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Logan
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10/18/06
Crop News Weekly
By the look of the Jack-O-Lantern hanging from
my front porch, I would guess that the end of October is near at hand.
It's not my only clue. I have also been enjoying pumpkin bread, pie and
assorted muffins the last few days. Plus, the wife has been using the
broom a lot more lately. What I mean is, being meticulously clean and
terribly efficient, she has been sweeping up the all bread crumbs
lately. I like October. But then I turn on the TV to catch up on the
news and the warm, harvest mood is shattered when I am reminded midterm
election rhetoric is all there is to watch, save sports. Oh thank
goodness for sports. How about those Saints?
In the top of the news, we're hearing a lot about immigration laws,
reform and enforcement lately, but is anyone really putting the pencil
to the economic impact this could bring to American consumers in the
future. When the price of food skyrockets and the way we buy fruits and
vegetables change, it may be too late for an awakening. Read about this
side of the issue this week. Also in the news, unless you've been
marooned on a desert island or traveling the outer reaches of the
galaxy, you've heard the Viking Range story. If you haven't (or even if
you have), catch the full story below. On another front, farmers whose
yields have been thinned by drought conditions in recent years may find
something valuable in their soil, but they'll have to dig to find it.
And there are long-term weed and herbicide issues farmers must consider
if they are in farming for the long haul. One is herbicide resistance,
and more specifically, glyphosate resistance. Get the skinny on this as
well in this issue.
You'll find these stories and more in this issue of Crop News
Weekly. Thanks for reading.
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Immigration
'reforms' could cost farmers, consumers
10/16/06
Closing off the U.S.-Mexico border to all but a few
legal immigrants could come at a much higher price than the cost of more
Border Patrol agents and the concrete for a 700-mile barrier between the
two countries. Economists with the American Farm Bureau Federation who
have analyzed pending immigration legislation say the bills could lead
not only to higher food prices but also to shifts in the sources of
supply of fruits and vegetables for American consumers. - Forrest
Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Balancing
agriculture, industry
10/16/06
Unless you've been marooned on a desert island or
traveling the outer reaches of the galaxy, you've heard the Viking Range
story: Twenty years ago, building contractor Fred Carl's wife, Margaret,
wanted a heavy duty, high performance, commercial-type range for their
new home; he found no such appliance was available and set out to build
one himself, ending up creating a global empire that now not only
includes the world's premier range, but refrigerators and other high-end
kitchen appliances, not to mention a spiffy boutique hotel, an
advertising agency, and other enterprises. - Hembree Brandon, Farm
Press Editorial Staff
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High
levels of carryover nitrogen could save
10/10/06
Farmers whose yields have been thinned by drought
conditions in recent years may find something valuable in their soil,
but they'll have to dig to find it, says Dave Mengel, Kansas State
University Research and Extension soil fertility specialist. A profile
nitrogen (N) test should be taken to a depth of two feet. The samples
must be taken before any N fertilizer is applied and before the crop is
planted. If the samples are pulled after fertilizer has been applied, it
will give misleading results. - Kansas State University
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Farmers'
attention on glyphosate-resistant weeds
10/16/06
There are long-term weed and herbicide issues famers
must consider if they are in farming for the long haul. One is herbicide
resistance, and more specifically, glyphosate resistance. Two or three
years ago I wrote all winter on that topic and not many farmers made
changes. That was not surprising. Finding practical answers is much more
difficult than just writing about the topic. - Ford L. Baldwin,
Pratical Weed Consultants, LLC
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Thiesse's
Thoughts: LDP Strategies
10/11/06
In 2004 and 2005, loan deficiency payments (LDPs) were
a big part of harvesttime grain marketing strategies for many farm
operators. The extra LDPs in the fall have also been a big plus for the
past couple of years from a cash-flow standpoint, adding some much
needed crop income late in the year. That extra income was very
important to pay for end of year crop expenses, fall anhydrous and
fertilizer expenses and for land rental payments that were due late in
the year. It doesn't appear that LDPs will be a significant factor in
the fall of 2006 for either grain marketing strategies, or for added
income for late-year cash flow purposes in the farm operation. - Kent
Thiesse, The Corn & Soybean Digest
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News from the Top of the
Hill
10/13/06
National Hog Farmer
Mandatory Price Reporting Signed Into Law --
President Bush last week signed into law legislation that extends
mandatory livestock price reporting until September 30, 2011. The
legislation, "Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999," was supported
by the American Farm Bureau Federation, National Cattlemen's Beef
Association, National Pork Producers Council and the American Sheep
Industry Association. (See National Hog Farmer -- September 22, 2006)
Interstate Shipment of State Inspected Meat -- Congressman Roy
Blunt (R-MO) has introduced legislation, "New Markets for
State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2006," that would allow for the
interstate shipment of state inspected meat and poultry. In introducing
the legislation, Blunt said, "There are 2,000 state-inspected meat
processors -- 31 of them in Missouri -- that are prevented from
competing in the national marketplaces. Yet, 30 foreign meat producing
countries can sell their meats freely across the nation. Our locally
produced, state-inspected meats are just as safe. In fairness, this
measure will promote the local livestock sector of agriculture without
compromising food safety that consumers demand." There are 28 state-run
inspection programs. USDA would have to verify that the programs are
equal to the federal inspection system for federally inspected plants.
