Saturday, June 30, 2012
A look back to Crop Tour '11
Brett Vogel, Vogel Crop Services & Scout Team Leader talks to
Crop Tour host Pete Burmeister about what he's seeing in the fields.
Talking out of both sides of your mouth
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From: "Erin Burmeister" <erinburmeister@hotmail.com>
Date: Jun 29, 2012 5:36 PM
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To: "Pete Burmeister" <prburmeister@gmail.com>
From: "Erin Burmeister" <erinburmeister@hotmail.com>
Date: Jun 29, 2012 5:36 PM
Subject:
To: "Pete Burmeister" <prburmeister@gmail.com>
Friday, June 29, 2012
From Tyler Krug- Benton County, IA
Some flat #corn after high winds in #BentonCounty. Poor root structure may be a factor -- Tyler Krug (@TylerKrug)
Equipment Sale Flash
2011 CaseIH 7120 w/229 engine hours sold for $212,500 on Ritchie Brothers sale in St. Louis, MO today...just... http://t.co/oKccGUhK -- Greg Peterson (@MachineryPete)
From Scott Hingtgen
Rain update: neighbor reported 1.5” this morning, 6 miles west of Bellevue, Iowa. 6 miles from Mississippi River.
Blog Feedback
You don’t have to put my name if you don’t want to or post something I write if you don’t want to. Love your blog! Something different everyday....Email from Scott Hingtgen
Rainfall Report Jackson County, IA
currently raining 6 miles left of bellevue,iowa.guessing we received .5"-.75" and is still raining.hope everyone can catch a rain in the next day or two....
took rain guage down last week to remodel a cattle yard.didn’t want to put it back up if fear of it making it not rain!.... Scott Hingtgen
took rain guage down last week to remodel a cattle yard.didn’t want to put it back up if fear of it making it not rain!.... Scott Hingtgen
From Adam White- Buchanan County, IA
REPLY: Send in your local rainfall totals to 319-327-0806 or prburmeister@gmail.com
USDA Report Reactions
Did anyone notice we added a combined 1 mil corn acres in OH, IN, IL & MO (drought) but lost 1 mil. in IA and NE (good yields?). #pfnews -- Chip Flory (@ChipFlory)
USDA Report Reactions
USDA report had no BIG surprises in the stocks data. And the acreage numbers are trumped by weather. Back to trading forecasts. -- Scott Davis (@ScottErikDavis)
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Tama Livestock Auction Sale Report
Tama Livestock Auction- Tama, IA
Wed. June 27, 2012
1331 Head
Wed. June 27, 2012
1331 Head
Choice Strs: 121.00-126.00
Select Choice Strs: 119.00-120.85
Select Strs:112.00-118.60
11 hd 125.00-126.00
39 hd 123.25-124.50
339 hd 121.00-122.85
151 hd 120.00-120.85
Select Choice Strs: 119.00-120.85
Select Strs:112.00-118.60
11 hd 125.00-126.00
39 hd 123.25-124.50
339 hd 121.00-122.85
151 hd 120.00-120.85
Choice Hfrs:119.00-123.25
Select Choice Hfrs: 117.00-118.50
Select Hfrs: 114.00-116.75
18 hd 122.00-123.25
32 hd 120.00-121.85
68 hd 118.00-119.85
118 hd 117.00-117.85
Select Choice Hfrs: 117.00-118.50
Select Hfrs: 114.00-116.75
18 hd 122.00-123.25
32 hd 120.00-121.85
68 hd 118.00-119.85
118 hd 117.00-117.85
Choice Hol Strs:109.00-117.00
Select & Choice Hol: 106.50-108.50
Select Hol:90.00-105.00
6 hd 115.00-117.00
9 hd 113.25-114.25
11 hd 111.75-112.50
21 hd 109.00-110.00
10 hd 106.50-108.50
Cows:50.00-76.00
Fed Cows: 76.00-90.00
Bulls:81.00-106.00
No Fed Cattle Sale Wed July 4th
Special Cattle Sale
Monday July 9
Monday Aug 13
Select & Choice Hol: 106.50-108.50
Select Hol:90.00-105.00
6 hd 115.00-117.00
9 hd 113.25-114.25
11 hd 111.75-112.50
21 hd 109.00-110.00
10 hd 106.50-108.50
Cows:50.00-76.00
Fed Cows: 76.00-90.00
Bulls:81.00-106.00
No Fed Cattle Sale Wed July 4th
Special Cattle Sale
Monday July 9
Monday Aug 13
Pigs per litter still growing
From the CME Daily Livestock Report
published by Steve Meyer and Len Steiner
We frequently mention growing productivity in the U.S. pork industry but do not often stop to consider the various components of productivity and how they might be changing. We mentioned yesterday that analysts seem to think the meteoric rise of litter sizes in the U.S. is slowing down. That may be true but it would be the end of a pretty well-established trend at this point.
