TODAY ON AGDAY
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
HEADLINES
FROM FIRES TO DROUGHTS TO FLOODS, WEATHER KEEPS A GRIP ON 2017.F PLUS, COULD A LA NINA WINTER BE IN STORE? IN FLORIDA’S ORANGE GROVES... “WE’VE LOST A MAJORITY OF THIS YEARS CROP...” ...BUT THE DAMAGE GOES BEYOND THIS ONE STORM. IN AGRIBUSINESS... COMPETITIONS BETWEEN PROTEINS HEATS UP. “THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE WORLD WANTS PORK AND THE WORLD WANTS POULTRY AND UNFORTUNATELY BEEF GETS THE SHORT END OF THAT STICK.” AND TEENS WITH CONCUSSIONS MAY F IND NEW HELP ON THEIR SMART PHONE. AGDAY - PRESENTED BY CHEVY SILVERADO. HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL FOR HIGH-STRENGTH DEPENDABILITY.
WEATHER AND DROUGHT MONITOR
GOOD MORNING I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. WEATHER CONTINUES TO TAKE CENTER STAGE IN 2017. TODAY, POSSIBLE RELIEF FROM WILDFIRES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...THE LIKELIHOOD OF LA NINA RETURNING THIS FALL AND JUST HOW COOL WAS THE MONTH OF AUGUST? FIRST WE BEGIN IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHICH HAS BEEN ABLAZE IN RECENT WEEKS. THE NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER SAYS THERE ARE MORE THAN 60 ACTIVE WILDFIRES IN NINE WESTERN STATES. 20 OF THOSE CURRENT FIRES ARE IN MONTANA ALONE. THE STATE HAS LOST MORE THAN A MILLION AND HALF ACRES TO WILDFIRES - BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LANDS. FIREFIGHTERS HOWEVER, MAY SEE A BREAK SOON. “AND WE’RE ACTUALLY EXPECTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE THIS WEEK IN FORM OF RAIN OUT HERE ON THE PLAINS AND EVEN SOME SNOW IN THE MOUTAINS WHICH WILL DEFINETLY KIND OF HELP OUT WITH THE FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS YOU KNOW AS SUMMER COMES TO AN END AND WE LOOK FALL RIGHT IN THE FACE."THE SUMMER-LONG DROUGHT CREATED THE PERFECT TINDERBOX FOR WILDFIRES. MONTANA CONTINUES TO BE THE PRIMARY TARGET FOR THE DROUGHT MONITOR. HALF OF THE STATE IS IN THE COMBINED CATEGORIES OF D-3 AND D-4 DROUGHT- THE MOST DIRE CONDITIONS. THE LATEST DROUGHT MONITOR ALSO SHOWING DRYNESS INCREASING IN THE CORN BELT. IN THE MIDWEST FROM OHIO TO MISSOURI NORTH TO MINNESOTA, DROUGHT OR DRYNESS NOW COVERS NEARLY 40 PERCENT OF THE REGION -- NEARLY A 20 POINT JUMP IN JUST THE LAST WEEK. ALMOST ALL OF ILLINOIS AND 70 PERCENT OF IOWA FACING SOME FORM OF DROUGHT OR DRYNESS. WHILE WE’RE SEEING DRYNESS INTENSIFY IN THE MIDWEST, IT WAS A RATHER COOL MONTH OF AUGUST.
COOL AUGUST, LA NINA
THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION SAYS AUGUST WAS THE NINTH COOLEST IN THE MIDWEST IN 123 YEARS. ON THIS MAP, THE DARKER GRAY COLOR SHOWS THE WESTERN CORNBELT AND CENTRAL PLAINS WHICH HAD THE LARGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORMAL AUGUST TEMPS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 70-POINT-THREE DEGREES, NEARLY THREE DEGREES BELOW THE 20TH CENTURY BASELINE. MEANWHILE LIVESTOCK FOLKS FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE MIDWEST SHOULD BRACE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A COLD WINTER. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER JUST RELEASED ITS “ENSO” OUTLOOK WHICH SHOWS AN INCREASING CHANCE OF LA NINA DURING THE FALL AND WINTER MONTHS HERE IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. THEY PUT THE ODDS AT 55-TO-60 PERCENT CHANCE. USDA METEOROLOGIST BRAD RIPPEY SAYS IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A COLD WINTER ACROSS THE PLAINS AND CORN BELT, WE COULD ALSO SEE STORMY, SOMETIMES SNOWY, WEATHER. IN THE SOUTHERN TIER STATES, A WARM, DRY WINTER COULD SHOW-UP. THOSE AREAS - LIKE COASTAL TEXAS AND FLORIDA - HAVE OF COURSE HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE.
