TODAY ON AGDAY
SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
HEADLINES
TAKING STOCK OF THE NATION’S HOGS AND PIGS. PLUS, A LOOK AT PROCESSING EXPANSION FOR PORK. IN AGRIBUSINESS...CHECKING SOYBEAN CHARTS. KEN FERRIE TALKS ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF NITROGEN LOSS WHEN IT’S TOO WET AND TOO DRY. AND IMPACTING THE WORLD...ONE NEIGHBOR AT A TIME. AGDAY - PRESENTED BY CHEVY SILVERADO. HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL FOR HIGH-STRENGTH DEPENDABILITY.
PIG INDUSTRY INCREASE
GOOD MORNING I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. CHEAP FEED AND STRONG DEMAND HAS THE PORK INDUSTRY EXPANDING. NEW NUMBERS FROM USDA NOW TELL US HOW MUCH. THE U-S HOG INDUSTRY CLIMBED TWO PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO. AND IT’S THREE PERCENT HIGHER THAN JUNE. TOTAL HERD SIZE COMES-IN AT 73-AND-A-HALF MILLION HEAD. BREEDING INVENTORY IS UP SLIGHTLY FROM LAST QUARTER, AND ONE PERCENT HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO. IT’S SLIGHTLY OVER SIX MILLION HEAD. THE MARKET HOG INVENTORY REACHED 67-AND-A-HALF MILLION HEAD, UP THREE PERCENT YEAR OVER YEAR. THE JUNE-TO-AUGUST PIG CROP REGISTERS 33 MILLION HEAD, UP TWO PERCENT. CHRIS HURT/PURDUE AG ECONOMIST: “NOW WE SAW ANOTHER NEW RECORD IN PIGS PER LETTER COMING FROM THE SUMMER QUARTER THIS YEAR AND THAT WAS TEN POINT SIX FIVE PIGS PER LETTER. THE REASON WE MENTIONED THAT IS BECAUSE WE’RE PUSHING UP TOWARDS 11 PIGS PER LITTER AND A PRODUCTIVITY RATE THAT’S GENERALLY CLOSE TO 1 PERCENT A YEAR. WE’RE ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PIGS JUST BASED UPON THAT BETTER PRODUCTIVITY OF THE SOW HERD.” PORK PLANT EXPANSION IS OCCURRING IN THE U.S. REGARDLESS OF THURSDAY’S NUMBERS. BETSY JIBBEN HAS AN UPDATE. GROWTH IS HAPPENING RAPIDLY ON THE PORK PROCESSING SIDE. 3 UPGRADES ANNOUNCED WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. TOTAL, THERE ARE NOW FIVE NEW PLANTS AND THREE MORE IN THE PROCESS OF RENOVATING. AGDAY TOURED ONE OF THOSE NEW FACILITIES , CLEMEN’S FOOD GROUP PORK PROCESSING OPERATION EARLIER THIS YEAR IN COLDWATER, MICHIGAN. DOUG CLEMENS, CEO CLEMENS FOOD GROUP WE EXPECT BY FEBRUARY OF 2018 TO BE AT FULL CAPACITY"CLEMENS TELLINGFARM JOURNAL THE OPERATION PLANS TO PROCESS 10- THOUSAND HEAD A DAY BY FEBRUARY BUT IT’S MEANT TO HANDLE A DOUBLE SHIFT, MEANING AS MANY AS 22-THOUSAND HEAD COULD GO THROUGH THOSE DOORS EVERY DAY EVERY YEAR WITHIN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS.PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL, KEN MASCHHOFF SAYS WHILE IT’S EXCITING TO SEE THIS TYPE OF INVESTMENT IN THE PORK INDUSTRY, THE U.S. CAN’T JUST RELY ON DOMESTIC DEMAND. “WHEN I SAY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC, WE KNOW WHEN PLANTS ARE BUILT, THE PRODUCTION OPERATIONS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED TO FILL THOSE PLANTS WITH ANIMALS. WE KNOW CONSUMPTION FOR PORK HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY STEADY IN THE HIGH 50S AND LOW 60S PER POUND PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER PERSON FOR A LONG TIME. THAT’S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO CHANGE A LOT. THIS MEANS, WE’LL GOING TO HAVE TO EXPORT THIS PRODUCT AS IT COMES OUT OF THESE PLANTS. THAT TIES INTO TRADE."THE 8 PLANTS WHICH ARE NEW OR MODERNIZING ITS FACILITIES STRETCH FROM IOWA TO NORTH CAROLINA.
