TODAY ON AGDAY
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
HEADLINES
WASHINGTON WORKING TO PUSH FORWARD -- AS TAX REFORM TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT. AN UPDATE ON THE RISING COSTS OF WILDFIRES. IN AGRIBUSINESS ... OUR ANALYSTS ARE PREPARING FOR THE WEEK AHEAD. MACHINERY PETE CHECKING ON USED COMBINE PRICES. AND HELPING LIVESTOCK RECOVER FROM HURRICANE HARVEY. AGDAY - PRESENTED BY CHEVY SILVERADO. HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL FOR HIGH-STRENGTH DEPENDABILITY.
WASHINGTON AND TAX REFORM
GOOD MORNING I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. FIVE MONTHS AFTER SONNY PERDUE WAS CONFIRMED AS AGRICULTURE SECRETARY, HE STILL DOESN’T HAVE SOME OF KEY DEPUTIES IN PLACE. BUT THAT COULD START TO CHANGE THIS WEEK. THE SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE PLANNING TO HOLD A HEARING ON NOMINEES TO USDA NEXT WEEK. COMMITTEE LEADERS ANNOUNCING PLANS TO HOLD THE HEARING FOR TED MCKINNEY AND STEPHEN CENSKY ON TUESDAY. CENSKY, CEO OF THE AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION, TO SERVE AS DEPUTY SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. MCKINNEY, INDIANA AGRICULTURE DIRECTOR, WAS NOMINATED TO BE THE UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR TRADE AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS. HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN SAID CONGRESS HAS AN ‘AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE’ FOR PASSING A TAX REFORM BILL, INSISTING IT WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. HOUSE AG COMMITTEE CHAIR MIKE CONAWAY SAYING “WITH THE UPCOMING POTENTIAL FOR TAX REFORM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY AND EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE TAX CODE TO BETTER SUPPORT A VIBRANT FARM SECTOR. " RYAN SAID TAX REFORM IS ONE OF THE GOP’S “CROWN ISSUES” AND THEY “HAVE TO GET THIS DONE.” THE WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN SAID HE WANTS TO AVOID THE PROBLEMS CONGRESS HAD IN REPEALING AND REPLACING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. REWRITING THE TAX CODE, INCLUDING LOWERING PERSONAL AND CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATES, IS A TOP GOAL FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND THE GOP. HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN: “THIS IS A COMMITMENT WE MADE TO NOT JUST REPUBLICANS BUT TO AMERICANS, AND THAT’S WHY I THINK IT IS REALLY INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DELIVER ON THIS PROMISE BECAUSE IF WE DO DELIVER ON THIS PROMISE, WE WILL HELP PEOPLE. WE WILL HELP IMPROVE PEOPLES’ LIVES. WE WILL GET HIGHER WAGES, FASTER ECONOMIC GROWTH, MORE TAKE HOME PAY, A SIMPLIFIED TAX SYSTEM AND AN AMERICAN TAX CODE THAT IS BUILT FOR GROWTH THAT MAKES OUR BUSINESSES MORE COMPETITIVE SO THEY HIRE MORE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY."> THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU SAYS TAX CODE CHANGES SHOULD ALLOW BUSINESSES TO DEDUCT EXPENSES WHEN INCURRED, IT’S ALSO LOOKING FOR PERMANENT REPEAL OF FEDERAL ESTATE TAXES. SHORT OF REPEAL THE EXEMPTION SHOULD BE INCREASED. FARM BUREAU IS ALSO PUSHING FOR ELIMINATION OF A CAPITAL GAINS TAX.
NAFTA SUNSET?
