TODAY ON AGDAY
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
HEADLINES
SYNGENTA SETTLES A MAJOR LAWSUIT AND REPORTS SAY IT COULD COST THEM BILLIONS. THE I-80 HARVEST TOUR KICKS OFF IN THE HOOSIER STATE. IN AGRIBUSINESS...CATTLE MARKETS MOVES. THE PACKER TV, LOOKS AT APPLES AND AVOCADO PRICES. AND COULD ADDING CHOCOLATE HELP KIDS GETS THE NUTRITION THEY NEED. AGDAY - PRESENTED BY CHEVY SILVERADO. HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL FOR HIGH-STRENGTH DEPENDABILITY.
SYNGENTA SETTLES
GOOD MORNING I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. AS A WAY TO SETTLE WHAT WOULD LIKELY BE A LENGTHY, LEGAL PROCESS, SYNGENTA HAS AGREED TO SETTLE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF U-S LAWSUITS BROUGHT BY FARMERS OVER THE COMPANY’S GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN SEED. BLOOMBERG IS REPORTING THAT THE SETTLEMENT IS MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS. SYNGENTA STARTED SELLING ITS VIPTERA BRAND CORN SEED TO FARMERS IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE 2011 GROWING SEASON. BUT AT THAT TIME, CHINA HAD NOT APPROVED USE OF THAT G-E SEED. THAT MOVE - FARMERS ALLEGED - PUT THE CHINESE MARKET IN JEOPARDY FOR ALL U-S CORN EXPORTS TO THAT COUNTRY. AND AS A RESULT CORN PRICES DROPPED. SYNGENTA SAYS IT WAS LARGER MARKET FORCES AND NOT CHINA’S REJECTION OF THE SEED THAT DROVE PRICES DOWN. THE SWISS-BASED COMPANY SAYS IT WILL ESTABLISH A FUND TO PAY CLAIMS ONCE THE AGREEMENT IS APPROVED BY THE COURTS. LOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY ON AGWEB-DOT- COM.
CHINA TRADE
WITH A FRESH MARKETING YEAR BEGINNING FOR AGRICULTURE, CAN TRADE WITH CHINA HELP BOOST PRICES AND U.S. FARMER INCOMES? US COMMERCE SECRETARY WILBUR ROSS SPENDING TIME IN BEIJING WITH CHINESE OFFICES THIS WEEK. THE MEETING IN ADVANCE OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S VISIT LATER THIS YEAR AND GROWING TRADE FRICTIONS. ROSS SAYS THE TONE, HE FELT, WAS GOOD BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF MILES AND NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER. THE PRESIDENT IN RECENT WEEKS, POINTING AT CHINA’S LARGE TRADE SURPLUSES WITH THE U-S AND THREATENING TO HIKE TARIFFS ON STEEL. HE ALSO ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER BEIJING IMPROPERLY PRESSURES COMPANIES TO HAND OVER THEIR TECHNOLOGY IN EXCHANGE FOR MARKET ACCESS. “THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE HAVE IS THE US UNILATERALLY GAVE AWAY SO MUCH TO THE REST OF THE WORLD, THAT IS VERY HARD TO GET IT BACK. FOR EXAMPLE, TAKE AUTOS. AND THE REASON I KEPT HARPING ON AUTOS IS IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TRADE DEFICIT, THERE’S ONE BIG GEOGRAPHIC SOURCE AND THAT’S CHINA, AND THERE’S ONE BIG PRODUCT’S SOURCE, AND THAT’S AUTOMOTIVE AND AUTOMOTIVE PARTS. SO ESSENTIALLY IF WE CAN RESOLVE CHINA AND RESOLVE AUTOMOTIVE, YOU IN THEORY COULD RESOLVE THE WHOLE TRADE DEFICIT.”