FLORIDA CITRUS AFTER IRMA
HURRICANE IRMA DEALT FLORIDA’S ICONIC CROP A DEVASTATING BLOW, DESTROYING NEARLY ALL THE CITRUS IN SOME SOUTHERN GROVES AND SERIOUSLY DAMAGING OTHERS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. OF COURSE THIS IS A CROP THAT’S ALREADY BEEN SEVERELY CURTAILED BY CITRUS GREENING. U-S SENATORS BILL NELSON AND MARCO RUBIO VISITED GROVES AROUND LAKE WALES, FLORIDA. THEY HEARD FROM GROWERS WHO ARE SEEKING FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE. ENTIRE ORCHARDS HAVE BEEN BLOWN OVER. AND FOR GROWERS WITH STANDING TREES, MUCH OF THE FRUIT WAS BLOWN OFF. BUT NONE OF IT COMPARES TO MORE THAN A DECADE OF FIGHTING H-L-B...OR CITRUS GREENING. “DEVASTATING HURRICANE AND WE LOST THE MAJORITY OF THIS YEAR’S CROP BUT COMPARED TO 10 YEARS OF HLB (CITRUS DISEASE) THAT REALLY HAS TAKEN YOUR PRODUCTION, YOUR CROPS...” “WE’VE BEEN CUT IN HALF ON A PRODUCTION LEVEL BECAUSE OF DISEASE; THIS CUTS THAT HALF IN HALF."PROJECTIONS FOR THE 2016-2017 GROWING SEASON HAD CALLED FOR 68 MILLION BOXES OF ORANGES. DURING THE 1997-98 CROP YEAR FLORIDA ORANGE GROWERS PRODUCED 244 MILLION BOXES. THAT’S A 70-PERCENT DECLINE IN TWO DECADES, MUCH OF THAT LOSS DUE TO DISEASE. WITH THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF IRMA’S DAMAGE, THE FEARS ARE THAT FARMERS WILL BE FORGOTTEN. “AND THEN THERE’S ALWAYS THE DANGER THAT IN THE MIX OF ALL THE DISASTER AND CATASTROPHIC LOSS THAT WE’RE SEEING IN THE KEYS, WHICH WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON AND ALL THE OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE; AGRICULTURE GETS LOST IN THE MIX."SENATOR NELSON SAYS THE BEST CHANCE AT THIS POINT TO HELP FLORIDA’S ORANGE GROWERS WILL COME IN DECEMBER WITH SOME MASSIVE OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL. FLORIDA’S ORANGE HARVEST USUALLY BEGINS AROUND THANKSGIVING, AND PEAKS IN FEBRUARY.
