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USDA economist reviews changes By Tom C. Doran

Supply, demand report in line with trade expectations

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The impacts of the pandemic on agriculture were addressed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief economist in an April 2 webinar hosted by University of Illinois farmdoc. Robert Johansson reviewed the fast-moving changes that have taken place since the agency’s A g r icu lt u ra l Outlook Forum in February. At that time, debt was reaching historic levels, but i nter est rates remained low keeping the Johansson interest re payment capacity slightly better than in 2019. The debt-to-asset ratio increased slightly, but still was at a relative low level, below 15%, and below the levels of the 1980s. “Even in February we knew about the coronavirus. We started to look at how infections in Hubei, China, were starting to ramp up through the month of January and into February, and at that time we did know that there was a fairly significant impact at first on the Shanghai Composite Index, but that the S&P 500 had continued to shrug off the coronavirus potential for global spread,” Johansson said. “Now we’re looking at private sector forecasts for the U.S. gross domestic product growth with significant declines across board. Now there are significant expectations that the second quarter of U.S. GDP will be reduced by as much as 25%. “We saw jobless claims (April 2) jump to over 6 million individuals, by far a record over the previous week of over 3 million. The S&P Index is still relatively high compared to historic levels, but it has obviously taken a big hit.” Johansson noted how food and agricultural products are being impacted in the supply chain. See IMPACT, Page A4

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From The Pastures B3 Lawn & Garden B6 Livestock B4 Opinion C6 Weather A6

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MINNEAPOLIS — In the days leading up to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s world agricultural supply and demand estimates report, commodity traders expected increases in ending grain stocks and that’s what happened on April 9. Ami Heesch, CHS Hedging market analyst, delivered the report’s details from her perspective in a Minneapolis Grain Exchange-hosted teleconference.

Vanilla beans are the fruit of a tropical orchid that requires pollination by hand.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Choosing hemp seeds for the 2020 growing season is an important aspect of growing the crop. “Even if they’re from outside of the state, seed sellers need to have an Indiana seed permit license to sell seed in Indiana with the intended destination and the amount of material transported,” said Marguerite Bolt, hemp specialist for

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Recommendations for planting in 2020 By Tom C. Doran

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good to be true, it probably is, so be wary, do your homework and look into companies.” In 2019, Indiana growers registered to plant 5,300 acres of hemp, 4,000 acres were planted and a little over 3,000 acres were harvested, Bolt said. “It was a really wet year so that was a definite issue,” Bolt said. “And some growers wanted to do research so they had no intention of entering it into the marketplace.

CHATSWORTH, Ill. — Juneplanted corn is not at the top of anyone’s wish list, but there were some lessons learned from last year’s experiences. Robert Clark, Stone Seed technical agronomist, looked back at 2019 and gave recommendations for the 2020 growing season at a recent Agronomy Day at the Central Illinois C o n n e c t i o n Clark Center. As last year’s planting season was stretched later and later, farmers were frequently asking Clark about switching corn maturities. “When do I do it? Will it reach black layer? What will my moisture be? They are all really good questions. I don’t know if anyone had the perfect answer, but there are some really good resources out there that can be referenced,” Clark said. Purdue University research found that seven growing degree days are lost from the corn’s lifecycle each day it is planted after May 1. “We challenged that a little bit last year, and I think realistically where we ended up was somewhere between zero and seven (growing degrees days per day), probably halfway,” he said.

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Koi earn their keep by eating algae in the conservatory’s winding pond. Only a few ever mention one additional product that includes allspice. “We had one student who said deodorant. I was surprised he got that because they really do use allspice in Old Spice deodorant. It has antibacterial properties to it, so that’s how it evolved into being used in deodorants and products like that,” Toohill said. The conservatory is a newer structure. It was completed in 2011 after being commissioned in 2009 as a part of the Rockford Park District’s centennial celebration. Three local brothers, Bill, Dan and Ab Nicholas, donated

over $2 million toward the conservatory in honor of their parents, William and Ruby Nicholas. They envisioned a place where the community could gather. The conservatory has lived up to that expectation. “I always tell people the best time to visit is in January and February, when you are just so over the cold and you need a little bit of green. We have people who will come in and sit and read the newspaper or read a book, just spend some time in here among the plants,” Toohill said. See SIGHTS, Page A2

Planting a seed for hemp research By Martha Blum

What did the report tell us about South American soybean production? “Argentina soybean production was lowered from 54 million metric tons to 52 million.

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ROCKFORD, Ill. — Of the many plants one expects to find growing on the banks of the Rock River in northern Illinois, the allspice tree is not among them, nor is the rare orchid that produces the vanilla bean. Those two well-known spices are just a taste of the tropics in the Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens, located on the grounds of Sinnissippi Park, along the Rock River in Rockford. That allspice tree is one of the first sights — and scents — that will greet visitors when the doors to the 1,100-square-foot conservatory re-open when Illinois’ stay-at-home order is lifted. “The allspice tree is one of our favorites to show off because the whole tree smells like allspice. We pass the leaves around and ask ‘what does this smell like?’ and kids will say gingerbread or applesauce,” said Lyndi Toohill, operations manager for the conservatory.

Which of the crop balance sheets featured the biggest surprise? “The average trade estimate for soybean ending stocks was 430 million bushels. In the 2019-2020 balance sheet, crush was up 20 million bushels, exports were down 50 million and residual was down 24 million bushels. “Total use was down 56 million bushels, raising our ending stocks by 55 million to 480 million bushels. That was above our trade range of 385 million to 475 million bushels.”

Purdue Extension. “It is common to see false certificates of analysis, they are common across the country,” Bolt said during a Novel CBD Production webinar, hosted by Purdue University, University of Illinois Extension, University of WisconsinMadison Extension and Michigan State University Extension. “One way to vet any company that you are purchasing from is to call a third-party lab,” Bolt said. “If it sounds too

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alcove is a popular spot for marriage proposals. “We’re asked to hide someone’s flowers or a ring under the bench. We help a lot of people out with that, and we do a lot of weddings and receptions,” Toohill said. While the facility is temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 crisis, you can view the live camera, get teacher resources, and plan a future visit at nicholasconservatory.com.

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The goal of the conservatory’s curators and those who acquired plants for the collection was to keep a tropical theme and to have plants that people recognized. “We wanted to make sure it was things that people could connect to and relate with. You might have a super rare tree, but AGRINEWS PHOTOS/JEANNINE OTTO Jeannine Otto can be if only three people find that interesting, it doesn’t A bench provides a tropical reached at 815-223really connect or matter to spot in an alcove by the con2558, ext. 211, or jotto@ people,” Toohill said. servatory’s stream. agrinews-pubs.com. Among the rare but relatable plants at the conservatory are the familiar spices of allspice, cacao, vanilla and pepper, along with a fruit salad of banana trees, jackfruit, lychee and papaya. T he con ser vat or y ’s growing plan is similar to a home garden — only on a much larger scale and with a few adjustments. The conservatory has one full-time gardener, several part-time staff along with volunteers. “We’re always changing things. If something didn’t work in one spot, it was too wet, we move it and put something else there. We are moving things around and changing them or we find something somewhere we just can’t pass up so we plant it,” Toohill said. Watering is done by hand. While the conservatory has automatic misters, some plants require more watering and some less so the entire collection is watered each day. The plants grow in several www.prairiehybrids.com feet of soil that was brought 27445 Hurd Road, Deer Grove, IL 61243 in when the conservatory was built and, below that, Selected & Produced with your family in mind the banks of the Rock River. “There’s no bottom or hard floor. It’s just Illinois soil, but with the trees, especially the palm trees, the roots just aren’t deep,” Toohill said. The temperature in the Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens varies from a low of around 50 to summertime highs that can reach CAN BE USED WITH: close to or even over 100 degrees. The low temperatures in winter can be a surprise to guests, who are expecting tropical temperatures. A system of boilers, backed up by an auxiliary heating system, keeps the plants from freezing. For plants to set fruit, they have to be pollinated and the conser vator y utilizes pollinators with wings — and hands. “We do have insects in here. We don’t really use any pesticides or herbicides, and we do a lot with integrated pest management. We have plants that get pollinated with the insects we have,” Toohill said. Others are a bigger challenge. “With some, we don’t have the right kind of pollinator. Like our mango tree, we’ve gone in with electric toothbrushes, trying to figure out exactly how does this need to be pollinated?” Toohill said. The conservatory includes a green roof, made up of roof tiles that are trays planted with soil, succulent perennials and various flowers. The green roof hosts year-round guests. “It’s really good for all of our insects outside. We have a duck that nests outside on the roof, and we added a beehive a couple of years ago,” Toohill said. Indoors, non-plant attractions include a kaleidoscope that uses live plants for its changing design, glass sculptures throughout the conservatory and a winding pond stocked with koi fish. A bench and a private alcove hosts some of the Conservatory’s most popular — and private — moments. With papyrus in the background and greenery and tropical flowers, the

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USDA projects hike in grain ending stocks By Tom C. Doran

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WASHINGTON — Slightly lower anticipated use was reflected in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s April 9 corn, soybean and wheat balance sheets for the current marketing year. Here are the details from the world agricultural supply and demand estimates report. Corn: The season-average marketing weighted corn price received by producers was lowered by 20 cents from last month to $3.60 per bushel. Why? n Feed and residual use was increased by 150 million bushels to 5.675 billion. This is based on quarterly corn stocks reported as of March 1 which indicated disappearance during the December-February quarter rose about 4% compared to a year ago. n Corn used to produce ethanol was lowered by 375 million bushels to 5.05 billion based on the latest indications

from Energy Information Administration data indicate an unprecedented decline in ethanol production and motor gasoline consumption as a result of COVID-19. Partly offsetting is a forecast increase in the amount of corn used for alcohol for beverages and manufacturing use. n With supply down fractionally and use declining, ending stocks were raised 200 million bushels to 2.092 billion. n Global corn ending stocks, at 303.2 million tons, are up 5.8 million from last month. Soybeans: USDA reduced the anticipated 2019-2020 season-average price by a nickel to $8.65 per bushel. Why? n Soybean exports were reduced from 1.825 billion bushels in March to 1.775 billion bushels in this report mainly on strong competition from Brazil. n Two million bushels in lower seed use reflects plantings for the 2020-2021 crop indicated in the March 31 prospective plantings report.

n Residual use was reduced based on indications in the March 31 grain stocks report. n Soybean crush was increased by 20 million bushels on higher soybean meal exports and increased domestic disappearance. n Domestic soybean meal use is forecast higher with an expected reduction in available supplies of dried distiller’s grain resulting from lower ethanol production. n With higher crush only partly offsetting lower exports, seed and residual use, ending stocks are projected at 480 million bushels, up 55 million from last month. n USDA lowered Argentina’s production by 2 million tons to 52 million, reflecting dry conditions in the main growing regions during the latter part of February into early March. n Soybean production for Brazil was reduced by 1.5 million tons to 124.5 million due to dry conditions in Rio Grande do Sul while the crop was in

pod-filling and maturation stages. n China’s imports were raised 1 million tons to 89 million, reflecting higher Brazilian shipments. n Global soybean ending stocks are 2 million tons lower than last month as lower stocks in Brazil are partly offset with higher U.S. and Chinese stocks. Wheat: Despite larger ending stocks, the projected season-average farm price was increased by 5 cents to $4.60 per bushel. Why? n The increase was based on National Agricultural Statistics Service data, as well as surging nearby cash and futures prices, partially resulting from the global COVID-19 pandemic. n The quarterly grain stocks report implied less feed and residual disappearance for both the second and third quarters than previously estimated. Total 2019-2020 feed and residual use is trimmed 15 million bushels to 135 million. n Wheat exports were also

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“It didn’t shorten up the corn life quite as much as we had expected based on that, but it’s nice to have it in our back pocket if we ever in that situation again,” Clark explained. He referred to planting date trials conducted last year at the Bayer Research Center near Monmouth and his own trials. Planting dates of June 3 and June 11 were used in the field research. The typical hybrids used in that area are the 108- to 114day maturities. “We found that 110- to 114day hybrids were the best yielding corn planted June 3 last year at the Monmouth location. The moisture was in the lower 20s for the fuller season hybrids and the high teens for the really early (95- to 103-day) hybrids,” he said. For the June 11 planting date trials, the 108-day and 112-day were the best yielding hybrids and 114-day was close behind. “The early maturity corn didn’t jump out at us. If we had to pick a date between the two, everyone would probably pick June 3. What we saw from this was that the best yields still came from that maturity range we’re pretty used to working with,” Clark noted. In his own planting date research, Clark said the 111-day to 113-day hybrids had the top yields across numerous trials. “Moisture-wise, on the June 1 and later planted corn there’s only about a 2.5% spread in moisture across the whole trials. It showed that even earlier hybrids planted last year still carried a lot of moisture when in those later plant dates,” he added. “It didn’t make sense from anything I saw in 2019 to make the drastic hybrid switch to something on the extreme side of corn maturities. “When we start getting to the second week of June that’s when things started to get pushed a little bit. The results suggest switching from a late maturity to earlier maturity may be justified by the second week of June. “2019 was its own year; hopefully we can move on to more normal conditions, but I do think this was an opportunistic look at what we can do moving forward if we’re ever in a situation like that again.”