CHINA CORN IMPORTS
CHINA FOCUSING ON THE AUTO INDUSTRY RECENTLY INCLUDING PLANS TO MOVE TO ETHANOL SPIKED E-10 GASOLINE BY THE YEAR 2020. DOING SO MAY TAKE MORE CORN...AND NEW NUMBERS INDICATE THE COUNTRY IS ALREADY BUYING. CHINA IMPORTING 380,000 TONS OF CORN IN AUGUST. THAT’S A 14-FOLD INCREASE YEAR-OVER-YEAR. BUYERS STOCKING UP ON CHEAPER IMPORTS AFTER DOMESTIC PRICES OF THE GRAIN ROSE. IMPORTS WERE ALSO BIG IN JULY-- WHEN CORN IMPORTS ITS THE FOURTH HIGHEST VOLUME ON RECORD. CHINA RECENTLY ANNOUNCING PLANS TO MOVE TOWARD E-10 FUELS.AN ANALYST WITH SHANGHAI JC INTELLIGENCE SAYS CHINA COULD IMPORT UP TO 20 MILLION TONS OF CORN A YEAR.---6 TIMES MORE THAN THE CURRENT LEVEL.
I-80 HARVEST TOUR INDIANA
THE I-80 HARVEST TOUR IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ENLIST WEED CONTROL SYSTEM. MORE WEED CONTROL. LESS DRIFT AND VOLATILITY. MAXIMUM YIELD POTENTIAL. COMBINES ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO ROLL IN THE HEART OF THE MIDWEST. ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR WE ARE TRACKING HARVEST PROGRESS THROUGH-OUT THE CORN BELT. OVER THE NEXT SEVEN WEEKS WE’LL TRAVEL FROM OHIO TO NEBRASKA TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THE 2017 CROP. THIS MORNING WE START IN INDIANA WHERE FARMERS HAD A TOUGH GROWING SEASON. AT ONE POINT THIS SUMMER, USDA SAID INDIANA HAD THE WORSE CORN RATING IN THE COUNTRY. BETSY JIBBEN KICKS US OFF WITH OUR FIRST I-80 HARVEST REPORT OF THE SEASON IN THE HOOSIER STATE AND TAKES A LOOK HOW THE CROP LOOKS TODAY. A WET START TO THE GROWING SEASON BROUGHT A YEAR OF STRUGGLES TO MANY INDIANA FARMERS. “FARMERS SAY CROPS WERE PLANTED LATE, SOME EVEN REPLANTED, AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE FIELDS,” “THE REPLANT CLAIMS THIS YEAR ARE THE HIGHEST THAT I’VE EVER SEEN,""THAT WAS THE MOST I EVER REPLANTED. IT WAS LOW GROUND AREAS, NOT WHOLE FIELDS,” “THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE’VE HAD A REPLANT CLAIM AND IT WAS FOR 60 PERCENT OF THE CORN WE PLANTED. AND 20 PERCENT OF OUR EARLY PLANTED BEANS,” SIGNS OF PLANTING PROBLEMS STILL SHOWING UP IN THOSE REPLANTED FIELDS. “WE NEED SOME HEAT FOR THAT TO GET DONE,” THAT’S WHY GRABILL, INDIANA FARMER JIM SMITH WELCOMES THE HEAT IN THE CORN BELT AND NEEDS IT TO STAY. “IT DOES HAVE POTENTIAL. JUST NEED DAYS LIKE TODAY AND WE’LL GET THERE. MIGHT BE THANKSGIVING BUT WE’LL GET THERE,""THIS HAS A LONG WAYS TO GO. THIS IS GETTING CLOSER TO THE FINISH LINE,” USDA’S LATEST CROP PROGRESS REPORT SAYS 53 PERCENT OF BOTH CORN AND SOYBEANS ARE RATED GOOD TO EXCELLENT. SMITH SAYS THAT AREA IS REFLECTIVE OF CORN IN HIS AREA. “OUR CORN IS BELOW OUR APH, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT,” IT’S THE BEAN CROP THAT’S SURPASSING SMITH’S EXPECTATIONS AND HOPEFULLY HIS AVERAGE APH -HE RECEIVED RAIN OTHERS DID NOT. “BEANS WILL HAVE TO CARRY THE LOAD FOR US THIS YEAR. IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE CORN WILL,” BEANS HELPING TO PUSH THE FARM FINANCIALS TOWARD THE BLACK. “WE ARE PROBABLY 50 PERCENT SOLD. WE GOT AGGRESSIVE THIS SPRING