The national average for the number of pigs saved per litter is still just over 10 while Europeans routinely wean 12 pigs or more. We have some of those farms in the U.S. but they are not nearly as numerous. While this quarter could indeed see only a 1.3% yr/yr increase, we still expect the rate to rise again. Just too many incentives are in place.
Litters per breeding animal is a different story. As can be see here in the middle chart, this measure has plateaued since 2007 and is showing no signs of increasing. This one has a mathematical limit, too. A gestation period of 114 days, 21 days of lactation (ie. nursing) and a 7 day wean-to-rebreed interval puts each reproductive cycle at 142 days. That means if everything goes perfect, a sow can produce 2.57 litters per year. Very few do that, of course, and figuring in those that do not breed quickly, do not breed at all, etc. means that the best farms will run only 2.2 to 2.3 litters/sow/year.
This productivity factor may be at its practical limit â or very near there given recent performance. Average slaughter weight is the next factor that has driven productivity higher. In 2012, each pig slaughtered in the U.S. provided, on average, 23 pounds more carcass pork than one did 20 years ago. That is an increase of 12.6% for the entire period or an average of 0.6% per year. This growth is obviously a part of a long-standing trend that has only been slowed 3 times since 1986 â and all three periods coincide with high grain prices.
Will this continue? We think so. While some retailers claim (perhaps quite correctly) that consumers prefer smaller cuts, no way has been developed that guarantees the necessary light-cut premiums will get passed back to packers and producers to compensate them for the efficiency they forego if they slaughter at lighter weights.
published by Steve Meyer and Len Steiner
The national average for the number of pigs saved per litter is still just over 10 while Europeans routinely wean 12 pigs or more. We have some of those farms in the U.S. but they are not nearly as numerous. While this quarter could indeed see only a 1.3% yr/yr increase, we still expect the rate to rise again. Just too many incentives are in place.
Litters per breeding animal is a different story. As can be see here in the middle chart, this measure has plateaued since 2007 and is showing no signs of increasing. This one has a mathematical limit, too. A gestation period of 114 days, 21 days of lactation (ie. nursing) and a 7 day wean-to-rebreed interval puts each reproductive cycle at 142 days. That means if everything goes perfect, a sow can produce 2.57 litters per year. Very few do that, of course, and figuring in those that do not breed quickly, do not breed at all, etc. means that the best farms will run only 2.2 to 2.3 litters/sow/year.
This productivity factor may be at its practical limit â or very near there given recent performance. Average slaughter weight is the next factor that has driven productivity higher. In 2012, each pig slaughtered in the U.S. provided, on average, 23 pounds more carcass pork than one did 20 years ago. That is an increase of 12.6% for the entire period or an average of 0.6% per year. This growth is obviously a part of a long-standing trend that has only been slowed 3 times since 1986 â and all three periods coincide with high grain prices.
