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FFA urged to step up A different way of living during COVID-19 oubreak

By Ashley Langreck

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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — As individuals all across the nation and the world face hard times due to COVID-19, a motivational speaker is doing his best to encourage youth to keep their heads up.

Jason Wetzler, a professional speaker and a leadership coach who also ser ved as the 20132014 National FFA western region v ice president, said that it’s such an inWetzler teresting time right now because everyone has been told to push the pause button on their normal life activities, but the world keeps spinning.

Wetzler said that although to some it may seem like the world is broken right now, it’s not — people just have to adjust to a different way of living.

Wetzler said right now — when FFA members are dealing with state conventions being canceled, leadership conferences being postponed and livestock shows being canceled or being put on hold — is the perfect time for them to figure out what their purpose in life is.

“They need to figure out their why and make the most out of their time,” he said.

Wetzler said during all this extra time FFA youth are finding they have right now, they should take some time to determine why they wake up every morning and what their mission and purpose of life is.

Wetzler said that he recently had the opportunity to interact with dozens of FFA members virtually through a National Ag Day seminar that usually would be held in person.

“FFA members are really cool,” Wetzler said, adding that he was able to talk to a lot of them virtually and learn what they have been doing to stay active in the FFA organization and help others during these trying times..

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Securing the herd State Board of Animal Health serving producers

By Ashley Langreck

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INDIANAPOLIS — As many restaurants, stores, agencies and businesses have had to temporarily close their doors during a mandatory quarantine period in an effort to help reduce the spread of COVID19, the Indiana State Board of Animal Health remains open and continues to serve Hoosier

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livestock producers.

Bret Marsh, the state veterinarian, said the agency is still open for business and several employees are working for home at this time with only a very few individuals still working at the BOAH office.

Marsh said BOAH is Marsh working hard to continue to provide the help and information livestock producers need and is being flexible right now as it continues to move forward during the pandemic.

Marsh said besides continu-

ing to serve Hoosier livestock producers, he and the rest of the BOAH staff are working closely with state and government officials to ensure food safety is a top priority right now.

Marsh said, fortunately, all science so far shows that animals are not getting sick from COVID-19.

“This virus is unique and novel. There is no evidence that animals can get sick from it or spread it,” he said.

Marsh said COVID-19 is not a

food safety risk to people and they can continue to consume meat.

He said meat processing and packing plants are going full tilt, even though grocery stores don’t show it right now, but one of these days the supply will catch up with the demand for the meat.

The state veterinarian said BOAH is encouraging livestock producers to keep following health guidelines put out by the state health department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as they continue to care for their livestock and run their operations.

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FARMER

Veterinarian weighs-in on COVID-19

By Tom C. Doran

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Roger Wenning (right) stands with his son, Nick, at their farm in Greensburg, Indiana. The Wenning family was named the 22nd Indiana Farm Family of the Year in December 2018. The award, presented by Beck’s Hybrids and Indiana AgriNews, recognizes an outstanding Hoosier family for its farming efforts and community involvement.

Time for farming, family

By Ashley Langreck

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GREENSBURG, Ind. — The life of a farmer is full of hard work, early mornings and late nights, dealing with weather issues and figuring out the right time to be in the field.

Roger Wenning of Greensburg recently opened up about what a typical day might look like for him on his farming operation.

The following is Wenning’s personal account of what a day in his boots looks like on the farm.

5:30 A.M. “I wake up and prepare to start my day around the farm, but first I go to check on one of my three granddaughters, who are currently staying with my wife and I, as they start to wake up.

Their mom is a nurse and their dad is a store manager, so the family thought it was best for the children’s safety

to stay with us for the time being to reduce the risk of them being exposed to COVID-19.”

6:15 A.M. “Before leaving the house, I enjoy a quick meal of breakfast casserole.”

7 A.M. “I head to the dealer where I bought my truck last year to drop it off because it is due for some maintenance.”

9:24 A.M. “My truck has been successfully dropped off at the dealer and they have given me a loaner car to drive while they work on it. I am now headed back to the farm.”

10:50 A.M. “After grabbing my 3-yearold granddaughter, who wants to tag along with grandpa for a little while, we hop in the semi and head to Aurora with a load of corn.”

12:45 TO 4:01 P.M. “I have finished dropping off the corn, grabbed a quick bite of lunch and now heading over to my neighbors to borrow a seed tender and then mixing up some cover crops mixtures for a guy that is going to fly some on sometime next week.”

4:20 P.M. “My son, Nick, who farms with me, and I recently bought a new grain bin and dryer, so we are cleaning up and preparing the area where they will go.”

6:30 P.M. “I quit working a little early today because it was so nice outside and I took my granddaughters on a bike ride and played outside with them.”

Ashley Langreck can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 192, or alangreck@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Langreck.

Extreme weather in forecast

By Tom C. Doran

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The mention of “climate change” and “global warming” seems to warm the climate itself via heated debates, and the state climatologist provided data and an outlook during a March 26 webinar.

Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford of the Illinois State Water Survey addressed the impacts of climate as it relates to

extreme weather events in the state as part of the University of Illinois Extension local government education program.

Carbon dioxide, methane and the gas form of water are the greenhouses gasses most commonly associated with long-term climate change, with carbon dioxide being the main driver of climate variability through history.

“It’s really the long-term, as well as short-term, variability of carbon dioxide that drives

global warming and its impact to climate,” Ford explained.

“What we have observed over the last 100 years or so is consistent increase in carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere.”

The carbon dioxide measurement at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii this past January was 413 parts per million. In the late 1950s, it was about 320 ppm.

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — We’ve read countless stories about the spread of COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, but what impact could it have on the planting season and livestock production?

Veterinarian Jim Lowe, an expert in infectious diseases at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, shared his perspect ive i n a March 24 farmdoc-hosted webinar.

His efforts on infectious diseases include extensive zoonotic Lowe work, particularly around influenza, in partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Zoonotic is any disease that can be transmitted from one species another.

Here are several COVID-19 topics Lowe covered in the webinar.

Did the coronavirus move from animals to humans?

“That unfortunately occurs more frequently than we would like. We think most of the diseases that originated in humans came from another animal and in some cases disease that originated in animals.

“For example, we believe porcine reproductive respiratory migrated from mice into pigs.

This cross-species transmission is somewhat frequent.

“The difference is that it doesn’t often take hold in the new species. A virus moves from a bat to a human, but the virus isn’t well adapted and it doesn’t replicate in humans and it doesn’t pass from human to human. That’s a good thing because this is what happens when we get a new disease in a population without a prior immunity.

“So, we go from being zoonotic to being pandemic or epidemic when we get the virus or the bacteria, and we’re really worried about viruses, established in the human host then can pass from human to human to human. That’s what appears to have happened here.”

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Pork Checkoff addresses COVID-19 Reaching out to consumers cooking at home

By Jeannine Otto

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DES MOINES, Iowa — On the lighter side, there is a YouTube Top 25 trending video, new social media influencers and new recipes to feed a family.

On the more serious side is the farm crisis plan and a permission-to-travel document.

All of it is part of the Pork Checkoff efforts to help pork producers weather the COVID-19 storm and to maintain and even grow demand for pork in the U.S. Bill Even, CEO of the National Pork Board, outlined some of the efforts of the National Pork Board

NTSB cancels meeting on fatal bus-stop crash ROC H E S T ER , I nd.

(AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board said March 24 that in light of the coronavirus pandemic it has canceled an April meeting to determine the probable cause of a 2018 crash that killed three siblings crossing a rural northern Indiana highway to reach their stopped school bus.

The federal agency said that in place of the April 7 meeting in Washington, D.C., NTSB board members will use an online link to vote on the staff’s investigative report, which contains the crash’s probable cause, findings and safety recommendations.

“NTSB puts safety first, and we believe that, during this stage of the pandemic, this approach to social distancing protects our staff and the public,” said NTSB Managing Director Sharon Bryson.

The date of the board’s online vote has not been scheduled, NTSB spokesma n Keit h Hol loway said.

The Oct. 30, 2018, crash involving a pickup truck on two-lane Indiana 25 in Rochester, Indiana, killed 6-year-old twin brothers Xzavier and Mason Ingle, and their 9-year-old sister, Alivia Stahl. A fourth child, Maverik Lowe, 11, suffered critical injuries.

Alyssa Shepherd, 25, of Rochester was convicted in October of reckless homicide, criminal recklessness and passing a school bus, causing injury. She was sentenced to four years in prison, though she is appealing her convictions.

Authorities have said the students were waiting for the bus on the opposite side of the road.

The school bus’ red warning lights were active, and its stop arm was extended. A fter being signaled by the driver to cross, the four students entered the roadway and were struck by Shepherd’s truck.

At the time of her arrest, Shepherd told authorities she didn’t realize that she was approaching a stopped school bus, despite the activated stop arm and flashing lights.

Court documents show Shepherd told police she saw the lights, but didn’t recognize the vehicle as a school bus until the children were right in front of her.

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and Pork Checkoff to address COVID-19.

One bright spot is an enthusiastic response to a YouTube video featuring pork.

“Today, one of our pork videos is trending in the top 25 on YouTube today.

When you think about the size of that platform and to have a pork-cooking video in the top 25 trending videos, it shows that there is a literal hunger for how to cook pork and how to enjoy it,” Even said.

The video, from social media influencer Mythical Kitchen, featured a chocolate coffee French dip sandwich.

Connecting with social media influencers is one of the ways that Pork Checkoff changed tactics in light of COVID-19 quarantines, self distancing and state stay-at-home orders.

“We’ve pivoted to really push out messaging that is going to relate to consumers that are now going to be cooking at home.

You’ve seen that they have gone out and stocked up on meat and pork and other groceries and now they are at home and they are trying to figure out how they enjoy pork.

Recipes and simple videos are what we’ve been offering,” Even said.

The NPB and Pork Checkoff turned to working with influencers, social media figures with large numbers of followers, to draw interest.

Mythical Kitchen, featuring chef Josh Scherer, has 1.24 million subscribers on YouTube. Scherer has over 57,000 followers on Twitter and over 66,000 followers on Instagram.

On the more serious side, Even said the Pork

Checkoff has been working to develop tools for pork producers to assist them with any issues connected to COVID-19 on farms or in packing plants.

“One of the things that has come up, as different states have put into place stay-at-home orders, it’s important that the workforce, farmers or people going to the packing plants, have permission to travel,” Even said.

The Pork Checkoff and the North American Meat Institute developed a template letter that farmers or plant managers can print out, fill in with necessary information and keep with them or in their vehicles to confirm they have permission to travel as part of an industry deemed critical by the Department of Homeland Security.

The template is available at pork.org, under the

“COVID-19” landing page.

In addition to that letter, Pork Checkoff developed a planning tool for farms.

“We put together a farm crisis operations planning tool,” Even said.

While the Pork Checkoff and other pork industry groups have long had plans in place for outbreaks of foreign animal disease, a human pandemic may present different challenges for farms and production systems.

“The bottom line for the folks from the production side is recognizing that your normal crisis plan might look a little different when you’re dealing with, perhaps, supply shortages or other disruptions in transportation and the like,” Even said.

He described the planning tool, also available at pork.org under the “COVID-19” landing page,

as something that helps producers consider and plan for events they may not have thought of with the pandemic.

“This tool helps producers sit down and take a good hard look at resources and supplies, feed and water, farm supply inventory, caretaker/personnel availability, the labor issue and buildings and facilities,” he said.

Even encouraged producers to look at the planning tool and have contingency plans in place.

“Better do a little planning right now and have your situation well in hand should something else pop up in the coming weeks,” he said.

Jeannine Otto can be reached at 815-2232558, ext. 211, or jotto@ agrinews-pubs.com.

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Indiana pork producers put brakes on production

By Jeannine Otto

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Indiana pork producers throttled back on production in the first quarter of 2020, and that’s a trend that looks to continue — at least until mid-summer, according to the first quarter 2020 U.S. Department of Agriculture Hogs and Pigs report.

Indiana numbers are

released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Great Lakes Region office.

The Indiana all hogs and pigs number as of March 1 stood at 4.15 million, down 50,000 from the same time a year ago. The Indiana market pig herd stood at 3.9 million, down from 3.94 million for the same period a year ago.

The Indiana breeding hog herd was at

250,000, down from 260,000 the same time last year.

Indiana pork producers did have more sows farrowing in the December 2019-February 2020 timeframe, at 3.16 million head farrowing, up 2% from a year ago, and the DecemberFebruary pig crop, at 34.7 million, was up 5% from a year ago.

March-May farrowing intentions at 120,000

were even with a year ago actual farrowings.

Producers indicated they may step up production in the summer, with June-August intentions at 130,000, up from 120,000 head farrowed a year ago.

Indiana producers also were in line with their counterparts across the country in efficiency gains. Indiana producers saved an average of 11 pigs per litter in the

December-February timeframe, up from 10.7 a year ago.

The weight categories: under 50 pounds — 980,000, down from 1.04 million a year ago; 50 to 119 pounds — 1.1 million, even with 1.1 million a year ago; 120 to 179 pounds — 950,000, up from 920,000 a year ago; and 180 pounds and over — 870,000, down from 880,000 a year ago.

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Survey finds fewer acres than expected

By Tom C. Doran

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CHICAGO — A nationwide producer survey found both corn and soybean planted acres expected to be the third largest ever, but not to the levels expected.

Allendale Inc., an agricultural and commodity brokerage and analysis firm, conducted the survey March 1-13 across 30 states, including 11 states representing 80% of the nation’s corn, soybean and wheat production.

The survey found corn planting intentions of 94.631 million acres would be 4.9 million over 2019.

This would be the third largest of all time and just 2.7 million off the 2012 peak at 97.291.

Allendale’s corn production estimate would imply an increase over 2019 of 1.677 billion bushels. That 15.369 billion 2020 production would be a record.

Soybean planting intentions are seen at 83.74 million acres, 7.6 million over last year. This

would be the third largest acreage total, 6.4 million off the 2017 peak of 90.162.

Allendale’s 4.163 billion bushels soybean production estimate would be the fourth largest in history.

Wheat acreage is estimated at 44.465 million acres. This is down 693,000 from last year and is the lowest in history for the all-wheat data set that the U.S. Department of Agriculture started in 1919.

A ssuming nor mal abandonment and trend yields, Allendale’s all-wheat production estimate of 1.874 billion bushels is 46 million under last year.

MORE CORN Rich Nelson, Allendale chief strategist, said nine of the 11 top-producing states indicated year-over-year increases in corn acres; Nebraska and Kansas had reductions of 16,000 and 63,000 acres, respectively.

The survey results found a move to more soybeans in the northwest Corn Belt with 1.2

million more acres in North Dakota, a 1.3 million acre yearover-year increase in South Dakota, and a 964,000-acre hike in Minnesota.

Soybean acres in Indiana, Iowa and Missouri could decline slightly.

“That’s likely in the northwest Corn Belt due to the current ground moisture there now, as well as the above normal moisture forecast,” Nelson said.

Allendale’s survey suggests 222.8 million planted acres for the big three — corn, soybeans and wheat. Combined acreage dropped to 211 million acres in 2019 due to prevent plant after reaching 225.9 million in 2018.

“A lot of people mistakenly believe that acreage is fixed. It’s not, acreage flows into and out of production based on profitability and many other factors.

