TODAY ON AGDAY
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
HEADLINES
HARVEST SEASON MOVES ALONG - BUT WHERE WILL THOSE GOLDEN BUSHELS GO? “I’M MICHELLE ROOK. ANOTHER BIG CROP HERE IN NEBRASKA WILL STRETCH GRAIN STORAGE CAPACITY. I’LL HAVE THE STORY FROM HUSKER HARVEST DAYS."> IN AGRIBUSINESS...TIPS FOR THE WEEK AHEAD. MACHINERY PETE IS PULLING UP SOME UNIQUE FINDS AT AUCTION. AND THIS WISCONSIN DAIRYMAN ISN’T LETTING ANYTHING STOP HIM FROM DOING THE WORK HE LOVES. HIS INSPIRING STORY ON IN THE COUNTRY. AGDAY - PRESENTED BY CHEVY SILVERADO. HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL FOR HIGH-STRENGTH DEPENDABILITY.
STORAGE CHALLENGE FOR NEBRASKA FARMERS
GOOD MORNING I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. IT’S UNUSUAL TO HAVE BACK TO BACK YEARS OF RECORD - OR NEAR RECORD - ROW CROP PRODUCTION, BUT THAT WILL BE THE CASE IN THE U-S. THOSE BIG CROPS LED TO LOW CASH GRAIN PRICES. SO MANY FARMERS HAVE BEEN STORING THEIR CROP AS PART OF THEIR MARKETING PLAN...ESPECIALLY FOR CORN.. THE PROBLEM IS NOT ENOUGH STORAGE CAPACITY FOR THE NEW CROP THIS FALL. MICHELLE ROOK LOOKS AT THE STORAGE CHALLENGE FACING NEBRASKA FARMERS. WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF OLD CROP CORN STILL IN STORAGE AND ANOTHER BIG CROP COMING ON HERE IN NEBRASKA GRAIN STORAGE WILL BE A REAL CHALLENGE FOR FARMERS THIS FALL. FARMERS DON’T EXPECT THEY’LL TOP LAST YEAR’S STATE CORN OR SOYBEAN PRODUCTION FIGURES, BUT IT WILL BE STILL BE A BIG HARVEST IN NEBRASKA. GREG GREVING, CHAPMAN, NE FARMER, “I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO BE A RECORD CROP, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE A GOOD CROP.” ADD TO THAT THE FACT THAT MANY FARMERS HAVE BEEN STORING THEIR 2016 CROP. DENNIS GERGENBACH, BERTRAND, NE FARMER, “PEOPLE DIDN’T LIKE THE PRICES AND THEY DIDN’T SELL SO WE’RE GOING HAVE TWO CROPS TO LOOK AT AND ITS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.” RECENTLY THOUGH LARGE SUPPLIES OF OLD CROP GRAIN HAVE BEEN MOVING TO MARKET. TONY JOHANSON, OAKLAND, NE FARMER, “I KNOW A LOT OF PRODUCERS ACROSS THIS STATE HAVE CARRIED OVER A LOT OF GRAIN. THE LAST MONTH, MONTH IN A HALF I’VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY SEMIS ON THE ROAD HAULING CORN AND SOYBEANS TO THE ELEVATORS.” DAVE DANNEHL, NEBRASKA BANKERS ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN-ELECT, “THERE HAS BEEN A QUITE A BIT OF OLD CROP COMING TO TOWN THAT UNFORTUNATELY THEY SAT ON A LITTLE LONGER THAN THEY CARED FOR.” BUT WE’RE 30 DAYS AWAY FROM HARVEST SO MANY PRODUCERS ARE LOOKING AT THEIR STORAGE NEEDS AND FINALLY DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO GET IT SOLD AND MOVED.” OTHER FARMERS HAVE BEEN SELLING BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO EXERCISE ON DEFERRED PRICING OR BASIS FIXED CONTRACTS BEFORE EXPIRATION OR THEY JUST NEEDED THE MONEY. TONY, “I