TODAY ON AGDAY
Oct. 9, 2015
Opening:
COMING UP TODAY ON AGDAY - THE PUSH IS ON TO PASS THE TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP...NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT.
PLUS, THE RACE FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HEATS UP...
IN TODAY PROFARMER PROFIT BRIEFING...SORTING OUT CATTLE MARKETS.
AND THIS VIRGINIA FARMER IS A STRONG BELIEVER IN SUSTAINABILITY HE CAN BUILD ON...LONGEVITY FROM THE SOIL UP.
AGDAY-BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DEPENDABLE, LONG LASTING CHEVY SILVERADO.
TPP:
GOOD MORNING I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS.
IN 2014--NEARLY HALF OF ALL U.S. AG EXPORTS WERE SHIPPED TO THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN THE NEWLY COMPLETED TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP.
USDA SAYS SHIPMENTS TO THOSE 11 COUNTRIES ADDED 63 BILLION DOLLARS TO THE U.S. ECONOMY.
THE INFORMATION PART OF NEW FACT SHEETS ROLLING OUT FROM WASHINGTON AS LEADERS PUSH FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
USDA ROLLING OUT A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWING HOW THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP CAN BOOST THE U.S. AG INDUSTRY.
USDA’S FOREIGN AG SERVICE MADE THE IMAGES WHICH GRAPHICALLY DEPICT HOW EACH STATE AND INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES CAN BENEFIT FROM INCREASED AGRICULTURAL TRADE.
THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVES OFFICE SAYS THE DEAL WILL CUT 18-THOUSAND SEPARATE TAXES ON AMERICAN MADE PRODUCTS.
THE BIGGEST ECONOMY LEFT OUT OF THE DEAL IS CHINA.
THE US DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS THE TPP IS “NOT DESIGNED TO ENCIRCLE CHINA”.
“TO THE CONTRARY, IF CHINA IS INTERESTED IN PURSUING MEMBERSHIP AND IF IT IS ABLE TO MEET THE STANDARDS, WE WOULD WELCOME THAT. AND INDEED, MORE BROADLY, AS I SAID, WE WELCOME CHINA’S EMERGENCE AND SUCCESS. AND PARTICULARLY, WITH REGARD TO CHINA’S ECONOMY, SO MANY OF US ARE SO INTERTWINED THAT IT IS TO OUR BENEFIT, TO YOUR BENEFIT THAT CHINA SUCCEED AND PROSPER. AND SO, IF TPP (TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP) IS A VEHICLE FOR FURTHERING THAT,
AND FURTHERING THE INTEGRATION OF THE COUNTRIES IN THIS REGION, WEWOULD WELCOME THAT.”
GETTING THE DEAL APPROVED HERE AT HOME APPEARS TO THE BIGGER HURDLE.
SEVERAL PROMINENT LEADERS INCLUDING FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE OF HILLARY CLINTON NOW STANDING IN OPPOSION TO TPP. CONGRESSMAN KEVIN MCCARTHY, A REPUBLICAN FROM CALIFORNIA, IS DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
THIS HAPPENED JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE ELECTION, PROMPTING OUTGOING SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS.
MCCARTHY SAID HE DIDN’T WANT TO WIN THE JOB BY JUST SQUEAKING BY WITH ENOUGH VOTES, ADDING THE G-O-P NEEDS A NEW FACE.
MCCARTHY PLANS TO KEEP HIS POST AS MAJORITY LEADER.
AS WE REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK, MCCARTHY SERVED ON THE HOUSE AG COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTS A LARGE AG DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA.
New dietary guidelines look to include sustainability:
ALSO IN WASHINGTON, THE HOUSE AG COMMITTEE HOLDING A HEARING ON DIETARY GUIDELINES.
THE NUTRITION RECOMMENDATIONS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED BY THE END OF 2015.
DURING THE HEARING, THE GOVERNMENT’S 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES CAME UNDER ATTACK FROM CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS AND THE MEDIA.
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TAKING HEAT FOR INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS BEYOND NUTRITION-- INCLUDING SUSTAINABILITY...WHICH SECRETARY VILSACK INDICATES WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL VERSION LEADING SOME COMMITTEE MEMBERS LIKE MINNESOTA DEMOCRAT COLIN PETERSON TO QUESTIONING THE GUIDELINES CREDIBILITY.
