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CONTENTS 6 Update on the FDA Food Safety Moderniza on Act
7 2014 Elec ons: Winners, Losers and What it All Means for Agriculture
9 Aiming for grain bin safety: Facility at training center to be used by rescue workers, farm groups
10 2015 WI CCA of the Year Nomina ons
14 Agricultural Apps for Android & Apple Devices
18 2015 Wisconsin Crop Management Conference and Agri-Industry Showcase
19 OSHA Announces New Requirements for Repor ng Fatali es & Severe Injuries 23 November Crop Produc on 25 Winter Grain Storage Considera ons
26 Saving the Stories of the People of Wisconsin Agriculture
30 Fer lizer Data
33 Women Gradually Assume Greater Roles In Agriculture
35 Geotechnical Engineering Aspects of Agricultural Projects
37 The (Some mes Surprising) Environmental Side of Disaster Preparedness
40 Using Fungi on Crops Could be the Secret to Helping Agriculture Adapt to Climate Change
42 Next Genera on Learns Real-world Automa on
44 CAP Applica on
45 U.S. farm sector profi ts slump as expenses rise: USDA 45 2014 WCMC Sponsors
46 Mosinee Farmer Tells His Story of Perseverance
47 2015 University of Wisconsin Agronomy Update Mee ngs
49 WCMC Exhibitor Contract 50 WCMC Advance Registra on Form
52 Wisconsin Resources on Climate Change Available
52 Sprayer Prep gets More Accurate 53 Ac on Ads
By Tom Bressner, WABA Execu ve Director
Volume 3, Issue 4. Winter 2014
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Gree ngs once again from WABA! While some of you have the harvest tucked away for the year, I know others of you are s ll dumping corn and manning the dryers. Regardless of your situa on,
I hope your year ends up being safe and successful
The past several weeks have been an extremely ac ve me for the associa on, centered heavily around the elec ons. Less than one week a er elec on day, WABA was in the Capitol Building mee ng with legislators to begin talking about issues that are important to our members. In our eff orts to get more funding into rural roads, we have also met with Secretary of Transporta on Mark Go lieb and have been in the Governor’s offi ce to discuss issues with his staff . While it does not look like WABA will be wri ng any bills of our own this session, there are several we will be ac vely suppor ng, some that we will oppose, and some that we will try to work on compro-mises. Besides the budget, items we know we will be involved in are amendments to Implements of Husbandry, a proposed central fi ling system for agricultural liens, GMO food labeling, high capacity wells, and issues concerning the Agricultural Producers Security Fund. On the federal scene, we con nue to be heavily involved with several issues as well, especially the Food Safety Moderniza on Act.
WABA is also very busy preparing for our upcoming Wisconsin Crop Management Conference and Agri-Industry Showcase to be held on January 13-15 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. Processing registra ons, fi nalizing booth spaces for exhibitors, securing items for the Scholarship Program Silent Auc on, and numerous other items associated with the conference have become daily ac vi es. We hope all of you plan to a end the conference. It looks like it might be the biggest and best ever.
We also con nue working on membership renewals for the year. Membership renewals con nue to come in on a steady basis. If you have not yet renewed your membership for the 2014-15 year, we hope you will consider doing so soon. We are also proud to say that we have already picked up 12 new members since the beginning of the fi scal year (August 1st). If you know of an agribusiness company
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Wisconsin Agri-Business Assoc.Board of Directors & Staff
The mission of the Wisconsin Agri-Business Association is to represent, provide pro-grams and services, educate, train, manage regulatory and legislative affairs, and to be a strong unifying voice for the agribusiness industries of Wisconsin.