LOUISIANA SUGAR CANE
MANY LOUISIANA SUGARCANE FARMERS WERE WONDERING IF THEY EVER WERE GOING TO GET THEIR CROP PLANTED, ESPECIALLY AFTER TROPICAL STORM HARVEY. BUT SUNSHINE RETURNED, AND FARMERS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE GOOD WEATHER. LSU AGCENTER CORRESPONDENT CRAIG GAUTREAUX HAS THIS REPORT. THE SUN IS SHINING, AND FIELDS HAVE FINALLY DRIED OUT ENOUGH FOR SUGARCANE FARMERS TO GET BACK TO PLANTING THEIR CROP. AN ESPECIALLY WET SUMMER AND TROPICAL STORM HARVEY WERE THREATENING TO EXTEND THE PLANTING SEASON INTO THE HARVEST. BUT GOOD WEATHER SINCE HARVEY’S DEPARTURE HAS ALLOWED FARMERS TO GET BACK ON TRACK. STUART GAUTHIER: MOST OF OUR FARMERS ARE OVER 50 PERCENT COMPLETE, WHICH IS JUST AMAZING CONSIDERING JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE WERE REALLY IN A BIND BECAUSE OF THE WET WEATHER, THEN HURRICANE HARVEY. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR GROWERS TO FINISH THEIR PLANTING BECAUSE SOME OF THE MILLS ARE OPENING SOON. THIS EARLIER OPENING IS BEING DRIVEN BY AN INCREASE IN ACREAGE, AND THE CROP APPEARS TO BE A BIG ONE IN TERMS OF CANE TONNAGE. MILLS ARE GOING TO START A LITTLE EARLY. THEY’RE GOING TO BE STARTING AROUND SEPTEMBER 20 IN THIS PARISH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IF WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER GOOD WEEK OF WEATHER, MOST OF OUR FARMERS ARE GOING TO BE FINISHED PLANTING. DANE BERARD IS ONE OF THE FEW CANE FARMERS WHO PLANTS BILLETS INSTEAD OF WHOLE STALKS. HE WAS FORCED INTO PLANTING BILLETS ONE YEAR BECAUSE A HURRICANE HAD KNOCKED DOWN HIS PLANT CANE, AND TIME WAS RUNNING OUT. HE SAYS THERE IS A LEARNING CURVE WITH BILLET PLANTING. DANE BERARD: WE’VE LEARNED A LOT. IT’S 2017 RIGHT NOW, SO FROM 2002, YOU’RE LOOKING AT 15 YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND WE LEARNED FROM A LOT OF MISTAKES. ONE THING BERARD HAS LEARNED IS THAT BILLET PLANTING NEEDS A MORE MATURE CANE STALK, WHICH REQUIRES HIM TO WAIT A MONTH LONGER BEFORE BEGINNING HIS PLANTING. WE HAVE PERFECTED THAT, BUT BECAUSE OF A 24-INCH BILLET, YOU ALMOST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE LATTER PART OF AUGUST AND MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO GET YOUR EYE MATURE. BERARD SAYS A BIG ADVANTAGE OF BILLET PLANTING IS HE CAN PLANT UP TO 50 ACRES IN A DAY WITH A CREW CONSISTING OF ONLY SIX PEOPLE. WITH THE LSU AGCENTER, THIS IS CRAIG GAUTREAUX REPORTING.
USDA EXTENSION
AGRICULTURE SECRETARY SONNY PERDUE ANNOUNCED SPECIAL PROCEDURES TO ASSIST PRODUCERS WHO LOST CROPS OR LIVESTOCK OR HAD OTHER DAMAGE TO THEIR FARMS OR RANCHES AS A RESULT OF HURRICANES HARVEY AND IRMA. ALSO, BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE HURRICANES, USDA WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO ASSIST FARM LOAN BORROWERS. SPECIFIC INFO IS AVAILABLE AT USDA-DOT-GOV OR YOUR FSA OFFICE.
CROP COMMENTS
METEOROLOGIST MIKE HOFFMAN--TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS WEEK’S DROUGHT MONITOR AND SOME OF THE IMPACTS IN THE FIELD. GOOD MORNING MIKE. HELLO CLINTON. IOWA CROPS ARE FEELING THAT DRYNESS ACCORDING TO JOANNE ALUMBAUGH. SHE SNAPPED THIS PICTURE NEAR REDFIELD, IN CENTRAL IOWA, ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES SHE SAYS WHILE THE PICTURE IS NICE, CROPS ARE SPOTTY AND STILL VERY DRY. THE CORN CROP IS STILL GREEN AND NOT CLOSE TO BEING READY FOR HARVEST HOWEVER, FARMERS ARE STARTING TO COMBINE BEANS AND SOME FARMERS ARE ALREADY DOING FALL TILLAGE. AND NOW HERE ARE SOME HOMETOWN TEMPS WITH MARKET PRICES CONSTANTLY CHANGING, IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE CURRENT PRICES STAND. GET MARKET PRICES DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR MOBILE PHONE, JUST TEXT MARKETS TO 31313 TO GET STARTED
TEASE
THE LEAN HOG MARKET CONTINUES TO SPUTTER IN THE FACE OF RISING SUPPLIES. WE’LL CHECK ON DEMAND POTENTIAL COMING UP IN ANALYSIS. AND LATER, KEN FERRIE DISCUSSES THE IMPORTANCE OF REPLANT DECISIONS AND THE IMPACT IT CAN HAVE AT HARVEST. AND LATER TELL YOUR TEENS TO GRAB THEIR SMART PHONE...IF... THEY’RE DEALING WITH A CONCUSSION. WE’LL EXPLAINS COMING UP IN AG FOR YOUR HEALTH. 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.
