY NOW MIGHT JUST BE A GOOD TIME TO SELL USED EQUIPMENT. THESE 4-HER’S CAN’T VOTE IN TUESDAY’S ELECTION...BUT THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT THE POLITICAL PROCESS. “THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE SOMEBODY STANDS WHEN WE ARE ELECTING A PRESIDENT” AGDAY-BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DEPENDABLE, LONG LASTING CHEVY SILVERADO.
DICAMBA CONTROVERSEY
GOOD MORNING I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS THE WHITEHOUSE, THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO HAVE SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS AT THE EPA. THE AGENCY STILL WORKING ON FINAL APPROVALS FOR A NEW FORMULATION OF DICAMBA. IT’S ALREADY APPROVED DICAMBA TOLERANT SOYBEANS BUT THE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO WAIT ON THE HERBICIDE. BUT THAT DELAY LEFT BEHIND A MESS IN 2016, AND NEXT YEAR ACREAGE COULD BE EVEN HIGHER. BETSY JIBBEN HAS MORE ON THE PRODUCT, THE CONTROVERSY AND THE POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD. BUT IT’S ONE OF THE FIRST YEARS HE’S CUTTING ROUNDUP READY 2XTEND SOYBEANS.."WE HAVE A LOT OF 4 BEAN PODS OUT THERE. THEY’RE A GREAT YIELDING SOYBEAN,” THE NORTHWEST OHIO FARMER AND SEED SALESMEN SAYS FARMERS ARE PAYING ATTENTION.POND SAYS OVER HALF OF HIS NEAR YEAR’S EARLY SEASON SOYBEAN SALES ARE GOING TO THE XTEND LINE. OUR EARLY SEASON SALES ARE GOING REALLY WELL.MONSANTO DEBUTED XTEND SOYBEAN TECHNOLOGY IN 2016. IT GAINED EU IMPORT APPROVAL BY MID-YEAR. REPRESENTATIVES OF MONSANTO SAY THEY’RE PROJECTING OVER 15 MILLION ACRES OF THE 2 XTEND SOYBEANS IN 2017.BUT THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THE TOOLBOX HAS ITS CONTROVERSY: FARMERS CAN PLANT THE SEEDS, BUT CANNOT SPRAY THE INTENDED HERBICIDE.THE HERBICIDE IS NOT APPROVED BY EPA. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS CLOSED AND EPA IS REVIEWING THE COMMENTS RECEIVED ON THE HERBICIDE PROPOSAL. YET, SOME FARMERS ILLEGALLY SPRAYED EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHICH DRIFTED AND DESTROYED THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF CROPS. 40-THOUSAND ACRES IN MISSOURI ALONE BELIEVED TO BE FROM SPRAY. THE EPA IS ISSUING FEDERAL SEARCH WARRANTS IN AT LEAST FOUR MISSOURI COUNTIES LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF MISUSE. IT’S ONE REASON WHY INDIANA FARMER, GEORGE KAKASULEFF IS COMMUNICATING WITH HIS NEIGHBORS, EVEN THOUGH HE’S NOT SPRAYING. “YOU CAN’T ASSUME PEOPLE HAVE ROUNDUP ANYMORE. MOST OF THEM KNOW WE’VE HAD XTEND FOR NOW FOR TWO SEASON. WE HAVE THAT DIALOGUE WITH NEIGHBORS AND TRY TO ALL KNOW WHAT EACHOTHER HAS,"STATE OFFICIALS IN THOSE INVESTIGATIONS POINTING TO OLDER FORMULATIONS OF DICAMBA, BEING SPRAYED OVER TOLERANT SOYBEANS, WHICH ARE MORE VOLATILE AND PRONE TO DRIFT. AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION’S RON MOORE PARTIALLY BLAMING EPA FOR NOT APPROVING THE NEW FORMULATIONS OF DICAMBA LIKE THEY SAID THEY