Our Mission
President
Erik Huschi - Badger State Ethanol, Monroe
Vice President
Steve Hanvold - AgVentures LLC, Marathon
Treasurer
Sco Firlus, Allied Coopera ve, Adams
Secretary
Kathy Dummer - Buck Country Grain, Arcadia
Directors
Jon Accola - Premier Coopera ve, Mineral PointBruce Andersen, Bio-Gro Inc., Cedar GroveTim Bauer, Deer Creek Seed, AshlandMike Christenson, Countryside Coopera ve, DurandDoug Cropp, Landmark Services Coopera ve, Co age GroveThomas Hoff man - Central Wisconsin Coopera ve, Stra ordTimothy Hoyt - Monsanto, ArlingtonJoey Kennicker - Greg’s Feed & Seed, Inc., South WayneGuy Mathias - AG Systems, Inc., DeForestMarc Powell - Hanna Ag, LLC, Verona
Advisors
Shawn Conley - UW Dept. of Agronomy, MadisonDavid Crass - Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, MadisonMa Ruark - UW Dept. of Soil Science, Madison
Staff
Tom Bressner - Execu ve DirectorJim Nolte - Safety DirectorDenise Poindexter - Director of Member ServicesJoan Viney - Director of Member Communica ons
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that is not a member of WABA and should be, please tell them about the associa on, and let us know who they are so we can contact them.
I want to thank everyone that a ended our Legisla- ve Forum and Legisla ve Recep on on December
10th. As I travel the state to meet with WABA mem-bers, most tell me that the main reason they are a member of WABA is because of the work we do for our members on the legisla ve and regulatory front. Events such as this forum and recep on help legisla-tors and regulators to see the real faces that legisla- on and regula ons eff ect. WABA staff can spend
every day at the Capitol talking issues, but the story is never complete un l they hear from the people back home. Thank you again for your a endance and par cipa on.
Also a sincere “Thank You” to the past WCPA, WASA, and WABA board members that a ended the WABA Board Mee ng during the morning of December 10th. Past board members have a lot of experience and knowledge that can be very useful to the as-socia on today. Invi ng past board members to the December Board Mee ng each year gives us a chance to reconnect with these industry leaders, and to keep them involved in the work of the associa on. Again, thank you to each of you for a ending and for par ci-pa ng.
In signing off , we want to wish each and every one of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. In this day and age of famous quotes, let us never forget
the quote made by an angel to a group of Shepherds many years ago.
And the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For born to you this day in the City of David is a Savior, and he is Christ the Lord.”
Luke 1: 10-11
From your en re WABA Staff - Denise, Joan, Jim and Tom, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Contact: Laurel Patrick, (608) 267-7303
Economic Impact of Wisconsin Agriculture Jumps from $59 Billion to $88 Billion
Madison – Today, the UW-Extension released its report on the Economic Impact of Wisconsin Agriculture, based on the 2012 USDA-NASS (Na onal Agricultural Sta s cs Service) Agriculture Census. According to the report, agriculture has a $88.3 billion impact on the state’s economy, up from $59 billion, an increase of 49.3 percent.
“These economic impact numbers confi rm what we’ve known all along - Wisconsin’s economy is growing and heading in the right direc on, and our agriculture industry plays a major role in that development,” Governor Walker said. “The fact that agriculture nearly doubled its impact on the state’s economy is not only a tribute to the hard working farmers who produce a quality product, but to the broad span of businesses owners and employees who process, package and market those products here at home and abroad. Opportuni es for con nued growth in the future are endless when we create the right business environment that allows agricul-ture and other sectors to fl ourish. To maintain our presence as an interna onal leader in agriculture develop-ment and innova on, we will con nue our work to fuel the industry, as we have done by pu ng in place the agriculture tax credit, so that our farmers and processors can con nue to grow, develop, and produce some of the greatest products in the world.”
Occupa ons supported by the agriculture industry include farmers, farm employees, veterinarians, crop and livestock consultants, feed and fuel suppliers, farm machinery and equipment manufacturers, barn builders, agricultural lenders, food processors, suppliers, and equipment manufacturers, as well as employees working in insurance, marke ng, accoun ng, and fi nance.
Included in the $88.3 billion:
• The dairy industry (farming and processing) accounts for nearly half of that at $43.4 billion in industrial sales contribu ng to 78,900 jobs.
• In 2012, on-farm ac vity contributed 153,900 jobs, $5.7 billion to labor income (wages, salaries and propri-etor income), $8.9 billion to total income, and $20.5 billion to industrial sales.