KORUS MEETING
SOUTH KOREA HAS BEEN A MAJOR BUYER OF U.S. PORK. THE COUNTRY’S TRADE MINISTER GATHERING WITH LAWMAKERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THIS WEEK, AHEAD OF A MEETING WITH U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT LIGHTHIZER. LIGHTHIZER AND KOREAN OFFICIALS MEETING NEXT MONTH TO DISCUSS A “PATH FORWARD” FOR KORUS, THE U.S.-KOREA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT. THE ADMINISTRATION IS SEEKING TO AMEND THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD DEAL TO ADDRESS THE TRADE DEFICIT WITH SOUTH KOREA THE GLOBAL BIOFUEL MARKET IS EXPECTED TO REACH ONE-HUNDRED-AND-15 BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS, GROWING ABOUT SEVEN PERCENT ANNUALLY.
INCREASING BIOFUELS IN ASIAN PACIFIC MARKET
A NEW REPORT FROM GRAND VIEW RESEARCH SAYS THE ASIAN PACIFIC MARKET WILL LEAD THE WAY WITH THE FASTEST GROWTH. CHINA, AUSTRALIA, THE PHILLIPINES AND INDIA ARE ALL MANDATING THAT AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF BIOFUELS ARE ADDED TO THEIR NATIONAL FUEL POLICIES. IN 2009 INDIA REQUIRED A FIVE PERCENT ETHANOL BLEND. BY THE END OF THIS YEAR IT’S SUPPOSED TO REACH 20-PERCENT. WITH A GROWING ECONOMY, THE STUDY SHOWS INDIA IS LIKELY TO WITNESS THE FASTEST GROWTH IN TERMS OF PRODUCT DEMAND.
CHINESE PEANUT DEMAND
SPEAKING OF THE CHINESE MARKET, DEMAND FOR U.S. PEANUTS IS ON THE RISE THERE. USDA PROJECTING THAT CHINA WILL BUY ROUGHLY 100 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PEANUTS THIS YEAR. THAT’S UP BIG FROM WHAT IT WAS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. CHINA BOUGHT ABOUT $172 MILLION WORTH OF U.S. PEANUTS LAST YEAR. A ROUGHLY 700 PERCENT INCREASE FROM WHAT IT IMPORTED IN 2015 . PEANUT HARVEST IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THIS VIDEO COMES FROM MACHINERY PETE AND THE TEAM AT SUNSOUTH, A LARGE DEALERSHIP IN GEORGIA, ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. USDA SAYS CURRENTLY 13 PERCENT OF THE GEORGIA PEANUT CROP IS HARVESTED. THAT’S JUST A BIT AHEAD OF THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE...CONDITIONS ARE NEARLY 75 PERCENT GOOD TO EXCELLENT IN THAT STATE.
BPI PINK SLIME FUND
OWNERS OF BEEF PRODUCTS INC. ANNOUNCING THEY’RE ESTABLISHING A $10 MILLION FUND TO BENEFIT FORMER BPI EMPLOYEES IMPACTED BY PLANT CLOSURES. BPI LAID OFF ROUGHLY 750 EMPLOYEES AND CLOSED FACILITIES WHEN SALES DROPPED STEMMING FROM A SERIES OF REPORTS ABOUT THE COMPANY’S LEAN FINELY TEXTURED BEEF PRODUCT BROADCAST BY ABC NEWS IN 2012. IN JUNE, BPI SETTLED A $1.9 BILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST ABC AND CORRESPONDENT JIM AVILA FOR DEFAMATION AND CLAIMS THAT THE NETWORK HAD USED FALSE INFORMATION.
