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12/14/05
Crop News Weekly
Another full moon is in the sky and the last
days before the official start to winter are falling away rather
quickly, launching us into another holiday season at full speed. I've
said it before but, oh my, how time flies. With 2006 knocking at the
door, it's time to start looking ahead. Before you know it, it will be
tax time again.
There's a lot of news to send your way this week, starting with the
subject of Chapter 12 bankruptcy. Experts are now telling farmers that
new rules for Chapter 12 filings may actually benefit the farming
community. In other news, the chairman and ranking member of the Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry has introduced
legislation that would put the United States "at the table" where
decisions on persistent organic pollutants or POPs are being made. Also
this week, if you've been up in arms over the EWG Web site, Kent Thiesse
tells us not to worry. If you examine the site's data carefully, you'll
come up with some interesting conclusions. Speaking of Web sites, the
National Agricultural Library (NAL) has launched its redesigned Web site
as a gateway connecting users swiftly with the services of NAL and with
the billions of pages of agricultural information within. And while
we're on the subject of online information, corn producers can now
calculate the economic return to nitrogen (N) application with different
N and corn prices using a new regional Web-based tool located at the
Iowa State University Extension Agronomy Web site.
There's a lot more in the news this week and we're tearing at the seams
waiting for you to dive in and get informed. Thanks for subscribing to
Crop News Weekly. Happy reading.
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New
Chapter 12 rules friendlier to farmers
12/13/05
Prior to new federal bankruptcy guidelines going into
effect on Oct. 17, there was much speculation that Congress, to the
detriment of debtors, had handed the legislative reins over to creditor
lobbyists. Now, a month later, that hasn't turned out to be the case --
at least not for the farming community and Chapter 12. "Chapter 12 is
actually much friendlier for farming debtors as a result of the new
bill," said Susan Schneider, associate law professor at the University
of Arkansas. Schneider, who serves as the director of the university's
graduate program in agricultural law, says the new and expanded Chapter
12 was no accident." - David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial
Staff
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POPs
legislation introduced by Chambliss, Harkin
12/12/05
The chairman and ranking member of the Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry have introduced
legislation that would put the United States "at the table" where
decisions on persistent organic pollutants or POPs are being made. The
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants or POPs, which
went into effect in May 2004, bans or severely restricts 12 crop
protection chemicals, nine of which are not available in the United
States. (The latter includes organo-chlorine compounds such as DDT.)
- Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Thiesse's
Thoughts: The EWG Web Site
12/13/05
A few years ago an organization called the
"Environmental Working Group" (EWG) initiated a new Web site
(www.ewg.org) that quickly became the hot topic of discussion in coffee
shops, grain elevators and on farms throughout the Midwest. The site is
a database of all farm program payments paid to listed entities
(individuals, partnerships, corporations, etc.), and has recently been
updated to include all payments for the past nine years (1995 - 2004).
Before everyone gets all worked up about the EWG website and think that
most farmers are making a huge windfall, there are a few things to think
about. - Kent Thiesse, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Farm
groups backing new America's Heartland Series
12/09/05
The National Cotton Council has announced its support
of a new weekly public television show that is celebrating the miracle
of American agriculture and the farm and ranch families that help make
it possible. "America's Heartland" began airing this fall after being
distributed to more than 300 U.S. public television stations by
America's Public Television, the single largest provider of programming
to public television stations. The television series is being produced
by KVIE, the public television affiliate in Sacramento, Calif., with the
series' two flagship supporters -- the Monsanto Co. and the American
Farm Bureau Federation. - Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Road
Warrior: Influences Of Cost Of Production
12/13/05
Dave Kohl writes: "Recently I was addressing
the Minnesota Agricultural Bankers Conference in St. Cloud. After a long
night of the University students partying outside our hotel (there must
be no classes on Friday), we settled down for one of the largest ag
lender conferences ever. Bob Craven, the director of the Center for Farm
Financial Management, which has a wealth of good benchmark data,
discussed the economics of farming. He asked the audience what was the
number one factor influencing the cost of production in crop operations.
He listed land cost, rent, crop and other input cost, interest,
opportunity cost of capital and yield per acre. Do you have the answer?"