MIGHT THERE BE A POTENTIAL END OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT? THAT’S A PROPOSAL REPORTEDLY BEING SHARED AT THE USTR. POLITICO REPORTING THAT THE OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE IS CONSIDERING SUBMITTING A “SUNSET” PROPOSAL AS THE NEXT ROUND OF NAFTA NEGOTIATIONS APPROACH. THAT’S A PROVISION THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY CANCEL THE DEAL FIVE YEARS AFTER APPROVAL IF THE THREE COUNTRIES DON’T AGREE TO RENEW IT. AT LEAST TWO AGENCIES, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT APPARENTLY OBJECTING TO THE IDEA. . A USDA OFFICIAL SAYING, “TERMINATION OF NAFTA WOULD BE DEVASTATING FOR THE U.S. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AND MAKING SUCH A TERMINATION AUTOMATIC GREATLY INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD.” TRADING PARTNERS IN MEXICO SAY HAVING STABILITY AND CERTAINTY IN THE DEAL IS VITAL. WE MEXICANS HAVE LOOKED ALWAYS LOOKED AT TO GRAIN PRODUCERS AND FARMERS IN THE UNITED STATES AS PARTNERS OF OURS. AND WE SHARE THEIR SAME CONCERNS. IN THE SAME WAY THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO PRESSURE THEIR GOVERNMENT. WE’RE DOING THE SAME AND IN THE END WE HOPE THAT COMMON SENSE WILL PREVAIL AND THAT OUR TRADE RELATIONS WILL GO ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
WILDFIRE UPDATE
NEW RECORD SETTING NUMBERS ARE OUT FROM THE USDA SHOWING JUST HOW EXPENSIVE WILDFIRES HAVE BEEN IN 2017. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE COST OF BATTLING FIRES ON MULTIPLE FRONTS HAS NOW TOPPED 2 BILLION DOLLARS. THIS WAS THE SCENE IN TWO DOT MONTANA JUST LAST WEEK...AS RANCHERS STRUGGLE TO SAVE THE CATTLE AND THE LAND. MORE THAN 100 FIREFIGHTERS CAMPING OUT IN TWO DOT--FIGHTING TO SAVE THOUSANDS OF ACRES FROM THE BLAZE. IT’S THE SAME STORY WE’RE HEARING FROM ACROSS THE WEST. AG SECRETARY SONNY PERDUE SAYS ITS TIME TO REEVALUATE THE BUDGET OF THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE AS FIRE SUPPRESSION HAS GONE FROM 15 PERCENT OF ALLOCATED FUNDS TO 55 PERCENT OR MORE. BEYOND THE FLAMES, THE AG STATES DEALING WITH THESE MAJOR OUTBREAKS ARE LIKELY TO SEE FINANCIAL STRUGGLES. THE BEST STATE WOULD BE MINNESOTA. AND THEN THE WORST WOULD BE IN KANSAS. AND IT’S HARD TO TELL IN TERMS OF KANSAS, HOW MUCH OF THAT IF YOU REMEMBER THE WILDFIRES AND HOW MUCH OF THAT’S DRAGGING DOWN AGRICULTURE IN KANSAS, SO I THINK THAT IT CAN IF IT CAN CERTAINLY AFFECT THINGS FOR FARMERS AND LENDERS IN THOSE AREAS. ANYTHING THAT AFFECTS PRODUCTION THAT WOULD AFFECT REVENUE THAT ULTIMATELY AFFECTS THE ABILITY TO REPAY LOANS CAN HAVE AN EFFECT. BUT IT TENDS TO BE QUITE REGIONAL.LAST WEEK THERE WERE MORE 60 WILDFIRE STILL BURNING IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. RECENT SNOW AND RAINS FALLING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST HOWEVER ARE HELPING TO CONTROL SOME OF THOSE FIRES.
CROP COMMENTS
MIKE HOFFMAN IS OFF THIS MORNING BUT CINDI CLAWSON IS HERE WITH OUR CROP COMMENTS FROM ACROSS FARM COUNTRY. GOOD MORNING CINDI. GOOD MORNING CLINTON. AFTER A VERY LONG, DRY AND DANGEROUS SUMMER, MONTANA IS STARTING TO GET A REPRIEVE. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FRIDAY MORNING AS SNOW WAS FALLING IN NORTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. OUR THANKS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS FOR SHARING THESE PICS. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN THE MOUNTAINS. EASTERN IDAHO GOT A SHARE OF SNOW AS WELL. OF COURSE THOSE STATES DESPERATELY NEED MOISTURE. HALF OF MONTANA IS IN THE COMBINED CATEGORIES OF D-3 AND D-4 WHICH ARE THE MOST INTENSE LEVELS OF DROUGHT. AND NOW HERE ARE SOME HOMETOWN 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.
