we went from 1925 and i got all the data from usda which has the most wonderful library in the world to the state of maryland. there were about 5000 boilers in the boiler was another innovation with the support of research at the linker in colleges. five years later 500,000. five years later, 5 million so this was not a gradual process. >> host: is the same thing true with respect to the pork in the cattle industry as well? those are different industries, they don't have exactly the same models. >> guest: the cattle industry does. i think that may have something to do with where this started. the reason the broiler industry began in southern maryland and arkansas by the way john tyson ran a trucking industry so he was also knowledgeable about transport and the opportunities it gave to ramping up agricultural production. i think the reason the broiler industry developed the way it did was in the old south and to some extent the whole contract contract --. >> host: contract with the people, with the farmers. >> guest: with the farmers. that had his sharecropper overtone and what they r

we go from 1925 and i got this data from the usda, the most wonderful library in the world. there were about 5000 boilers in those innovation from the usda support of research so there about 5000 boilers sold for five years later, 500,000. 500,000. five years later, 5 million, so this was not a gradual process,. >> is the same thing true with respect to the pork and cattle industry? although those are different industries they don't have exactly the same models. >> the cattle industry is more independent. >> i think that may have something to do with where these things started. first off the recent the boiler industry began in southern maryland and in arkansas, john tyson granted trucking industry so he was also knowledge about transport and the opportunity it gave to ramping up agricultural production. i think there is a reason the boiler industry develop though it did was really in the old south and to some extent the whole contract system has echoes. >> with the farmers. >> guest: that has sharecropping overtones and that the grower is given the raw material, the cotton s

usda considered a yawner with the big story is cotton. usda upping it's production forecast to 16 point 5 million 480-pound bales. thats 2 percent above last month and up 28 percent from last year. and look at u.s. carryover. corn, soybeans and wheat unchanged from lat month. but usda bumping up cotton to 4.8 million bales. commodity prices facing mixed messages during week. soybeans seeing a bump early on exports numbers. so i mean espeically moving higher on news that china by 462,000 tons of soybeans from the united states over the week and that's big news becaues that has meant a lot of talk that the demand from china is stripping down to strong days early, beans pulling back later in the week...with january contracts hovering around the 10-20 to 10-30 range. commodity markets part of the ride this week across all financials. u.s. stocks and the dow jones industrial average and the s&p trading at fresh all time highs. the dow now on its way to 20-thousand. in the heart of drying season, natural gas prices have jumped more than 34 perce

the oversight of the usda covers fresh produce, meat dairy. most packaged goods fall under the f.d.a. >> this is the day that "star wars" fans have been waiting for with "rogue one," hitting the theaters. check out the fans in los angeles. there are still tickets available in the bay area. rogue one is expected to have the second biggest december oning ever after last year, "the force," pilling in $2.1 billion we do not have a hanz but we get a look of darth so, perhaps, we will only be slightly behind that. >>> and abc is supporting toys for tots in cooperation with "rogue one," and on saturday and sunday you can doughnut a new unwrapped toy to make the holiday brighter for kids all over the bay area. >> the heaviest rains fall on i-80 through the afternoon and south down to possibly the grapevine when we get to the evening hours. heavy, wet, heart attack snow is in the sierra starting at noon. through can tomorrow. if you head up there go now but it will be windy. look at this, temperatures below zero all day extend and more warmth and snub f

.> now for the market related news, usda revising its net farm income projections for the year. and with struggling commodity prices, it's a third straight year of falling proifts on the farm. 2016 net farm income is forecast at nearly 67 billion dollars. (66.9), the lowest since 2009. that's down more than 17 percent from a year ago, and a 30 percent drop in the last two years. cash receipts expected to fall 23 point 4 billion dollars, mainly due to a drop in the livestock sector. usda expects a 19 percent increase in direct government farm program payments, to nearly 13 billion dollars in 2016 avian flu is spreading rapidly across europe with the largest a-i outbreak in nearly two years. and thousands of birds also being culled in europe, as highly pathogenic h-5-n-8 avian influeza is spreading there. the world organization for animal health confirming a-i in 10 european countries, including croatia, germany, sweden and russia. an estimated 27 thousand birds in europe have died in just a few weeks from avian flu. hong kong and ukraine lauching bans on poultry and poultry produ

due it lags hidden the recognizing and protecting natural resources the city is behind the times the usda has a policy in 1965 the department of interior in 1967 over the past 5 decades having objectives have evolved like climatic change and environmental justice frankly our neighbors the presidio trust and california state parks have been roebs and protecting critical natural resources for many years time for the office of the small business commission to step up it is time for the city government to stop shirking the responsibilities and pitch in like the neighbors for years now your opportunity commissioners to protect our environment demonstrate responsible viral leadership by adapting the eir and approving the plan >> good evening i'm nancy former member of the rec and park advisory committee and for 9 years educate i came today to ask to please approve the maintenance alternative for the natural areas management plan in the eir viral sensitive and superior i should say tomorrow i would like to you have request the general manager of rec and park department mr. ginsburg to prepare fo

