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>> hello and welcome to us army port. on john pitt. we are not just off to the races this season, we are burning up the track. but i'm not sure why we are so surprised. all the prophets have not been gathering dust in the bank vault. industries have raised the capacities for high-speed fieldwork. one of the bst does has been the jump from 5 miles per hour with speeds to 8 miles per hour in the field. it may sound like no big deal but it's index nothing acceleration for yours truly. no wonder all of us are eyeing the field next door. time now for the headlines. >> thank you john and hello everyone. the small fire this week out of sizable impact on part of its

incoming government operations. the reports were released that day later on tuesday. when the report did come out, it showed them well above the pace. the five-year averages to 6%. in indiana, 24% is seated, the average is 2% and all hail its 2%. in nebraska is 4%, and 7% in minnesota. in northwest missouri, on farmers who were swapped by floodwaters last year hoping to make the comeback this growing season. it hoped county alone, 60,000 acres of farmland went under water would let these on missouri river gave way. the scars the scars on the land are striking and in many areas of the soil is covered with layers of sand and silt. >> is going to take years for

this to recover. there are some growers that are removing the sand and there are some that are incorporating it. any type of situation that they can get rid of the same and they are trying to. >> contaminants in the soil is not the big concern because the floodwaters that came out of the reservoir was clean. the biggest problem is high salt levels but the greens will wash the salt throughout the soil. hay prices continue to climb. the average age price was $181 per ton last year was 126 per ton. i'll file for bringing in $201, nearly $60 over last march. the upper midwest have been extremely fast start but there is still concern for prostate edge. but pictures hold and the crop continues. bruce headings in your area could be weeks or more early. that may force some farmers to split the time between planting

commodity crops and he fields. >> now back to john for crop watch. >> coif watch is brought to you by sfp. putting revolutionary technology to work to get more from the fertilizer dollar and crops. >> crop watch this week begins with some help from our shutterbug tyne. rainfall very in this part of the state and it made sharma quarter of an inch. in jefferson county new york, ground conditions were perfect. the spring we and oats planted three weeks ago are up. and in grant county georgia, on mass crop for sport or so scattered storms may have caused damage to crops.

the condition of the state's blueberry crop is evenly split. 16% is very poor but the other categories all in the 20's. when we come back, i'll talk markers with brian doherty and alan fry. that discussion begins in just two minutes. please stay with us.

>> roundtable guests this week on us farm report, dan frye and brian webster and peterson. we were talking off camera on where we ought to go today. and the thing that struck me the most is a lot of producers are out there busy trying to get planted last week and then

they looked at the market and it looked like the night market went down. -- the ag went down. what causes that and how do they respond? >> i think the producers are winning on the corn market for higher price. but the market was sluggish. corn just could not get up and go. i don't think it ever got high enough for them to be comfortable, and now with nice weather and pointing how started, corn continues to erode and that's the problem. >> why did that corn go down like that though? >> welcome we have the acreage report, 95.9 billion acres but then in 2000 and they didn't refuse to carry out. that 801 was bearish and you saw that calls the quotation in the crossroads. >> but a lot of farmers have been looking at the old crop corn which is still out there

because we don't know what how much china will buy. >> it's kind of business as usual. the usda reports in support of the market there's just enough with the buck 10 to december, now trading around 65-cent level. the idea is that there will be more corn in the pipeline sooner this year therefore taking the premium out of the old crop. >> sure, it's looking at additional we into the pipeline sooner this year as well as corn harvested in september for september delivery or even late august. >> so talking about corn or feed, you are talking about maybe kind of the negative trend for our farmer. >> how about soybean, we haven't mentioned that yet.

