TODAY ON U.S. FARM REPORT
JUNE 25-26, 2016
OPENING HEADLINES:
BREXIT:
NOW FOR THE NEWS THAT MOVED THE MARKETS THIS WEEK, IN A MONUMENTAL VOTE, THE U-K IS CHOOSING TO LEAVE THE E-U. IT WAS A CLOSE VOTE, BUT 52 PERCENT VOTED THAT THE UNITED KINGON SHOULD LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION. AFTER THE RESULTS, PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON ANNOUNCED HE’S STEPPING DOWN, SAYING FRESH LEADERHIP IS NEEDED. THE EXIT SENT CURRENCIES INTO TURMOIL, WITH THE POUND FALLING TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL AGAINST THE DOLLAR IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS. U-S STOCKS ALSO PRESSURED BY THE VOLATILITY. PROFARMER’S CHIP FLORY SAID IT’S ALSO IMPACTING COMMODITIES HERE AT HOME.
AG WORLD’S TAKE ON BREXIT:
PRIOR TO THE VOTE, A POLL BY A FARMER’S PUBLICATION SHOWED 58 PERCENT OF FAREMRS BACK THE IDEA OF LEAVING THE E-U. MANY OF THOSE LARGE DAIRY FARMERS. ONE THIRD SAID THEY PREFER TO STAY DUE TO FEARING THE UKNOWN OF FARM SUPPORT AND MARKET ACCESS. STARTING IN SEPTEMBER, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO FIND E-U WHEAT FUTURES ON THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.
THE C-M-E GROUP SAYS IT PLANS TO LAUNCH EUROPEAN UNION WHEAT FUTURES AND OPTIONS IN SEPTEMBER. THE FIRST DELIVERY MONTH WILL BE DECEMBER 2016. THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE, AND POSITIONS C-M-E TO COMPETE WITH IN THE WORLD’S BIGGEST WHEAT PRODUCTION AREA. CHINA’S WHEAT CROP COULD HIT A 5-YEAR LOW. THAT’S AFTER PERSISTANT RAINS DAMPEN THE WORLD’S TOP PRODUCER. BLOOMBERG REPORTING HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL RAINFALL IN BOTH APRIL AND MAY HURT GROWERS. IT’S ALSO HINDERING WHEAT HARVEST IN PARTS OF HENAN, THE COUNTRY’S TOP WHEAT GROWER.
CHEM CHINA AIM TO BUY SYNGENTA:
AS CHEM CHINA CONTINUES ITS QUEST TO BUY SYNGENTA, IT’S SECURED MORE INVESTMENT MONEY. THE COMPANY SAYS IT NOW HAS A 5 BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT FROM CITIC, ONE OF CHINA’S LARGEST STATE-OWNED CONGLOMERATES. THAT WOULD HELP CHEMCHINA REDUCE ITS RELIANCE ON LOANS TO FINANCE THE DEAL. THE CHEMA CHINA, SYNGENTA ACQUISTIION UNDERGOING REGULATORY SCRUTINY, BUT STILL PLAN ON COMPLETEING THE BUYOUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
CHINA CONSUMES PORK:
CHINESE PORK IMPORTS HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED SO FAR THIS YEAR AND THERE’S NO SIGNS OF THAT SLOWING ANYTIME SOON. USDA SAYS THE WAVE OF EXPORTS TO CHINA IS LIKELY TO PERSIST UNTIL AT LEAST THE END OF 2016, AND EVEN SPILLING INTO 2017.. THAT’S AS CHINESE PRODUCERS STRUGGLE TO MEET DOMESTIC DEMAND. CHINESE PORK PRODUCTION IS HURTING DUE TO ENIVIRONMENTAL RESTRICTIONS, INCLUDING POLLUTION. SO FAR THIS YEAR, CHINESE PORK IMPORTS HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED, TO 892 MILLION POUNDS.