The main message in general is the concerns about farm profitability over the past four or five years. This has led to an acreage decline. This is normal and expected. The only question is

the size of the acreage decline,” Nelson said.

“So, I was a little surprised by the fact that our survey suggests we still would be a little bit under that 2018 number by a full 3 million acres. I expected maybe we would be off by 1 million, maybe up to 2 million acres. It’s a little lower total planting than I wanted to see on this report.

“The acreage numbers are simply a survey. What actually does get planted is certainly a whole different question for us.”

MARKETING TRENDS Allendale’s survey also included the growers’ old crop and new crop marketing positions.

“For corn, it looks like producers are roughly on track with what they normally do by this point,” Nelson said.

The survey found 65% of the old crop corn sold which is at or near the trend each of the past four years.

The survey indicated 68.1% of old crop soybeans were sold at the time of the survey, slightly

less than usual at this point. The high was 86.6% in the 2017 survey.

“Producers are holding a few more old crop soybeans than we expected to see. It’s not a big surprise,” Nelson said.

Old crop wheat sales are at 79.5% which is a little behind where it normally in early March.

As expected, the sales also carried over into the new crop numbers.

Producers said they have about 10.3% of new crop corn sold at this point. It’s ranged from 11% to 13% the past few years.

“The new crop soybeans sold really stands out with 5.6% sold at this point. That’s quite a bit less than the 11% to 29% of new crop sold at this point over the past 4 years,” Nelson said.

Nearly 13% of the new crop wheat was sold by early March.

Tom C. Doran can be reached at 815-780-7894 or tdoran@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow him on Twitter at: @AgNews_Doran.

Fed Reserve report sees drop in income outlook

By Tom C. Doran

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Kennay Farms Distilling workers package bottles of hand sanitizer for shipment. The distillery turned from making bourbon, vodka, beer and gin to mixing, packaging, labeling and distributing hand sanitizer on March 18.

Sanitizing spirit Farmer-owned distillery crafts new recipe

By Jeannine Otto

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ROCHELLE, Ill — They are used to brewing up batches of beer, vodka and gin, but on March 18, the Kennay Farms Distilling team received a new order — and a new recipe.

“The word went around that maybe distilleries could maybe make hand sanitizer,” said Aubrey Quinn, director of marketing for the Rochelle distillery and the daughter of Rick and Doris Kennay, the distillery’s founders and owners. The Kennays farm near Ashton.

They opened the distillery just a year ago in the former Hub Theater in downtown Rochelle and had been busy with a tasting room, where guests could sample and buy the craft beers, vodka and gin being brewed up in the floor-to-ceiling brewery and distillery, visible from the tasting room.

That was until coronavirus and the effects on public life changed things.

A stay-at-home order issued

by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on March 20 effectively closed bars and restaurants to in-house customers, but allows for carryouts and curbside delivery.

With the need for hand sanitizer increasing, distilleries, with plenty of the basic ingredient — alcohol — on hand, wondered about transitioning to the new product.

“It was not legal for us to do this until we got an email at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday from our governing agency, the TTB,” the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Quinn said.

Upon getting the OK, the Kennay Farms team, led by Rick Kennay, kicked into gear to switch over to making hand sanitizer. Kennay sourced the other two ingredients, glycerin

and hydrogen peroxide, that are the basic ingredients of hand sanitizer.

“The boys were on a bourbon run until 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

They were totally switched over and by noon on Thursday, we were producing hand sanitizer,” Quinn said.

ON THE MOVE Packaging has been a major limiting factor. With a need for bulk packaging, this farm family improvised and turned to seed totes as a way to transport bulk quantities of ingredients, as well as the hand sanitizer itself.

Quinn reached out to a local farmer, Mike Denton, Princeton, and owner of Hefty Seeds in Princeton, for help locating more totes.

“They called and told me what they were doing and that they needed totes, as the most practical way to get bulk quantities of the product out to the people who need it, like first responders,” Denton said.

He made some calls and put out the request for help on social media.

“This time of the year, nobody wants to give up any totes, but I’ve had people call and offer 10 or 15 at a time. I had 40 at one of our warehouses, so we’re bringing those up and we’ll see what they need next week,” Denton said.

Switching production over to hand sanitizer went quickly.

“The production side of things was a relatively easy transition.

It’s been the packaging that’s more difficult. We used all the same equipment and we did the bottling in our bottling room,” Quinn said.

Labeling of the smaller glass bottles is done by hand. She said two of the tasting room’s bartenders were called in to help, as well as several family members.

HELPING HANDS The first batches of the sanitizer were donated to local first responders and healthcare providers who are or could be dealing with coronavirus.

“We were prioritizing the healthcare, public services and first responders, so we spent all day Saturday driving around and dropping off donations.

We certainly wanted to donate to people who are on the front lines,” Quinn said.

The distillery continues to sell its beers by the growler, as well as vodka and gin. Now, it will be adding hand sanitizer to that list of products for sale.

“We are still open for carryout hours. Vodka, gin and beer by the growler can still be carried out, and we will continue to have carryouts for as long as we are allowed to. Now we are also going to open up sales of hand sanitizer to the public.

We wanted to make sure we had plenty for the healthcare workers and first responders, and we’ve done that. We have allocated plenty of supply to that,” Quinn said.

She said for the team at the distillery, many of whom come from farms, the long hours from Wednesday through the weekend and now continuing, aren’t anything new.

“We are pretty used to working long hours and extremely hard for short durations of time, coming from the farming side of things. If you go six days in a row with hardly any sleep, that’s what you do. You sleep when it starts raining, so we are used to gearing up quickly and working until the job gets done,” Quinn said.

Jeannine Otto can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 211, or jotto@agrinews-pubs.com.

Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Otto.

CHICAGO — Trade frustrations and crop prices continued to be among the areas of concern expressed in a survey across the Corn Belt’s Federal Reserve District.

The survey report features anecdotal information through the first two months of 2020.

The Beige Book is a Federal Reserve System publication about current economic conditions across the 12 Federal Reserve Districts. It characterizes regional economic conditions and prospects based on a variety of mostly qualitative information.

“The outlook for crop farmers’ incomes deteriorated some in January and early February.

Corn and soybean prices moved lower, though they remained higher than a year ago,” according to the Seventh Federal Reserve District of Chicago survey, which includes the northern two-thirds of Illinois and Indiana and all of Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan.

There were reports in the Seventh District of farmers holding onto their stocks of crops with hopes of higher pr ices later in the year.

Contacts expressed frustration that Chinese purchases of U.S. agricultural goods had not yet materialized following the announcement of the “Phase 1” trade deal and were concerned that the coronavirus outbreak would be used as an excuse for missing future trade targets.

“Contacts reported that the Market Facilitation Program was providing crucial income support to cushion the effects of the trade challenges with China and poor 2019 yields in much of the district. Milk and hog prices were down over the reporting period but were up compared to a year ago. Egg prices rebounded some, but cattle prices moved lower,” the Chicago district noted.

WHEAT ACRES Eighth Federal Reser ve District of St. Louis agriculture conditions have declined slightly from the previous reporting period. The number of acres of winter wheat planted this season declined slightly from acreage planted in 2019.

Farmers continue to empha-

size the importance of MFP payments for supporting the industry. Eighth District contacts raised questions and expressed concerns regarding trade with China, including when the trade agreement provisions will apply and what impact coronavirus will have on commodity prices and agricultural purchases.

The Eighth District includes the southern parts of Illinois and Indiana and eastern half of Missouri, as well as parts of Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and Mississippi.

More than half of the Ninth Federal Reserve District of Minneapolis agricultural lenders reported that farm incomes decreased in the previous three months relative to a year earlier, while 60% reported decreased capital spending.

The Minneapolis district includes all of Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana, northwestern Wisconsin, and all of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

STABILIZING Federal Reserve District of Kansas City farm economy remained subdued, but showed signs of stabilizing. Farmland values strengthened slightly in the most recent survey period, providing some stability for the sector.

Regional contacts in the Kansas City district reported that farm income and agricultural credit conditions generally remained weak, but deteriorated at a slower pace than previous survey periods.

However, despite some signs of stabilization, geographic disparities persisted across the region.

Farm real estate values increased modestly on the eastern side of the district, while farm income and credit conditions were moderately weaker in the western portion.

“Some bankers commented that trade relief payments provided notable support to farm finances, but many also indicated that ongoing financial challenges continued to be driven by low agricultural commodity prices,” according to the Kansas City district report.

The Kansas City district includes the western part of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Colorado and the northern New Mexico.

HELM Agro US hires Ezell as regional sales manager PLAINFIELD, Ind. — HELM Agro US, Inc., a global manufacturer of high-quality crop protection and fertilizer products, announced the hiring of Jeff Ezell as regional sales manager for the central Corn Belt territory.

In his new position, Ezell will be responsible for crop protection product sales and supporting the company’s distributor and retailer networks in the states of Indiana and Kentucky.

Ezell brings 25 years of agribusiness experience to HELM. Most recently Ezell was director of sales for MFA Inc., leading the company’s agronomy and feed sales teams.

Prior to that, he worked for Land O’ Lakes-Winfield United in a variety of management and

sales leader roles during his 20year tenure with that organization.

“Jeff’s strengths and experience will complement our sales team perfectly,” said Aaron Locker, HELM Agro US vice president of sales. “His range of prior roles, market knowledge and adaptability will bring added dimension to the team as we continue to execute our strategic growth plan, including new active ingredients and other patent-protected product solutions throughout the Midwest corn and soybean markets. We are excited to have Jeff onboard as a key contributor.”

Ezell holds a bachelor’s degree in animal science and a master’s degree in agronomy from Murray State University.

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FFA members celebrate National Ag Week with virtual training sessions

By Ashley Langreck

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

Steam rises from a soaked field on March 23 in central Illinois.

WEATHER FROM PAGE ONE

Using Paleo climate record from ice cores observations of carbon dioxide extend back to about 800,000 years. Over that 800,000-year record, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere never exceeded 320 ppm.

“So, we are today at a higher level of carbon dioxide then we’ve been over the last 800,000 years. Because of that increase in carbon dioxide concentrations, we’re keeping more of that initial energy here on Earth, which changes the overall energy budget and increase temperature,” Ford said.

Illinois, shows over the last 15 to 20 years we’ve had many more years where we had above average occurrence of extreme precipitation events. This means we’re not only getting wetter, but annually a larger percentage of our total annual precipitation is coming from these extreme precipitation events,” Ford said.

“So, in some places if we’re getting 40 inches of rain annually instead of 36 inches of rain, it doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re getting either half-inch rain events more or 12 one-third-inch rain events. It’s coming in larger totals, more extreme precipitation events which has some pretty significant hydrology impacts.”

The focus on precipitation intensity is important, especially because of flooding. More intense precipitation increases our runoff ratio because the soil can only hold so much water.

“In agricultural fields, this can lead to things like nutrient runoff, which decreases water environmental quality, water quality.

In urbanized areas, it can lead to flash flooding,” Ford explained.

A study released in 2018 focused on the annual average precipitation, stream flow and evapotranspiration in the Vermillion River Watershed.

The study found precipitation in the watershed increased 3.5 inches per year from the 1932 to 1964 and 1970 to 2016 timeframes. Stream flow increased from 7.7 inches in 1932 to 1964 to 11.6 inches in 1970 to 2016.

COMPLEX SYSTEM Due to the complexity of Earth’s climate system, an increase in the global average temperature doesn’t necessarily result in the same type of changes in climate everywhere.

“That increase in our temperature on Earth also changes wind patterns, changes large-scale atmospheric circulation, changes ocean atmosphere interactions, and makes for different changes in different climates around the Earth,” Ford said.

The climatologist focused primarily on the impact of increased temperature on precipitation and related soil and water management issues.

Illinois’ annual total precipitation has increased 0.47 inches per decade between 1895 and CLIMATE MODELS 2019 and 1.33 inches per decade Global climate models project since 1990. consistently wetter springs and drier summers.

EXTREME EVENTS “In talking to farmers this Along with the increased pre- really worries a lot of them becipitation, there also has been a cause we’re talking about floodnotable increase in extreme pre- ing in the spring and drought in cipitation events. the summer which is about the “Dat a f rom Midwester n worst thing that you can have Regional Climate Center ob- for large-scale crop agriculture,” servation station in Streator, Ford said.

IMPACT FROM PAGE ONE

“The good part is that there is zero evidence, and I don’t mean not a little bit, there is zero evidence that this coronavirus infects anything other than human beings.

“There’s a dog that was reported to be contaminated in Hong Kong, that it came back positive for the virus. The dog was never infected. It was apparently just a surface contamination.

“There are some rumors that a second dog has been contaminated there in a household.

We do think that pets living in households with people who are contaminated and shedding a lot of virus could serve as a fomite — a physical carrier.

“It doesn’t appear to last on anything other than hard surfaces very long. So, we don’t think they’re a risk at all, and we’ve got to work through some cases of that, but the evidence that livestock would be either contaminated or physical carriers is just non-existent.

“I do worry about our truckers that are hauling livestock because they mix with a lot of people, they have to stop at truck stops and we clearly have to get critters to town.

“If we get a lot of people sick and we have to close a packing, that gets really ugly really quick.

I’d be concerned about the truck drivers because they have a lot of contact, but there’s zero risk with the animals.”

don’t get your whole family infected and take care of yourself.

“Because if you look at the risk, these folks are on ventilators, they’re sedated, basically paralyzed and laying on their belly for days trying to make their lungs work because you quit breathing.

“If you have a cough and you don’t feel very good, this isn’t ‘I’m going to tough it out and be OK.’ This is not the flu.

“The challenge is that all this is scary because it’s unknown.

I don’t think we should necessarily take it lightly, but we also don’t need to live in fear.

“This stuff is not the miasma from the pre-virus days. It’s on-contact. It’s not probably going to waft up in you nose if you’re not talking directly to somebody.

“It’s wash your hands. If your hands touch things like your pickup truck, wipe your pickup truck off, wipe your pickup truck handles off. We have to be cautious and we have to be consistent, but we don’t have to go crazy. It’s not the plague.

“But I think the big message is if you don’t feel very good, go to a doctor. This gets real bad real quick.”

What’s your opinion of the notion that as we get more sunlight and warmer weather that this will abate?

“My prediction is if you look at every other epidemic we’ve ever had, and history is a good lesson, it’s likely to get better this summer. We’ll get over this epidemic peak and that is not just sunlight, but we all get outside and we socially distance With planting season around the naturally and we’re not cooped corner, how do farmers need to up inside. It likely get better just approach the coronavirus issues? because our society changes be“Farmers have clearly been haviorally in the summer. declared as important. I think “I’m not trying to be a doomthe advantage of living in rural sayer, but I think what we have USA is we’re in relatively low to worry about is the reality density and low density is imthat it’s likely to come back in portant in this case. There’s less the fall when we come back incontact between susceptibles side with a vengeance. We will and infected. have not all been exposed and “We’re going to start planting knocked it off. here hopefully sooner rather “Every other time we’ve had than later. As we get to that an epidemic, not really a panpoint, you have to do your job, demic, but an epidemic disease, but it’s wash your hands, wash it happens the first time and then your hands, wash your hands.” the next fall when we go back indoors the virus isn’t eliminated What about those that want to and boom here’s the second wave “tough it out” if they don’t feel well of the outbreak. And normally and continue working on the farm? they go in three waves.”