BECAUSE WE KENW WE’D HAVE A LOT OF BEANS SOLD. WHEN THE MARKET GAVE US 10 DOLLARS BEANS, WE TOOK IT.” “WE PROBABLY DIDN’T SELL ENOUGH,” “SADLY, WE HAVE NOT FORWARD CONTRACTED ANYTHING, NO.” BRAD MEISTER IS IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION OF BOURBON, INDIANA.. BUT THE CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY WITH MARKETING PLANS - ARE THE SAME. “THEY’RE PRETTY MUCH BREAK EVENS RIGHT NOW IF NOT, BELOW THE COST OF PRODUCTION. YOU CAN’T KEEP DOING THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR,” “YOU TAKE THIS TIME 35 THOUSAND POPULATION AND THAT’S GOOD CORN,” EVEN THOUGH MEISTER DID NOT REPLANT THIS FIELD, HE’S SURPRISED WITH HOW MAJORITY OF HIS CORN CROP TURNED OUT. “WE HAD A REDUCTION IN STAND COUNTS IN CORN. THAT’S GOING TO TAKE A BIT OFF HTE TOP END BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT’S GOING TO BE A GOOD CROP FOR US,” HIS EARLIER PLANTED BEANS WILL BE READY TO HARVEST NEXT WEEK. “WE WERE A LITTLE DRY IN AUGUST WHICH IS GOING TO TAKE OFF THE TOP END YIELD MOSTLY FOR BEANS BUT FOR THE MOST PART, OUR GROWING CONDITION HAS BEEN PRETTY FAVORABLE,” THE REST STILL NEEDS TO DRY DOWN. “A COUPLE OF 2’S, MOSTLY 3S, THERE’S A FOUR. LIKE TO SEE THE FOURS,” THEY’RE PRETTY GOOD SIZE BUT IT’S SO HARD TO TELL WHEN IT’S SO WET TOO."> A STRESSFUL START... “WE’LL MAKE THE BEST OF THE SITUATION WE HAVE IN HAND AND WE’LL ALL LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR,” AS THESE HOOSIERS HOPE FOR A STRONG FINISH FROM THE CAB OF THE COMBINE. REPORTING FOR AGDAY, I’M BETSY JIBBEN. THANKS BETSY. TRACKING THE FIVE STATES OF THE I-80 HARVEST TOUR....HERE ARE THE STATEWIDE PROGRESS REPORTS. ILLINOIS CORN HARVEST IS 13 POINTS BEHIND. BUT SOY HARVEST IS RUNNING AHEAD BY TWO POINTS. INDIANA IS FOUR POINTS BEHIND IN CORN, BUT A POINT AHEAD IN SOYBEANS. IOWA IS SEVEN BEHIND IN CORN AND THREE IN SOY. NEBRASKA FARMERS ARE SIX POINTS BEHIND IN CORN PICKING BUT RIGHT ON PACE WITH SOYBEAN HARVEST.. AND OHIO IS THREE POINTS IN BOTH CORN AND SOYBEAN HARVESTS.
WOTUS COMMENTS ENDS TODAY
TODAY MARKS THE LAST DAY THAT YOU CAN SUBMIT COMMENTS TO THE E-P-A OVER THE “WATERS OF THE U-S” RULE. AS YOU MAY KNOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS TAKEN THE INITIAL STEPS TO RESCIND “WOTUS” FOLLOWING PRESIDENT TRUMPS’S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO RE-EXAMINE THE 2015 RULE. THE PRESIDENT AND MANY FARM GROUPS SAY THE RULE EXTENDED BEYOND THE GOVERNMENT’S AUTHORITY OVER WATER PROTECTION. IN JUNE THE EPA AND ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROPOSED A RULE TO BEGIN A TWO-STEP PROCESS TO REVISE THE RULE. THEY WOULD FIRST NEED RESCIND WOTUS WHILE A NEW RULE IS DRAFTED. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO RESCIND THE RULE ENDS ON WEDNESDAY. THE 2015 RULE REMOVED THE WORD “NAVIGABLE” FROM THE CLEAN WATER ACT. THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU SAYS REMOVING THAT WORD INCREASED UNCERTAINTY FOR FARMERS BECAUSE IT THEN PUT FARM PONDS - OR ANY PLACE WHERE RAINWATER COLLECTS - UNDER GOVERNMENT RULE.