• Food processing ac vity contributed 259,600 jobs, $12.9 billion to labor income (wages, salaries and pro-prietor income), $21.2 billion to total income, and $67.8 billion to industrial sales.
• Total agricultural ac vity contributed 413,500 jobs, $18.6 billion to labor income (wages, salaries and pro-prietor income), $30.1 billion to total income, and $88.3 billion to industrial sales.
For more informa on: h p://datcp.wi.gov/
The full UW-Extension report can be found:
h p://wp.aae.wisc.edu/wfp/contribu on-of-agriculture-to-the-wisconsin-economy/
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It has now been almost four years since Congress passed and President Obama signed the Food Safety Moderniza on Act. Since then, the Food and Drug Administra on (FDA) has been dra ing the rules and regula ons on how to administer this massive food safety law. FDA published their fi rst set of rules back in October 2013 and opened them up for public comment un l March 2014. During that period of me, over 2,500 public comment le ers were sub-
mi ed to the FDA (including a four page le er from WABA), poin ng out problems and issues with the regula ons. A er receiving these comments, FDA then began making adjustments to their original rules, and re-published their rules with signifi cant changes this past September. The industry now has un l December 15th to comment on this second set of rules. A er December 15th, FDA will analyze the comments submi ed and will have un l August 31, 2015 to issue the fi nal regula ons for the Food Safety Moderniza on Act.
While there are several sec ons to the Food Safety Moderniza on Act, our main focus has been on the animal feed sec on. Several industry groups, includ-ing the Na onal Grain and Feed Associa on, the American Feed Industry Associa on, and others, have put together work groups to analyze each sec on of FDA’s proposed rules, and to determine what might be workable and what is not workable for the indus-try. While these work groups are s ll in the process of analyzing parts of the act, you can be assured that they will be fi nished in me to meet FDA’s December 15th deadline for comments.
At this point in me, let me briefl y discuss a few (not all) of the areas where we s ll have the most con-cern.
High Cost vs. The Benefi ts - Even with the massive re-write, the rules’ costs are s ll too high. It is very important to the industry that poten al hazards be addressed and controlled through Current Good Manufacturing Prac ces (CGMP) and not through
preventa ve controls. If we can demonstrate that poten al hazards are adequately controlled through common good prac ces being used by the industry, they will hopefully back off on some of the costly controls they are considering for preventa ve mea-sures.
Enforcement of the Regula ons - The en re indus-try is concerned how the fi nal rules will be enforced. How and who FDA will use to conduct inspec ons and audits, the amount and types of record keeping that feed mills will need to produce, how inves ga-tors will be trained and how much knowledge and experience they will have about the feed industry are all concerns.
Animal Food is Diff erent from Human Food - While the re-write tweaked many of the issues addressed by the animal feed industry, there is s ll a human food emphasis to parts of the animal feed regula- ons. Animal feed manufacturers should not be held
to the same standards as manufacturers of human foods.
Concerns of How Certain Terms will be Defi ned - Some of the terms used in the regula ons are not adequately defi ned. Terms such as “cleaned as necessary”, “contamina on”, and “sani ze” are used loosely in the regula ons, such that diff erent inspec-tors might defi ne them in diff erent ways.
There are just a few areas that the industry will be addressing when we submit our comments to the USDA in the coming weeks. As I said earlier, we ex-pect the fi nal set of rules for the Food Safety Mod-erniza on Act to be published in August 2015.
In the mean me, the best thing you can do to pre-pare for this law is to become as educated on the ma er as you can... and the best way to do that is to a end the Wisconsin Crop Management Conference. One of the educa onal breakout sessions that we will be hos ng at the conference will include Dr. Henry Turlington from the American Feed Industry Associa- on, talking about this exact topic - the Food Safety
Moderniza on Act and what feed mills will need to do to comply. This par cular breakout session will be held during the morning of Wednesday, January 14th. We hope to see you there.
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Update on the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
By Tom Bressner, WABA Execu ve Director
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2014 Elections: Winners, Losers and What it All Means for Agriculture
Reprinted with the permission of the Na onal Grain and Feed Associa on (NGFA). Consider joining the NGFA by calling (202) 289-0873.
