COMING UP ON AGWEEK TV IT'S BEEN A SPRING OF WEATHER EXTREMES, FROM DROUGHT TO STORM DAMAGE. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION REVERSES THEIR STANCE ON WOTUS AND THE RFS. USDA AND LAWMAKERS WORK TO IMPROVE COMPETITION IN THE MEAT PACKING BUSINESS. AND A PROGRAM TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT PORK PRODUCTION CHANGES COURSE.
WELCOME TO AGWEEK TV, I'M MICHELLE ROOK.
THIS WEEK'S SHOW COMES TO YOU FROM THE SANDHILLS RANCH EXPO IN BASSETT, NEBRASKA. WE'RE GLAD TO BE BACK AFTER A YEAR OFF DUE TO COVID.
THIS IS THE LARGEST RANCH ORIENTED TRADE SHOW IN THE COUNTRY AND FEATURES STATE OF THE ART PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR THE RANCH COMMUNITY, FROM CATTLE HANDLING EQUIPMENT TO HAYING PRODUCTS.
PLUS, ITS MANAGED BY VOLUNTEERS SO THE PROCEEDS CAN BE GIVEN TO LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT.
EPA AND THE CORPS CONCLUDED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S NAVIGABLE WATERS PROTECTION RULE IS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND REDUCING CLEAN WATER PROTECTIONS, PARTICULARLY IN ARID STATES.
FARM BUREAU LED THE FIGHT AGAINST THE OBAMA ERA WOTUS RULE AS THEIR DEFINITION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND FEMERAL STREAMS PUT ALMOST EVERY FOOT OF LAND UNDER FEDERAL JURISDICTION, AT A COST TO FARMERS. SCOTT VANDERWAL SAYS THEY'RE PREPARED TO GO TO BATTLE AGAIN.
Scott VanderWal: We think we've got a real good middle of the road rule that's both good for the environment, the water, the air, and everything and it also allows us to operate and use some common sense. So, we'd really hate to change it.
LAST WEDNESDAY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILED A MOTION IN A CASE IN MASSACHUSETTS REQUESTING REMAND OF THE RULE WITHOUT VACATING IT. THAT SETS IN MOTION A PROCESS TO REPLACE THE TRUMP-ERA RULE AND RECONSIDER THE EXISTING DEFINITION. NEW RULEMAKING WILL SOON BE UNDERWAY.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING WAYS TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO U.S. OIL REFINERS FROM THE RENEWABLE FUELS STANDARD. BIDEN IS GETTING PRESSURE FROM LABOR UNIONS AND U.S. SENATORS INCLUDING FROM HIS HOME STATE OF DELAWARE.
THE RFS REQUIRES THEM TO BLEND BILLIONS OF GALLONS OF BIOFUELS INTO THEIR FUEL ANNUALLY OR BUY CREDITS, OR RINS, FROM THOSE THAT DO. RINS WERE RECENTLY AT THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL IN THE PROGRAM'S 13-YEAR HISTORY AND REFINERS SAY THAT THREATENS TO BANKRUPT THEM.
BIOFUELS AND FARM GROUPS ARE EXPRESSING FRUSTRATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATIONS 180 AND SAY IT RUNS COUNTER INTUITIVE TO THE PUSH FOR CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY.
Todd Hanten: Since the RFS might cause them to go up a little bit because of the short supply of some of our renewable fuels, it comes into politics and how do we not lose votes over what is right.
THE SMALL REFINERY EXEMPTIONS GRANTED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE ALREADY CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE BIOFUELS BUSINESS.
MEANWHILE, USDA RELEASED COVID RELIEF FOR THE ETHANOL INDUSTRY THIS WEEK. THEY ANNOUNCED MORE DETAILS SURROUNDING THE PANDEMIC ASSISTANCE FOR PRODUCERS INITIATIVE. $700 MILLION IS DESIGNATED FOR BIOFUELS PRODUCERS AND IS PLANNED FOR IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN 60 DAYS.