HE SAYS THERE SEEMS TO BE MORE FOCUS ON IDEOLOGY AND MARKETING FOOD PRODUCTS THAN PROVIDING CLEAR NUTRITION ADVICE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Cindi Clawson for Crop Watch:
WHILE THE CAROLINA’S ARE DEALING WITH FLOODING AND STORM DAMAGE, OTHER PARTS OF THE EAST COAST WERE SPARED. CINDI CLAWSON EXPLAINS IN THIS MORNING’S CROPWATCH.
HELLO CLINTON.
ITS TRUE HURRICANE JOAQUIN DID NOT FIND ITS WAY TO THE EASTERN SHORE. FARMERS SAY CROPS ARE NOW DRYING OUT AND APPEAR TO HAVE SURVIVED LAST WEEK’S NOR’EASTER.
USDA SAYS NEARLY HALF OF MARYLAND’S CORN CROP WAS HARVEST BEFORE LAST WEEK’S RAIN.
80 PERCENT IS LISTED IN GOOD CONDITION.
AND WE GOT THIS VIDEO FROM DOUG WHITNEY IN
ROSWELL NEW MEXICO.
HE SAYS THIS WAS THE SCENE DURING THE DAIRY
JUDGING AT THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR IN
ROSWELL WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THE AREA GOT SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THIS WEEK
AND MORE IS IN THE FORECAST.
MOST NEW ALFALFA IS PLANTED AND SOME BARLEY -
ALL ARE DOING WONDERFUL HE SAYS.
BUT, THERE IS STILL CORN FOR SILAGE STANDING AND
THAT’S GETTING TO BE A REAL CONCERN!
THANKS CINDY.
TWO EASTERN OREGON RANCHERS ARE HEADED TO
PRISON.
A RESULT OF A 2012 CONVICTION FOR COMMITTING
ARSON ON PUBLIC LAND.
ACCORDING TO THE PORTLAND OREGONIAN, THE
RANCHERS ARE SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON
FOR BURING ABOUT 140 ACRES OF BLM LAND NEAR
DIAMOND OREGON.
THE REPORT SAYS THE RANCHERS CLAIM THEY WERE
ATTEMPTING TO DO A PRESCRIBED BURN WHEN IT
SPREAD TO FEDERAL LAND.
THE GOVERNMENT’S ACCOUNT SAYS THE MEN WERE
TRYING TO HIDE EVIDENCE OF ILLEGAL GAME HUNTING.
THE HEAVY SENTENCE FOLLOWS AN ANTI-TERRORISM
ACT FROM 1996..WHICH SETS A MINIMUM OF FIVE
YEARS.
THE OREGON FARM BUREAU IS SUPPORTING THE MEN
AND SAYS RANCHERS SHOULDN’T BE TREATED LIKE
TERROISTS.
THE U.S. ATTORNEY PROSECUTING THE DUO ARGUED
FOR THE MANDATORY FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE.
HE SAYS QUOTE, “THESE GRAZING LEASES DON’T GIVE
THEM THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THESE LANDS.”
“IT DOESN’T GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO BURN THE
PROPERTY. IT’S NOT THEIRS.”
THE U.S. MEAT EXPORT FEDERATION, SAYS AUGUST
BEEF AND PORK SHIPMENTS REMAINED BELOW LAST
YEAR.
BEEF EXPORTS IN AUGUST TOTALING JUST OVER 84-
THOUSAND (84,167) METRIC TONS.
THAT DOWN ALMOST 20 PERCENT (18) COMPARED TO A
YEAR AGO....THE VALUE OF THAT PRODUCT ALSO DOWN
NOW AT ITS LOWEST POINT IN 18 MONTHS.
ON THE YEAR BEEF EXPORTS ARE OFF 11 PERCENT.
ON THE PORK SIDE, AUGUST SHIPMENTS TOTALING
NEARLY 161-THOUSAND (160,719) METRIC TONS.
THAT’S ONLY DOWN 1 PERCENT COMPARED TO AUGUST
LAST YEAR.
VALUES HOWEVER HITTING THE LOWEST POINT IN 4
YEARS.
MEANWHILE, DESPITE A COUPLE BETTER DAYS OF
TRADE IN CHICAGO, RECENT LOSSES AT U-S
FEEDYARDS CREATING TURMOIL.
OUR REPORTING PARTNERS AT BEEF TODAY SAYING
SOME YARDS ARE NOW ON THE BRINK OF FINANCIAL
COLLAPSE.