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Winners
The na on saw a Republican wave during Tuesday night’s mid-term elec ons. This report recaps the big winners and what it means for NGFA members.
Senate GOP
It was a long night for many around the country as they stayed up to watch elec on returns in pivotal races. The big winner on elec on night clearly were Senate Republicans, who last controlled the Sen-ate in 2006. They were op mis c heading into Tuesday that they could capture enough seats to seize control of the chamber. This me they were right. In 2012, Republicans had a similar level of op mism heading into those Senate elec ons -- only to be undone by a series of missteps and miscalcula ons in what had been tradi onally solid red states.
In Tuesday’s elec on, Republican Senate candidates did not provide the same fodder Democra c candi-dates used against them in 2012. Republican Sen-ate candidates captured current Democra c seats in Iowa, North Carolina, Arkansas, Montana, South Dakota, Colorado and West Virginia. Those victories mean Republicans will have at least 52 seats in the Senate when the new Congress is sworn into offi ce in January. That number could increase, depending upon the outcomes of s ll-undecided races in Alaska and Louisiana.
It also was a big night for Kansas Republican Sen. Pat Roberts, who held off self-funded Independent can-didate Greg Orman. Poli cal observers had suggested
for weeks that Roberts was vulnerable. But in the end, that was not the case, with Roberts capturing nearly 100,000 more votes than Orman and winning by a 53.3 to 42.5 percent margin. The race with possibly the most na onal following was in Iowa for the Senate seat being vacated by re ring Democrat Tom Harkin. Republican Joni Ernst edged out Democrat Bruce Braley and will become the state’s fi rst female member of Congress.
House GOP
Before Tuesday’s elec ons, the House GOP already sat in a comfortable posi on with a 17-seat major-ity. With Republican wins across the country Tuesday
night, that number will swell to at least a 30-seat advantage when the new Congress convenes in 2015. Republicans gained 14 seats, with another 17 seats too close to call. As of Nov. 5, the Republicans held a 243-178 margin. No ma er the outcome, Republicans will have their largest majority in the House since 1931.
Losers
President Obama In the weeks and months leading up to the elec on, Democra c candidates con nually tried to distance themselves from the president and his policies. How-ever, it did not work in states like Arkansas, where Republican challenger Tom Co on’s campaign kept the pressure up throughout by linking incumbent Democrat Mark Pryor to the president -- Co on won in a blowout. The president now will have his work
cut out for him in his last two years in offi ce, as he will have to work with a Republican-controlled Con-gress for the fi rst me. The president’s administra on likely will face a big push by the Republican Congress to pare back many of the regulatory ac ons taken over the last six years.
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Senate Democrats
Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and his party knew coming into the 2014 elec ons it would be dif-fi cult to defend all the Democra c seats up for elec- on. In the end, it proved to be even more diffi cult
than many pundits predicted; losing seats long held by Democrats in Iowa and Montana will s ng. The silver lining for Democrats: In 2016 Republicans could be the party playing defense with a number of key Senate seats held by Republicans up for grabs.Despite losses in many key races, there were a few important victories for Senate Democrats in contest-ed races. Democra c candidates in New Hampshire, Michigan and Virginia all prevailed, although that lat-ter race -- with less than a 1 percent margin separat-ing Sen. Mark Warner from Republican challenger Ed Gillespie -- may be subject to a recount.
Elec ons Impact on Agriculture
New Leadership on Agriculture Commi ees
Due to commi ee-leadership term limits in the Republican-controlled House, there will be a new chairman of the House Agriculture Commi ee suc-ceeding Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla. Many observers expect that to be Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, who currently chairs the Subcommi ee on General Farm Commodi es and Risk Management. With the Re-publican victories Tuesday night, it likely posi ons Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., as the next chairman of the Senate Agriculture Commi ee. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss. -- currently the commi ee’s top Republcan -- is almost certain to become the next Appropria- ons Commi ee chairman a er winning his seventh
term. That would clear the way for Roberts to take the Agriculture Commi ee gavel; if he does, it would be the fi rst me a member of Congress has chaired the Agriculture Commi ees in both the House and Senate.
