USFR Weekly Recap - Aug. 27-28, 2016

TODAY ON U.S. FARM REPORT:
AUG. 27-28, 2016

OPENING HEADLINES:
FROM THE STUDIOS OF FARM JOURNAL BROADCAST, THIS IS U.S. FARM REPORT. WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF U.S. FARM REPORT FROM THE 2016 PROFARMER CROP TOUR. I’M TYNE MORGAN, AND HERE’S WHAT WE’RE WORKING ON FOR YOU, FROM THE FIELD, OVER THE NEXT HOUR. WE HAVE COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED PROFARMER CROP TOUR, INCLUDING PROFARMER’S FINAL YIELD... I THINK THE BEANS PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER SHOT OF GOING ABOVE WHAT THE AUGUST ESTIMATE WAS THAN CORN DOES IN OUR FARM JOURNAL REPORT, WE HAVE A COMPLETE RECAP OF THE CROP TOUR... VERY LOW EAR COUNT, TIPBACK AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MUD, TO DROUGHT AND SURPISES TO DISSAPOINTMENT, CONSISTENCY JUST WASN’T THERE. AS AG MERGERS CONTINUE TO MAKE WAVES, U-S REGULATORS GIVE THE NOD FOR CHEMCHINA TO BUY SYNGENTA. AND IN JOHN’S WORLD... PROFARMER:
NOW FOR THE NEWS THAT MOVED THE MARKETS THIS WEEK, THE MUCH ANTICIPATED PROFARMER TOOK PLACE THIS WEEK, AS CROPS GROUND TRUTHED USDA’S LATEST REPORT. AND THERE WERE A FEW SURPRISES ALONG THE WAY. PROFARMER PEGS THE 2016 NATIONAL CORN YIELD AT 170 POINT 2. THAT’S A MAJOR DROP FROM USDA’S AUGUST 1 FORECAST OF 175 POINT 1. IF PROFARMER IS RIGHT, THAT’S ALSO BELOW 2014’S RECORD OF 171 BUSHEL PER ACRE. PROFARMER ALSO ESTIMATING PRODUCTION, AT 14 POINT 728 BILLION BUSHELS FOR CORN. THAT’S DOWN FROM USDA’S AUGUST FORECAST OF 15 POINT 2 BILLION. NOW, MOVING TO SOYBEANS, PROFARMER THINKS WE COULD HAVE A RECORD SOYBEAN CROP ON OUR HANDS, WITH THE NATIONAL YIELD PEGGED AT 49 POINT 3 BUSHELS PER ACRE. THAT’S ABOVE USDA’S AUGUST YIELD OF 48 POINT 9 BUSHELS PER ACRE, AND BEATS THE 2015 RECORD BY 1 POINT 3 BUSHELS PER ACRE. AS FOR PRODUCTION, PROFARMER CALLIGN AT A 4 POINT 0-9-3 BILLION BUSHEL CROP, THAT’S JUST SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN USDA’S AUGUST NUMBER.

CROP PROGRESS:
THE LATEST USDA CROP PROGRESS REPORT SHOWS CORN CONDITIONS ACTUALLY INCREASING A POINT FROM LAST WEEK. NOW 75 PERCENT IS RATED GOOD TO EXCELLENT. AND 85 PERCENT IS IN THE DOUGH STAGE, 9 POINTS AHEAD OF AVERAGE. THE AMOUNT OF CORN DENTED IS ALSO AHEAD OF THE NORMAL PACE AT 40 PERCENT. AND ON BEANS, 72 PERCENT IS RATED GOOD TO EXCELLENT, A POINT BETTER IN THE EXCELLENT CATEGORY. 89 PERCENT OF THE CROP IS SETTING PODS, 4 POINTS MORE THAN AVERAGE.