“This is isn’t the time to be the tough guy. This is the time Is there a possibility of developing to get yourself isolated and a vaccine for this?

AGRINEWS PHOTO/TOM C. DORAN

“However, summers in Illinois have gotten wetter, especially over the last 30 years and so even though it is very likely based on some projects that spring will continue to get wetter, whether or no summer gets drier is something that is still undecided. It’s still be explored as far as research in climate change science.”

The complexity of drought complicates its measure and projections.

“One thing we are seeing with drought, is not so much the frequency but the characteristic of drought. 2019 was the fifth wettest year on record statewide in Illinois, but we had drought, we had agricultural impacts related to that drought,” Ford said.

For example, Monmouth experienced its wettest May on record last year, followed by its fourth driest July on record, followed by its ninth wettest September.

“So, it was this swing in extremes that caused some significant impacts relating to agriculture and in people’s psyche, as well with mental health impacts,” Ford said.

Projections show more frequent “swings” from wet to dry extremes, particularly moving from wet spring to dry summer and fall. Fall is the only season with no significant positive wetting trend since 1990.

“Even though were not seeing those long, pronounced droughts that we did early in the 20th century, we’re still seeing impacts related to short-term, but intense dry periods across the state that come on very quickly from longer term very wet or pluvial periods. Large, multi-year droughts are not happening as frequently,” Ford said.

Tom C. Doran can be reached at 815-780-7894 or tdoran@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow him on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Doran.

“We have some really brilliant people working on things and they work incredible hard at really high risks for themselves. We’re going to have a vaccine. They will figure out how to make a vaccine.

“It won’t be great, but it will be as good as flu (vaccine) and that’s all you need to slow this down, to increase those numbers of resistance. I think realistically it’s 18 months.

Everybody keeps saying a year.

“First of all, you have to know if the vaccine is safe and it takes time to figure that out because you don’t want to give a vaccine that makes people sick or kills people. Then you have to figure out if it works and it just takes time to figure that out.”

Once someone has recovered from the COVID-19 would they develop a resistance or still be susceptible?

“We don’t have a firm answer for that. The belief is, yes, they’re going to go into the resistant bucket. They will not get it again, but we don’t know for how long.

“We don’t know how long the immunity is to this particular virus. We obviously haven’t had infections long enough to understand that, so that will take some time to figure out.

“It probably will not be lifelong immunity, but again we don’t have to have perfect immunity we just have to get 40%, 50%, 60% of the population immune and that herd immunity will drop the severity of the disease and keep this to a dull roar.”

Can there be transmission through the supply chain?

“We don’t tend to think of respiratory pathogens moving through supply chains very well. We think about foodborne pathogens because you ingest that. Is it possible? Yes. Is it probable? Probably not.

“We don’t know, but if I just sit back and say as a scientist who thinks about disease transmission all the time, there’s a lot of things that are possible and certainly in the pig world we worry about possible a lot.

“But here we really have to worry about the probable and put the foot down and stomp out where the probable is.

Probable is really person-to-person contact that that’s what we need to continue to work on.”

Tom C. Doran

INDIANAPOLIS — Even though many individuals across the nation are self-quarantined and large gatherings are not allowed right now to help stop the spread of COVID-19, the National FFA Organization still found a way to celebrate National Ag Week with student leaders involved in the agriculture industry.

Celya Glowacki, advocacy and literacy officer for the National FFA Organization, said that this year instead of hosting a training in Washington, D.C., for student leaders, which was the originally scheduled plan, there was a unique opportunity to host a virtual training, teaching members how to be advocates for the agriculture industry.

“We are able to help flatten the curve while broadening our reach,” Glowacki said of using virtual programming to help continue teaching youth involved in vocational ag the importance of sharing the story of agriculture.

Glowacki said that National Ag Week is essential because it is vital for the government to learn the importance of agriculture.

“We can share that with elected officials after we move past this difficult time,” Glowacki said.

Jason Wetzler, a professional speaker and leadership coach, who also served as the 20132014 National FFA western region vice president, was one of the virtual Ag Week guest

“We are able to help flatten the curve while broadening our reach.”

Celya Glowacki, advocacy and literacy officer NATIONAL FFA ORGANIZATION

speakers who encouraged students to develop an advocacy model for promoting the agriculture industry not only to state and government officials, but also individuals in their own community.

Wetzler said that the part of the advocacy model students should focus on are planning, developing, doing and reflecting.

“They need to find an issue, analyze it and understand the audience,” Wetzler said, adding that unless one knows exactly what agriculture issue or matter they are advocating for, it’s hard to advocate.

Wetzler said that it’s important for youth to know that just because they advocate one time, it doesn’t mean their job is done.

“Review objectives to implement change. There is always more education to do,” Wetzler said.

Wetzler said it’s essential for youth involved in ag to learn all they can now so they can help shape the future of agriculture.

Ashley Langreck can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 192, or alangreck@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Langreck.

FFA officers encourage members to stay involved

By Ashley Langreck

way to help is to share your FFA story on social media and create positive content for other to read.”

Taylor Roy

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

TRAFALGAR, Ind. — Although Hoosier FFA members are required to shelter in place right now to help slow the spread of COVID-19, there is still a lot they can do to help those in need in their community.

Even though the 2019-2020 Indiana FFA state officers are currently home and not living at the officer house at the Indiana FFA Leadership Center, they are still doing their best to encourage Indiana FFA members to stay involved in their communities during this tough time.

“While at home members can write a letter a day to a loved one or someone in a nursing home. They can also write their agriculture teachers thanking them for all their hard work, because when events get postponed, they don’t get to see their students shine in all their glory. Write a letter encouraging them.”

Dillon Muhlenkamp INDIANA FFA STATE PRESIDENT

“See how you can get involved and help in your community. A lot of local churches need help delivering meals, but if you can’t get out another

FFA

FROM PAGE ONE

Wetzler said that FFA members need to step up, keep a level head and stay driven during this time of self-quarantine and social distancing.

Wetzler said that FFA members need to ask themselves

HERD

FROM PAGE ONE

Marsh said BOAH encourages producers to follow the regulation in regards to the number of individuals allowed in an area at one time, such as at a livestock market.

He said some livestock markets have limited animal auctions to just the buyers in the arena and will send the check to the seller in order to comply with public health guidelines.

Marsh said that Hoosier livestock producers are still al-

STATE REPORTER

INDIANA FFA

“Do some community service whether it’s starting a canned food drive or helping the elderly with something as simple as taking out the trash. You can still practice good health habits and do a lot of small projects for those in need at this time.”

Morgan Hinz INDIANA FFA STATE NORTHERN REGION VICE PRESIDENT

“Social distancing is really necessary and needed, but we have a huge advantage with technology at out fingertips.

We can still help by calling or texting other and sending encouraging messages.”

Caitlyn Lewis INDIANA FFA STATE SECRETARY

when they look back at the time per iod dealing w ith COVID-19, will their actions show that they got lost in quarantine and they didn’t do anything, or that they helped fellow FFA members and loved ones get through a challenging time by being there for them?

Ashley Langreck lowed to travel with their animals and no documentation is required.

“We have not changed any requirements. If it was in place prior, it still stands. Everything is still moving on as normal,” he said.

Ma rsh did caution t hat some states do require documentation when traveling with animals, so if Indiana producers are going to travel across state lines, they should check and see if that particular state requires documentation.

Ashley Langreck

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COVID-19 reinforces need for risk management “The severity of the virus and the impact on the supply chain has exceeded expectations.”

By Martha Blum

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Although disruptions can be initially negative, they can also result in future opportunities.

“A black swan is an event that comes out of nowhere and causes markets to go up or down beyond what you ever expected,” said Sara Dorland, Ceres Dairy Risk Management LLC managing partner.

“The coronavirus is an excellent case and something even a few weeks ago the U.S. and Europe said was not going to be much worse than the flu,” Dorland said during a webinar hosted by Compeer Financial. “But the severity of the virus and the impact on the supply chain has exceeded expectations.”

The COVID-19 pandemic reinforces the need for risk management, Dorland stressed.

“When you’re giving up money to the upside you are still making money and you’re still in business,” she said. “When things flip the other direction, that can actually take people out of business, but risk management can prevent the black swan from hurting people.”

Dorland encourages dairymen to look at what is happening today, so they can plan appropriately by deploying risk plans.

“We need to pay attention because markets will turn around and we’ve got to be prepared,” she said.

Prior to the coronavirus becoming a problem in China, the global economy was moving along at a pretty good pace, the market analyst noted.

“We were looking for 2020 to be a better year than the past five years,” she said. “Now we’ve got commerce slowing down as a result of the unknown.”

Since food service and restaurants are closed in the United States, Dorland said, new orders are postponed or canceled, which is problematic.

“Food service is down and impacting the dairy sector, but there are things that can keep it moving,” Dorland said.

“The good news is the borders with Canada and Mexico are closed only for non-essential traffic and today food is considered essential,” she said.

“We’ve heard milk trucks are making it across the border, so a lot of activity is still happening.”

Panic buying by U.S. consumers has left some g rocer y store shelves bare.

“We are continuing to supply the system, but with the constant pull we can’t keep up with it quite yet,”

Sara Dorland, managing partner CERES DAIRY RISK MANAGEMENT

The coronavirus pandemic is a black swan event that is impacting people across the world including U.S. dairy producers. Events like this virus highlight the need for dairymen to utilize risk management strategies to get through the negative periods that can result in future opportunities.

Dorland said. “We expect the 300% increase in milk going to retailers will go back to manufacturing.”

U.S. milk production for February is 1.7% higher than one year ago, Dorland said.

“We expected that because last year we were seeing a pull-back of milk production because farms had been suffering for a long time from low prices,” she said.

“There is big production in Texas, Colorado, California and Idaho and the timing couldn’t be worse,” she said. “We are bringing milk into the system when it is shutting down.”

Weather is impacting dairy production in other countries, including Australia.

“Even thoug h their numbers improved at the end of last year, these are the lowest numbers they’ve had since 2008,” Dorland said. “We have a free trade agreement with Australia and they are importing more products mainly cheese from the U.S.” New Zealand is dealing with drought conditions.

“The forecast is for continued dry weather,” Dorland said. “So, I don’t expect them to be the powerhouse they’ve been for the last few decades.”

For U.S. producers, if they know their cost of production for 100 pounds of milk, then they will want a known milk price.

“That will give you a known margin,” Dorland said. “If you can establish that price, then you’re left to produce the highest quality, lowest cost milk you can and that’s in a dairy producer’s wheel house.”

Trying to outguess the markets, Dorland said, is an act of beating your head

against the wall.

“Do what you really do well and take the unknown out of your business with risk management,” she advised.

Almost every dairyman

should be signed up for the Dairy Margin Coverage program, Dorland said, especially for events like the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Today the average price is $15.84, a month ago the

average was $17.37 and two months ago it was $17.83,” she said. “Today is not a great day to lock in milk prices, but there was a point in time when those numbers were pretty

good.”

Although it is uncertain how long the market disruption from the coronavirus will last, Dorland said, people are consuming dairy products whether it is at home or in a restaurant.

“This could help lift prices later in the year,” Dorland said.

“Nobody can predict the future, but a good risk management plan can help you ride this out,” she said.

Martha Blum can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 117, or marthablum@ agrinews-pubs.com.

Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Blum.

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REGIONAL WEATHER

Outlook for April 3 - April 9

Shown is Friday’s weather. Temperatures are Friday’s highs and Friday night’s lows.

Evanston 58/38 South Bend 62/38

Rockford 59/34 Rock Island 58/33

Chicago 61/38

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Peoria 60/36

SUNRISE/SUNSET Springfield Date April 3 April 4 April 5 April 6 April 7 April 8 April 9

Rise 6:39 a.m.

6:37 a.m.

6:36 a.m.

6:34 a.m.

6:33 a.m.

6:31 a.m.

6:30 a.m.

Decatur 62/36

Quincy 57/35

Set 7:25 p.m.

7:26 p.m.

7:27 p.m.

7:28 p.m.

7:29 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

7:31 p.m.

Gary 59/40

Champaign 63/37 Lafayette 65/40

Springfield 61/37

Fort Wayne 60/39

Terre Haute 66/40

Muncie 63/41

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Southern Illinois: Friday: an afternoon shower, but dry to the east. Winds southeast 4-8 mph. Expect two to four hours of sunshine with a 55% chance of precipitation and poor drying conditions. Average humidity 70%.

Vevay 69/46

Evansville 70/43

PRECIPITATION

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GROWING DEGREE DAYS Illinois Week ending March 30 Month through March 30 Season through March 30 Normal month to date Normal season to date

27 44 44 0 0

Indiana Week ending March 30 Month through March 30 Season through March 30 Normal month to date Normal season to date

38 54 54 0 0

Anna 67/37 For 24-hour weather updates, check out www.agrinews-pubs.com Illinois Champaign Chicago Decatur E. St. Louis Evanston Joliet Mt. Vernon Peoria Quincy Rockford Rock Island Springfield

Today Hi/Lo/W 63/37/pc 61/38/c 62/36/c 63/40/t 58/38/c 61/35/c 64/40/t 60/36/c 57/35/c 59/34/c 58/33/c 61/37/pc

Tom. Hi/Lo/W 57/38/sh 55/37/sh 57/39/sh 59/42/t 50/36/sh 56/37/sh 61/42/t 56/39/sh 56/41/sh 56/36/sh 57/40/sh 57/41/sh

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 59/42/pc 55/41/s 60/44/pc 67/48/pc 54/42/s 57/40/s 65/45/c 59/42/pc 60/46/sh 57/40/sh 58/42/sh 60/46/pc

Indiana Bloomington Carmel Evansville Fishers Fort Wayne Gary Lafayette Indianapolis Muncie South Bend Terre Haute Vevay

Today Hi/Lo/W 68/41/pc 63/38/pc 70/43/c 64/40/pc 60/39/pc 59/40/pc 65/40/pc 65/41/pc 63/41/pc 62/38/pc 66/40/pc 69/46/pc

Tom. Hi/Lo/W 62/43/t 57/40/c 64/45/t 58/40/c 57/40/c 52/39/sh 59/41/sh 59/43/t 60/42/c 55/38/sh 60/42/t 63/43/c

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 63/45/c 61/44/c 66/48/c 59/47/c 56/40/c 54/41/c 59/46/c 62/44/c 59/45/c 56/42/c 63/44/c 67/48/c

Weather (W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow flurries, sn–snow, i–ice

Northern Illinois: Friday: a shower in the afternoon. Winds south-southeast 7-14 mph. Expect less than two hours of sunshine with a 55% chance of precipitation and poor drying conditions. Average humidity 75%.

Central Illinois: Friday: a shower in the afternoon. Winds south-southeast 8-16 mph. Expect two to four hours of sunshine with a 55% chance of precipitation and poor-drying conditions. Average humidity 70%.

Indianapolis 65/41

Mt. Vernon 64/40

East St. Louis 63/40

TEMPERATURES

AGRICULTURE FORECASTS

Northern Indiana: Friday: partial sunshine; a passing afternoon shower in the west. Winds east-southeast 6-12 mph.

