TODAY ON AGDAY
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
HEADLINES
IRMA THREATENS FLORIDA’S AG INDUSTRY. WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE KOREA, U.S. FREE TRADE AGREEMENT? IN AGRIBUSINESS...CROP POTENTIAL OUT WEST. KEN FERRIE SAYS BUILD A PLAN FOR HARVEST BASED ON CROP MATURITY AND SEE HOW A TINY PEST IS CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN FIGHTING THOSE MASSIVE WILDFIRES IN THE WEST. AGDAY - PRESENTED BY CHEVY SILVERADO. HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL FOR HIGH-STRENGTH DEPENDABILITY.
PREPPING FOR IRMA
GOOD MORNING I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURRICANES EVER RECORDED HAS ITS SIGHTS SET ON FLORIDA’S ONE POINT 2 BILLION DOLLAR AG SECTOR. HURRICANE IRMA CONTINUING TO TRACK TOWARD THE FLORIDA COAST. IF IT HITS THE STATE SQUARELY, THE NATION’S SECOND LARGEST PRODUCE GROWER IS AT RISK OF SEEING HISTORIC DAMAGE. FROM TOMATOES TO GREEN BEANS, SQUASH AND CUCUMBERS, FLORIDA IS A MAJOR PART OF AMERICA’S DIET. IT’S ALSO THE NATION’S LARGEST ORANGE GROWER AND THE FRUIT IS ALREADY ON THE TREE. ORANGE JUICE FUTURES JUMPING THIS WEEK--AHEAD OF THE STORM. FLORIDA IS ALSO THE NATION’S BIGGEST SUGAR PRODUCER, AND SUGARCANE CROPS COULD BE KNOCKED DOWN, OR LOSE SUGAR CONTENT, FROM THE HURRICANE. ON THE CURRENT TRACK, IT APPEARS GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COULD FEEL THE AFFECTS. COTTON AND SOYBEANS ARE BOTH IN JEOPARDY. AS OF MONDAY, ABOUT A THIRD OF THE COTTON BOLLS HAVE OPENED IN THOSE TWO STATES. AND SOYBEANS ARE JUST STARTING TO DROP THEIR LEAVES. AND PEANUTS WERE JUST STARTING TO GET DUG-UP.
IMPACT OF HARVEY IN LOUISIANA
FLOODING FROM HARVEY IS SLOW TO DRAIN IN SOME AREAS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA - ONE WEEK AFTER THE STORM MADE LANDFALL. AGRICULTURAL FIELDS CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF RICE AND SOYBEANS SUFFERED DAMAGE. BUT ACCORDING TO AGENTS WITH THE LSU AGCENTER THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS MOVING CATTLE TO HIGHER GROUND AND FEEDING THEM. FARMERS WERE STRUGGLING TO CUT HAY BEFORE THE STORM BECAUSE OF THE WET SUMMER. AND MANY WILL NOT HAVE THE HAY RESERVES THEY TYPICALLY HAVE ENTERING WINTER. “ONLY ABOUT HALF OF THE FARMERS HAVE EVEN CUT HAY FOR THEIR FIRST TIME, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THE OLD HAY IN THE FIELDS THAT NEEDS TO GET HARVESTED. YOU KNOW THE QUALITY IS NOT GOING TO BE THERE, BUT WE’RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO CUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.""AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, I’VE USUALLY GOT ABOUT 700 BALES PUT UP, AND I’VE GOT 200. I’M ACTUALLY LOOKING AT BALING SOME BEAN STUBBLE JUST TRYING TO GET ENOUGH BALES. WE’LL JUST HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT AND CULL DOWN ON OUR CATTLE."> FOR CROPS SUCH AS SWEET POTATOES AND COTTON, IT MAY TAKE WEEKS BEFORE THEY SHOW SIGNS OF ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY HARVEY.