FLOODING IMPACTS RICE CONDITIONS:
BUT REMEMBER ALL THAT MASSIVE FLOODING WE SHOWED YOU LAST WEEK IN LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS? IT’S SHOWING UP IN RICE CONDITIONS RATINGS. USDA CALLING ARKANSAS 52 PERCENT GOOD TO EXCELLENT, A 10 POINT DROP IN JUST A WEEK. LOUSIANA FELL 4 POINTS, TO 53 PERCENT GOOD TO EXCELLENT, BUT MUCH OF THE CROP IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE IS ALREADY HARVESTED.
LATEST CATTLE ON FEED REPORT:
ANALYSTS WERE WATCHING PLACEMENTS CLOSELY IN THE LASTEST CATTLE ON FEED REPORT. IT SHOWS PLACEMENTS MOVING HIGHER, UP TWO PERCENT. AS FOR TOTAL NUMBER OF CATTLE ON FEED, THAT’S ALSO UP 2 PERCENT IN JULY TO 10 POINT 2 MILLION HEAD. BUT MARKETINGS FELL IN JULY-- TO ONE POINT 7 MILLION HEAD DOWN 1 PERCENT--MAKING IT THE LOWEST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH OF JULY ON RECORD.
NATIONAL WEATHER:
ALRIGHT, THOSE ARE THE HEADLINES...METEOROLOGIST MIKE HOFFMAN JOINS US NOW WITH WEATHER...MIKE, SOME OF THESE CROP TOUR SCOUTS BATTLED RAIN THIS WEEK. WE’LL BE AT THE FARM PROGRESS SHOW NEXT WEEK, HOW IS THE WEATHER SHAPING UP? WHAT THINKS TYNE THERE WILL BE SOME SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN CEARA STATE SO FAR SOME CHANCES FOR RAIN BUT THE BIG THING WILL BE WATCHING IS A POTENTIAL HURRICANE IN THE GOLF WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE MEANTIME THERE’S A DROUGHT MONITOR AND YOU CAN SEE IT HAS ACTUALLY SHRUNK IN SOME OF THESE BAD AIR IS THE SOUTHEAST THE NORTHEAST HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE LARGER BUT ALSO SHRINKING IN THE WESTERN PLAINS WE GO BACK FOUR WEEKS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THINGS WERE NOW WATCH HOW THINGS IMPROVED THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES INTO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CORN BELT FACT SOME OF THOSE AREAS TURNED PRETTY WET AS WE ALL KNOW ALL RIGHT LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THINGS AND NOW I WILL POINT OUT

TEASE:
ALRIGHT, THANKS, MIKE. WELL, HOW GOOD IS THIS CROP OUT HERE? WE’LL FIRST HAND FROM THE PROFARMER CROP TOUR AS CHIP FLORY AND BRIAN GRETE TALK TO ME NEXT. THEY’RE JOINED BY TWO MARKET ANALYSTS: PETE MEYER AND JAROD CREED. IT’S A DISCUSSION YOU WON’T WANT TO MIX AND IT’S HAPPENING RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.