Expect four to eight hours of sunshine with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 65%.

Central Indiana: Friday: partly sunny; pleasant in the east. Winds southeast 6-12 mph. Expect four to eight hours of sunshine with good drying conditions and average relative humidity 55%.

Southern Indiana: Friday: partly sunny, except more clouds in the south. Winds east-southeast 6-12 mph. Expect four to eight hours of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 70%.

SOUTH AMERICA High pressure will lead to dry weather from Argentina to southern Brazil and Paraguay into Monday. Showers and storms can return to southern Brazil and northern Argentina around midweek.

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Do you dare go on vacation?

By Matilda Charles

You budgeted all winter, building up the cash that would take you on vacation this summer. And now all your plans are in doubt.

Now we have the coronavirus rampaging around the globe, with more cases popping up in more countries on a daily basis. Do you dare to still go on your vacation?

To help make a decision about whether go, first stay current on the general facts: n Keep an eye on the advisory levels on the U.S. State Department website at travel.state.gov. More and more countries have been added to the list of

places where it warns people not to travel. n Stay updated on locations of coronavirus cases here in the U.S. Watch the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s travel notices at wwwnc. cdc.gov/travel/notices.

Watch the airlines, if you’d planned to fly. More flights to more areas are being canceled every day.

Then take a close look at your individual situation: n If you’re over the age of 65, or planning to travel with someone who is, or if there is already a health condition, consider whether travel is worth the risk of being exposed to the virus. Seniors are hit the hardest by the effect of the coronavirus

and have a heightened risk of contracting it as well as pneumonia. n Do your plans involve being in crowds at tourist sites, with pathogens that are spread through the air? Are you prepared to be put in a quarantine situation if you test positive and have no symptoms?

The biggest question is this: If you do go on your intended trip, could you relax and enjoy yourself?

Or, would you be worried the whole time about being exposed to the virus?

As the coronavirus pandemic intensifies around the world, many travelers are canceling trips and Remember: If you cancel your summer vacation hunkering down at home while cruise lines from Princess to Viking are suspending operations, Disney World and Disneyland are closing and airlines are slashing routes. plans, you won’t be the only one to do that. © 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Staying safe while grocery shopping in the midst of COVID-19 What steps do I need to take when grocery shopping in light of the coronavirus pandemic?

COVID-19 is not a foodborne disease. While there have been no reports as of this time to suggest that COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, has been transmitted by handling food or food packaging, here are ways that consumers can protect themselves when grocery shopping.

COVID-19 transmits person-to-person through droplets that are produced when an infected individual coughs or sneezes, said Qiuhong Wang, a scientist and coronavirus researcher with The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Common symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, coughing, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. Symptoms range from mild to severe respiratory illness.

Advanced age or conditions such as various cancers, COPD, asthma, heart disease and diabetes are associated with an increased severity of COVID-19 infections and fatality rates.

The virus is most often transferred to another individual when droplets directly reach their nose, mouth, or eyes, or through close contact such as a handshake.

The virus can also transmit when a person touches an object or surface with the virus on it and then touches their mouth or eyes before washing their hands.

With that in mind, the most important thing that consumers can do to protect themselves and others when grocery shopping is to practice social distancing, said Sanja Ilic, food safety state specialist with Ohio State University Extension, CFAES’ outreach arm.

That includes keeping at least 6 feet between yourself and other shoppers while shopping and when standing in line to pay for your purchases, she said, noting that current evidence shows the biggest risk of transmission of COVID-19 is being around individuals who are symptomatic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As such, many retailers have taken to marking safe standing distances with an “X” on the floor in the checkout lines.

“Although consumers should not be too worried about COVID-19 transmissions from food, everyone should follow good hygiene practices when purchasing and preparing foods to lessen their chances of contracting the virus from other sources,” Ilic said.

If possible, use hand sanitizer before and after selecting produce items and avoid touching multiple produce items when making selections, Ilic said.

“If you are concerned about fresh produce or other food being contaminated with coronavirus, wash your hands before and after eating and before touching your face,” she said. “Also, make sure you never cough or sneeze in or around fresh produce display refrigerators.

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone wash their hands often; refrain from touching their mouth, nose and eyes; and use hand sanitizer that is at least 60% alcohol.”

Many grocery stores have instituted safety precautions such as reducing the hours the stores are open to allow employees to sanitize and restock the stores each night and allowing special shopping hours for elderly consumers and those with compromised immune systems.

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Corn checkoff, Glass Barn offer educational resources I N DI A NA P OL IS — Corn and soybean farmers from Indiana and across the country are providing teachers and parents with valuable teaching resources while schools are closed due to the COVID19 crisis.

T he National Cor n Growers Association and state corn checkoff organizations such as the Indiana Corn Marketing Council have launched the Nourish the Future com-

munity network. Nourish the Future provides free virtual resources online at nourishthefuture.org.

NCGA and ICMC believe agriculture can help engage students in the STEM subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

An ag-based curriculum in the science classroom will inspire students to solve real-world issues with practical solutions.

In addition, reaching stu-

dents with the Nourish the Future curriculum can help address the increasing job gap in agriculture-related careers.

NEW OPPORTUNITIES “COVID-19 has brought all of us challenges that we didn’t anticipate, but it also give us new opportunities that we haven’t had before,” said ICMC board member and NCGA Action Team Member Natasha Cox, who farms in Benton.

“As a mother, I understand that education doesn’t end in the classroom. I’m very happy that ICMC and NCGA can bring these ag-based educational materials to families across Indiana.

Programs that help families and the long-term future of farmers is our priority.”

The Nourish the Future materials cover subjects such as biotechnology, energy and ethanol, plant

anatomy and g row th stages, soil science and sustainability and the role of clean water in a healthy ecosystem.

The program’s lesson plans are designed for students from middle school through high school.

Advanced high school options also are available.

One of Indiana Soybean Alliance’s peer checkoff organizations, the Ohio Soybean Council, has similar virtual and classroom

soybean resources through their Grow Next Gen initiative, and those can be accessed for free at www. grownextgen.org.

In addition to the Nourish the Future and Grow Next Gen curriculum, the ISA and ICMC offer a variety of educational materials through its Glass Barn website corn and soybean resource pages. Visit www.glassbarn.org to access these materials.

DONNA’S DAY: CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

KITCHEN DIVA

Easter egg-y ideas are real kid-pleasers

By Donna Erickson

Perfect Easter ham

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fewer lambs, curtailing the availability of legs of Lamb is a popular lamb for sale in the spring dish around the world, for Easter dinners. Ham especially at Easter. became a great alternative The tradition is rooted to lamb because farmers in the Jewish holiday of could cure and preserve Passover, which celethe meat during the brates the liberation of the winter and sell it in the Israelites from Egyptian spring. slavery.

Ham also is a popuWith all the history lar meat because it can associated with serving be prepared in so many lamb at Easter, you may ways. This recipe for wonder why ham is so Glazed Ham with Roasted popular for Easter celeVegetables is perfect for brations in our country.

Easter, and with a few As with many foods, the minor adaptations can be reason lamb isn’t as popu- combined with leftover, lar in America at Easter is peeled hard-boiled Easter rooted in supply, demand eggs the next morning and cost. to create my Easter Egg Wool was a popular fab- Hash. ric during World War II, Happy Easter! but as soon as the demand for wool began to wane, © 2020 King Features farmers began to raise Synd., Inc.

Glazed Ham With Roasted Vegetables Servings: 10 to 12 INGREDIENTS 1 (8 to 10 pound) fully cooked bone-in smoked half ham (not spiral sliced) 1 cup brown sugar, packed 1 cup apricot jam 1/2 cup spicy brown mustard 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning 2 teaspoons ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves Roasted Vegetables: 1 1/2 pound fingerlings, small red potatoes or new potatoes cut into halves 1 pound slender carrots, cut into 2 inch lengths 1 bunch radishes, tops trimmed and reserved, and cut into halves 1 tablespoon salt for parboiling 3 tablespoons olive oil, plus 1 tablespoon for drizzling 2 tablespoons poultry seasoning 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/2 pound of escarole, frisee, chicory or arugula leaves, or the tops of the radish leaves, if available, chopped PROCEDURE To Prepare the Ham and Glaze: Heat oven to 300 degrees.

Place ham in a large roasting pan, cut side down. With tip of sharp knife, make long, crisscross diamond shaped cuts through the tough skin and fat of the ham, top to bottom, but not into the meat. Cover tightly with foil. Bake 1 1/2 hours.

In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, jam, mustard, poultry seasoning, pepper and cloves. Transfer 1 cup of the glaze to a separate bowl; cover and refrigerate to serve with the ham later.

Remove foil from ham. Brush remaining glaze all over ham.

Bake, uncovered, another 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until glaze is dark brown and internal temperature of ham has reached 140 degrees. Allow ham to rest 20 minutes before carving. Serve with reserved glaze.

To Prepare the Vegetables: 1. Heat oven to 450 degrees.

In a 7-quart saucepot, cover

Hop to it! Easter is on its way. Put your busy schedule on hold for an evening or Saturday afternoon and make the traditional craft of egg decorating a family affair.

How about sharing the fun with friends who will no doubt contribute to and enliven the memory making creativity?

Here are some Easter egg-y ideas that are real kid-pleasers. For the first three, all you need are hard-cooked white eggs, prepared decorating dyes in small bowls and a variety of household items.

RUBBER-BAND TIE-DYE Wind two or three rubber bands of various widths snuggly around egg. Dye the egg and let dry. Remove the rubber bands to reveal the designs.

STICKER DESIGNS Stick peel-off stars, dots or other shapes randomly on an egg. Be sure the stickers adhere completely to the egg before dipping in the dye. Let dry, then peel off stickers while they are still damp to reveal the designs.

TAPE AND DRAW Wrap a piece of masking tape around an egg.

Dye. Gently remove tape

potatoes and carrots with cold water; add 1 tablespoon salt.

Cover and heat to boiling on high. Reduce heat to maintain simmer; cook 7 minutes.

Drain well and return to pot.

Vegetables can be parboiled and refrigerated up to 2 days before roasting.

2. Toss potatoes, carrots and radishes with oil, poultry seasoning, and 1 teaspoon each salt and pepper; arrange in a single layer on a large rimmed baking sheet. Roast 25 minutes or until vegetables are browned and tender, stirring twice.

3. Remove vegetables from the oven; drizzle the salad greens with the remaining oil and mix the greens with the vegetables. Serve warm or at room temperature with slices of ham.

Instead of resorting to the same old egg dyeing kit, try something new this Easter. and add your own designs on the white space with markers.

HOW TO BLOW OUT AN EGG If you prefer decorating eggs in which the raw contents have been blown out — so that you can hang them from branches for an egg tree or display in a basket

SHREDDED PAPER Brush household glue on eggshell, then press shredded paper randomly around it for a contemporary look. Let dry.

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ASK AN AGRONOMIST HOW SHOULD I HANDLE WEED MANAGEMENT ON MY PREVENT PLANT ACRES?

KIRSTEN THOMAS-GARRIOTT DEKALB® ASGROW® BRAND TECHNICAL AGRONOMIST Plainfield, Indiana

Seeds and agronomy. They’re the onetwo punch for improving performance in any field. That’s why farmers in central Indiana rely on DEKALB® Asgrow® brand technical agronomist Kirsten ThomasGarriott for management advice.

She’s been working in the region for six years and is a great source for local knowledge. Here she addresses some of this year’s pressing management questions.

Easter Egg Hash Servings: 4 INGREDIENTS 3 to 4 cups roasted vegetables and salad greens, chopped 2 to 4 slices cooked ham, chopped 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 4 large peeled hard-boiled Easter eggs 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 green onions, roots removed and discarded, green and white parts finely chopped PROCEDURE Chop any leftover veggies and salad greens and chop up a few slices of ham to create 3 to 4 cups of hash. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter with the oil.

Place the chopped roasted vegetables and ham mixture in the hot skillet. Using a spatula press the hash into an even layer in the skillet to create a crisp texture on the bottom of the hash.

Cook undisturbed until crunchy and browned on the bottom, about 3 to 5 minutes. Flip the hash in sections. Using a spoon, make 4 shallow indentations in the hash. Place a peeled hardboiled egg in each indentation.

Cook for 5 minutes to allow the hash to brown on the bottom and the eggs to warm through.

Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with green onions, if desired.

and save them year to year — here is a simple process to empty them, plus two ideas for decorating once they have been blown.

Poke a small hole with a large safety pin at each end of a washed raw egg. Carefully wiggle the pin or a toothpick into one of the

SHAKE AND DECORATE Squeeze household glue from a plastic bottle in a simple design such as zigzags or an alphabet letter on a shell that is still white or dyed in a light color. Carefully set the egg in a plastic bag with colored sand or glitter and close it lightly in your fist, keeping locked air inside.

Gently shake to coat the glue to reveal the design. Remove the egg, and slip onto a skewer through one of the holes and poke into a soft object like an egg carton to dry.

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A solid weed management strategy is important in any year, but particularly with the large number of prevent plant acres across the country this year, it should be top of mind for growers. The cornerstones of any herbicide program should include the following four elements: •

Start clean, either with tillage or a burndown pass

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Use overlapping residuals

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Spray early

In Indiana, a June 20 cutoff date has been implemented for spraying some products. However, I would encourage growers using any chemistry to own that date and be finished spraying by then (assuming we have a “normal” planting season this year) to ensure maximum efficacy. Spraying over those acres when weeds are small is key to success, and using late June as a deadline can help us with that.

If we have some escapes, growers may want to consider some “outside the jug” options – some cover crops, particularly grass species, can be effective at helping suppress weeds when managed properly. And as always, growers should take an ongoing multi-crop approach to weed management.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT PLANNING FUNGICIDE APPLICATIONS AHEAD OF THE GROWING SEASON? Over the course of the season, I often get asked if fungicide pays. This question often relates to foliar applications later in the season, but most growers already use fungicide every year – on every acre – as a seed treatment. This

is a widespread practice because its value is broadly acknowledged – why not protect our investment? In many ways, later-season foliar applications can and should be viewed the same

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EVEN WHEN THE LEVEL OF DISEASE PRESSURE REMAINS TO BE SEEN, USING FOLIAR FUNGICIDES CAN BE A HELPFUL AND LUCRATIVE STRATEGY.

way. Even when the level of disease pressure remains to be seen, using foliar fungicides can be a helpful and lucrative strategy.

In regard to disease pressure, I think it’s worth noting that many of the fields that saw heavy frogeye leaf spot (FELS) pressure in 2018 will be rotating back to soybeans in 2020. Growers should have a scouting strategy in place and be prepared to spend to protect their crop. It’s also worth noting that not all fungicides are labeled for FELS control.

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What says Easter more than the bunny? A roast ham, the traditional feast that’s not as easy to get right as it may seem.

holes to break the yolk.

Place a drinking straw over the hole on top, and blow through the straw, collecting the contents of the egg in a small dish. Rinse out the empty shell and let dry completely before decorating.

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Auction Calendar Acres in 5 Tracts, 5:30 p.m.

CT, Estate of Lester Moore, William Wilson Auction Realty, Inc., 812-682-4000.