JULY MEAT EXPORTS
IN OTHER NEWS - AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ENGAGES IN RENEGOTATIONS OF TRADE AGREEMENTS, DEMAND FOR U-S BEEF AND PORK REMAIN STRONG. U-S MEAT EXPORT FEDERATION JUST RELEASING ITS ANALYSIS OF JULY SHIPMENTS. BEEF EXPORTS UP FIVE PERCENT YEAR OVER YEAR IN VOLUME. AND 18-PERCENT HIGHER IN VALUE. SHIPMENTS TO JAPAN CLIMBING 20-PERCENT FROM JULY 2016. BUT STARTING IN AUGUST JAPAN SLAPPED A 50-PERCENT TARIFF ON U-S BEEF. SO WE’LL NEED TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT MONTH TO SEE IF THERE’S AN IMPACT. ON THE PORK SIDE, THE STORY IS DIFFERENT. THE U-S SHIPMENTS WERE DOWN FOUR PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO IN VOLUME. ONE BRIGHT-SPOT - PORK EXPORTS TO SOUTH KOREA SHOT 30-PERCENT HIGHER YEAR OVER YEAR.
TRUMP THREATENS TO LEAVE KORUS
PRESIDENT TRUMP RECENTLY THREATENING TO WITHDRAW FROM THE KOREA U.S. FREE TRADE AGREEMENT. BETSY JIBBEN LOOKS INTO WHAT ROLLING BACK THAT AGREEMENT COULD MEANFOR U.S. AG. THE ADMINISTRATION ARUGES THE U.S. DID NOT GET A GOOD DEAL IN ITS AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH KOREA. THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE’S WEBSITE SAYS THE TRADE DEFICIT WITH SOUTH KOREA WAS NEARLY 28 BILLION DOLLARS IN 2016 IN GOODS ALONE. BUT SOME FARM GROUPS SAY FOR AGRICULTURE, THE DEAL IS A WIN. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THREATENING TO TERMINATE THE U.S. - KOREA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT- ALSO KNOWN AS KORUS. DARCI VETTER - FORMER CHIEF AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATOR FOR THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVES UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SAYS BEFORE THE AGREEMENT, KOREA’S AVERAGE AG. TARIFFS WERE WELL INTO THE DOUBLE- DIGITS - EVEN UP TO 50 OR 60 PERCENT. “WE’D BE PAYING A MUCH HIGHER TARIFF OR THERE WOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER DIFFERENCE IN THE PRICES THAT WE’D HAVE TO PAY,"VETTER CALLS THE DEAL INCREDIBLY VALUABLE FOR U.S. AG. “ALREADY, WE’RE SEEING BIG RESULTS. BEEF EXPORTS HAVE GROWN 60 PERCENT TO KOREA BETWEEN 2011 AND 2016, EXPORTS OF CHEESE ARE UP 250 PERCENT, CHERRIES ARE UP 185 PERCENT,"WHEAT GROWERS LIKE THE DEAL. KOREA WAS THE THIRD LARGEST IMPORTER OF U.S. WHEAT IN MARKETING YEAR 16 - 17 U.S. WHEAT ASSOCIATES CHAIRMAN SAYING - ANY DISRUPTION IN THE RELATIONSHIPS GIVES QUOTE - “AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND EVEN RUSSIA AN OPENING TO MOVE IN AND TAKE BUSINESS AWAY FROM US AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE ALL STRUGGLING TO STAY PROFITABLE.” ALSO, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY ESTIMATING PORK PRICES COULD FALL BY NEARLY 5- DOLLARS PER ANIMAL IF THE U.S. GETS RID OF THE DEAL. “THE SOUTH KOREAN TRADE PACT IS NOT THAT OLD.THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT SAY AMONG IOWA PORK