WOULD. “IF THEY HAD APPROVED THE PRODUCT FOR USE THIS SUMMER, WE WOULDNT’ HAVE THE ISSUES WE HAVE NOW."YET HE ANTICIPATES THE EPA APPROVALS FOR THE NEW FORUMULATIONS OF DICAMBA NEXT YEAR."THE NEW FORMULATIONS FOR DICAMBA WHICH COMES IN XTEND DOESN’T HAVE THE DRIFT POTENTIAL. IT’S NOT AS VOLITAL AS THE OLD FORMULATIONS."THESE FARMERS SAY THE TECHNOLOGY IS CRUCIAL- ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO WEED RESISTANCE.. “WE NEED ANOTHER TOOL IN THE CABNET WE CAN UTILIZE THAT HAS GOOD CONTROL ON WEEDS,"INDUSTRY SPECIALISTS AGREE - WEED RESISTANCE IS ONLY GROWING.. “THE ISSUE SURROUNDING HERBICIDE RESISTANCE IN WEED POPULATIONS, NOT ONLY IN ILLINOIS BUT THE U.S. HAS INCREASED IN FREQUENCY DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS,"HOWEVER, HAGAR BELIEVES THERE IS NO SINGLE TOOL USED TO REDUCE WEEDS. “PEOPLE THINK, WELL, WE CAN’T CONTROL IT WITH THIS, WE’RE GOING TO SWITCH OVER HERE AND ALL WE DO THEN IS START THAT CYCLE OF SELECTION OVER AGAIN,"THE APPROVAL PROCESS MAY BE OUT OF THE PRODUCER’S CONTROL.. BUT FARMERS LIKE POND ARE HOPEFUL IT’S AN ADVANCEMENT IN THE FUTURE.. “THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW PRODUCTS OUT THERE. WE JUST NEED TO GET THEM OUT THERE AND PUT THEM IN THE FARMER’S HANDS SO WE CAN USE THEM,” THIS IS BETSY JIBBEN REPORTING. THANKS BETSY. THE CONFLICT OVER DICAMBA DRIFT CAN BE SERIOUS.. IT’S EVEN BEING IMPLICATED IN A RECENT FARMER SHOOTING. ASA AND THE COMPANIES STRONGLY REMIND GROWERS TO FOLLOW ALL CURRENT LABEL GUIDELINES.
USDA AG EXPORT FORECAST
USDA UPDATING ITS FORECAST FOR AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS. THE AGENCY NOW EXPECTING OUTBOUND AG GOODS TO HIT 127-BILLION DOLLARS.. THAT’S NEARLY THREE BILLION HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS ESTIMATES. MEANWHILE U-S AG IMPORTS WERE REVISED LOWER, LEAVING A TRADE SURPLUS OF 13-POINT-SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS. THE AG DEPARTMENT SAYS THERE WAS INCREASED DEMAND FOR CORN, SORGHUM AND DDG’S TO HELP BOLSTER THE EXPORTS OUTLOOK.
BEEF EXPORTS
SPEAKING OF EXPORTS, THE FEDERATION OF STATE BEEF COUNCILS ANNOUNCING THAT ITS INVESTING ALMOST $1 MILLION TO STIMULATE MORE OVERSEAS DEMAND FOR AMERICAN BEEF. FOR EXAMPLE, THE GROUP WILL SPEND $260,000 FOR PROMOTIONS IN JAPAN, HOPING TO MOVE AN ADDITIONAL 6.9 MILLION POUNDS OF U.S. BEEF. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PLANS TO TARGET AREAS LIKE KOREA AND ASIAN ISLAND COUNTRIES.THE US POULTRY PROCESSING INDUSTRY HAS UNDERGONE TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN THE LAST 25 YEARS ACCORDING TO THE USDA, PRODUCTION HAS NEARLY DOUBLED SINCE 1990.
POULTRY PRODUCTION HITS RECORD
IN 2015, FEDERALLY INSPECTED POULTRY PRODUCTION HIT A RECORD 46.3 BILLION LBS.SINCE 1990, CHICKEN PRODUCTION HAS INCREASED BY 113 PERCENT. AND IT’S UP NEARLY 900 PERCENT SINCE 1960. MEANWHILE, TURKEY PRODUCTION HAS ADVANCED 23 PERCENT SINCE 1990. DUCK PRODUCTION IS UP 41 PERCENT.