Fri., April 3

NEW PARIS, IND.: Annual Spring Collector Tractor, Toy, Literature & Memorabilia Auction, 8:30 a.m., Polk Auction Company, 877-915-4440.

Fri., April 10

LYNNVILLE, IND.: Farm Auction, 10 a.m. CDT, Estate of Bill Wesselman, Johny Ray Auction & Realty, 812-598-3936.

Sat., April 4

NEW PARIS, IND.: Annual Spring Collector Tractor, Toy, Literature & Memorabilia Auction, 8:30 a.m., Polk Auction Company, 877-915-4440.

Tues., April 14

RANDOLPH COUNTY, IND.: Online Only, 40 +/- Acres, bidding opens 4/13 at 8 a.m. & closes 4/14 at

Wed., April 8

PRINCETON, IND.: 336 +/-

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com, Brown Revocable Living Trust, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-4242324.

Wed., April 15

Thurs., April 16

SHELBY COUNTY, IND.: Online Only, 39.9 +/Acres, bidding opens 4/14 at 8 a.m. EST & closes 4/15 at 5 p.m. EST at halderman.com, JJ & MJ Farm Trust, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-4242324. See p. B1 PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO: Online Only, 111 +/- Acres in 3 Tracts, bidding opens 4/14 at 8 a.m. & closes 4/15 at 6:45 p.m. at halderman.

WARREN COUNTY, IND.: Online Only, 106 +/- Acres in 3 Tracts, bidding opens 4/15 at 8 a.m. EST & closes 4/16 at 5 p.m. EST at halderman.com, Mitchell D. Johnson Estate & Diana Marion, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324.

See p. B1 DELAWARE COUNTY, IND.: Online Only, 36.919 +/Acres in 2 Tracts, bidding opens 4/15 at 8 a.m. &

closes 4/16 at 6:45 p.m. at halderman.com, Horton Living Trust, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-4242324.

Tues., April 21

HOWARD COUNTY, IND.: Online Only, 152 +/Acres, bidding opens 4/20 at 8 a.m. & closes 4/21 at 6:45 p.m. at halderman.com, Silver Dawn Farms, Inc., Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324. See p. B1

Wed., April 22

DECATUR COUNTY, IND.: Online Only, 79.5 +/- Acres,

bidding opens 4/21 at 8 a.m. EST & closes 4/22 at 6 p.m. EST at halderman. com, Webb Estate Farm, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324.

RANDOLPH COUNTY, IND.: Online Only, 89.84 +/Acres, bidding opens 4/21 at 8 a.m. & closes 4/22 at 6:45 p.m. at halderman.com, Richard & Judith Keltner, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324.

See p. B1 TERRE HAUTE, IND.: 39.63 Acres, 2 p.m., Clomeyer Farm, LLC, Johnny Swalls Auction Inc., 812-495-6119.

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Slow progress in nutrient loss reduction efforts

By Tom C. Doran AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — There’s plenty of nutrient loss management research data available, but it doesn’t do much good if it isn’t disseminated to farmers to show there’s proof in the pudding.

Jennifer Woodyard, University of Illinois Extension watershed outreach associate, said that’s where Extension and other pa r t ner orga nizations come in.

Woodyard spoke of her outreach work for a pair of phosphorous priority watersheds, the Embarras River and Little Wabash River, in east-central and sout hea ster n Il l i nois, as well as the work of her counterpart, Haley Har verbeck-Gruber, in northwest Illinois.

H a r ve r b e ck- Gr u b e r does outreach for the Mississippi Central/Henderson Creek Watershed and Lower Rock River Watershed that are nitrogen priorities.

Efforts to reduce nitrogen and phosphorous movement into waterways were jump-started when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asked the 12 states in the Mississippi River Basin to create plans addressing nutrients loads from point sources, urban storm water and agriculture nonpoint sources.

The Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy was released in 2015 with an interim goal to reduce nitrogen loss by 15% and total phosphorous loss by 25% by 2025 with an ultimate goal of reducing both losses by 45%. “It was written to address the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone, but also the

local issues that we see in our own state. We can still have algae blooms and ďŹ sh kills that can occur in our own area, so we need to address those, as well,â€?

Woodyard said at the Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council’s Investment Insight Live event.

The 2019 hypoxic zone in the Gulf was the eighth largest mapped since 1985 at 6,952 square miles. “Illinois contributes to this obviously, and that’s why we’re talking about this today,� Woodyard said. “In a 2008 modeling study Illinois was the No. 1 contributor of both nitrogen and phosphorous to this problem in the Gulf of Mexico. Illinois, Iowa and Indiana were the top three for nitrogen which makes sense, we grow a lot of corn, we use a lot of fertilizer, and for total phosphorous Illinois, Missouri and Iowa are the top three.�

PRIORITY WATERSHEDS The Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy created maps of the major watersheds throughout Illinois and established priority watersheds for both phosphorous and nitrogen. “We’re working with farmers to help them implement best management practices, conservation on the ground to help reduce nutrient losses in their respective watersheds. We directly work with farmers the most and we work with other stakeholders as well,� Woodyard said.

Best management practices that help control soil erosion and nutrient loss that are being promoted to growers include conservation tillage, cover and green manure crop, critical area planting, filter

want to have strip, forest land farmers forced erosion control to do anything system, g ra ss and that’s the line channels, way we want to grassed waterkeep it, but now ways, planned we’re starting to grazing systems, see a shift where permanent vegethe point sources tative cover, satare phosphorous urated buer, terloss, now we race, water and Woodyard need to do more sediment control throughout the basin, wetland restoration, woodchip bio- rest of the state, as well.�

In the Embarras, nireactor, woodland direct seeding and woodland im- trate loads increased by 28% from 1980-1996 to provement.

2013-2017. It was reduced by 13% in the Kaskaskia SLOW PROGRESS A biennial report on River and 2% lower in the the progress of the state’s Illinois River. The Rock Nutrient Loss Reduction River saw the largest inStrategy was released Nov. crease — 104% — compared to the baseline years.

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The total phosphorous “Things aren’t as great as we’d hoped they would load in the Embarras has be by now,� Woodyard gone up 3%, there was a 68% increase in the Kasnoted.

Data from 1980-1996 kaskia River, 51% increase was used as the baseline in the Little Wabash River, for comparisons with data 25% increase in the Illincollected from 2013-2017. ois River, 8% increase in From the 1980-1996 to the Rock River, and 36% 2013-2017, there was a 13% decrease in the Green increase in the amount of River. water owing through our rivers in the state, a 7% in- COMMUNITY OUTREACH As part of their eorts crease in nitrate-N losses and a 26% increase in total to deliver information to farmers in their respective phosphorous losses. “Remember, we wanted watersheds, Woodyard to decrease nitrogen by and Harverbeck-Gruber 15% and total phospho- organize ďŹ eld days, workrous by 25% by 2025, so shops and public meetings we are going in the oppo- to educate students, farmsite direction,â€? Woodyard ers and the general public on nutrient loss reduction said. “One thing big to note practices.

In addition, 23 episodes though is the point sources have reduced their phos- of nutrient loss reduction phorous losses by 24% podcasts can be accessed from 2011 to 2018. So, the at will.illinois.edu website, point sources, things like covering a myriad of topwater treatment plants ics. “At our ďŹ eld days and have really seen a reduction in phosphorous loss. educational programs, we Point source nitrogen loss demonstrate soil health properties, how to build was reduced by 10%. “We want to keep con- healthy soil and why it’s servation practices volun- important. We go out tarily adopted. We don’t into the ďŹ eld with farm-

ers and help them ďŹ gure out how to manage things like cover crops or other conservation practices,â€?

Woodyard said. “Another big thing that Haley and I do is watershed-based planning.

Watershed planning basically helps address water quality problems in a holistic manner by fully assessing the potential contributing causes and sources of pollution, then prioritizing restoration and protection strategies to address these problems. “It’s a really collaborative eort and Haley and I get facilitate those conversations in our watershed and help develop those plans with local stakeholders.â€?

The Embarras River Watershed currently has a plan in place that was last updated in 2011, and stakeholders are working toward updating the plan.

Several stakeholders teamed up to raise match support to apply for an IEPA Section 319 Grant to update the watershed plan that would cover 60% of the cost. “We were able to fundraise for the 40% match, raising early $76,000 throughout the watershed.

Illinois Farm Bureau was a huge contributor, the Soil and Water Conservation Districts in each county contributed as did dierent organizations, private landowners and cooperatives all came together.

They saw the importance of writing and updating a watershed plan,� Woodyard said.

T he Coles Cou nt y SWCD submitted the grant request in July 2019 and should hear in the late spring of 2020 if funds will be awarded.

Extension hosted nine

meetings throughout the watershed in January through the Illinois Farm Bureau Nutrient Stewardship Grant.

TAKEAWAYS Takeaways consistent from the Embarras watershed farmer meetings include: Q The desire to implement conservation is there, and some will do with without cost-share, but most want and need assistance.

Q Some are successfully using cover crops, but many have experiences challenges or not tried them. Cost-share dollars to support implementation would increase adoption.

Q They desire more education farmer-to-farmer, but also for their landowners, another consistent theme especially for absentee landowners and just landowners in general. They really want education that’s targeted toward them to help them understand why these things are important and needed on the landscape so that the landowners could potentially help the farmer implement some of these practices with some money assistance.

Q There was a desire for local research. At several of the counties meetings it was mentioned they want plots in their own county to know what is happening on the soil types and the climate that they work with everyday and they want to hear what their neighbors are doing and if it’s been successful.

Tom C. Doran can be reached at 815-780-7894 or tdoran@agrinewspubs.com. Follow him on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Doran.

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39.63 ACRE REAL ESTATE AUCTION Clomeyer Farm, LLC If not sold prior to auction, the auction will be: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 @ 2 P.M Auction Location: Holiday Inn 3300 US 41 Terre Haute jswalls.com This tract is 39.63 acres with 28.5 tillable acres in 2 ďŹ elds with riparian buffer strip. There is road frontage on State Road 163 and the north end has access on County Road 1460S/200W in Vermillion County.

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Newton County • 137.08 A, 130.75 Tillable, 3.7 CRP, W of Brook.

Boone County • 28.95 Ac, 21.85 Tillable, 4 miles north of Lebanon, includes home and outbuildings

PRESCOTT ANGUS Yearling Angus Bulls For Sale Richard Prescott 815-228-2069 prescottangus.com SWINE EQUIPMENT 40 Auqua feeder tube feeders, stainless steel, like new condition. Make Offer.

641-660-6838 MISC. LIVESTOCK EQUIP (2) FRIESEN PROTEIN bulk tanks, 5-1/2 ton, $1,500/ ea.

Call 815-539-7117 MODERN MILL 2" Feed blower, single ph. 7.5 HP motor, complete unit, $2,500. obo Call 574-315-9657 Roto-grind bale grinder, less waste, feed less hay, I use a 85hp w/540 or 190-hp w/1000. $12,500-obo. 618-777-2077

COMBINES/PLATFORMS/ HEADS Cat Track w/JD final drive, rebuilt after last used, good shape, $5000. Can Deliver. 618-777-2077 FOR SALE GRAIN Bin Drying System, 42' Shivvers Drying System w/level dry & computer system & Cross Augers, 2 turbo Fans & Burners, 26hp a piece, Call 217-821-6232 for price SEED

NGMO SEED CORN, 107-113 Day Maturity, $85.00 for 80,000 Per Kernel Count,

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Preble County, IN (Online): April 15 • 111.25+/- Acres - 3 Tracts Contact: Chris Peacock 765.546.0592 or Craig Springmier 937.533.7126 or H. John Kramer 937.533.1101

Delaware County, IN (Online): April 16 • 36.9+/- Acres - 2 Tracts Howard County, IN (Online): April 21 • 152+/- Acres - 2 Tracts

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TRACTORS 2009 CIH Magnum 245 MFD 3510 hours, PS, field ready, Guidance Equipment, very nice, 217-304-1937 2010 FARMALL-95C, 97 hp., 540 PTO, 1830 hrs., MFD, A/C, Heat, CD radio, quick attach loader, Like New, $35,000 obo.

(309)883-6340 JD-7830 MFD, IVT Trans, frt susp., active seat, higher hrs., extra lighting pkg. Dependable, SHARP, $39,500 715-574-4561 JD-H310 LOADER, LIKE new, $7,500 Call 715-223-3600 MF-265 W/MF LOADER, 95% rear tires, approx. 2500 total hrs. New Tach. shows 510 hrs.

Mechanically sound. Needs paint. $7,500. (765)366-2914 Retiring: JD 4960 tractor, FWA w/new Remand engine, 1991 .........................$45,000.

309-314-1384, call for pictures

EMPLOYMENT Full-time large grain farm, Coles Co., Must have CDL, sprayer, planter, combine experience preferred.

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217-348-0394 FARMS FOR SALE/RENT 39+/- AC. MARSHALL Cnty, IL.1872 Cnty Rd. 900 N. Varna, IL., Surveyed, 2 creeks, partial timber, $7,800/ac. Call Ray 417-217-9688 FOR SALE 175-AC, class A soils, in Big Rock IL, Kane Co., solid investment. Serious inquires only. 847-980-7956 PLANTERS 1998 CIH-955 SOLID stand, 23 row planter, bean drums, corn drums and milo drums. $13,000 Call 217-825-3670.

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OPEN POLLINATED SEED corn, out produces Hybrids for silage. $67 per bu.

Plus shipping. 217-857-3377 TRACTORS 1991 DUETZ ALLIS-9170, MFD, 3400 hrs., $15,000 in repairs, asking $27,500 obo Call 419-348-4764

466 JD turbo diesel out of 8820 combine, runs good, $2500.

618-214-2194 640 V8 Perkins turbo diesel, $2500. 618-214-2194

Warren County, IN (Online): April 15-16 • 106+/- Acres - 3 Tracts

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COMBINES/PLATFORMS/ HEADS 2011 JD-9570, 1927/1315 hrs., duals, CM, bin ext., Call 574-857-6750 216 John Deere bean head, very gd cond., $1600. 426 Allis turbo out of N6 Gleaner, runs very gd, $2500. 618-214-2194

Shelby County, IN (Online): April 14-15 • 39.9+/- Acres - 1 Tract

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1992 CIH-7140, MFWD, 6600 hrs., new frt. tires, like new rears, duals @ 50%, Exc. Paint, new turbo, injectors, rebult fuel pump & head, $42,500 Call 815-760-0798 1996 JD-8570 4WD. 6626 hrs. bareback 3-hyd. Outlets, 24 spd. good 18.4R38 Firestone tires 60%, $32,000.; 1981 IH1086, can air & heat. 2 hyd.

Outlets 3-pt. 2-PTO. New front tires rear Firestone 18.4x38 w/duals.Western cab. $12,000.