PRODUCERS. THEY WERE EXCITED. WELL THEY SHOULD BE,"U.S. GRAINS COUNCIL SAYS SOUTH KOREA IS THE THIRD LARGEST IMPORTER OF U.S. CORN SO FAR THIS MARKETING YEAR. IT’S ALSO THE THIRD LARGEST IMPORTER OF U.S. DRIED DISTILLERS GRAINS - OR DDGS. KOREA HAS BEEN A LONG-STANDING LOYAL MARKET FOR HTE U.S. AND WE SAY NOT AGAIN - BECAUSE KOREA IS A GOOD CUSTOMER. WE DON’T NEED THAT TENSION COME INTO THE MARKETPLACE,"CHINA WAS THE TOP BUYER OF U.S. DDG PRODUCTS HOWEVER IN 2016, IT ADDED FEES TO U.S. PRODUCTS. IMPORTS SLOWED TO A TRICKLE WITH CHINA AND HAVE STAYED THAT WAY. THE TARIFFS ARE STILL HIGH AND THE IMPORTS ARE STILL LOW. AND ONE OF THE GREAWT SUCCESS STORIES AS FAR AS MAKING UP FOR THAT MARKET LOSS ON THE DDG SIDE IS KOREA. KOREA HAS COME ON STRONG WITH IMPORTING DDGS. WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO RECOOP THE LOSS OF THE CHINESE MARKET."TO SAY WE’RE GOING TO WITHDRAW FROM AN AGREEMENT THAT’S BENEFITTING AGRICULTURE IT’S JUST NOT THE RIGHT MOVE FOR AG."SLEIGHT SAYS IT WILL BE DAMAGING IF U.S. FARMERS LOSE ITS NUMBER THREE MARKET AS WELL. ADDING TO THE UNCERTANITY THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME PUSHBACK WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION ON WHETHER RENEGOTIATING THE DEAL SHOULD BE A HIGH PRIORITY. THANKS BETSY. THE U.S. GRAINS COUNCIL SAYS VIETNAM JUST ANNOUNCED PLANTS TO START TO IMPORTING DDGS AGAIN - AFTER IT SUSPENDED SHIPMENTS LAST YEAR. ADDING THAT VIETNAM IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING FEED MARKETS IN THE WORLD.
SHRINKING EPA
ALSO OUT OF WASHINGTON, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CONTINUES TO SHRINK. THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTING THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEK NEARLY 400 PEOPLE LEFT. CHOOSING TO ACCEPT A BUYOUT AND EARLY RETIREMENT. THE ADMINISTRATION SAID EARLIER THIS YEAR IT PLANNED TO OFFER THE DEAL TO 12-HUNDRED TOTAL. THE AGENCY NOW ON TRACK TO BE THE SMALLEST SINCE REAGAN WAS PRESIDENT IN 1988.
SHRINKING WISCONSIN DAIRY OPERATIONS
AND STATE NUMBER CRUNCHERS SAY THE DAIRY STATE OF WISCONSIN CONTINUES TO SEE FARM NUMBERS FALL. TOTAL DAIRY OPERATIONS NOW BELOW THE 9-THOUSAND MARK...LOSING NEARLY 500 IN THE LAST YEAR-- OR BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PER WEEK. HOWEVER, PRODUCTION REMAINS STRONG-- LAST YEAR WISCONSIN PUMPED A RECORD 30 BILLION POUNDS OF MILK...THANKS TO A RECORD NUMBER OF CATTLE AT NEARLY 1 POINT 3 MILLION.
MONSANTO ON ARKANSAS DICAMBA BAN
THE DEBATE OVER DICAMBA CONTINUES IN ARKANSAS. ON THURSDAY MONSANTO PETITIONED THE STATE PLANT BOARD AND APPEALED TO GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON TO END ARKANSAS’ BAN OF DICAMBA. THE STATE ISSUED THE BAN OF DICAMBA HERBICIDES IN APRIL FOLLOWING A SPIKE IN DAMAGE COMPLAINTS ON OFF TARGET FIELDS. MONSANTO CALLING FOR THE PRODUCT TO BE RESTORED FOR OVER THE TOP USE IN THE 2018 SEASON.