SOME PRODUCERS HAVE RECEIVED BADLY NEEDED RAIN, WHILE OTHERS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH EXTREME DROUGHT. WE TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE REGION IN THIS WEEK'S AGWEEK COVER STORY.
STUTSMAN COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT ALICIA HARSTAD SAYS IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA, PROBLEMS STARTED WITH DRY CONDITIONS LAST FALL AND WINTER.
THEN SPRING BROUGHT DROUGHT, A LATE FREEZE, HEAVY RAIN, STRONG WINDS AND EVEN HAIL FOR SOME.
MANY GROWERS HAD TO REPLANT SOYBEANS, AND SOME SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN ARE EVEN LOOKING AT A THIRD PLANTING.
Alicia Harstad: THE DISAPPOINTING PART IS HOW THE SPRING STARTED, IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A REALLY, SETTING UP FOR A REALLY GOOD CROP, I THINK IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS TOO ON WHAT CROP YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND ALSO WHAT KIND OF EMERGENCE THEY HAD.
JARED HAGERT FARMS IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. HE'S HAD SOME RAINS THIS SEASON, SO HE'S IN BETTER SHAPE THAN MANY. AND HIS FARMING PRACTICES HAVE SPARED HIM SOME OF THE DAMAGE FROM THIS SEASON'S HIGH WINDS.
Jared Hagert: WE'VE CONVERTED A LOT TO NO TILL, MINIMUM TILL SO WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT WAY, THAT THE STANDS WEREN'T IMPACTED AS MUCH. THEY STILL GOT WIND WHIPPED AND STILL HAD TO LIVE THROUGH IT WITH EVERYBODY ELSE AND SOME OF THE SPOTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE COVER WERE BLOWING.
YOU CAN READ MUCH MORE IN THE NEXT AGWEEK MAGAZINE OR AT AGWEEK.COM.
LIVESTOCK AUCTION BARNS HAVE SEEN INCREASED CATTLE NUMBERS IN RECENT WEEKS WITH THE CONTINUING DROUGHT. NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS HAD SOME OF THE REGION'S WORST CONDITIONS.
MIKKEL PATES VISITED WITH PRODUCER THERE WHO FEARS HE MAY HAVE TO LIQUIDATE SOME OF THEIR HERD, IF THEY DON'T GET RELIEF SOON.
Kevin Fritel: IN OUR PASTURES, THE LOW SPOTS ARE GREEN, THE HIGH SPOTS, THEY LOOK LIKE A SUMMER FALLOW FIELD, THEY'RE JUST BROWN. IT'S NOT A PRETTY SIGHT.
KEVIN AND CAROL FRITEL WERE A YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE JUST GETTING STARTED WITH THEIR FAMILY FARMING THE LAST TIME THEY SAW CONDITIONS THIS DRY.
Kevin Fritel: YOU KNOW IN '88, WE HAD ENOUGH MOISTURE TO GET OUR CROP STARTED, IT JUST DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AFTER THAT. BUT THIS YEAR WE CAN'T EVEN GET OUR CROP STARTED, IT'S JUST SO DRY WE CAN'T EVEN GET IT TO COME OUT OF THE GROUND.
THE FRITELS HAVE A COMMERCIAL ANGUS-SIMMENTAL COW-CALF HERD OF ABOUT 170 COWS. THEY USUALLY KEEP COWS INTO THE FALL AND BACKGROUND FEED THEM FOR MARKETING IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH. BUT THIS YEAR THEY'RE CRITICALLY SHORT ON HAY, AND BUYING FEED MAY BE PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE.
Carol Fritel: THE DRYNESS, THE WORRYING ABOUT FIRES AND THE CROPS AND THE CATTLE, AND I MEAN IT'S ALL, IT'S WORRISOME.
THEY ALSO RAISE CANOLA, PINTO BEANS, SOYBEANS AND WHEAT ON 1,800 ACRES.