>> they are the shining star of commodities. april was the disaster for livestock, talk on the corn market, the weather was good for corn and beans were an excellent export activity. we summarized brazil and it's an phone market. >> do you think we will see $15? >> well, we traded highs today. but beans could go cryer, kyra. new crop, i think i'm bearish. i think you need to be selling this. i think on june 30th we will see more acres, and we talked the little bit about that off- camera but there's been a lot of switching. maybe at couple million and i think double crop acres will be up when it's all said and done. >> for the united states will

plant more soybean? >> but our producers have been telling us is, it's around 2.6 or approaching that and showed them in the switch makers back to soybeans. >> if they haven't already put the nitrogen down in the field at this point. >> well, and that is in the whole bunch. when you think about it there are a lot of people that don't have the nitrogen on some to have that ability to be able to switch once those economies of scale shape up and say they will switch from corn to be. >> yes. whenever you add that together it makes the difference. now, i know that -- >> i think the us and more mobiles until proven, and what's different this year as compared to last year? is still dry in the south, but

i would say it's normal and will stay normal. >> it looks like the look of snow in the eastern part of the united states this weekend. we will be back with more us farm report in just the moment. calories the

average weights of children and teens will go up four pounds by 20-20 making the obesity rate hit 20 percent. that's it for news...meteorol ogist mike hoffman joins us now with the national forecast. king care of an animal is usually a

roundtable guest this week daryn fry and brian doherty, and we were talking as the camera ( -left-paren just the second, we were talking about some of the things. there are some concerns about how the producer is feeling at the same time how the marketer is feeling about this market, because they have been more volatile than i have seen recently. in your judgment, how's the producer? >> well i think it's easy to be confused right now. you have corn sliding and we not able to rally. we have rallies later in the year where we are in the fall,

why did i do that, should i not so corn, i think we have some farmers behind the eight ball that were just looking for better prices winter and it didn't get there. now all of a sudden we are on the good planting progress, process. all of a sudden we will do below $5 and then all the bears will come out of the woodwork and tell us how low we will go. some farmers might make. poor decisions at this point. >> normally, we would have down year but last year with our second down year in ebro and that's not typically something to see historically. >> in most cases if you have other plans then you can avoid this position, can you or can you not? >> while i would take you have to have the plane. the market is confusing and all of us were waiting for higher

corn, and we are trying to gain back some of those acres. but you think the corn has to rally but today's the good example. it's very confusing for anyone. what this family have an impact text but i don't think it will. i think it will continue to slide as long as there is we around, and the weather is not the problem during pollination and there's only one direction it will go. >> while we look at how much was out there and how much we use the macbook had dictated that we don't always look at that. i'm bringing in the macro at this point in time, and both of you are smiling. >> yes. it's only like at china planting, you look at our carry

out which is 800 million which still stocks the usage, and it's confusing because you can be bullish corn in the corn market has potential but it has to have something to kickstart the potential and bring others nothing kickstarting the market. i think that's where we should prepare ourselves for the worst because it are much lower priced market. for four or five months from now. >> so you have to have that what it planned. >> that's right. unless we have weather show up and the old crop/new crop corn stock doesn't turn around, we have seen the funds come out of a lot of old crop contracts and that went from the dollar 102 down to where it is now. there's nothing to get excited about. if the end-user is not worried about tight inventories told

september first then, he certainly not concerned at the weather is going well. >> they've been talking about mostly negative prices at this point in time. what could be on the bright side of things that we need to look at and be prepared for? >> well, even if we come back with the big corn crop, we will have to get one next year. it's changing in size, and wood products. but if the short-term picture of big shifting acres over to corn. >> i think team is in the bright spot for right now but, i think demand will continue to grow. if we go down with us, we wonder what will raise the bigger crop. if the demand base that has if the demand base that has been going for the there's been a whole lot of talk lately about internet speeds...