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A large segment of the hemp industry is unfamiliar with federal seed regulations. “You commonly see no labels or falsified labels on hemp seed,” said Wendy Mosher, during a Novel CBD Production webinar, hosted by Purdue University, University of Illinois Extension, University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension and Michigan State University Extension. “You will see hot seed labeled as compliant and inaccurate germination rates,” said Mosher, who is the chair of the American Seed Trade Association Hemp Committee. “The industry has to learn how to take seeds to an appropriate third party seed lab to get them tested instead of utilizing self testing.” The Federal Seed Act regulates the seed and vegetable commerce for the purpose of protecting the consumer and promoting uniformity between states. “The quality statements you put on your seed label must be truthful and you have to keep records,” Mosher said. “The Federal Seed Act established the regulatory standards for certified seed agents and this developed into the Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies.” Companies cannot put the word “certified” on seed packages unless the seed has been certified through AOSCA, Mosher said. “AOSCA is a multi-country, third-party validation that

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“We had a couple of people direct seed for cannabinoid with not a lot of success,” she said. “It was wet, they had issues with germination and then weed management was a serious issue.” For 2020, Bolt said, 192 licenses have been approved for farmers to grow hemp in Indiana that total 6,000 acres. “We have a requirement that research has to be conducted with an institute of higher learning, so they have to work with faculty or with county Extension educators,” Bolt said. “We have a checkbox on our application that states you have reviewed varieties grown in Indiana,” she said. “And if they have a history of going hot you’re aware of that and you’re assuming that risk if you decide to purchase that variety and plant it.” ILLINOIS In Illinois, the plans for 2020 include large-scale, grower-led research trials for hemp production across the state and collab-

Marguerite Bolt checks hemp plants during the 2019 growing season. maintains standards for each crop and validates the variety’s genetic purity, absence of weeds, germination and uniformity for harvest,” she said. “We were the first company to walk through the process with a U.S.-bred variety for hemp,” said Mosher, president and CEO of New West Genetics. “We had to work with the Department of Agriculture, as well as the Colorado Seed Growers Association.” Almost every state has a group that enacts the certified seed process according to AOSCA standards, Mosher said. “The first step is to submit your variety description to the review board,” she said. “In Colorado, the THC trials are conducted by the Department of Agriculture and they validate if the seed stays below the 0.3% THC in all locations.” The AOSCA label will be the same across the nation, Mosher said. “The blue certified seed tag

will have the member entity stamp on it and the required standards listed on the label,” she said. “If you’re not seeing that, you need to question if it is certified seed.” The ASTA hemp committee, Mosher said, has documents to help farmers with seed purchasing recommendations. Evaluating costs for hemp production is an important step for all growers. “When you choose your genetics, there’s a substantial cost associated with feminized seed,” Mosher said. “And testing is costly, about $45 per sample so you can catch it before it goes over the maximum THC amount which adds to the cost per acre and the drying cost is highly variable from region to region.”

orating with labs on the U of I campus to do cannabinoid profiling, said Phillip Alberti, U of I Extension commercial agriculture educator serving Jo Daviess, Stephenson and Winnebago counties. “There are a lot of varieties from different companies which are not performing the same because they are not the same,” Alberti said. “We will be doing sampling throughout the growing season to determine cannabinoid development at flowering, looking at flowering duration, days to flowering, insect and disease pressure and overall plant yields.” According to the Illinois Department of Agriculture, the state issued 651 hemp growers licenses for the 2019 season. “There were 7,000 acres planted and 5,200 acres harvested since quite a bit of hemp was left in the field,” Alberti said. “As of March, 623 cultivation licenses have been approved for 2020.”

Ellison, assistant faculty associate, Department of Horticulture at the University of WisconsinMadison. “From half to two-thirds of that was harvested,” she said. The Wisconsin researchers are evaluating dual purpose hemp varieties for grain and fiber at two locations. “We are studying different seeding rates and nitrogen rates,” Ellison said. “And we are conducing variety trials on 15 varieties.”

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MICHIGAN Many of the hemp varieties grown in Michigan last year came from Canada, said James DeDecker, director of Michigan State University Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center. “Stand establishment was a challenge with direct seeding,” DeDecker said. “Last year, we had 541 growers for 32,000 approved acres, and we approved 389 processor/ handler licenses,” he said. “Our WISCONSIN A little over 1,200 growers in department of agriculture tested Wisconsin were licensed to grow 820 samples last year, and 84% of almost 17,000 acres of hemp in them were below the 0.4% THC.” 2019, but only 5,000 of those Martha Blum acres were planted, said Shelby

Illinois releases 2019 hemp harvest numbers SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Agriculture has released final harvest numbers from the 2019 hemp growing season. IDOA issued 651 hemp growers licenses for the 2019 season. All but 137 of those licensees planted at least an acre during the inaugural season resulting in over 2.27 million pounds of total yield, with 73% of acres planted being harvested. “We are encouraged by these yield numbers and optimistic for the 2020 growing season,”

said Jerry Costello, IDOA acting director. “The department has been diligently working to open markets for growers to sell their hemp. We recently developed a policy allowing licensed hemp growers to sell product to licensed cannabis cultivators for use in medical and adult-use cannabis products.” Harvest numbers have been broken down into four distinct categories and a fifth to account for undefined variables in reporting. Farmers

reported harvesting 1,482,489 pounds of biomass, 595,128 pounds of flower, 65,489 pounds of seed and 15,107 pounds of stalk. Biomass and flower are typically used for their CBD oil, stalks for industrial uses and seed will be planted this year or used for hemp seed oil. IDOA is currently accepting applications for the 2020 hemp growing season. If you are interested in growing or processing hemp, visit https://agrlicensing. illinois.gov/Industrial_Hemp.

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LATER ISSUES As if the start of 2019 wasn’t bad enough, the growing season ended with corn standability issues in some areas as the harvest was extended into November and December. Wet and compacted soils set the stage for crown rot. “We came off a late 2018 with a lot of compaction issues. We didn’t get as much tillage done or whatever strategy we use to control compaction. Then we had an extremely late spring in 2018 on top of the wet conditions. This can lead to a lot of crown row issues later in the fall,” Clark said. Cold temperatures, fertility issues or herbicide injury can also contribute to crown rot, but Clark didn’t think any of those were major issues last year. A dry spell from the July 4 weekend through mid- to late-August in portions of Illinois stressed that same corn that was planted in wet, compacted soils. There is no perfect solution for managing crown rot on corn when the weather conditions are right. There are hybrids with different tolerances, but in extreme environmental

cut 15 million bushels to 985 million on a slowing pace and prices that have become uncompetitive in many international import markets. By class, hard red winter and soft red winter are reduced 10 million and 5 million bushels, respectively. n The changes result in a 30 million bushel increase in estimated all wheat ending stocks to 970 million. n Aggregate world consumption was lowered 5.1 million tons following updates to several countries. The largest reductions are 2 million tons for China, 1.9 million for India and 1 million in the European Union. n With supplies higher and use down, projected 2019-2020 global ending stocks were increased by 5.6 million tons to a record high 292.8 million. Tom C. Doran can be reached at 815-780-7894 or tdoran@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow him on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Doran. situations crown rot can still occur. “The key is to focus on root health and reducing early season stress and in-season stress as much as possible. Promote root health to keep the nutrient and water flow throughout the plant,” Clark said. “Avoid planting into really wet, compacted soils as much as possible. Because we can get across it doesn’t always mean it’s the right time to plant. “There have been a lot of advancements in seed treatments. There are a lot that offer higher rates of fungicide now that can really help fight off early infections. If it’s a concern, that’s something to look into.” PLANTING PLANS Looking ahead to 2020, earlier planting of soybeans continues to be a hot topic. Soybeans have a little more flexibility for planting before corn and it’s all about risk and rewards. “From a risk standpoint, you always have the potential for a late frost. Corn can come out of it if the growing point is still below the ground — V5 or so, but at the same time it’s not good on corn either. It can be detrimental to soybeans if we have a hard frost in late April or some time like that,” Clark said. “We have a longer window to control weeds now for planting earlier. The use of overlapping residual herbicides and things like that really becomes a big focal point.” Stand loss is also a risk concern for earlier planted soybeans. There’s been interest in recent years of backing off soybean planting populations. “If you’re going to plant early, I don’t think it makes sense to plant 100,000 and expect to have 100,000 there when you get to June. A lot of seedling diseases can still come in, even with treatment, cause a lot of stress and you’re going to likely lose several plants along the way,” Clark explained. “Now, I don’t think you need to go crazy. I’ve kind of said 140,000, 150,000 maybe if you’re in narrow rows are a good target to shoot for if you’re going to push things a little bit.” REWARDS Clark believes early planting is the single biggest thing a farmer can do to gain soybeans yield without changing any inputs. Soybeans can be a bit more forgiving than corn in wet, cold conditions. Also, if a replant is needed, soybeans are easier to replant. Early soybean planting trials conducted in 2018 found a 12-bushel per acre advantage on average for planting two weeks earlier. Clark doesn’t push as hard on extreme planting dates that move it into March. He recommends keeping insurance dates in mind for planting. “You can push things a little bit, but I don’t know that we need to go to the extreme to do it. Personally I don’t know that I’ve seen any huge benefits of trying to get out there in late March, early April. It may be there, I don’t know that I’ve seen it,” he said. “If you want to get going, things are a little wet yet, maybe not quite warmed up enough yet, I think it’s a good idea to maybe take a look at planting soybeans. You want the right conditions to plant corn. Soybeans can be a little more forgiving. Plant corn when it’s the right conditions, not by the date on the calendar.” Tom C. Doran

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Q&A: ROBERT JOHANSSON

Economist discusses trade, relief package where we were in 2008. We saw a dramatic decline in cattle, diary and cotton receipts by the CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Trade, height of the recession in 2009. ethanol and the agriculture “I wouldn’t say this was the part of the coronavirus same for all of the different rescue package were topics of commodities, but I think discussion in a University of it’s fairly indicative of what Illinois farmdoc-hosted webinar we might see if the U.S. and on April 2. global GDP growth slows or Robert Johansson, U.S. declines significantly in 2020 Department of Agriculture chief and then how we would expect economist, answered the broad a relatively quick recovering range of questions about those following the development issues at the conclusion of the of more treatments and such online event. moving out into 2021 and 2022.”

“The actual price reflection of corn use and the grind will change a little bit over time. We would expect as a 10% decline in gasoline sales, to see at least a 10% decline in ethanol sales, as well, depending on our exports.”