CROP COMMENTS
CROP COMMENTS IS POWERED BY RESICORE HERBICIDE FOR CORN, FROM DOW AGROSCIENCES.” MIKE HOFFMAN HAS THIS MORNING’S CROP COMMENTS TO START OFF THE WEEK. MIKE.GOOD MORNING, CLINTON. LAUREN ARBOGAST FROM VIRGINIA SENT US THIS PHOTO OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. SHE SAYS SHE ONLY CHOPPED CORN THIS YEAR AND HARVEST IS NOW COMPLETE.OTHERS IN THE AREA HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO. SOYBEANS ARE MOSTLY STANDING IN FIELDS, STILL DRYING DOWN. LAUREN TURLEY FROM WEBSTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY SENT US THIS PHOTO. SHE JUST WRAPPED UP HARVEST LAST WEEK. YIELDS WERE AVERAGE. LAUREN SAYS HEAVY RAINS THROUGHOUT THE GROWING SEASON HURT A LOT OF YIELDS IN THE AREA. AND TAKING A LOOK AT THE DROUGHT MONITOR YOU CAN SEE IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE IN THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE SOUTH EAST SLIGHTLY BETTER IN THE NORTH EAST WE’LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST FOR THE COMING WEEK AND THE NEXT THRITY DAYS COMING UP BUT NOW HERE ARE SOME HOMETOWN TEMPS
TEASE
WHEN WE COME BACK WE’LL CHECK ON MARKETS HEADING INTO ELECTION WEEK. PLUS MACHINERY PETE. “STAY TUNED FOLKS COMING UP WE’LL TALK ABOUT RED HOT PRICES FROM A PAIR OF FARM AUCTIONS LAST THURSDAY.” “I’M CHARLES DENNEY. THEY CAN’T REALLY VOTE IN THIS UPCOLMING ELECTION., BUT SOME TENNESSEE 4HERS STILL CAST THEIR BALLOTS AND LEARN ABOUT THE POLITICAL PROCESS. THAT STORY COMING UP ON AGDAY.
FLOOR OF THE CME
AGRIBUSINESS TODAY, BROUGHT TO YOU BY YAMAHA - MAKERS OF VIKING SIDE- BY-SIDES. YAMAHA - REAL WORLD TOUGH. IN AGRIBUSINESS LETS SEE HOW MARKETS CLOSED THE WEEK OUT. FOR THAT WE’RE OFF TO THE FLOOR OF THE CME IN CHICAGO. A FAIRLY REASONABLY GOOD VOLUME SESSION HERE TODAY WITH A LOT OF BUYING, A LOT OF SELLING MAC BEING DONE DEPENDING ON HOW YOU VIEW THE REPORTS NEXT WEEK. AND WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHAT THE REACTION COULD BE IN RESPONSE TO THOSE REPORTS. A LOT OF FEELING WE’LL SEE USDA INCREASE PRODUCTION AND YIELD ESTIMATES FOR SOYBEANS. AND IT’S VERY BELIEVABLE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU TALK AROUND THE COUNTRYSIDE AND TALK TO PRODUCERS. YOU HEAR SOME VERY VERY BIG YIELD REPORTS COMING OUT JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. THE CORN MARKET, THOUGH, FEELING A FEELING A LITTLE BIT FUNDAMENTALLY. NO DOUBT THE PRODUCTION IS A GOOD PRODUCTION HERE THIS YEAR BUT THE YIELDS ARE TRYING TO BE MORE VARIABLE OVER THERE. CATTLE AND HOGS MOSTLY TRADING LOWER HERE TODAY AFTER A RESPONSE TO WHAT IS BEING PERCEIVED AS SOME RATHER DISAPPOINTING CASH NEWS CATTLE MARKET DID START TRADING YESTERDAY. IT’S MOSTLY UNCHANGED LEVELS. VOLUMES WERE NOT REPORTED TO BE HIGH AND THERE SHOULD BE MORE BEING TRADED TODAY PROBABLY UNCHANGED LEVELS AS WELL. THE MARKET HAD EXPECTED HIGHER LEVELS SO THE PRICES BEING PAID AT UNCHANGED FOR A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTING. THANKS VERY MUCH. THIS IS JACK SCOVILLE I’M VICE PRESIDENT OF PRICE FUTURES GROUP. AFTER A BUMPY WEEK LAST WEEK, AND A NEW SUPPLY DEMAND FROM USDA DUE WEDNESDAY, TYNE MORGAN JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT WHERE MARKETS COULD BE MOVING.