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>> time to talk rain with meteorologist mike hoffman. >> i got enough, to keep planting, but i don't know if they got much in that area? >> well, we will see how that affects affects the drop on better next week. still very dry you can see in the southeast and also southern and western texas. the southwest has been getting drier and drier, and also the popular dryness through the corn belt. her mac we have major storms being sent to the east coast, and that we'll slowly move off to the northeast. you can see it takes its time

so you can see you get chilly air through the week. this looks like it pretty big weather maker as we head into friday and saturday. this will becoming east, bringing some chilly air behind it but the main thing is it will be picking up golf moisture. so the chances for rain from this next system but also the threat of the severe weather outbreak as well. that's something we will have to watch coming across the pacific right now. but the strong system off the northeast coast, rain near the coast. and there may be several inches of heavy and wet snow and some of the higher elevations. thunderstorms into florida the high-pressure dominated east texas and louisiana into the great lakes with by whether they are. the next system causes rain and mountain snow. that system will move into the great lakes as we head into the middle of the week.

this will be of big weather maker because high-pressure showed kind of keep it from getting too much golf moisture. and in the next system starts to come in. this will have energy with it, and as we head towards east, this is how what this is. even some snow on the the canadian border in northern and central rockies. but with the cold front, better chance of showers and thunderstorms coming through with that. and then this whole system needs together and forms are pretty powerful system it looks like as we the next half hour with your longer-range forecasts. rrcking in our

at least one of the year i stumble across an article in the bar magazine that declares cash is king or some such version of that opinion. is it not for new development as it has been the team and financial advice for my entire career. the remarkable aspect of this assertion is it has been so long for so long. what's important right now as it may be an even more strategy for how to handle your wealth. the iteration of cash has its roots in history when money supply was fixed by the amount of gold available for by the submitted wealth of a few rich people. demand that cash could earn respectable interests when one to governments or individuals to finance consumption. what we never imagined was the world awash in savings, atop the consumer population cutting back spending and governments

devoted to austerity. rates on deposits are little more than zero. despite predictions of raging inflation and zooming interest rates, cash shows no sign of resuscitation. those predictions are way past their sell by date and cash continues to pile up around the globe. and as hard as it is to comprehend, cash is of burdensome remix. one big reason is the former king is homeless, and simply the place to be. let us know what you think. send e-mails to mailbag at us farm report.com or call and leave us in voicemail. coming up in our next half- hour, the dog and the disabled farmer on the special bond. stay with us. the second half of us farm report is coming right up. today on u-s farm

report... pork producers respond to a today on us farm report, pork producers respond or rate of story complaint by animal welfare critics. because it should basis pieces of the future as hard-pressed consumers cut back. and see how some special helpers make it different for disabled farmers. us farm report. brought to you by ag explorer. hello and welcome to us farm report. our protein sector has a lot on its plate right now. while high-speed costs have been the major threat to costs,

there is no good into that battle. i think many consumers are wary of controversy itself. maybe we are outraged out or something. whatever the reason avoiding the topic is the popular choice. i do not dispute the strategy is vigorously fighting back which seems to be the opposition of favor. the industry what undoubtedly survive but, it will be significantly changed, i think. let's get started with those headlines. >> thank you. the pork industry is the most recent target of an animal out the best group. the humane society of the united states to pile the legal complaint against the national pork producers council this week regarding its weak care initiative and its poor quality assurance plus program. they say, rather than investing in real animal welfare reform bigger betting on the deceptive

pr campaign designed to mislead consumers with false assurances. in response they say the attack is the latest by animal rights activists on america's hog farmers. it goes on to say that they look forward to the ftc quickly dismissing the complaint. they believe this was stemming from the opposition of the echo. that is currently waiting to go before the house side committee and will be on the senate floor soon. >> legislators i'm one step closer that makes foaming under cover videos on livestock farms or facilities the criminal into. if passed, the missouri bill would make it legal for animal activist to lie on job applications to get hired by farmers and ranchers. they are trying to prevent them from video taping and

operations. are americans eating less and? taro jewel of oklahoma state university say gas prices are giving consumers less disposable income which could create petitions on what they are able to pay at the meat counter. >> we seem to keep hitting the ceiling on the thing of the consumer level and not being able to go past that. i suspect one of the greatest impact right now is that gas prices have increased so much this spring, there are still those underlying backrub factors of unemployment and people are financially out of the stress and blood demands, so all of those factors play into it. >> another factor is grocery stores including these with no hell as tv on the shelves. according to house that committee chairman frank lucas the supplemental nutrition assistance program is said to us cost $80 billion in 2012