Will this continue? We think so. While some retailers claim (perhaps quite correctly) that consumers prefer smaller cuts, no way has been developed that guarantees the necessary light-cut premiums will get passed back to packers and producers to compensate them for the efficiency they forego if they slaughter at lighter weights.
As seen on marketwatchonline.com
From Alison Robertson
On my way to Nashua for the Northeast Research Farm Field Day. Talking about Goss's wilt, and fungicides on bean and corn -- Alison Robertson (@alisonrISU)
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
USDA Report Insight
USDA stocks report must offset yield reductions as they are a political organization & no longer an information agency. Limit down on report -- John (@AgOptionTrader)
I'm Farming and I Grow It!
From Jessica Schmitz- Independence, IA...
"Get this video on the blog if you want a good laugh today."
Weekly Crop Conditions Update
EC Iowa: Corn and beans have had a 5-7 day break from the heat, but today (Wednesday) the recess is over. 95- 100 F projected for the next 6-7 days. Started to see some corn rolling again on Tuesday. 15 inch beans have finally started to canopy (not good). Early corn has been living off of last falls subsoil moisture, I'm not sure how much is left. We have been spoiled here the last 7 (or so) years here to always pull the rabbit out of the hat to get a good or great crop. I still have hope, but every day that looks like a bet that Las Vegas wouldn't even put odds on. Hope I am wrong. I am starting to see alot of bin doors swung open around the area, I don't think there will be alot of corn here come August.
Sent in by Scott Hingtgen- Jackson County, IA
Sent in by Scott Hingtgen- Jackson County, IA
From AJ McLaughlin on the road
Headed to Okoboji today. Some standing water in areas through Algona & Emmetsburg. Corn looks good, although some fields are uneven.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Corn Market Rallying
6.75 next week if weather stays hot. This isn't a bubble fed isn't printing to fuel this. This is simple economics supply/demand -- John (@AgOptionTrader)
Moisture Stress by Soil Type
For clarification the pic I posted was a Normalized Digital Vegetative Index taken of my field, it shows plant stress the naked eye can't C -- Steve Pitstick (@PitstickFarms)
Corn & Soybean Rating Facts
Corn and soy gd/excellent crop ratings lowest for this time of year since 1988. -- Jason Britt (@jasonlbritt)
Monday, June 25, 2012
From Jake Baldwin- Buchanan & Delaware Counties
Click here to read a prior post from Jake on 3/30/12
Oats Knows....
If you believe the old saying, "Oats Knows" Then if its true, This rally is far from over... -- Knutson Farms (@KnutsonFarms)
Soybean Ratings
#Soybeans are now rated 53% "good" to "excellent" compared to 56% in these categories last week and 65% last year. #pfnews -- Meghan Pedersen (@MeghanPedersen)
Corn Ratings
#Corn condition ratings decline 7% compared to last week to 56% "good" to "excellent." #pfnews -- Meghan Pedersen (@MeghanPedersen)
2012 County Fair Highlights
With county fair season upon us, we thought it would be fun for News from the Coffee Shop readers to see the highlights and achievements of 4-H & FFA members projects at their local county fair. So... here's your chance to "strut your stuff" and show everybody what your hard work and dedication has accomplished. Just send a picture and information via MMS or email to 319-327-0806 or prburmeister@gmail.com and we'll post it to the 2012 County Fair Highlights page on the BLOG!!
Corn root worm near Jesup, IA
From Brett at Vogel Crop Services... Here's a couple pictures of corn root worm found east of Jesup, IA on 2nd year corn. Little blurry.
New 2012 Crop Tour Sponsor Added
Special thanks to Elliott at Henderson Event Center for your interest and support of
Crop Tour 2012!
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Tractor Sales
1957 Oliver Super 55 tractor sold for $5,200 on southeast South Dakota auction Wednesday (gas, 3pt, completely... http://t.co/JbDYwWrP -- Greg Peterson (@MachineryPete)
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