How optimistic are you about economic prospects over the next six months? “We did see some optimism at the beginning of the year as the U.S. has signed the deal with China. We don’t have an updated ag barometer from Purdue University and the CME, but we have seen some declining signals on the other indices that we tracked, whether that is the Dow Jones Industrial average, the Rural Main Street Survey, the housing market starts from the National Association of Home Builders and corn prices, as well. So, we would expect that generally speaking the ag barometer responses from producers will also track downwards in the next period. “During the Great Recession, U.S. food expenditures in 2008-2009 declined by about $25 billion in 2009 relative to

How will the ag economy absorb the loss of production from ethanol plants and what percentage of corn prices is dependent on the ethanol industry? “The actual price reflection of corn use and the grind will change a little bit over time. We would expect as a 10% decline in gasoline sales, to see at least a 10% decline in ethanol sales, as well, depending on our exports. “We would expect as part of Phase 1 with China that China may increase its purchases of ethanol. It’s still too soon to determine whether that’s the case or not. They’re also still recovering from their coronavirus outbreak that shutdown a lot of their economy, certainly in Hubei Province. “But for the U.S. we would expect domestic use of ethanol

Robert Johansson, economist

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going for wa rd,” Joha nsson said. Commodity futures are reflecting a downturn in expected prices since the first U.S. coronavirus case was documented on Jan. 21. Corn and soybeans futures are both down almost 50 cents per bushel since mid-January. Ethanol margins have declined significantly. Gasoline and diesel demand have fallen substantially despite the decline in price. The expectation is there will be much lower gasoline sales in 2020. “That has implication for the amount of ethanol that’s blended

into gasoline, and in addition we can see the break-even ethanol producer margin at zero has been in the red for most of 2020 and has declined fairly dramatically in the last month,” Johansson noted.

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For example, the open table restaurant reservations fell dramatically in March, and there are more macro-economic impacts from the global spread of the pandemic. “So, even though the U.S. economy is facing some challenges, a lot of other market economies are also sustaining significant impacts and that’s translating into a stronger dollar which will have implications for agricultural trade

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to fall by at least 10%, over one-half billion gallons. That’s a pretty significant on that corn supply, particularly if we’re looking at planting 97 million acres. I think that’s one of the reasons why we’ve seen corn futures fall by 50 cents a bushel in the last couple of weeks.” Is it possible for China to reach the Phase 1 agreement commitments for 2020 regarding buying U.S. ag commodities? “I think it still is feasible for China to meet their Phase 1 commitments. Is it likely? That’s another question that they would meet their commitments to purchase by the end of December for Phase 1 or whether that will spill over into

CORN VERSUS SOYBEANS There has also been a shift in the corn versus soybeans economics since the USDA prospective plantings farmer surveys were conducted in early March for the report released March 31. The survey indicated an 8% increase in corn planted acres to 97 million acres and a 10% increase in soybean acreage to

met, that’s a possibility. USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue has also indicted that he doesn’t think that it will be needed, but we’re certainly tracking the progress on the Phase 1 deal and providing that information to the administration.”

2021, which also has its own commitments for purchases. “There are a lot of different ways that China can meet its commitments. They could purchase ethanol. They can purchase other livestock products. I know that their purchases of corn and cotton have been increasing recently. So, we would still think that the Phase 1 commitments are achievable for 2020 and 2021. “I think everybody would acknowledge that those Phase 1 purchase commitments were an extremely good signal for U.S. producers. I still think they’re an extremely good signal for U.S. producers. I also think that there were suggestions that they were ambitious sales purchases and that was even before coronavirus hit. “I would suggest that the observation that they were ambitious sales commitments is still valid and that the coronavirus impacts are still causing uncertain demand in the United States, as well as abroad, and it would only certainly make those Phase 1 commitment still ambitious and somewhat uncertain as to whether the actual amounts will be met by the end of December.”

The $2 trillion coronavirus aid package includes $9.5 billion to USDA secretary to support producers impacted by the pandemic and specifically mentions “producers of specialty crops, producers that supply local food systems, including farmers markets, restaurants and schools” as well as “livestock producers, including dairy producers.” Does USDA have more flexibility to distribute those funds? “The spending authority for that $9.5 billion talked about providing agricultural producers with support. It included some subsets of what agricultural producers could be, but certainly that wasn’t an exclusive list. “‘Agricultural producers’ is a pretty broad range of production in the United States. So, there is the discretion and flexibility to be able to uses those monies to target the sectors most affected.”

Will there be a Market Facilitation Program part three? “The president has said that if a third MFP is needed because the Phase 1 deal is not being

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83.5 million. “These are early March survey responses from producers when there were impacts of the coronavirus on the U.S. economy may have been weighing a little bit on producers’ minds when they thought about what their expectations for plantings were. But in the three weeks after the survey was conducted we’ve seen deterioration in some of the commodity outlooks for a GDP forecast,” Johansson said. “That being said, we’re expecting a very big corn crop this year. That’s not to be all that unexpected given last year’s his-

toric prevent plant amounts, so we did expect more corn and soybean acres, but certainly this would point to a very large corn crop. “Since that time we have seen the soybean price strengthened relative to corn. The soybean-tocorn price ratio has inched up since the end of February and that would suggest that there may be some price signals up there for producers to go stronger on the soybeans relative corn corm, although I’m not suggesting that that is a forecast at this point in time.” Tom C. Doran

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“Brazil soybean production was lowered from 126 million metric tons to 124.5 million. The trade range was 122 million to 126 million, so it was in line with that.” How did USDA’s corn supply and demand numbers compare with pre-report guesses? “U.S. corn imports for 2019-2020 were lowered by 5 million bushels to 45 million and feed was up 150 million bushels. Ethanol was down 375 million bushels which is probably expected given the reports that we’ve seen recently. “So, our total use was down 205 million bushels, raising our ending stocks to 2.092 billion bushels. The average ending stocks trade guess was 2.004 billion bushels. The range was 1.792 billion to 2.150 billion bushels. It came in within line of what the trade was expecting.” On the world wheat side, there were questions leading to the report of possible production reductions in some countries due to weather conditions.

changes today. So, maybe we’ll see that in the future.”

Supply and demand CORN Total corn supply: 15.957 billion bushels Exports: 1.725 billion bushels Feed, residual use: 5.675 billion bushels Food, seed, industrial use: 6.456 billion bushels Ethanol and byproducts: 5.05 billion bushels Ending U.S. corn stocks: 2.092 billion bushels SOYBEANS Total soybean supply: 4.482 billion bushels Seed, residual: 102 million bushels Exports: 1.775 billion bushels Crush: 2.125 billion bushels Ending U.S. soybean stocks: 480 million bushels

What were some highlights of USDA’s domestic wheat estimates? “The biggest change was in the hard red winter wheat with a 10 million bushel drop in domestic use and 10 million bushel drop in exports, raising ending stocks to 503 million bushels and giving us a stocks-to-use ratio of 59%. “Soft red winter wheat saw a 5 million bushel reduction in domestic use and a 5 million bushel reduction in exports, giving us a 10 million bushel increase in ending stocks to 116 million bushels. That left a stocks-to-use ratio of 40.6%. “The 2018-2019 balance sheet for all wheat was unchanged and there was a slight increase in our 2019-2020 ending stocks from 940 million in March to 970 million bushels. “That was from our decrease in domestic usage (down 15 million bushels) and exports (down 30 million bushels). That gave us a stocks-to-use ratio of 45.5%. We still have a fair amount of wheat around.”

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REGIONAL WEATHER

Outlook for April 17 - April 23

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

Evanston 49/36 South Bend 46/31

Rockford 50/32 Rock Island 51/34

Chicago 51/34

Peoria 48/33

SUNRISE/SUNSET Springfield Date April 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April 21 April 22 April 23

Rise 6:18 a.m. 6:16 a.m. 6:15 a.m. 6:13 a.m. 6:12 a.m. 6:10 a.m. 6:09 a.m.

Decatur 46/34

Quincy 47/33

Set 7:39 p.m. 7:40 p.m. 7:41 p.m. 7:42 p.m. 7:43 p.m. 7:44 p.m. 7:45 p.m.

Champaign 47/31 Lafayette 48/34

Muncie 46/33

New

Apr 14

Apr 22

Mt. Vernon 50/33

Vevay 49/35

Evansville 53/35

PRECIPITATION

First

Apr 30

Southern Illinois: Friday: a shower or two, except some rain and a thunderstorm in the south. Winds north-northeast 4-8 mph. Expect less than two hours of sunshine with a 60% chance of precipitation.

Indianapolis 45/33 Terre Haute 48/34

Full

May 7

GROWING DEGREE DAYS Illinois Week ending April 13 Month through April 13 Season through April 13 Normal month to date Normal season to date

52 61 105 5 5

Indiana Week ending April 13 Month through April 13 Season through April 13 Normal month to date Normal season to date

48 60 118 0 0

Anna 54/35

Today Hi/Lo/W 47/31/sh 51/34/c 46/34/sh 48/36/r 49/36/c 49/32/c 50/33/r 48/33/c 47/33/sh 50/32/pc 51/34/c 48/34/sh

Tom. Hi/Lo/W 60/37/s 58/38/pc 60/40/s 64/47/s 55/38/pc 56/39/pc 62/42/s 61/40/s 61/42/s 58/37/pc 60/41/s 63/41/s

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 60/39/c 54/35/c 60/41/c 67/44/c 52/36/c 56/38/c 64/45/c 59/40/c 59/39/c 56/37/c 58/38/c 60/42/c

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 48/34/r 42/30/r 53/35/r 43/31/r 44/30/c 49/35/c 48/34/sh 45/33/r 46/33/sh 46/31/c 48/34/r 49/35/r

Tom. Hi/Lo/W 59/40/s 54/39/s 62/43/sh 55/38/s 53/37/pc 56/39/pc 60/40/s 56/41/s 56/39/pc 50/38/pc 59/41/s 55/38/sh

Northern Indiana: Friday: a shower, perhaps a snow shower early in the north and west; a brief shower or two in the south. A rain or snow shower in the east. Winds north 6-12 mph. Expect less than two hours of sunshine. Central Indiana: Friday: a shower or two; snow at night. Winds west-southwest 4-8 mph. Expect less than two hours of sunshine with a 60% chance of precipitation and poor drying conditions. Average humidity 80%.

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

Northern Illinois: Friday: cool with clouds and sun; a shower, perhaps a snow shower early in the south and west. Winds northwest 7-14 mph. Expect two to four hours of sunshine with fair drying conditions. Central Illinois: Friday: a passing shower or two; a shower, perhaps a snow shower early in the north. Winds north 6-12 mph. Expect less than two hours of sunshine with a 55% chance of precipitation.

Fort Wayne 44/30

MOON PHASES Last

TEMPERATURES

Gary 49/35

Springfield 48/34

East St. Louis 48/36

AGRICULTURE FORECASTS

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 61/45/c 58/44/c 64/48/c 58/44/c 57/38/c 55/40/c 58/42/c 59/41/c 58/43/c 55/36/c 60/43/c 64/45/c

Southern Indiana: Friday: a little rain. Winds west 7-14 mph. Expect less than two hours of sunshine with a 70% chance of precipitation and poor drying conditions. Average relative humidity 70%.

SOUTH AMERICA Largely dry across Argentina to southern Brazil and Paraguay through Monday. A front will spread showers and storms northward across these areas Tuesday and Wednesday.

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

Slow ethanol and export demand will hinder crop markets By Ashley Langreck

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WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s planting predications didn’t sit well for the supply side of the corn price equation for the 2020 crop, when the USDA pegged the corn crop at 97 million acres nationwide. “Even if farmers switch a million or two acres to soybeans, that still leaves the potential for a lot of corn come fall, assuming trend yield,” said Michael Langemeier, a Purdue University agricultural economist and associate director of Purdue’s Center for Commercial Agriculture. “There may be some switching to soybeans, but overall I don’t expect lots of switching,” Langemeier said. To the extent some producers switch from their March planting intentions, they will most likely move away from corn-after-corn and back to a corn-soybean rotation, especially in western Corn Belt states,” he said.

Jim Mintert, who is a Purdue agricultural economist and Purdue’s director for the Center for Commercial Agriculture, said that whatever happens this growing season, there is still potential for plenty of soybeans this fall, too. “We turn to the demand side for both crops, and particularly for corn, it’s not real rosy there either,” he said. Mintert said that in the past few years ethanol and livestock feed accounted for nearly 80% of the corn demand nationwide and the demand was usually split almost evenly between the two sectors. “The ethanol market was deteriorating due to low oil prices and resulting weak gas prices, even before COVID -19 became a crisis in the U.S.,” Langemeier said, adding data from Iowa State University suggests that corn would have needed to drop another 30 cents per bushel below the April 1 basement price before ethanol producers would even be able to break even. Mintert added that he

doesn’t expect the ethanol market to recover quickly. “We don’t expect the ethanol picture to improve very quickly. We look for

a slow recovery from the global recession developing now as a result of COVID-19,” he said. Mintert said that the total

U.S. corn usage for ethanol in 2019 was reported by the USDA at close to 5.43 billion bushels in March, but if ethanol plants are

forced to shut down or current shutdowns extend into summers, corn usage for ethanol could fall as low as 5 billon bushels.