For Democrats, it is likely Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota will con nue as the party’s lead member of the House Agriculture Commi ee. In the Senate, Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., currently holds the top spot for Democrats. However, there could be a re-shuffl ing of commi ee leaders, as senior senators de-cide which commi ees they want to lead in the next Congress. Stabenow may have to decide whether to remain the lead Democrat on agriculture or assume that posi on on the Budget Commi ee.
(Con nued from Page 7) Regulatory Reform The primary focus of a Republican-controlled Con-gress likely will be regulatory reform. A complaint coming from almost all corners of the business and agriculture community over the last six years has been overregula on by the Obama administra on. Whether that involves the Environmental Protec on Agency’s waters of the U.S. proposal or the Occupa- onal Safety and Health Administra on’s expanding
reach, a number of business and agricultural groups have been pushing Congress to step in and provide a check on what many see as overly zealous govern-ment bureaucrats. A Republican-led Congress will focus more a en on on oversight of regulatory ac ons in 2015. That said, whether the Republican-controlled Congress can pass legisla on tamping back regulatory ac ons that President Obama will sign into law remains to be seen. Either way, Republicans are almost certain to make overregula on by the execu- ve branch a major theme over the next two years.
Other Policies Likely Aff ected by Republican Victories
The Keystone pipeline likely will be a hot topic in 2015. To date, the Democrat-controlled Senate has held the issue at bay. But many Republicans will want a vote on the issue in 2015 to try to force ac on by the administra on.
Tax reform likely also will be an area of focus in 2015. There has been a sharp divide between the House and the Senate on how to reshape the U.S. tax code in recent years. With Republicans in control of both chambers for the next two years, it’s likely they will take a shot at reforming the code.
Closing Note on Elec ons -- A Family Connec on
There was a family connec on for one NGFA Board member in Tuesday’s elec on. In Georgia, Republican David Perdue won the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the re rement of Sen. Saxby Chambliss. He is the fi rst cousin of current NGFA Board member Sonny Perdue; Sonny previously served two terms as governor of Georgia from 2003-11 -- at the me, the fi rst Republi-can to do so in more than 130 years.
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Aiming for grain bin safety: Fa cil ity at train ing cen ter to be used by res cue work ers, farm groups
Ever since the Mon roe Emer gency Re sponse In ter-Agency Train ing Cen ter was cre ated in 2006, it has been the goal of or ga niz ers to add a farm-res cue com po nent to the 6-acre fa cil ity.
That plan will soon be come a re al ity as a 30-foot grain bin equipped with res cue and train ing props will be built in Mon roe. Plans call for the $90,000 struc ture to be built later this fall and be ready for use by some me early in 2015.
Lane Heins, deputy chief and fi re pre ven on offi cer at the Mon roe Fire Depart ment, said ever since the MERIT cen ter was in the plan ning stages, it was a goal to pro vide a train-ing site not only for emer-gency per son nel but also for pri vate in dus try needs. Early work at the cen ter has fo-cused on train ing props for emer gency ser vices work ers, but the farm-res cue com po-nent will be open for use by more com mu nity mem bers and busi nesses.
“With the in creas ing num ber of farm-re lated ac ci dents, and more specifi cally grain bin ac ci-dents, we de cided it was me to build out this area,” Heins said. “A lot of peo ple were say ing, ‘You’re never go ing to do it,’ but I kept say ing, ‘Yes we will.’
“We’ve been talk ing about adding the farm-res cue area for about a year and a half, but we re ally kicked off the fundrais ing in Jan uary (of 2014). We’ve go en a lot of sup port from a lot of busi nesses and or ga ni-za ons from the re gion and the state level.”
One of the or ga ni za ons that has sup ported the project has been the Wis con sin Agri-Busi ness As so-ci a on. The WABA is a non profi t trade or ga ni za on that rep re sents feed, grain, seed and farm sup ply com pa nies, crop con sul tants, chem i cal and fer l izer man u fac tur ers and dis trib u tors, and re lated agribusi-ness in dus tries.
Tom Bress ner, WABA ex ec u ve di rec tor, said the WABA has been in volved in pro mo ng the project be cause it fo cuses on grain bin safety.