CROP COMMENTS
LETS CHECK CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY--WITH OUR OWN METEOROLOGIST MIKE HOFFMAN AND TODAY’S CROP COMMENTS. GOOD MORNING CLINTON. WE’LL BEGIN IN MONTANA WHICH HAS RECEIVED SOME BADLY NEEDED MOISTURE THE PAST FEW WEEKS. TOPSOIL AND SUBSOIL CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED BECAUSE OF IT. THIS WEEK 68-PERCENT OF SUBSOIL AND 61% OF TOP SOIL IS CALLED SHORT TO VERY SHORT. BUT TWO WEEKS AGO BOTH CATEGORIES WERE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90’S. THAT ADDITIONAL MOISTURE IS NEEDED FOR WINTER WHEAT PLANTING. MANY PRODUCERS HAD PARKED THEIR SEEDERS TO SEE IF CONDITIONS IMPROVE. RIGHT NOW WINTER WHAT PLANTING IS 20 POINTS BEHIND AVERAGE IN MONTANA. TALLADEGA COUNTY ALABAMA. A ‘NASS’ CROP REPORTER SAYS THE FIRST SOYBEANS OF THE SEASON ARE NOW BEING HARVESTED. AND COTTON GROWERS ARE DEFOLIATING THAT CROP. STATEWIDE ABOUT THREE PERCENT HAS BEEN PICKED, WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE ACCORDING TO NASS DATA. < AD LIB >...AND NOW HERE ARE SOME HOMETOWN FORECASTS. THE LOCAL WEATHER CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT NOT ONLY ON YOUR DAY, BUT ALSO ON YOUR CROPS. START YOUR DAY OFF RIGHT WITH YOUR LOCAL FORECAST DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR MOBILE PHONE, JUST TEXT WEATHER TO 31313 TO GET STARTED!
TEASE
WHEN WE COME BACK WE’LL LOOK AT THE SOYBEAN MARKET AND DISCUSSES WHAT PRICE LEVELS TRADERS ARE WATCHING. AND LATER, KEN FERRY SHARES HIS THOUGHTS ON THE CHALLENGES OF MANAGING NITROGEN IN A YEAR LIKE 2017. AGDAY - BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ENLIST WEED CONTROL SYSTEM. MORE WEED CONTROL. LESS DRIFT AND VOLATILITY. MAXIMUM YIELD POTENTIAL.
FLOOR OF THE CME
IN AGRIBUSINESS COMMODITIES NOT FEELING THE LOVE IN EARLY TRADE THURSDAY.LETS SEE HOW THINGS ARE SETTING UP FOR FRIDAY ON THE FLOOR OF THE CME. I WANT TO START LOOKING AT DECEMBER CORN CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE THE MONTH OF INTEREST THAT IS GOING TO BE NEW CROP AS WE START TO CONTINUE THROUGH HARVEST SEASON HERE THROUGHOUT THE CORN BELT. WE’VE BEEN NARROWING IN A LITTLE BIT OF A RANGE BASICALLY 362 AT THE TOP OF THAT RANGE AND 3:44 ON THE BOTTOM WE’VE BEEN MAKING HIGHER LOWS AND LOWER HIGHS. I’M LOOKING FOR EITHER A BREAKOUT OR A BREAKDOWN IF YOU VIEW OUT THE CHART ON A LONGER TERM PERSPECTIVE YOU CAN SEE THE BEARS STILL DO HAVE CONTROL AND I THINK IF WE DO GET A BEARISH NUMBER AND CONTINUE TO SEE BETTER THAN EXPECTED HARVEST RESULTS WE COULD SEE MORE PRESSURE IN THIS MARKET AS FAR AS SOYBEANS ARE CONCERNED THERE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THEY’VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSTRUCTIVE OVER THE PAST MONTH MARKING A PRETTY STURDY BOTTOM WE’VE BEEN SEEING HIGHER HIGHS AND HIGHER LOWS WHICH IS VERY CONSTRUCTIVE TRADING OFF A LITTLE BIT TODAY. BUT WE WANT TO SEE 960 HOLD ON A CLOSING BASIS THIS IS GOING TO BE IT FOR THE NOVEMBER CONTRACT IF WE’RE ABLE TO HOLD THAT TO ROUND OUT THE WEEK WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE END OF THE QUARTER AS WELL. I THINK WE COULD SEE CONTINUED INTEREST AND PRESSES TOWARDS 987. CHINA’S BEEN A BIG BUYER OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND I EXPECT TO SEE THEM CONTINUE TO STEP IN WITH PRETTY GOOD DEMAND CATTLE COMPLEX FEELING A LITTLE BIT FRIENDLY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF SESSIONS THIS AFTER WE GAP LOWER AFTER A BIG NUMBER IN PLACEMENTS ON THAT CATTLE ON FEED REPORT. LAST FRIDAY WE KAPLEAU OR SOLD SAW THAT PRESSURE. NOW WE’RE SEEING SOME COVERING OFF A PRETTY DECENT DEMAND CASH TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT STEADY HERE. NOW OCTOBER LIVE CATTLE IS STILL TRADING BUT YOU’RE GOING TO SEE TWICE AS MUCH VOLUME IN DECEMBER. SO THAT IS THE MONTH OF INTEREST FOR US. SO THAT’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT. THAT’S WHAT YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT TO.
