catfish...can new oversight help u.s. catfish farmers keep up with foreign competition. and leava legacy...should the family farm be protected before the i- do's. now for the headlines...washington workininhard to finish up some last minute legislslion...before the christmas break. congress working on a one point one trillion dollar spending bill and a 680 billion dollar tax package. the spending bill includes language to repeal country of origin labeling-potentially halting retalitory tariffs from canada and mexico. the bill would also lift a 40 year ban on crude oil exports. it targets the dietary guideline panel and blocks chanans to current guidelilis. a provision halting the sale of g-e salmon until it can be labled is also included. congress also working on a 0-billion package of tax cuts. the bill includes some critical

depreciation. section 179 would be permanent at the 500-thousand dollar level. bonus deprpriation would be e eended for 5-years. also in washington this week, the government accountability office rolling out a new report on the epa's waters of the u.s. rule. ititays the epa broke federal law-- by overstepping how it promoted the rule on social media. it says the epa was urging the public to back the wotus rule with-- quote-- 'covert propaganda and grassroots lobbying.' co-vert propaganda. that means they were doing things we don't expect government to do for a regulation where they are supposed to balance economic, social and environmemeal outcomes. they didn't do that here. 14 they were campaigning and advocating in ways that we don't expect our government to do. epa disagrees with the assessment and says it uses social media tools just like all organizations to stay conected and inform. if you're giving or getting a drone this holiday

that recreational users of drones or unmanned aerial systems must register their machine and themselves on a new website starting december 21st. if you open it or buy after the 21st--it has to be registered before you take it and fly it outdoors. that's it for news...meteorologist mike hoffman joins us now with our long range forecast. mike the drought monitor says just 20 percent of the continental u.s. is in moderate drought or worse. yeah, that's right, clinton. and almost every bit of that is west of the continental divide. i mean most of the plain states, eastern states, just not seeing any drought at all. jet stream as we head through this week-- you will notice one thing there's ripple, after ripple coming eastward each one has a little shot of cold air wi it. could be produdung some rain in ththeast and snow to theheest of it. quick shot of cold air in the west then that system moves into the southwest and it warms up again, so changeable is realal the big key as we head through this comomg week, let's

the northern plains, great lakes, northeast and down into the southeast, it will be changeable but averaging your normal then from montana down into the southern mississippi valley and from southern and western texas throughout the west-- below normal temperatures are expected as far as precipitation is concerned really a lot of the country is going to be above normal. below normal there for montana and some of the surrounding areas. near normal for the ohio valley and great takes, above normal inpmany other places, clinton? thanks mike. the business of farming is big...and diverse. today in our farm journal report, national reporter betsy jibben looks at the catfish industry. its in the midst of a significant change as to whihi government agencncwill oversee catfish inspections. betsy. the catfish industry has been a part of townsend kyser's day as long as he can remember. growing up in a catfish raising family, he's seen the ups and downs.

storm," for kyser, that storm first hit about a decade ago, whenenhe price of both grain and oil increased. that's when imported catfish-like species called pangasius- began pouring into the u.s. from asian countries. "our inputs went up and other products were coming in at a cheaper rate. those two things cut our industry in half," here's a look from the natiwnal fisheries institute on how consumptiohas changed. in e last decade, pangasius numbers have risen sharply. "we are still battling it out. i'm still very much in favor of good, fair, competition on an even playing field but when other countries come in and undercut our prices and steal the markets that we spent a lifetime building, it hurts our communities,"> back in 2008. some catfish prorocers asked for more regulations within the industry. congress agreed to move inspection of foreign and domestic produced catfish from the food and drug administration to the usda. now starting in

the governmental accountability office looked at the two competiting progra, usda and fda program, they found the usda program was s ceedingly expensnse. they estimate 17070 million dollars over 10 years. currently it only takes 700 thousand dollars a year fofofda to regulate e tfish. it's an enormous hit for taxpayers 44 kyser however welcomes the news. "that is a wonderful brand. everyone recognizes it and we know that it's safe and good. our product will shine with that,"> usda specializes in meats and eggs but the fda has regulatory oversight over all other fish and fishery products. some feel the inspection process changes by organization.. and new inspection system may be costly.. besides new costs, gibbons argues the change only protects domestic producers and violates world trade organization rules. he worries the situation could bring retaliation and end up in court. and other commodities could be impacted. we don't export any