ROUNDTABLE 1:
WELCOME BACK TO U S FARM REPORT AS I PROMISED WE’RE HERE WITH SOME OF THE KEY SCOUTS ON THE TWENTY SIXTEEN PRO FARMER CROP TOUR WE’LL START OFF WITH TWO FROM THE WESTERN LEG HERE AND JARED I’M GOING TO START OFF WITH YOU YOU GUYS STARTED IN SOUTH DAKOTA WE KNOW THEY WERE DEALING WITH THE DRYNESS THIS YEAR SO WAS IT DISAPPOINTMENT TO KICK OFF THE WEST SURETYNE SOUTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA MOST DEFINITELY. WE KNOW HAS BEEN DRY AND DROUGHT MONITOR PROVES THAT. SOUTH DAKOTA WAS INCREDIBLY ROUGH MAKING A WAY TO NEBRASKA I’M ALWAYS ONE TO DISCOUNT LOCALIZED STORMS AND MOISTURE AND WIND HOLY SMOKE GREEN SNAP WAS A STORY
ROUNDTABLE 2:
WORD GO WELCOME BACK TO U S FARM REPORT OKAY WE DIDN’T HIT MUCH ON MINNESOTA BEFORE THE BREAK SO JUST GIVE ME YOUR OVERALL CONSENSUS OF WHAT YOU SAW IN MINNESOTA ON IMPRESSED I WAS REALLY YEAH I WAS UNIMPRESSED I I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE DOWN FROM YEAR AGO I DIDN’T THINK THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE THE CROP THAT I SAW OK AND A LOT OF IT GOES BACK A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT AS A GROUP I THINK GOES BACK TO THE PLANTING SEASON. WE HAD ONE AND TWO AND IN SOME CASES THREE PLANTING SEASONS AND THEN WE CAN’T FORGET WHEN THAT CROP WAS TRYING TO EMERGE IT WAS COLD IT WAAS DAMP IT WAS REALLY STRUGGLING HARD TO GET UP AND THEN THAT THEN THE SECOND HALF OF JUNE TURNED
MARKETS NOW:
ALL RIGHT A QUICK RECAP CLOSING THOUGHTS MARKETS NOW PETER MAYER LET’S START WITH YOU I THINK IT’S A GOOD CROP IT’S NOT A GREAT PROP IT INADEQUATE CROP IT’S GOING TO ADD MORE IN THE CARRY OUT WHICH WORRIES ME STOCKS TO USE RATIO OF SIXTEEN POINT SIX PERCENT I DON’T SEE THAT MOVING MUCH THAT’S A CONCERN THAT PRICE THE PRICE IS CLOSER TO THREE DOLLARS ARLIGHT, BRIAN GRETE WELL WE KNOW THAT THAT IF IT’S GOING BE A RECORD THIS YEAR THE CENTRAL CORN BELT IS GOING TO HAVE TO CARRY IT AND I THINK WE SAW A REALLY GOOD CROPS IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS AS WE MOVE OUT FROM THERE THEY DECLINED AND THAT’S GOING TO BE REAL QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN GET TO A RECORD ALRIGHT. CHIP THIS BEAN CROP OUT THERE IS A GOOD CROP AID IS THAT EVERY POTENTIAL TO BE A FORTY EIGHT POINT NINE NINE USDA TOLD US ON AUGUST ONE " I DON’T THINK THAT THERE’S A WHOLE LOT OF ROOM TO THE UPSIDE BUT IF THINGS DON’T FINISH RIGHT THERE UNDER THE DOWN SIDE AND EVEN IN FORTY EIGHT POINT NINE IT’S NOT A "
JOHN’S WORLD:
IT’S TIME NOW FOR THIS WEEK’S JOHN WORLD AS WE HEAD TO JOHN’S FARM. IT WASN’T UNTIL THE TWILIGHT OF MY CAREER AND 6-DOLLAR CORN THAN WE REMODELED THIS MACHINE SHED INTO A WARM SHOP WITH INSULATION AND A CEILING. UNTIL THEN IT HAD BEEN REALLY HARD TO MASSAGE THE NUMBERS TO MAKE SUCH A SEEMING LUXURY COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER CAPITAL DEMANDS, LIKE MACHINERY THAT WORKED AND MORTGAGE PAYMENTS. SO I SCOFFED AT NEIGHBORS WHO WERE TOO SOFT TO WORK ON MACHINERY IN 20-DEGREE WEATHER EVEN AS I SIMMERED WITH ENVY.

TEASE:
THANKS, JOHN. STILL TO COME, WE’VE HEARD THE FINAL NUMBERS, BUT WHAT DID SCOUTS ACTUALLY SEE DURING CROP TOUR THIS WEEK? WE HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND FOR THIS WEEK’S FARM JOURNAL REPORT AFTER THE BREAK.
SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW OPENING HEADLINES:
FROM THE STUDIOS OF FARM JOURNAL BROADCAST, THIS IS U.S. FARM REPORT.