FLOOR OF THE CME
IN AGRIBUSINESS LIVESTOCK SEEING A BIT OF RED WHILE GRAINS TURN GREEN IN THURSDAY’S TRADE. DETAILS FROM THE FLOOR OF THE CME IN CHICAGO. SOYBEAN MARKET WAS SHARPLY HIGHER HERE ON THURSDAY AND HAS REALLY PERFORMED PRETTY WELL AS OF LATE. IT’S GOT TO START OUT WITH THE USDA REPORT WHICH WAS RELEASED THIS PAST TUESDAY. THE USDA TOLD US THAT THE NATIONAL SOYBEAN MEAL WAS GOING TO BE BIGGER THAN IT WAS IN AUGUST AND THE PROJECTION WAS IN AUGUST AND QUITE A BIT LARGER THAN MOST TRADERS HAD EXPECTED. THE KNEE JERK REACTION TO THAT REPORT WAS TO SELL OFF AND THAT’S WHAT WE DID ON TUESDAY EARLY IN THE DAY. BUT WE HAVE REBOUNDED AND RECOVERED ALL OF THOSE LOSSES HERE ON THURSDAY. THE MARKET’S BEEN ACTING VERY VERY WELL CONSIDERING. WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A PRETTY BEARISH REPORT FROM USDA PART OF THE REASON THE MARKET HAS ACTED WELL IS BECAUSE THE DEMAND OUR EXPORT DEMAND OUT OF THE U.S. FOR BEANS HAS BEEN VERY VERY STRONG DESPITE BIG CROPS IN SOUTH AMERICA. PART OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH WEAKNESS IN THE U.S. DOLLAR THE DOLLAR IS HOVERING AROUND SOME MULTI-YEAR LOWS. SO THE DEMAND HAS BEEN VERY VERY STRONG.LIVE CATTLE MARKET TRADED BOTH SIDES OF UNCHANGED HERE ON THURSDAY. WE’VE REBOUNDED A LITTLE BIT HERE THIS WEEK. BUT OVERALL THE MARKET’S BEEN UNDER QUITE A BIT OF PRESSURE. OUR NEARBY AUGUST FUTURES ARE I’M SORRY OCTOBER FUTURES HAVE LOST I THINK A GOOD $10 A 100 WEIGHT SINCE MID-JULY. SO WE’VE BEEN IN A PRETTY SOLID DOWNTREND HERE AGAIN JOE VACLAVIK. FROM THE CME GROUP IN CHICAGO
AGRIBUSINESS
LEAN HOG FUTURES MAKING FRESH LOWS THIS WEEK. IN TODAY’S ANALYSIS TYNE MORGAN ASKS WHETHER DEMAND CAN KEEP PACE WITH RISING SUPPLIES. HERE NOW WITH ARLAN SUDERMAN WELL ARLAND THE WEEK OF LABOR DAY WE SAW TWO NEW PLANTS COME ON LINE. YOU KNOW REALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SUPPLY SITUATION IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S ONLY GOING TO GROW HERE THE REMAINDER OF 2017. THAT REALLY DOES IT’S GOOD THING WE HAVE THOSE PLANTS WILL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE FOR THEM TO GET FULLY OPERATIONAL. BUT WE SAW A JUMP IN THE MARKET AS A RESULT. NOW THAT CAME AT A TIME WHEN THE FUNDS ARE MORE FAVORABLE TOWARD THE COMMODITIES INCLUDING THE MEAT COMPLEX. BUT WE HAVE THE DEMAND THERE. AND SO AS LONG AS WE CAN THE CONSUMER DEMAND IS THERE THE EXPORT DEMAND IS THERE. WE JUST NEED TO PROCESS THOSE HOGS SO WE’RE GLAD TO HAVE THE NEW PLANTS IN PLACE YET DOMESTICALLY LOOKING AT DEMAND. DO YOU SEE DEMAND INCREASING HERE AT HOME. WELL WE DO AND WE SEE IT GLOBALLY AS WELL. AND AS WE’VE LOOKED AROUND THE WORLD WE SEE THAT AS INCOME RISES DEMAND FOR PORK AND POULTRY INCREASES AND WE SEE THAT’S CERTAINLY TRUE HERE AT HOME AS WELL. AND I THINK PARTICULARLY THE BACON CRAZE HAS BEEN THE BIG DRIVER AND THAT’S WHY WE SAW THE BIG CRASH. LATE SUMMER IS WE FINALLY SAW THAT BACON PRICE OF BELLEY PRICE DROP AND COLLAPSE AND NOW I THINK WE NEED TO STABILIZE AND TRY TO FIND WHERE’S THE BOTTOM. AND I THINK WE’RE APPROACHING THE PLACE WHERE WE’LL