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Logan
Hawkes
01/04/05
Crop News Weekly
The holidays are behind us, and if you're like
me, it's good to see them go. Not that it wasn't a good time for family
and friends, for grand holiday meals and gift giving - whatever it is
you do over the holidays. But the new year brings with it a sense of
starting fresh, of new beginnings, of a clean slate. If you're like me,
you hope it's a time when we you can avoid the problems of the past and
forge ahead with new hope, new plans, and a fresh attitude about the
tasks at hand. Best of luck to you in the New Year.
In this first issue of the New Year, we're still catching up with
ourselves. Now that the holidays are over, expect to see a lot of ag
news filtering down the pike as Congress heads back to work and as USDA
gets ready to assess what the new year has in store for us. Soon we'll
be hearing a lot about WTO, farm subsidies, conservation programs,
tillage conferences, new equipment products, regulatory news and issues,
and more, as 2006 gets under full swing in the days and weeks ahead. In
this issue: can the U.S. government not see the forest for the trees?
What does new technology have to do with conserving the soil? Was the
WTO meeting in Hong Kong a waste of time? Will U.S. corn growers feel
the pinch from Canadian provisional duties? Will ammonium nitrate on the
farm be a thing of the past?
These are but a few of the stories you'll find in the spotlight in this
issue of Crop News Weekly. Happy reading.
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Pandering
to politics costs lives
01/03/06
Suppose that over the next year the entire population
of the Memphis metropolitan area were to die: 2,700-plus people gone
each and every day, over a million in a year. And further imagine that
another 200 million-plus, more than half the population of the entire
U.S., were made chronically ill and, in a majority of those cases,
unable to work. Then consider that it was all caused by a disease that
could have been eliminated through use of a common, cheap chemical, but
the government refused to allow it, even though no scientific evidence
had ever shown it to have caused harm to humans. - Hembree Brandon,
Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Conservation-Tillage
Confernece
01/04/05
What does new technology have to do with conserving
the soil? It presents many new opportunities to make conservation
measures easier to do and more profitable, according to some experts.
These technologies include new seeds with better cold tolerance, auto
guidance to make site-specific management easier and multi-level sensing
programs that give farmers a picture ranging from the sky above to below
the ground.
All these and more will be explored at the 2006 Conservation Tillage
Conference & Expo in Sioux Falls, SD Feb. 1-2.
To view the complete program and to register go to http://www.tillageconference.com
or call 1-800-722-5334 to register to attend.
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News from the Top of the
Hill
12/30/05
National Hog Farmer
Mexico Ends Anti-Dumping Case Against U.S. Hams
- The Mexican government has ended its two year investigation into the
dumping of U.S. hams into Mexico. The government terminated its
investigation without imposing antidumping duties. The National Pork
Producers Council (NPPC) said, "Mexico should never have initiated the
case in the first place. The U.S. pork industry did not, and will not,
dump ham or any pork product onto the Mexican market. We sell hams to
Mexico because it is very profitable."
Hong Kong Reopens Market for U.S. Beef - Hong Kong has reopened
its market for U.S. boneless beef from cattle less than 30 months of
age. In 2003, Hong Kong was the fifth largest market for U.S. beef
importing $90 million worth of product.
Arbitration in Livestock & Poultry Contracts Legislation -
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) have introduced
S. 2131 that limits the use of arbitration in contracts. The legislation
would prevent the use of arbitration in livestock and poultry contracts
unless both parties have given written consent to use arbitration after
a dispute arises. In introducing S. 2131 Senator Grassley said, "Often
when there is a dispute between the packer and the family farmer, and
the contract between the two includes an arbitration clause, the family
farmer has no alternative but to accept arbitration to resolve the
dispute. Arbitration has its benefits in certain cases, so it should be
an option, but is should not be the only option." Grassley and Feingold
introduced similar legislation in the 108th Congress.
Budget Cuts Agriculture - The Senate passed by a one vote margin
an omnibus five-year budget reconciliation package. The legislation cuts
$39.7 billion from government programs over five years including $2.72
billion in agricultural programs. The House will vote on budget
reconciliation next month. The cuts in agriculture according to the
Senate Agriculture Committee include:
No across-the-board cuts for commodity programs
Advance direct payments reduced to 40% for crop year 2006; further
reduced to 22% in crop year 2007
Cotton Step 2 program terminated effective August 1, 2006
Milk Income Loss Contracts: dairy support program is extended for
two years
EQIP extended to 2010, funds reduced $1.27 billion for fiscal years
2007-2009; $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2010
Conservation Security Program (CSP) extended to 2011, funds capped
$1.954 billion for fiscal years 2006-2010; $5.65 billion fiscal years
2006-2015
Watershed Rehabilitation program: cancellation of funds available
prior to October 1, 2006
Renewable Energy Program: limit fiscal year 2007 funds to $3
million
Value-added Grant program: cancel unspent funds prior to October 1,
2006
Rural Business Investment Program: cancel unspent funds prior to
October 1, 2006
Rural Business Strategic Investment Grant Program: cancel unspent
funds prior to October 1, 2006
Rural Firefighters Grant Program: cancel unspent funds prior to
October 1, 2006
Initiative for Agriculture and Food Systems: cancel unspent funds
for fiscal years 2007-2009.
