Woods Houghton, Agriculture Agent
Friday, March 20, 2015
USDA Announces Loan Rates for Rice and “Pulse” Crops
USDA Announces Loan Rates for Rice and “Pulse” Crops
WASHINGTON, March 20, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced the 2015 marketing assistance loan rates by region for dry pea, lentils, small chickpeas and large chickpeas (known as “pulses”), and by state for rough rice.
Marketing assistance loans provide interim financing to producers so that commodities can be stored after harvest when market prices are typically low to be sold later when price conditions are more favorable.
2015 Rough Rice Loan Rates by State and Class
State Long Grain Rice Medium Grain Rice
$ per hundredweight (cwt)
Arkansas 6.45 6.23
California 6.36 6.59
Louisiana 6.51 6.32
Mississippi 6.62 6.50
Missouri 6.38 6.50
Texas 6.82 6.41
U.S. Average 6.50 6.50
U.S. loan rate applies to all other states.Medium grain includes short grain.
Marketing assistance loans for the 2015 rice crop are available through May 31, 2016. The loan rate for long grain whole kernels is $10.22 per cwt; for medium grain (including short grain), $9.63 per cwt; and for broken kernels (all classes), $6.51 per cwt.
2015 Regional Pulse Crop Loan Rates
Crop East Region Loan Rate West Region Loan Rate National Loan Rate
$/cwt
Dry Peas 5.31 5.81 5.40
Lentils 10.40 14.04 11.28
Large Chickpeas 11.28 11.28 11.28
Small Chickpeas 7.43 7.43 7.43
The West region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington. The East region includes Montana, North Dakota and states not included in the West region. The rate for small and large chickpeas applies to all states and counties.
For more information on discounts and premiums applicable to loan forfeitures, contact your local Farm Service Agency office or visit www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/2-lp-grain_r01_a24.pdf
Marketing assistance loans were authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, which builds on historic economic gains in rural America over the past six years, while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for the taxpayer. Since enactment, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life in rural America. For more information, visit www.usda.gov/farmbill.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (866) 632-9992 (Toll-free Customer Service), (800) 877-8339 (Local or Federal relay), (866) 377-8642 (Relay voice users).
Thursday, March 19, 2015
2013 Ag Statistics
2013 Eddy County Agriculture
It should be noted 2013 was a year of drought as were the preceding 4 years
Eddy County = 4,184 square miles 2,677,760 acres
Private or deeded land 470,198.64 17.5%
State land 583,225.36 21.7%
Federal land 1,627,826 60.8%
Approximately 75,690 acres with valid water rights.
Approximate population 55,471 70.55%
Rural areas * 16334 29.44%
* not included in Artesia, Carlsbad population
Number of farms 551
Land in agricultural productivity 1,141,956 acres Annual precipitation 10.84 inches, 75% of normal
Livestock Income
Beef cattle 13,100 head $28 million/year
Dairy cattle 12,500 head Milk 160 million pounds$30.08 million/year
Cows/calves $31.26 million/year
Other cattle 21,000 head $37 million/year
Sheep 2,159 head $0.08 million/year
Meat goats 2,300 head $0.8 million/year
Other livestock $0.55 million/year
Total livestock $116,334 million/year
Crops
Alfalfa hay 36,000 acres/226,800 tons $34.8 million/year
Other hay 5,200 acres $3.6 million/year
Cotton 4,000 acres/7,312,300 lbs $4.06 million/year*
* does not include seed value
Chile 1,100 acres $0.87 million/year
Corn 2,700 acres/86,300 tons silage $1 million/year
Pecans (commercial) 4,830o acres $10.7 million/year
Pecans (non-commercial) 1,100 acres $7.8 million/year
Other vegetables 1,000 acres $4.5 million/year
Small grain 2,420 acres $0.082 million/year
(wheat, barley, sorghum) 1,100 acres $.5 million/year
Green house nurseries $3.2 million/year
Cotton gin $5 million/year
Total crops $29,235 million/year
Grand total $145,569* million/year
*2007 $219,892 million
7th in the nation for alfalfa
6th in NM for total ag products sold
934th out of 3,079 counties in the US
NEW CES PUBLICATIONS
Good afternoon,
The following new and revised CES publications are now available online in PDF format.