THE LATEST STERLING PROFIT TRACKER SHOWS
LOSSES AVERAGING 550 DOLLAR PER HEAD.
THAT’S A 200 DOLLAR INCREASE FROM JUST LAST WEEK.
THE TRACKER SAYS CASH FED CATTLE PRICES
AVERAGED 117 DOLLARS LAST WEEK.
UP NEXT WE’LL DIG INTO THE CATTLE SITUATION WITH
THE CREW OVER AT PROFARMER.
AND LATER, WE’RE OFF TO VIRGINIA TO SEE HOW ONE
FARMER IS PASSIONATELY PRESERVING HIS FARM FOR
THE FUTURE....AND HES DOING IT BY FOCUSING ON THE
SOIL.
(WINFIELD IS YOUR TRUSTED AGRONOMIC AND
BUSINESS PARTNER WITH THE EXPERTISE, PRODUCTS
AND INSIGHTS TO HELP YOU MAKE THE RIGHT
DECISIONS, FROM PLANNING TO HARVEST, IN TODAY’S
COMPLEX AGRIBUSINESS ENVIRONMENT)
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IN AGRIBUSINESS GRAINS SPENDING THRUSDAY
TRADING LOWER. LIVESTOCK SEEING A BIT OF GREEN.
LETS SEE HOW THINGS CLOSED ON THE FLOOR OF THE
CME.
LETS START LOOKING AT THAT CORN MARKET. CORN TESTING
THE 200 DAY MOVING AVERAGE YESTERDAY AT 3.98. BUT WASN’T
ABLE TO BREAK OUT ABOVE. IF THE BULLS ARE ABLE TO GET IT
CLOSED ABOVE THAT TOMORROW WE COULD RUN TOWARD 4.08.
THAT’S THE NEXT LINE IN THE SAND WE’RE LOOKING AT. THE
SOYBEAN MARKET KIND OF THE SAME THING. LOOKING AT A
COUPLE KEY MOVING AVERAGES. THE 50 DAY COMING IN AT
8.96 AND THREE QUARTERS IF YOU RECALL. WE FAILED AGAINST
THAT YESTERDAY WHICH INVITED SOME SELLERS TO COME INTO
THE MARKET AND TAKE SOME PROFIT TAKING. LONG LIQUIDATIONS
IS OFTEN REFERRED TO. IF WE ARE ABLE TO BREAK OUT ABOVE T
HAT AFTER TOMORROWS REPORT. 9.27 REALLY NOT MUCH IN THE
WAY IN BETWEEN HERE AND THERE. WHEAT A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT BEAST HERE. 200 DAY FAILED YESTERDAY I
PROBABLY SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD AS I DID WITH
THE CORN AND SOYBEANS AS WELL. THAT CAME IN AT 5.32
TESTING THE 100 DAY TODAY AT 5.21 BUT FAILED TO BREAK
OUT AND AGAIN WE SAW LONG LIQUIDATION AND PROFIT TAKING
AHEAD OF TOMORROWS USDA REPORT. SUPPORT COMES IN AT A
POCKET AT THE 20 AND 50 DAY MOVING DAY BETWEEN 4.99 AND 5.03.
THE DECEMBER FUTURES FOR LIVE CATTLE REALLY LOOKING FOR A RUN TO
1.39 AND 1.42 TO START STEPPING IN ON A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER OF A
SIDE. ON THE FEEDER CATTLE 1.90 TO 192 THAT’S FOR THE NOVEMBER
CONTRACT. SO THOSE ARE WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT AND OFTEN TIMES THIS MARKET
DOESN’T BOTTOM ON A V RECOVERY. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE OTHER
RETESTS OF THAT. SO THAT’S WHAT WE’RE ANTICIPATING. THIS HAS
BEEN OLIVER SLOUP WITH IITRADER FROM THE FLOOR OF THE CME.
IT’S BEEN A ROCKY ROAD LATELY FOR CATTLE
MARKETS.
THE CREW OVER AT PROFARMER ARE TAKING A CLOSER
LOOK AT WHERE WE’VE BEEN AND WHERE TRADE MAY
BE HEADED--IN THIS WEEK’S PROFIT BRIEFING.