WELCOME BACK TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF U-S FARM REPORT FROM THE 2016 PROFARMER CROP TOUR. WE HAVE MUCH MORE AHEAD THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. OUR FARM JOURNAL REPORT IS GROUNDTRUTHING, GOING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH SCOUTS TO SEE WHAT THEY SAW ON THE TOUR THIS WEEK.IN CUSTOMER SUPPORT, WITH THESE LOW PRICES, COULD WE SEE A BUMP IN C-R-P ACRES NEXT YEAR? AND ALL THIS TALK ABOUT CROPS, WE NEED SOME BALANCE. SO WE’LL CHECK IN WITH BAXTER BLACK TO IMAGINE A LIFE WITHOUT COWS.
MONSANTO STOCKS RISE:
NOW FOR THE HEADLINES, MONSANTO COMPANY STOCKS ROSE EARLIER THIS WEEK ON NEWS THEY COULD BE ONE STEP CLOSER TO A MERGER WITH BAYER. SOURCES SAY A DEAL COULD BE CLINCHED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
BAYER AND MONSANTO MERGER?:
BLOOMBERG REPORTING MERER TALKS BETWEEN BAYER AND MONSANTO MADE HEADWAY THIS WEEK, AS THE TWO COMPANIES DISCUSSED AND HASHED OUT ISSUES LIKE PURCHASE PRICE AND TERMINATION FEE.ACCORDING TO PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER MERGER AGREEMENT COULD HAPPEN ANYTIME, AS THE COMPANIES C-E-O’S HELD WHAT THEY CALL CONSTRUCTIVE MEETINGS. BUT THOSE SAME SOURCES CAUTION NEGOTIATONS COULD FALL APART OR BE DELAYED.
SYNGENTA AND CHEM CHINA:
ALSO ON THE MERGER FRONT, SYNGENTA AND CHEM CHINA GETTING GO-AHEAD NOD FROM U-S REGULATORS. SHARES SURGED THIS WEEK AFTER THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES APPROVED THE BUYOUT BY CHEM CHINA ON MONDAY, BOOSTING CHANES THE LARGEST FOREIGN AQCUISTION EVER BY A CHINESE COMPANY WILL GO THORUGH. IOWA SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY IS CONTINUTING TO RAISE CONCERS OVER THE CHEMCHINA-SYNGENTA DEAL, CALLING IT ALARMING.
HEARING ON AG COMPANY MERGERS:
GRASSLEY HEADS THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND JUST THIS WEEK HE ANNOUNCED HE’S HOSTING A HEARING ON THE WAVE OF AG COMPANY MERGERS. IT WILL BE HELD IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND IT’S STLL BEING DETERMINED WHO WILL TESTIFY. HE SAYS THE HEARING WILL FOCUS NOT ONLY ON CURRENT MERGERS ON TEH TABLE, BUT CURRENT TREND OF CONSOLIDATION WITHIN THE CHEM AND SEED INDUSTRIES.

USDA AID FOR DAIRY FARMERS BY PURCHASING CHEESE:
AS DAIRY FARMERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY BATTLE LOW MILK PRICES, USDA IS TRYING TO HELP. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WILL BUY 20 MILLION DOLLARS OF CHEESE, OR 11 MILLION POUNDS, FROM PRIVATE INVENTORIES. THEY ARE DONATING THE CHEESE TO FOOD ASSITANCE PROGRAMS. THAT WILL HELP REDUCE THE HEFTY SUPPLIES WEIGHING ON PRICES. CURRENTLY THE CHEESE SURPLUS IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH. DAIRY MARGIN PROTECTION PROGRAM EXTENDED:
USDA ALSO RECENTLY EXTENDED THE DEADLIEN TO SIGN UP FOR THE DAIRY MARGIN PROTECTION PROGRAM. IT’S PUSHED BACK TO DECEMBER 16.