AGRIBUSINESS
BRIAN SPLITT WITH ALLENDALE INCORPORATED OUR GUEST TODAY. BRIAN LET’S TALK ABOUT THE SOYBEAN MARKET BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE’RE IN HARVEST WE SAW A LITTLE BIT OF A LIFT TO END LAST WEEK AND THAT’S GOOD RIGHT. HOW DO THESE THESE LEVELS COMPARE. WELL THAT’S GREAT. YOU KNOW WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THESE RALLIES TAKE PLACE WHERE YOU MAKE SOME LOWS IN AUGUST AND THEN YOU FIND SOME BUYING AND I THINK THAT TYPICALLY MEANS THAT YOU PRICE IN SOME OF THE WORST OF THE NEWS AND THEN THE MARKET ONCE IT GETS THAT OUT OF THE WAY IT GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE POSITIVE. BUT THIS WEEK WE INTERACT WITH SOME REALLY MAJOR LEVELS ON THE CHARTS IF YOU’RE A TECHNICIAN AND YOU SHOULD BE REALLY WELL AWARE OF THE 980 LEVEL BASIS THE NOVEMBER 13 CONTRACT. WE HAD MADE SOME LOANS TO BEGIN THE YEAR IN JANUARY AT 981 AND A QUARTER AND THAT KIND OF SET THE STAGE GOING INTO THE MARCH PLANNING INTENTIONS WE TOOK OUT 980 AND THE 200 DAY MOVING AVERAGE EVENTUALLY WENT DOWN TOWARDS 940 CAME BACK UP TO 980 ON THE MAY REPORT FAILED AT THE 200 DAY WENT DOWN MADE THE JUNE LOWS JUMPED OVER THE 980 LEVEL UP FROM JULY 3RD TO JULY 5TH WENT UP MADE THIS SUMMER HIGH CAME DOWN HIT 984. 984 AND A HALF TWICE BROKE DOWN BELOW THAT RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. NOW HERE WE ARE BREAKING OUT ABOVE 980. SO RIGHT NOW IF YOU’RE A TECHNICIAN YOU’RE PROBABLY TAKING SOME MEASUREMENTS ON THE CHARTS THINKING THAT THIS THING COULD POTENTIALLY GET UP TOWARDS 10 20. WELL THAT WOULD BE GOOD NEWS ESPECIALLY AT A TIME OF YEAR WHEN YOU’RE GOING OUT TO THE COMBINE YOU’RE HARVESTING AND TRYING TO YOU KNOW HAVE SOME GOOD INFORMATION SOME GOOD NEWS TO MAKE YOU GET THAT JOB DONE RIGHT. WELL THAT’S RIGHT. AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE OF RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE DO HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CARRY IN THE MARKET. SO NOVEMBER BEANS OUT TO JULY BEANS TRADING AROUND 34 TO 35 CENT AREA. SO IT’S PAYING YOU TO STORE BEANS RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO THAT. WE’VE SEEN INVERTED BEAN MARKETS OVER THE LAST OVER YEARS WHERE NOVEMBER MIGHT BE OVER JANUARY OR OVER MARCH. SO IF YOU HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO STORE BEANS AND WE SEE 10 20 NOVEMBER IF YOU CAN LOCK IN THE CARRY AT 35 CENTS AND IF WE SEE 10 20 GET OUT OF THE LONG NOVEMBER POSITION THAT’S GOING TO LEAVE YOU SHORT JULY AT 1055 IF YOU LOCK THAT CARRY. AND THAT’S A NICE PLACE TO BE YOU KNOW TO STORE BEANS FOR OVER 10 50 BUSHEL. AGDAY - BROUGHT TO YOU BY ILEVO SEED TREATMENT FROM BAYER. PROTECT YOUR SOYBEANS FROM SDS AND NEMATODES THIS SEASON.