CROP COMMENTS
HARVEST IS UNDERWAY IN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. CINDI CLAWSON IS IN FOR MIKE HOFFMAN TODAY-- SHE HAS OUR CROP COMMENTS. GOOD MORNING. HELLO CLINTON. SILAGE HARVEST HAS STARTED IN LAWLER, IA. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GORGEOUS PICTURE FROM AT LAWLER I-A ON TWITTER. ITS IN NORTHEAST IOWA. THEY SAY SILAGE IS RUNNING AT 65 TO 70 PERCENT AND THE TONNAGE IS GOOD. THE LATEST CROP PROGRESS REPORT FROM USDA SAYS JUST 3 PERCENT OF IOWA CORN IS MATURE. THE AVERAGE IS 13 PERCENT. ALSO IN IOWA, TYE RINNER IN WASHINGTON IOWA SAYS THE CORN CROP IS HOLDING ITS OWN - NOT BAD CONSIDERING THE AREA RECEIVED 4 INCHES OF RAIN FROM MEMORIAL DAY UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST. THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR SAYS NEARLY HALF OF THE STATE IS ABNORMALLY DRY. AND NOW HERE ARE SOME HOMETOWN TEMPS. 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
UP NEXT, PICKING APART CROP POTENTIAL IN THE MIDWEST. WE’LL LOOK AT HOW THE RUN TO HARVEST COULD PLAY OUT IN THE COMING WEEKS. AND MILLIONS OF TREES ARE DYING UNDER INSECT PRESSURE. AND THE END RESULT IS CREATING DANGER FOR FIREFIGHTERS. DETAILS AS WE HEAD IN THE COUNTRY.
AGRIBUSINESS
MATT BENNETT BENNETT CONSULTING OUR GUEST HERE TODAY. MATT SO I WENT CROP TOUR I WENT ON EASTERN LEG OR YOU WENT A WESTERN LEG. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS THE CROPS WERE SO VARIABLE ACROSS OHIO INDIANA PARTS ILLINOIS. WHAT DID YOU SEE. YEAH I MEAN WE SAW A LOT OF VARIABILITY AS WELL YOU KNOW IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING TO ME WHEN WE GOT INTO NEBRASKA AND WE GOT INTO SOME OF THE IRRIGATED FIELDS. WE WERE REALLY EXPECTING TO SEE SOME HUGE YIELDS. WE JUST REALLY DIDN’T SEE IT YOU KNOW EAR COUNTS REALLY WEREN’T THERE. SAW SOME GOOD CORN JUST DIDN’T SEE A LOT OF GREAT CORN I WAS KIND OF HOPING TO SEE THAT THE THING THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME THE SAME AS YOU. A LOT OF VARIABILITY AND SO WHEN WE GOT INTO IOWA I GOT INTO TWO COUNTIES IN A ROW WHERE OUR FIRST SAMPLE WAS OVER 200 BUSHEL PRETTY DARNED GOOD CORN SAMPLES UNDER A HUNDRED. AND SO JUST 10 MILES DOWN THE ROAD. AND YOU DON’T REALLY THINK ABOUT IT BEING THAT MUCH VARIABILITY BUT BY ALL MEANS JUST DRIVING DOWN ON THE ROAD YOU COULD TELL YOU YOU’RE GETTING INTO AN AREA THAT SIMPLY COULD NOT CATCH THAT RAIN. YOU KNOW LAST YEAR THE LAST FOUR YEARS OR SO WE’VE HAD A LOT OF JUST PRETTY GOOD CORN EVERYWHERE AND IT DIDN’T SEEM LIKE THERE WAS THIS MUCH. UP AND DOWN IS THERE IS THIS YEAR. MY QUESTION IS CAN WE REALLY GET TO THIS AVERAGE THAT WE PUT OUT THERE THAT 167 FROM PRO FARMER IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE. WELL YOU KNOW IT’S TOUGH AND I’VE BEEN SAYING A LOT OF MY PRESENTATIONS TO FOLKS I DON’T WANT THE USDA’S JOB. WHEN YOU SEE THIS MUCH VARIABILITY OH MAN THIS IS A TOUGH ONE. YES. BUT I WOULD SAY IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS STAND COUNTS HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD WE’VE HAD SOME GOOD SPRINGS GOOD PLANTING CONDITIONS WE’VE LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR A POTENTIALLY REALLY GOOD CROP. WEATHER HASN’T ALWAYS COOPERATED AFTER THE FACT BUT THIS YEAR OUR SPRING WAS JUST AWFULLY ROUGH FOR A LOT OF FOLKS AND COOL. AND THEN YOU GET INTO LATE SUMMER TIMEFRAME AND IT STAYS COOL AND THERE’S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE VERY CONCERNED AND SO CAN WE GET TO 167 ONE WHEN EVERYONE HAD GOOD CROPS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THIS YEAR WE’VE GOT A LOT OF REALLY POOR CROPS AND SOME REALLY REALLY GOOD. I DON’T KNOW THAT THEY’RE GOING TO AVERAGE OUT AND GET THERE. YEAH. WHAT’S GOING TO BE INTERESTING OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO SEE WHAT THE WEATHER DOES. I THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY ACTUALLY ABSOLUTELY THIS CROP AND GET IT IN THE BIN. MATT THANKS FOR BEING HERE. WE’LL BE BACK WITH MORE AGDAY IN JUST A MINUTE. UNLOCK THE POWER OF AG TECHNOLOGY THIS DECEMBER IN INDIANAPOLIS AT THE FIRST EVER AG TECH EXPO LEARN ALL ABOUT IT AT FARM-JOURNAL-AG-TECH-EXPO-DOT-COM.