AGRIBUSINESS
HERE NOW WITH ALLEN BURGLAR WITH BRUGLAR MARKETING. ALLEN, WE SAW AN IMPRESSIVE MONTH IN OCTOBER FOR OUR CORN AND SOYBEAN PRICES BUT IT SEEMED LIKE AS SOON AS THAT CALENDAR FLIPPED TO NOVEMBER, WE SAW SOME MAJOR PRICE PRESSURE. A LOT OF THOSE ASSET ALLOCATIONS THAT THE HEDGE FUNDS MADE GOOD MONEY WITH THOSE IN OCTOBER. THEIR MODEL SAYS TO GO SELL THE WINNERS AND LOOK FOR SOMETHING FOR VALUE. SO THE MONEY IS MOVING TO OTHER SECTORS. TO SOME DEGREE IS JUST GOING TO THE SIDELINES TOO AHEAD OF THE U S ELECTION NEXT WEEK. THERE’S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE REACTION TO THE ELECTION JUST WANTING TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE CASH POSITION RATHER THAN FUTURES. WELL, WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE THAT HAVE SOME UNPRICED BUSHELS, BUT LET’S START WITH OLD CROP, WHAT’S YOUR ADVICE NOW? WE’RE SITTING ON IT FOR THE MOST PART. I HAD A BUNCH OF HEDGES FROM LAST SUMMER THAT WE’RE ENDOWED. WE HAVE SOME MONEY IN THE BANK. WE DON’T LIKE THE BASIS LEVELS. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE ON THE WEAK SIDE ALL YEAR BUT WE THINK THEY WILL IMPROVE OVER TIME. TYPICALLY YOU’RE GOING TO EARN SOME OF THE CARRY FROM HERE TO THE FIRST OF DECEMBER. SO, IF YOU IF YOU’VE GOT A HEDGE POSITION, YOU NEED TO SIT TIGHT WAIT ON THAT ON THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE BASIS. WHAT ABOUT NEW CROP? NEW CROP WE ARE REALLY NOT DOING MUCH RIGHT HERE. WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A SHORT HEDGE IN THE BEANS FROM TEN DOLLARS AND THAT’S ON 17 BEANS AND CORN. OUR DATA SAYS THAT EIGHT OUT OF TEN YEARS, YOU’RE BETTER OFF WAITING UNTIL THE SPRING WHEN YOU’RE PLANNING OR IN THE EARLY SUMMER RATHER THAN PRICING THE YEAR AHEAD. WE’RE NOW HEARING THESE TALKS ABOUT LA NINAAGAIN. DO YOU THINK THAT PLAYS INTO OUR MARKET? WE’LL HAVE AN IMPACT OVER THE WINTER. WE’RE STARTING TO SEE THE SOUTH DRY OUT A LITTLE BIT. THAT’S WITH LA NINA BUT AGAIN, THE FORECAST IS THAT IT WON’T STICK AROUND THROUGH NEXT SUMMER. THANKS SO MUCH STAY WITH US WE’RE BACK WITH MORE AGDAY IN A MOMENT. TO TALK WITH ALAN ABOUT HIS AG MARKET PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, CALL BRUGLER MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT AT 402-697-3623 OR VISIT HIS WEBSITE ATWWW.BRUGLERMKTG.COM. YOU’RE A FARMER. AND YOU ARE RELENTLESS. WE’RE RELENTLESS TOO. VISIT MYCOGEN-DOT-COM, OR YOUR LOCAL MYCOGEN SEEDS DEALER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR RELENTLESS DEDICATION TO YOU.