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WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK IL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION 2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

ACCESS TO ETHANOL MARKETS President Trump announced his intention to remove regulatory barriers to selling E15 in the fall of 2018. Later in May 2019, the EPA finalized its rule and made year-round E15 sales a reality. This is one important step in the road to higher corn demand. The Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) waiver gives retailers an easier choice to sell E15. As retailers convert infrastructure to allow for higher ethanol blends, this becomes an important step to higher blend availability to consumers. Again, in October 2019, the EPA answered the President’s commitment to ethanol by announcing a public comment period for a rule that will reallocate the waived gallons of ethanol over the past three years. These are both important steps to drive your largest growing market! 1,807 CONTACTS WITH LEGISLATORS IN 2019 ON KEY CORN ISSUES

CALL TO ACTION SYSTEM ICGA made political advocacy easier with a new call-to-action system called Phone2Action. In just one year, ICGA added almost 1,500 farmers and advocates to the system, each of which receives a notification when calls-to-action are needed. As of September 2019, ICGA has helped members make more than 1,800 contacts with legislators.

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In the end, the administration made significant changes to the MFP calculations in 2019, making the payments based on county level.

LAGRANGE LOCK REHABILITATION FUNDED WITH ITS PARTNERS, ICGA HELPED IL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION UNDERSTAND THAT A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (P3) PROPOSAL WOULD MOVE TONNAGE AWAY FROM THE RIVER. NO P3 PROPOSAL WAS SUBMITTED!

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Years of advocacy on behalf of the locks and dams on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers yielded fruit in 2019, when the Army Corps of Engineers plan of work included $57.5 million for major rehabilitation on the LaGrange Lock and Dam near Beardstown on the Illinois River. The LaGrange Lock and Dam is at the top of the priority list, needing massive repairs to continue its functionality. Experts have watched in prior years as chunks of the lock have simply fallen into the river unaided. This major rehab budget is a significant win. Additionally, many Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Members have included a change in the Inland Waterways Trust Fund cost-share as one of their priorities for inclusion in the 2020 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). This change from a 50/50 to 75% general revenue funding/25% IWTF for IWTF projects would maintain a robust construction budget for Corps projects.

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Something to stalk about By Donna Erickson

You name it. Here’s the stuff you’ll Earth Day, celebrated need for printing on tissue on April 22, is a good anpaper: nual reminder to imagine n Celery stalk creative ways to reuse n Kitchen knife what we typically throw n Plain sheets of white or away, even little things. light-colored tissue paper Here’s one that may n Acrylic paints or stamp lurk in the produce bin inkpads in colors of your of your refrigerator: a cel- choice for roses and leaves ery-stalk rose just waiting n Paper plates, if using to be revealed with some paints ink or fabric paint. n Markers for outlining Curious? When you the stamped shape (opprep celery for your next tional) recipe, cut through the Here’s the fun: stalk about 2 inches from First, make your celery the core end, grab that stalk rose stamp. For a end in your hand and innice design, cut evenly stead of tossing it into the through the entire stalk compost bin, take a look of celery, about 2 to 3 at the rose-like pattern inches from the core end. the stalks make nestled Wipe off moisture on the together. cut ends. For leaves, cut a Use it as a natural 3-inch length from one of stamp — it’s an ideal size the celery ribs. Wipe off and shape for young chilmoisture on one cut end. dren to hold — for printing Pour a puddle of paint artistic rose designs. on a paper plate and As you prep your printlightly dip the cut end ing station for this crafty of the rose stamp in the idea, ponder all the things paint, or press on an inkyou can decorate. Think pad. Stamp onto tissue Mother’s Day. paper. Voila. C’est la rose, Why not stamp rose a clever design by nature prints all over tissue Continue printing all paper that will pop out over the tissue paper. of a gift bag for mom, Embellish by dipping a grandmother or a special cut rib in paint for leaves friend? She’ll be oohing and stamp lightly around and aahing over the the “roses.” Let dry. “roses in bloom” before Use markers to outline she even gets to the gift and embellish the designs, tucked inside. if you wish. Keep stamp, stamp, stamping the blooms on © 2020 Donna Erickson gift tags, lunch bags, pladistributed by King cemats, a playroom wall. Features Synd.

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Wed., May 27

ARCOLA, ILL.: 2-Day TriCounty Spring Auction, 8 a.m., Tri-County Auction LLC, 217-521-0246.

CAMP POINT, ILL.: 178 +/- Acres in 4 Tracts, 10 a.m., The Barfield Family, Sullivan Auction-

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YORKVILLE, ILL.: Farmland, 10 a.m., Estate of Mark Coffman, Brian DeBolt Auction Service, Inc., 630552-4247. See p. B1

Fri., Aug. 21

ANNAWAN, ILL.: Hatzer & Nordstrom Consignment Auction, 8:30 a.m., Owned & Operated by Anderson Enterprises & Equipment, LLC, 309-935-6700.

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ANNAWAN, ILL.: Hatzer & Nordstrom Consignment Auction, 8:30 a.m., Owned & Operated by Anderson Enterprises & Equipment, LLC, 309-935-6700.

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Use celery stalks to print rose designs.

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Whether you’ve been hit with lockdowns and quarantines, work and school closures, bad weather or power outages, or you just need to stock your pantry for the times you’re unable to shop, here are some ways to create an emergency pantry using canned goods as staples. A typical emergency pantry: n Dried and/or evaporated milk n Pasta, rice, cereals, crackers n Jars of processed cheese spread n Granola bars, Pop Tarts n Canned fruits and vegetables n Canned meats and fish (chicken, ham, tuna) n Canned fruit, vegetable juices n Peanut butter n Canned bean, potato salad n Unsalted nuts n Canned baked beans n Canned chili, hash, spaghetti, soup n Dried fruits n Instant beverages n Baby food and formula (if needed) Additional supplies: n Non-electric can opener n Paper towels n Foil n Medications (prescription and nonprescription) that family uses on a regular basis n Paper goods (toilet paper and tissues), napkins, plates, bowls, cups n Plastic cutlery n Bar soap (if sanitizers or liquid soaps are unavailable) n Food and water for pets Many people have questions about selecting and storing canned

goods. First, start with a quality product. Choose cans that are not rusted, dented, scratched or bulging. Home-canned foods should only be made using research-tested procedures, equipment and recipes from sources such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture website. Here are some tips for creating and stocking an emergency pantry: n Choose foods your family enjoys. Good options include low-sodium canned beans, vegetables, fruit packed in fruit juice, breakfast cereal, peanut butter, pouches of fully cooked whole grains, nuts, whole-wheat crackers and shelf-stable milk or plant milk, the kind sold in aseptic boxes in the grocery aisle. n When buying canned foods, choose low-sodium or no-salt-added products and choose fruits packed in their own juice or water instead of syrup. n Store canned goods in a cool, dark, dry area away from furnaces, pipes and other places where temperature changes occur. Store metal cans off the floor because moisture may lead to rust. n Always use the FIFO, or first-in, first-out, method when it comes to taking foods from storage so that you are sure to use your oldest cans first. If you see that a can or jar has a broken seal or is rusting, bulging or dented, discard it. If any food does not look or smell right, throw it out. These no-cook emergency pantry recipes, courtesy of Trisha Calvo, a writer for Consumer Reports, are simple and easy to prepare.

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NO-COOK EMERGENCY PANTRY RECIPES Overnight Oats: Mix rolled oats with water and let sit overnight on a counter. In the morning, add peanut butter, raisins or other dried fruit, and a little cinnamon. Power Bean and Grain Bowl or Wrap: Combine drained canned beans with a pouch of precooked grains, drained canned corn, olive oil and any vegetables, herbs and spices you like. This dish also makes a delicious filling for a wrap, tortilla or pita bread. Salmon or Tuna Stuffed Avocados: Combine chunks of canned salmon, tuna or canned smoked trout with chopped tomato and cucumber. Toss with a dressing of lemon juice or white vinegar, olive oil, paprika, and salt and pepper. Stuff in avocado halves, use to top lettuce greens or as a sandwich

filling. Chunky Gazpacho: Combine a can of diced tomatoes with the juice, chopped onion, chopped cucumber, a little Tabasco sauce or cayenne pepper, and a dash of salt and pepper. You also can add chopped red or green peppers if you have them. Drizzle with olive oil and top with fresh parsley or cilantro if available. To make this a heartier dish, add a drained can of chickpeas. Corn Salad: Combine drained canned corn with any vegetables you have on hand — tomatoes, peppers and onions, for example — chopped. Add drained canned black beans if you like. Toss with a dressing made of 1 part apple cider vinegar and 1 part olive oil, fresh or dried basil, and a little salt and pepper. © 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.

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INVESTMENT QUALITY FARM WITH CLASS A SOILS! The Barfield Farm is located along the north side of Hwy. 24, approximately 1 mile west of Clayton, IL and is further described as being located in the South Half of Section 29 of Clayton Township in Eastern Adams County, IL. These 4 individual tracts are currently being surveyed. All tracts are nearly 100% tillable and contain productive Class A soils including Timewell, Ipava and Virden.

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TUES., APRIL 21ST @ 1:00 P.M. SALE TO BE HELD AT CARTHAGE LIVESTOCK INC. 1300 WABASH AVE., CARTHAGE, IL

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plish pink tube-shaped ﬂowers with spurred petA friend gave me some als. The cultivar “Beth starts of hosta last year, Evans” is distinguished and where I planted them, by bright pink blossoms this lovely surprise came up with contrasting whitearly this spring. I did not ish/pale pink highlights. plant this so I’m guessing The plant usually this came as a bonus with dies back to the ground the hostas from my friend. during hot, dry weather Can you identify? and remains dormant What a great bonus! as underground tubers. This appears to be Plants perform best in Corydalis solida — comfull or part shade with mon name fumewort — rich, moist soil. most likely the cultivar It is certainly possible “Beth Evans.” Fumewort that the dormant tuber is a spring ephemeral, hitched a ride with the emerging in early spring hosta start. Be sure to with ﬁnely cut foliage re- thank your friend for the sembling bleeding heart, special surprise. which is in the same plant family. B. Rosie Lerner is The plant reaches a Purdue Extension about 6 to 12 inches tall consumer horticulture and with clusters of pur- specialist.

ST ER LING, Ill. — Tomatoes are the No. 1 grown crop for home gardeners. “Tomatoes are really easy to grow until something goes wrong,” said Bruce Black, University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator for Carroll, Lee and Whiteside counties. “Getting the red, juicy tomato can sometimes be a challenge,” Black said during a webinar. “There are a number of potential problems like sun scald, blossom end rot and zippering that are not caused by an insect or disease.” Sun scald is caused by a lack of leaf cover. “You will see the fruit develop yellowish or white patches and usually this happens on the side of the tomato facing the south or west,” Black said. “Some tomato varieties that have more leaf cover through the season are resistant and we can use fungicides or insecticides to prevent leaf loss due to insects and diseases.” Blossom end rot is very common for tomatoes and it is a result of calcium deﬁciency. “Calcium is used in the creation of cell walls in plants, and during water stress periods not enough calcium gets to the growing point, so the cell walls are built without the calcium to fortify the walls,” Black said. “It can aﬀect fruit at all stages of development.” Adding mulch to retain water can help avoid blossom end rot. “Foliar applications of calcium can be used to supplement the calcium in the soil,” Black said. Catfacing is a deformity

Tomatoes are an easy crop for home gardeners to grow until something goes wrong. In addition to diseases, several other problems can impact the production of tomatoes. “Oftentimes, we see this when we get a late spring frost or really cold weather during the blossom time,” Black said. “A common cultivar that this happens to is Brandywine.” Zippering are thin scars that start at the stem end and can go all the way to the blossom end. “You may also see cracking of the tomato due to the rapid development of the fruit with the ﬂuctuating water,” Black said. Failure to set fruit can be due to high day and night temperatures that reduce ﬂower production. “Night temperatures above 70 degrees can reduce flower production and pollination,” Black said. “And plants will sometimes drop flowers if it gets too cold at night under 55 degrees. The most favorable night range for tomatoes to set fruit is 58 to 68 degrees.” Black talked about a few of the numerous diseases that can cause harm to to-