MILK OVER SUPPLY:
MILK PRICES CONTINUE TO DROWN IN A MASSIVE OVERSUPPLY SITUATION. USDA’S LATEST MILK PRODUCTION REPORT SHOWING THERE’S STILL NO SHORTAGE OF MILK IN THE COUNTRY WITH MILK PRODUCTION PER COW REACHING ITS HIGHEST POINT SINCE THE REPORT STARTED IN 2003. USDA SAYS PRODUCTION PER COW CLIMBED 23 POUNDS PER COW FROM A YEAR AGO. USDA SAYS MAY’S PRODUCTION HIT 18 POINT 6 BILLION POUNDS, UP MORE THAN ONE PERCENT FROM 2015. STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO SAW PRODUCTION FALL, WHILE SOUTH DAKOTA CONTINUES IT’S RAPID GROWTH HITTING NEARLY A 10 PERCENT MONTHLY GAIN.
NATIONAL WEATHER:
THOSE ARE THE HEADLINES...METEOROLOGIST CINDI CLAWSON IS IN FOR MIKE HOFFMAN THIS WEEK. CINDI, A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN THIS WEEK WITH SOME BRUTAL WEATHER. IS MORE ON THE WAY NEXT WEEK? WELL TYNE AND IT IS SUMMERS THERE’S ALWAYS THAT POSSIBILITY BUT LET’S START OUT WITH THE DROUGHT MONITOR TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY STARTING TO SEE SOME DRYNESS EXPANDING IN MANY AREAS ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES ARE STARTING TO SEE FOLKS GET INTO THAT SEVERE DROUGHT NOW WE DID HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF RAIN THIS WEEK SO I THINK WE’LL SEE THIS CHANGING AND IMPROVING ESPECIALLY PARTS OF THE CORN THAT WE WERE SEEING WERE DRYING IS EXPANDED TO THE NORTHEAST ALSO INTO SOME OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE NORTHWESTIN FACT YOU CAN WATCH THAT PROGRESSION OVER THE PAST MONTH YOU CAN SEE THAT AS WE ADD ON EACH WEEK WE SEE THAT DROUGHT BUILDING IN THE SOUTH EAST INTO THE NATION’S MIDSECTION AND INTO THE NORTHWEST SO WHAT CAN WE EXPECT AS WE HEAD INTO THIS WEEK WHILE FOR MONDAY AND HAVE A FRONT THAT’S DRAPED ACROSS MUCH OF THE NATION IN THE NORTHEAST THE COLD FRONT AND STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED BRING BACK INTO THE PLAINS AND SO WE’RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AS WELL AS IN FLORIDA THAT’S A SEASONAL MOISTURE IN TWO PARTS OF THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BUT STILL IT’S PRETTY HOTT EMPERATURES ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY FORECAST THAT GETS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE SOUTH SO WE SEE HIGH PRESSURE IN SUNSHINE FOR MUCH OF THE CORN BELT WILL SEE SOME RAIN THOUGH IN PARTS OF THE PLAINS STATES WITH THAT TRAILING FRONT PLACE THERE AS WE HEAD THROUGH FRIDAY WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING "
TEASE:
THANKS, MIKE. HOW IS THE BREXIT VOTE IMPACTING COMMODITIES? WE’LL DISCUSS WITH NAOMI BLOHM AND MIKE NORTH AFTER THE BREAK.