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PLANTERS 2000 JD-1760 FINGER pick up planter, 12R30”, flex frame, half width disconnect, precision meters, bean & corn, Keetons, sensor one seed population monitor, w/GPS speed sensor, 1 cast iron spike closing wheel per row, books & spare parts, small farm, retired, can send photos, 217-473-2548

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618-562-7550 greendrills.com (740)756-4810 Hizey Farm Service LLC Harms Land-Rollers, Brand New! 12 - $6,800, 14 -7,300, 16 - $8,000 , 24 - $14,800, 32 - $17,500, 42-$21,500 Any size Available. 715-234-1993 JD 1760 12Row 30 inch planter, equipped w/insect boxes, no-till cutters, Yetter residue managers, very sharp, no welds, used on small acreage. 217-259-2168

684 HOES TILE trencher, Call 608-295-9287

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1997 MF-8150, FWA, 4530 hrs, rebuilt hyd., 380/90 R46 rears @ 75%, 380/85 R30 Fronts @ 95%, Well maintained. $39,500. (765)366-2914

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1998 CIH-955 SOLID stand, 23 row planter, $13,000 Call 217-839-4284

2004 VERSATILE-2425, 3300hours., N14, PS, bare-back, Exc cond., $67,500, OBO Retiring. 563-357-4300

Ashland I950 scraper, 9-1/2 yard, front dolly wheels, like new condition, $28,500.

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2005 JD-177NT, MAXEMERGE XP plater, 16R30” precision meters, row cleaners, HD springs, box ext., insect.

Boxes, veriable rate drive, asking $35,500 (815)440-5850

JD 7200, 8r30”, hydraulic wing fold, no-till, finger meters, insecticide, nice cond., $15,500.

815-275-0699 JD-1780 BEAN PLANTER, 15x15, 3 bu. boxes, pneumatic down presure, new iron, 250 monitor, ready to go, $25,000 obo Call 419-348-4764 Kinze 3600, 16/31 row, great shape, ready to go, no-till, insecticide, corn & bean meters, KPM II monitor, 815-712-3703 MISC JAMESWAY CATTLE feed conveyors, Call 815-252-7117

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28Lx26, 23 degree Firestone tires, like new, $1200; On JD Rims. 23L-26 tires, V gd, $750.

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HAY AND STRAW, Pandemic Sale, existing inventory 10% off plus 50% off delivery cost for qualified orders, Call David 815-685-5344, Mike 815-685-9646

PAIR OF FIRESTONE Field & Road 12.4-38 tractor tires/tubes.Brand new,never mounted.$1,000.GM 305 truck motor. 2-Yazoo mowers/parts. 815-693-0731

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WAGONS & GEARS JD-716A SILAGE WAGON, SN 01266zw, 3 beaters, roof, wood floor, unloading apron ext., PTO shaft, variable floor spd. On a JD-1075 4 wheel running gear, SN 014541w with tongue ext., trails straight, well maintained and shedded, Asking $6,000.

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MISC PARTS FOR Gandy Orbit Air, Call 815-252-7117 New Steel Storage tanks available Capacity up to 50,000 gal. 618-553-7549, 562-4544 www.dktanks.com PROGRESSIVE MODEL 2600 sidedress toolbar, 36 row, 30in w/2300 gal. tank, Coulter injection, asking $39,500. Exc. Shape. 309-275-2424 TANKS: STAINLESS. PIPE For Culverts 10-inch to 10ft DIA. 618-553-7549, 618-562-4544, www.dktanks.com WANTED: 4 USED Y drops, Call 708-921-3484

DODGE RAM 3500, flat bed truck, gas, duel wheels, new tires, 1000,000 mi., 4wd, Excellent, Call 217-415-6405 or Email nobes99@hotmail.com for pictures, Call 217-415-6405

GRAIN VACS New& Used REM & Kongskilde grain vacs. Used Kongskilde 1000 & 500 grain vacs.

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JD-6700, 3-WHEEL, 60-ft. boom, triple nozzles, w/drops 2375 hrs, spray star monitor, Trimble light bar, foamer, Good Cond., $41,000. 815-260-0249, can text pics.

1903 w/16ft Chandler litter bed, Cat power, torque boost trans., 4800-hours, 73x44-32, $39,500.

618-562-7550 6-Row corn liquid nitrogen applicator, 3pt hitch, red ball monitor, PTO pump, includes tractor tanks, can also spray herbicide, Delivery possible, $4500. 814-322-8090

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5th wheel, sprayer trailer, dual tandems, electric brakes, lights. $6,700-obo. 309-531-7576

FERTILIZER EQUIPMENT 16 ROW DAWN PLURIBUS on B&D tool bar w/liquid, $40,000; Call 815-252-7117

2015 Timpte 40-ft. super Hopper trailer, auto tarp, alum wheels, good tires & brakes, min.use, 815-257-3288 or 815-368-3288

Lincolnland Agri-Energy, LLC Buying Corn Clint Davidson Commodity Mgr 10406 N 1725th St Palestine, IL 618-586-2321 or 888-586-2321

2004 CASE-3185, 5.9 Cummins, hydrostat, 90ft boom, Trimble 750 w/auto steer and auto shutoffs, 1748 hours, farmer owned, $49,900.

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SPRA-COUPE 3440, PERKINS, 60-ft. straight booms, 300 gal, foamer, EZ Guide 250, 1998, 3600 hrs, Exc. Cond., $12,500. 309-303-1292.

2013 Freightliner Cascadia 125, Air Ride susp., tandem axle, Detroit engine, 241,000 miles, auto, Very Nice truck Call for price.

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CARS/TRUCKS/TRAILERS 2003 INTERNETIONAL 4400 tandem grain truck, 530 eng., 10 spd., 20' alum. box, roll tarp, new front tires, 344,000 mi., simulator wheels, rear controls for box, pic avail., $38,500 obo 708-243-7061 or 708-625-5594 2007 International 8600, AR, tandem axle, 10-spd. transmission, C13 Cat eng., 167-wb, Nice Truck, $19,500.

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1995 INTERNATIONAL Silver wheels, floater, 466, Allison auto, 1600 gal. Tank, 60' booms, good shape, $23,000 obo Call 815-674-0720

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Onarga, IL. 815-351-8124 *New/used Bush Hog mowers on hand. *Full line of Bush Hog parts.

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CARS/TRUCKS/TRAILERS 1997 REITNOUER STEP deck, 48 X102, all alum.,10.2 spread. $9,250 obo; 2007 Manac, step deck, 48x102, all alum.10.2 spread, $12,500 obo; 1999 Roadmaster rgn, 50-ton tri-axle, 48x102 with 26-ft. well, $25,000 obo. 815-674-0720.

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765-325-2408 or 765-891-0956 Case IH 25ft 3950 disk, w/271/2ft Case IH Crumbler, both in very good condition, field ready, $22,900. 618-927-7858, 618-927-7857 CIH 200 field cultivator 43-1/2ft, knock off shovels, 4 bar tine harrow, hitch, exc cond.

Farmer owned. 309-224-9186 CIH-700, HIGH CLEARANCE 8 bottom 16” pull type on land plow, $3,500; CIH-516 720 plow, 3 pt. $2,000. Call 217-456-7641 JD MULCH MASTER, MODEL 550, 25-FT., EXTRA SWEEPS, GOOD COND., $5,250.

812-204-4587 Landoll 30ft 876 tilloll good blades and beaters needs sweeps, $8500 obo.

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Used Zimmatic center pivot 9 tower 1500 ft long, $15,000; Kifco water winch & 6" alum pipe, 815-303-3650 Putnam, IL

3-ACRES INCLUDES GRAIN elevator w/80-ft. scales, office, 3 storage buildings & bins, etc.

6 miles East of LeRoy, IL $220,000. 309-825-5017

Wanted: Irrigation Equipment Pipes, Pumps/Travelers.

HOEKSTRA FARMS, LLC. St. Anne, IL. Call 815-427-6510

GSI FANS 25hp - 50hp Centrifugal fans 60% OFF. Brush Enterprises, Bethany, IL 800-373-0654

We Manufacture All Steel Irrigation Bridges! Abbott Fabrication Winamac, IN 574-225-1326 Shop: 574-946-6566

GSI FLOORING New-Weather: 18' , 21' , 24' Floor. 50% off.

While They Last. Call Place Order. Brush Enterprises, Bethany, IL 1-800-373-0654

ELEC. MOTORS/GENERATORS

NEW GT RECIRCULATING Batch Grain Dryers. Cornwell Equipment. (217)543-2631

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Generators: used, low hr takeouts. 20KW to 2000KW. Dsl, Propane, Nat. Gas. 701-3719526. abrahamindustrial.com Winco Generators. PTO portables & eng. sets avail., Large Inventory. Albion, IL. Waters Equip. 618-445-2816 WANTED

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In honor of its fifth full year of giving back to our nation’s farmer veterans, from the showroom floor at National Farm Machinery Show, Kubota Tractor Corp. announced major enhancements to its Geared to Give program in partnership with the Farmer Veteran Coalition.

The Geared to Give program, which equips U.S. military veterans with the tools needed to pursue a future in farming by providing both financial support and donated equipment, is expanding the equipment offerings available through the program to meet the diverse needs of more farmer veterans around the country.

For the first time in the program’s history, awarded equipment will expand beyond Kubota’s L Series compact tractor to feature higher horsepower tractors, utility vehicles and hay tools.

A total of five farmer veterans, one selected from each of Kubota’s five operating divisions, will receive donated equipment in special ceremonies through this year’s Geared to Give program.

New this year, one farmer veteran will receive one year or 250 hours free use of a powerful Kubota M7 Series tractor, a true workhorse tractor that excels in commercial livestock and hay applications.

The M7 Series tractor will be presented to a farmer veteran during a special ceremony at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, in September.

Additionally, Kubota will award a new Sidekick workhorse utility vehicle that deliv-

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In honor of its fifth full year of giving back to our nation’s farmer veterans, Kubota Tractor Corp. announced major enhancements to its Geared to Give program in partnership with Farmer Veteran Coalition. For the first time in the program’s history, veterans like Julie Hollars, a 2016 recipient of a Kubota L Series compact tractor, are now eligible to receive a wider range of equipment including higher horsepower tractors, utility vehicles and hay tools. ers best-in-class handling and speed — up to 40 miles per hour of speed with cargo — for easier hauling of equipment, feed or harvest on the farm.

“Since this program was established, Kubota’s goal has been to power and empower veterans to achieve their dreams in farming and make an impact in their local communities,” said Alex Woods, Kubota supply chain and parts vice president of sales operations.

“With these new additions to the program to feature a wider range of products, we’re able to help more veterans, whether they’re at the beginning of their farming career or returning home to a family farm after years of dedicated service to our country.”

To be eligible for the Geared to Give program, a military vet-

eran must be a veteran member of the Farmer Veteran Coalition and apply for a grant from the Fellowship Fund.

A p pl ic a t io n s for t he Fellowship Fund are being accepted now through March 6 and can be completed on the FVC website at www.farmvetco. org/fvfellowship.

Each year, five farmer veterans are selected from hundreds of applicants to FVC’s Fellowship Fund to receive donated Kubota equipment through the Geared to Give program.

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by Massey Ferguson, the industry-leading hay equipment brand from AGCO, gave North American producers their first look at the new Bale Link bale management app during World Ag Expo 2020.

The app allows hay producers to identify each bale via an attached RFID chip, then track the bale and its production information from the field on a tablet or smartphone. The app is available for Android and iOS. Matt LeCroy, AGCO tactical marketing manager for hay and forage, said Bale Link will help hay producers more efficiently manage their hay production through the busy production season.

Unique identification of each bale will make it easier to move, store, group and sell hay based on bale size, bale weight, moisture, forage cut length and other production factors.

The app also provides a solution for hay growers and livestock producers who would like a record that accurately traces each bale from the field and farm where it was produced.

During baling, a radio-frequency identification chip is attached to each bale, woven into one of the six strands of baling twine.

BaleCreate baler software in the Hesston by Massey Ferguson large square baler captures the serial number of the RFID chip, along with bale weight and length, number of flakes, moisture, date and time baled, GPS location where the bale was created and additive applied, if any.

The bale information is transferred from the baler to secure

AGCO servers using the AGCO Connectivity Module. The ACM is a telematics module found in many AGCO machines.

After baling, the producer scans the RFID chip with an RFID reader — hand-held or mounted on the bale loader or stacker — which retrieves the bale’s unique serial number and communicates the bale ID to the Bale Link app through a Bluetooth Low Energ y Connection.

The bale data is retrieved from the AGCO server via cellular service then displayed on a tablet or smartphone. Historical data also can be stored on the tablet or smartphone for offline viewing.

“With the Bale Link app and a scan of the RFID tag on a bale, you’ll be able to access all the production information for that bale,” LeCroy said.

“When bales are stacked for storage, they can be grouped based on any aspect of the production criteria. When it’s time to load for delivery, loads can easily be filled with hay that fits the criteria the buyer requests.

Bale Link will be a great time saver for the producer and will provide the hay buyer with a system for traceability, as well as assurance the hay matches specifications.”

The app allows the user to identify, group and manage hay by field, stack or truck load and to generate a report showing the data for each bale within the respective group. The information can be emailed as a summarized PDF report which is accompanied by a detailed CSV data file.

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The boy’s body was found in Sanes Creek, where the bodies of his sisters, ages 7 and 4, and the siblings’ mother, Felina Lewis, 35, of Laurel, Indiana, were recovered March 20, said Franklin County Coroner Brian Baxter. The children’s names were not expected to be released, he said.

The victims from the other vehicle were identified as Shawn Roberts, 47, and Burton Spurlock, 48. Both men also were Laurel residents.

Baxter said autopsies were pending on all six victims, but they are presumed to have drowned.

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Plenty of pork, but who’s going to eat it?

By Jeannine Otto

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DES MOINES, Iowa — The United States has a plentiful supply of red meat, from beef to pork.

The big question for the industry is — who is going to eat it and when?

“The bottom line is we’ve got a lot of red meat and poultry in this country that has to find a demand,” said John Nalivka, president of Sterling Marketing in Vale, Oregon.

Nalivka was one of three livestock economists who spoke during a Pork Checkoff-sponsored conference call following the release of the U.S. Department Agriculture Hogs and Pigs report for the first quarter of 2020.

That report, with numbers as of March 1, 2020, found that the supply side of U.S. pork production continues to turn out pigs and pork.

All hogs and pigs, at 77.629 million head, was up 4% from the same time a year ago and higher than analysts’ pre-report estimates of being up 3.4%.

The breeding herd, at 6.375 million head, was 0.4% larger than a year ago, but smaller than pre-report estimates of being up 1.4%.

The marketing herd, at 71.254 million head, was 4.3% larger than last year and exceeded pre-report estimates of being up 3.5%.

One sign that producers haven’t slowed down on producing pigs was the December-February farrowings, at 3.158 million head, that was 1.9% larger than a year ago and a significant increase from the pre-report estimates, which had that number even with year-ago numbers.

The efficiency of pork producers in caring for their animals also set a

side. That is where our exnels,” Mintert said.

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Institution — in the United Nalivka said he was conStates as a result of fident that business and COVID-19. demand will return for the “We are already getting industry, but it may take a reports that bellies are while. being rendered because “We’ve got to get on the they are cheap enough to other side of coronavirus. offset some other things. Food service doesn’t just The question is how soon come online suddenly. It can lower prices be re- takes a while before things flected? I don’t think the get to moving. You’ve got retail, in the short run, to get people back in the can make up for the loss of restaurants. I feel pretty HRI,” Bluntzer said. confident that will hapBill Even, the CEO of pen,” Nalivka said.