for instance. in the end, trade retaliation is visited upon with u.s. ag exexrts. so this is a se, lose, lose," when it comes to his own industry, kyser isn't worried about new restrictions to domestic catfish producers. "federal regulation is not a problem for us in the catfish industry as long as its equauato everybody in the game. we grow a safe and healthy product. all we are asking for is equal playing field with competitors," in an industry thta's seen tough times, they hoho their industry can rebuild and continue in kyser's case, a lifelong legacy. "it's a lot to our community and its a lot to our family. we've beenenoing it for 50 years and i hope we can continue to do it," thanks betsy. kyser told betsy, some catfish producers asked for more regulations--calling it a food safety issue. he says the catfish-like species raised overseas, are grown in unsafe or pouted environments- making the product unsafe for consumers. gibbons disagrees sasang it's a low-risk f fd. we

the department is not doing interviews just yet. we've been talking about giving away this yahmama kodiak 700 for several talking ababt giving away this yahmama kodiak 700 f f several weeks now. this morning....it's time to mnnounce the winner. turn up p e volume here you go... the winner of our kodiak give away is...jess thew of staples minnesota. he's a farmer there in the land of 10-thousand lakes. merry christmas jess. and for everyone else...thanks so much for entering the contest. alright when we come back...john phipps takes joins us with a little customer support. "are the limits on nitrates in water reasonable?" (us farm report brought to you by basf. grow smart with basf and get the most acre after acre season after

mark gold, top third, and mike north with commodity risk management group. now, you wanted to go by force trading, right? >> star wars trading. >> star wars ading, yeah, it's that kind of week, isn^t it? [ lauguger ] >> first we gototo wish everybody a merry christmas out there. >> absolutely, merry christmas. >> and a happy new year, and it's nice to see everybody, and hope everybody has a great holiday season. . yeah, you know, we've e en talking about these markets over the last few weeks, and it has just been a struggle. it's been a struggle, i think, mentally and you almost feel like physically to get through what we see as kind of a tough stretch here for a arican agriculturur is that the read you're getting? >> yeah, absolutely. obviously as guys close out the year and start doing tax planning and looking forward to the next year a preparing budgets it^s certainly got people down because the opportunities out there are slim to none, and it's hard to look forward into a year thinking you're not really going to make much or you're going to lose money.y.o, yeah, bias has certainly been negative around

fair bit of well, dismal trade as we go forward. >> but mark, talking with you off camera here you're not a complete bear when it comes to markets. you've got a a inge of some positive out there, some silver linings. >> not only am i not bearish, i'm pretty friendly inhese markets. >> okay, explain. >> everybody accuses me of being dr. death out there and always wanting to buy puts. well, we're certainly telling our clients, if they're selling grain out here we want them to rown it with call options. we've gone to pretty low levels here, starting to pick up a little bit of demand. i believe the el nino situation in brazil, particularly northern brazil, is serious. we've got some clients down there that are telling us how hot and dry and how tough it is to even get even crops in the ground, soso think there's some up potential in this market. i also believe that this el nino's going to turn into a la nina here, so, again, i don't know if the market's going up or down or not, but if you've sold 3.60 corn out there and 9

what do you think, do you agree? >> well, especially in this market as you look forward and carries have been dissololng, that does open the door to shortcutting the cost of storage and opening yourself up for further opportunity without, you know, losing on what the market may throw us later. the bottom line is, if you are going to be aggressively selling here, if the market has moved you to capitulation and you need to turn corn or soybeans into cash, a cheap call option, and they are cheap. volatility premiums are really low right now. you can move into the market and buy that for much less than what you were going to spend on putting grain in a bin or trying to keep it there. >> you know, we've seen some interesting market moves this week, especially in soybeans even though down in south america, argentina making some moves, doing what they said they were going to do, expecting that grain to come to the market. how did that reaction surprise you or is it what you expected? >> well, i thought it was great that we had this bad news hit the mark, the devaluation. we knew it was coming. we knew about the new president down there allowg