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 MIKE AS WE LOOK AT THE DROUGHT MONITOR HERE WE CAN SEE A BIGGER AREA MAYBE MORE AREA COVERED. BUT INTENSITY SEEMS TO BE GOING DOWN IN SOME CASE. YEAH I THINK THAT’S TRUE ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN PLAINS PARTS OF THE ILLINOIS AREA BUT ALL IN ALL LIKE YOU SAID THERE’S IS A LOT MORE COLOR ON THIS MAP YOU COULD SAY LIKE THAT 10 AREA THAT YOU CAN SEE IN A LOT OF THE MAP THERE BUT THAT’S DRY BUT NOT QUITE IN A DROUGHT YET. OBVIOUSLY THOSE AREAS WE NEED TO GET SOME MOISTURE. KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING AND YOU GO BACK FOR FOUR WEEKS SO AND YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS WERE A LOT SMALLER BUT A LITTLE MORE INTENSE ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MUCH OF MONTANA GOING THROUGH THE PAST THREE WEEKS YOU CAN JUST SEE HOW THAT 10 AREA ESPECIALLY HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND ACROSS EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND EVEN OUT WEST IN SOME CASES AS WELL. HERE’S THE WAY THE MAPS LOOK AS WE START THE DAY TODAY WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH. ONCE IT GETS EAST OF FLORIDA IT’S POSSIBLE THAT COULD BECOME SOME TYPE OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM YOU’LL SEE THAT COMING UP. IN THE MEANTIME THE COOL FRONT THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE OFFSHORE. NOT MUCH MOISTURE WITH THAT STORM SYSTEM OUT WEST IN THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE ROCKIES GOING TO MOVE NORTHWARD PULLING SOME OF THAT GULF MOISTURE UP THROUGH TEXAS AND INTO THE WESTERN PLAINS AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES ENDING. SEE THIS LITTLE SYSTEM DIVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE NORTHEAST WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG IT AS WELL. ANOTHER BATCH OF VERY DRY COOL AIR COMING INTO THE GREAT LAKES AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING AND START THE WEEKEND AND SEE A SYSTEM OUT WEST SPREADING SOME SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS NORTHERN ROCKIES EXCUSE ME AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. TAKE A LOOK AT PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF TEXAS. ADDING IN THE NEXT 36 HOURS WE’RE GOING TO ADD A FAIR AMOUNT IN SOUTHERN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA WITH THAT SYSTEM KIND OF GRAZING THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. AND WE’RE GOING TO ADD SOME MORE INTO EASTERN AREAS OF THE FOUR CORNER REGION ON UP INTO COLORADO AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT 36 HOURS SNOWFALL. ALMOST TOOK THIS MAP OUT BUT WE’LL KEEP SHOWING IT TO YOU. NOT A LOT BUT A FEW OF THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS IN COLORADO HAS SEEN A LITTLE BIT OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES HIGHS ONLY IN THE 50S AND 60S GREAT LAKES INTO THE NORTHEAST THE MUGGY STUFF HAS BEEN PRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE GULF COAST LOWS TONIGHT GOING TO DROP INTO THE 60S IN MANY PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST EXCEPT FOR GULF COAST AREAS AND 30S AND 40S GREAT LAKES IN THE NORTHEAST. AND WE KEEP IT ON THE COOL SIDE VERY PLEASANT CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE CORN BELT. THE MUGGY STUFF AGAIN WAY TO THE SOUTH ALL BECAUSE OF THIS TROUGH MOVING THROUGH YOU CAN SEE HOW THE RIDGE COMES IN AND NOW IT’S EXPECTED TO HOLD MUCH OF NEXT WEEK FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CORN BELT BEFORE THE NEXT TROUGH STARTS TO MOVE EASTWARD. THAT’S A LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW. TAKE A LOOK AT SOME LOCAL FORECASTS. FIRST OF ALL DENVER COLORADO MOSTLY CLOUDY AND RATHER COOL. HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 65 DEGREES. ST. LOUIS MISSOURI LOTS OF SUNSHINE. VERY PLEASANT HIGHER AROUND 80 AND JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA PARTLY SUNNY WARM AND HUMID WITH AN AFTERNOON HIGH OF 91.