The hotel, restaurant and institution industry is the largest demand category for bacon in the the Pork Checkoff, said United States. A sudden drop in that demand, due to COVID-19 induced closures or slowdowns of that the loss of the HRI de- Jeannine Otto can be much of the U.S. restaurant industry has seen the demand for pork bellies drop, as well. mand for bacon has hurt. reached at 815-223“When you look at 2558, ext. 211, or jotto@ new record, as the Dec- import U.S. pork in large current levels remains an- the restaurant market, agrinews-pubs.com. ember-February pigs saved quantities, but when and other question mark and a we move a lot of bacon Follow her on Twitter at: per litter number set a new how much are big ques- big risk factor. through the foodservices @AgNews_Otto.

“If problems happen record at 11, 2.8% larger tions that remain unanin Mexico as far as them than a year ago. Analysts swered.

“Obviously, some expec- going through what we estimated that number tations of strong export are going through, an would be up 2.9%.

The big question is — growth going to China. economic shutdown, that where is all that pork That remains somewhat is going to decimate the up in the air with respect trade there as well for the going to go?

“I think the real con- to how rapidly the Chinese time being,” Bluntzer said.

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James Mintert, director customer for U.S. pork, mand for pork bellies, due of the Purdue Center for especially hams, but that to the sudden slowdown of Commercial Agriculture demand has slowed due the hotel, restaurant and to a strong U.S. dollar and institutional demand for in Lafayette, Indiana.

Exports, a long time problems in Mexico’s eco- bacon.

“The futures market is bright spot for the U.S. nomic system.

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Prepare for the worst, pray for the best

The changing landscape of rural America Although we avoid going to the grocery store or out to eat or stopping by to see neighbors the way we might have before Rural Issues the COVID-19 pandemic, not a Cyndi Young- lot has changed for Jim and me.

Puyear Livestock care hasn’t changed, and the day-to-day work on the farm hasn’t changed.

I work from my home office more frequently than before, and the ag meetings I might have attended are either postponed or being held online.

Every year about this time I begin work on my operations budget for next year at Brownfield. It is a little easier to crunch numbers when I am not in a building with other people who interrupt my focus.

Budget time is one of my favorite times of the year because it is the time when I can dream the dream and make plans for the coming year.

I keep my pencil very sharp, but that doesn’t stop me from thinking about new and different things we can do. Oh, sure, it would be so easy — but not much fun — for me to do the same thing we did last year.

I will stay committed to delivering the timely and relevant information “traditional” farmers and ranchers want and need, but I know the rural communities and farms that we serve through local radio stations are changing.

Research completed a few years ago by Purdue University with U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service gave us more than a snapshot of how much the fabric of rural America has changed in the past two or three decades.

The study revealed that farmers can be “classified” according to where their income comes from and by a couple of other factors that were not even a consideration 20 years ago.

Ruralpolitans make up 47% of all U.S. farm households. A ruralpolitan usually has a white-collar job and in some cases both spouses have white-collar jobs.

The commercial or traditional farmer represents 15% of U.S. farm households. The farm operator with a spouse working off the farm or a senior near retirement that is still active on the farm represents 38% of farm households.

I know it sounds crazy, until you drive down the gravel road or blacktop and look at the new homes or the old homes with new owners that drive 30 miles or more to work each day.

There is a blacktop road bordering our farm to the south, connecting two other rural highways. Highway U is no more than three miles of road.

In February 2002, when we moved in, there were few houses along the road. Seven new homes have been added along that short stretch of road in just two years. Land prices have more than doubled in that time.

I’m not saying it is all bad, and I’m not suggesting it is all good. I am saying it is not the rural America where I grew up.

Hopefully, those of you whose feet are firmly planted in the soil can share your experiences and knowledge with ruralpolitans. There is a great deal to be learned from them, as well.

Cyndi Young-Puyear is farm director and operations manager for Brownfield Network.

Despite overwhelming evidence from literally every corner of the world, a farmer friend recently related to me that three Farm & Food — not one, not two, but File three — rural acquaintances Alan Guebert had assured him that “this whole virus thing is just a big hoax to bring down Trump.”

If so, there’s now 100,000plus graves, more than a half million hospital patients and trillions of dollars of lost equity to prove them wrong. Dead wrong, in fact.

The COVID-19 virus is not a hoax. Billions more people have months more of restricted movement, and as that occurs, local, national and international markets will become more restricted, too.

When will these almost frozen markets — hotels, restaurants, airlines, ports, cities and nations — thaw? No one knows, but plan on the worst and pray for the best and you’ll be prepared for everything in between.

What’s already baked into

can “crack” 16 gallons of gasoline and other products — cost $24 while two lovely, ready-togrill rib-eyes cost just $22.

Crude’s crash, and COVID19’s deep bite into nationwide fuel sales, caused the Renewable Fuels Association, ethanol’s powerful lobbying arm, to announce March 23 that its members would soon cut 2 billion gallons of “annualized output” from its forecasted 15-billion-gallon 2020 production.

That 13% drop in U.S. ethanol production means about 700 million bushels of corn used to make it now returns to the already overwhelmed market as free stocks. Free, indeed.

Ethanol could be ag’s canary.

While not a perfect example, it is a sign of how quickly and badly markets sicken if some outliers choose to follow their own “It’s-a-hoax” rules and not the rules of civil society.

And that’s just ethanol; it’s only bushels and jobs. It isn’t lives. Not yet, anyway.

And it certainly isn’t a hoax.

None of this is.

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Ag Day thanks for our food chain partners In a normal year, many of us in agriculture would be attending National Ag Day events, gathering together to celeZippy Duvall brate farmers’ and ranchers’ contributions American to America’s Farm Bureau quality of life, economy, sustainability and even national security. But this is not a normal year, and there is no gathering together.

Current events have many Americans thinking about farmers more than ever as everyone stocks up on staple foods or our favorite snacks and hunkers down to ride out COVID-19.

As we always do, farmers and ranchers will be at work in our fields, barns and orchards, making sure there’s enough food for everyone, at the same time that we take precautions to keep ourselves, our families and our farm workers safe.

Of course, we can’t do it alone. Farmers and ranchers can grow as much food as possible, but it doesn’t matter unless that food gets packaged, shipped and stocked in stores.

So, this year, another difference in our Ag Day celebration

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the lesser predicted hit, private forecasters see U.S. corn and soybeans returns clipped $50 to $90 per acre, a staggering $9 billion to $16 billion reduction in gross income for just those two crops.

And, foresee Brent Gloy and David Widmar, whose firm Agricultural Economic Insights issued that forecast March 23, U.S. meat markets could have an even tougher time.

First, meat purchases are highly dependent on consumer income. During 2008’s Great Recession, “…per capita consumption of all meat … turned lower,” they note and, worse, “…beef consumption took nearly 10 years to recover pre-recession levels.”

Moreover, since more than half of every food dollar is spent on meals outside the home, closed restaurants and limited food pick-up sites likely point to weakening livestock and poultry prices.

Ethanol producers aren’t spared either. The oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia drove crude oil prices so low in mid-March that you could buy a barrel of crude oil for nearly the same price as two, choice rib-eye steaks.

That’s right, 42 gallons of crude oil — from which refiners

Many farmers and ranchers wouldn’t have a market for what we grow without our partners on the cooperative and processing side of the supply chain.

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this growing calamity is skyrocketing unemployment and plunging U.S. Gross Domestic Product. If we’re lucky, economists predict the number of unemployed Americans will hit 10 million in a week and 20 million in a month. If we’re unlucky, well, the sky’s the limit on both.

Likewise, the lucky version of GDP suggests a 25% decline in the April-through-June quarter. Unlucky means 40% down.

American farmers and ranchers already know what unlucky looks and feels like. The week most “shelter in place” orders were issued by big states like California, Illinois and New York, futures prices on nearby contracts of corn, soybeans, wheat, hogs and cattle got pummeled.

In just days, however, the biggest market driver, panic food buying, receded and markets rebounded to near or above pre-COVID-19 levels.

Part of the rise was tied to market speculators who believe China, a key U.S. ag customer slammed by the disease in January and February, was re-entering U.S. grain and meat markets.

Regardless, 2020 farm income prospects remain dismal.

Should the U.S. economy take

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seems timely and appropriate.

Instead of just focusing on the work of farmers and ranchers, I want to “share the love” and shine a spotlight on the many other members of the food chain who deserve recognition.

Many farmers and ranchers wouldn’t have a market for what we grow without our partners on the cooperative and processing side of the supply chain.

Farm Bureau at the national and state levels has been in touch with processing plants to make sure we are addressing any issues that could stand in the way of continuing to process and package our farmer members’ commodities into food products for shipment to distributors and stores. We are grateful to the employees working in those plants; their work is vital to keeping food moving to market.

Likewise, we are grateful to our nation’s meat inspectors and other food inspectors who have remained on the job to keep processing plants opera-

tional and ensure the continued safety of our food supply.

Truck drivers and other transportation workers who could be at home with their families are, instead, on the road, delivering for consumers and farmers. We are so thankful to them, their dispatchers and others in the transportation industry for delivering the essentials we all depend on for survival.

Anyone who has been to the grocery store lately could understand why store employees might be feeling a bit exhausted and overwhelmed. The rush to stock up on food staples and snacks for self-distancing has had grocery stores overrun with anxious and sometimes unruly shoppers.

Meanwhile, the shelves need constant restocking. We in agriculture thank all the grocery store workers who are putting service ahead of their own comfort — making sure that everyone can buy the food items that we grow on our farms and ranches.

Zippy Duvall is the president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

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Market data FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 27, 2020

Ag retailers prepared to meet customer needs

Futures Prices This Last This

week week Chg. week CATTLE HOGS APR 20 100.95 98.65 2.30 APR 20 58.45 JUN 20 89.42 89.52 -0.10 MAY 20 57.62 AUG 20 90.45 90.75 -0.30 JUN 20 64.25 OCT 20 94.32 94.00 0.32 JUL 20 66.80 DEC 20 98.32 98.20 0.12 AUG 20 66.12 FEB 21 102.62 102.40 0.22 OCT 20 56.35

Last week Chg. 61.57 60.87 67.95 70.37 69.72 60.57

-3.12 -3.25 -3.70 -3.57 -3.60 -4.22

MILK CLASS III MAR 20 16.23 APR 20 15.32 MAY 20 13.87 JUN 20 14.00 JUL 20 14.76 AUG 20 15.23

16.26 16.05 15.31 15.52 15.92 16.11

-0.03 -0.73 -1.44 -1.52 -1.16 -0.88

24 22 14 10 8 10

SOYBEANS MAY 20 8814 JUL 20 8852 AUG 20 8856 SEP 20 8790 NOV 20 8766 JAN 21 8752

8624 8646 8652 8616 8606 8600

190 206 204 174 160 152

CHICAGO WHEAT MAY 20 5712 5392 320 JUL 20 5572 5356 216 SEP 20 5566 5382 184 DEC 20 5632 5466 166 MAR 21 5662 5542 120 MAY 21 5636 5522 114

K.C. WHEAT MAY 20 4866 JUL 20 4914 SEP 20 4984 DEC 20 5094 MAR 21 5180 MAY 21 5234

4690 4724 4796 4906 5002 5052

176 190 188 188 178 182

BRENT CRUDE OIL MAY 20 24.93 26.98 -2.05 JUN 20 27.95 29.00 -1.05 JUL 20 30.91 30.63 0.28 AUG 20 33.29 31.98 1.31 SEP 20 34.91 33.08 1.83 OCT 20 36.03 33.87 2.16

ETHANOL APR 20 MAY 20 JUN 20 JUL 20 AUG 20 SEP 20

0.982 -0.043 1.004 -0.018 1.019 0.008 1.019 0.011 1.019 0.011 1.019 0.011

FEEDER CATTLE APR 20 120.60 MAY 20 120.92 AUG 20 127.10 SEP 20 127.57 OCT 20 128.52 NOV 20 128.80

118.82 118.25 123.80 124.87 126.07 127.50

1.78 2.67 3.30 2.70 2.45 1.30

CORN MAY 20 3460 3436 JUL 20 3516 3494 SEP 20 3560 3546 DEC 20 3642 3632 MAR 21 3740 3732 MAY 21 3784 3774

0.939 0.986 1.027 1.030 1.030 1.030

Stocks of Agricultural Interest

This Last 52-wk week week high

This Last 52-wk week week high

ADM 33.50 30.61 47.20 Corteva 23.21 22.53 32.78 AGCO 46.20 40.30 81.39 Dupont 33.83 31.47 83.72 BASF 11.33 10.58 20.98 Deere 135.11 111.63 181.99 Bunge 36.19 31.78 59.65 FMC 76.62 65.32 108.77 CF 25.55 22.25 55.15 Mosaic 9.90 9.59 28.01

Export Inspections (MIL BU.) This Year Cumulative Cumulative Cml.

week ago this year year ago % diff.

WHEAT 349.369 384.943 20091.16 18396.030 9.21 CORN 816.634 996.165 16749.64 28420.738 -41.07 SOYBEANS 570.642 859.953 31202.61 28567.923 9.22

Livestock Summary % diff.

This Last Year week year

week week ago ago ago Hog Slaughter-est 11000 HD 2754 2790 2528 -1.29 8.94 Cattle slaughter-est 1000 HD 676 653 619 3.52 9.21 MEAT PRICES This week Last week Change Pork Cutout Bellies Loins Hams Yld Gr 3 Choice Beef Select Beef 5-Mkt Fed Cattle Live 5-Mkt Fed Cattle Carcass

77.82 -3.06 74.76 50.33 77.54 -27.21 98.51 85.55 12.96 50.14 54.76 -4.62 252.11 254.07 -1.96 241.61 240.38 1.23 119.44 109.80 9.64 189.31 173.11 16.20

OKLAHOMA CITY This week Last week Change Low High Low High Low High FEEDER STEER 4-5 Wt Mf 1’S 5-6 Wt Mf 1’S 6-7 Wt Mf 1’S 7-8 Wt Mf 1’S 8-10 Wt Mf 1’S

144.00 139.00 118.75 115.75 107.25

Robust demand

177.00 134.00 144.00 123.50 143.50 116.00 132.50 109.00 122.00 99.50

153.50 10.00 23.50 134.00 15.50 10.00 136.75 2.75 6.75 136.75 6.75 -4.25 114.75 7.75 7.25

Eastern Corn Belt Direct Feeder Cattle Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Kentucky and Ohio Reported sales this week, 807; last week, 671; last year, 2,370.

Demand light. Supply included 100% over 600 pounds, 100% heifers.

Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 339 725 725 106.50 106.50 468 725 725 103.80 103.80

Delivery May FOB Jun FOB

CASH HOGS, CARCASS PRICES, WEIGHTED AVERAGE BASE PRICE This week Last week Change National

58.71 56.10 2.61

USDA National Grain Market Review Compared to last week, cash bids for wheat, sorghum and soybeans were higher; corn was mixed.

For the week ending March 19, an increase of 71.4 million bushels of corn export sales for 2019-20 were reported, with an increase of 33.2 million bushels of soybean exports sales, and an increase of 27.2 million bushels of wheat export sales. Sorghum export sales showed an increase of 4.2 million bushels.

Ethanol production for the week ending March 20 reported a decrease of 30,000 barrels per day to 1.005 million barrels a day.

Ethanol stocks decreased 0.458 million barrels at 24.1 million barrels.