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Bacterial spot causes dark brown water soaked spots on the leaves and on the tomatoes it causes black, raised specks. “Good sanitation practices really help during the growing season and good weed control to help prevent disease buildup is going to be key,” Black said. Symptoms of bacterial speck may appear on any part of the plant. “You will see a small dark brow n irregular patch of dead tissue that will be surrounded by a yellow halo, and the severity of the disease is increased by irrigation, rain or heavy morning dews,” Black said. “To control this minimize the wetting of the leaves by using drip irrigation or a wand attachment on your hose.” Buckeye rot results in grayish-green to brown water soaked spots that develop where tomatoes have touched soil. “If you eliminate tomatoes touching the soil, you will not have an issue with

this,” Black said. “Anthracnose is one of the diseases that everybody has seen on tomatoes, and it primarily affects ripe fruits,” he said. “Water splashed on fruit from rain or irrigation will carry fungal spores from plant to plant so good sanitation, removing diseased fruit, crop rotation and fungicides will help control this disease.” A tomato plant with septoria leaf spot will have circular water soaked lesions that occur on older leaves and those leaves will die. “This fungus can over inter on debris so it is good to start every year with a clean planting area,” Black said. “It can also be controlled with fungicides.” It is important, Black said, to avoid planting members of the tomato family in the same area of the garden year after year. “Tomatoes are in the same family as peppers, egg plant and potatoes, so it’s good to plant these crops on a three-year rotation,” Black said. “Start with the proper soil fertility levels and delay planning tomatoes until temperatures stay above 58 degrees unless you’re giving them some type of protection like a hoop house or high tunnel,” Black said. “Plant your tomatoes in raised beds if you have issues with drainage.” Trellising and caging of plants will help keep tomatoes oﬀ the ground. Straw or plastic mulch under the plants will help retain soil moisture and also keep the tomatoes from touching the ground. Black encourages gardeners to scout their tomato plants frequently. “Make sure you are looking at your tomatoes at least every couple of days,” he 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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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

Farms for Sale Macon Co. - 31.11 acres - Farm/ Development Land along the north side of U. S. Route 36 - Sec. 12 - Harristown Twp. (directly E of Harristown). Macon Co. - 21.74 acres Farm/Development Land along the south side of U. S. Route 36 - Sec. 13 - Harristown Twp. (directly E of Harristown). Macon Co. - 31.77 acres - Prime Farmland - Sec. 12 - Whitmore Twp. (2 mi. S of Argenta). Heartland Ag Group Ltd.

2017 JD 8270R, 2200 hours, PS, 5 hyd., $138,500-obo. 217-242-9105 656 International, gas engine, $7500. 618-444-4302

greendrills.com (740)756-4810 Hizey Farm Service LLC

HAY & STRAW (53) LARGE NET wrapped round bales of mix and straight alfalfa, 1st & 2nd cut., Eureka IL. 309-251-2957 5X6 NET WRAPPED Grass hay or large squares of alfalfa for horses and dairy cows. Delivery to your farm. (217)370-4342

TRACTORS 1972 JD 4320, dual wheel weights, 630-hours, rebuilt engine, hyd pumps, lots of new parts, big fenders,very good cond., $15,750. 765-278-4483

FORAGE

2012 KINZE PLANTER 8-16, no till, KPM III monitor, corn & bean, 4099 ac., Excellent, $38,000, Retired, 573-406-3076

ROTARY 2017 JD-1570 TERRAIN CUT front mount mower, dual wheels, 4wd, air seat, hyd. Wts, transfer kit, 37 HP diesel, 72" 7iron pro side discharge mower deck, Excellent Condition, 430 hrs, $18,000. (618)836-5906, 618-535-2800 cell

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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

PLANTERS 1999 JD 1770, 16Row, no-till coulters, HD down pressure, liq. fert., Yetter row cleaners, $13,500. 309-781-6829

CORN STALK BALES & hay Please call 815-878-7222 GOOD DRY GRASS hay, Round Bales, most are net wrapped, Also taking order for new hay. North West IL., 815-878-5871 HAY AND BEDDING Auction! Every Saturday at 12 Noon. Reynolds Feed & Supply Cobb, WI. (608)623-2121 reynoldslivestock.com

We Repair Baler Knotters on your Farm! Service Calls also available for farm equipment! Used Rakes & New Tedders for Sale! Kings Repair, Marshall IN 765-597-2015 SPRAYERS 1985 GMC TIPKICK, floater, 1600 gal. Tank, 60' booms, Allison auto, exc. Tires, $8,800 obo call 815-674-0720 2004 CASE-3185, 5.9 Cummins, hydrostat, 90ft boom, Trimble 750 w/auto steer and auto shutoffs, 1748 hours, farmer owned, $49,900. Call 217-454-5669 3000-GAL. SS TANK, 93 Mack, pump, 5-hp. $11,500. obo. 5th wheel, sprayer trailer, dual tandems, electric brakes, lights. $6,700-obo. 309-531-7576 HARDI 1000 GAL., 60' boom, foam and rinse, HM1500 monitor, PTO pump, $6,500 Call 815-488-6813 JD sprayer parts – wide front end, front & rear fenders. 636-675-4335 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. MILLER SELF-PROPELLED SPRAYER, Model 4240, 1000gallon tank, 90ft booms, Ag Leader Integra Monitor, lots of options, 720-hours, like new cond., $160,000-obo. Delivery Possible. 814-322-8090 SPRA-COUPE 3440, PERKINS, 60-ft. straight booms, 300 gal, foamer, EZ Guide 250, 1998, 3600 hrs, Exc. Cond., $12,500. 309-303-1292. FERTILIZER EQUIPMENT (2) Poly Tanks: (1) 2000gallon, (1)1500 gallon, with values, 25 cents per gallon. 217-369-4007 16 ROW DAWN PLURIBUS on B&D tool bar w/liquid, $40,000; Call 815-252-7117 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 For Sale Herbolyte Plus Adjuvant & Micronutrient in package. The price per gallon normally is $30.00 per gallon, first come first serve selling at $21.00 per gallon. 140 gallons available at this time. Osage, IA 641-583-3536 Humates Omri cert organic carbon 2400-lb super sack, liquid humate applied with starters, folliar, or with sidedress nitrogen. 563-920-3674

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

MISC PARTS FOR Gandy Orbit Air, Call 815-252-7117

TOP OF STATE Hay & Straw, 3x3x8 bales and rounds. Davis, IL. Please Call 815-238-8372

NH3 APPLICATOR, 11-SHANK, Good Condition, Continental regulator, $1,500.obo. Call 260-623-2209

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

BEEF CATTLE

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340 AC. Row Crop Farm Enterprise Realty (660)582-7160 entrealty.com

Arthur Livestock Barn, Arthur, IL

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Angus - Hereford – Simmental – Shorthorn + Bulls • Breds • Cow/Calf Pairs • Opens

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

FARM FOR SALE BUREAU COUNTY

84.92 ac. PI139.1 $9,900/ac. Ray Farm Management Services Managing Broker 815-878-5225 www.rayfarm1.com 226 Prairie Lane W POBX 39 Princeton, IL 61356

Sat., April 25th at 1 PM

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1998 BLACK MACHINE, 12R30” 13r15 Flex Frame DJ 3000 Monitor N-T Coulters Kinze Units Precision Corn Meters Brush Bean Meters Keatons $12,000 618 410 2765 1998 CIH-955 SOLID stand, 23 row planter, bean drums, corn drums and milo drums. $13,000 Call 217-825-3670.

Angus

Hereford

On-Line Pre-Sale Parade – Friday, April 24 - 7 PM If you cannot attend in person use DV Auctions On-line Bidding Services or Sight-unseen Purchases. Social Distancing in place. Marketing Order Buyers Greg Miller ............... 608-778-8785 Rachel Marx ............. 217-254-8016 Ryan Haefner ............ 815-499-0522 Brian Curless ............ 217-242-1665 Zach Rincker ............. 217-690-6844 Larry Martin ............. 217-433-0242

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www.agrinews-pubs.com | ILLINOIS AGRINEWS | Friday, April 17, 2020 PARTS & SALVAGE

TILLAGE EQUIPMENT/ PLOWS ETC. Landoll 30ft 876 tilloll good blades and beaters needs sweeps, $8500 obo. 618-562-9485 SUNFLOWER 26' SOIL finisher, 300 ac. Since complete rebuild, new 20” blades & Bearings, 10” hard serface shovels, rolling basket, 5 bar harrow on rear. Call 217-725-5236 GRAIN DRILL

Chemical

IH-5100 grain drill, small seed box, single disc openers, looks good, $2250. 217-254-4640 JD 8200 grain drill w/gauge wheels and press wheels, single box, folding hitch, $1750. 618-444-4302 FEED & GRAIN

GRAIN VACS

BINS & DRYERS FARM FAN DRYERS AB350, 500H, 1000H, 1500H 650 Mod, Super Prices on bin bolts. Harms Grain (815)-568-4000

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

Buyers and Feeders Of Damaged corn, soybeans, screening, wet, hot, dry, fire, and silo corn

2020 recommendations

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BUILDING & SUPPLIES INSULATION, 4x8 SHEETS foil-back foam, Factory Seconds Call Ken Nichols. Sullivan, IL. 800-424-1256, nichols5.com LOANS/ FINANCIAL SERVICES FARM LOANS. We have the Best term/interest rates avail. Fixed rates, 5-25 yrs. 618-5282264 c, 618-643-2264, The BelRay Co, Don Welch and Jeff Welch, McLeansboro, IL COMMUNICATIONS 2-WAY RADIO Radio Ranch, Inc. 10924 Hoover Rd, Rock Falls, IL 61071, (815)622-9000 www.radioranchinc.com MANURE EQUIPMENT Knight Complete Line-up New pro push, Slinger PS 235 Vertical Spreaders. Arthur's Repair. Hindsboro, IL 217-346-2737

Don't Need it? Sell it Here! Want Ads Get Attention! KNIGHT-252 SPREADER W/HYD. end gate, Very Good Cond., $4,250. Call 815-988-2074 NI Manure spreader, - rear unloading w/hyd endgate, 540 PTO (could be 390-bu) tandem, gd cond, $6,000. 618-444-4302 TIRES (4) GOODYEAR FLOATERS, 67x34.00-25, rubber is brand new, Call 574-581-0165 28Lx26, 23 degree Firestone tires, like new, $1200; On JD Rims. 23L-26 tires, V gd, $750. On JD Rims. 618-214-2194,

CULTIVATORS 28' DMI Tigermate field cultivator, 5 bar spike harrow, good condition, shed kept, asking $10,500. Please call or text 217-369-6023 CIH-183, 12R30" FLAT fold, Vibra shanks, rolling shields, Neese levelers, shedded, Exc. Cond., $3,500. 309-303-2848 JD-845 12R30" FLAT fold, C shanks, rolling shields, Neese levelers, shedded, Exc. Cond., $6,000. Call 309-303-2848 TILLAGE EQUIPMENT/ PLOWS ETC. 32ft JD 630 disk, $13,500; 2007 M&W BF10 hay rake, $6000. Both been shedded. 618-508-2808 33-FT. LANDOLL 9800 field cultivator, rear hitch and hydraulics, 4 bar coil tine harrow, like new sweeps, $4,900-obo. 309-264-7843 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-16 ROW CULTIVATOR, danish tine, like new, $4,900; JD-400 30ft rotary hoe, end transport, nice for age, $950. Call 309-657-9099 CIH-700, HIGH CLEARANCE 8 bottom 16” pull type on land plow, $3,000; CIH-516 720 plow, 3 pt. $1,500. Call 217-456-7641 IH-4900 FIELD CULT. 37', exc. tires & hoses,has rear hitch, $4,500 obo; (40) Landoll disc blades, 22-1/4” diam., 1-3/4 round hole, low concavity 1-1/2” blades, used on 20 ac. $30.00/blade, 815-303-1960 JD MULCH MASTER, MODEL 550, 25-FT., EXTRA SWEEPS, GOOD COND., $4,750. 812-204-4587 JD-2210 30'-6” FIELD cultivator 6” spacing, 7” knock on sweeps, 3 bar spike drag w/roller, $32,500. 815-482-5960

98 TRAILSTAR 40' Aluminum Dump Trailer, Westgo PTO Auger 10" 31',CIH-4800 F. C. Call 847-764-4210 Jerry JD-700 DIRT SCRAPER, 7-1/2 yard, Good Shape, $7,950 Call 815-988-2074 LENAN CORP. HI-140 Heater, includes 300 gal. waste oil tank, flue pipe, Call 815-530-6732

2007 International 8600, AR, tandem axle, 10-spd. transmission, C13 Cat eng., 167-wb, Nice Truck, $19,500. 217-924-4405 8-5pm.