TEASE
UP NEXT, RUNNING OUT OF NITROGEN CAN BE A COSTLY MISTAKE...BUT GETTING IT TO PLANTS IN A TIMELY MANNER ISN’T EASY. KEN FERRY EXPLAINS ON FARM JOURNAL COLLEGE TV. AND LATER...MY THOUGHTS ON COMMUNITY AND BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR . AGDAY - BROUGHT TO YOU BY JOHN DEERE. WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF JOHN DEERE CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED TRACTORS, COMBINES AND SPRAYERS? MACHINEFINDER DOT COM. SOMETIMES THE BEST NEW ADDITION TO YOUR FLEET ISN’T NEW.”
FARM JOURNAL COLLEGE TV
FARM JOURNAL COLLEGE TV - BROUGHT TO YOU BY INSTINCT AND N-SERVE. MAXIMIZE EVERY NITROGEN APPLICATION, SO YOUR CROPS DELIVER THE MAX IN RETURN. LEARN MORE AT MAXINMAXOUT.COM. NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IS COSTLY ESPECIALLY IF WEATHER MAKES IT HARD TO FULLY UTILIZE THINGS LIKE NITROGEN. TODAY ON FARM JOURNAL COLLEGE TV, KEN FERRIE NOT ONLY TALKS NITROGEN MANAGEMENT HE DISCUSSES HOW IT IMPACTS YIELDS AT HARVEST. SO WITH THE WET WEATHER WE HAD IN A LOT OF AREAS EARLY IN THE SEASON IT PRODUCED YELLOW CORN BECAUSE IT MOVED NUTRIENTS DEEPER THAN THE CORN ROOTS WERE WE COULD TELL WHEN WE PULLED NITRATES. THE SECOND FOOT WAS TWICE AS HIGH AS THE TOP FOOT. SO THAT PUT YOU IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE YELLOW CORN UNTIL YOU CATCH UP TO IT. SO YELLOW CORN THEN DID TURN BACK GRAIN WHEN THE ROOTS CAUGHT UP TO IT AND THEN MAYBE FINISH STRONG. BUT THAT YELLOW IN THE FRONT COULD HAVE CAUSED KERNEL SET PROBLEMS THINGS LIKE THAT THE CORN THAT STARTED TURNING YELLOW THREE WEEKS AGO FOUR WEEKS AGO FROM NITROGEN DEFICIENCY THAT’S THE MOST EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THAT NAILS YOU AT DEPTH THE KERNEL. SO SOME OF OUR VARIETIES MAKE A LOT OF THEIR YIELD PUNCH WITH DEPTH THE KERNEL WHICH IS MADE DEPTH OF KERNEL IS MADE THE LAST 30 DAYS OF THE LAST 60 DAYS. AND IF YOU RUN OUT OF NITROGEN COMING INTO THAT AND YOU HAVE A HYBRID THAT HAS A LOT OF DEPTH IN KERNEL YOU JUST CHOKED IT. IT CAN’T PRODUCE A SCENARIO WHERE IN THE WET AREAS WE SAW QUITE A BIT OF THAT JUST NOT ENOUGH NITROGEN TO DEAL WITH THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT THEY GOT IN THE DRY AREAS. IF YOU ARE NITROGEN DEFICIENT WHEN THE DROUGHT REALLY KICKED IN THE CORN COMES APART PRETTY FAST. HE JUST DON’T WANT TO BE NITROGEN DEFICIENT GOING INTO A DROUGHT. YOU JUST CAN’T TAKE IT. AND THE CORN WILL COME APART PRETTY FAST.