THINK A LOT OF IT IS CASH FLOW NEEDS. A LOT OF PRODUCERS THAT DO A CASH RENT AGREEMENT WHERE THEY SPLIT THE PAYMENTS. YOU SAW A LOT OF SELLING ACTIVITY TOWARDS THE END OF AUGUST WHEN THE CASH RENTS ARE DUE IN SEPTEMBER.” HOWEVER, EVEN WITH THOSE GRAIN SALES FARMERS AND ELEVATORS WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME FINDING SPACE FOR THE CROP THIS FALL AND WILL HAVE TO PILE ON THE GROUND. GREVING: “THERE’S A LOT OF ELEVATORS THAT I’VE HEARD ARE NOT EVEN COMPLETELY EMPTY FROM LAST YEAR.” TONY, “AS I LOOK AS ON-FARM STORAGE IS GOING, YEAH THERE MIGHT BE ENOUGH BUT WHEN YOU START TO GET TO THESE LOCAL ELEVATORS AND THOSE END USERS I THINK WE’RE GOING TO RUN SHORT ON STORAGE. JUST FROM THE CARRYOVER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND THE LACK OF SELLING.” A FEW FARMERS ARE PUTTING UP MORE BINS YET THIS FALL, BUT MORE WILL USE TEMPORARY STORAGE AND WAIT FOR BETTER PRICES. DAVE, “YES, STORING AND WAITING FOR THE RALLY, WAITING FOR A RALLY. CERTAINLY, IN OUR AREA WE’VE SEEN A LARGE INCREASE ON THE BAG STORAGE.” GUY MILLS, ANSLEY, NE FARMER, “WE DO HAVE A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN EVEN SEAL THE CORN YOU KNOW. IN OUR AREA ITS $1.92 PER BUSHEL AND THEN TAKING A LOAN OUT ON IT SO THAT WILL GIVE FARMERS SOME CASH FLOW.” AND THAT WILL HOPEFULLY KEEP THE CORN OFF THE MARKET UNTIL WE GET A BETTER PRICE.” HOWEVER, LAST YEAR MANY GROWERS STORED THE HARVEST AND WAITED FOR HIGHER PRICES WITH NO REWARD. SO, THIS SEASON IF FARMERS ARE GOING TO STORE THE 2017 CROP THEY’RE ENCOURAGED TO PUT A MORE AGGRESSIVE MARKETING PLAN IN PLACE. MILLS, “SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE ON YOUR TOES AND MARKET IT RIGHT, GET YOUR BASIS APPRECIATION AND THEN OF COURSE GET YOUR CARRY IN THE MARKET.” DAVE, RALLIES ARE VERY SHORT-LIVED.” SO, PRODUCERS HAVE TO HAVE GOOD SOLID MARKETING PLANS AND BE READY TO PULL THE TRIGGER IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE THAT DECISION.” IN GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA I’M MICHELLE ROOK REPORTING FOR AGDAY. THANKS MICHELLE.
I-80 TEASE
ONCE AGAIN WE’LL BE FOLLOWING THE HARVEST SEASON ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 FROM OHIO TO NEBRASKA. BETTSY JIBBEN BEGINS HER I-80 HARVEST TOUR THIS WEDNESDAY AS WE CHECK IN WITH FARMERS IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
ARKANSAS DICAMBA BAN
AND UPDATE FROM ARKANSAS, THE ARKANSAS STATE PLANT BOARD APPROVING REGULATORY CHANGES IN 2018 FOR IN-SEASON FOR OVER-THE-TOP USE IN CORN, COTTON AND SOYBEANS. THE PROPOSED BAN STOPS FARMERS FROM USING ANY KIND OF DICAMBAPRODUCT, INCLUDING NEW FORMULATIONS. THE BAN STRETCHES FROM APRIL 16 TO OCT. 31. THE PROPOSAL STILL NEEDS TO FOLLOW THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS UP TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK. AS THE STORY DEVELOPS LOOK FOR COVERAGE ON AGWEB-DOT-COM.
