Delaney is covering the news while Mike is bringing a great interview with fellow farm broadcaster, Max Armstrong! Delaney discusses current updates with NAFTA, Farm Bill, JBS, and rural America's sentiment and thoughts in a current poll about President Trump and Mike brings it home by getting Max's thoughts on many of these issues and more!
News from all corners of the globe today! America's Ambassador to China Terry Brandstad answers back to the Chinese Daily "Ad-vertorial" put in this weekend's Des Moines Register; geographical indicator usage gets a little more clear in light of NAFTA 2.0; and Canada makes a run for LNG market domination.Plus, host of the Working Cows podcast Clay Conry just spent a week in Washington DC working with and talking to legislators, so he brings us a common sense rancher's take of how things are looking in our nation's capitol.
Could Pennycress, that pesky field weed, have the potential to be a paying cash crop for farmers? Find out in today's #TechTuesday discussion with Cris Handel from Arvegenix Inc. Today's top headlines include a new Climate and satellite data system to track yield numbers, could this be a new way to challenge the USDA? NAFTA 2.0 seems to have some pro's for poultry, dairy, and wheat producers; and President Trump's recent phone call with India over the possibility of a Free Trade Agreement. Plus more!
Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms in Swoope, VA joined me to discuss strategies for increasing profitability, and the various ways they have found to make that happen on their farm. Every Episode of the Working Cows Podcast on One Page: WorkingCows.net/Episodes Polyface Website: PolyfaceFarms.com How Joel Buys Land for $30 an Acre: Stacking Fiefdoms Documentary:...
Happy Fri-YAY, errybody! Though it doesn't feel much like a Fri-yay for growers in the upper midwest; rain, cold temps, and a bearish quarterly grain stocks report really put a damper on the celebrations today. However, we bring the news, regardless of whether it's good or bad. And news we have! Seafood trade with China has been impacted by tariffs, Delaney updates us on the QGS report, and she brought us a talk held yesterday at the KC Outlook Forum by Gregg Doud, Underecretary of Agriculture, and his focus is on trade. He outlines some of the opportunities and challenges facing this administration with regard to trade. Be sure to subscribe, and over the weekend go back and listen to all of the great past episodes!
Happy Thursday everyone; Delaney is down in Kansas City today covering the KC Ag Outlook Forum and will be bringing us more updates from that tomorrow. In the meantime, I have a quick cut of Bill Northey's address wherein he discusses how the Market Facilitation program was designed. We also have an update from reporter Bruce Gaarder with Darcy Maulsby, an author, farmer, and storyteller, about how to best get the story of modern agriculture out to the people who buy our stuff.
Trade dominates today's headlines with the official announcement that the US and Japan are opening the gate to Bilateral trade talks, NAFTA or rather Mexico-US trade text will be released Friday, and is looking to expand some market access into China in the wake of US trade tensions. The Farm Bill is also top of mind for many as expiration nears this coming Sunday. For today's conversation, we are livening things up a bit and talking with Aaron Steele one of the founders of Goats on the Go, a goat grazing business, and their future expansions into the retail and meat industry.
On today's #TechTuesday we are talking specifically Irish technology that Delaney got to see during her trip last week. The two companies featured today are DeadDock, a company working to transform how herbicides are applied on Dock weeds; and Fresh Graze, a young tech company working to improve grazing management practices.
Top news for the day includes new remarks and concerns from the WTO about the USDA Assistance package and what that means for the world markets; continued rollbacks on WOTUS, and a 24 hour strike happening in Argentina. What could that mean for the markets and more? We will find out later this week!
Well, it sure seems like #Harvest18 is underway across much of the Midwest, so it's a great day to dig in to recent market movements with our friend from north of the boarder, Matthew Pot, author of the Grain Perspectives newsletter. We chat a bit about NAFTA and the changing flow of soybean trade globally, and take a look at the months ahead for corn, soybean, and wheat growers.Also, President Trump plans to sign the renegotiated Korea-US Free Trade Agreement today, crude oil prices looks to be on a continued upswing, and Delaney runs through Friday's Cattle on Feed report from the USDA.
Daniel Suarez ranches in the Chiapas region of Mexico. There he receives 60 inches of rain in 4 months. We talk about the challenges of ranching in that environment. Support the Working Cows Podcast: workingcows.net/support Guests Website: GanaderiaRegenerativa.com Ganaderia Regenerativa on Facebook Books Mentioned: Breeds Mentioned: Romosinuano Criollo cattle Mashona
