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Logan
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11/29/06
Crop News Weekly
Welcome to a diet conscious issue of Crop News
Weekly. I have discovered why they call the turkey dressing
"stuffing". I ate so much on Thanksgiving I nearly fell asleep
during the football game - Heaven forbid!
While last week's holiday break provided less ag news activity than
usual, you can expect things to heat up this week as behind-the-scene
lawmakers and industry pros set their sights on making up for time lost
before the Christmas break, paving the way for substantial efforts in
the new year. On the top of the news list this week, an insatiable
demand for corn for ethanol production combined with projected record
exports is likely to drive U.S. corn stocks-to-use ratio down to 10
percent this season. The last two times that happened, prices soared. In
other news, in the weeks of mud-slinging, posturing, and empty promises
of the recent election campaigns, David Walker's voice sort of got
drowned out in the cacophony. He wasn't running for anything -- he's got
a job until 2013, so he doesn't have to kowtow to anyone to keep his
position -- but the message he had for anyone who'd listen was every bit
as important as the blathering of the candidates. Also this week, a
worldwide racing first, the IndyCar Series is poised to open its 2007
season on March 24 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway with the debut of the
new 3.5 liter Honda Indy V-8 engine fueled by 100 percent fuel-grade
ethanol. Alternative fuel is apparently not only getting better, it's
getting faster. And congratulations to Kip Cullers, Purdy, MO, who has
established a new world soybean production record. Averaging 139.39
bu./acre, Cullers is the winner of the conventional category of the 2006
Missouri Soybean Association (MSA) yield contest.
You'll find these and other stories in this issue of Crop News
Weekly. Happy reading!
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Sen.
Harkin's ag committee
11/28/06
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin will become chairman of the
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry when Democrats
assume control of the House and Senate in January. Incoming Majority
Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said he anticipates naming Harkin
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Corn
for ethanol demand driving prices higher
11/27/06
An insatiable demand for corn for ethanol production
combined with projected record exports is likely to drive U.S. corn
stocks-to-use ratio down to 10 percent this season. The last two times
that happened, prices soared. CBOT corn futures peaked at $5.545 per
bushel in July 1996 when the stocks-to-use ratio fell to 5 percent. When
the 2003/04 stocks/use ratio fell to 9.4 percent, it produced a high of
$3.3525 in April 2004. The 15-year stocks-to-use ratio average is 15
percent. - Harry Cline, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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A
voice in the campaign wilderness
11/27/06
In the weeks of mud-slinging, posturing, and empty
promises of the recent election campaigns, David Walker's voice sort of
got drowned out in the cacophony. He wasn't running for anything --
he's got a job until 2013, so he doesn't have to kowtow to anyone to
keep his position -- but the message he had for anyone who'd listen
was every bit as important as the blathering of the candidates. -
Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Weevil
quarantine rule proposed
11/27/06
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) has announced a proposal to establish boll weevil regulations
restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles into or
through commercial cotton-producing areas. USDA said the regulations are
necessary to prevent the spread of the boll weevils to non-infested
areas. To date, the highly-migratory boll weevil has caused an estimated
$22 billion in yield losses and control costs to the U.S. cotton
industry.
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Glyphosate-resistant
weeds costing growers
11/27/06
Cotton producers who encounter glyphosate-resistant
horseweed in their fields may be tempted to fall back on a solution that
served their fathers and grandfathers well: cold steel. Before you pull
that disk out of the weeds on the back side of the equipment lot,
however, think about this: Do you really want to spend all that extra
money on diesel fuel and labor and undo the benefits of conservation
tillage you've worked so hard on all these years? - Forrest Laws,
Farm Press Editorial Staff
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News from the Top of the
Hill
11/24/06
National Hog Farmer
USDA Oversight -- Congressman Collin Peterson
(D-MN), new chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has indicated
that next year he will be holding oversight hearings on USDA management
decisions. One of the first hearings will be concerning USDA's animal
ID plan. He has been very critical of USDA's efforts. According to press
reports, Peterson said that "Bush administration officials have screwed
this up so bad that I am now against what they are doing." Peterson
will also investigate the administration's stricter regulations on
financial transactions on agricultural exports to Cuba. He will ask the
administration to appear before the committee to explain its policy.
These new regulations have diminished U.S. agricultural exports to
Cuba.
USDA Announces FMD Allocations -- USDA announced fiscal year
2006 allocations for the Foreign Market Development (FMD) program. The
$34.5 billion program focuses on reducing market impediments, improving
the processing capabilities of importers, modifying restrictive
regulatory codes and standards in foreign markets and identifying new
markets or uses for U.S. products. The program was established in 1954.
Cooperators receiving funding include: American Seed Trade Association,
American Sheep Industry, American Soybean Association, Cotton Council
International, U.S. Dairy Export Council, U.S. Grains Council, U.S. Meat
Export Federation, U.S. Wheat Associates, USA Poultry and Egg Export
Council, and USA Rice Federation.
House Republican Leadership -- The House Republican Caucus
elected Congressman John Boehner (R-OH) as Minority Leader, Congressman
Roy Blunt (R-MO) as Minority Whip, and Congressman Adam Putnam (R-FL) as
Republican Conference Chairman. Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) announced
after the election that he would not continue in leadership.