JOHN’S WORLD:
WELCOME BACK. MUNDANE TAKES ON THE FARM SEEM TO CHANGE IN MEANING AS YOU GROW OLDER. JOHN HAS MORE FROM THE FARM. ARE YOU A LONG TIME VIEWERS KNOW THAT I TALK ABOUT THAT WELL MOAN AND GROAN ABOUT MOWING ROADSIDES KNOW THREE OR FOUR TIMES THE LAST TEN YEARS DOING JOHN WORLD THE MOST PART BANNED WELL I HATED IT AND IT’S A DIRTY JOB BUT I’VE GOTTEN GREAT FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE SAYING WELL A YOU’RE MOWING TOO OFTEN AND GUYS FROM IOWA FOR INSTANCE TO SAY THERE’S A STATE LAW THAT THEY CAN GO BEFORE SOME DAY FIRST OF AUGUST OR SOMETHING ANY RATE I WE DECIDED THIS YEAR TO TEST THAT THEORY FOR TWO REASONS FIRST OFF I WANTED TO TRY TO MOW LESS AND SECONDLY WE’RE A LOT OF WEEDS AND ARE MULLING BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO SOON SO WE LET THE LET THE ROADSIDES GROW UP AND THIS IS A HARD THING TO DO WITH EVERYBODY ELSE IS MANICURING THERE’S AN AND YOURS ARE THE ONES LEFT NOT IN THE BROWN GRASS CAME UP AND IT DIDN’T SHOW UP WE WERE HOPEFUL THAT IT’S MAYBE THE RIGHT THING TO DO SO WERE GIVEN AND TRY THEM BUT THERE’S ANOTHER REAL REASON THEY’RE HERE I AM OUT HERE ON LOAN THE ROAD AGAIN AND THE INTERNET NON AIR CONDITIONED TRACTOR THAT IT’S ALMOST TEASE:
THANKS, JOHN. WELL, LAST WEEK JOHN ROCKED THE BOAT WHEN HE VOICED HIS OPINION ON THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, SPARKING QUITE THE RESPONE FROM MANY OF YOU. IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR WE’LL AIR SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS. SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.
SECOND HALF OPENING HEADLINES:
FROM THE STUDIOS OF FARM JOURNAL BROADCAST, THIS IS U.S. FARM REPORT. WELCOME BACK TO U-S FARM REPORT. WE HAVE MUCH MORE AHEAD OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR. WE’LL INTRODUCE YOU TO A DAIRYMAN WHO CHOOSES PEOPLE OVER INNOVATION. HE’S THIS MONTH’S FARM JOURNAL’S MILK COVER STORY. JOHN’S PRESIDENTIAL VIEWS MADE SOME VIEWERS UNEASY. WE HAVE YOUR REBUTALS. BAXTER BLACK IS A HORSE MAN, AND HE HAS A NEW ONE CALLING HIS RANCH HOME. AND IN TRACTOR TALES, MACHINERY PETE HAS A RETIRED JOHN DEERE. IMMIGRATION REFORM:
NOW FOR THE HEADLINES, AS MANY AS 5 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THE COUNTRY WHO HOPED TO BE GRANTED CITIZENSHIP AND OBTAIN WORK VISAS THROUGH THE PRESIDENT’S IMMIGRATION PLAN ARE NOW BACK TO SQUARE ONE. IN A GRIDLOCK VOTE OF 4-4, THE SUPREME COURT THURSDAY BLOCKING THE ADMINSTRATION’S EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ON IMMMIGRATION. SINCE THE VOTE WAS EVEN, THE JUSTICES UPHELD A LOWER COURT DECISION TO FORBID THE PRESIDENT FROM LAUNCHING A PROGRAM TO GRANT LEGAL STATUS TO IMMIGRANT PARENTS OF U-S CITIZENS. THE PRESIDENT CALLED THE DECISION HEATBREAKING FOR THE MILLION OF IMMIGRANTS WHO MADE THEIR LIVES HERE, AND VOICED HIS SINCERE DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE MATTER.
GMO LABELING:
LSO OUT OF WASHINGTON THIS WEEK, THE SENATE REACHING A DEAL ON A NATIONAL G-M-O LABELING BILL. IF PASSED, THE MANDATORY NATIONAL SYSTEM WILL PREEMPT THE POSSIBILITY OF A PATCHWORK OF STATE LAWS, BUT DOESN’T TOUCH VERMONT’S LAW. AS WE’VE BEEN REPORTING, VERMONT’S GMO LABELING LAW WILL TAKE EFFECT JULY FIRST. IF FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANUFACTURERS DON’T COMPLY WITH VERMONT’S LAW, THEY FACE UP TO A 1 THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE PER DAY. PROFARMER CONSULTANT JIM WIESEMEYER TELLS US THE MANDATORY LABELING BILL WILL PROBABLY GET A SENATE VOTE NEXT WEEK, AND THEN BACK IN THE HOUSE AFTER IT RETURNS FROM RECESS IN JULY. BUT WIESEMEYER DOES THINK THE BILL HAS A GOOD CHASE OF WHITE HOUSE APPROVAL, WITH SUPPORT FROM USDA.