USDA IS GOING TO DELIVER SOME IMPORTANT CROP PRODUCTION SUPPLY
AND DEMAND REPORTS THIS MORNING, BUT BRIAN WE HAVE GOT TO TAKE
A STEP BACK, AWAY FROM THE GRAINS AND LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ON
IN THIS CATTLE MARKET AND WE NEED TO TALK HOGS AS WELL, BUT BEFORE
WE TALK ABOUT TOTAL IMPACTS, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE GOT
HERE. WHAT CAUSED THIS WASH OUT?> WELL, DEMAND CONCERNS AND
KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A BIGGER WASH OUT PERCENTAGE WISE THAN WHAT
WE SAW POST BSE, SO JUST A HISTORIC PRICE PLUNGE HERE IN THE
CATTLE MARKET, BUT THOSE DEMAND CONCERNS KIND OF BUILT ON THEMSELVES,
EVERYBODY RUSH FOR THE EXITS AND THEN YOU KNOW, WE WOUND UP
WITH A MARKET THAT’S GREATLY UNDERVALUED.> OK, LET’S PUT SOME
NUMBERS ON IT. I MEAN WE HAVE GOT, WE SAW SOME CASH CATTLE
TRADE UNDER $120 PER HUNDRED WEIGHT, THAT WAS OFF THE HIGHS
THAT WERE OVER $170 PER HUNDRED WEIGHT A YEAR AGO AT ABOUT
THIS TIME. IT IS RATHER HISTORIC AND FOR SOME OF THESE
OPERATORS IT’S CATASTROPHIC.> WE ARE SEEING MARGINS RIGHT
NOW, FEEDLOT MARGINS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE RED
AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE GOT TO GET THROUGH THOSE.
I KNOW THEY HELD ON THINKING THAT A RECOVERY WAS
COMING AT SOME POINT IN TIME, BUT WE HAVE TO FLUSH
THROUGH ALL THOSE ANIMALS BEFORE THE MARKET CAN RECOVER.>
OK, NOW LET’S LOOK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE LINE,
THESE FEED LOT LOSSES THAT ARE MOUNTING RIGHT NOW ON
CATTLE THAT ARE COMING TO MARKET. IT’S GOT TO CHANGE
THEIR ATTITUDE WHEN IT COMES TO FILLING THE FEED LOT
BACK UP.> IT SURE DOES AND YOU KNOW WHEN WE LOOK AT
FEEDER CATTLE PRICES IN RELATION TO FAT CATTLE PRICES,
STILL INDICATES THAT THE FEEDERS NEED TO COME DOWN SOME
MORE TO GIVE THEM INCENTIVE TO PUT MORE ANIMALS BACK
INTO FEEDLOTS.> RIGHT, YEAH THE CALVES THAT ARE GOING
INTO THE FEEDLOT ARE CARRYING A BREAK-EVEN OF $140
IN THE CASH AND WE HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING, EITHER
WE NEED TO SEE THAT FAT CATTLE PRICE MOVE UP OR
THE FEEDER CATTLE PRICE TO MOVE DOWN. AND OF COURSE
IF THE FEEDER CATTLE PRICES COMES DOWN, IT IMPACTS
OUR COW, CALF PRODUCERS.> IT SURE DOES AND YOU KNOW
, IT’S JUST KIND OF LIKE A VICIOUS CYCLE RIGHT NOW.
WHEREEVERYTHING; WE JUST NEED TO HIT THE RESET BUTTON,
GET THINGS BACK TO WHERE WE CAN SAY OK EVERYTHING IS GOOD AGAIN.
