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Archived Program Overview - July 18, 2008
 
Market Journal (program no. 303) (Entire program: 30:00)
This week on Market Journal Kathy Anderson from the Farm Service Agency discusses some of the features of the new farm bill. The biggest change is the optional program called Average Crop Revenue Election or ACRE, which would replace the countercyclical payment program. Mike Briggs, Seward, Nebraska feedlot owner, joins us with his analysis of the cattle market. Also we will look at detecting and assessing crop problems during the growing season.

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      Ag News (Length: 1:02)
--The National Governors Association has announced a partnership with General Motors Corporation, to help states increase availability of E-85 fueling stations.
--Argentina's sliding-scale tax on grains failed to gain approval by their Senate. It's not clear what the next steps will be as the government said it would abide by the vote.
--The Livestock Producer Environmental Assistance Project provides technical and cost-sharing assistance to help small and medium sized livestock producers design low cost runoff systems. In the July Nebraska Farmer, Wes Dorn details the vegetative treatment system he installed for his feedlot near Adams.

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      Cattle markets look good (Length: 4:51)
Mike Briggs, Briggs Feedyard, Seward, Nebraska, says beef exports are very promising. Briggs looks for beef supplies to be tight in the August to October period and for feeder cattle prices to remain strong in the dollar to $1.10 range.

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      Planning ahead for alfalfa cuttings (Length: 3:11)
The late cutting of first crop hay makes it important to plan ahead. Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln extension forage specialist says growers should decide how many cuts will be taken and determine when the last cutting is to be made this fall.

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      Getting the best corn yields (Length: 7:37)
The most important factor in growing corn is the sun. Bob Nielson, Purdue University extension agronomist says the goal for corn production is to capture 95% of the available sunlight after tasseling. Nielson says there needs to be a healthy canopy. Producers can check the amount of sunlight hitting the ground by looking between the rows and estimate if the sun is covering five percent or less of the ground.

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      The wet spring may have moved the nitrogen away from the corn plant (Length: 2:48)
Forty-percent of the nitrogen used by corn is used after tasseling. Charles Shapiro, University of Nebraska-Lincoln extension soil fertility specialist says to check the bottom leaves of corn plants to see if there is any indication of nitrogen deficiency.

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      Weather outlook – hot and dry (Length: 3:08)
The delayed Iowa corn crop faces the risk of freezing this fall. Al Dutcher, University of Nebraska-Lincoln extension state climatologist says after this weekend the state will be drying out. The 14-day forecast shows temperatures in the mid 90s and no rain.

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      Journal Entries/Program Wrap (Length: 1:31)
Market Journal host, Doug Jose, summarizes the main points made during this edition of the program.

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