Wheat was 1 1/2 cents higher to 35 cents higher. Corn was 3 cents lower to 3 1/4 cents higher.

Sorghum was 6 cents higher.

Soybeans were 32 cents higher to 39 cents higher.

CORN Kansas City US No 2 truck Yellow Corn was 1 3/4 cents lower to 3 1/4 cents higher from 3.48 3/4-3.60 3/4 per bushel.

Omaha US No 2 Yellow Corn was steady to 3 cents lower from 3.21-3.27 per bushel.

Chicago US No 2 Yellow Corn was 3 1/4 cents higher from 3.49 3/4-3.51 3/4 per bushel.

Toledo US No 2 rail Yellow corn was 3 1/4 cents higher at 3.43 3/4 per bushel.

Minneapolis US No 2 Yellow corn rail was 3 1/4 cents higher at 3.18 3/4 per bushel.

OILSEEDS Minneapolis YYellow truck soybeans were 39 cents higher

at 8.58 1/4 per bushel.

Illinois Processors US No 1 Yellow truck soybeans were 35 cents higher from 8.85 1/4-8.92 1/4 per bushel.

Kansas City US No 2 Yellow truck soybeans were 32 to 37 cents higher from 8.65 1/4-8.80 1/4 per bushel.

Illinois 448 percent soybean meal, processor rail bid was 8.10 higher from 322.90-325.90 per bushel.

Central Illinois Crude Soybean oil processor bid was 0.77 to 1.02 points higher from 25.9026.75 per cwt.

WHEAT Kansas City US No 1 Hard Red Winter, ordinary protein rail bid was 31 3/4 cents higher from 6.07 1/4-6.17 1/4 per bushel.

St. Louis truck US No 2 Soft Red Winter terminal bid was 34 cents higher at 6 per bushel.

Minneapolis and Duluth US No 1 Dark Northern Spring, 14.0 to 14.5 percent protein rail, was 18 1/2 cents lower to 1 1/2 cents higher from 6.61 1/4-6.81 1/4 per bushel.

Portland US Soft White wheat rail was 25 to 35 cents higher from 6.05-6.15 per bushel.

SORGHUM US No 2 yellow truck, Kansas City was 6 cents higher from 5.69-6.23 per cwt. Texas High Plains US No 2 yellow sorghum (prices paid or bid to the farmer, fob elevator) was 6 cents higher from 5.60-6.13 per cwt.

OATS US 2 or Better oats, rail bid to arrive at Minneapolis 20 day was 10 1/4 to 55 1/4 cents lower from 2.61-3.31 per bushel.

Futures Prices compiled by faculty and staff of the Ag Economics Department at the University of Missouri Direct Feeder Catttle from USDA Dept of Ag Market News, Oklahoma City. Grain Market Review from USDA Dept of Ag Market News, St. Joseph, Missouri.

DENVER — Ag retailers are on relatively firm footing as they prepare for spring following a tumultuous 2019 growing season marked by adverse weather, flooding and delayed harvest.

Existing inventories of seed, agrochemicals and fertilizer should meet customer needs during the 2020 planting season, which is expected to see an expansion in planted corn and soybean acres.

A new report from CoBa n k’s K nowledge Exchange division indicates that demand for crop protection products and spraying, fertilization and other customized application services will likely be robust, given current field conditions and the larger than expected increase in acres.

“The amount of unplanted and unharvested acres from 2019 creates a situation where there’s extra work to be done,” said Ken Zuckerberg, CoBank’s lead grain and farm supply economist.

Tillage, chemical and fertilizer application and other field activities will take place later than normal on acres that went unharvested last year.

Unplanted acres will require more attention to effectively control weeds, disease and insects.

Last year, September rains delayed har vest activities in parts of the Corn Belt and Midwest region.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual December survey estimated that 8% of the U.S. corn crop went unharvested in 2019, compared to an average of 1.4% during the previous three years.

“Growers in affected areas may find they’ll need more agronomic services and support than usual this year just to get caught up,” Zuckerberg said. “Additionally, their far m machiner y and equipment will need to be up and running for the heavy workload to come.”

Adverse weather and specifically flooding re-

main elevated risk factors this season with forecasts for above-average precipitation this spring, on top of already saturated soils. Agronomy sales and service could take a hit if weather once again leads to high prevented planting.

SOLID FINANCIAL FOOTING Farmer prepayments and accounts receivables trends reported by farm supply cooperatives remain in line with 2018 despite farmer financial stress, indicating a stable-to-improved outlook for agronomy sales and services.

Despite 2019’s difficulties, USDA reported that consolidated net farm income totaled $93.6 billion, up 12% versus $83.8 billion in 2018.

One risk factor that’s difficult to quantify at this juncture is COVID-19, which could potentially derail input supply chains and grain export activities both due to logistical bottlenecks, as well as a strong U.S. dollar.

Schrader’s Farmers Update focuses on planning, value FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Farmland values continue to hold their own despite volatile commodity prices, and farm families must plan and communicate openly to ensure a smooth succession of the business.

Those were two key messages heard by farmland owners at Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co.’s annual Farmers Update sessions in Fort Wayne and Venice, Florida.

“In 10 years of holding these briefings, farmers have come to expect and look forward each year,” said R.D. Schrader, whose company partnered this year with K-Coe Isom, which provides business planning and estate planning for farm families, as well as accounting services.

Sch rader presented a wide array of data on farmland values as related to interest rates, commod-

ity prices, farm debt and other fundamental financial data. He emphasized the stability of land prices, even additional strength in some pockets over the winter months.

“Farmland values have held up surprisingly well, even when crop prices have been unsteady.

This is a critical message during this period of extreme gyrations in the prices of stocks, bonds and other alternatives,” Schrader said.

Landowners also heard from two K-Coe Isom succession planning specialists — Jeanne Bernick, who spoke in Florida, and Kayla Jenkins, who addressed the session in Indiana.

Both addressed the importance of farm families developing financial and succession plans to ensure a fair and smooth transition from one gener-

ation to the next.

Schrader farm management specialist Steve Slonaker focused on farm profitability and underscored the importance of succession planning.

“Operators had a better year in 2019 than some had anticipated due to higher yields and MFP payments. Looking ahead to 2020, we expect lower fertilizer and diesel prices to lower costs, so we anticipate a similar profit margin,” Slonaker said.

“Of course, the coronavirus pandemic complicates the picture.

However, farmers are by nature optimistic and resilient, and we hope operators are able to produce crops without interruption. They’ll be focused on growing their crops, trusting that the market will be more settled by harvest time.”

The shape of things to come Virtually all markets collapsed in March.

There was serious weakness in January Commodity and February, Insight but March Jerry Welch was far worse.

Stocks as measured by the Dow Jones dropped to levels not seen since the fall of 2016, three years ago. The CRB index that is to commodities as the Dow is to stocks fell to a 21-year low.

The Goldman Sachs index weighted towards crude oil hit a 19-year low.

Crude prices fell to levels not seen in 20 years.

Cattle prices experienced one of the most dramatic declines in history. Cotton prices fell a 10-year low.

It has been a market environment that Bloomberg News described as “sell everything.”

With major tops having been carved out with stocks and commodities, the race is now on to pick how low the markets will decline before recovering — assuming they do.

But, first, let me say trying to catch a collapsing market is akin to catching a falling knife and not getting cut. It can be done, but more often than not, there is pain.

Historically, market lows are generally formed once certain chart patterns are seen. The three most important pattern shapes are what economists tend to refer to as

L-shaped, U-shaped and V-shaped.

Understandingmarkets. com has this to say: The two most important questions you will hear during any recession, or market collapse, are “When will it end?” and “How quickly will we recover?” The answers to both of these questions can be found by analyzing the chart shape of the recession.

Also from understandingmarkets.com: L-shaped recessions are recessions that fall quickly and fail to recover. An L-shaped recession is a worst-case scenario because they offer no hope of recovery.

The Japanese recession that began in the early 1990s is considered an L-shaped recession.

The Japanese stock market peaked in late 1989 at nearly 39,000 and today is trading around 19,000. The Japanese market topped out 30 years ago and remains depressed, to the chagrin of long-term investors.

U-shaped recessions are recessions that begin with a slightly slower decline, but then remain at the bottom for an extended period of time before turning around and moving higher again.

The recession from 1971 through 1978, when both unemployment and inflation were high for years, is considered a U-shaped recession.

V-shaped recessions are recessions that begin with a steep fall, but then quickly find a bottom, turn back around and move immediately higher.

A V-shaped recession is a

best-case scenario.

The recession of 1990 to 1991 and the recession of 2001, both of which only lasted eight months, are V-shaped recessions.

When trying to pick a bottom for any market, I watch carefully for one of those three chart patterns to surface. There is no easy answer to picking a bottom or a top to a market.

It is a science and an art. And only with the benefit of hindsight can you know for sure that a bottom or top is in place.

Though virtually every market on the globe has collapsed, my work suggests a new and dynamic movement in the U.S. ag markets is in the process of unfolding and quickly.

The one market that appears to be headed higher is now showing V formation; the other, a U formation. One market should be probed only from the long side of the ledger; the other from the short side.

Moving forward, I am searching for signs about L.U.V. You should, as well — especially regarding that new and dynamic scenario rapidly unfolding in agriculture where one market can be bought and another sold short.

Please feel free to drop me a line at commodityinsite1@gmail.com if you wish to learn more about the new and dynamic scenario unfolding in the U.S ag markets.

And please check out my Facebook page — facebook.com/jerryfwelch — and give it a “like.” I need a “like” while looking for some L.U.V.

‘Harvest for All’ benefits communities WASHINGTON — The farm and ranch families of Farm Bureau donated 26.3 million pounds of food and raised more than $494,000 to assist hungry Americans in 2019 as part of the organization’s “Harvest for All” program.

Combined, the monetary and food donations totaled the equivalent of 24.5 million meals.

The spirit of farm communities has always been one of working together and giving back. Now in its 18th year, Harvest for All is spearheaded by members of Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers & Ranchers program, but members of all ages from across the nation contribute to the effort.

Their participation helps ensure Americans in need can enjoy the bounty of food farmers and ranchers produce.

In addition to raising food and funds for the initiative, farmers and ranchers tallied 14,400 volunteer hours assisting local hunger groups in 2019.

“Hunger remains a concern for many rural Americans and farming communities,” said Morgan Norris of Florida, chair of AFBF’s YF&R Committee.

“Farm Bureau’s long tradition of helping put food on the tables of those in need through Harvest for All outreach is more important than ever as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.”

Florida Farm Bureau took top honors for donating the most food in 2019, 18 million pounds. Illinois Farm Bureau raised the most money, $205,900, and tallied the most volunteer hours, 7,035.

Thanks to the generosity of Nationwide, these state organizations received a $500 grant, for each type of contribution, for donation to a local food bank of their choice or for another Harvest for All project.

Second-place winners were New York Farm Bureau for food donated at 7.3 million pounds; and Tennessee Farm Bureau for donated funds at $126,100 and volunteer time at 2,400 hours.

Each of the second-place winners received a $250 grant, for each type of contribution, from Nationwide to donate to the local food bank of their choice.

In addition, three state YF&R committees received $250 grants from Nationwide for “most innovative” programs.

Those winners were New Hampshire, New York and West Virginia.

Strong Trump support in farm country WA S H I N G T O N — Farmers and ranchers’ support for President Donald Trump has grown despite sluggish exports and their own worries about their financial condition as the economic slowdown triggered by the COVID-19 has developed, according to the latest Agri-Pulse poll of U.S. farmers and ranchers.

Some 72% of producers nationwide who were surveyed from Feb. 19 through March 13 said they were willing to support Trump’s reelection, up from 69% during the fall of 2018 and 45% in the spring of 2018.

Some 21% of those surveyed for the latest poll opposed Trump’s reelection.

The remaining 7% don’t know how they’ll vote or refused to say.

At the same time, nearly two-thirds of the farmers surveyed said they had at least some concerns about their ability to repay loans, and 79% said it was important that farmers receive another round of Market Facilitation Program payments this year; 46% of the producers actually said it was “very important” that farmers receive additional MFP payments.

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$89,500

USED TRACTORS

$67,500

2018 Fendt 1050, FWA, 500 HP, 250 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$355,000 2017 Challenger 10.8, FWA, 380 HP, 561 Hrs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$245,000 2013 MF 8660, FWA, 295 HP, 1227 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$109,500 2012 MF 8660, FWA, 295 HP, 32 MPH, 1164 Hrs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .$109,500 2014 MF 8650, FWA, 270 HP, 1940 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$109,500 2013 MF 8650, FWA, 270 HP, 1065 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$109,500 2010 MF 8650, FWA, 270 HP, 1701 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 99,500 2013 MF 7624, FWA, 235 HP, 32 MPH, 1938 Hrs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 99,500 2017 MF 7715, FWA, 145 HP, Dyna 6, 750 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 89,500 2017 MF 7714, FWA, 135 HP, Dyna 4, 131 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 85,000 2015 MF 7714, FWA, 145 HP, 32 MPH, 1585 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 79,500 2004 MF 6490, 2WD, 168 HP, 2058 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 52,500 2003 Case IH MXM 130, FWA, 129 HP 1965 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 39,500 2015 Versatile 260, FWA, 260 HP, 357 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$115,000 2013 Versatile 310, FQA, 310 HP, 2212 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 89,500 1989 NH Versatile 846, 4WD, 230 HP, 5138 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 37,500 1984 Versatile 875, 4WD, 280 HP, 6144 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 18,500

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(A) (A) (A) (G) (A) (A) (A) (G) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (G) (G)

$85,000

$195,000

$12,000

$295,000

(A) 2011 MF 9695 LTM, 1714/1107 Hrs.

(A) 2014 MF 9540 LTM, 1456/1008 Hrs.

Lease for $38,400 yr.

$105,000

$159,500

(A) 2010 CASE IH 1250 16-30” Planter

(A) 2008 CASE IH 1200 12-30” Planter

$64,500

$29,500

USED COMBINES

2016 MF 9545, LTM, 807/560 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$239,500 2013 MF 9560, LTM, 1558/1055 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$145,000 2013 MF 9540, LTM, 1339/936 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$145,500 2013 MF 9520, LTM, 705/467 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$135,000 2011 MF 9695, LTM, 1714/1107 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$105,000 2008 MF 9690, LTM, 1825/1229 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 89,500 2004 MF 9690, LTM, 33212/2188 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 55,000 2016 Gleaner S97, LTM, 925/605 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$229,500 2014 Gleaner S78, LTM, 1339/871 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$159,500 2011 Gleaner S77, LTM, 1138/772 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$139,500 2010 Gleaner R66, LTM 1797/1253 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 99,500 1998 Gleaner R52, 2184/1528 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 35,000 2009 Case IH 1250 24-30” Planter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 69,500 2010 Case IH 1250 16-30” Planter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 67,500 2008 Case IH 1200 12-30” Planter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 29,500 2007 Kinze 3800 SDS 24-30” Planter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 45,000 2000 White 6322 12-30” Planter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 14,500

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Sales: Rodger Burton, Brandon Stewart, Paul Kuhns

(G) Gibson City, IL 800-870-KUHN • (217) 784-4731

Sales: Brent Scott, Roger Mishler, Ben Kuhns

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