and then yesterday we get the news about the devaluation. the market breaks a little bit. we came back on the informa number, which really wasast that bullish, bututhe price action of the market on thursday, i thought, was great. followed it through on friday somewhat sure. >> and, again, i don't want to be bearish down here at these lelels. i think there'ss some upside potential to these markets. >> yeah. what do you think about the fed raising rates this week, mike? i mean, it is old news. we've known it was gog to happen, but, buis there any impact w wsee longer term? >> well, they also foreshadowed what might be coming in saying that they could take incremental steps towards raising it over the course of the next several years, so certainly as we look at our debt structure, as we talk about the cost of money as it relates to operating notes and what that translates back into on cost of production. those are going to be factors that play out over time. will there be an immediate impact? no. we won't really see

they painted themselves into a corner. we knew, basically that it was going to happen. it was just a question of to what degree they would do it, so the news really wasn't news, but it will change the game long term, and for years we've talked about ro interest rates going away and changing the game financially in the country. it's now starting to come to fruition. we're starting to see that corner be turned and now we're going to have to spend some time mapping that out. >> yeah, real quick. you agree? >> well, i think we're going to see an interest rate increase that's come a little bit faster and higher than most people think. i think most people are looking for a gradual, very slow. i think once it builds up a little steam we could see some higher interest rates here. >> all right, thanks, gentltlen. thanks for starting the day with us here. we're going to be right back with more u.s. farm report

report. mark gold, mike north, our guests here today. let's

n hammered. in fact, i saw some numbers this week. we've lost $2 billion in equity in the feeding part of that industry in the last two months. >> you know, how low is low? with any luck we saw the hard selloff on thursday. we had the limit up on friday. we'll see how we get through the cattle on feed numbers on monday, but i don't want to be too bearish down here. i think there's still some more risk out here, but i think enough's enough, and as we head into the new year i think we can recover. we haven't seen meat at the retail level come down nearly as much haven't. >> these cattle prices have come down, and, again, if you're selling cattle down here on this kind of a break in these markets i want re-own something with a call option. we've seen $20 rallies in the feeder cattle market over a couple of four, five days. we've seen a $10 rally in the fats on a couple of days, so if you're selling down

i wouldn't get married to it. i wouldn't look to go back to anywhere near the highs that we've been at, but there could be a nice bounce in this market, particularly after the first of the yearar>> yeah. too far? too much? >> no, if you go back and look at what's happened in recent years. 2014 was the baer near, but if you look at the years that proceeded that we spent a lot t time with fat cacale and that 110, 11515120 range. the market's come back to that. the cutout values have moved back to a place where they were in those years. the cattle prices have done the same, and really as we go forward without changing the breeding herd that much, we're kind of stuck in that rut for a little bit of time. so as we look forward, certainly fall and spring weather will play into the discussion as we move towards the calving season. all of these conversations will come into play, but you know, we're not out of the woodset. we still have a tighter supply of breeding inventory, and so while we work through a little bit off avier feed lot inventory we're going to keep some pressure on

opportunities that could unfold and allow for better prices for cattle men. >> do you agree 2016 some better prices or is it going to take a little longer? >> i think we can see some better prices. one of the problems is that guys keep putting weight onto these animal itit not such the numberer it's the total tonnage that's coming into the market. now, the question is, has this price break, and it's been precipitous, is that going to slow some of the expansion that we've been seeing over the last six or eight months? >> that's a good question. >> i don't think it will slow it that much. maybe there will be some changes out there, and that's what kind of keeps me bearish a lithle bit longer term, but i think wcan see a rally hehe maybe into the spring, get a nice recovery. give guys an opportunity to buy some puts, then to protect what could be some downward pressure. >> all right. let's talk dairy real quick, mike, with you. we've seen, i think, 30% off of our prices in 2014 here in 2015. what do you foresee in that market? our products, butter,