CROP COMMENTS
MIKE HOFFMAN JOINING US NOW WITH A LOOK AT CROPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TODAY’S CROP COMMENTS. GOOD MORNING CLINTON. YES HARVEST IS UNDERWAY ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM JIM MORRIS AND SACRAMENTO VALLEY ON TWITTER. THEY SAY STRAIN RANCHES IN ARBUCKLE, CALIFORNIA IS BUSY HARVESTING PISTACHIOS AND NEAR MAYVIEW, MISSOURI CORN HARVEST IS MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE TALKED TO THE FOLKS AT “TRIPLE-S ENTERPRISES” AND THEY’RE SAYING “WE’RE VERY PLEASED WITH THE CORN YIELDS WE’VE SEEN SO FAR. WE HAVEN’T GOTTEN INTO BEANS YET, BUT FROM SCOUTING WE KNOW THEY LOOK GOOD.” THE CROP PROGRESS REPORT SHOWS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE MISSOURI CORN CROP HAS BEEN HARVESTED. 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 WE’LL CHECK ON THE SEASONALITY OF CATTLE MARKETS. AND IF WHITE MILK IS THE ONLY OPTION AT YOUR CHILDREN’S SCHOOL CAFETERIA, WILL THEY DRINK IT? NEW RESEARCH ON THE VIRTUES OF FLAVORED MILK, LATER ON AGDAY.
FLOOR OF THE CME
IN AGRIBUSINESS CATTLE MARKETS TAKING A TUMBLE MONDAY. LETS SEE HOW THINGS TRADED TUESDAY...FROM THE FLOOR OF THE CME IN CHICAGO. CORN MARKET AGAIN TRADED BOTH SIDES OF UNCHANGED HERE ON TUESDAY. WE’VE REALLY BEEN STUCK IN KIND OF A SIDEWAYS PATTERN HERE AS OF LATE. THE MARKET POSTED A LOW ON AUGUST 31ST AND AS KIND OF SIDEWAYS IN A 10 TO 15 CENT TRADING RANGE SINCE THEN VOLATILITY HAS REALLY DIED DOWN AND THE TRADE HAS REALLY BEEN KIND OF SLOW WE’RE WAITING ON FRESH FUNDAMENTAL NEWS ESSENTIALLY YOU KNOW SEASONALLY THIS IS A TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE GENERALLY DO SEE SOME PRESSURE AND PRIZES AND THIS YEAR IS NO DIFFERENT. WE’VE GOT A NEAR TREND OF CORN CROP ACCORDING TO USDA AND THE MARKET IS ACTING AS SUCH UNDER SOME PRESSURE HERE AT LOWER PRICES. AND AGAIN KIND OF A SIDEWAYS PATTERN HERE AS HARVEST MOVES FORWARD. BASIS LEVELS AND A LOT OF AREAS OF THE COUNTRY ARE VERY POOR AND THAT’S NORMAL AROUND HARVEST TIME. BUT THEY’RE PARTICULARLY BAD THIS YEAR BASIS AT THE GULF AS A MATTER OF FACT DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IS THE WORST THAT WE’VE SEEN AND I BELIEVE SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS. SO WE’RE SEEING A VERY VERY POOR BASIS LEVELS IN A LOT OF AREAS OF THE COUNTRY WHICH JUST SIGNALS AND OVERSUPPLIED MARKETLIVE CATTLE MARKET WAS MIXED TO LOWER HERE ON TUESDAY FOLLOWING A LIMIT DOWN TRADE IN SOME CONTRACTS ON MONDAY. WE HAD A CATTLE ON FEED REPORT FROM USDA OUT THIS PAST FRIDAY AND IT WAS GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE VERY BEARISH. SO WE SAW THAT KNEE JERK REACTION WITH A SHARPLY LOWER MARKET ON MONDAY A LITTLE BIT OF FOLLOW THROUGH HERE ON TUESDAY. SO THE USDA AS THEY OFTEN DO CATCHING THE CATTLE TRADE OFF GUARD WITH THAT CATTLE ON FEED REPORT THE BOX BEEF MARKET HAS BOUNCED THIS WEEK WE SAW A COUPLE OF DOLLAR IMPROVEMENT. ON MONDAY WE SAW THE SAME THING HERE AT MIDDAY ON TUESDAY. SO THE BOX BEEF MARKET FINALLY FINDING SOME FOOTING HERE AFTER WHAT HAD BEEN A PRETTY SHARP COLLAPSE. MOVING FORWARD THE TRADE WILL BE ADJUSTED IN THE CASH CATTLE TRADE THIS WEEK WE’VE GOT THE FED CATTLE EXCHANGE ON WEDNESDAY. WE’LL SEE WHAT TRANSPIRES IN THE COUNTRY HERE LATER IN THE WEEK. I THINK MOST AREAS TRADED 108 LAST WEEK. SO WE’LL SEE IF WE CAN IMPROVE ON THAT DESPITE THAT BEARISH ON THE REPORT. AGAIN JOE VACLAVIK FROM CME GROUP HERE IN CHICAGO. AGDAY - BROUGHT TO YOU BY JOHN DEERE. WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE INVENTOROF JOHN DEERE CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED TRACTORS, COMBINES AND SPRAYERS? MACHINEFINDER DOT COM. SOMETIMES THE BEST NEW ADDITION TO YOUR FLEET ISN’T NEW.”