110th Congress Agenda -- Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has
outlined the first items of business for the House of Representatives in
the 110th Congress. Items identified are increasing the minimum wage,
implementing tougher ethics and disclosure rules for the House of
Representatives, passage of the 9-11 commission's recommendations, cut
interest rates on student loans, and allow Medicare to negotiate drug
prices for seniors -- similar to the Department of Veteran Affairs'
program. The 110th Congress will convene on January 4, 2007. - Scott
Shearer
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Ethanol
will power 2007 IndyCar Series season
11/24/06
A worldwide racing first, the IndyCar Series is poised
to open its 2007 season on March 24 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway with
the debut of the new 3.5 liter Honda Indy V-8 engine fueled by 100
percent fuel-grade ethanol. The ethanol industry is proud to be involved
in the most significant racing fuel change in recent history. The
cutting edge technology developed for this series has performed
flawlessly in extended testing. The combined efforts of the ethanol
industry and the IndyCar Series have helped drive consumer awareness of
ethanol and its performance and environmental benefits.
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Meat
exports add value to U.S. soybeans
11/24/06
Exports of U.S. meat and poultry continue to rise,
helping to put money in U.S. soybean farmers' pockets. U.S. livestock
and poultry consume the majority of soybean meal utilized in the United
States. This means that exports of U.S.-produced meat and poultry equate
to indirect export of U.S. soybean meal. In 2005, the soybean meal
consumed by chickens destined for export represented 81 million bushels
of soybeans, and turkeys represented nearly another 10 million bushels
of soybeans.
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Conrad
slowdown forces disaster assistance promise
11/24/06
If anyone had any doubts about how serious Sen. Kent
Conrad considers disaster assistance legislation, those doubts were
dispelled when the North Dakota Democrat practically shut down the
Senate for three days. The slowdown forced Senate leaders to agree to
bring up the FY2007 agricultural appropriations bill for debate and to
promise Conrad his disaster assistance amendment will get a vote when
the Senate returns from Thanksgiving recess on Dec. 4. - Forrest
Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Missouri
soybean producer wins MSA yield contest
11/22/06
Kip Cullers, Purdy, MO, has established a new world
soybean production record. Averaging 139.39 bu./acre, Cullers is the
winner of the conventional category of the 2006 Missouri Soybean
Association (MSA) yield contest. He accomplished this by planting
Pioneer soybean variety 94M80 on an irrigated and conventionally tilled
field. - The Corn & Soybean Digest
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Alternative
oil crops may diversify farms
11/24/06
With demand for biodiesel on the rise, researchers are
looking for ways Mississippi agricultural production can contribute more
to this growing market. Brian Baldwin, a Mississippi Agricultural and
Forestry Experiment Station researcher, is identifying alternative crops
that can grow in Mississippi and produce large quantities of oil. The
highest oil-producing crops are tropical, but there are other plants
that can be grown in Mississippi and yield more oil per acre than those
currently being grown. - Bonnie Coblentz, MSU Ag
Communications
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Agritourism
conference set for Jan. 22-23
11/22/06
Agritourism entrepreneurs and farmers considering
agritourism enterprises are encouraged to attend a special conference
Jan. 22-23 in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. The 2007 Agritourism: Cultivating Farm
Revenue conference will include educational sessions, a trade show and
opportunities to network with other entrepreneurs and service providers.
"The first conference held in November 2005 was attended by more than
280 people from 11 states," says Megan Bruch, marketing specialist with
the University of Tennessee's Center for Profitable Agriculture and one
of the conference planners.
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Vegetable
herbicide carryover data probed
11/24/06
Ideally, herbicides simply kill weeds during a crop's
season and then after harvest degrade without harm to the following
crop, but in reality, the breakdown depends on time and certain
conditions in the soil. With that in mind, Steve Fennimore, University
of California vegetable weed specialist at Salinas, Calif., has been
charting the fate of some new herbicides. What happens to the compounds
in the soil is the basis for the plant-back restrictions carried on
their labels. - Dan Bryant, Freelance Writer
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Corn
for ethanol demand driving prices higher
11/22/06
An insatiable demand for corn for ethanol production
combined with projected record exports is likely to drive U.S. corn
stocks-to-use ratio down to 10 percent this season. The last two times
that happened, prices soared. CBOT corn futures peaked at $5.545 per
bushel in July 1996 when the stocks-to-use ratio fell to 5 percent. When
the 2003/04 stocks/use ratio fell to 9.4 percent, it produced a high of
$3.3525 in April 2004. - Harry Cline, Farm Press Editorial
Staff
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Congressman
Peterson is new House Ag Chair
11/21/06
Minnesota Congressman Collin Peterson will be the
Chair of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee when Congress convenes in
January, 2007. This is significant because the next session of Congress
will likely write and approve the next Farm Bill. The current Farm Bill
expires in 2007. Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa will be the Chair of the
U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, starting in January, 2007. It also
appears likely that Tim Walz, newly elected First District Congressman,
will be appointed to the U.S. House Ag Committee. Current First District
Congressman Gil Gutknecht has served on the House Ag Committee for the
past 12 years. - Kent Thiesse, The Corn & Soybean Digest
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Workshop
emphasizes success of family farms
11/21/06
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln workshop Dec. 1-2 and
Jan. 5-6 will help students, young farmers and parents face the
challenges associated with handing down the family farm. Returning to
the Farm, at the downtown Holiday Inn in Lincoln, will help families
develop working arrangements and financial plans for a successful
operation, says Meg Kester, agricultural economics project specialist
and Returning to the Farm coordinator. - University of
Nebraska
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