WEATHER
WELCOME BACK TO AGDAY HERE ON MONDAY WITH MIKE HOFFMAN. MIKE AS WE LOOK AT RAIN OVER THE PAST WEEK OR SO REALLY JUST POCKETS NOT REALLY WIDESPREAD. YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THAT. GOOD FOR HARVEST I SUPPOSE IN MOST AREAS BECAUSE THE CENTRAL CORN BELT WAS REALLY THE ONLY PART OF THE CORN BELT GOT TOO MUCH MOISTURE THAT WAS JUST AN INCH OR TWO IN SOME AREAS. THE BULK OF THE RAIN DID FALL IN TEXAS SAYS YOU CAN SEE AND EVEN THAT WAS KINDA SPOTTY. SOME AREA DIDN’T GET MUCH AT ALL, OTHERS GOT ONE-TWO INCHES ESPECIALLY FROM DALLAS OVER TOWARD LUBBOCK. AND A FEW SPOTS IN THE RIO GRANDE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE ANYWAY. ALRIGHT LET’S CHECK OUT THE SITUATION, JUST STREAM AS WE START THIS WEEK BIG RIDGE IN THE GREAT LAKES, TROUGH OFF THE EAST COAST, ANOTHER TROUGH DIGGING IN TO THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY AND A TROUGH WELL OFF THE WEST COAST. NOW THIS HAS BEEN A LITTLE FARTHER EAST RECENTLY SO THIS IS FARTHER WEST NOW SO A LOT OF THE STORMS ARE REALLY GONNA MAKE IT INTO THE WEST COAST AS WE HAD THROUGH THIS WEEK. AND AS YOU CAN SEE AS WE PUT THE MAPS INTO MOTION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK GETS TO BE KIND OF A STRANGE LOOKING SITUATION HERE RIDGE BUILDS UP OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WHERE IT REALLY WARMS UP AGAIN BUT THEN WE HAVE A CUTOFF LOW IN THE SOUTHWEST, AND EXACTLY WHERE THAT GOES IS ALWAYS TOUGH ON THE COMPUTER MODELS. OUR MODEL STARTS TO MERGE IT WITH THE MAIN JET STREAM AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY THEN ANOTHER CUT OFF FORMS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THOSE WILL BE SOME SHOTS OF COLDER AIR BUT THE ARCTIC AIR ANY TIME YOU SEE THE JET STREAM ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA IT IS STILL BOTTLED UP IT IS NOT COMING SOUTH QUITE YET SO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS THIS WEEK IS IN MY FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE LOWER FORTY EIGHT ONLY NEW ENGLAND BELOW NORMAL, NEAR NORMAL IN THE SOUTHEAST AND MUCH OF TEXAS, AS FAR AS PRECIPITATION IS CONCERNED FOR THE COMING WEEK BELOW NORMAL FROM THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK ALL THE WAY BACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES AND THEN INTO THE SOUTHWEST. ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND ALSO MUCH OF TEXAS INTO THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BECAUSE OF THAT CUT OFF LOW, THE FIRST ONE AND THE SECOND ONE MAY ADD SOME A LITTLE FARTHER EASTWARD THIRTY DAY OUTLOOK FOR TEMPERATURES IT’S OBVIOUSLY NOT STARTING OFF BELOW NORMAL BUT I AM GOING BELOW NORMAL FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS FOR THE GREAT LAKES NORTHWARD AS WE START TO GET SHOTS OF COLD AIR LATER IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. ABOVE NORMAL IN THE GULF COAST AND MOST OF THE WEST IN PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS LOOKS DRIER THAN NORMAL UNFORTUNATELY IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST ALSO THE SOUTHWEST WITH ABOVE NORMAL NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NORTHWARD ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST AND ABOVE NORMAL IN PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND. THAT’S A LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME LOCAL FORECASTS. WE HEAD TO WICKENBURG ARIZONA FIRST OF ALL TONS OF SUNSHINE AND BEAUTIFUL, HIGH TEMP OF EIGHTY ONE.WATERLOO, IOWA WHILE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE COMFORTABLE HIGH OF SIXTY TWO AND FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE AND COOL HIGH SEVENTY ONE.