Farm Inc. Pana, IL

2007 KENWOTH T800 day cab, Cat. C15, 10-spd., 550,000 mi., recent overhaul, exc. Cond., $35,000 obo (309)368-1562

IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT Wanted: Irrigation Equipment Pipes, Pumps/Travelers. HOEKSTRA FARMS, LLC. St. Anne, IL. Call 815-427-6510

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

YOUR DAMAGED GRAIN

ELEC. MOTORS/GENERATORS

2013 Freightliner Cascadia 125, Air Ride susp., tandem axle, Detroit engine, 241,000 miles, auto, Very Nice truck Call for price. 217-924-4405 8-5pm. 2013 Freightliner Cascadia 125, Air Ride susp., tandem axle, Detroit engine, 241,000 miles, auto, Very Nice truck Call for price. 217-924-4405 8-5pm. 2015 Timpte 40-ft. super Hopper trailer, auto tarp, alum wheels, good tires & brakes, min.use, 815-257-3288 or 815-368-3288

KATOLIGHT & WINPOWER. Generators, automatic & PTO engine sets. Swits Farms Sales & Service. (217)752-6213

Buy it! Sell it! Find it! Classifieds Please say....

Winco Generators. PTO portables & eng. sets avail., Large Inventory. Albion, IL. Waters Equip. 618-445-2816

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CARS/TRUCKS/TRAILERS

Generators: used, low hr takeouts. 20KW to 2000KW. Dsl, Propane, Nat. Gas. 701-3719526. abrahamindustrial.com

- Don't Worry Call Murray! Murray Enterprises, Inc. Bonded Grain Dealer since 1959 800-284-5686 AUGER Backhoe conveyors, several reconditioned, $5500 & up. Complete backhoe parts. Arthurs Repair Shop, Hindsboro, IL 217-346-2737

■ 41’x66” Ag hopper ■ Power tarp with remote ■ Roller Strap Trap™ – Industry’s easiest to use opener ■ Aluminum wheels ■ Stainless steel rear ■ 3-year Limited Warranty ■ Grote Lights - 10-year warranty ■ Lowest cost of operation

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

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Spring Discount Heavy Drying Bins Size Bu. Price 21 X 18 5785 $5065 27 X 21 11265 8100 42 X 24 32245 $17995

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Drying Floors W/12 Supports & Flashing 21 . . . . . . . . . . $1437 27 . . . . ... . . . . . 2400 42 . . . . . . .. . . . . 5705

GRAIN VACS

CARS/TRUCKS/TRAILERS 2004 FORD F350, diesel w/service body, 98,000 miles, good condition, $8000. 815-499-4900

2007 International 8600, AR, tandem axle, 10-spd. transmission, C13 Cat eng., 167-wb, Nice Truck, $19,500. 217-924-4405 8-5pm.

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

New& Used REM & Kongskilde grain vacs. Used Kongskilde 1000 & 500 grain vacs. Cornwell Equipment, Arthur, IL 217-543-2631

MISC. FARM EQUIPMENT

Take Action on Compaction Soil Treatment ® Agri-SC Joe Beyers

Yetter seed vac II pneumatic seed tender on M&W 2 compartment 300-bu wagon w/ tarp, very gd. 319-759-6696

Perry Equipment, Inc. 115 West 580 North Crawfordsville, IN 765-362-4495 800-433-8783

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

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Helicoid Super Edge & Sectional. For Grain Augers, Dryers, & Grain Carts, Feed Wagons, Mixers, Combines, Sweeps and Stirring Machine. Down Minimum

1991 FORD L-8000, tandem dump truck, 15' bed, Ford diesel, RT6613 trans., $7,950 Call 309-275-9878

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

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We Pay Top $$, by the Load or by the Job... YOU decide! Honest & Dependable Trucks & Vacs Available!

CARS/TRUCKS/TRAILERS 1976 PROGRESS, SS 4800 gal. tanker, Call 309-224-9186

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Grain Bin Roof Vents. Buy Direct From Manufacturer. 12x12 Vent - $45.00-each. 15x15 Vent - $48.00-ea. Other sizes available. Modern Sheet Metal, Falls City, NE. 402-245-4114, since 1981. www.modernsheetmetal.net GSI FLOORING New-Weather: 18' , 21' , 24' Floor. 50% off. While They Last. Call Place Order. Brush Enterprises, Bethany, IL 1-800-373-0654

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MISC GRAIN HANDLING 2016 UNVERFERTH GRAIN conveyor, 21-ft. x 8 in., hyd. drive, remote on & off, on wheels, like new, $5,900. Call 260-623-2209 WAGONS & GEARS JD-716A SILAGE WAGON, 3 beaters, roof, wood floor, unloading apron ext., PTO shaft, variable floor spd. On a JD-1075 4 wheel running gear, with tongue ext., trails straight, well maintained and shedded, Asking $4,500. Wanatah IN. 219-252-0510 MISC. FARM EQUIPMENT

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FERTILIZER EQUIPMENT Propane/Ammonia Tanks 12,000, 18,000, 30,000 & 60,000 Sales, Installation & ServiceCall For A Quote! Dibble Enterprises 815-237-2247 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

Downward trend in crop, livestock prices Cash rents take WASHINGTON — Updated analysis by the American Farm Bureau Federation shows crop and livestock prices falling to levels that threaten the livelihoods of many U.S. farmers and ranchers. Shuttered schools, universities, restaurants, bars and cafeterias are no longer buying milk, meat, fruits, vegetables and other food, causing a downward spiral in crop and livestock prices. Futures prices for nearly all the major crops have dropped by double-digit percentages. Pushed down by a 40% plunge in ethanol prices, corn prices have fallen 15%. Soybean prices are down 10%, while the price for cotton, which is heavily dependent on foreign manufacturing capacity, sank nearly 30%. Buoyed by demand in the United States and

China, wheat prices have declined only 3%. On the livestock front, since the beginning of the year, both beef and pork futures prices have declined more than 30%. Milk futures prices have also fallen sharply, with the price for milk used to make cheese down 28% and the price for milk used to make nonfat dry milk falling by 34%. “The resilience of farmers and ranchers has been nothing short of stunning, but we must not take for granted their ability to hold on with prices spiraling, taking all hope of breaking even with them,” said AFBF President Zippy Duvall. “I stand by my assurance that our food supply remains strong, but America will have fewer farms and ranches supplying it unless USDA acts quickly to deliver

aid and our economy is released from the grips of this pandemic soon.” The drop in demand is pushing the prices farmers would get paid for their crops to lows that may make it very difficult for them to justify putting another crop in the ground this spring, said John Newton, AFBF chief economist. “While the whole country is optimistic there is an end in sight, the question of when the economy will be healthy again is fueling further market uncertainty,” Newton said. “It’s worth noting that these prices are in no way tied to what shoppers pay in the grocery store. There are a lot of hands through which these commodities pass from the farm to the fork, so a drop in prices paid to farmers very rarely, if ever, translates into lower consumer prices immediately.”

USDA extends commodity loan maturity to 12 months WASHINGTON — Agricultural producers now have more time to repay Marketing Assistance Loans as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act of 2020. The loans now mature at 12 months rather than nine, and this flexibility is available for most commodities. “Spring is the season when most producers have the biggest need for capital, and many may have or are considering putting commodities under loan. Extending the commodity loan maturity affords farmers more time to market their

commodity and repay their loan at a later time,” said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. “We are extremely pleased that USDA can offer these marketing flexibilities at this critical time for the agriculture industry and the nation.” Effective immediately, producers of eligible commodities now have up to 12 months to repay their commodity loans. The maturity extension applies to nonrecourse loans for crop years 2018, 2019 and 2020. Eligible open loans must in good standing with a maturity date of March 31, 2020, or later or new crop year —

2019 or 2020 — loans requested by Sept. 30, 2020. All new loans requested by Sept. 30 will have a maturity date 12 months following the date of approval. The maturity extension for current, active loans will be automatically extended an additional three months. Loans that matured March 31 have already been automatically extended by USDA’s Farm Service Agency. Producers who prefer a nine-month loan will need to contact their local FSA county office. Loans requested after Sept. 30 will have a term of nine months.

Kentucky thoroughbred retirement farm offering virtual tours GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — A popular thoroughbred retirement farm in Kentucky is reaching out to its supporters through virtual farm tours that showcase its equine retirees. Old Friends debuted the virtual tours at https://youtu.be/PTbHcL7ogaU on March 30.

The series is called “Monday Mornings with Michael” and is hosted by Old Friends founder Michael Blowen. Each week, he will offer short visits with a few equine residents of the Georgetown farm. The farm says its virtual tours will be posted on Old Friends’ social media platforms on Monday mornings.

The first video showcases Old Friends’ oldest retirees — multiple stakes winner Dinard, who is 32, and one-time claimer Archie’s Echo, who is 31. There’s no charge for viewing the video, but donations are welcome and can be made on Facebook at www.facebook.com/oldfriendsequine.

downward turn By Ashley Langreck

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — After most farmers set their budgets for 2020, predicted potential crop income and profits for the year took a sharp downward turn. Michael Langemeier, a P urdue University agricultural economist and associate director of Purdue’s Center for Commercial Agriculture, said cash rents were already set for the year and some individuals had already made partial or even full payments for 2020. “Things looked much different by the first of April than they did even in February, when I was discussing crop outlooks at outlook meetings,” Langemeier said. Jim Mintert, who is also a Purdue agricultural economist and the director of Purdue’s Center for Commercial Agriculture, said the COVID-19 pandemic is a contributing factor as to why corn and soybean prices are slipping and changing the overall outlook, but it’s not the only reason. “Exports for corn were down even before the COVID-19 shutdown began and low oil prices wreaked havoc on ethanol demand,” he said Mintert noted that some of the factors that are affecting the crop outlook, such as ethanol demand and exports, won’t clear up quickly even when the COVID19 crisis has slowed down. “The profit picture didn’t look good for 2020 even in February, and it certainly doesn’t look good now,” Langemeier said. Langemeier said he believes there will be pressure on cash rents in 2021. “It’s too late to impact rents for 2020, but I’m projecting cash rents could average 5% lower for 2021,” he said. Ashley Langreck can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 192, or alangreck@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Langreck.

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Drivers, farmers urged to use caution while sharing the road SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — COVID-19 has hit the pause button for millions of people in Illinois — but that does not include the state’s farmers. The warming spring weather means an onslaught of activity in farm fields across Illinois. This means a lot more farm vehicular traffic on Illinois’ roadways over the next few weeks. While the state’s stayat-home mandate has reduced vehicular traffic overall, it doesn’t change the fact that spring plant-

ing season is one of the most dangerous times for farmers — both on the roads and in the fields. “Farmers are the backbone of our state’s economy, and I know how hard they work this time of the year. But in the rush to get the 2020 crop in, we urge them to use caution while sharing the road,” said Michael Kleinik, director of the Illinois Department of Labor. “We all want farmers to head home to their families safe and sound at the end of each day.” Too often a vehicle at-

tempting to pass causes a collision before the tractor or farm implement can finish a left-hand turn. Such collisions occur simply because the driver fails to reduce speed for the slower moving farm implement. Impatience and speed are a deadly combination on rural roads this time of year. Visibility is also a key to road safety. All agricultural vehicles using the public roadways must display the fluorescent orange Slow Moving Vehicle triangle.