TEASE
WHEN WE COME BACK, STEPPING AWAY FROM YOUR SCREEN AND IN FRONT OF YOUR NEIGHBOR.
IN THE COUNTRY
IN THE COUNTRY - SPONSORED BY KUBOTA. DISCOVER THE POWER BEHIND THE M6 SERIES AT KUBOTA.COM. AS THE NATION PREPARES FOR ANOTHER WEEKEND OF FOOTBALL AND SPORTS, THIS WEEK HAS SEEN ENDLESS BANTER AND SHARP JABS FROM AND ABOUT SPORTS STARS, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, THE MEANING BEHIND THESE PROTESTS AND ANTI-PROTEST PROTESTS. HERE’S WHAT I’M GOING TO DO....I’M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THAT. PERSONALLY I THINK EVERYONE ALREADY HAS THEIR MIND MADE UP ABOUT THEIR OPINION AND WHY THEY SUPPORT IT. MY RANTING ISN’T GOING TO CHANGE YOUR MIND--JUST LIKE I’M PRETTY SURE NO CLEVER MEMES ON FACEBOOK OR TWITTER HAVE CHANGED ANY MINDS THERE EITHER. WHAT I AM GOING TO SUGGEST--IF YOU REALLY WANT CHANGE-- ON EITHER SIDE-- WHY DON’T YOU MAKE A COMMITMENT TO YOUR COMMUNITY. BIG OR SMALL-- GET INVOLVED. MEET PEOPLE, SPEND TIME WITH THEM, GET TO KNOW THEIR STORIES, WHAT MAKES THEM TICK AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN COMMON. IT’S SO EASY TO SIT BEHIND OUR SCREENS AND SHOUT OUR DEEPEST FELT FEELINGS INTO THE WEBISPHERE--BUT TROLLING OTHER COMMENTERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WON’T HELP YOU BUILD A BRIDGE WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR. AND THAT’S SOMETHING WE’RE DOING A LOT LESS OF THESE DAYS. DID YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, AMERICANS ARE LESS LIKELY TO SPEND SOCIAL EVENINGS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS. ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL SOCIAL SURVEY-- IN 1974, 61% OF AMERICANS SAID THEY WOULD SPEND A SOCIAL EVENING WITH SOMEONE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, WHILE 39% SAID THEY WOULD DO SO LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH OR NOT AT ALL. TODAY, FEWER THAN HALF -46%- SAY THEY SPEND SOCIAL EVENINGS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AT LEAST MONTHLY, COMPARED WITH 54% WHO DO NOT. WE’RE LIVING CLOSER THAN EVER AND YET THE NATION IS DRIFTING APART. FIND A REASON, BE THE AWKWARD PERSON THAT BRINGS A CAKE, A PIE OR PIZZA AND GETS TO KNOW THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. THERE ARE SO MANY NEIGHBORS THAT WOULD WELCOME A FRIENDLY HAND, PEOPLE DEALING WITH FIRES, FLOODS, HURRICANES AND FLOUNDERING FINANCES...SELFLESS ACTS BETWEEN NEIGHBORS IS WHEN AMERICA DEMONSTRATES ITS TRUE CHARACTER. AMERICA IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MELTING POT, BUT TODAY, IT FEELS MORE LIKE A STEW. STOP STEWING. AFTER AGDAY IS OVER, STEP OUTSIDE, TAKE A STAND-- MAKE A COMMITMENT TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITY BE A BETTER PLACE. YOU WON’T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE, BUT AT LEAST YOU’LL BE SHARING COMMON GROUND.
CLOSE
THAT’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THIS MORNING. WE’RE GLAD YOU TUNED IN. FOR BETSY JIBBEN AND MIKE HOFFMAN, I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