come as a surprpse in butter, righgh we were trading $3 3 tter as we came into the fall. we've hovered around $2.90 over the last several weeks while the rest of the world is trading $1.30, $1.40, and so there's been a movement back towards some equalititin the market. wewee tried to cover some ground, and they did so in a hurry. we took 83 cents out of butter in a matter of five trading sessions. that was a huge, huge move, but, again, it didn't come as a big surprise. futures were already pricing it in. we had january, february, at or below $2 on butter while the spot was trabing $2.90. cheese has been getting s ster coming into alignment with world markets. there, again, with our strong dollar, our big ventories, and having moved through the liday season, all of this had to happen. it doesn't come as a big shock, and as we go into the 2016 period we see a little bit more of that left. >>ll right. >> a little bit more softening on product

indicators? not just for livestock, but for grains, for all of our commodities, of things you're watching for? >> well, one ofhe big things is obviously weather. again, i believevel nino is for real. will it turn to la nina here? that's something we'll have to watch very closely. the u.s. dollar, if we can get a break in the u.s. dollar, that's certainly going to help our export market, and i'm just not quite convinced that we're not going to see demand continue to show up in these markets, and, again, down here at these levels we've taken a lot out. wve got the funds short. >> right. >> which ultimately, we can rally 50 funds getting even. we can rally 50 cents on the cornso i believe there's going to be an opportunity in 2016. may not lala long, but it will be there. >> all right, thank you both, we'll get your closing thoughts here right after this last break. we'll be back with markets now in just a minute. u.s. farm report brought to you by case ih. your cattle bring in the profits. count on case ih equipment to help you do

ome thou farm country. john. even as we slowly climb down from the near hysteria over the tragic paris and california terror attacks, i think many of us in the country quietly remind ourselves that the same distance issue that makes getting repair parts a pain also is a powerful protection against the tiny chance of being a terrorist target. we're just too hard to get to and too spread out in rural america to be worth the trouble. in fact, it's one reason many rural residents feel vaguely uncomfortable visiting the city. nor is this the only overlooked upside to living in rural america. we're not getting short-changed economically as much as we think. we're e mply doing a poor job of counting up our assets. that said, i think

prospect of terrorist acts. but shing to embrace wilily disproportionate draconian measures to prevent future events seems a little forced to me here in farm country. nobody` is going to aim a plane at my grain bins, i doubt. however, the infinitesimally small odds of being a victim of a terrorist attack are virtually the sametpfor urban and rural residents alike approximately zero. despite wall-to-wall coverage, the facts clearly show you are much more likely to die at from the action of a horse or even a cow than a terrorist. all these numbers do not change our visceral reaction to the types of fears we take seriously and those we ignore. but my point is if you are demanding stronger government protection from terrorism and evenenilling to compromise some fundamental american rights despite clear evidence the risks are virtually zero, don't be surprised other citizens want the same

eventually tire of being afraid, but inappropriate and ineffective responses could encumber our lives for a long time. john's world...thanks john. still to come...a recap of action in washington, strong advice for farm kids planning to get married, and classic iron fromomorth of the border. . 'll be right back. the chevy silverado is the official news gathering vehicle for farm journal television. frfr the

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drop--faa drops registration rules for uav's competing in catfish...cacanew oversight help u.s. catfish farmers keep up with foreign competition. and leave a legacy...should the family farm be protected before the i- do's. now for the headlines...washington working hard to finish up some last minute legislation...before the christmas break. congress working on a one point one trillion dollar spending bill and a 680 billion dollar tax package. the spending bill includes language to repeal country of origin labeling-potentially halting retalitory tariffs from canada and mexico. the bill would also lift a 40 year ban on crude oil exports. it targetthe dietary guideline panel and blocks changes to current guidelines. a provision halting the sale of g-e salmon until it can be labled is also included. ngress also working on a

tools for agriculture including section 179 and bonus depreciation. section 179 would be permanent at the 500-thousand dollar level. bonus depreciation would be extxtded for 5-years. also in washington this week, the government accountability office rolling out a new report on the epa's waters of the u.s. rule. it says the epa broke federal law-- by overstepping how it promoted the rule on social media. it says the epa was urging the public to back the wotus rule with-- quque-- 'c'cert propaganda and grassroots lobbying.g.co-vert propaganda. that means they were doing things we don't expect government to do for a regulation where they are supposed to balance economic, social and environmental outcomes. thth didn't do that re. 14 they were campaigning and advocating in ways that we don't expect our government to do. epa disagrees with the assessment and says it uses social media tools j jt like all organizations to stay conectct

