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Market Journal (program no. 310) (Entire program : 30:00)
A variety of new seed traits are being added to corn and soybean seeds. This includes making corn more efficient as an ethanol feedstock. This week on Market Journal we discuss the projected timetable for these traits and how to use them effectively in our new input cost environment.

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      Ag News (Length : 1:53)
--A federal appeals court has ruled that Creekstone Farms Premium Beef cannot test all its cattle for BSE. Creekstone asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture for permission to conduct such tests in 2005, but USDA refused under the 1913 Virus Serum Toxins Act, arguing that the U.S. had put scientific interventions in place and that plantwide testing could find false positives that would be damaging to beef demand. The ruling was sent back to the lower court.
--Scientists at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center in Edgewood, Maryland, working with scientists at the University of Montana and industry partners have discovered a virus in U.S. honeybees that had only previously been identified in European honeybees. The virus was discovered using a technology developed for battlefield detection of viruses. This approach may provide important clues to scientists around the world in their work to find the cause of colony collapse disorder-- a mysterious malady that has caused rapid depopulation of beehives around the globe.
--Crime in the country has taken on a different look in recent years. A feature in the September Nebraska Farmer reveals that meth is less of a problem today. Instead, high metal and fuel prices make those commodities more attractive to thieves. York County Sheriff Dale Radcliff explains how crooks have taken aim at copper wire on center pivot irrigation systems and on irrigation pipe. Fuel also is a target.

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      Hog markets are in a “hang on” situation (Length : 5:05)
Hog producers are not seeing black in ledgers. Ron Plain, University of Missouri-Columbia extension ag economist, says hog exports have declined following the Georgian conflict and the Olympics. However, Plain expects hog prices to be soft in the fourth quarter and improve the first quarter of 2009.

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      Wheat growers can take steps now to reduce wheat scab (Length : 3:06)
Wheat growers in south central and eastern Nebraska can reduce wheat scab next year. Stephen Wegulo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension plant pathologist, says to clean and treat any wheat held back for planting, select cultivars that are less susceptible to Fusariam head blight, plant cultivars with staggered flowering dates and rotate wheat into soybeans. Avoid rotating wheat into corn or back into wheat.

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      Soybeans and corn have new traits in the next couple of years (Length : 8:06)
Keith Evans, NK area agronomist, Syngenta Seeds, reports that cyst nematode and aphid resistance in soybean seed will be available in the next couple of years. Brian Walsh, NK corn product manager, Syngenta Seeds, points out that resistant traits are now being stacked in corn hybrids without any yield drag. Also, Walsh says corn amylase is being bred into corn hybrids which will increase the efficiency of ethanol plants by 5 to 10 percent.

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      Farmers and ranchers can prevent thieves from stealing (Length : 3:02)
Dave Brown, sergeant, Cuming County Sheriff’s Office encourages farmers to call their local sheriff’s office for a vacation watch if they are going to be gone. Many rural sheriff departments will come to the farm and offer security suggestions.

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      Cool temperatures are in the forecast (Length : 3:06)
The eight- to 14-day forecast is calling for below normal temperatures. Temperatures this week will be in the 70s. Al Dutcher, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension state climatologist, says Nebraska could see killing frost earlier than normal. Dutcher also says some areas of the state could see some rainfall over the next seven days.

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      Journal Entries/Program Wrap (Length : 1:27)
Market Journal host Doug Jose summarizes the main points made during this edition of the program.

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Upcoming Program
 
Market Journal (program no. 311) (Sep. 5, 2008)
Next week we will be on location at Husker Harvest Days. Stop by our tent where we will have live programs at 11 am and 1 pm each day. The program on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings will feature Arlen Suderman and John Otte of the Nebraska Farmer magazine with their analysis of the markets. On Tuesday afternoon Brad Lubben, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension public policy specialist will discuss the farm bill. On Wednesday afternoon, Darrell Mark, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension marketing specialist and Roy Smith, Plattsmouth farmer and grain marketing consultant will give their analysis of the markets. On Thursday morning at 11 a.m., Paul Burgener, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Ag economics analyst will discuss the farm bill. You can also stop by any time and check the daily markets and have a look at our new high definition Market Journal mobile production van. You can visit with Jim Smith, our Market Journal television engineer, about getting your home TV sets ready for HDTV. And make sure you stop by the completely revamped University building where the focus will be on our water resources.

  

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