WE ARE MAKING MONEY ON ALL THE SIDES OF THINGS AND GET PASSED THIS
WASH OUT.> AND MAY BE NUMBER 1 IN HITTING THE RESET BUTTON AT THE
FEED YARD LEVEL IS WE GOT SOME ELEPHANTS OUT THERE IN THE FEED LOTS
THAT NEED TO GET CLEANED UP. > YEAH, THEY JUST HELD THEM BACK TO
LONG IN ANTICIPATION THAT SOMETHING BETTER WOULD COME NEXT WEEK,
WELL NEXT WEEK TURNED INTO NEXT MONTH AND NEXT MONTH TURNED INTO
TWO MONTHS AND SO ON AND THEY JUST GOT TOO HEFTY. WE NEED TO GET
THOSE HEAVY CARCASSES OUT OF THE FEEDLOTS, PROCESS THROUGH,
SWALLOW THE PILL AND GO ON.> YEAH, EXACTLY. NOW THE IMPACT
ON THE HOG MARKET--HOGS HAVE BEEN PERFORMING FAIRLY WELL. >
RIGHT AND THE DEMAND CONCERNS ON THE BEEF SIDE OF THINGS
HAVE TURNED INTO A GREAT THING FOR PORK. WE ARE SEEING MORE
DEMAND THERE. TAKING AWAY MARKET SHARE FROM BEEF THROUGH
THE GROWING SEASON, WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL AND NOW WE ARE TO
THE POINT, WHERE THE HOG MARKET IS OUT PERFORMING AND HAS
BOTH ON THE CASH SIDE OF THINGS, THE PRODUCT SIDE OF THINGS
AND IN THE FUTURES, SO THAT MARKET IS PROBABLY ABOUT READY
TO RUN OUT OF STEAM I WOULD GUESS AND NOW BECOMES A HEDGERS
MARKET, WHERE YOU ARE LOOKING TO HEDGE PRICE STRENGTH. >
YEAH, LET’S JUST GET SOME STABILITY IN HERE. HIT THAT RESET
BUTTON AND THEN LOOK FORWARD FROM THAT POINT. ALL RIGHT, FOR
BRIAN GRADY AND ALL THE EDITORS AT PROFARMER HERE IN CEDAR FALLS, IOWA, I’M CHIP FLORY.
(AGDAY - BROUGHT TO YOU BY BASF. GROW SMART
WITH BASF AND GET THE MOST ACRE AFTER ACRE
SEASON AFTER SEASON)
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THERE’S A FEW SPOTS THAT IMPROVED AND SOME
THAT GOT A LITTLE WORSE. YEAH, ABSOPULTELY. THE
IMPROVEMENT CAME IN THE SOUTHEAST BUT OF
COURSE AT A PRICE. GETTING OUT OF DROUGHT WAS
ABOUT THE ONLY POSITIVE THAT WE SAW OUT OF ALL
THAT RAIN IN THE SOUTEHAST LAST WEEKENED. NOW
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE DROUGHT MONITOR, WE DO SEE
REALLY SOME AREAS THAT DID GET WORSE, AND THAT IS HERE IN EASTERN
TEXAS, PARTS OF LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI AS WELL, REALLY NOT MUCH
OF A DIFFERENCE AS WE LOOK OVER OUT IN THE WEST. NOW AS FAR AS
FORECAST FOR TODAY WE’RE GOING TO HAVE ONE MAIN FRONT AFFECTING
FOLKS. LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT’S GOING TO BE SLIDING INTO NEW
ENGLAND. AND THAT FRONT IS GOING TO BE BRINGING A LITTLE RAIN TO
PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST. NOTICE THERE’S JUST NOT REALLY A TON OF
MOISTURE WITH THIS. SO, IT SHOULDN’T BE TOO MUCH OF PROBLEM FOR
FOLKS IN SOUTHEAST. THE HEAVIER RAIN WILL BE WITH THE ACTUAL RAIN.
HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN TO MUCH OF WEST AND INTO THE CENTRAL
UNITED STATES SO FOILS STILL HAVE ANY HARVEST TO DO, LOOKS LIKE
YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE SOME DECENT DRY WEATHER FOR A COUPLE OF
DAYS TO GET THAT DONE. AS WE HEAD THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY HIGH PRESSURE GAIN CONTROLLING THE NATION’S MID SECTION
THE WET WEATHER MAYBE DOWN IN FLORIDA. AND PARTS OF THE
SOUTHEAST. ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHING IN THE NORTHWEST. HEADING
THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY, PRETTY MUCH THOSE SAME AREAS, THE
SOUTHEAST ESPECIALLY DOWN IN FLORIDA THE NORTHWEST GETTING A FAIR
AMOUNT OF RAIN BUT A LOT OF DRY WEATHER IN EH NATION’S MID
SECTION. ALRIGHT AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE PRECIP OVER THE PAST 24
HOURS, IT’S REALLY BEEN THAT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM GREAT LAKES
HEADING INTO NORTHEAST, SOUTHERN FLORIDA AND THEN ESPECIALLY AS
YOU GET DOWN INTO THE WESTERN PART OF TEXAS WHERE SOME HEAVY
RAIN HAS FALLEN. THE NEXT 24 HOURS WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING
THAT FRONT MAKE THAT EASTWARD PROGRESS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN
NEAR THAT LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND ALSO DOWN IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
AS FAR AS TEMPS ARE CONCERNED THAT FRONT HAS BROUGHT SOME
COOLER AIR INTO PLACE. HIGHS IN EH 50S IN CHICAGO ALL THE WAY UP
THROUGH GREAT LAKES. IT STILL WARM AS YOU GET DOWN INTO THE GULF
COAST WITH 70S AND EVEN INTO THE 80S COUPLE OF 90S DOWN IN THE
SOUTWEST THOUGH. HEADING TO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WE’LL SEE THOSE
CHILLY TEMPS WITH LOWS IN THE 40S IN GREAT LAKES . EVEN SOME 70S
ALONG SOUTHEASTERN TIERS A LOT OF 50S AND 60S OUT WEST. 70S IN
THE SOUTHWEST AND TOMORROW WE’RE LOOKING AT THIS IN 50S AND
60S IN MUCH OF NORTHEAST. A LITTLE BIT COOLER UP IN MAIN. 70S AND
80S ALONG GULF COAST AND A LOT OF 70S UP INTO THE NORTERN PLAINS.