season, don't forget to get it registered. the f-a-a announcing that r rreational users of drones or unmanned aerial systems must register their machine and themselves on a new website starting december 21st. if you open it or buy after the 21st--it has to be registered before you take it and fly it outdoors. that's it for news...meteorologist mike hoffman joins us now with our ng range forecast. me the drought monitor says just 20 percent of the continental u.s. is in moderate drought or worse. yeah, that's right, clinton. and almost every bit of that is west of the continental divide. i mean most of the plain states, eastern states, just not seeing any drought at all. jet stream as we head through this week-- you will notice one thing there's ripple, after ripple coming eastward each one has a littlehot of cold air with it. could be producing some rain in the e st and snow to the w wt of it. quick shot of cold air in the west then that system moves into the southwest and it warms up aga, so changeable is

take a look at the thirty day outlook then. above normal for the northern plains, great lakes, northeast and down into the southeast, it will be changeable but averaging your normal then n om montana down into the southern mississippi valley and from southern and western texas throughout the west-- below normal temperatures are expected as far as precipitation is concerned really a lot of the country is going to be above normal. below normal there for montana and some of the surrounding areas. near normal for the ohio valley and great lakes, above normal in many other places, clinton? thanks mike. the business of farming is big...and diverse. today in our farm journal report, national reporter betsy jibben looks at the catfish industry. its in the midst of a significant change as to which government agency will oversee catfish inspections. betsy. the catfish industry has been a part of townsend kyser's day as long as he can remember. growing up in a catfish raising family, he's seen the ups and downs.s.

storm," for kyser, that storm first hit about a decade ago, when the price of both grain and oil increased. that's when imported catfish-like species called pangasius- began pouring into the u.s. from asian countries. "our inputs went up and other products were coming in at a cheaper rate. those two things cut our industry in half," here's a look from the national fisheries institute on how consumption has changed. in ththlast decade, pangasius numbers have risen sharply. "we are still battling it out. i'm still very much in favor of good, fair, competition on an even playing field but when other countries come in and undercut our prices and steal the markets that we spent a lifetime building, it hurts our communities,"> back in 2008. some catfish producers asked for more regulationsnsithin the industry. congress agreed to move inspection of foreign and domestic produced catfish from

march, the usda will regulate catfish instead of the fda. when the governmental accountability office looked at the two competiting programs, usda and fda program, they found the usda program was exceedingly expensive. they estimate 170 million dollars over 10 years. currently it only takes 700 thousand dollars a year for fda to regulate catfish. it's an enormous hit for taxpayers 44 kyser however welcomes the news. "that is a wonderful brand. everyone recognizes it and we know t tt it's safe and good. our product willllhine with that,"> usda specializes in meats and eggs but the fda has regulatory oversight over all other fish and fishery products. some feel the inspection process changes by organization.. and new inspection system may be costly.. besides new costs, gibbons argues the change only protects domestic producers and violates world trade organization rules. he worries the situation could bring retaliation and end up in court. ananother commodities could be impacted. weweon't export any

for instance. in the end, trade retaliation is visited upon with u.s. ag exports. so this is a lose, lose, lose," when it comes to his own industry, kyser isn't worrieieabout new restrictions to domestic catfish producers. "federal regulation is not a problem for us in the catfish industry as long as its equal everybody in the game. we grow a safe and healthy product. all we are asking for is equal playing field with competitors," in an dustry thta's seen tough times, they hope their industry can rebuild and continue in kyser's case, a lifelong legacy. "it's a lot to our community and its a lot to our family. we've been dng it for 50 years and i hope we can continue to do it," thanks betsy. kyser told betsy, some catfish producers asked for more regulations--calling it a food safety issue. he says the catfish-like species raised overseas, are grown in unsafe or

consumers. gibbons disagrees saying it's a low-risk food. we asked usda for an update on the transition...a spokesperson says the department is not doing interviews just yet. we've been talking about giving away this yahmama kodiak 700 for several talking abougiving away this yahmama kodiak 700 for@several weeks now. this morning....it's time to announce the winner. turn up the volume here you go... the winner of our kodiak give away is...jess s ew of staples minnnnota. he's a farmer there in the land of 10-thousand lakes. merry christmas jess. and for everyone else...thanks so much for entering the contest. alright when we come back...john phipps takes joins us with a little ctomer support. "are the limits on nitrates in water reasonable?" (us farm reportrtbrought to you by basf. grow