arresting adding you need to plant three adding you need to plant three trees for each you remove to all the usdanew exceedance on labeling foods for the sell they want to use one phrase "best if used by." it covers mostly fresh produce and meat and dairy. packages goods fall under the f.d.a. so that is another system. >> "star wars" fans have been longing for this day. >> rogue one hits theaters tonight. fans are already picking up tickets, lining up, late at night, check out these guys, we checked this morning and there are still ticks available in the bay area. "rogue one," will have the secondist biggest december morning ever after "the force," last year. it does not have hands so likely going to be less but we get to see darth. $2.1 billion around the world last year and we will see what happened this year. >> i only saw one dude dressed up. step up your game bay area. >> abc7 is supporting toys for tots and saturday and sunday if you bring an unwrapped toy to the nissan dealer you can make the holiday brighter. meteorologist mike nicco, man of the hour, take it away. >> we will get thunder

the company that makes the factors affect how quickly food spoils, and the usda provides guidance on most common situations with extra precaution, but it's not a holy grail. but many doctors disagree. >> the food sniffer is a fun gadget to play around with but those guidelines are there for a reason. by the way, the food sniffer not cheap, it sells for about $130. when we left the meat out overnight, came back the next morning, it stunk to high heaven, but everything did come back spoiled. >> after five hours did it smell? >> it was yucky. >> if you left something out for two hours -- >> you know what, if you go grocery shopping, you throw it in the car, run some other errands, oh, my gosh, you get home. thanks, jeff. >>> coming up on popstart, winner denzel washington just revealed the bands in a session of ask me anything. >>> and don't stare directly at them. carson is checking out the reaction from those brightly colored uniforms right after this. to sml two body washes and pick their favorite. they both smell good. i like b better. i prefer b. b. i would like to smell like this

company that makes the food sniffer telling nbc news many factors affect how quickly food spoils and the usdae on how consumers should behave in most common situations with extra precaution. but it is not a holy grail. but many doctors disagree. >> the foodsniffer is a fun gadget to play around with but those guidelines are there for a reason. >> by the way, the foodsniffer, not cheap. it sells for $130. we left the meat out for 24 hours. came back the next morning, it stunk to high heaven, but everything came back spoiled on the foodsniffer. >> when you smelled it after five hours. >> it was disgusting. yucky. >> you said that you would -- if you had left something out for two hours, would you think that is spoiled? >> if you go grocery shopping, you throw it in the car, you run for other errands. you get home -- you think it is fine. >> jeff, thank you. >>> coming up on "popstart!" the surprising things oscar winner denzel washington just revealed to fans in a session of "ask me anything." >>> don't stare directly at them. carson is checking out the reaction from those brightly colored unif

the usda as japan but aside from the airforce with the fighters combined and as a defensive role but the one thing that is lacking is the strike capability. and the last thing is geography and geopolitics. >> and the navy and the air force especially the south china sea but the line connecting taiwan betted is discussing the united states betted is a new concept in must be something different. and then hard enough to contain china but with that strike capability. of the crisis that is not so. tsks -- and the japanese capabilities but with this missile defense capability than the things that i want to say. thank you very much. >> but in terms of missile defense that is extremely important within the context with their broad comprehensive approach to missile defense and the question for the japanese fleet and with those american aircraft carriers would be the position of the japanese fleet? how close all or you and what is the alternate logistics'? have you block japan? out? >> we will block the threat. >> but first, okay. >> if they are watching this it makes me uncomfortable. [laught

. >> reporter: in oregon there are more fir trees than people for now but according to the usda, oregonhristmas tree growers cut and sold 4.7 million trees in 2015. down 26% from 2010. it's been tough for oregon farmers like john. >> christmas tree industry it's been tough the last few years. prices have been suppressed so a lot of farmers in oregon are struggling not putting in many trees into the ground and our trees take nine to eleven years to grow. >> reporter: he just got more trees delivered from oregon today. he said he saw the shortage coming. did you know that in a few years it would be tight? >> i had an idea. i have been kind of forewarned that things would get tighter because a to a lot of tree growers got out of the business. >> reporter: farmers have turned fields into other commodities that they can turn quicker than trees which take 10 years to grow. >> grapes, hazelnuts, other things. >> reporter: things that are now legal in california? >> correct. >> reporter: he says he bought trees in bulk this season. whole fields of trees. he says he hopes this isn't a dying indu

