AgDay Daily Recap - 10/30/09
10/30/2009
TODAY ON AGDAY:
October 30, 2009
Issue 2 Ohio: OHIO VOTERS WILL DECIDE NEXT WEEK WHETHER TO CREATE A BOARD TO OVERSEE LIVESTOCK CARE IN THE STATE. AG GROUPS SAY IT'S A WAY TO ALLOW LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS TO CONTROL ANIMAL CARE...AND NOT ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS. ONE OF THOSE GROUPS -- THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES -- CALLS IT A POWER GRAB BY AGRICULTURE. A GROWING NUMBER OF STATES HAVE APPROVED MEASURES TO DO AWAY WITH CAGES FOR HENS AND GESTATION CRATES FOR SOWS. AND NOW, OHIO, OFTEN USED AS A BENCHMARK FOR AMERICAN POLITICS, IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRAY. AGAIN THE VOTE IS TUESDAY. A YES VOTE WOULD INDICATE SUPPORT FOR A LIVESTOCK CARE BOARD WHICH IS WHAT OHIO FARM GROUPS WANT.
China Pork: STILL REELING FROM THE H-1-N-1 FLU OUTBREAK AND A GLOBAL SLUMP THAT HURT EXPORTS, U-S PORK PRODUCERS GOT SOME GOOD NEWS THURSDAY. CHINA SAYS IT PLANS TO RE-OPEN ITS MARKET TO PORK PRODUCTS AND LIVE SWINE FROM THE U-S. EVEN THOUGH, WORLD HEALTH GROUPS ACKNOWLEDGED THE NOVEL FLU IS NOT SPREAD BY EATING PORK, CHINA STOPPED ALL U-S PORK IMPORTS IN MAY. THE U-S-D-A SAYS CHINA WAS THE FASTEST GROWING MARKET FOR U-S RAISED PORK IN 2008, ACCOUNTING FOR A HALF BILLION DOLLARS. DURING A TRADE MEETING THIS WEEK BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, CHINA SAID IT WAS DROPPING THE RESTRICTIONS.
Moldy Corn: IF YOU READ CROP COMMENTS ON AGWEB, THEN YOU'LL SEE MANY GROWERS IN THE CORNBELT ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ONSET OF MOLD IN THEIR CROPS. RECORD OCTOBER RAINFALL PLUS COOL WEATHER HAS INCREASED THE RISK FOR MOLD DEVELOPMENT. THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION SAYS IT'S BEEN GETTING A LOT OF CALLS FROM PRODUCERS ASKING HOW TO BEST DEAL WITH THE RISK. OTHER CORN BELT EXTENSION OFFICES ARE PROBABLY GETTING THE SAME QUESTION. U OF I DAIRY SPECIALIST MIKE HUTJENS SAYS A BIG CONCERN IS VOMITOXIN. HE SAYS CORN FEED CONTAMINATED WITH VOMITOXIN CAN BE DILUTED WITH CLEAN FEED. BUT HE WARNS CONTAMINATION CAN VERY GREATLY IN CONCENTRATION. HUTJENS SAYS FEED CAN BE TESTED, BUT HE SAYS THE EXPENSE WOULD BE WORTH IT IN THE LONG RUN IF IT HELPS PROTECT YOUR HERD.
Time Change: WHEN YOU HEAD TO BED SATURDAY NIGHT, REMEMBER YOU'LL NEED TO CHANGE YOUR CLOCK. IT'S THAT WEEKEND WHEN MOST FOLKS SET THEIR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR, FROM DAYLIGHT TO STANDARD. BUT HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER. IT'S GOING TO GET DARKER SOONER. WITH THE LATE HARVEST THIS YEAR, MANY FARMERS WILL BE WORKING LATE HOURS. THAT MEANS COMBINES AND TRACTORS WILL BE ON THE ROAD AFTER THE SUN SETS. FARMERS AND NON-FARMERS SHARE THE ROAD...SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE CAREFUL AND COURTEOUS.
Marketing Rally: BEFORE GARY WILHELMI JOINS US FOR ANALYSIS, I AM PERSONALLY INVITING YOU TO THE FIRST-EVER 2009 MARKETINg RALLY. NEVER BEFORE, HAVE WE COMPILED SUCH A MARQUEE LIST OF MARKETING EXPERTS UNDER ONE ROOF. IT TAKES PLACE DECEMBER THIRD AND FOURTH AT THE PALMER HOUSE IN CHICAGO. WHILE YOU MAY BE FOCUSED ON HARVEST RIGHT NOW, THIS EVENT WILL GIVE YOU KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE MARKETING DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE. GO TO MARKETING RALLY DOT COM FOR MORE info
Analysis: Gary Wilhelmi
In the Country: HALLOWEEN IS TOMORROW, SO YOUNG GHOSTS, WITCHES AND ACTION FIGURES WILL BE KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR, LOOKING FOR TREATS. IF YOU VISIT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, YOU MIGHT NOT SEE TRICK-OR-TREATERS, BUT YOU COULD GET A GLIMPSE OF A GHOST. WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, LEGEND HAS IT THAT RESTLESS SPIRITS HAUNT THE AG CAMPUS. IN THIS REPORT PROVIDED BY U-T, CHUCK DENNEY SAYS A CAMPUS THAT OLD HAS ITS SHARE OF GHOST STORIES.
AgDay Inbox: TIME NOW TO CLICK-ON THE AGDAY INBOX...AND WE RECEIVED THIS QUESTION FROM RICK CHRISTMAN OF COMPETITION, MISSOURI. HE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT NO-TILL AND SOIL COMPACTION. "IF YOU CONSTANTLY DRIVE OVER GROUND AND NOT PLOW TO LOOSEN IT, WON'T THE GROUND GET SO HARD OVERTIME THAT SEEDS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ROOT DEEPLY?" THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, RICK. DRIVING TRACTORS AND MACHINERY OVER THE FIELDS WILL COMPACT THE SOIL. THAT IS EXACTLY THE REASON NO TILL WORKS. BEFORE NO-TILL, FARMERS WOULD START BY PLOWING THE FIELD, THEN DISC, HARROW, PLANT, CULTIVATE, THEN HARVEST. THAT'S 6-TO-8 TRIPS OVER THE FIELD. WITH TWO OR FOUR ROW EQUIPMENT THIS WAS A LOT OF COMPACTION. WITH LARGER EQUIPMENT, LIKE 8 ROW UP, AND ONLY GOING OVER THE FIELD TO PLANT, THEN HARVEST COMPACTION IS REDUCED.
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