NAFTA TALKS
NAFTA TALKS CONTINUE TODAY IN OTTAWA CANADA. NEGOTIATORS FROM THE U- S, CANADA AND MEXICO STARTED THIS THIRD ROUND OF TALKS ON SATURDAY. FARM JOURNAL WASHINGTON CONSULTANT JIM WIESEMEYER SAYS SENSITIVE TOPICS LIKE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND RULES OF ORIGIN FOR AUTOMOBILES WILL BE PRIMARY TOPICS.
KORUS TRADE AGREEMENT
IN OTHER TRADE MATTERS, WIESEMEYER SAYS MORE LAWMAKERS ARE URGING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO STAY IN THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH KOREA. A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF HOUSE MEMBERS ARE URGING THE PRESIDENT TO RECONSIDER THE THREAT TO TAKE THE U-S OUT OF “KORUS”. FARM GROUPS SAY SOUTH KOREA IS A KEY EXPORT MARKET FOR CHEESE, PORK AND POTATOES. WIESMEYER SAYS THE WHITE HOUSE SEEMS TO EASING THE TALK OF DUMPING THE TRADE DEAL AS IT TRIES TO FIRM-UP SUPPORT FROM LAWMAKERS OVER TAX REFORM.
EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES TO BRAZIL
THIS WEEK A USDA TRADE MISSION WILL BE EXPLORING AMERICAN AG EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES IN BRAZIL. LEADERS FROM 24 U.S. AGRIBUSINESSES AND TRADE ORGANIZATIONS ARE HEAD THERE IN HOPES OF EXPANDING EXPORTS AND FURTHER DEVELOP BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS IN BRAZIL. LAST YEAR, BRAZIL PURCHASED NEARLY $1.4 BILLION IN AGRICULTURAL AND RELATED PRODUCTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. TOP U.S. EXPORTS INCLUDE ETHANOL, WHEAT, PREPARED FOODS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS.
CHINESE BEEF BUYERS IN CHINA
A GROUP OF CHINESE BEEF BUYERS SPENT TIME IN NEBRASKA THIS WEEK. THEY ARE THE FIRST TO VISIT SINCE THE REOPENING OF THE CHINESE BEEF MARKET THE TOUR WAS COORDINATED BY USDA’S FOREIGN AG SERVICE AND THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF AG. OFFICIALS SAY THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON COMPARING U.S. QUALITY CUTS TO TYPICAL BEEF CHOICES IN CHINA. ITS NOW BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE BEEF MARKETS REOPENED IN CHINA. US MEAT EXPORT FEDERATION’S JOEL HAGGARD TELLING A REPORTS THAT ITS STILL EARLY. HE SAYS SEA SHIPMENTS ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO ARRIVE. ADDING THAT VOLUMES ARE SMALL BUT MOMENTUM IS GOOD. FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, SOUTHERN FLORIDA FARMERS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE REBUILDING AND RESTARTING THEIR OPERATIONS.
FLORIDA SPECIALTY CROP FOUNDATION
IF YOU REMEMBER, THE HURRICANE BLEW FRUIT OFF OF THE CITRUS TREES AND RUINED EARLY PLANTED FALL CROPS. THE FLORIDA FRUIT AND VEGETABLE ASSOCIATION SAYS FARM WORKER FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING IN THE AFTERMATH OF IRMA. THE STORM’S DISRUPTION OF EARLY-SEASON FARM WORK HAS LEFT MANY JOBLESS, HOMELESS AND RUNNING OUT OF CASH. ITS ASKING PEOPLE TO HELP OUT...BY DONATING TO THE FLORIDA SPECIALTY CROP FOUNDATION SUPPORT PAGE ONLINE. YOU CAN FIND IT AT FLORIDA SPECIALTY CROP FOUNDATION DOT ORG.