EPA CAMPAIGN AGAINST FARMERS GETS PUSH BACK:
A RIDER ON THE SENATE INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS BILL SEEKS TO STOP THE EPA FROM FUNDING CAMPAIGNS AGAINST AGRICULTURE. THE RIDER, ONE OF MANY ON THE BILL, FOLLOWED THE EPA BILLBOARD FUNDING CONTROVERSY IN WASHINGTON STATE. THE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN WAS FUNDED IN PART BY A $20.5 MILLION EPA GRANT. THE CAMPAIGN INCLUDED BILLBOARDS AND A WEBSITE ATTACKING AGRICULTURE AND URGING WASHINGTON STATE LAWMAKERS TO INCREASE REGULATION OVER THE AG INDUSTRY. OTHER RIDERS ON THE SPENDING BILL INCLUDE A BLOCK ON THE EPA’S ‘WATERS OF THE U.S.’ RULE. USDA IS DIPPING INTO DISCRETIONARY FUNDS TO HELP FINANCE FARMERS STILL TRYING TO SECURE OPERATING LOANS. F-S-A TO RECEIVE AID:
AGRI-PULSE REPORTS AG SECRETARY TOM VILSACK PLANS TO USE 500 MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP F-S-A SURVIVE A PROJECTED DEFICIT. THE 2 BILLION DOLLARS IN FSA’S BUDGET IS EXPECTED TO RUN OUT BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR COMES TO A CLOSE SEPTEMBER 30. THIS COMES AS FARMERS AND RANCHERS ARE SEEKING OPERATING LOANS TO WEATHER THE ECONOMIC HEADWINDS THEY FACE. FARMERS AND RANCHERS CAN NOW FLY SMALL COMMERCIAL DRONES WITHOUT FEARS OF REPRUCUSSIONS.
F-A-A RESTIRCTIONS:
THE F-A-A ANNOUCNING THE RULES THAT ALLOW THE SMALL AIRCRAFTS TO FLY ONLY DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. OPERATORS MUST ALSO GET CERTIFIED EVERY TWO YEARS. AMERICAN FARUM BUREAU ISN’T COMPLETELY HAPPY, SAYING IT PLANS TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH F-A-A TO FURTHER EASE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS. FARM BUREAU IS ASKING F-A-A TO NOT REQUIRE DRONES BE FLOWN WITHIN THE OPERATORS LINE OF SIGHT, SAYING THAT’S PROBLEMATIC FOR FARMERS WHO COVER A VAST AMOUTN OF LAND AND FIELDS THAT ARENT’ CONTIGUOUS. UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES ARE ALREADY A STAPLE IN CALIFORNIA, HELPING WITH WINE GRAPE PRODUCTION .
DRONE USE BENEFITS AGRICULTURE:
NEW NUMBERS SHOW AGRICULTURE COULD ACCOUNT FOR AS MUCH AS 80 PERCENT OF ALL COMMERICAL DRONE USE. AND NOW SMALL DRONE OPERATORS ARE OKAY TO FLY WITHOUT FEARS OF REPRUCUSSIONS.
NATIONAL WEATHER:
THAT’S IT FOR NEWS...WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH CINDI CLAWSONF OR A LONG-TERM LOOK AT WEATHER. CINDI, THE TALK OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS IS ALREADY CATCHING THE COMMODITY MARKET’S EYES. THAT’S RIGHT TYNE I KNOW AND WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING THOSE WARM TEMPERATURES CONTINUING FOR A LOT OF THE COUNTRY HERE’S A LOOK AT THE JET STREAM AS WE HEAD INTO THIS WEEK AND WE STILL SEE THIS RIDGE ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY SOME REALLY WARM TEMPERATURES ALL THE WAY FROM THE WESTERN GULF COAST STATES DOWN INTO THE SOUTHWEST. NOW WE DO HAVE A TROPH BRINING SOME STORMY WEATHER TO PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST BUT WATCH AS WE GET INTO THE REST OF THE WEEK AS THIS RIDGE STARTS TO REALLY BUILD UP TO THE NORTH AND SO WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING SOME VERY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY EVEN INTO THE SOUTHEAST THE MORE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IF YOU WILL WILL BE GREAT LAKES AND INTO THE NORTH EAST BUT IT’S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A VERY WARM WEEK AHEAD IF YOU’RE IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY HERE’S A LOOK AT THE THIRTY DAY TEMPERATURES AND OVERALL.
