Hagedorn proposal goals to assist livestock markets by way of pandemic

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Hagedorn proposal goals to assist livestock markets by way of pandemic

A Minnesota Congressman and member of the Home Agriculture
Committee is asking USDA to regulate a livestock advertising and marketing software to assist cattle
and hog producers get by way of the pandemic.

Republican Jim Hagedorn says increasing protection of the Livestock Threat Safety Plan would reduce the impression of COVID-19.

“You’d return to a degree earlier than this pause in our financial system started and you're taking a 3 or five-year common of manufacturing prices, and from that time ahead as you bought into the market, you’d get that distinction. And the rationale I feel that works greatest is as a result of when the market rebounds, then there received’t be a have to pay out.”

He tells Brownfield by way of no fault of their very own, cattle
and hog farmers are on the brink as markets drop by way of the ground.

Hagedorn suggests this coverage may be an answer throughout future market dips.

“One thing like an outbreak of African swine fever, we hope that by no means occurs, but when it does we've to have a method to mitigate losses to maintain our producers in enterprise.”

He says the proposed LRP changes can be non permanent to keep away from long-term synthetic market distortion.

Tags: Cattle/Beef, coronavirus, COVID-19, Farm Earnings/Costs, Hogs/Pork, Home Agriculture Committee, Livestock, LRP, Minnesota, Minnesota Congressman Jim Hagedorn, pandemic, Threat Administration, USDA

Prior disruptions assist CHS navigate pandemic

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Prior disruptions assist CHS navigate pandemic

An official with the nation’s largest farm cooperative says
earlier disruptions have helped put together them for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gary Halvorson is senior vp of agronomy for Minnesota-based CHS.

“Final spring it was the flooded river system in the US that impaired barge visitors. Previously we’ve (additionally) had rail service points due to demand on capability for the Burlington Northern or the Canadian Pacific rail we depend on closely for the Higher Midwest provide chain.”

He tells Brownfield CHS needs to be versatile in instances like these.

“Flexibility for our provide chain, the agility to have the ability to transfer between sources to get product in a well timed (and) cost-effective method to the place it must be. All these issues are vital, whether or not it’s crop vitamins or crop safety.”

Halvorson says thus far, there have been minimal service disruptions.  However that would change has area exercise picks up.

Tags: ag inputs, Agronomy, CHS, coronavirus, COVID-19, crop safety, fertilizer, flooding, enter provide chain, Minnesota, pandemic, Planting, Railroads, upper-midwest

Spring administration of stop plant acres

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Spring administration of stop plant acres

April 17, 2020 By Mark Dorenkamp Filed Below: Crops, Minnesota, Information

A document variety of stop plant acres in 2019 is ensuing
in a novel spring for a lot of farmers.

College of Minnesota Extension crops educator Liz Stahl says managing these acres will rely on what occurred final yr.

“A whole lot of the acres we had been in a position to plant a canopy crop, so then if you happen to had an overwintering cowl crop you have to be eager about a termination plan on that. Whereas different acres individuals planted one thing like oats (and) that terminated overwinter.”

In these conditions, she tells Brownfield there’s going to be extra residue to take care of.

“So simply be eager about that at planting. Different acres, individuals simply used tillage on the stop plant acres, so there was nothing planted. Then you need to fear about fallow syndrome and the administration ways with that.”

Stahl says corn is most prone to fallow syndrome.  To mitigate danger, she recommends banding phosphorous and zinc straight on the seed as a starter fertilizer.

Tags: Agronomy, Corn, cowl crops, Crops, fallow syndrome, grains/oil seeds, Minnesota, oats, Planting, PP, stop plant, prevented planting, residue, Soybeans, spring, Tillage, College of Minnesota Extension