Additionally, tractors and other self-powered farm vehicles must have proper lighting. According to Illinois law: n Lighting is required from 30 minutes before sunset to 30 minutes after sunrise. n There should be two white lamps on the front

of the vehicle, visible from at least 1,000 feet to the front of the vehicle. n There should be two red lamps on the rear of the vehicle, visible from at least 1,000 feet to the rear of the vehicle. n There should be at least one flashing amber signal lamp on the rear of the

vehicle, mounted as high as possible and visible from at least 500 feet, which can be used during daylight, as well. Drivers should remember that farm vehicle operators have limited visibility to the rear. Anyone passing such a vehicle needs to use extreme caution.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT Hornbeck, et al. v. Orscheln Farm and Home, LLC, et al., Case Number 18-00941-cv-W-BP (W.D. Mo.). READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS ARE AFFECTED WHETHER YOU ACT OR DO NOT ACT. A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit that alleges the following “303 Tractor Hydraulic Fluid Products”—CITGO-manufactured MileMaster 303 Tractor Hydraulic Fluid; CITGO-manufactured H-K 303 Tractor Transmission Hydraulic Fluid; Orscheln Premium 303 Tractor Hydraulic & Transmission Fluid; and/or CITGO-manufactured SuperTech 303 Tractor Hydraulic Oil—did not meet the equipment manufacturer specifications stated on the label. The Defendants deny they did anything wrong and state further that the labels were truthful and adequate. The Court has not decided who is right. Instead, the parties agreed to a proposed settlement to avoid the expense and risks of continuing the lawsuit. You are Settlement Class Member if you have purchased, not for resale, one of the following products sold in the United States during the stated Class Period: Product MileMaster 303 MileMaster 303 MileMaster 303 H-K 303 H-K 303 Orscheln 303 SuperTech 303

Size 3/2 gal. 5 gal. 55 gal. 3/2 gal. 5 gal. 5 gal. 5 gal.

Start Class Period Jan. 23, 2017 May 25, 2013 May 25, 2013 May 25, 2013 May 25, 2013 Sept. 3, 2014 Feb. 17, 2016

IN-THE-FIELD SERVICE

FOR BACK-IN-THE-FIELD WORK.

End Class Period Present Present Present April 30, 2016 March 21, 2019 Aug. 16, 2017 Feb. 10, 2018

The settlement establishes a $18,825,000.00 “Class Settlement Fund” that will be paid to Settlement Class Members as: (1) cash awards of up to 100% of the purchase price paid for the 303 Tractor Hydraulic Fluid Products and (2) reimbursement for the costs of any repairs, parts, and specific equipment damage that a Settlement Class Member claims resulted from, in whole or in part, the use of the 303 Tractor Hydraulic Fluid Products during the Class Period. You may need to submit a Claim Form to receive your award, which can be obtained at www.303settlement.com or by calling 866-742-4955. The deadline to submit a Claim Form is August 31, 2020. Class Counsel will seek an incentive payment of $5,000.00 for each of the Class Representatives. Class Counsel will ask that the Court award up to $5,900,000.00 in attorneys’ fees and expenses. This amount will not be paid from the Class Settlement Fund. If you do not want to be legally bound by the Settlement, you must exclude yourself from it by August 31, 2020. If you do not exclude yourself, you will not be able to sue Defendants for any claim relating to the lawsuit. If you remain a Settlement Class Member, you may object to the settlement by August 31, 2020. The Court will hold a hearing on October 13, 2020 to consider whether to approve the Settlement and a request for attorneys’ fees and expenses. This date may be moved, canceled, or otherwise modified; see www.303settlement.com for more information. This notice only summarizes the proposed settlement. For additional information, including the precise terms and conditions of the Settlement, please see www.303settlement.com or call 866-742-4955.

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We’re doing what needs to be done I have heard many people suggest that great lessons will be learned from the COVID19 pandemic. For many farmers and ranchers, the biggest change in their lives Rural Issues has less to do with physical or social Cyndi Young- distancing or the disease itself, but with Puyear the economic blows that came with it. We would have to go back to early in the 20th century to find something comparable to what the world is experiencing today. The Spanish Flu pandemic lasted from January 1918 to December 1920, infecting more than 500 million people, which was nearly a third of the world’s population at the time. More than 50 million people died; 675,000 of those deaths were in the United States. Eva Vesta Covey, a young mother from west-central Illinois expecting her second child, died after caring for family members who were sick with the flu. She died on her daughter’s first birthday. Her daughter was my mom’s mother. Walking through the family cemetery on my dad’s side in rural Scott County, Illinois, it is sad to see that family members died days apart from one another. Mothers, fathers, their children — all gone within a week. Although there are great similarities to today’s pandemic and the flu of 1918, there are also great differences. One hundred years ago, most of the people in this country lived on a farm or in a rural community. There was no 24-hour news cycle. There was no electricity or indoor plumbing. There were no antibiotics to treat secondary infections caused by the flu. Despair is a word I’ve heard used frequently to describe the current environment in many communities. Deemed non-essential, many small, local businesses have been shuttered to prevent people from coming into close contact with one another. Some dairy farmers are being forced to dump milk because schools, restaurants and other food service outlets are either closed or have much less need for milk than they did three weeks ago. It’s difficult to see that happening and hard to explain to the consumer, knowing that shoppers in some areas are limited to purchasing one or two gallons of milk per family because that supplier cannot keep up with demand. With only four major beef and pork packers in the country, when they have to close down plants due to the pandemic, cattle and hog prices drop and producers are forced to make the tough decision of whether to hang on in hopes for better prices or sell at a loss. The first loss is supposed to be the least loss, right? In recent days, several local auction barns have stopped holding sales altogether. There are many uncertainties for farmers putting the 2020 crop into the ground. I’m certain there was more than enough despair to go around during the flu of 1918 pandemic. There were great losses. There was great sadness. But it did end. Although we don’t know when, we do know that the COVID-19 pandemic will end. When it does end, I hope we have a better appreciation for those local businesses that make it through. I hope we step back and evaluate milk and meat processing in this country and see the need and support more local and regional facilities. I hope we come out healthy. I hope we do what needs to be done so we — or the generations that come after us — are much better prepared to handle an event of this magnitude when it happens again. Cyndi Young-Puyear is farm director and operations manager for Brownfield Network.

Rural America invented social distancing There’s a brittle beauty to this year’s spring. Amid the swaying daffodils, cotton clouds and already roaring tractors and dust-shaking planters hides a deadly virus with a special fondness for those of us in rural Farm & Food America. In fact, rural America File is perfectly primed for COVID-19, according to Alan Guebert any epidemiologist worth their student loans. The virus finds its weakest, best targets in elderly Americans with “co-morbidity” factors like diabetes or heart disease. That’s us. “Less than 14% of the nation’s population is over 65 years,” noted Megan L. Srinivas in the April 7 Des Moines Register, “but this group represents over 18% of the population in rural areas.” Those numbers, explains Srinivas, “an infectious disease doctor living in rural Iowa,” have her “terrified… and shaken.” The reason is simple; she knows the dark math behind them. For example, if rural Iowa or rural anywhere gets hit by COVID-19 as hard as New York or Chicago, it will be more lethal because while rural America is home to 20% of all Americans, it contains only 9% of the nation’s hospitals, 2% of its hospital beds and 1% of its intensive care beds.

And that’s the good news. The bad news is the numbers get worse. Iowa, for example, “has only 280 ventilators for its more than 3 million residents.” If current predictions hold, “… up to 150,000 Iowans may need those mere 280 ventilators over the next 18 months.” Note she said months, not weeks. Age isn’t the only sweet spot in rural America for COVID-19. We country dwellers are poorer than our metro counterparts and many of our jobs — whether well-paying, average or minimum wage in schools, pubs, restaurants, or grain elevators — are now gone, going, or facing cutbacks in paid hours. That means a higher percentage of rural Americans will face difficult months, even years, ahead in paying for housing, food and, Lord have mercy, lifeand-death healthcare choices. And don’t believe the blowhards who claim our open spaces and thin population will provide a protective buffer to keep farm and ranch communities safe. It won’t. In fact, “8 in 10 U.S. counties “are under lockdown orders,” the Wall Street Journal reported April 6. “They represent nearly 96% of the national output.” A day later, the New York Times reported that America’s countryside was on the same path the newspaper’s hometown was a month ago: “This week, the case rate in rural areas was more than double it was six days before.” Equally troubling is that as this snow-

ball rolls into rural America, its growing size will minimize news of other critically important choices that require rural input and monitoring. For instance, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is sitting on a $50-billion mountain of bailout money for… whom? How? When? Now would be a good time to have the expert advice from the more than 200 ag economists who left USDA’s Economic Research Service after Perdue ordered most out of Washington, D.C., in 2019. Since then, according to Politico, “only 41 out of 233 (ERS) positions” vacated under Perdue’s purge had been filled by mid-January. Given its recent history, there’s little evidence to believe USDA will do better with fewer experts as one of the most wide-sweeping, most deadly health and economic calamities slices through rural America like a scythe. And, of course, all of this is doubly harsh and demoralizing as it hits farms, ranches and rural communities at the height of planting, calving and school field trips, proms and graduations. But we rural Americans know how to defeat this. We must stay smart, stay safe and stay home. In short, social distancing. Which, by the way, we know how to do because we invented it. Farm & Food File is published weekly through the U.S. and Canada. Source material and contact information are posted at www.farmandfoodfile.com.

On a mission to help everyone in agriculture The American Farm Bureau’s official mission statement is something that all of us in Farm Bureau are proud of and work hard to honor. Every word of it is important. However, you could paraphrase our mission Zippy Duvall statement with just four words: help everyone in agriculture — emphasis American Farm Bureau on “everyone.” While that statement is short and simple, carrying it out isn’t always easy. Working for all types of agriculture across the country is a challenge that we gladly accept and, I believe, meet, each and every day. As we deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re mindful of the need to ensure that all sectors of agriculture are included in coronavirus assistance measures. A good start was made when Congress authorized $9.5 billion for U.S. Department of Agriculture to help specialty crop, livestock and other producers, in addition to the $14 billion authorized to help other crop producers under the Commodity Credit Corp. Now it’s time for USDA to get that assistance into the hands of farmers and ranchers. We commend the department for its efforts so far to support American agriculture. The sooner we have a timeline for getting this new assistance out, the better. Farm Bureau has a unique advantage in that we have organizations in every state and almost every county. After extensive

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Dairy industry needs a national milk marketing order By Brad Rach

In tough times, I sometimes think about my all-time favorite movies. Lately, I’ve been thinking about “Smokey and the Bandit.” The theme song particularly sticks in my mind: “We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.” I think that line pretty much says where we are in today’s dairy industry. We are facing troubles that no one ever thought possible, and we are not fully ready to deal with whatever comes our way. What we know is coming is bad enough. What we don’t know, or can’t imagine, is even more frightening. As I look ahead to the coming weeks and months, I see at least three problems that will challenge us all. First, the workforce at processing plants and for our larger dairies is at risk. An outbreak of COVID-19 at one of these places will be terribly disruptive locally and could well cause problems on a regional level.

Second, plants are seeing demand turn on a dime as restaurants close. A plant set up to serve the restaurant trade cannot always easily switch to provide products suitable for grocery stores to sell. Third, smaller dairy farms are less vulnerable to labor disruptions, but they are leaving our industry at an alarming rate. While labor issues hang over our larger farms, market issues threaten smaller ones. What can we do? Here there is some good news. We have a Federal Milk Marketing Order system that has been working for decades to, among other things, assure the orderly marketing of milk. More than ever, orderly marketing in a time of potential chaos is what we need. The FMMO system has two problems, however, that must be addressed before it can fully do its job. First, the system is now a patchwork of regional orders that does not cover the whole country. Second, socalled “depooling” allows participants to

jump in and out of orders as they see fit. The solution is right in front of our noses. We must establish a national milk marketing order that covers all producers all of the time. That system, once in place, will put us in the best position to deal with whatever the COVID-19 pandemic brings our way. It’s our best shot at orderly marketing in times that are anything but orderly. Here at National Farmers, we are all in on the idea of establishing a national milk marketing order. We have written to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and are contacting as many people and organizations as we can to seek their help. We can’t do it alone, however. We need the support of all farmers and their cooperatives, and we need that support now. We simply can’t wait for unanticipated problems to overwhelm us. Brad Rach is director of dairy for National Farmers.