NEUTRALIZING LIVESTOCK ODORS
AND NEW RESEARCH FROM IOWA STATE HAS FOUND A WAY TO NEUTRALIZE LIVESTOCK ODORS USING LIGHT. THE TEAM FOUND USING BLACK LIGHT ON SURFACES COATED WITH A THIN LAYER OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE CAN HELP REDUCE THE CHEMICAL THAT CAUSES BAD SMELLS.THE BLACK LIGHT AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE HAVE A REACTION THAT REDUCES THE ODOR BY BETWEEN 40 AN 100 PERCENT. TITANIUM DIOXIDE IS A POWDER USED IN A LOT OF THINGS LIKE WHITENERS AND EVEN TOOTHPASTE. WE’VE GOT OUR ANALYSTS IN STUDIO, AND WE’LL ASK THEM ABOUT MARKETING
TEASE
IN THE WEEK AHEAD. PLUS MACHINERY PETE IS HERE.STAY TUNED FOLKS COMING UP WILL TALK VALUES ON 10 YEAR OLD USED COMBINES. AND LATER, TEXANS CONTINUE TO WADE THROUGH THE CHALLENGES LEFT BY HURRICANE HARVEY. WE’LL SEE HOW HELP IS COMING IN FOR LIVESTOCK OWNERS IMPACTED BY THE STORM.
PLANT-BASED FOOD SALES
THE PLANT-BASED FOODS ASSOCIATION AND THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE RELEASING NEW DATA SHOWING THAT THE TOTAL MARKET FOR PLANT-BASED FOOD SALES IS NOW ABOVE $3 BILLION. THAT’S UP 8 PERCENT IN THE LAST YEAR. PLANT-BASED DAIRY ALTERNATIVES ARE A FAST-GROWING SEGMENT, WITH 20 PERCENT GROWTH AND TOPPING $700 MILLION IN SALES OVER THE PAST YEAR. THAT INCLUDES CHEESE, YOGURTS, AND ICE CREAM BUT NOT MILKS. PLANT BASED YOGURT SALES WERE UP NEARLY 60 PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR. TWO BIG INPUT SUPPLIERS, AGRIUM AND POTASHCORP RECEIVING UNCONDITIONAL CLEARANCE TO MERGE FROM THE CANADIAN REGULATORY AGENCY...THE CANADIAN COMPETITION BUREAU. THE AGENCY CONCLUDING THAT THE DEAL IS NOT LIKELY TO LEAD TO A SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN COMPETITION FOR POTASH AND OTHER FERTILIZERS.IT’S ALREADY GOTTEN APPROVE IN RUSSIA AND BRAZIL. BUT STILL NEEDS APPROVALS FROM THE U.S. CHINA AND INDIA. THEY HOPE TO GET THOSE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
AGRIBUSINESS
WELL WE’RE BACK HERE AT THE AGRIBUSINESS DESK FEELS LIKE IT’S BEEN NEARLY A MONTH SINCE WE HAD PEOPLE IN THE STUDIO TODAY WE’VE GOT JOE VACLAVIK STANDARD GRAIN AND JIM BOWER BOWER TRADING THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT USDA REPORT LAST WEEK. WHAT DID WE LEARN. JIM I’LL START WITH YOU. WELL WE LEARNED THAT IT CAN FOOL A LOT OF PEOPLE REAL QUICK AND PUT PEOPLE IN A VERY MUCH A QUESTION MODE. I THINK THE JURY IS STILL OUT JUST WHAT THE YIELDS ARE GOING TO BE THIS YEAR. THERE HASN’T BEEN REALLY THAT MUCH HARVESTING DONE. I DID PICK UP FROM A CUSTOMER BASE FROM SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS TO THE SOUTH. IS COMING IN AND ABOUT SEVEN TO 11 BUSHELS BELOW LAST YEAR. BUT REMEMBER LAST YEARS WAS A RECORD YIELD FOR SURE. AS YOU MOVE FURTHER SOUTH TOWARDS THE RIVER DOWN INTO KENTUCKY TENNESSEE YIELDS ON CORN WERE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN QUITE GOOD. BUT OF COURSE IT TAKES 24 IT TAKES 24 MISSISSIPPI’S TO EQUAL THE CORN PRODUCTION OF IOWA. SO YOU’VE GOT TO WE GOT TO WATCH WHAT IS COMING OUT OF IOWA ILLINOIS INDIANA OHIO. AND JOE WHAT WAS YOUR TAKEAWAY FROM THE USDA REPORT ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN SAY HEY THIS IS WHAT I’M GOING TO PUT MY FINGER ON. WELL USDA FOR THE MOMENT IS GOING WITH THE IDEA THAT WE’VE GOT SOMETHING CLOSE TO TREND LINE YIELDS AND CORN AND SOYBEANS. NO MAJOR ISSUES NATIONALLY. SOME PEOPLE WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT. SO WE’RE GOING TO FOLLOW KIND OF A NORMAL PATTERN HERE LIKE WE’VE BEEN DOING. WE’VE JUST GOTTEN IN THE HARVEST AS JIM MENTIONED SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE HARVEST PRESSURE ESPECIALLY IF USDA IS YIELD NUMBERS ARE RIGHT. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS WEEK WHAT KEYS ARE YOU WATCHING IN THIS MARKET OR WHAT INFORMATION WHAT FUNDAMENTALS ARE YOU WATCHING TO GIVE YOU ANY INDICATION OF WHERE WE’RE HEADED. I’M GOING TO GO BACK WHAT I SAID EARLIER AND WE WANT TO REALLY GET AN ACCURATE NOT AN ESTIMATE. WE NEED AN ACCURATE YOU KNOW FULL BLOWN PRECISION NUMBER JUST WHAT THESE COMBINES ARE KICKING OUT. NOT A GUESS HOW BIG A FIELD WAS IT. YOU KNOW WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE YIELD AND DIDN’T MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS DIDN’T MATCH WHAT THE GOVERNMENT SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE IN YOUR AREA. I YOU KNOW I HAD A PROBLEM ALL SUMMER WHEN THEY COME OUT WITH A WEEKLY QUARTERLY CONDITION RATINGS BEING BASICALLY LOWER OR ARE DETERIORATING ON THE MONTHLY REPORTS THEY HAD JUMP EVERYTHING BACK UP AGAIN. RIGHT. RIGHT. SO WE NEED TO GET ACCURATE NON GUESSED YIELDS. REAL QUICK JOE WHAT DO YOU THINK WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING THIS WEEK. WE’LL WATCH HARVEST REPORTS WE’RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTED IN SOUTH AMERICA. BRAZIL HAS BEEN DRY ALTHOUGH IT IS THE DRY SEASON THERE. SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE YOUR TWO THINGS YIELD IN SOUTH AMERICA IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT THING. ALL RIGHT GENTLEMEN THANK YOU BOTH BOTH FOR BEING HERE STARTING A WEEK OFF RIGHT. WE’LL BE BACK WITH MORE AGDAY IN JUST A MINUTE.