Hong Kong & WTO Negotiations - The recent WTO Negotiations in
Hong Kong moved the process forward but there was no major breakthrough.
The key decisions, tariff reductions and cuts in domestic support, were
postponed until April 30, 2006. The negotiators did agree to eliminate
export subsidies by the year 2013. Secretary of Agriculture Mike
Johanns said that he was "impressed by the spirit of cooperation among
some countries and the desire to achieve something real and important
before the clock runs out on the Doha round in 2006." American Farm
Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Bob Stallman said AFBF is
"disappointed that minimal progress was made in Hong Kong during the
Doha Development Round of negotiations. It is frustrating that the
European Union and other countries, unwilling to advance meaningful
agricultural reform, have delayed negotiations."
Canada Imposes Duties on U.S. Corn - The Canadian government has
imposed provisional duties of $1.65 per bushel on imports of U.S. corn.
Canada claimed that U.S. corn imports are dumped and subsidized.
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns and U.S. Trade Representative Rob
Portman in a joint release stated, "Canada has conducted two prior
investigations of U.S. corn imports, revoking a countervailing duty
order after a GATT panel decision was adopted in 1992 and finding no
injury in a second investigation in 2001. We believe that Canada should
again find that U.S. corn imports are not injuring Canadian corn growers
and that the unwarranted provisional duties announced today should
therefore be terminated." A final determination regarding anti-dumping
and countervailing duties is due March 15, 2006.
Fertilizer Regulation - The House Subcommittee on Homeland
Security Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attacks approved
legislation that would regulate production and sale of ammonium nitrate
(fertilizer). The legislation will require that any individual, who
produces, sells or buys ammonium nitrate to register with the Department
of Homeland Security. Sellers of ammonium nitrate will be required to
keep records of purchasers including drivers' license number or other
photo-identification and the amount of ammonium nitrate purchased. -
Scott Shearer
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High
Fertilizer Prices: What to do?
Recently, fertilizer prices have been higher and
supplies of some nutrients have been tighter. Yet most realize, and
research continues to confirm, the critical role of fertilizer use in
profitable crop production. Here are some suggestions for keeping
fertilizer bills as low as possible without compromising the yield that
brings much needed revenue. - The Corn & Soybean Digest
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Conservation-tillage
study shows benefits, concerns
01/03/06
The technical capability and popularity of
conservation-tillage in North Carolina has greatly increased since the
early trials of the practice nearly a half-century ago. In a recent
presentation George Naderman, former North Carolina State University
Extension soil specialist (now retired) said that for various reasons
"we have come to count on it." Many farmers appreciate the efficiency
conservation-tillage provides them, and with diesel costs at two and
three times higher than three years ago, the fuel savings alone are now
especially important. This may nudge producer interests even more
towards no-till, strip-tillage or minimum-tillage practices. - Roy
Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Maize
Match brings farmers, corn hybrids together
12/29/05
For farmers, finding the right corn hybrid can be like
finding a needle in a haystack, but a Purdue University Web site strives
to help them find that needle.
"Maize Match is a relatively simple program that allows you to compare
two hybrids from the Purdue corn performance database," said Phil
DeVillez, a Purdue Extension agronomist. "This is a tool that farmers
can use to help them make hybrid selection." Maize Match is located
online at http://www.agry.purdue.edu/pcpp/MaizeMatch.asp.
- The Corn & Soybean Digest
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Conservation
systems conference scheduled Feb. 1-2
01/03/06
Ways to boost production while cutting cost will be
the focus of the nation's leading conservation systems conference, which
will feature more than 80 researchers and producers. The ninth annual
National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference will be held at
Tunica, Miss., Feb. 1-2. Additionally, the conference has added
roundtable discussions with leading experts serving as facilitators. The
conference, which alternates yearly between Texas and Mississippi, will
be held at the Grand Casino Conference Center at Tunica, Miss. - Farm
Press Editorial Staff
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EPA
working to address pesticide issues
12/29/05
The issue of pesticide spray drift is expected to
generate "a lot of discussion" between the Environmental Protection
Agency and agricultural interests during 2006, says Jon Scholl, the
agency's counselor for agricultural policy. There will be "a lot of
public meetings that will offer opportunities for everyone to be
involved," he told members of the Southern Crop Production Association
at their annual conference at Orlando, Fla. - Farm Press Editorial
Staff
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