INNOVATIVE DAIRY FARMER:
THANKS, CINDI. WE STARTED TEAMING UP WITH OUR REPORTING PARTNERS AT FARM JOURNAL’S MILK MAGAZINE THIS YEAR TO PROFILE SOME OF THE MOST FORWARD-THINKING DAIRY FARMERS IN THE COUNTRY IN THIS FARM JOURNAL REPORT, BETSY JIBBEN TAKES US TO ONTARIO COUNTY, NEW YORK TO MEET A DAIRYMAN WHO BELIEVES THE KEY TO BEING SUCCESSFUL ISN’T BEING THE MOST INNOVATIVE, BUT SIMPLY PUTTING HIS PEOPLE FIRST. MANY DAIRY FARMERS SHARE SIMILIAR CHALLANGES.. BUT THAT’S WHERE THE SIMILIARITIES END FOR NEW YORK DAIRY PRODUCER, JOHN MUELLER. MUELLER DOESN’TJUST CREDIT SUCCESS TO COMMUNCIATION… REPORTING IN CLIFTON SPRINGS, NEW YORK, I’M BETSY JIBBEN. ) THANKS BETSY.
TEASE:
AN INTERESTING FACT ABOUT MUELLER -- HE SAYS HE DOESN’T ACCEPT GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS AND THINKS IT HASN’T HURT THE OPERATION. UP NEXT, SOME VIEWERS WEREN’T TOO HAPPY WITH JOHN’S POLITICAL STANCE LAST WEEK. WE HAVE YOUR REBUTTALS NEXT. CUSTOMER SUPPORT:
JOHN’S POLITCAL COMMENTARY LAST WEEK SPARKED A FLOOD OF RESPONSES, MANY WHO DIDN’T AGREE WITH HIS VIEWS. SO, THIS WEEK, HE SHARES THE OTHER SIDE. JOHN. OK, REGULAR VIEWER AND CORRESPONDENT BARRET YOUNG ASKS THE QUESTION:
“WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES? …COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE AGRICULTURAL VIEWPOINTS EACH CANDIDATE MAY HAVE AND THE EFFECTS?”
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO AVOID MICROSCOPING THIS ELECTION AND LIMITING OUR FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE. FARM POLICY MIGHT GET A FEW SOUND BITES DURING CAMPAIGN STOPS IN IOWA OR POSSIBLY WISCONSIN, BUT EVEN THAT SEEMS UNLIKELY. THE FARM VOTE SIMPLY DOESN’T MATTER AS MUCH, AND FARMERS THEMSELVES SEEM LIKELY TO VOTE BASED ON OTHER REASONS.
TEASE:
AFTER THE BREAK WE HEAD OUT WEST TO VISIT BAXTER BLACK.
BAXTER BLACK:
WHENEVER WE INTRODUCE A NEW HORSE TO THE RANCH IT OFTEN TAKES A WHILE FOR HIM TO ADJUST. WHERE WE LIVE THE COUNTRY IS PRETTY BRUSHY MEANING CAT CLAWING MESQUITE AND CACTUS OF ALL KINDS. OF ALL IT IS ALSO RIVEN WITH SPEED SIDES AND ROYAL SOME CANYONS AND JAGGED ROCKS. WELL I’VE TRADED FOR A YOUNG HORSES TOOK HER OUT FOR HER FIRST ENDEAVOR. WE’D RIDDEN ABOUT TWO MILES WITH HER SNORTING AND STOPPING AND SLIDING AND WINNING FOR OTHERS HORSES TO SAVE HER. WE SLID OFF A SLOPE AND HIT A SMALL ROYAL AT THE BOTTOM. SHE STOOD SHAKING I WAS EGGING HER ON ALL BUT TO NO AVAIL SHE WOULDN’T MOVE. COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED SHE LAID DOWN IN THE SAND LIKE A COW. THIS IS BAXTER BLACK OUT THERE.