CROP COMMENTS
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALLING FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE CONTIGUOUS - U.S. OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF 2017. THE SERVICE SAYING THE GREATEST CHANCE OF WARMTH COMES IN THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER. THIS COULD MEAN AREAS TO THE EAST WILL NEED SOME SPRINGTIME RAINS TO BE READY FOR THE SPRING PLANTING SEASON. THAT FACT MAY BE MADE WORSE BECAUSE OF DROUGHT SPREADING ACROSS THE MIDWEST, INCLUDING KANSAS, AS WELL AS DROUGHT CONDITIONS THAT REMAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS. CINDI CLAWSON IS IN FOR MIKE HOFFMAN AGAIN TODAY AND SHE HAS OUR FIRST LOOK AT FARM COUNTRY WEATHER. GOOD MORNING CLINTON. HARVEST IS HEADED TOWARD FULL SPEED TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS FROM BETSY JIBBEN IN BOURBON INDIANA. SHE SAYS SOME SOYBEANS ARE STILL GREEN AS GRASS. WITH LEAVES STILL INTACT. WHILE JUST DOWN THE ROAD THIS FIELD IS READY FOR THE COMBINE. THE FARMER WITH THESE MATURE BEANS TELLS BETSY HE LIKELY WON’T HARVEST FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS. MEANWHILE REGAN BRADER IN SOUTHEAST IOWA TOOK THIS PICTURE. THEY WRAPPED HARVEST ONE NIGHT BEFORE STORMS ROLLED INTO THE AREA. THEY GOT 3.5 INCHES LAST WEEK. SO FAR THEY’RE 10 PERCENT DONE WITH SOYBEANS BUT HAVEN’T STARTED CORN YET. IT’S BEEN EXTREMELY DRY IN THAT AREA UNTIL NOW. 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.
TEASE
WHEN WE COME BACK, OUR ANALYSTS WILL HELP GET YOU READY FOR THE MARKETING WEEK AHEAD. AND LATER MACHINERY PETE STOPS BY. STAY TUNED FOLKS COMING UP I’M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME VERY INTERESTING TRACTOR’S FOR SALE.AND THIS WISCONSIN FARMER WON’T LET A DISABILITY GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT HE LOVES - DAIRY FARMING! HIS STORY - LATER ON AGDAY.
AGRIBUSINESS
HERE AT THE AGRIBUSINESS DESK I’VE GOT BRYAN SPLITT WITH ALLENDALE AND TOMMY GRISAFI OF ADVANCE TRADING. ALL RIGHT GENTLEMEN LET’S KICK OFF OUR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS WEEK. BRIAN WE’LL START WITH YOU. IF YOU SIT BACK AND LOOK AT THE WEEK AHEAD WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING. WELL WE’RE GOING TO FINISH THE WEEK WITH SOME BIG NEWS AND THAT’S THE QUARTERLY STOCKS REPORT. RIGHT. RIGHT. AND ESSENTIALLY YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS INFORMATION IS. THE USDA EVERY MONTH GIVES US A PROJECTION ON WHAT OUR CARRY IN OR ARE STOCKS GOING INTO THE NEW CROP WILL BE. RIGHT. THIS NUMBER THAT WE GET ON FRIDAY IS THE EXACT