due it lags hidden the recognizing and protecting natural resources the city is behind the times the usda has a policy in 1965 the department of interior in 1967 over the past 5 decades having objectives have evolved like climatic change and environmental justice frankly our neighbors the presidio trust and california state parks have been roebs and protecting critical natural resources for many years time for the office of the small business commission to step up it is time for the city government to stop shirking the responsibilities and pitch in like the neighbors for years now your opportunity commissioners to protect our environment demonstrate responsible viral leadership by adapting the eir and approving the plan >> good evening i'm nancy former member of the rec and park advisory committee and for 9 years educate i came today to ask to please approve the maintenance alternative for the natural areas management plan in the eir viral sensitive and superior i should say tomorrow i would like to you have request the general manager of rec and park department mr. ginsburg to prepare fo

we have the latest usda diplomacy in china <"he's tenacious, and he's going to have to be."> teh aftermath of floods and heartbreaking weather in south carolina taking its toll on faremrs' crops <"it's anywhere from zero to 800 pounds> that's our farm journal report. and in john's world... stage 3 woodworking, it's not pretty>

due it lags hidden the recognizing and protecting natural resources the city is behind the times the usda has a policy in 1965 the department of interior in 1967 over the past 5 decades having objectives have evolved like climatic change and environmental justice frankly our neighbors the presidio trust and california state parks have been roebs and protecting critical natural resources for many years time for the office of the small business commission to step up it is time for the city government to stop shirking the responsibilities and pitch in like the neighbors for years now your opportunity commissioners to protect our environment demonstrate responsible viral leadership by adapting the eir and approving the plan >> good evening i'm nancy former member of the rec and park advisory committee and for 9 years educate i came today to ask to please approve the maintenance alternative for the natural areas management plan in the eir viral sensitive and superior i should say tomorrow i would like to you have request the general manager of rec and park department mr. ginsburg to prepare fo

due it lags hidden the recognizing and protecting natural resources the city is behind the times the usda has a policy in 1965 the department of interior in 1967 over the past 5 decades having objectives have evolved like climatic change and environmental justice frankly our neighbors the presidio trust and california state parks have been roebs and protecting critical natural resources for many years time for the office of the small business commission to step up it is time for the city government to stop shirking the responsibilities and pitch in like the neighbors for years now your opportunity commissioners to protect our environment demonstrate responsible viral leadership by adapting the eir and approving the plan >> good evening i'm nancy former member of the rec and park advisory committee and for 9 years educate i came today to ask to please approve the maintenance alternative for the natural areas management plan in the eir viral sensitive and superior i should say tomorrow i would like to you have request the general manager of rec and park department mr. ginsburg to prepare fo

and the usda covering things like food stamps and all sorts of other things. 're putting on a full-court press. the epa side, is there going to be a cutback in the corn going into ethanol. big oil doesn't like that either. a lot of people would criticize agriculture for being independent. they want to make sure the new administration remembers what they meant for trump. and also the importance of international trade. again, agriculture, one of the few industries where we have a trade surplus. >> and do they name cowley after the cows, jane? >> i'm sorry? >> cowly, wyoming. i'm wondering if that's an accident with all of the cows behind you. >> well, you know, it sure smells like cowly, wyoming. i'll tell you that. but the folks here -- i have to tell you. it's been really cold. people with the warmest hearts. just the nicest folks. i had a steak dinner last night from a local steer, and it was awesome! >> a beautiful, beautiful landscape. glad we don't have to smell it. jane wells, out there in wyoming. >>> twitter's stock falling after the netflix/twitter acco

in ensuring farmers and ranchers in the colorado river basin were being properly compensated by the usda. likewise, throughout the 2014 farm bill negotiations, alan used his lifelong knowledge of ag policy to ensure that ag stakeholders were being properly represented. through the casework in my office, he has touched so many lives, likely more than he realizes. he's helped families navigate the adoption process and take home a child without a home. he's assisted countless veterans with getting the benefits they deserve. these aren't just cases to alan. these are acts changing people's lives desands them because he has a heart that is geared torse the service others. after all of his successes and degrees and after awful his accomplishments in and out of my congressional office, it's alan's devotion and absolute love for his family and his church that is most inspiring. he married his wife in 1966 and raised two children. when he is not work on behalf of colorado, he enjoys spoiling his grand chirchlt according to alan, the driving force that propels him, his ambition and us? his life is