START TO SEE THAT DEMAND START TO OPEN UP AGAIN AND PROVIDE SOME UNDERPINNING. EXPORTS HAVE BEEN STRONG BUT WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THIS TRADE PACK RHETORIC WHETHER IT BE WITH SOUTH KOREA OR WITHIN NAFTA. DOES THAT WORRY YOU AT ALL WITH THE EXPORT PICTURE. DO YOU THINK EXPORTS CAN CONTINUE ON THIS PACE. WELL THERE MAY BE SOME DISRUPTIONS AND THAT’S THE CONCERN. NEGOTIATIONS RUN THAT WAY PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE A STRONG NEGOTIATOR IS GOING TO MAKE A STRONG CASE AND MAKE THREATS IN ORDER TO GET THE OTHER SIDE TO THE TABLE. BUT IN THE END I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE TASK ARE BELIEVERS IN TRADE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN PROMOTE THE TRADE AND THAT’S WHAT I’M EXPECTING TO HAPPEN. SO OVERALL LOOKING AT PRICES MOVING FOR THE REST OF 2017 HEADING INTO THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2018 KIND OF WHAT’S YOUR OUTLOOK. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE WORLD WANTS PORK AND THE WORLD WANTS POULTRY AND UNFORTUNATELY BEEF GETS THE SHORT END OF THAT STICK. BUT RIGHT NOW I’M LOOKING FOR THINGS TO STABILIZE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME PREMIUM IN SOME OF THE DEFERRED CONTRACTS AND I THINK THAT’S WELL PRICED IN THERE. ALL RIGHT WELL WE NEED TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK BUT WHEN WE COME BACK WE’LL HAVE MORE AGDAY.
WEATHER
AGDAY WEATHER - BROUGHT TO YOU BY ILEVO SEED TREATMENT FROM BAYER. WELCOME BACK TO AGDAY HERE WITH METEOROLOGIST MIKE HOFFMAN MIKE AS WE LOOK AT THIS DROUGHT MONITOR OBVIOUSLY THE NORTHERN PLAINS STILL THE CONCERN BUT SOME RAINS COMING IN YES THERE IS AND THAT MAY VERY WELL HELP IT’S ALREADY HELPED A LITTLE BIT OVER THE PAST FOUR WEEKS IN FACT IF WE GO BACK FOUR WEEKS YOU CAN SEE A LOT LESS DROUGHT IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN NORTH DAKOTA SO YOU CAN WATCH THINGS IMPROVE IN THE FAR NORTHERN PLAINS AND GET SLOWLY WORSE AS WE LOOK AT THE CENTRAL PLAINS AS WE’VE GONE THROUGH THE PAST FOUR WEEKS AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXPANDING AREA OF DRYNESS JUST IN THE LAST WEEK ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RIGHT THERE ALRIGHT LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER MAP TODAY STILL DRY IN THOSE AREAS HERE’S WHAT CLINTON WAS TALKING ABOUT A BIG WET WEATHER MAKER COMING OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WE SHOWED YOU THAT YESTERDAY THERE’S THE REMNANTS OF IRMA STILL CAUSING A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE NORTH EAST BUT THAT’S PRETTY MUCH KAPUT IT’S HEADING OUT TO SEA AND YOU CAN SEE THE STATIONARY FRONT WILL THE FOCUS ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THERE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS OR SO THERE’S LATE IN THE DAY TODAY WIDESPREAD RAINS IN THOSE DROUGHT AREAS EASTERN MONTANA MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA PARTS OF SOUTH DAKOTA WE HEAD ON THROUGH TONIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THAT DEVELOPING LITTLE FARTHER EAST AND