THAT’S A LOOK AT NATIONAL FORECAST. NOW LET’S CHECK OUT WEATHER
WHERE YOU LIVE. SHELTON WASHINGTON COOLER WITH RAIN TODAY HIGH OF
64 DEGREES. ATLANTIC IOWA, MOSTLY SUNNY AND COOLER WITH A HIGH
OF F63 AND THEN PIKEVILLE, KENTUCKY SHOWERS AND STORMS, WITH A
HIGH OF 75>
STILL TO COME, A POTENTIAL GAME CHANGER FOR
SOYBEAN GROWERS IN A MAJOR PART OF BRAZIL.
AND LATER, THIS VIRGINIA FARMER HAS DEFINED
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE FOR HIS FARM...AND IT
STARTS IN THE SOIL.
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FARMERS IN BRAZIL’S SECOND LARGEST SOYBEAN
PRODUCING STATE NOW HAVE A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH
THEY CAN PLANT.
THE NEWS COMES FROM AGROSOUTH NEWS, SAYING
AN ORDINANCE PASSED THIS WEEK BANS ANY FARMER
IN THAT AREA FROM PLANTING A SECOND SOYBEAN
CROP.
THE GOAL IS TO CURB THE SPREAD OF ASIAN RUST IN
THE COUNTRY.
ANYONE WHO BREAKS THE LAW WILL FACE A FINE, AND
REPEAT OFFENDERS COULD BE ASKED TO DESTROY
THEIR ENTIRE CROP.
SUGARCANE APHIDS FINDING THEIR WAY NORTH
DURING THIS 2015 GROWING SEASON.
THE PEST IMPACTING GRAIN SORGHUM GROWERS,
CUTS INTO YIELDS AND LEAVES A STICKY RESIDUE THAT
CAN CAUSE EQUIPMENT TO BREAK DOWN.
A BREEDER FROM KANSAS STATE HAS DEVELOPED A
SORGHUM VARIETY SHOWING RESISTANCE TO SUGAR
CANE APHIDS AND HIGHER YIELDS.
AS A BREEDER THAT THERE’S REALLY A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE
DROUGHT TOLERANCE, SUGAR CANE APHID RESISTANCE DOESN’T SEEM TO
BE MUCH OF A HEADACHE OF OUR GERM PLASM MATERIALS >
HE SAYS IT’S STILL A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE THESE
HYRBIDS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO GROWERS.
ALRIGHT WHEN WE COME BACK, WE’LL MEET A VIRGINIA
CATTLEMAN AND FARMER BUILDING A SYSTEM OF
SUSTAINABILITY FROM THE GROUND UP.
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THE TERM SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE GETS USED A
LOT THESE DAYS.
AND THE ONE CONSTANT...SUSTAINABLE AG IS USED BY
DIFFERENT PEOPLE FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
FOR ONE VIRGINIA FARMER, IT’S ALL ABOUT WORKING
WITH THE LAND...AND BUILDING PROTECTING THE SOIL
FOR THE FUTURE.
MIKE PHILLIPS GREW UP ON HIS FAMILY’S FARM NEAR BROADWAY,
VIRGINIA, AND SAW FIRST-HAND HOW SOIL EROSION COULD DEPLETE THE
LAND.
HE LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING THAT
SOIL.
NOW IN HIS 80S, HIS FATHER STILL CUTS THE GRASS TWO TO THREE TIMES A
WEEK ON HIS JOHN DEERE TRACTOR.