WEATHER
AGDAY WEATHER - BROUGHT TO YOU BY CREDENZ SOYBEAN SEED FROM BAYER. WELCOME BACK TO AGDAY HERE WITH CINDY CLAWSON LOOKING AT THE DROUGHT MONITOR AND CINDY IF WE LOOK AT THIS MAP REALLY I WOULD SAY THE PERSISTENCE OF DROUGHT IN MONTANA IS REALLY THE KEY. YEAH ABSOLUTELY WE REALLY HAVEN’T SEEN A TON OF CHANGE OTHERWISE BUT WE’VE SEEN THAT DROUGHT PERSISTING AND IF NOT EXPANDING A LITTLE BIT IN PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST. LET’S TAKE A LOOK. AND YOU COULD SEE THAT THERE IS STILL EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF MONTANA BUT A LOT OF THE DAKOTAS ALL THE WAY INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF IDAHO VERY VERY DRY AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN PART OF IOWA AS WELL. SO MAINLY THE BIG FOCUS ON THE DRYNESS IS KIND OF THE NORTHWESTERN QUARTER OF THE COUNTRY. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THINGS ARE SHAPING UP FOR THIS FRIDAY. WE DO HAVE A WEAK FRONT IN PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES THAT WILL BRING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AT LEAST IN THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY AS THAT CONTINUES TO PULL TO THE SOUTH. STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST OF COURSE THE BIG STORY THERE WILL BE IRMA AND WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT FOR YOU. BUT DEFINITELY STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL AFFILIATE FOR THE LATEST ON HURRICANE IRMA OUT IN THE WEST. WE WILL HAVE SOME UNSETTLED WEATHER IN PARTS OF THE ROCKIES IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AS WELL. OTHERWISE HIGH PRESSURE STARTING TO SETTLE IN FOR THE WEEKEND. FOR MUCH OF THE CORN BELT AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AS WE HEAD INTO THE REST OF YOUR SATURDAY WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING SOME NICE CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEY WITH SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT IN THE WEST. HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATE. NOTICE A LOT OF DRYNESS AND MOST OF THE COUNTRY AS WE ADD IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IT’S REALLY GOING TO BE FLORIDA. WE’RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON WITH TO SEE HOW ARE IRMA PROGRESSES AND OBVIOUSLY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WE’LL GET A MUCH BETTER IDEA OF HOW MUCH RAIN WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING FROM THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY SOME RAIN ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHEAST AND INTO THE WEST. TEMPERATURE WISE THE COOL TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES IN THE GREAT LAKES WHERE WE SEE 80S ALL THE WAY FROM THE GULF GULF COAST UP INTO MONTANA TODAY HEADING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING THOSE LOW TEMPERATURES DIPPING DOWN INTO THE 40S AND 50S FOR THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES A LOT OF 60S AND 70S ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF STATES. AND THEN TOMORROW WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING SIMILAR TEMPERATURES SOME 60S FOR HIGHS IN THE GREAT LAKES AREA BUT WE STILL SOME OF THOSE 80S OUT IN MUCH OF THE PLAINS STATES. NOW AS FAR AS OUR JET STREAM YOU COULD SEE THAT BIG TROUGH IN THE NORTH EASTERN UNITED STATES. BIG RIDGE IN THE WEST WE’RE GOING TO SEE THAT KIND OF LEVELING OUT THAT RIDGE STARTING TO MOVE ON OFF TO THE EAST SO THOSE TEMPERATURES WILL START TO WARM UP. YOU CAN EVEN SEE HER CANE. IRMA ON OUR MODEL AS IT MOVES UP INTO THE NEXT WEEK. THAT’S A LOOK AT YOUR NATIONAL FORECAST. NOW LET’S CHECK ON THE WEATHER WHERE YOU LIVE. YUMA ARIZONA PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AND A HIGH OF 99 DEGREES. JEFFERSON TEXAS LOTS OF SUNSHINE FOR YOU WITH A HIGH OF 84 AT MADISON WEST VIRGINIA. SOME FOG EARLY. OTHERWISE SUNSHINE IN 73.