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 METEOROLOGIST MIKE HOFFMAN LOOKING AT THE ROOT ZONE MOISTURE MAP AND MIKE. THIS IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE ESPECIALLY FOR THAT YOU KNOW PACIFIC NORTHWEST THOSE NORTHERN PLAINS REGIONS WHERE IT’S BEEN SO DRY. IT IS AMAZING THOSE DROUGHT AREAS OF THE DAKOTAS LIKE YOU SAID EASTERN MONTANA AND NOW WET AT LEAST IN THE TOPSOIL IT IS TURN DRIER IN OTHER AREAS THOUGH. IN FACT CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE AREA IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS MUCH DRIER THAN TYPICAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AND WE’VE SEEN THE AREAS IN THE EASTERN OHIO VALLEY GET A LOT WORSE AS WELL. UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST KIND OF DRY IN CENTRAL TEXAS KIND OF DRY AND HURRICANE MOISTURE IS GONE. IT’S KIND OF AMAZING HOW FAST THIS ROUSAN MOISTURE CHANGES WITH THE CONDITIONS GOING ON BECAUSE IT IS DRY IN THE SOUTHEAST. MARIA AS A TROPICAL STORM WILL CONTINUE TO STAY OFFSHORE. THIS COLD FRONT GOING TO DRAG ITS HEELS IN TEXAS AND SO THOSE DRY AREAS IN TEXAS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE THAT WAY NEXT WEEK WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT ROOT ZONE MOISTURE AT THIS TIME. AS YOU CAN SEE JUST A FLOW OF MOISTURE COMING NORTHWARD OUT OF MEXICO WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THAT ALL DAY LONG. IN FACT IT’S NIGHTTIME IN DAYTIME IT LOOKS LIKE COLD FRONT IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF MOISTURE ALONG IT. SO UNFORTUNATELY THOSE AREAS IN ILLINOIS AND THE EASTERN OHIO VALLEY THAT ARE VERY DRY. NOT GOING TO GET MUCH OUT OF THIS SYSTEM. YOU CAN SEE BY TOMORROW MORNING IT’S INTO THE APPALACHIANS DRAGGING ITS HEELS ACROSS TEXAS. NEXT A LITTLE COLD FRONT IS JUST KIND OF A SHOT OF CHILLIER AIR BUT DRIER AIR AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE WEEKEND FOR MUCH OF THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. NOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL FROM SOUTH TEXAS INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. VERY LITTLE ELSE GOING ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES PAST 24 HOURS. MOST OF IT HAS BEEN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA ADDING IN THE NEXT 36 HOURS YOU CAN SEE OUR COMPUTER MODEL DOESN’T EVEN PUT DOWN A TENTH OF AN INCH AND MOST OF THE AREAS ALONG THIS COLD FRONT COMING IN. BUT IT SHOWS A LAKE OVER A HALF FOOT OF RAIN IN PARTS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF SOUTH TEXAS SO THERE IS A LOT OF MOISTURE OUT THERE TO BE HAD SPECIALLY FOR CENTRAL TEXAS. NOT A LOT OF MOISTURE FOR SNOW ONLY THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS MAINLY IN COLORADO. WE’LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW ACTIVITY AND TAKING A LOOK AT TEMPERATURES STILL VERY WARM AND HUMID TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE FRONT. MUCH COOLER AIR COMING INTO THE NORTH OF IT. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT GOING TO DROP INTO THE 40S AND 50S IN A HUGE CHUNK OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE PLAINS AND THE GREAT LAKES STILL MUGGY IN THE SOUTHEAST AND THAT MUGGINESS GETS SHOVED A LITTLE BIT FARTHER SOUTHEAST AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOMORROW THERE IS THE JET STREAM AND YOU CAN SEE THE TROUGH THE KIND OF DIGS IN TO BRING THAT CHILLY SHOT OF AIR BUT LOOK IT DOESN’T LAST. THE RIDGE BUILDS RIGHT BACK INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND THE EAST WITH THE BIG TROUGH OUT WEST BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THAT’S A LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NOW LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME LOCAL FORECASTS. FIRST OF ALL GO AHEAD TO ELKO NEVADA. LOTS OF SUNSHINE TODAY AND NICE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 68 DEGREES. MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA. GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE AND PLEASANT AS WELL HIGH OF 71 AND HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. WARM AND HUMID WITH SUNSHINE HIGH UP TO 88.