JOHN DEERE LAYOFFS:
JOHN DEERE IS LAYING OFF 145 WORKERS. THAT’S AFTER THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED IT’S SLOWING PRODUCTION ON BOTH TRACTORS AND COMBINES TO REFLECT THE CURRENT DEMAND. MOST OF THOSE CUTS WILL COME FROM THEIR IOWA MANUFACTURING SITES WITH 115 IN WATERLOO AND 30 IN DAVENPORT. THE LAYOFFS WILL BE EFFECTIVE THE END OF SEPTEMBER. THAT’S IN ADDTITION TO THE CLOSE TO 2 THOUSAND LAYOFFS THE COMPANY HAS ALREADY MADE.

FARM PROGRESS SHOW PITCH:
IF YOU’RE PLANNING ON ATTENDING THE FARM PROGRESS SHOW IN BOONE IOWA THIS YEAR, YOU MAY WANT TO PENCIL US IN. WE’LL BE AT THE SHOW THE FIRST TWO DAYS, DOING LIVE TAPINGS. ON TUESDAY, WE’LL BE AT THE CHANNEL BOOTH FROM 11:30 TO ONE. I HAVE AN IMPRESSIVE LINE-UP OF ANALYSTS, INCLUDING JOE VACLAVIK, MATT BENNETT AND ANGIE SETZER. WE’LL BREAK DOWN THESE CRAZY MARKET PRICES. WE WILL BE SERVING LUNCH, BUT IT’S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. PITCH TO WEDNESDAY:
THEN ON WEDNESDAY, JOIN US AT THE ASGROW DEKALB BOOTH AT 1 O’CLOCK. CHIP FLORY AND MACHINERY PETE WILL JOIN ME TO DISCUSS YIELDS AND EQUIPMENT. PLUS, WE’RE GIVING AWAY A YETI COOLER TO ONE LUCKY VISITOR. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! LONGER RANGE FORECAST:
THAT’S IT FOR NEWS...METEOROLOGIST MIKE HOFFMAN JOINS US NOW WITH A LONGER- RANGE LOOK AT THIS FORECAST. MIKE, YOU STILL THINKING WE’LL BE COOLER THAN NORMAL OVER THE NEXT MONTH IN MUCH OF THE NATION’S MIDSECTION? THANKS TYNE PROBABLY JUST BUY A LITTLE BIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY OH WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME COOLER INTRUSIONS OF AIR BUT ALSO TIMES WHERE IT WARMS UP AGAIN AND IN FACT WILL PROBABLY IN A START THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER ON A WARM SIDE CAUSE WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE JET STREAM AGAIN SEE HOW IT IS MAINLY THROUGH THE NORTHERN TERRORIST STATES AND THE REASON IS RIDGE CAN A BUILDING UP THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY PRETTY GOOD FOR COMING IN OUT WEST YOU FOLKS ARE GOING TO COOL DOWN AND IT WILL BE COOL IN A MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST WITH THAT TROUGH THERE BUT THE RIDGE BUILDING UP BY FRIDAY
CROP TOUR WRAP UP:
IF YOU’RE JUST NOW JOINING US THIS WEEKEND, WE’RE AT THE 2016 PROFARMER CROP TOUR WHERE THINGS WRAPPED UP THURSDAY IN MINNESOTA. THE CROP TOUR IS CLOSELY WATCHED EVERY YEAR,
BUT THIS YEAR, MOST TUNED IN TO SEE IF USDA COULD ACTUALLY BE RIGHT AND WE DO HAVE A RECORD CORN AND SOYBEAN CROP ON OUR HANDS.