THERE’S STILL SOME SHOWER EVEN SNOW SHOWERS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES COLD FRONT DOWN TO THE SOUTH STILL KIND OF CAUSING A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY AND JOSE WE STILL HAVE TO WATCH IT BUT WERE KIND OF THINKING AND HOPING THAT THIS FRONT TO THE NORTH OF IT STEER OUT TO SEA AND KEEP IT AWAY FROM THE EAST COAST AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK PRECIPITATION ESTIMATE PAST 24 HOURS WE SEEN SOME FROM THE REMNANTS OF IRMA BUT MOST OF IT REALLY BEEN THAN NEW SYSTEM COMING ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ADDING IN THE NEXT 36 HOURS YOU CAN SEE ONE TO TWO MAYBE THREE INCHES OF RAIN FOR EASTERN MONTANA WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA PARTS OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO MINNESOTA PRETTY HEAVY RAINS UP THERE FOR A CHANGE HIGH TEMPERATURES THE HEAT IS ON FROM OMAHA SOUTHWARD BUT LOOK HOW CHILLY IT IS HIGHS ONLY IN THE LOW 40S IN CENTRAL MONTANA LOW 90S BY THE TIME YOU GET TO EASTERN NEBRASKA A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE IN THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE NORTHEAST LOWS TONIGHT SAME IDEA KIND OF COOL IN THE OHIO VALLEY WARM IN THE PLAINS EXCEPT FOR THE FAR NORTHERN PLAINS AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT FRONT COME A LITTLE BIT FARTHER EAST DURING THE DAY TOMORROW HERE’S THE JET STREAM YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS WE GO A RIDGE IN THE EAST IT GETS CUT DOWN FROM TIME TO TIME BUT IT’S BASICALLY A FLIP FLOP OF WHAT WE’VE BEEN SEEING WITH A BIG TROUGH OUT WEST THAT’S A LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME LOCAL FORECASTS WE’LL HEAD TO ALAMOGORDO NEMEXICO FIRST OF ALL GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE AND WARM HIGH OF 90 MITCHEL SOUTH DAKOTA BREEZY AND AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM COULD BE HEAVY HIGH OF 83 AND ERIE PENNSYLVANIA MIXTURE OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE AND PRETTY COMFORTABLE HIGH OF 75
TEASE
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE’LL TALK REPLANT DECISIONS AND WHEN IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE BOTTOM LINE. AND PLENTY OF COUNTRY KIDS ARE PLAYING SPORTS THIS SEASON. WE’LL TELL YOU ABOUT A HANDY NEW WAY TO HELP TEENS HEAL FROM CONCUSSIONS.
FARM JOURNAL COLLEGE TV
THE CHALLENGES OF SPRING PLANTING USUALLY CARRY THROUGH TO HARVEST. IN TODAY’S FARM JOURNAL COLLEGE TV, KEN FERRY TALKS ABOUT REPLANT DECISIONS AND HOW THE ISSUES WE SAW WITH EMERGENCE ARE IMPACTING YIELD EXPECTATIONS. AND THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD DECISIONS MADE THIS SPRING I THINK BASED ON WHAT I’VE SEEN AND THERE IS A NUMBER OF THAT WEREN’T SO GOOD. WE MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER WE’RE GOING TO REPLANT OR NOT. BY EAR COUNT NOT BY POPULATION. OK. SO IN SOME CASES IT TOOK 20 25 DAYS TO GET ALL THE CORN UP. UNFORTUNATELY THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN THAT CAME UP WERE SO FAR BEHIND THE REST THEY’RE NOT GOING TO PUT AN