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News from the Minnesota Association of Wheat |
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CLINTON ON FREEDOM TO FARM In the written statement, Clinton said he
supported "the reform of the crop insurance program…" Clinton noted that, when he signed the 1996 bill, he said the Freedom to Farm Agricultural Marketing Transition Act payments do not adjust to changes in
crop prices or revenues and that he had proposed counter- cyclical farm income assistance in his fiscal year 2001 budget. "I am disappointed that the Congress did not adopt this proposal and instead chose again
simply to double the AMTA payments without regard to the hardships facing individual producers this year. We need to move beyond this kind of untargeted, patchwork fix to assure a stronger, more reliable farm safety net
that provides dependable assistance to family farmers based on their current farm income." Clinton concluded "….we need to build a stronger, better farm safety net on which American producers, their families
and communities can depend."
GAS PRICES REVEALS RFG PROGRAM NOT BEHIND PROBLEM Vaughn added the ethanol industry is relieved the oil industry appears to be getting a handle on
the Midwest supply crisis. "We're hopeful that the retail gasoline prices will quickly follow the drop off in wholesale gasoline prices. The ethanol industry stands ready to help by providing additional ethanol for
blending in the Midwest," he said. "Oil refiners could additionally lower the cost of gasoline by blending 10 percent ethanol into every gallon of gasoline sold in the Midwest."
WORLD WHEAT PRICES REMAIN
LOW DESPITE LOW WORLD WHEAT STOCK
DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR "NONINSURED" CROPS REQUIRE PROMPT ACTION By James B. Johnson Administered by the USDA's Farm Service Agency, NAP helps producers who don't have federal multiple peril crop insurance like that available for wheat and barley. In Montana, it may help producers
of peas and lentils, several of the minor oilseed crops, seed and some harvested forage crops. However, prompt reporting is required by the program. Producers must notify local FSA offices within 15 days of the:
Though NAP financial assistance offsets only a small portion of per acre operating costs, it can reduce losses for producers of eligible crops and commodities. NAP provides financial assistance to producers of a
commercial crop or agricultural commodity for which catastrophic crop insurance is not available and the crop or commodity is grown for food, livestock feed or fiber (excluding trees). Several technicalities apply.
NAP crops are those with no Risk Management Agency actuarial table, and for which a producer did not request an actuarial change and receive a written agreement to provide individualized crop insurance coverage. Most
Montana producers report their acreage and production of crops eligible for NAP coverage during annual crop reports to county Farm Service Agency offices. The NAP requires this actual production history to calculate
assistance levels. After a natural disaster such as a drought, Farm Service Agency offices will identify its geographic extent, the crops or commodities impacted, and the NAP area affected by the natural disaster,
which must include at least five different producers of eligible crops. NAP areas are often at least one county in size. To be eligible for NAP financial assistance: NAP assistance kicks in only after individual expected losses exceed 50 percent. A producer's
NAP indemnification for a specific crop will be on the loss greater than 50 percent of their expected production. Expected production will be determined based on the producer's reported crop acreage and approved yield.
The specific NAP financial assistance for a producer's crop will consider crop acreage, approved yield, net production; 55 percent of the State FSA Committee established price; and a payment factor reflecting when in
the production cycle the loss occurred. For example, consider a producer in a NAP area with 100 acres of an eligible crop. The state Farm Service Agency committee sets a price of $0.10 per pound. The producer harvests
200 pounds on a field with an actual production history of 900 pounds per acre. To calculate what the producer would receive, begin with 450 pounds representing half of the actual production history. Subtract the 200
pounds harvested. Multiply the resulting 250 pounds times the result of 10 cents a pound times the 55 percent of the state FSA established price (0.55 x $ 0.10), and that times 100 acres. The resulting $1,375 represents
$13.75 per acre. Since the producer went through the entire production and harvest cycle, there was no payment factor reduction applied.
GLICKMAN ANNOUNCES NEW STEPS TO PROMOTE CLEANER WHEAT EXPORTS "By tightening standards for USDA purchases and providing incentives for cleaner wheat, we can
help improve the quality and value of U.S. wheat around the world," Glickman said. Glickman said USDA will immediately raise the standard for cleanliness of wheat purchased for U.S. foreign food assistance
programs by reducing the level of dockage permitted. is determined contractually between buyer and seller. USDA also will request public comments on a proposal to establish an official U.S. standard for maximum
dockage levels in exported wheat. GIPSA is expected to publish the proposal in the Federal Register this fall. The measures announced today were based, in part, on suggestions made by wheat producer organizations
in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Nebraska
NDSU RELEASES SIX-ROWED BARLEY, DRUMMOND
Drummond is named in honor of Bill Drummond, the first executive director of the North Dakota Barley Council. During his
career, Drummond also worked as an agronomist for the Malting Barley Improvement Association and as an agent for the NDSU Extension Service. NDSU scientists have been conducting agronomic and disease evaluations of
Drummond in North Dakota since 1994, Horsley says. Data from those evaluations indicate that Drummond has a greater yield potential than Morex, Robust and Foster and is similar in yield to Stander. Drummond has a
greater degree of straw strength than any commercially available six-rowed cultivar and is similar in heading date and plant height to Robust. Drummond is resistant to spot blotch has and better net blotch
resistance than any other six-rowed variety. Drummond is similar to Robust in its resistance to Fusarium head blight (scab), Horsley says. The American Malting Barley Association is currently evaluating Drummond, but
AMBA has not yet rendered a decision regarding Drummond's acceptability as a malting variety, Horsley says. In its first-year evaluation, however, Drummond demonstrated satisfactory malting and brewing qualities. In
1999, North Dakota producers grew about 1.4 million acres of barley, nearly 70 percent of which was the variety Robust. In statewide trials covering many years, Drummond has outperformed Robust, on average, by more than
2 bushels per acre, says Al Schneiter, chair of the Department of Plant Sciences at NDSU. At current feed barley prices and with a planted area similar to 1999, the economic impact of Drummond's yield advantage would
mean a revenue increase of about $2.7 million annually for North Dakota producers. "If Drummond is approved as a malting variety, then the economic impact would be significantly greater," Schneiter
concludes. Phones are temporally down due to the excessive rainfall, so if you have questions, please use these e-mail addresses. Thank you. During three years of evaluation at nine locations in North Dakota, Killdeer produced higher average grain yields than any commercial variety currently available, McMullen says. The test
weight of Killdeer is similar to AC Assiniboia. Killdeer is a comparatively early maturing cultivar, with an average heading date about one day later than Jerry, another NDSU variety. "Killdeer offers an
advantage to producers in that it is an early maturing cultivar with grain-yield potential exceeding later-maturing varieties," McMullen says. Killdeer produces medium-large kernels with white hulls. Killdeer's
groat percentage is slightly greater than Jerry's, but its whole-oat protein content is slightly lower than Jerry's. McMullen says the groat lipid content of Killdeer is similar to that of Jerry. In addition, Killdeer
has moderate crown rust resistance and is resistant to the prevalent races of stem rust. In recent years North Dakota's annual oat acreage has averaged about 750,000 acres, of which producers harvest one-third for
forage while they devote two-thirds to grain production. Killdeer In North Dakota variety trials from 1997-99 Killdeer has Phones are temporally down due to the excessive rainfall, so if you have questions, please use these e-mail addresses. Thank you. |
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