- The Corn & Soybean Digest
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Redesigned
NAL Web site brings fresh look
12/12/05
The National Agricultural Library (NAL) has launched
its redesigned Web site (http://www.nal.usda.gov) as a gateway
connecting users swiftly with the services of NAL and with the billions
of pages of agricultural information within NAL collections and
information resources.
NAL is part of the Agricultural Research Service, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's chief scientific research agency. Designed with customer
preferences in mind, the new NAL site brings a fresh look and faster
access to the rich array of agriculture-related information available
through NAL. - Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Added
fees for registering pesticide products?
12/05/05
The federal Office of Management and Budget "is up to
its old tricks" in trying to increase fees pesticide companies pay to
register their products," says Sen. Saxby Chambliss. "Congress passed a
good law in 2003, the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act, which
everyone seems to be satisfied with, and I want to see the law remain in
place until it expires in 2008," the chairman of the Senate Agriculture
Committee told members of the Southern Crop Production Association at
their annual meeting at Orlando, Fla. He noted also that he has
co-sponsored a bill to clarify that pesticides applied according to
their label are not also required to have a Clean Water Act permit. -
Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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News from the Top of the
Hill
Scott Shearer
12/09/05
NPPC Seeks Clean Water Interpretation - The
National Pork Producers (NPPC) have joined other agricultural
organizations in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court
ruling concerning the Clean Water Act. In a friend-of-the-court brief
regarding the case Rapanos v. United States of America and Carabell v.
United States Army Corps of Engineers, NPPC is asking the court to rule
that "ditches, drainage ways or wetlands with only indirect connections
to navigable waters are not subject to the provisions of the Clean Water
Act." The Act requires a permit to discharge anything into a "navigable"
water. NPPC said, "If the interpretation supported by the Corps of
Engineers and EPA is allowed to stand pork producers could be subject to
Clean Water Act penalties if the manure they spread on their lands
reaches a ditch."
Japan Expected to Open this Month - The Japanese Ambassador to
the United States has indicated that the Japanese market will reopen
this month for U.S. beef. The public comment period on Japan's risk
assessment on U.S. beef ended November 29. This week the Japanese Food
Safety Commission reported to the Japanese health and agriculture
ministries that U.S. beef is safe. A Japanese delegation is expected to
arrive in the U.S. next week.
Peru and U.S. Reach Trade Agreement - The United States and Peru
have concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA). The FTA
will eliminate tariffs and other barriers to goods and services and
expand trade between the U.S. and Peru. The National Pork Producers
Council (NPPC) said that when the agreement is implemented, "U.S. pork
producers will gain significant new market access in the South American
country." According to NPPC the "U.S.-Peru trade agreement will provide
an additional 28 million customers for U.S. pork and pork products." In
2004, U.S. exports to Peru were $2.1 billion. Agricultural exports were
$301 million with leading products being wheat, cotton, and coarse
grains.
USDA Announces Energy Strategy - Secretary of Agriculture Mike
Johanns announced a comprehensive energy strategy designed to help
producers dealing with the impact of energy costs. The strategy is to
also develop long-term solutions. Johanns announced the formation of
the USDA Energy Council. The council will examine USDA programs and
authorities to ensure they fit into a comprehensive energy strategy.
USDA will be looking at creating risk management tools that would help
producers to "manage the adverse impacts of high energy and
energy-related input costs." Also, USDA is co-sponsoring the Energy
Agriculture Forum to discuss new technology, programs and initiatives
that will increase energy production from agriculture. The Forum will be
held December 14-15 in St. Louis.
Immigration - Border Security Legislation - Congressman James
Sensenbrenner (R-WI), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has
introduced H.R. 4437 which would increase border security and increase
immigration enforcement. The legislation would require employers to
verify the status of all new employees within two years of enactment,
and within six years all employees would have to be checked. Currently
companies can participate in a voluntary employment verification program
(Basic Pilot) for new employees. Employers would be exempt from
liability when using and relying on the date from the employment
verification program.
WTO Ministerial Next Week - Next week the WTO Ministerial will be
meeting in Hong Kong in an effort to move forward on the Doha Round.
Agriculture is a very critical area and key to the negotiations. Key
areas for agriculture are market access, domestic support and export
subsidies.