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people in and out of the ag industry have spent plenty of time recently discussing nutrient management--- especially when it comes to nitrates. that topic is at the heart of a recent mailbag question. john phipps with our customer support. many of us are

indiana has a good question: "i've followed the des moines water issue from a distance, and would appreciate your insight. are the standards reasonable, or are they set at lowest detectable levels?" stan, i think is is a great place to start t understand this issss a little better. t t short answer is, like most detection methods today, we have ways, such as colorimetry j to detect down to about one twentieth a part per million or ppm. given enough time and money i expect we could go much farther than that. under the safe srinking water act, the maximumucontaminant level for nitrates is 10 milligrams per liter which the same as 10 parts per million yoy'll see it listed both ways. it is expressed as nitrate-n, because it only measures the nitrogen part of the nitrate no3. the nitrogen is the problem. nitrates actually pose little

in t t gut, they can damage the hemoglobin in the blood, which carries oxygen around the body. and here's the core of the whole issue. infants under 6 month consume proportionately more water per pound of body weight and have underdeveloped digestive systems. this can result dangerous levels of nitrites which has been linked the scary sounding "blue baby syndome" where the loss of hemoglobin can cause the infant to have bluish tint to their skin and under the fingernails it is this medical problem which always grabs headlines when talking about nitrates, but just like flesh-eating bacteria or mad cow disease, the name itself triggers a strong reaction regardless of the real threat we're talking about little babies turning blue for pete's sake. but there are a couple of problems. nitrates may only be be only one factor for bbs.

ongoing. on the other hand, the two most recent cases well, only cases i could find occurred in the late 90's on wisconsin farms with well water nitrate levels above 20 ppm. clearly you cannot discount the possibility of the cause and effect. in my opinion given the ghastly name and emotions involved with fants, until it can n proven otherwise,e,ot only is 10 ppm aa reasonable limit, we're lucky the standard is not much lower. breaking it down as only john can. thanks john.. up next, straight talk for families working to leave a legacy.

it's no secret... that as land prices, equipment

farm. and today's it's not uncommon for values be in the six or seven figure range. that's w w one expert says, asas kids get m mried and spouses coco on board, it may be time to consider protecting that asset. the brooks dairy farm in waupaca wisconsin is a busy operation. and fortunately still running--a difficult family transition forced ron brooks to make some tough choices. we had to put zoey in an equity position immediately. zoey and her sisters are nofull owners. to save the farm, i now work for my daughters. my daughters own all the land. it^s in a separate llc called ibrooks farms homestead llc ando be honest, our ccession plan, divorce or no divorce, looks about the same today as it would have no matter what. estate planning attorney and legacy expert polly dobbs says when marriage happens it may be time to take the farm off

good planning for anyone and if the goal is to keep the farm in the blood a prenuptual agreement can be very helpful. although that's not where most legacy planning conversations start--polly says that's often where it leads. a few minutes into our discussion when i talk about okay leave your child to your children and your child gets divorced and part of your farm is now that marital estate and being divided by a judget...the hackles go up the red flags go up and what i find almoststmmediately is they want to keep it simplplbut keep it in the blood. she says there's only so much that can be done after a marriage. we can use trusts we can use llc, llp's any kind of entity we e n use transfer reststctions and by-sell agreements and we can do our best to protect the farm. but while that may keep the farm out of the divorce an ex can still end up with other assets. but..before the wedding a

that's going to reign down upon from a generation a ave is going to be different and ought to be treated differently that the wealth we build during our marriage. and if something goes wrong alright we'll fairly split that and the judge will decide. she knows s t all agree... it is difficult and some people have very strong feelings that what god brings together in marriage there should be no legal contract between. and i respect that. its just my job as a lawyerero issue spot and giviv advice but i describe it as marriage insurance. you hope you never ever need it. but if you do it's in the drawer. and it can very limited in nature. ron brooks says planning saved the farm. two of my daughters are married, after what we went through with succession planning on my part, we^ve learned that we really need to get in place marital property agreents. my two non-farm daughters who are married, have non-farmrmg spouses. it^s important to make sure those marital agreements with non-farming spouses are water-tight. they seem to

all right, when we come back, tractor tales and our country church salute.e.