NUMBER. YOU KNOW STOCKS IN ALL POSITIONS AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MARKETING YEAR. SO THAT IS YOUR CARRY IN NUMBER. SO WE’RE GOING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF JOB IS DONE MANAGING THIS NUMBER THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. BUT WITH THIS REPORT OFTEN PROVIDES QUITE A BIT OF VOLATILITY. OKAY. AND SO VOLATILITY CAN MEAN SOME YOU KNOW SOME RISK BUT IT ALSO MEANS OPPORTUNITY FOR GUYS. YEAH TOMMY ARE YOU GOING TO BE WATCHING OUT REALLY CLOSE. YEAH I’M REALLY INTERESTED IN THE SPRING ASPECT OF THAT. SO A LOT OF OUR GROWERS UP IN DAKOTAS AND SOUTH DAKOTA IN THERE THEY’RE WONDERING WHERE ALL THESE ABANDONED ACRES ARE. HOW IS THAT GOING TO PLAY OUT. AND SO. RIGHT. WE KNOW THERE’S A BAN IN ACRES. WE ALSO KNOW WE LOST SOME EXPORTS TOO SO EVERYONE’S WONDERING WHY WHEAT ISN’T SCREAMING UP ANYMORE AND RUSSIA GREW A BIG CROP AND THAT KIND OF OUR BULL MARKET UP THERE CAME AND WENT PRETTY FAST. BUT I’M IMPRESSED. YOU KNOW I THINK WE COULD END THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK YOU’LL YOU’LL LOOK AT THE AUGUST SEPTEMBER CROP REPORTS AND SAY WE’RE ALMOST AT THOSE LEVELS WHERE WE STARTED. SO WE KEEP RALLYING DURING HARVEST. MAYBE WE START TO HAVE A STORY MAYBE WE HAVE SOMETHING. HEY GUESS WHAT AMERICAN FARMER. WE PRODUCE A HUGE CROP AND YOU KNOW WHAT. THE WORLD DIDN’T END. IT FELT LIKE IT WAS AND THEN IT ALWAYS DOES UNTIL THE STRONG HANDS BITE FROM THE WEAK HANDS. AND THEN WE START TO MOVE UP. WE’VE SEEN CRUDE OIL TRADE ABOUT 50 51. IF 50 IS THE NEW FLOOR AND SAID THE NEW CEILING MAYBE WE HAVE A LITTLE STRUCTURE CHANGING IN THE COMMODITY MARKETS AS A WHOLE IN ENERGY PRICES WHICH TENDS TO ISN’T CORN ENERGY AT SOME POINT AT SOME POINT IT IS. RIGHT. AS WE LOOK AT IT. BUT ONE THING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS THE BASIS IN THE SPREADS THIS YEAR MAYBE BEING AN INDICATION OF WE DO HAVE A CROP OUT THERE THAT MIGHT STILL BE THERE. RIGHT. YOU KNOW BASIS HAS BEEN SLOPPY AND THAT’S NO SECRET. AND THE SPREADS YOU KNOW WE’VE SEEN PREVIOUS YEARS WHERE SOYBEAN SPREADS HAVE BEEN INVERTED BY THAT AND MAY HAVE NOVEMBER TRADING OVER JANUARY OR OVER MARCH AND SOMETIMES WE’VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS WHERE NOVEMBER MAY BE YOU KNOW ABOVE THE JULY CONTRACT. BUT WE THE SPREADS IN THE BASIS HAS TOLD US THERE’S PLENTY OF CROP. I LIKE THE IDEA OF OWNING SOME OF THE SPREADS AT THESE MAJOR LEVELS. I THINK THE STORY COULD CHANGE MOVING FORWARD. ALL RIGHT GENTLEMEN. THANKS FOR GETTING STARTED THIS WEEK. WE’LL BE BACK WITH MORE AGDAY IN JUST A MINUTE.