which is double where they were in 2007. one in seven americans receive benefits from the program and proposal would cut those benefits by $34 billion. the proposal passed by the activity that produced the family of four is monthly benefits by almost $60. the changes would also tighten eligibility rules for the program, forcing 3 million people out of the program. we have already heard the sobering statistics on child's ability to reduce those numbers. they are hoping to get kids back on the healthy track. the us department of health and human services has decided to try to cut obesity rate 215% of school-aged kids fight the year 2020. to get their understudy says kids need to eat less. 64calories per day less. without cutting those, the average weight of children and

teens will make the obesity rate hit 20%. >> the fda checking on them is the first of many, bright? >> we talk to the national cattlemen's association and said they wouldn't be surprised if they were next. they said they are ready. >> all right. thank you. now for the man of the hour, mike hoffman joins us with the national forecast. >> it looks like we are going to flip-flopping because we have to this coming week. what i mean by that is we will have the strong cough off of the eastern seaboard as we start the week with the big storm system causing rain and events about snow or accumulating snow in the

higher elevations. this will be pretty powerful system that we will beat the popping up what the tropic comes into the west as we head out into the later parts of the week. as we head out there, we will bring warm air back into the southern and western plains states. the little bit of rain and not snow back into the pacific northwest and the ridge moves into the great lakes, mississippi valley, and that will be causing warmer air again. but just to little bit of the system over the top of that ridge will cause a few light showers. too top off the eastern seaboard which continues to weaken, that goes away. the ridge comes into the great lakes by friday. and this is the double berry black arrow. this whole system will cause a lot of moisture coming across the rockies and eventually into the plains states and eastward as we head into next weekend.

tend to stick this into the first week of may. above normal pictures expected. ohio and a lot of the southern plains are more than normal. near-normal than for the great lakes, srs precipitation next week we are expecting above normal pain as the system starts to come in. these are the lingering effects of that. so about normal into the plains states back into the western parts of the country. temperatures still about normal for much of the plains states and into the ohio valley. near normal for the northeast and northwest, srs precipitation is concerned, from texas through the great lakes we are expecting abnormal participation. in the southeast and where the

drought situations are, we are going below normal for the next 30-60 days. but you've been pointing out, we've been showing a lot of nicer weather in these areas. ecb systems come in but sometimes you just get the best. >> thank you mike. the spirit of the heartland is next. taking care of an

animal is usually a chore but in this case a specially trained dog is making life eas >> taking care of an animal is the usually age four, but in this case specially trained dog is making life easier for up armored with the disability.

we are introducing you to farm dog helping its owner get the chores done. >> his name is cody. the yellow lab is making like the little easier for farmer bruce trammell. the missouri university extension program allowed him to get back its independence. farm dog which stands for past helping agriculture and will missouri sports farmers with disabilities. >> four years ago, he suffered brain injury that led to migraines and balance issues. odie is trained to help ease some of the workload with him later, he directs before they get help or to retrieve tools and other items. >> it's not going to solve everything but it is going to allow him to have more

independence. >> jackie allen brand, i've disability assistance with the extension started the farm dog project. >> many times people tell you to give up and find another occupation but there are ways to stay on the farm. >> with the dog by his side, he can now attend to his guardian, get on his tractor and feed his horses, which is comforting news for his family. >> i'm relieved that he has someone there with him. >> from the university of missouri, i'm ken. >> with all the training involved the service dog will cost around $5000. the dog program relies on donations. if you'd like to help, go to the university of missouri extension website. google also put him link on our

website as well. next week we are off to florida tomato vegetable grower who started at six years old. by the time he was nine he hired his first employee. that story next week on spirit of the heartland. up next, story time baxter black. on farms and