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Market data FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 10, 2020

Futures Prices This Last This week week Chg. week CATTLE HOGS APR 20 94.00 88.32 5.68 APR 20 42.80 JUN 20 84.37 80.85 3.52 MAY 20 43.42 AUG 20 90.75 84.30 6.45 JUN 20 48.67 OCT 20 96.65 88.50 8.15 JUL 20 54.75 DEC 20 100.30 92.35 7.95 AUG 20 57.00 FEB 21 104.27 97.02 7.25 OCT 20 52.27

Last week Chg. 40.22 41.22 48.32 52.72 54.57 49.77

2.58 2.20 0.35 2.03 2.43 2.50

MILK CLASS III APR 20 13.56 MAY 20 11.43 JUN 20 12.82 JUL 20 14.49 AUG 20 15.64 SEP 20 15.89

14.07 12.18 13.13 14.08 14.62 14.91

-0.51 -0.75 -0.31 0.41 1.02 0.98

CORN SOYBEANS MAY 20 3316 3306 10 MAY 20 8634 JUL 20 3366 3366 0 JUL 20 8710 SEP 20 3416 3422 -6 AUG 20 8734 DEC 20 3506 3506 0 SEP 20 8722 MAR 21 3622 3620 2 NOV 20 8756 MAY 21 3690 3682 8 JAN 21 8786

8542 8594 8620 8604 8614 8624

92 116 114 118 142 162

CHICAGO WHEAT MAY 20 5564 5492 72 JUL 20 5574 5450 124 SEP 20 5612 5470 142 DEC 20 5676 5542 134 MAR 21 5724 5600 124 MAY 21 5726 5580 146

K.C. WHEAT MAY 20 4920 JUL 20 4990 SEP 20 5056 DEC 20 5154 MAR 21 5242 MAY 21 5304

4720 4784 4864 4994 5102 5170

200 206 192 160 140 134

BRENT CRUDE OIL 31.48 34.11 -2.63 JUN 20 JUL 20 34.18 35.48 -1.03 AUG 20 35.66 36.39 -0.73 36.66 37.02 -0.36 SEP 20 OCT 20 37.44 37.49 -0.05 38.00 37.83 0.17 NOV 20

ETHANOL MAY 20 JUN 20 JUL 20 AUG 20 SEP 20 OCT 20

0.864 0.907 0.910 0.910 0.910 0.910

0.074 0.062 0.062 0.062 0.062 0.062

FEEDER CATTLE APR 20 119.52 MAY 20 118.95 AUG 20 128.87 SEP 20 129.37 OCT 20 129.90 NOV 20 129.95

108.25 108.10 114.42 115.80 116.90 117.55

11.27 10.85 14.45 13.57 13.00 12.40

0.938 0.969 0.972 0.972 0.972 0.972

Stocks of Agricultural Interest

This Last 52-wk week week high

ADM 37.58 34.65 47.20 Corteva 27.93 22.62 32.78 52.10 43.50 81.39 Dupont 40.78 31.87 83.72 AGCO BASF 12.95 10.95 20.98 Deere 145.75 135.52 181.99 Bunge 40.83 37.17 59.65 FMC 90.00 70.88 108.77 CF 31.01 25.77 55.15 Mosaic 12.97 9.94 28.01

Export Inspections (MIL BU.) This Year Cumulative Cumulative Cml. week ago this year year ago % diff. WHEAT 320.371 556.180 20802.89 19407.084 7.19 CORN 1271.481 1062.381 19334.20 30742.386 -37.11 SOYBEANS 298.124 888.772 31893.42 30168.723 5.72

Livestock Summary % diff. This Last Year week year week week ago ago ago Hog Slaughter-est 11000 HD 2407 2565 2393 -6.16 0.59 Cattle slaughter-est 1000 HD 536 626 638 -14.38 -15.99 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

60.72 -8.79 51.93 29.12 33.50 -4.38 89.46 96.45 -6.99 37.42 36.33 1.09 224.39 231.95 -7.56 207.53 221.01 -13.48 105.00 111.08 -6.08 168.00 178.78 -10.78

Job loss spurs collapsing demand of the U.S. econThe most omy was already recent Labor Department hit hard by the employment reTrump trade port was stonewar with China cold bearish for that began in the economy. 2018 with tarUnfortunately, iffs and other the data was trade barriers. gathered before was not until Commodity It stay-at-home January 2020 Insight orders were that the United implemented States and China across the nation Jerry Welch signed an agreedue to coronaviment to end the rus. Thus, the next jobs war. report is likely to bring But in late January, the even more bad news. first case of coronavirus The report this week surfaced in the state of showed a loss of 701,000 Washington, and within jobs. However, those ap- the blink of an eye, it plying for unemployment became a national and benefits rose a staggerglobal pandemic, impacting 10 million in just the ing every economy on past two weeks. the globe. According to the Business Insider New York Times, “the commented on the jobs decline in employment report with a few terse last month was the bigstatements: gest monthly drop since “The report surprised the depths of the Great economists as it showed Recession in 2008-2009. that the U.S. economy It was paced by a net lost 701,000 jobs last loss of 459,000 jobs in month compared to the the leisure and hospital- 100,000 expected.” ity sector.” “The report also Those in agriculture didn’t include the last should understand that two weeks of the month the leisure and hospital- in which 10 million ity sector of the economy Americans filed for unincludes, hotels, restauemployment insurance.” rants, entertainment, “The report was dissporting events, cruises mal and showed that and other tourism-reeconomic pain stemming lated services. from the coronavirus The dramatic job started even earlier than losses led to collapsing people expected.” demand, which in turn No doubt, U.S. agrisent cattle and hog fuculture is and has been tures, leading indicators under an enormous for cash cattle and cash amount of financial hog prices, to 10- and 18- stress and long before year lows, respectively. coronavirus reared its In addition, the CRB ugly head. The farm criindex, weighted towards sis of the 1980s was bad, grain and livestock but the situation today is prices, fell to a 21-year far worse. low. The Goldman Sachs The crisis in the 1980s commodity index and began because record crude oil hit an 18-year ag production, or suplow. plies, arrived just before The pandemic associexports, or demand, ated with coronavirus collapsed due a grain created stay-at-home embargo against Russia. orders, which in turn It was a combination has devastated the leiof burdensome supplies sure and hospitality and lack of demand that sector of the economy, led to the farm crisis — which accounts for 67% which, of course, is simiof the total U.S. Gross lar to what we are facing Domestic Product. today. The agriculture sector In my column

last week, entitled “Unprecedented Times,” I posted a quote from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Here it is again: “As of now, disruptions are minimal as food supplies have been adequate. But price spikes are more likely for higher value products like meat and perishable commodities rather than for major staples which are still in adequate supply.” All my work suggests loudly the FAO is right about food supplies and the potential for price spikes while the globe is in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. And why, you ask, do I expect price spikes for meat and perishable commodities while all other markets are cratering? Because in 2008 to 2010 when the Fed embarked on a stimulus package called QE1, the money was dumped into the financial markets sending the bond and stock markets dramatically higher. The current Fed stimulus package due to coronavirus is targeted to help individuals and families that will spend the money on basics such as meat and perishable commodities before all else. The huge coronavirus stimulus package initiated by the Fed is going into the hands of people and families, not financial institutions. History shows that such a policy should lead to bouts of stagflation or inflation for foodstuffs with prices spiking higher at various times. Please consider the special offer I made last week regarding my twice-a-day newsletter, Commodity Insite, to those that subscribe to this newspaper. Drop me a line at commodityinsite1@gmail.com if you wish to stay current regarding these unprecedented times for the agricultural markets.

Ag Economy Barometer Sept. 2019

121

Oct. 2019

136

Nov. 2019

153

Dec. 2019

150

Jan. 2020

167

Feb.2020

168

March 2020 121 Source: Purdue/CME Group

Farmer sentiment plummets WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer recorded its largest onemonth drop in sentiment during March. The barometer dipped 47 points to a reading of 121, as concerns over the impact of the global pandemic on the agricultural economy weighed heavily on farmers’ minds. The Ag Economy Barometer is based on a midmonth survey of 400 U.S. agricultural producers and was conducted March 16-20 as the coronavirus crisis escalated in the United States and around the world. Collectively, this month’s decline in the barometer and its sub-indices pushed the index down to levels last seen in September 2019, when weak commodity prices and an unresolved trade dispute left many farmers concerned over their financial futures. “First and foremost, the U.S. farmers we surveyed said they were concerned about how the coronavirus will impact their farms in 2020 leaving little doubt that it was the leading driver for this month’s drop in sentiment,” said James Mintert, the barometer’s principal investigator and director of Purdue University’s Center for Commercial Agriculture.

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

143.00 171.00 149.75 175.00 -6.75 -4.00 122.50 151.00 125.00 171.00 -2.50 -20.00 119.00 137.75 114.00 146.00 5.00 -8.25 105.50 123.50 101.50 130.50 4.00 -7.00 92.50 111.50 100.00 129.75 -7.50 -18.25

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

39.03 42.83 -3.80

Eastern Corn Belt Direct Feeder Cattle Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Kentucky and Ohio Reported sales this week, 834; last week, 0; last year, 423. Demand light. Supply included 100% over 600 pounds, 78% heifers. Feeder Steers Medium, Large 1-2 Avg. Avg. Delivery Head Wt. Price (FOB) 58 860 102.00 Current Feeder Heifers Medium, Large 1 330 725 103.20 Current

Feeder Heifers Medium, Large 1-2 Avg. Avg. Delivery Head Wt. Price (FOB) 65 750 99.00 Current 67 725 89.60 May 334 725 92.10 Jun

USDA National Grain Market Review Compared to last week, cash bids for wheat and soybeans were higher; corn was mixed For the week ending April 2, an increase of 72.8 million bushels of corn export sales for 2019-20 were reported, with an increase of 19.2 million bushels of soybean exports sales, and an increase of 9.5 million bushels of wheat export sales. Sorghum export sales showed an increase of 14.7 million bushels. Ethanol production for the week ending April 2 reported a decrease of 168,000 barrels per day to 0.672 million barrels a day. Ethanol stocks increased 1.4 million barrels at 27.1 million barrels. Wheat was steady to 28 cents higher. Corn was 6 3/4 cents lower to 3 cents higher. Sorghum was 3 to 11 cents lower. Soybeans were 2 3/4 cents higher to 6 3/4 cents higher.

CORN Kansas City US No 2 truck Yellow Corn was 1 3/4 cents lower from 3.26 3/4-3.31 3/4 per bushel. Omaha US No 2 Yellow Corn was 2 to 3 cents higher from 3.09-3.17 per bushel. Chicago US No 2 Yellow Corn was 1 3/4 cents lower from 3.31 3/4-3.37 3/4 per bushel. Toledo US No 2 rail Yellow corn was 6 3/4 cents lower at 3.21 3/4 per bushel Minneapolis US No 2 Yellow corn rail was 3 3/4 cents lower at 3.05 3/4 per bushel.

OILSEEDS Minneapolis Yellow truck soybeans were 2 3/4 cents higher at

8.39 1/2 per bushel. Illinois Processors US No 1 Yellow truck soybeans were 4 3/4 to 6 3/4 cents higher from 8.68 1/2-8.78 1/2 per bushel. Kansas City US No 2 Yellow truck soybeans were 4 3/4 cents higher from 8.43 1/2-8.58 1/2 per bushel. Illinois 48 percent soybean meal, processor rail bid was 16.60 lower from 292.50-295.50 per bushel. Central Illinois Crude Soybean oil processor bid was 1.17 higher from 26.81-27.66 per cwt.

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WHEAT Kansas City US No 1 Hard Red Winter, ordinary protein rail bid was 28 cents higher from 5.775.87 per bushel. St. Louis truck US No 2 Soft Red Winter terminal bid was 15 cents higher at 5.72 per bushel. Minneapolis and Duluth US No 1 Dark Northern Spring, 14.0 to 14.5 percent protein rail, was 3 1/2 to 8 1/2 cents higher from 6.32 1/2-6.47 1/2 per bushel. Portland US Soft White wheat rail was steady to 5 cents higher from 6.05-6.10 per bushel.

SORGHUM US No 2 yellow truck, Kansas City was 3 to 4 cents lower from 5.92-6.46 per cwt. Texas High Plains US No 2 yellow sorghum (prices paid or bid to the farmer, fob elevator) was 4 to 11 cents lower from 5.21-5.83 per cwt.

OATS US 2 or Better oats, rail bid to arrive at Minneapolis 20 day was 10 1/4 cents higher from 2.74 1/4-3.44 1/4 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.

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