Feed Rule Comments - December 20 is the deadline for public
comments on the Food and Drug Administration's proposal, "Substances
Prohibited from Use in Animal Food or Feed." The proposal is to continue
to minimize the risk of BSE in the U.S. The proposal can be found at
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockests. It is docket No. 2002N-0273.
Butler Resigns As Deputy Under Secretary of AG - Dr. Jim Butler
has resigned as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign
Agricultural Services. Butler will become deputy director general of the
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. - National
Hog Farmer
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Corn
nitrogen rate calculator is online
12/06/05
Corn producers can calculate the economic return to
nitrogen (N) application with different N and corn prices using a new
regional Web-based tool located at the Iowa State University Extension
Agronomy Web site. The Corn Nitrogen Rate Calculator, online at
http://extension.agron.iastate.edu/soilfertility/nrate.aspx, follows a
newly developed regional approach for determining corn N rate guidelines
that is being implemented in several Corn Belt states. The Web site
includes an animated demonstration of the calculator. University soil
fertility specialists from the Corn Belt states began discussions in
2004 regarding N rates for corn production, according to John Sawyer,
ISU Extension soil fertility specialist. - The Corn & Soybean
Digest
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Farmers
need to start planning for 2005 tax season
12/06/05
Now is the time for farmers to do year-end tax
planning and assess farm income, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Farm
Business Association's director says. Low crop prices pushed 2005's net
farm incomes down, meaning farmers may earn less money this year. That
means a grain farmer may want to bring in income to this year's tax
return by perhaps selling more commodities this year rather than
deferring that income until next year, says Tina Barrett. - The Corn
& Soybean Digest
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Biobased
plastic flexes its cornstarch muscle
12/09/05
Electroactive polymers -- plastics that expand or
contract when stimulated by electricity -- can now be made from plants
rather than petrochemicals, according to Agricultural Research Service
(ARS) scientists in Peoria, Ill. There is now significant interest in
the possible use of electroactive polymers in many industrial and
biomedical applications, from light-emitting diodes and
controlled-release devices to artificial muscles and environmental
sensors. The material is typically petroleum-based, but ARS researchers
Victoria Finkenstadt and J.L. Willett showed that plant polysaccharides
like starch can work just as well. - Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Cochran
gains approval for new shipper bill
12/08/05
The Senate approved a bill introduced by Sen. Thad
Cochran that will protect the U.S. agricultural industry and increase
revenue to the Federal Treasury by tightening the standards on the
collection of import duties. The New Shipper Review Amendment Act, which
passed by unanimous consent Wednesday night, closes a loophole in U.S.
law that has allowed new shippers to bypass antidumping and
countervailing duties. Under current law, new shippers are given the
option of posting either a cash deposit or a bond as security for the
amount of duties that the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection will
ultimately assess against the imports. - Farm Press Editorial
Staff
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Fighting
crop diseases: major yield boosts
12/08/05
Spore Wars: That's the movie take-off term Leonard
Gianessi uses in discussing the very important role that fungicides play
in U.S. and world crop production. From strawberries to peanuts to
pecans and a host of other crops in between, major increases in
production have paralleled the development and adoption of effective
fungicides, he says. Gianessi, who heads the Crop Protection Research
Institute, a non-advocacy research organization that focuses on the
economic analysis of agricultural pests, pest management, and pesticide
use/regulation, says U.S. producers -- including organic growers --
apply more than 100 million pounds of fungicides every year to battle
fungi that could otherwise wreak havoc with crops. - Hembree Brandon,
Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Don't Forget To Sign Up!
12/14/05
The Corn & Soybean Digest
Mark your calendars for the 2006 Conservation Tillage
Conference and Expo scheduled Feb. 1-2 at the Ramkota Hotel and
Conference Center in Sioux Falls, SD. The conference will focus on using
conservation tillage to boost Return On Investment and will feature
speakers from Iowa State University, University of Minnesota, University
of Nebraska, South Dakota State University and many top conservation
farmers.
Ademir Calegari, a soil scientist from the Agriculture Research
Institute in Parana, Brazil, will also be speaking at the conference.
Brazil is a leading adopter of no-till, and Calegari will provide a
fresh perspective on this method. Other topics include new technology,
soil and fertility and prepping for cost-share. In addition to the
speakers, the conference features a tradeshow where growers can see some
of the latest conservation technology.
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