“This grain bin prop will not only be for fi re de part-ments to be able to do train ing and res cue work, but also for farm groups and or ga ni za ons to train their em ploy ees if they want to,” Bress ner said. “Res cue work ers will have a chance to ex pe ri ence these things so if some thing hap pens out on a farm, they will know the right thing to do.”
Bress ner said in side the 30-foot grain bin will be a 12-foot grain bin with no roof. A cat walk above the 12-foot bin will al low peo ple to ob serve and learn proper res cue tech-niques.
A 9-foot area around the out side of the larger bin will pro vide space for peo ple to work with ropes, pul leys and hoists.
“We’re try ing to make it so ev-ery piece of res cue work they would need to do, they’ll have a chance to ex pe ri ence at this train ing cen ter,” Bress ner said.
Heins said the grain bin safety and train ing prop will be a vi tal
as set to fi re de part ments and emer gency ser vices in the re gion.
“There are many de part ments that have a ended train ing and have equip ment to per form grain bin res cues but do not have a fa cil ity to prac ce in,” Heins said. “Due to li a bil ity and other in sur ance rea-sons, de part ments can not con duct train ing at grain fa cil i es or on-farm. We will pro vide a lo ca on to train un der re al is c cir cum stances.”
WABA mem bers, farm or ga ni za ons and busi nesses have do nated money and in-kind ser vices for the project, Heins said. Enough funds have been raised to build the grain bin, but do na ons of ropes, har-
MERIT CenterA grain bin safety and training prop is being added to the Monroe Emergency Response Inter-Agency Train-ing facility in Monroe. The MERIT Center is a 6-acre site in Monroe’s industrial park that is dedicated to emergency response and industry safety training.
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nesses, hel mets and other props or money to buy them are s ll be ing sought.
The MERIT cen ter is a 501(c)3, so do na ons to the project are tax-de duc ble, Heins said.
Schultz’s In ter-State Ag in Mon roe, a com pany that builds grain fa cil i es, has do nated its ser vices to erect the bin, Heins said. The ce ment slab to hold the bin has al ready been poured and the bin has been or dered, so he is an c i pa ng the project will be com-pleted by late this year or early in 2015.
Offi cials from WABA, the Wis con sin offi ce of the Oc-cu pa onal Safety and Health Ad min is tra on, Badger State Ethanol and Black hawk Tech ni cal Col lege are de vel op ing a cur ricu lum for emer gency ser vice work-ers and el e men tary school stu dents who study agri-cul ture in fourth grade.
“Our goal is to do a one-day train ing for all fourth-grade stu dents in Green County in (Septem ber) of 2015,” Heins said. “We hope to bring them out to the MERIT Cen ter and talk about trac tor safety, grain bin safety, an i mal safety and farm safety in gen eral. We have plenty of me to get the cur ricu lum ready to go.”
Among the donors for the MERIT Cen ter have been the Wis con sin Corn Pro mo on Board, Cargill, Land O’Lakes, Land mark Co op er a ve, Badger land Fi nan cial and the Wis con sin Farm Bureau.
Heins said the MERIT Cen ter has been funded since its ori gin by grants, do na ons and fundrais ing proj-ects. No city tax dol lars have gone into the project.
The MERIT Cen ter also has train ing props for var i ous as pects of fi gh ng fi res and re cently part nered with the Mon roe School District to build a 50-foot ad ven-ture climb ing wall.
Heins is hope ful a 40-by-80-foot class room can be built at the site in 2015 or 2016, pend ing more fundrais ing.
“Right now the class room teach ing has to be done at the (tech ni cal) col lege or the fi re sta on, and we lose the con nu ity when we have to travel to the MERIT Cen ter,” he said.
About $700,000 has been raised for the MERIT Cen-ter since 2006, Heins said.
For more in for ma on, con tact Lane Heins at 608-329-2570 or lheins@mon roe fi redept.com.
2015 WI CCA of the Year Nominations
The WI CCA Board is currently accep ng nomina ons for the 2015 WI CCA of the Year. PLEASE! Take the me to honor one of the many outstanding Wiscon-
sin CCA’s. The process does take a moderate amount of me …….as it should. But the end result is the personal sa sfac on, and hopefully, recogni on for your friend or colleague.