AND PHILLIPS HAS MADE A CAREER OF TEACHING AND MENTORING
OTHERS HOW TO DEVELOP THEIR SOIL, WORKING WITH THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S NATURAL RESOURCE AND CONSERVATION
SERVICE.
“EVERYTHING LIVING ON THIS FARM, BELOW GROUND AND ABOVE GROUND
IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.”
DEPENDING ON LOCATION AND NEED, PHILLIPS PLANTS A MIXTURE OF
MULTIPLE PLANT SPECIES ON HIS LAND, FROM JUST A FEW TO AS MANY AS
20. HIS CATTLE EAT IT AND RETAIN VERY LITTLE OF THE POTASH AND
PHOSPHORUS IN THEIR SYSTEM. SO MOST OF THOSE NUTRIENTS ARE
RETURNED TO THE SOIL WHICH IN TURN FEEDS THE SUB-SOIL BENEATH THE
GROUND.
HERE AS AN EXAMPLE HERE IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY MOST OF THE
CROP LAND HERE HAS BEEN FARMED FOR WELL OVER 200 YEARS AND
THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EROSION IN THE PAST SO
SOME OF THE SOIL IS PRETTY DEGRADED. SO WE DON’T WANT IT TO GET
ANY WORSE THAN WHAT IT IS NOW. WE WANT TO IMPROVE THAT
RESOURCE
PHILLIPS RAISES 80 BROOD COWS AND SEVERAL BULLS ON HIS 300 ACRE
FARM. ROTATING THOSE ANIMALS FROM PASTURE TO PASTURE AND A
VARIETY OF COVER CROPS FOR FORAGE ARE SOME OF HIS BEST TOOLS.
THEN HERE’S ALFALFA. THEN YOU SEE MY SUMMER ANNUALS HERE.
BASICALLY ALL THESE FIELDS ARE ROUGHLY THE SAME IN SIZE AND
THEY’RE RECTANGULAR FIELDS. THERE’S NO SHADE HERE SO WHEN I
GRAZE THEM WHEN THEY GET HOT THEY’LL COME BACK IN FOR WATER.”
GUILLIAMS SAYS THERE ARE ECONOMICAL WAYS FOR FARMERS AND
LANDOWNERS TO USE SUSTAINABLE TECHNIQUES. ONE WAY IS TO CUT
DOWN ON TILLAGE OR CONVERT TO NO-TILL AGRICULTURE. NO-TILL MEANS
YOU’RE NOT PLOWING THE SOIL, YOU’RE PLANTING DIRECTLY INTO THE
GROUND WITH A DRILL. ANOTHER WAY TO GREATLY REDUCE EROSION IS TO
PLANT COVER CROPS THAT CAN LATER BE HARVESTED FOR LIVESTOCK FEED
OR JUST LEFT TO DEGRADE AND BREAK DOWN INTO THE SOIL.
SO WE NOW THROUGH THE NCRS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PLANT A
MULTI SPECIES COVER CROP. THROW A LEGUME INTO THAT MIXTURE OR
INTO THAT SMALL GRAIN THAT YOU’VE NORMALLY BEEN PLANTING.
PHILLIPS SAYS NURTURING THE SOIL IS NOTHING NEW. THOMAS
JEFFERSON AND GEORGE WASHINGTON PLANTED BUCKWHEAT FOR WEED
CONTROL. SO HE’S CARRYING ON A LONG TRADITION OF BEING PASSIONATE
ABOUT SOIL PRESERVATION.
“THE FIRST THING IS THE FUNDAMENTAL IS YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE GOOD
SOIL. THAT’S THE BEGINNING OF LIFE. YOU TAKE AWAY THE SOIL OR YOU
DEPLETE THAT SOIL, YOU’RE DONE. YOU’RE TOAST. YOUR MOTHER GAVE
YOU LIFE. THE SOIL GIVES YOU LIFE.”
IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, THIS IS DAVE MILLER.
THAT’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THIS MORNING. WE’RE
GLAD YOU TUNED IN.
FOR MIKE HOFFMAN, AND AL PELL. 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)
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Closing:
I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. MONDAY ON AGDAY WE’LL SHOW YOU PEANUT HARVEST IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
IT’S A YIELD CHECK FROM THE LARGEST ORGANIC
PEANUT PRODUCING STATE IN THE COUNTRY. PLUS,
MACHINERY PETE HAS THE LATEST LOOK AT AUCTION
PRICES. JOIN US WEEKDAYS FOR AGDAY.