Guide Z-309, “Design and Functionality of a Wine Tasting Room,” by Bernd Maier and Cady Mathews
http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_z/Z309.pdf
Guide B-817, "Juniper Control: Individual Plant Treatments,” by Keith Duncan and Kirk McDaniel
http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_b/B817.pdf
Guide B-824, "Snakeweed Control: Aerial Application,” by Kirk McDaniel and Keith Duncan
http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_b/B824.pdf
Agriculture Committee Advances Bill to Protect Producers from Duplicative Regulations and Permit Requirements
Today, the
House Committee on Agriculture approved H.R.
897, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015. This legislation (H.R.
872 in the 111th Congress and H.R. 935 in the 112th) would clarify
Congressional intent regarding pesticide regulation in or near waters of the
United States.
A 2009 decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erroneously applied the provisions of the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permitting process under the Clean Water Act (CWA) to pesticide applications that were already fully regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). As a result, many farmers, ranchers, water resource boards and public health professionals involved in mosquito control are subject to costly and duplicative burdens providing no quantifiable public health or environmental benefit.
The expansion of jurisdictional waters under the Administration's “waters of the United States” proposed rule would likely, and significantly, increase the regulatory cost and burden associated with this court decision on food production costs and mosquito control programs. The Committee on Agriculture and the full House passed this bill during the two previous Congresses, but the Senate failed to act.
“Costly and duplicative regulations and permitting requirements on farmers weaken the economy in rural America,” said Rep. K. Michael Conaway, Chairman of the Agriculture Committee. “The money and time that farmers have to spend fulfilling redundant, unnecessary requirements is time and money that can be put to better, more productive use. Making pesticides readily accessible for use is crucial to efficiently protect our nation's food supply and natural resources. Correcting the erroneous court decision that created this duplicative process has been a priority for public health, water resources, and agricultural stakeholders."
“It was never the intent of Congress to burden producers with additional permit requirements that would have little to no environmental benefit. This legislation restores Congressional intent and addresses the court’s ruling, alleviating the massive burden of additional permitting requirements. The House has consistently supported this legislation and I hope that the Senate will quickly take action,”Ranking Member Collin Peterson said.
"Unnecessary and duplicative federal regulations like this one have made it much more difficult for our family farms to operate," said Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. "By simply exerting some common sense, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act will save our farmers from yet another costly mandate and help grow our economy."
A 2009 decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erroneously applied the provisions of the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permitting process under the Clean Water Act (CWA) to pesticide applications that were already fully regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). As a result, many farmers, ranchers, water resource boards and public health professionals involved in mosquito control are subject to costly and duplicative burdens providing no quantifiable public health or environmental benefit.
The expansion of jurisdictional waters under the Administration's “waters of the United States” proposed rule would likely, and significantly, increase the regulatory cost and burden associated with this court decision on food production costs and mosquito control programs. The Committee on Agriculture and the full House passed this bill during the two previous Congresses, but the Senate failed to act.
“Costly and duplicative regulations and permitting requirements on farmers weaken the economy in rural America,” said Rep. K. Michael Conaway, Chairman of the Agriculture Committee. “The money and time that farmers have to spend fulfilling redundant, unnecessary requirements is time and money that can be put to better, more productive use. Making pesticides readily accessible for use is crucial to efficiently protect our nation's food supply and natural resources. Correcting the erroneous court decision that created this duplicative process has been a priority for public health, water resources, and agricultural stakeholders."
“It was never the intent of Congress to burden producers with additional permit requirements that would have little to no environmental benefit. This legislation restores Congressional intent and addresses the court’s ruling, alleviating the massive burden of additional permitting requirements. The House has consistently supported this legislation and I hope that the Senate will quickly take action,”Ranking Member Collin Peterson said.
"Unnecessary and duplicative federal regulations like this one have made it much more difficult for our family farms to operate," said Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. "By simply exerting some common sense, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act will save our farmers from yet another costly mandate and help grow our economy."
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
WHY DO PEOPLE BLAME FARMERS FOP DST.?
Watch this short video. Funny
and it explains my feelings on DST.
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