EAR ON AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE ROW. SO IF I HAVE LOW GROUND THAT CAME UP LATE HIGH GROUND THAT CAME UP EARLY THAT’S OK BUT INDIVIDUAL PLANTS AND AS WE STRETCH THAT TAPE THIS SPRING WE’D COUNT THE POPULATION AND WE COME UP WITH 32000 LET’S SAY OUT OF 38 BUT SIX THOUSAND OF THEM COME UP SO LATE THAT THE ODDS OF HIM PUTTING ON ANY EARS OR SO WHEN THAT CORN PLANTS REAL SMALL. IF IT GETS MORE THAN ONE LEAF COLLAR BEHIND ITS NEIGHBOR IT’S AT A HIGHER RISK I’M NOT PUTTING ON AN EAR OR TWO BEHIND IT IS IT GOING TO PUT ON AN EAR AND NOT THAT 27000 PLANTS CAN’T PRODUCE A LOT OF GREEN SURE IN OUR HAND HARVESTED WORK THAT WE DO WE RECOGNIZE SOME VARIETIES CAN PRODUCE AS MUCH AS 10 BUSHEL PER THOUSAND. SO THERE’S A LOT OF PUNCH BUT YOU CAN’T HAVE 25 26 27 THOUSAND EARS MIXED IN WITH 36000 PLANTS BECAUSE IN ORDER TO GET THE BIG BUSHELS OUT OF A LOW POPULATION YOU’VE GOT TO GET THE SUNLIGHT. YOU GOT TO GET THE WATER GOING TO GET THE NUTRIENT SO THERE’S SIX OR SEVEN THOUSAND WEEDS OUT THERE THAT ARE CATCHING THE SUNLIGHT CATCHING THE WATER AND NOT LETTING THE PLANT EXPAND YOU CAN’T GET TO.
TEASE
WHEN WE COME BACK WILL SHOW YOU A PHONE APP DESIGNED TO HELP TEENS OVERCOME CONCUSSIONS.
IN THE COUNTRY
IN THE COUNTRY - SPONSORED BY KUBOTA. TRACTORS, HAY TOOLS, UTILILTY VEHICLES, MOWERS AND MORE. VISIT KUBOTA.COM TODAY. FROM ALL OF THE NEW STUDIES, CONCUSSIONS ARE MORE OF A CONCERN FOR PARENTS THAN EVER. IF YOUR KIDS HAVE EVER HAD A CONCUSSION, YOU KNOW DOCTORS TYPICALLY RECOMMEND KEEPING SCREEN TIME TO A MINIMUM IN ORDER TO LET BRAINS REST AND HEAL. BUT NEW RESEARCH OUT OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER MAY CHANGE THAT. DOCTORS WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR TEENS TO USE PHONES COMPUTERS OR TV’S DURING RECOVERY. BUT IT NEEDED TO BE THE RIGHT KIND OF USAGE--AND SO THEY DEVELOPED A GAME AND SOCIAL APP FOR THEIR PHONE. IN TEENS TREATED FOR CONCUSSIONS WHO DIDN’T USE THE APP--- ONLY HALF REPORTED IMPROVED SYMPTOMS. THE OTHER HALF SAY THEY GOT WORSE. TEENS THAT DID USE THE APP--ALL OF THEM REPORTED IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTH SYMPTOMS AND OPTIMISM. “IT CONNECTD PEOPLE TO SMALL NUMBER OF CLOSE, SOCIAL CONNECTION AND LET THOSE CLOSE SOCIAL CONNECTIONS GO THROUGH THAT RECOVERY JOURNEY WITH THEM.” “IT’S EASY TO FEEL HELPLESS AND IT’S NICE TO HAVE ACTIONS OR ACTIONABLE ITEMS THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH THAT THE DOCTOR CAN RECOMMEND.” “I’D WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING AND I’D BE LIKE ‘WELL I FEEL BETTER. MAYBE THIS STUFF ACTUALLY WORKS. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING WHAT THE DOCTOR SAID ALL ALONG.” THIS STUDY FOCUSED ON TEENS WHOSE SYMPTOMS HADN’T IMPROVED ON THEIR OWN AT LEAST 3 WEEKS AFTER THE INJURY.
CLOSE
THAT’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THIS MORNING. WE’RE GLAD YOU TUNED IN. FOR MIKE HOFFMAN, AND TYNE MORGAN. I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. HAVE A GREAT DAY. AGDAY IS POWERED BY RAM TRUCKS - AMERICA’S LONGEST LASTING PICKUPS.