ranches across america, the "to- do" list is long and often challenging...esp >> on farms and ranches across america to do list is often long and often challenging, especially if you don't have more than one set of hands to get the job done. baxter has some thoughts about

that but if arizona ranch. >> so there i was pulling one end of the wire touching vents. this translate stretched tight in the cloth hammer which i have balanced against the post raising it with my leg. i peeked under my arm and raised the wire half inch. perfect. but the staple from my lips and set it on the post and reached for my pounding hammer which lay exactly 3 inches beyond my grasp. i turned to my assistant. are you kidding but i have no assistance. you are in the countdown outlay and you run around and open to educate to entice her to come forward, keeping one hand on the handover, you try to keep her and she false all fours.

you stretch your mind, and did the whole. then you stick it in the post. you profit up with the shovel and cottonwood limit and then walk back to the first post for us fighting. it's too short and relating to the west. he returned to the offending post, and then you quickly readjust and return for the second of what turned out to be under trips back and forth before you complete the job by yourself. two-man jobs crop up often, especially when you are alone. i gave up four by eight shootout hot plywood, or killing your rope off of us here, off of his head or the horns will be in the middle of the pen. but to our credit we get it done, and by ourselves if we

have to. but i'm asked what my definition of the cowboy is, by definition is, someone who can replace the uterine prolapse in the free range cow in three sections of pasture with nothing but horse envelope. we her work that land, the combination of belligerence and immunity to pain. this is baxter black from out there. >> baxter joins us again in two weeks. until then check out his work online. when we come back, track details and our country church salute. please stay with this week's

tractor tales. >> we are back with track

details, but before i get started, we have of friend was because dfive cap, and if you can help them rebuild it, let us know. >> distractor has had some changes after it rolled off the assembly line, changes that the owner says will welcome additions. >> it has the eight front wheels on it. i don't know if that's the usual. i know henry ford at his with the model change, so the 826 wheels could be original but i can't verify that. the cap is probably an aftermarket built for board that is made to fit the tractor. they are quite rare, rare and i have tried to find this one and

i happened to stumble on the data tractor show. i got walked up and we got to talking about boards and he told me that he had something and might be interested in. it's the old four-cylinder ford, it's been very dependable. they have lasted many years. probably one of the most dependable engines ever made. it works really well with these. >> today's country church salute goes to saint anthony of the catholic church in homeland, south dakota. if the beautiful structure and is posted on the national register of historic places. the nickname is the cathedral and the prairie. it was conceded at cost of quarter million dollars.

it has extensive oak woodwork including 300-pound doors. the church has twin spires which i lit up by spotlights. the congregation puts a lot of sweat and equity into the building of the church and they also put in 20,000 volunteer hours in the 1980's when the church needed and major restoration. thank you to rosemary brewer who is the church member and irregular helper with the u.s. stay with us. time now for our

weekly look inside the farm

report mailbag... antoney manning asks a short question: "what confuses me is the commodities time for the mailbag. anthony manning pass the deceptively short question. what confuses me is the commodity reports and yields. how do you read them? thank you for reminding us that many of our viewers are not producers or familiar with commodity markets, but even those of us who are would be exaggerating if we suddenly understood the markets. many of our reports are laden with acronyms and assumption of basic knowledge because explaining from scratch would take too much time. luckily, the largest egg market has abundant online material for people to get the handle on

what they are talking about. one challenge with this self-education is back markets have not stopped evolving. it seems quaint to say today that commodity markets used to be sweet and sleepy little changes that combated with stock markets. today the markets aren't continuous, technology and part of the global financial complex and that these kinds of dollars flow across borders and investments delay. as the result, the markets we report on our impossible to predict and difficult to exchange. in other words, modern commodity markets are much like your cell phones. we are not sure how they work. we always want to hear from you. send us e-mail or the vessel voicemail. i'm john phipps, say, thank you for watching us farm imports. make sure you join us next week. we will be looking to do even better.