TEASE
MACHINERY PETE JOINS US NEXT WITH WHY PUTTING THAT USED EQUIPMENT UP FOR SALE THIS WEEK MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA. THESE 4-HER’S ARE TOO YOUNG TO VOTE IN TOMORROW’S ELECTION. BUT THEY’RE NOT TOO YOUNG TO LEARN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VOTING PROCESS. DETAILS LATER ON IN THE COUNTRY. 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.
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. CHEVERON DELO - LET’S GO FURTHER.MACHINERY PETE IS HERE THIS MONDAY WITH A LOOK AT WHY RIGHT NOW...MIGHT JUST BE THE VERY BEST TIME TO SELL YOUR USED EQUIPMENT. WELL I’VE SAID IT FOR A YEARS NOW FOLKS, BUT I THINK IF YOU’RE SELLING EARLY NOVEMBER IS THE BEST TIME TO DO IT. AND SO MORE PROOF OF THAT CAME LAST THURSDAY ON A FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SALE - THIS 2009 JOHN DEERE 9670 STS COMBINE WITH 953 ENGINE HOURS ON IT, SOLD FOR 145 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT’S THE SECOND HIGHEST AUCTION PRICE I’VE HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR ON A 9670. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SALE; THIS 1988 JOHN DEERE 4850 TRACTOR WITH 6800 HOURS ON IT SOLD FOR $39,500. NOW THAT’S THE HIGHEST AUCTION PRICE I’VE SEEN ALL YEAR ON A 4850 AND IN FACT IT’S THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE THE LAST TWO YEARS NOW ONE OTHER ITEM TO HIGHLIGHT AND I ACTUALLY FEATURED THIS IN MY PETES PICK OF THE WEEK CELL PHONE MESSAGE LAST FRIDAY WAS THIS 2009 JOHN DEERE 635 F FLEXHEAD. IT SOLD FOR $20,000. NOW THE LAST 40 MONTHS THAT’S TIED FOR THE HIGHEST AUCTION PRICE ON A 2009 MODEL 635F SOLD WITH NO AIR REEL. AND MORE PROOF OF WHAT A GREAT TIME EARLY NOVEMBER IS TO SELL WAS FROM ANOTHER FARM AUCTION LAST THURSDAY UP IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA, WHERE THIS 2014 JOHN DEERE S 680 COMBINE WITH FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY SIX ENGINE HOURS, SOLD FOR OVER $286,000. FOLKS IF YOU’RE SHOPPING FOR USED EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO. MACHINERYPETE.COM.
TEASE
AS IF YOU NEED A REMINDER - TOMORROW IS THE NATIONAL VOTING DAY. WE’LL SEE HOW SOME TEENAGERS - TOO YOUNG TO VOTE - ARE LEARNING WHY THIS CIVIC DUTY MATTERS.