TEASE:
A GOOD MESSAGE. THANKS BAXTER. YOU CAN WATCH MORE OF BAXTER’S COMMNETARY ONLINE AT BAXTER BLACK DOT COM. WHEN WE COME BACK, MACHINERY PETE JOINS US WITH THIS WEEK’S CLASSIC TRACTOR. SO, DON’T GO ANYWHERE.
TRACTOR TALES:
TRACTOR TALES IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MACHINERY PETE, THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN EQUIPOMENT. WELCOME BACK TO TRACTOR TALES. THIS WEEK’S FEATURE PIECE OF MACHINERY IS A 1935 UN-STYLED JOHN DEERE A FROM CENTRAL
ILLINOIS. MIKE MEHL (MEAL) IS PROUD OF THIS CLASSIC DEERE AND THE RESTORATION JOB THAT WAS DONE. AS A RESULT, THIS BEAUTY IS RETIRED FROM IT’S WORKING DAYS ON THE FARM. THIS IS MY NINETEEN THIRTY FIVE YEAR OLD JOHN DEERE A. MY GRANDFATHER PURCHASED A YEAR OR TWO SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS NEW. I WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD TO GET A LOTTERY TICKETS TO BUY A TRACTOR BACK IN BECAUSE THEY’RE IN SUCH SHORT SUPPLY WHEN THIS TRACTOR WAS PURCHASED FROM MY FAMILY THEY WERE HARD TO GET MACHINERY THAT TIME SO WHAT FROM MULES AND HORSES TO A TRACTOR LIKE THIS SOMETHING THAT WOULD AMEND INCREDIBLE IT CAME WITH STEEL WHEELS THAT WERE THE RIMS WERE CUT DOWN AND AND ADDED RUBBER TIRES TO IT SO YOU CAN TRAVEL UP AND DOWN THE ROAD MEAN IT USED TO BE ROADS OUT HERE SO IN THAT MATTER IN THE DIRT ROADS AND PUT ON RUBBER SO YOU CAN GET AROUND THE COUNTRY HAS A HIGH COMPRESSION POWER BLOCK HEAD ON IT AND ACTUALLY THEY HAD TO GET
CHURCH SALUTE:
THANKS, GREG AND MIKE. TODAY’S COUNTRY CHURCH SALUTE GOES TO SAINT PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE CLEAR CREEK, IOWA TOWNSHIP. FIRST SETTLED BY GERMAN CATHOLICS IN THE 1800’S, IT WAS PURCHSED FROM THE DIOCESE OF DAVENPORT FIVE YEARS AGO. THEY TELL US IT’S NOW BECOME A HOT SPOT FOR WEDDINGS AND OTHER GATHERINGS. THE CHURCH IS CELEBRATING THEIR 158TH BIRTHDAY THIS WEEKEND. OUR THANKS TO MICHAEL BERG FOR SENDING THAT IN.
TEASE:
IF YOU HAVE A CHURCH YOU’D LIKE TO SUBMIT, YOU CAN DO SO TO THE ADDRESS ON THE SCREEN. AS SOME OF OUR VIEWERS BATTLED STORMS THIS WEEK, WE HAVE FOOTAGE OF THE TORNADO AFTERMATH. THAT’S RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.
CROP WATCH:
MIKE HOFFMAN IS AT A FAMILY REUNION IN KANSAS THIS WEEK. SO I’M FLYUING SOLO BUT STILL PLENTY OF PICTURES.
THE GOSSETTS WERE BUSY CHECKING AND FEEDING CATTLET HIS WEEK. WITH A LITTLE EXTRA HELP. LOOK AT THAT GREEN PASTURE. THAT’S EMMA GRACE HELPING OUT HER PAPA.
CLOSING:
FOR JOHN, AL AND MIKE, I’M TYNE MORGAN. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING U-S FARM REPORT. BE SURE TO JOIN US RIGHT HERE AGAIN NEXT WEEK, AS WE WORK TO BUILD ON OUR TRADITION. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, EVERYONE.