tractor tales crosses borders this week as we check out a classic machine that originated in canada. but it's home is north central iowa. there we met a collector and his 57 cockshutt golden eagle. this tractotohas been in the famimi

owners, it doesn't look like it's going anywhere, anytime soon. bought new by my father in 1957. its been a workhorse on the farm ever since he bought it. i grew up on the tractor. i hav ethe old steering wheel. i always said i t my teeth on the steering wheel and there's a couple of hunks missing and he said thats why their gone because i cut my teeth on the steering wheel. we had t motor over hauled with the new bearing on the crank shaft. new rings on the pistons. other wise that's it. my dad made a rock shaft for it so we had a three point run by a two way hydrolic cylinder, we used to cultivate with a 6 row rear mount cultivator. i would hat to think of how many bales they cranked out of the baler when it was it was always on the baler. i know one summer dad baled for the neighbor on wn the road here and he had a lot of cattle. i think at the end of the year he tallied up we cubed up 24 thousand bales of

bottom plow with it. dad had 4 fourteens that he plowed, very easy to steer for not having power steering. its probably one of the easiest steering tractors with npower steering that ive ever been on. its a joy to drive.e.ou know the scene isnt the best but when i was looking for parts for this tractor why theres a tool box under this seat that slides out. and the guy i was ordering the toolbox from said oh, you had the deluxe seat oh if that was the deluxe seat i'd hate to see the cheap one. because a m that spent 10 hours a day on that seat, he had a day. cocochutt farm equipmenttmanufactured and s sd farm machinery across canada, several u.s. states, and around the world for more than 85 years. ititwas started by james cockshutt when he opened the brantford plow works, in 1877. starting with plows it didn't manufacture tractors until the mid 19-40's.

lutheran church of wayne, nebraska. this specific church was created just 20 years ago when two others were combined. in 1994 the st paul's evangelical church joined the redeemer lutheran church after a lightning strike started a fire that ravaged the redeemer building. the two congreations may be young at heart but together there is 218 years of ministry between them...and a membership of more than 750 people. our thanks to sue olson for sending ththr information in. stay with us - -cropwatch is next. find your next piece of equipment at machinery pete dot com and enter for a chance to win a yeti cooler! one yeti tundra 35 cooler is being given away each week. go to ww.machinerypete.com/survey complete the survey and enter your information. you could be

from nathan mueller just south ofremont nebraska. he ys it's been one of the wettest decembers on record for many parts of nebraska. they've had nearly 3 inches of moisture this december--normal is less than an inch. he's seeing a lot of fields like thth--underwater. and here's a an early morning shot from a farm in herkimer new york. it comes from twitter--at n-y farmer. she says it's been a mild winter so far. cows at this farm are still out grazing. it's been mild weather in the midwest for awhile now. karen forbes posted this picture of her nieces at a pumpkin patch recently. the area is up north near tinley park. at's far northern illinois. in kansas, david seck of f tchinson kansas says he doesn't ever see canola

color and in good shape. the area there getting 6 inches of rain over the past 20 days...he says while the moisture is appreciated they're od for now. and farther south..much farther... in brazil the growing season is in full swing. ron haase sent us these photos of soybeans from mato grosso. he says things look pretty good so far...as he travels across the state. ron says cattle in the area don't look too bad either. and remember if you have a picture to share be sure to post it on our facebook page, twitter or email it to us with a short description at mailbag at us farm report dot com. mike your final thoughts on weather during christmas week? and don't forget next weekend iour annual christmain the country special..tyne will be here..along with many others to help celebrate the season. don't miss it... for john, al and mikekei'm clinton griffiths. thank you for watching u- s farm report. we'll be back next weekend--including fresh market perspective during a short holiday week. merry christmas and have a great day in farm country.

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