WEATHER
AGDAY WEATHER - BROUGHT TO YOU BY KAWASAKI AND THE NEW MULE PRO-FXR™ SIDE X SIDE. RIDE LIKE A BOSS WITH HIGH-END STYLING AND RUGGED CAPABILITY. ) WELCOME BACK TO AGDAY HERE WITH CINDY CLAWSON CINDY IF WE LOOD RAINFALL OVER THE LAST WEEK IN CROOKE COMMENTS ARE ONE VIEWER MENTIONED THAT OKAY WE GOT RAIN LAST WEEK WILL YOU SEE IN SOUTHEAST IOWA. THEY DID GET YEAH THEY GOT A LOT OF RAIN. CHECK THIS OUT. THIS IS FROM SATURDAY RIGHT ON THROUGH FRIDAY AND ESPECIALLY THOSE FOLKS IN KIND OF THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE CENTRAL PARTS OF THE CORN BELT GOT A FAIR AMOUNT OF RAIN. LET’S ZOOM IN AND SHOW YOU WHAT’S GOING ON. AND YOU CAN SEE AS WE ZOOM IN YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF IOWA WE’VE HAD A FAIR AMOUNT OF RAIN A LOT OF AREAS IN THAT TWO TO THREE EVEN UP TO FOUR AND FIVE INCHES MAYBE IN SOME LOCAL SPOTS. WE’LL HAVE TO KIND OF WATCH THEN SEE HOW THAT DOES WITH THE DROUGHT MONITOR. NOW TAKING A LOOK AT THE LATEST U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE SEEN SOME DRY CONDITIONS EXPANDING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE EAST AND WE HAVEN’T SEEN A TON OF CHANGE UP IN PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE THE NORTHWEST ESPECIALLY OVER MONTANA. SO WE REALLY ARE GOING TO WATCH ALL OF THESE AREAS BUT WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THIS DRYNESS EXPANDING EVEN FURTHER EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL AND NOW INTO THE EASTERN CORN BELT. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE JET STREAM. WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME CHANGES THIS WEEK IT’S BEEN HOT IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW AND A LITTLE BIT COOLER IN THE WEST. WE’VE HAD THE STORMY WEATHER KIND OF OVER IN THE PLAINS STATES AND IN THE UPPER MIDWEST WE’RE FINALLY GOING TO SEE A CHANGE AS WE HEAD INTO THIS WEEK. NOW WILL STILL BE HOT AS WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY BUT WATCH AS THIS TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THAT’S GOING TO START TO BRING SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE EAST AND SOME FINALLY SOME RAIN TO SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT REALLY COULD USE IT WHILE THAT HEAT STARTS TO RETURN IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES ESPECIALLY OUT WELL INTO THE WEST AND YOU GET INTO TOWN NEVADA AND INTO CALIFORNIA. AND AS WE GET INTO SUNDAY WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT TROUGH AFFECTING PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. NOW AS FOR THE WEEK AS A WHOLE PRECIPITATION WISE IS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW NORMAL IN THE SOUTHEAST AND INTO THOSE NORTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE NORTHWEST. ABOVE NORMAL FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST AS WE GET TOWARDS TEXAS AND ARIZONA ESPECIALLY AND IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND THEN TEMPERATURE WISE IT’S GOING TO BE ON THE WARM SIDE FOR MOST OF THE EAST. LITTLE BIT OF THE WEST UP A LITTLE COOL FOR AREAS NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. NOW THE 30 DAY TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK NOT LOOKING TOO BAD FOR A LOT OF US. A LITTLE COOL AS YOU GET TOWARDS PARTS OF THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEY. BUT WARM OUT IN THE WEST FAIRLY NORMAL IN MOST OF THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. A LOT OF FOLKS WATCHING THIS ONE THE PRECIPITATION LOOKS BELOW NORMAL. THAT MEANS GOOD NEWS FOR HARVEST IN MUCH OF THE CORN BELT. THAT’S A LOOK AT YOUR NATIONAL FORECAST. NOW LET’S CHECK ON THE WEATHER WHERE YOU LIVE. CARLAND NEVADA SUNNY AND A LITTLE WARMER FOR YOU TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 62 DEGREES. BARKER SOUTH DAKOTA SOME SHOWERS WITH A HIGH OF 65 AND HEADING OVER TO BEVERLY OHIO SUNNY AND HOT WITH A HIGH OF 87.
TEASE
MACHINERY PETE IS KNOWN FOR HIS UNIQUE FINDS AT AUCTIONS ACROSS THE MIDWEST. HE HAS A COUPLE EXAMPLES UP NEXT. AND LATER, MEET A YOUNG WISCONSIN DAIRY FARMER WHO’S WORKING HARD TO PROTECT HIS LIVELIHOOD. HIS STORY ON IN THE COUNTRY.