TEASE
GRANNY SMITH APPLES ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY...WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT THAT MEANS FOR PRICES NEXT ON THE PACKER TV. AND LATER, A HEALTH TIP THAT’S TYPICALLY AN EASY SELL TO KIDS OF ALL AGES.
PACKER TV
FROM OUR PARTNERS AT THE PACK, IT’S BEEN A BIG SUMMER FOR GRANNY SMITH APPLES. THE USDA SAYS THE 2017 CROP OUT OF WASHINGTON WERE SELLING FOR ABOUT 50 DOLLARS A CARTON FOR SIZE 88’S. THE HIGH PRICE PUSHED UP BY LIMITED SUPPLIES OF THE TART APPLE THIS SUMMER. GRANNY SMITH ARE OFTEN USED AS FRESH CUT SLICERS. NEW CROP INVENTORIES ARE JUST NOW COMING OF THE TREE. AS A WAY TO PROMOTE APPLE SALES FOR THE FALL - AND HALLOWEEN IN PARTICULAR - WASHINGTON-BASED STEM-ILT GROWERS IS NOW SELLING APPLES IN A SEASON-THEMED FIVE POUND POUCH. THE COMPANY HOPES TO ENCOURAGE HIGH VOLUME APPLE SALES IN GROCERY STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A STEMILT SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE PACKAGING IS A FUN WAY TO CAPTURE THE EYE OF CONSUMERS. THE COMPANY OFFERS SEVERAL APPLE VARIETIES IN THE HALLOWEEN BAG. YOU’LL ALSO FIND OTHER HOLIDAY THEMED PACKAGING THROUGH-OUT THE YEAR. CHRISTMAS IS UP NEXT. USDA ALSO REPORTING PRICES FOR HASS AVOCADO’S OUT OF MEXICO HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED SINCE MID-JUNE. PRICES AT SOUTH TEXAS PORTS WERE ABOUT 80 DOLLARS PER CARTON. EDITORS AT THE PACKER SAY RELIEF SHOULD BE ON ITS WAY EVEN AS CONSUMERS CONTINUE TO SEE HIGH PRICES AT THE GROCER. THE U.S. PRODUCE INDUSTRY IS STRONGLY BEHIND A NEW PROPOSED SENATE BILL THAT WOULD HELP IMPROVE AG EXPORTS. THE BIPARTISAN BILL SEEKS TO DOUBLE FUNDING FOR EXPORT PROMOTION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. LEGISLATORS SAY THE PROMOTION PROGRAMS GENERATE A NET RETURN OF 28 DOLLARS FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT.
TEASE
ARE YOUR CHILDREN COMING UP SHORT ON THEIR DAILY NUTRIENTS? COMING UP, AN EASY AND TASTY WAY TO ENSURE THEY’RE GETTING THE VITAMINS THEY NEED.