Kevin Fritel: WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HALF A CROP, A PARTIAL CROP, AND IT'LL BE JUST ENOUGH TO WHERE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO COLLECT CROP INSURANCE AND I MEAN THAT WILL BE JUST A WRECK.
KEVIN SAYS EVEN REGULAR RAINS MIGHT NOT HELP MUCH AT THIS POINT, BUT HE HOPES IT DOESN'T MEAN HE HAS TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO HIS OPERATION.
Kevin Fritel: I WANT TO KEEP MY ANIMALS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN, OR SHOULD.
IN KNOX, NORTH DAKOTA,THIS IS MIKKEL PATES FOR AGWEEK.
THIS PAST WEEK, FRITEL SOLD 30 OF HIS OLDEST COWS.
USDA IS RELEASING OVER $1 BILLION IN PAYMENTS TO QUALIFIED PRODUCERS WHO SUFFERED LOSSES FROM 2018 AND 2019 NATURAL DISASTERS.
PAYMENTS WILL GO TO APPROVED APPLICATIONS FOR THE QUALITY LOSS ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM AND THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED PAYMENTS THROUGH THE WILDFIRE AND HURRICANE INDEMNITY OR WHIP PLUS PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM OPENED IN JUNE AND FARMERS CAN APPLY AT THEIR LOCAL FSA OFFICE.
COMING UP ON AGWEEK TV, SOME NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS COULD HAVE A NEW REVENUE OPPORTUNITY.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CARBON MARKET MAY MEAN A NEW REVENUE STREAM FOR GROWERS AND PRODUCERS.
AT AN AG ROUNDTABLE WITH FARM GROUP LEADERS THIS WEEK, NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM SAID A CARBON MARKET COULD ALLOW FARMERS TO GET PAID FOR WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING.
HOW IT WOULD WORK IS THE GROWER WOULD BE PAID FOR PRACTICES LIKE ABSORBING AND STORING CARBON IN THE GROUND.
IN TURN, THAT BECOMES A CARBON OFFSET FOR ANOTHER COMPANY OR PERSON EMITTING CARBON SOMEWHERE ELSE.
Gov. Doug Burgum: THERE'S A WHOLE INDUSTRY THAT'S GOING TO BE CREATED AROUND C-O TWO, AND IN NORTH DAKOTA WE CAN PLAY A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ROLE, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE GEOLOGY TO STORE IT, WE'VE GOT THE RESOURCES TO UTILIZE IT.
THROUGH THIS OPPORTUNITY, BURGUM SAYS NORTH DAKOTA COULD BE CARBON-NEUTRAL BY 2030.
USDA ALSO ANNOUNCED IT WILL BEGIN WORK ON THREE PROPOSED RULES TO PUT TEETH IN THE P & S ACT. ONE PROVIDES CLARITY TO STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT OF UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE PRACTICES, ANOTHER PROPOSES A NEW POULTRY GROWER TOURNAMENT SYSTEM RULE AND A FINAL RULE CLARIFIES THAT PARTIES DON'T NEED TO DEMONSTRATE HARM TO COMPETITION TO BRING ACTION.
A NEW PORK PROCESSING PLANT IS COMING TO SOUTH DAKOTA.
WHOLESTONE FARMS PLANS TO BUILD A MORE THAN $500 MILLION FACILITY IN SIOUX FALLS. THE COMPANY IS OWNED BY 200 PORK PRODUCERS IN THE REGION. THEY PURCHASED 170 ACRES IN NORTHEAST SIOUX FALLS NEAR BENSON ROAD AND INTERSTATE 229. THE FACILITY WOULD OPEN IN 2025 AND INITIALLY EMPLOY MORE THAN 1,100 PEOPLE.
WHOLESTONE BEGAN IN 2016 AS A VISION OF PIPESTONE AND LED TO ACQUIRING THE HORMEL PLANT IN FREMONT, NEBRASKA.