MACHINERY PETE
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TEASE
NEXT - WE MEET A YOUNG FARMER WHO LOST A LEG TO DISEASE. BUT IT’S NOT HOLDING HIM BACK FROM DOING THE CHORES. DETAILS AS WE HEAD IN THE COUNTRY.
IN THE COUNTRY
IN THE COUNTRY - SPONSORED BY KUBOTA. SEE THE HARDEST WORKING TRACTORS IN AG AT KUBOTA.COM. OR VISIT YOUR LOCAL KUBOTA DEALER TODAY. DAIRY FARMING CAN BE A CHALLENGE, BUT WHEN YOU’RE BORN INTO IT, IT STAYS IN YOUR BLOOD. TODAY WE SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON A YOUNG MAN WHO DOESN’T LET ANYTHING STAND IN HIS WAY WHEN IT COMES TO DOING THE JOB HE LOVES. WE GET DETAILS IN THIS VIDEO PROVIDED BY THE WISCONSIN MILK MARKETING BOARD. ONE LOOK AT ADAM FAUST, AND YOU WOULD NEVER GUESS HE WAS BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA. ADAM FAUST, DAIRY FARMER FAUST FARMS CHILTON, WI “LIVED WITH THAT MY WHOLE LIFE, AND ADAPTED A LOT OF THINGS TO MY BALANCE ISSUES AND MOBILITY ISSUES. AND THEN IT WOULD BE UH, ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO I LOST MY LEFT LEG TO UNDIAGNOSED DIABETES AND A MINOR ACCIDENT.” THAT MINOR ACCIDENT LED TO SOME MAJOR CHANGES FOR ADAM AT HIS 70-COW DAIRY IN CHILTON, WISCONSIN. HE HAD TO LEARN TO WALK WITH A PROSTHETIC, AND WITH HELP FROM EASTER SEALS OF WISCONSIN, ADAM WAS ABLE TO MODIFY A LOT OF THE FARM MACHINERY TO CONTINUE HIS DREAM. AMI COOPER “THERE’S USUALLY SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP THEM WHETHER IT BE AN ADDITIONAL STEP ON A TRACTOR OR SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS AN AUTOMATIC TAKE OFF.” ONE OF THE FIRST IMPROVEMENTS WAS A CARRIER RAIL THAT HELPS ADAM SEAMLESSLY MOVE THE 20-POUND MILKING UNIT FROM ONE COW TO THE OTHER WITH A SIMPLE RAIL SYSTEM. “THEY’RE PROBABLY 20 POUNDS AND QUITE AWKWARD, WHERE WITH THIS, IT’LL SLIDE RIGHT ACROSS…I USE IT AS A HAND RAIL TO CROSS THE GUTTER AND IT’S JUST THAT SIMPLE.” THE FAUSTS ALSO RETRO-FITTED THEIR FARM EQUIPMENT WITH SPEED HITCHES TO REDUCE STEPPING UP AND DOWN FROM THE TRACTORS MULTIPLE TIMES AS WELL AS ADDING LARGER STEPS TO HELP ADAM CLIMB ONTO THEIR TRACTOR. “WITHOUT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT’S AVAILABLE, IT’D BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO CONTINUE.” FOR ADAM, WHO’S STRONG-WILLED BY NATURE, GIVING UP JUST WASN’T AN OPTION. I’S ALL I’VE EVER DONE; IT’S ALL I’VE EVER WANTED TO DO.” AND THAT’S WISCONSIN DAIRY NEWS. DOCTORS TOLD ADAM IT WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET USED TO THE PROSTHETIC. BUT JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER WHEN A THERAPIST ARRIVED TO HELP HIM MANEUVER STAIRS, ADAM INFORMED HIM THAT HE HAD BEEN TAKING STAIRS SINCE THE MOMENT HE GOT HOME. ADAM SAID HE HAD CHORES TO DO.
CLOSE
THAT’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THIS MORNING. WE’RE GLAD YOU TUNED IN. FOR ALL OF US AT AGDAY. I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