CROP COMMENTS
WELCOME BACK TO AGDAY HERE WITH CINDY CLAWSON CINDY AS WE START THE WEEK LOOKING AT THE JET STREAM WE SAW LAST WEEK THAT HE GOT COLD IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LOOKS LIKE MORE OF THE SAME YET IN FACT IT’S GOING TO BE DEFINITELY ON THE COLD SIDE FOR A LOT OF THE WEST COLD AND A BIT ON THE STORMY SIDE AS WELL. TAKE A LOOK AT THE JET STREAM AND IT DOESN’T LOOK ALL THAT BAD NOW UNTIL YOU PUT IT INTO MOTION AND YOU REALLY SEE THAT TROUGH STARTING TO DIG INTO THE NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. AT THE SAME TIME YOU SEE A RIDGE BUILDING IN THE EAST AND THAT’S GOING TO BRING SOME PRETTY WARM AIR THERE. BUT LOOK AT THIS. WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING COOL AND FAIRLY STORMY WEATHER RIGHT AROUND THE U.S.-CANADIAN BORDER SOME MONTANA PARTS OF IDAHO NORTH DAKOTA COULD BE SEEING MAYBE SOME STORMY WEATHER THERE. LOOK AT THAT TROUGH ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH A RIDGE BUILDING UP INTO CANADA. SO WE’RE GOING TO SEE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE PROFILE DEPENDING ON IF YOU’RE THE EASTERN UNITED STATES AND IN THE WEST WE’LL START TO SEE THE TROUGH KIND OF WELL KIND OF BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE ZONAL AS WE GET TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK ARE OVER OVERALL AS WE HEAD THROUGH THIS WEEK PRECIPITATION WISE. WE’RE LOOKING AT SOME DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS IN THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS THE SOUTHWEST. BUT ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION THAT’S NOT BAD NEWS FOR THOSE DROUGHT STRICKEN AREAS IN THE NORTHWEST. SEE ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH PARTS OF THE CORN BELT AND INTO SOME OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AS WELL. TEMPERATURE WISE WE’RE LOOKING AT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ESPECIALLY IN THE FAR EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. AND COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES OUT WEST WITH THAT TROUGH ESPECIALLY FOR MONTANA IDAHO WESTERN PARTS OF WYOMING. NOW AS WE LOOK A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THE FUTURE WE’RE LOOKING AT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. WE’RE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE COOLER TEMPERATURES CONTINUING IN THE NORTHWEST BUT FAIRLY NORMAL FOR A LOT OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES. LET’S LOOK AT PRECIPITATION BECAUSE THAT’S A BIG DEAL OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS AS A LOT OF FOLKS ARE SETTING OUT TO HARVEST AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOVE NORMAL IN THE SOUTHEAST ABOVE NORMAL FOR PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND INTO SOME OF THOSE VERY DRY AREAS INTO MONTANA AS WELL. LOOKS LIKE WE’RE GOING TO SEE FAIRLY NORMAL CONDITIONS IN MUCH OF THE GREAT LAKES AND MOST OF THE CORN BELT ALSO IN THE WEST. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE CONDITIONS MIGHT BE A LITTLE ON THE DRY SIDE FOR WESTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES AND GETTING INTO THE FAR SOUTHWEST. THAT’S A LOOK AT YOUR NATIONAL FORECAST. NOW LET’S CHECK ON THE WEATHER WHERE YOU LIVE. ORCHARD CITY COLORADO MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARM FOR YOU TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 81 DEGREES. APPLETON WISCONSIN MOSTLY SUNNY. A LITTLE COOLER FOR YOU WITH A HIGH OF 70 AND PLUM PENNSYLVANIA MOSTLY SITTING AND WARM WITH A HIGH OF 80 DEGREES.
TEASE
AS HARVEST SEASON ROLLS ON -- MACHINERY PETE SHARES HIS INSIGHTS INTO THE USED COMBINE MARKET. THAT’S NEXT. AND LATER, RECOVERING FROM HURRICANE HARVEY IN THE LONESTAR STATE. “MACHINERY PETE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY JOHN DEERE…WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF JOHN DEERE CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED TRACTORS, COMBINES AND SPRAYERS? MACHINE FINDER-DOT-COM … SOMETIMES THE BEST NEW ADDITION TO YOUR FLEET ISN’T NEW!”