This issue has been debated by Congress since the early 1980's.
Senate Passes Animal Terrorism -- Before leaving for the
election recess, the U.S. Senate passed the Animal Enterprise Terrorism
Act. This legislation increases penalties for criminal acts against
animal enterprises (laboratories, animal shelter, pet store, breeder, or
furrier). It revises criminal prohibitions against damaging or
interfering with the operations of an animal enterprise to include
"intentional damage or loss to any real or personal property and
intentional threats of death or serious bodily injury against
individuals." This legislation is in response to various attacks by
activists against animal enterprises. Similar legislation has been
introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman Thomas Petri
(R-WI).
25 Days Until Election -- There are 25 days left before the
November 7 election that will determine who controls the U.S. Senate and
House of Representatives. Be certain to find out where your candidates
stand on the important issues affecting American agriculture. There will
be many important items considered next year by the 110th Congress,
including 2007 farm bill, ban on packer ownership of livestock,
mandatory country-of-origin labeling, tax policy, and energy just to
name a few. - Scott Shearer
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Nebraska
documents six-year groundwater decline
10/15/06
Spurred by increasing irrigation use and a seven-year
drought, parts of Nebraska are experiencing groundwater declines of more
than 30 ft., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) monitoring finds. The
groundwater level monitoring program Burbach coordinates collects
aquifer water level data from a continually growing number of wells that
now numbers more than 5,600. Readings from the wells are generally taken
between March 1 and May 1, after aquifers have had time to recover from
the previous year's irrigation season and before that year's upcoming
irrigation season.
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Road
Warrior: Wow! I'm a millionaire!
10/11/06
Dave Kohl writes: "In a recent article I
expressed that agriculture has a number of millionaires on paper who
have never made a dollar. Sitting across the kitchen table from a young
farm couple who had been farming for a decade added a new twist to this
story. The couple was feeling a little down in the dumps because of high
input costs and low commodity prices. Both were working off the farm as
their schedules allowed to bring in cash flow to meet debt commitments.
They were also diversifying the business and moving toward value-added
enterprises to increase profits..." - The Corn & Soyeabn
Digest
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Nation's average diesel price
continues to fall
10/15/06
The average price for a gallon of diesel dropped
4¢ for the week ending Oct. 10, says the U.S. Energy Information
Administration. Landlinemag.com reports the national average price
dropped to $2.506/gal., or about 64.4¢/gal. cheaper than a year
ago. The Rocky Mountain region had the biggest decrease -- 9.5¢
from last week's average of $2.679, while the West Coast fell by
9.2¢ to $2.697. The nation's cheapest diesel is in the Gulf Coast
region ($2.446), edging out the Midwest at $2.448. Meanwhile, crude
prices fell to their lowest level of the year as futures traded below
$58/barrel in New York last week.
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Bioenergy,
safety net top producers' farm bill priorities
10/13/06
Bioenergy and the structure of safety net programs are
of high interest to farmers and ranchers as the next farm bill is
debated, according to more than 15,000 farmers and ranchers in 27 states
surveyed by Farm Foundation's National Public Policy Education
Committee. Producers ranked renewable energy, enhancing opportunities
for small and beginning farmers, and assuring a safe and affordable food
supply as their top three goals for the next farm bill.
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Massive
rain in the thick of harvest
10/13/06
The wind has picked up and the water covering Nolan
Bower's soybeans is white-capping. As his retrievers splash happily in
the field, nipping at bean pods barely above the waterline, a menacing
group of thunderheads moves in from the west. If the bottom falls out,
Bowers and his son, Trey, will hustle to their 500,000-bushel capacity
bins and fire up the backhoe. Right now, the floodwaters are still a few
feet from the bins but another inch or two of rain -- to go with the
14 inches dumped here six days earlier -- will necessitate building a
levee and pumping the area. - David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial
Staff
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Complacency
as pump prices slide
10/11/06
As if this country didn't have reasons galore to
support an all-out alternative energy effort, the recent circuses
surrounding the appearances of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the United Nations only amplified
the need. It says something for the state of the world that two guys,
who would be no more than obscure minor-nation government hacks were it
not for their vast oil resources, can come before a global forum and
prance about in the media spotlight, insulting U.S. leaders and acting
as if they were political visionaries. - Hembree Brandon, Farm Press
Editorial Staff
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