FARM JOURNAL REPORT:
SO WHAT DID THE SCOUTS SEE? AND IS IT A RECORD CROP? THAT’S THIS WEEK’S FARM JOURNAL REPORT FROM MUD IN IOWA.... <"WE HAVE HAD PLENTY. WE COULD USE SOME SUNSHINE ACTUALLY."> TO DRYNESS IN SOUTH DAKOTA... AND FROM SURPRISES IN ILLINOIS..... TO MORE DISSAPOINTMENT IN NEBRASKA... THE 2016 PROFARMER CROP TOUR MIGHT BE PROOF THIS CROP ISN’T AS BIG AS SDA ADVERTISED IN THE AUGUST FIRST REPORT. SCOUTS COVERED THOUSANDS OF MILES THIS WEEK, COLLECTING MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND SAMPLES, IN SEARCH OF THIS YEAR’S YIELD. AND AS THE TOUR KICKED OFF IN BOTH OHIO AND SOUTH DAKOTA MONDAY MORNING, THEY QUICKLY DISCOVERED DROUGHT IS EATING AWAY AT SOME OF THE YIELD. JAROD CREED WAS ON THE WEST... RECORD CROP STILL EXPECTED:
DESPITE VARIABILITY, PROFARMER SAYS WE STILL HAVE A BIG CORN CROP ON OUR HANDS. AND WHILE THE VERDICT IS STILL OUT ON SOYBEANS, PROFARMER THINKS IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A RECORD BREAKER... I THINK THE BEANS PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER SHOT OF GOING ABOVE WHAT THE AUGUST ESTIMATE WAS THAN CORN DOES SCOUTS ENDED THE TOUR RIGHT HERE IN MINESTOA, FILDS BEHIND ME DON’T HAVE HTEWOW FACTOR THEY HAD LAST YEAR. SCOUTS SAY THEY DIDNT’ SEE THE RECORD CROP FARMERS SAW HERE IN 2015.
TEASE:
ALRIGHT, UP NEXT, JOHN PHIPPS...
CRB-- A GOOD IDEA OR NOT?
CUSTOMER SUPPORT:
WELL CROP TOUR SCOUTS DIDNT COME ACROSS MANY CRP FIELDS THIS WEEK, BUT THAT’S THE TOPIC OF THIS WEEK’S CUSTOMER SUPPORT. JOHN. LOYAL VIEWER BRYAN ANDERSON BRINGS UP A HOT TOPIC - THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM. “IN TODAY’S GRAIN PRICING STRUCTURE, THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE A PROFIT IS TO REDUCE INPUT COSTS OR PRODUCE MORE BUSHELS. I DECIDED TO PUT SOME LAND INTO THE CRP PROGRAM, TO IMPROVE THE SOIL QUALITY FOR MY CHILDREN AND IT SHOULD REDUCE THE GRAIN SUPPLY HOPEFULLY INCREASING PRICES. A LOCAL FARMER COMMENTED THAT HE DID NOT THINK HE SHOULD HAVE TO COMPETE WITH THE US GOVERNMENT FOR LAND. WHAT DO YOU THINK?”
TEASE:
DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO WATCH. THANKS, JOHN. STAY WITH US, BECAUSE WE’RE MAKING A TRIP OUT WEST TO VISIT BAXTER BLACK. THAT HAPPENS NEXT.
BAXTER BLACK:
WITH OUR COVERAGE FROM CROP TOUR THIS YEAR, OUR SHOW’S BEEN A LOT ABOUT CROPS AND NOT MUCH ABOUT COWS. SO, WE’RE HEADING OUT WEST TO VISIT BAXTER BLACK. CAN YOU IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT COWS? IN THE LAST FIVE CENTURIES THE DOMESTIC BOVINE HAS MOOED ITSELF INTO VIRTUALLY EVERY COUNTY IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. BUT, FOR THE SAKE OF OUR INITIAL QUESTION, A WORLD WITHOUT COWS, SAY THAT WE HAD BEEN CONQUERED BY MARAUDING LATVIANS, AMAZONIAN DART BLOWERS, OR A POWERFUL VEGETARIAN BROKERAGE FIRM IN FIGI WHO DID NOT BRING CATTLE INTO THE COUNTRY. WELL, MY FIRST OBSERVATION IS, THERE WOULD BE NO BIG MACS! BEEF, MILK OR CHEESE WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE IN ABUNDANCE. WOULD WE TRY TO DOMESTICATE DEER, BUFFALO, ELK, WILD GOATS? WOULD WE BE HEARING, “PORK, IT’S WHAT’S FOR DINNER!”