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. ) MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS WILL CAST THEIR BALLOTS AS THE U-S ELECTS ITS 45TH PRESIDENT TOMORROW. ALL VOTERS MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD, BUT YOUNGER PEOPLE ALSO HAVE IN INTEREST IN THIS ELECTION. PROVIDED BY THE U-T INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE, CHARLES DENNEY INTRODUCES US TO SOME TENNESSEE 4-HERS -- AND FUTURE VOTERS --LEARNING ABOUT THE ELECTION PROCESS. NORMALLY WHEN A TEEN HAS A LAPTOP OPEN, IT’S TO PLAY A VIDEO GAME OR GET A GOOD LAUGH FROM A YOUTUBE VIDEO. BUT HERE THESE 8TH GRADERS ARE CHOOSING BETWEEN CLINTON AND TRUMP. IT’S A 4-H CLUB MEETING AT OCONEE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN CLEVELAND, BUT FOR THESE KIDS, IT’S ALSO ELECTION DAY. WHENEVER WE MAKE DECISIONS TO VOTE, WE’RE MAKING A DECISION OF WHO WE WANT TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY, WHICH IS A MAJOR THING.” THESE YOUNGSTERS CAST THEIR BALLOTS AND LEARN ABOUT GOVERNMENT IN THIS 4-H PROGRAM. MADDEN SNYDER AND GREG JORDAN HAVE STUDIED THE CANDIDATES, AND NOW MAKE THEIR DECISION – GOOD PRACTICE THEY SAY, FOR THE FUTURE. “WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT EVENTUALLY. IT’S GOOD TO KNOW NOW HOW TO DO IT, AND IT’S NICE TO KIND OF ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES AND ACTUALLY THINK FOR YOURSELF.” THESE KIDS MAY BE YOUNG, BUT THEY ARE PERCEPTIVE ABOUT RED AND BLUE AMERICA, AND ALL THAT’S GOING ON THIS ELECTION YEAR. I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXTREMELY STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT IT IF YOU ASK THEM.” “THERE’S A LOT OF TENSION THIS TIME. YOU THINK? THERE’S QUITE A LOT OF TENSION.” “4-H LEADERS WANT THESE YOUNGSTERS TO LEARN THAT VOTING IS IMPORTANT, NOT JUST A CIVIC DUTY, BUT A WAY FOR YOUR VOICE TO COUNT. THE MESSAGE HERE IS WHEN YOU VOTE, YOU SHAPE YOUR GOVERNMENT.” “THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE SOMEBODY STANDS WHEN WE ARE ELECTING A PRESIDENT. WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?” 4-H AGENT LYNNE MIDDLETON WITH UT EXTENSION IN BRADLEY COUNTY WANTS HER TIME WITH THESE KIDS TO BE AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE. SHE ENCOURAGES THEM TO FORM THEIR OWN OPINIONS, NOT JUST REPEATING WHAT THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS MIGHT THINK. “I WANT THEM TO MAKE A DECISION. WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO YOU? HOW DO YOU FEEL ON THESE OPINIONS, THESE PLATFORMS, WHICH CANDIDATE DO YOU SUPPORT?” “I THINK IT’S GOOD THAT THEY’RE INFORMED ABOUT HOW THE GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS AND THE CHOICES, AND WILL HELP THEM MAKE GOOD CHOICES LATER ON AND BE ACTIVE CITIZENS.” “SO THAT MEANS DONALD TRUMP IS OUR NEW PRESIDENT IF ALL OF YOU IN HERE WERE VOTING.” WHEN THE FINAL TALLY WAS IN, TRUMP TOOK THIS 8TH GRADE CLASS BY A 17-TO-6 COUNT. WHILE THEY’RE TECHNICALLY SITTING OUT THIS ELECTION, SOME OF THESE YOUNGSTERS WILL TURN 18 IN THE FALL OF 2020, MAKING THEM ELIGIBLE TO HIRE THE NEXT, NEXT PRESIDENT OF OUR COUNTRY. EVERYONE’S VOTE HERE MIGHT NOT COUNT, BUT THEY LEARN THEIR OPINION CERTAINLY DOES. THIS IS CHARLES DENNEY REPORTING.
CLOSE
THAT’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THIS MORNING. WE’RE GLAD YOU TUNED IN. FOR BETSY JIBBEN, MACHINERY PETE AND MIKE HOFFMAN, I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. HAVE A GREAT DAY. HIGH STRENGTH STEEL FOR HIGH STRENGTH DEPENDABILITY, THE CHEVY SILVERADO IS THE OFFICIAL NEWS GATHERING VEHICLE OF AGDAY TELEVISION.