TEASE
WHEN WE COME BACK, FIELD AGRONOMIST KEN FERRIE HELPS US SORT OUR HARVEST TIMING BASED ON FIELD MATURITY. AND LATER, THESE TINY BEETLES ARE HELPING FUEL WILDFIRES OUT WEST. 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.
FARM JOURNAL COLLEGE TV
LAST WEEK AT THE FARM PROGRESS SHOW, I SAT DOWN WITH FIELD AGRONOMIST KEN FERRIE TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERING MATURITIES IN THE SAME FIELD AND BUILDING A PLAN FOR HARVEST. YOU KNOW IT COMES DOWN TO MAKING SURE THE OLDEST CORN DOESN’T FALL DOWN WHILE YOU’RE WAITING FOR THE NEW CORN TO FINISH OUT. SO IF THE SITUATION IS WE REPLANTED LET’S SAY 20 ACRES OUT OF AN 80 ACRE FIELD AND YOU’RE WAITING FOR THAT 20 ACRES NOT TO HAVE THE OTHER 60 ACRES FALL DOWN SO STOCK QUALITY BECOMES AN ISSUE IN STOCK QUALITY AND THE FALL BECOMES AN ISSUE WHEN IT STARTS RAINING LIKE IT DID LAST NIGHT. WE STARTED GETTING SATURATED SOILS WET CONDITIONS AND WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE STOCK ROT. SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE GUYS TO BE OUT THERE DOING THE PUSH TEST IS THIS THING FINISHED STEP UP THAT STOCK AND GIVE IT A FULL STROKE AT THE EAR AND MAKE SURE IT COMES BACK BECAUSE IT STARTS DROP OVER THEN THAT HAS TO MOVE UP ON THE LIST AS FAR AS WHERE IT’S GOING TO BE. YEAH WE’VE TALKED FOR A LOT OF YEARS ABOUT GOING OUT AND BUILDING A HARVEST MAP A PLAN BASED ON THE QUALITY OF THE STOCKS IN YOUR FIELD. AND SO THAT WAY YOU CAN PRIORITIZE AHEAD OF TIME AND REALLY DECIDE OKAY WHERE AM I GOING TO GO. DEFINITELY NEED AN ABC HARVEST LIST. WHAT’S GOT TO COME OUT FIRST BASED ON DISEASE PRESSURE STOCK QUALITY THAT TYPE OF THING. WE JUST MAY HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET THE REPLANT AT A DIFFERENT TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON’T GET HERSELF IN TROUBLE. OKAY.
TEASE
NEXT WE SEE HOW A TINY PEST IS CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN FIGHTING THOSE MASSIVE WILDFIRES IN THE WEST.