AND USDA AND THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA HAVE FINALIZED A COOPERATIVE INTERSTATE SHIPMENT AGREEMENT.
IT PROVIDES A PATH FOR SELECTED STATE-INSPECTED MEAT AND POULTRY PROCESSORS TO SHIP THEIR PRODUCTS ACROSS STATE LINES. UNDER THE CIS AGREEMENT, THE STATE MAY INSPECT MEAT IN SELECTED ESTABLISHMENTS FOR SHIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE U.S.
AHEAD ON AGWEEK TV, A FARGO LAB IS USING DNA IN THE FIGHT AGAINST NOXIOUS WEEDS.
AND LATER...
Michelle: After a hiatus due to the pandemic, June Dairy Month farm tours are resuming.
CROP CONDITIONS SLIPPED AGAIN THIS WEEK IN THE REGION EVEN WITH NEEDED RAIN IN SOME OF THE DROUGHT AREAS. IS THERE ANY TREND CHANGE IN THE FORECAST?
HERE'S JOHN WITH OUR AGRI-WEATHER OUTLOOK.
AGWEEKTV SOY INSIGHT BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NORTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN COUNCIL
SCIENTISTS ARE USING GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST NOXIOUS WEEDS AND OTHER CROP PESTS.
THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL GENOTYPING CENTER OFFERS DNA TESTING ON WEEDS LIKE PALMER AMARANTH AND WATER HEMP, AND OTHER PESTS. THEY ALSO DO A LOT OF TESTING ON HONEYBEES. IT OPENED ON THE NDSU CAMPUS IN 2016, AND IT'S THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND.
RESEARCH SCIENTIST ZACK BATESON SAYS CURRENTLY THEIR FOCUS IS ON TESTING FOR PALMER AMARANTH. HE SAYS PALMER IS ONE OF SEVERAL PIGWEED SPECIES WITH DIFFERENT HERBICIDE RESISTANCE, SO THEY'RE DEVELOPING TESTS TO DETECT THE DIFFERENT TRAITS. THAT WILL HELP GROWERS DETERMINE WHICH HERBICIDES WILL BE MOST EFFECTIVE.
Zac Bateson: PALMER AMARANTH HAS ONLY BEEN DETECTED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IN THE STATE. IT COULD HAVE BEEN AROUND LONGER BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW. AND SO RIGHT NOW, SINCE IT'S EARLY IN THE STAGE OF INFESTATION, OR AT LEAST EARLY IN THE STAGES OF REPORTING, NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO GO OUT, FIND THESE POPULATIONS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE RESISTANT TO. THE HOPE IS THAT A GROWER WOULD SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THEIR FIELD, BEFORE THEY HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY TO TRY TO FIX IT.
TEST RESULTS CAN BE READY IN JUST A FEW HOURS. YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION FROM YOUR COUNTY AGENT, OR GO TO GENOTYPING CENTER.COM.
HERBICIDE APPLICATORS WERE BUSY IN THE FIELDS AGAIN THIS WEEK, BUT HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED BY THE WEATHER, AND NOW, SHORTAGES OF SOME CROP PROTECTION PRODUCTS.
SDSU'S PAUL JOHNSON SAYS THE BIGGEST SHORTFALL IS IN THE GROWTH REGULATOR MARKET, WHICH INCLUDES 2-4-D. SO APPLICATORS AND FARMERS ARE USING A MIX OF PRODUCTS TO ACHIEVE THE SAME RESULTS OR SUBSTITUTING A GENERIC PRODUCT. IT'S TIED TO THE HISTORIC FREEZE IN TEXAS.
Paul Johnson: Some big plants in Texas were down for about a month in the period that they would normally be finishing up and we're in the supply chain, we're at the end of the supply chain.
HE SAYS IT'S ALSO DIFFICULT TO GET HERBICIDE PRODUCT IN BULK. THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S NOT DRIVEN PRICES UP.