MACHINERY PETE
HARVEST SEASON IS ALL BUT HERE AND MACHINERY PETE KNOWS COMBINES ARE A KEY TO SUCCESS. THIS MORNING...A LOOK AT THE STORIES BEHIND RECENT PRICES FOR GOOD USED COMBINES. GREG. ALRIGHT FOLKS LET’S TALK COMBINES TODAY AS WE MOVE INTO THE BUSY HARVEST SEASON HERE IN THE MIDWEST. NOW WHAT I’VE BEEN SEEING THE LAST YEAR OR SO HAS BEEN INCREASED BUYER DEMAND FOR THE REALLY NICE CONDITION SLIGHTLY OLDER USED COMBINES ONE OR TWO MODELS FIRIES OLDER. SO IF WE TALK DEERE. SHOW ME A NICE 9670 OR 9770 STS AT AUCTION LAST YEAR OR SO AND I’LL SHOW YOU A VERY STRONG SALE PRICE MOST LIKELY. NOW IF WE SHIFT OUR FOCUS TO THE SAME AGE BUT RED COMBINES HERE’S A PICTURE OF A 2007 CASE AGE 2588 WITH 2214 ENGINE HOURS ON IT. SOLD LAST TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 12 ON A FARM AUCTION IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AND IT SOLD FOR SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. I’VE ALSO SEEN A PAIR OF 2377 RECENTLY OF NOLDE. HERE’S A PICTURE OF ONE THAT’S ALL THAT WE CAN GO. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH ON A FARM AUCTION IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. IT’S ALL WITH NO HEADS AT 1754 ENGINE HOURS ON IT. IT’S OVER $80000. THAT SALE PRICE WAS VERY CLOSE TO ANOTHER 2377 I SAW SOLD ON A FARM AUCTION IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BACK ON AUGUST 17TH. HERE’S A PICTURE OF IT. IT WAS A 2006 MODEL AND THIS ONE HAD TWENTY ONE HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN ENGINE HOURS ON IT. AND SOLD FOR EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS. NOW FOLKS IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A USED CAR AND YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO MACHINERY PETE DOTCOM ALMOST 6000 OF THEM LISTED THERE FOR SALE FOR YOU.
TEASE
WHEN WE COME BACK, WEATHERING THE STORM-- LIVESTOCK OWNERS GET A HELPING HAND AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY.
IN THE COUNTRY
IN THE COUNTRY - BROUGHT TO YOU BY KUBOTA’S M5 SERIES - BRINGING NEW LEVELS OF COMFORT TO HARD WORK. LEARN MORE AT KUBOTA.COM, OR VISIT YOUR LOCAL KUBOTA DEALER TODAY. THE RAINS MAY BE GONE BUT THE WORK CONTINUES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE HARVEY. AND WHILE HOMES ARE AND LIVES ARE BEING REBUILT, CARING FOR THE IMPACTED LIVESTOCK REMAINS A MAJOR CONCERN. THE TEXAS FARM BUREAU TAKES US TO A PLACE OF HELP IN WHARTON COUNTY. THE ACTUAL HURRICANE, WHEN IT CAME IN… …THERE WASN’T A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE HERE IN THIS COUNTY FROM THE WIND AND THE INITIAL RAIN. BUT THE RIVER FLOODING THAT CAME IN DAYS LATER IS WHERE THE REAL DISASTER FOR WHARTON COUNTY HAS OCCURRED. WE HAVE THE COLORADO RIVER THAT HAS FLOODED TO LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, AS WELL AS THE SAN BERNARD ON THE EAST SIDE. SO YOU HAD AREAS WHERE TWO RIVERS WERE COMING TOGETHER – WERE MERGING. AREAS THAT HAD NEVER HAD FLOOD WATERS ON THEM BEFORE. THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE OUT OF HARMS WAY ENDED UP HAVING TO EVACUATE THEMSELVES OUT OF THEIR HOMES, GET THEIR FAMILIES TO SAFETY, AND THEN THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH THEIR LIVESTOCK. THAT IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THIS COMMUNITY, IT’S AGRICULTURE. WELL WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS GOING ON HERE AT THE WHARTON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, WE HAVE SOME RESCUE DOGS, WE’VE GOT SOME RESCUED HORSES AS WELL AS SOME CATTLE BROUGHT IN OFF OF SOME OF THE FARM-TO-MARKET ROADS. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE ALSO HAVE A LIVESTOCK SUPPLY POINT THAT WE HAVE SET UP WHICH WE HAVE DONATED FEED AND HAY. WE HAVE CATTLE CUBES THAT ARE COMING IN. WE’VE BEEN EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONATED HUNDREDS OF BALES OF SPARE HAY. WE HAVE OUR LOCAL CATTLE AND HORSE PRODUCERS THAT ARE COMING BY HERE TO PICK IT UP SO THEY CAN GET SOME FRESH FEED AND SOME WATER AND EVERYTHING THAT THEIR LIVESTOCK ARE GOING TO NEED. RIGHT HERE, WE’RE STILL IN RESCUE MODE. THERE ARE COWBOYS ON HORSEBACK, IN BOATS AND IN HELICOPTERS THAT ARE OUT TRYING TO RESCUE CATTLE AND GET THEM TO HIGH GROUND SOMEWHERE. WE HAVE OTHER AREAS IN THE COUNTY WHERE WE’RE IN RECOVERY MODE ALREADY, AND THEY’RE TRYING TO GET SOME FEED AND GET SOME RESOURCES OUT TO THEIR LIVESTOCK. WE HAVE A LOT OF STRANDED CATTLE. A LOT OF THESE CATTLE SWAM FOR MILES, SOME OF THEM, TO FIND HIGH GROUND AND THEY CAN’T MOVE ANY FURTHER. SO WE’VE GOT TO GET SOME FEED AND HAY TO THEM. TO THOSE AREAS. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE WITH BOATS THAT CAN GET TO THEM TO GET FEED AND HAY OUT THERE TO WHERE THE CATTLE ARE. SO WE HAVE TWO THINGS GOING ON AT ONE TIME AND TRYING TO MANAGE THOSE IS GOING VERY WELL. WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS GROUP OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE COME IN FROM ACROSS TEXAS AND SOME OF THEM FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. WE’RE ON THE FRONT EDGE AND THERE’S GONNA BE A LONG WAY TO GO. WHEN THE WATER GOES DOWN THAT’S GONNA BE THE BEGINNING OF IT. IN A LOT OF PEOPLE’S MINDS THEY THINK THAT ONCE THE WATER GOES DOWN THAT THE PASTURES WILL DRY UP AND THE CATTLE CAN GET OUT THERE, BUT THE GRASS IS GONNA BE DEAD AND IT’S GONNA LOOK LIKE WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DROUGHT. AND THAT’S GONNA OCCUR FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS ‘TILL WE CAN GET THINGS GROWING BACK AND GREEN AGAIN. IT’S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A MONTH’S RECOVERY. I LIVED HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY NOW FOR TWELVE YEARS. AND IT IS AMAZING TO ME HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER. WE’VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE AND VERY THANKFUL FROM THE PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAVE STEPPED UP TO HELP WITH THIS RECOVERY EFFORT. OUR FRIENDS AT THE TEXAS FARM BUREAU SAY THAT FACILITY IN WHARTON COUNTY IS WINDING DOWN OPERATIONS. THE LIVESTOCK HAS BEEN CLAIMED. AND THEY’RE STILL DISTRIBUTING THE DONATED FEED.
CLOSE
THAT’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THIS MORNING. WE’RE GLAD YOU TUNED IN. FOR TYNE MORGAN AND CINDI CLAWSON. I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. HAVE A GREAT DAY. AGDAY IS POWERED BY RAM TRUCKS - AMERICA’S LONGEST LASTING PICKUPS.