IN THE COUNTRY
IN THE COUNTRY - BROUGHT TO YOU BY KUBOTA’S M7 SERIES. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LARGEST TRACTOR IN KUBOTA HISTORY AT KUBOTA.COM. VAST STANDS OF DEAD TIMBER IN THE WESTERN U-S HAVE FORCED FIREFIGHTERS TO SHIFT TACTICS TO AVOID UNSTABLE TREES THAT COULD COME CRASHING DOWN. THE U-S FOREST SERVICE SAYS ABOUT 20 PERCENT WERE LIKELY KILLED BY A MASSIVE BEETLE OUTBREAK. PETER BANDA SHOWS US HOW THE PEST IS HELPING CREATE A MASSIVE SUPPLY OF WILDFIRE FUEL. AN UP CLOSE VIEW OF PINE BARK BEETLES CHOMPING AWAY IN A LAB. BEN BRACK, INFORMATION OFFICER, KEYSTONE FIRE: “THIS SAWDUST IS THE EVIDENCE OF WHAT THEY’VE LEFT BEHIND IN THEIR TRACK.’'ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND CANADA… TRILLIONS OF THESE INSECTS ARE DESTROYING FORESTS. U-S FOREST SERVICE STATISTICS COMPILED FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SHOW THERE ARE ABOUT 6.3 BILLION DEAD TREES STILL STANDING IN 11 STATES, UP FROM 5.8 BILLION FIVE YEARS EARLIER. BEN BRACK, INFORMATION OFFICER, KEYSTONE FIRE: “IT’S LOST ALL ITS NEEDLES AND IS BASICALLY ROTTING AS IT’S STANDING” FIREFIGHTERS CALL THE DEAD TREES — SNAGS— THEY’RE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS HAZARDS AT A FIRE. THE TREES CAN COME CRASHING DOWN WITHOUT WARNING SO FIREFIGHTERS HAVE TO WORK FARTHER FROM THE FLAMES… WHICH MEANS MORE FOREST WOULD BURN BEFORE THE WILDFIRE IS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL. BRIAN ACHZIGER, OPERATIONS CHIEF, KEYSTONE FIRE: “THOSE FUELS ARE MORE RECEPTIVE TO FIRE AND THEY’RE HARDER TO PUT OUT AND WHEN THERE’S A LOT MORE OF THEM IT TAKES MORE EFFORT TO PUT IT OUT. THE BARK BEETLE INFESTATION HAS AFFECTED NEARLY 85,000 SQUARE MILES IN THE WEST SINCE 2000. THE MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE, ONE OF TWO DOZEN SPECIES, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY HALF THE DAMAGE. THIS FOREST NEAR LARAMIE, WYOMING ONCE LOOKED LIKE THIS ONE IN COLORADO. SETH DAVIS, ENTOMOLOGIST, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY: “FOR SOME SPECIES OF TREES IT’S DUE TO DROUGHT EFFECTS, OR CLIMATIC STRESSES OR OTHER STRESSES. IN OTHER AREAS LIKE THIS LONG TERM OUTBREAK THAT’S OCCURRED WITH THE MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE OVER RECENT YEARS, THESE JUST HAPPEN.’' FIFTY MILES WEST OF DENVER — SETH DAVIS IS STUDYING THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF TREES IN THIS FOREST THAT IS BEING ATTACKED BY PINE BEETLES . THEY INFILTRATE THE LAYER JUST BELOW THE BARK, DISRUPTING THE TREE’S ABILITY TO DRAW IN WATER AND NUTRIENTS. “THEY’RE PRETTY WELL DEFENDED AND THERE’S ONLY USUALLY A SEVERAL WEEK WINDOW IN A GIVEN YEAR WHERE THE BEETLES ARE ACTUALLY FLYING AROUND AND LANDING ON TREES, SO THERE’S NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOSE THEM TO LIKE, PESTICIDES.’' DAVIS AND OTHER SCIENTISTS HOPE TO FIND TREES THAT ARE RESISTANT TO BEETLES IN ORDER TO PROTECT FUTURE FORESTS. PETER BANDA, ASSOCIATED PRESS, CENTENNIAL, WYOMING.
CLOSE
THAT’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THIS MORNING. WE’RE GLAD YOU TUNED IN. FOR BETSY JIBBEN AND CINDI CLAWSON. I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. HAVE A GREAT DAY. AGDAY IS POWERED BY RAM TRUCKS - AMERICA’S LONGEST LASTING PICKUPS.