the program . in addition we focused officials from doe, usda, the epa, nfs and department of defense.we visited research laboratories in iowa, illinois and wisconsin, interviewed representatives from 11 advanced biofuels producers that use a wide variety of conversion technology. finally, we reviewed numerous buddies and reports pursuant to our questions. the most salient finding of our report is that it is unlikely that advanced biofuels and meet statutory targets for the rfs in the near to midterm. cynically, production of advanced biofuels fell below category targets by well over 1 billion gallons in 2014 and it's expected to be all $5 billion short by 2017. while there are growth of advanced biofuels, the fuel that have already been commercialized, we found broad expert consensus that growth potential in the near to midterm falls short of rfs statutory targets. the second major finding is that changes to law or epa administration could mark markedly improve the program and the investment climate toward advanced biofuels. experts say changing obligated parties to vendors as well as

in the aftermath of the fire, general council of usda determined that the forestry service did nothing out of line and claimed no responsibility to those harmed by this carelessness. . this would require the forestry service to conduct prescribed burns on when the national fire rating system indicates it's safe to do so in that county and contiguous counties. furthermore, the big would encourage greater collaboration between local officials, helping to mitigate more of the risk to private lands. we all stride to be good neighbors and hope our neighbors do the same. with passage, this bill gives many neighbors to the forestry service additional certainty, and i urge your support. and with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. >> i thank you the gentleman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, the prescribed burn approval act of 2016, s. 3395, will help alleviate unintentional disasters when as ribed burns d

the state of technology and prospects towards advanced bio fuel. we met individual with 24 experts to evaluate ep's administration program. in addition we spoke with officials from eoe, usda, epa, nsf and the department of defense. we also visited laboratories in iowa, illinois and wisconsin and interviewed representatives from 11. nienlly, we reviewed numerous studies. it is unlikely that they'll meet in the near to midterm. specifically, reduction of advanced bio fuel fell below statutory targets by well over a billion gallons and expected to be almost 5 billion gallons short by 2017. while there is some room for growth of advanced bio fuels, particularly for the fuels that have been commercialized, we found broad expert consensus that this growth consensus falls short of our targets. the second major finding is that changes to law or epa's administration could marginally improve the program and investment climate for advanced bio fuels. experts said that changing parties to blenders as opposed to oil refiners will improve the functioning of the rim market and eliminate asymmetric burden who are not blenders of bio fuel. providing federal tax credits do not expire perio

usda says 30% of food is wasted. it hopes to change that by making it clearer on the labeling. >>> coming up, firefighters rescue a boy after nobody shows up for his party. >> up next, police say they have more body cameras on than any other police department across . >>> leslie the mayor said npd now has more body cameras than any other police department in the country. it's a $5 million invest n. safety. >> this cc police officer is showing mayor bowser how his body camera works. interim bowser put out cameras to officers. >> on september 11, d.c. police officer brian trainer fatally shot sterling in northwest d.c. his body camera was not turned on. following the mayor ordered all 911 dispatchers to remind officers to turn on body cameras before they arrived at scene. >>> today three months later, this procedure is helpful. >>> if an officer does forget, the interim police chief says there are consequences. i end eight if someone is responding to something. it's not because they're familiar or trying to do the right thing and did not turn their camera on. that would be treated differently. >> right now a study is un

so, of course, the department of education, department of labor, usda, small business association. each agency is taking a look to say, how can our agency contribute to some of the things to increase the probability of individuals being successful? opportunities i'm finding overseeing the second chance portfolio is the solicitations are focused toward correctional facilities, behind the wall. how do we change our solicitations to have greater impact from behind the wall to outside the wall? so, one of the opportunities we are taking advantage of in 2017 is strategically wrighting what we want correctional facilities to do, no longer opening it up to tell us how we could do the reduction. still have the plan but these are some of the elements we want to see in place. we want to see people leave prison with a state id. we want to see people leave the role of medicaid. there's a waiver for food stamp eligibility. we want people enrolled in food stamps when they leave prison and not have to wait on the outside. there's another rule where individuals who get social security disability. y

so, of course, the department of education, department of labor, usda, small business association. where each individual agency has taken a look to say how can our agency contribute to some of the things to increase the probability of individuals being successful. opportunities that i'm finding overseeing the second chance portfolio is the solicitations are a lot of times focused toward correctional facilities behind the wall. how do we change our solicitations to have greater impact from continuity of care of a hand from behind the wall to outside the wall? so one of the opportunities we are taking advantage of in 2017 is strategically writing what we want correctional facilities to do, no longer opening it up to tell us how we could do the recidivism reduction. still have the plan but these are some of the elements we want to see in place. we want to see people leave prison with a state id. we want to see people leave the roll of medicaid. if you're a medicaid eligible state. there's a waiver for food stamp eligibility. we want people enrolled in food stamps when they leave prison