IN THE COUNTRY
IN THE COUNTRY - SPONSORED BY KUBOTA. TRACTORS, HAY TOOLS, UTILILTY VEHICLES, MOWERS AND MORE. VISIT KUBOTA.COM TODAY. IT CAN BE A STRUGGLE TO GET KIDS TO EAT HEALTHY FOOD. BUT CAN A CHOCOLATEY TREAT BE THE KEY TO GETTING THEM THE NUTRIENTS THEY MOST OFTEN FALL SHORT OF? IN THIS VIDEO PROVIDED BY THE AMERICAN DAIRY ASSOCIATION - MIDEAST, CLARK POWELL HAS MORE ON WHY FLAVORED MILK IS A HEALTHIER CHOICE FOR KIDS THAN YOU MAY THINK, AND HOW IT CAN EVEN BE CRITICAL TO THEIR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL TEN-YEAR-OLD ANDREW LEITCH HAS A GLASS OF MILK, BUT HIS LITTLE SISTER KATHERINE IS NOT A BIG FAN. “I USUALLY GET A GLASS OF WHITE MILK, BUT KATHERINE DOESN’T LIKE IT AS MUCH. WHICH IS SOMETHING EXPERTS SAY CAN BE A PROBLEM. SKIPPING MILK ALTOGETHER DEPRIVES KIDS OF THE NUTRIENTS THEY NEED DURING CRITICAL BONE-GROWING YEARS, AND MOST CHILDREN BECOME DEFICIENT IN CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D BY THE TIME THEY’RE SIX YEARS OLD. BUT KATHERINE DOES LIKE CHOCOLATE MILK, WHICH CONTAINS THE SAME NINE ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS AS WHITE MILK. “IT TASTES GREAT. THEY ENJOY DRINKING THE MILK, AND THEN THEY’RE GOING TO GET ALL OF THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE THAT’S GOING TO FOLLOW.” A BENEFIT THAT EXPERTS SAY HELPS KIDS CHOOSE MILK MORE OFTEN AND DRINK MORE OF IT. IN FACT, IN SCHOOLS, THOSE THAT REMOVED FLAVORED OPTIONS, ABOUT THIRTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF STUDENTS DIDN’T DRINK MILK AT ALL."WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS KIDS DRINKING THE MILK AND NOT THROWING IT INTO THE TRASH CANS. SO BY OFFERING THE FLAVORS, BY OFFERING CHOICE, KIDS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DRINK THE MILK THEY’RE SERVED.” KAREN BAKIES IS A REGISTERED DIETICIAN WITH THE AMERICAN DAIRY ASSOCIATION MIDEAST. SHE SAYS THE SMALL AMOUNT OF ADDED SUGAR IN FLAVORED MILK IS WELL WORTH THE NUTRITIONAL TRADEOFF. AND THOUGH PARENTS SHOULD MONITOR THEIR CHILDREN’S SUGAR INTAKE, FLAVORED MILK ONLY CONTRIBUTES ABOUT FOUR PERCENT¹ OF ADDED SUGAR TO KIDS’ DIETS. “THAT’S VERY SMALL IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO THE 46% THAT THEY MIGHT GET IF THEY CHOOSE A SUGAR- SWEETENED BEVERAGE SUCH AS A SODA OR AN ENERGY DRINK OR A FRUIT DRINK INSTEAD.” AND BECAUSE IT’S MORE NUTRITIOUS THAN OTHER OPTIONS, SCHOOLS NOT ONLY CHOOSE TO SERVE IT IN THEIR LUNCHROOMS, BUT ALSO ON THE SIDELINES TO STUDENT ATHLETES. “IT HAS FLUIDS SO IT’S GOING TO HELP TO REHYDRATE THEM. IT HAS A PERFECT MIX OF CARBOHYDRATE AND PROTEIN TO HELP REFUEL THEM, AND THEN THE VITAMINS AND MINERALS ARE GOING TO BUILD STRONG BODIES AND STRONG BONES.” BUT EVEN IF YOUR CHILD ISN’T TRAINING ON THE FIELD EVERY DAY, FOR A LOT OF KIDS, IT’S A TASTIER WAY TO GET THE NUTRITION THEY NEED. IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, THIS IS CLARK POWELL REPORTING.
CLOSE
THE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS IN BOTH OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA HAVE ADOPTED CHOCOLATE MILK AS THEIR OFFICIAL BEVERAGE FOR THEIR STUDENT ATHLETES. 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.