AFTER A HIATUS LAST YEAR DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, JUNE DAIRY MONTH FARM TOURS ARE RESUMING IN SOUTH DAKOTA, INCLUDING MODAK DAIRY NEAR GOODWIN. THEY'RE CELEBRATING 30 YEARS AND CARRIED ON A TRADITION THEY'VE HELD NEARLY ALL THE YEARS THEY'VE BEEN IN OPERATION.
MoDak Dairy co-owner Greg Moes says the public was excited to come back out and see the 2,000-cow facility.
Moes: we're right around that 70 million pounds of milk is what we ship to Valley Queen.
He says they want to show consumers what dairy farmers do to bring them safe and nutritious milk and dairy products and answer questions like how they use antibiotics in milk production.
Moes: It can't be unloaded if there's antibiotics in it. It's tested before it's unloaded, there's noi, its parts per million on the antibiotics.
MoDak has grown substantially from the 200 cows they started with in 1991 and Moes talked about the biggest change he's seen in that time.
Moes: Oh the technology, you know from the cows to the DNA on the calves, from even all the equipment we use.
Now MoDak is adding a new replacement heifer unit that is still under construction.
Moes: and its working back on the same cow comfort, livestock comfort we do with cows, cross vent, we can control their feed.
And 9 year old Ryder Peterson was excited to share what he learned about how milk is produced.
Peterson: They eat this ration that will like makes their body together and then like produce the milk.
And he and his friends got the full dairy experience as they were treated to a range of dairy products including grilled cheese.
STILL AHEAD ON AGWEEK TV, TAKING THE STORY OF PORK PRODUCTION TO THE PUBLIC.
THERE CAN BE A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT ANIMAL AGRICULTURE, BUT A PROGRAM HELPS TRAIN PRODUCERS TO BE EFFECTIVE SPOKESPEOPLE FOR THEIR INDUSTRY.
AS NOAH FISH REPORTS, OPERATION MAIN STREET TRAINS PIG FARMERS, VETS, AND OTHERS IN THE PORK PRODUCTION TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC.
Al Eidson: WE FIND THAT AUDIENCES OUTSIDE THE PORK PRODUCING STATES // HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT PORK PRODUCTION.
AL EIDSON IS CHANGING THAT, ONE AUDIENCE AT A TIME. SINCE HE AND THE NATIONAL PORK BOARD LAUNCHED THE OPERATION MAIN STREET PROGRAM IN 2004, THEY'VE TRAINED 14-HUNDRED SPEAKERS AROUND THE U.S.
Al Eidson: DIETICIANS, NURSES, YOU KNOW NUTRITION EDUCATORS REALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE'VE HAD A GOOD RECEPTION FROM COMMUNITY AND CIVIC GROUPS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE IDEA OF WHERE DOES FOOD COME FROM?
RACHEL ENDICOTT WORKED AS AN EXTENSION BEEF CATTLE SPECIALIST IN MONTANA BEFORE JOINING THE PROGRAM. SHE SAYS IT'S GRATIFYING REACHING SO MANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BY GOING VIRTUAL OVER THE PAST YEAR.
Rachel Endicott: WE'VE NOW EVOLVED TO THE ABILITY TO HAVE A VIRTUAL BARN TOUR AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS HAVE BOTH OUR SPEAKERS AND OUR AUDIENCES BE VIRTUAL, SO WE CAN KIND OF TAKE IT ANYWHERE ACROSS THE U.S AND BEYOND.
EIDSON SAYS THEY'RE HAPPY TO SPREAD THE STORY OF PORK PRODUCTION.
Al Eidson: JUST TELLING WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS DOING RIGHT, HELPING EXPLAIN THE BASICS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING ANIMALS HEALTHY AND ANTIBIOTIC USAGE AND MAKE IT IN A STRAIGHTFORWARD, COMMON SENSE WAY ANYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND.
IN DES MOINES, IOWA, THIS IS NOAH FISH FOR AGWEEK.
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