Nomina ons will be accepted un l March 6, 2015. To nominate a CCA please fi ll out the nomina on form (h p://ipcm.wisc.edu/download/Nomina on-Form2015.docx) and supply 3 le ers of support. Electronic submission is preferred but hard copy is acceptable. Addi onal nomina on criteria can be found at h p://ipcm.wisc.edu/download/Nomina- on-Criteria2015.docx
Please contact Bryan Jensen, UW IPM Program (608-263-4073, [email protected]) if you have ques- ons.
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2015 Wisconsin Crop Management Conference and Agri-Industry ShowcaseWe Hope to See You There!
Believe it or not, we are only a month away from another Wiscon-sin Crop Management Conference
and Agri-Industry Showcase! In 2015, we hope to con nue the growth we saw at last year’s show, and plan to make the conference and show even bigger and be er than ever before. We hope that you will want to be a part of it. Here is some of what you will see at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison on Janu-ary 13-15.
We are bringing in bigger named keynote speakers that will draw larger a endance to the show. Speak-ers will include: former Green Bay Packer great and member of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame - Le-Roy Butler, Senior Marke ng Analyst for the Panama Canal Port Authority - Maria Sanchez, and the 2014-15 Wisconsin FFA President - Alison Wedig. We have also invited Wisconsin Governor Sco Walker to speak at our opening session. However we are s ll wai ng for confi rma on.
In 2014, total a endance numbers exceeded 1600, with the majority of them being ac ve par cipants in the agronomy, feed, seed, and grain businesses. That is one of the largest a endances ever! Early indica- ons are that 2015 will be even bigger.
In addi on to the numerous educa onal breakout sessions that already existed at the Crop Manage-ment Conference on agronomy and soil management topics, we will con nue to hold addi onal sessions that will a ract interest from our grain and feed industry members as well. One session this year will also have topics designed specifi cally for Managers.
We will con nue to use the en re 100,000 square feet trade show fl oor in the Expo Center. This pro-vided ample room for exhibits of all sizes: from table top to semi trailers, sprayers, grain augers, etc...
Like in 2014, tables and chairs will be set up through-out the en re trade show area, and all meals for all conference a endees will be served solely in the trade show area. This change brought more traffi c to the trade show fl oor.
In 2015, we will once again hold the Silent Auc on to raise money for the WABA Scholarship Program. It appears that this year’s silent auc on will have even more items that will interest more a endees. Maybe your company might want to consider donat-ing an item or two to the auc on this year. With a live microphone in the exhibit hall both days, auc on donors and conference sponsors will get more recog-ni on in 2015.
The awards program that has been held during the Wednesday Evening Industry Recep on will be dis-con nued. The industry awards will now be pre-sented during the Opening Session on Tuesday, and the Scholarship presenta ons will be made during a short program on the trade show fl oor at 1:00 on Wednesday. That means that the en re Wednesday Evening Industry Recep on will be dedicated to you socializing.
As you can see, we have a lot of reasons to get ex-cited about the 2015 Wisconsin Crop Management Conference and Agri-Industry Showcase. Many of the decisions made for the 2015 show were made based on comments from our exhibitors and a endees. If you have any ques ons or concerns, we want to hear them. Please feel free to contact us at any me.
Here is looking forward to a great conference and show in 2015! Hope to see you there.
By Tom Bressner, WABA Execu ve Director
19Wisconsin Agri-Business News Quarterly - Vol. 3 Issue 4
OSHA Announces New Requirements For Reporting Fatalities &Severe Injuries
By Jim NolteWABA Safety Director
OSHA recently updated a sec on in the Recording and Repor ng of Occupa onal Injuries and Illnesses standard that changes the employer’s obliga on for repor ng certain types of severe injuries. It is im-pera ve that WABA members understand that this sec on of the standard covers ALL EMPLOYERS, (yes even you), regardless of size and whether or not your company is exempt from OSHA’s recordkeeping re-quirements (i.e. OSHA 300 log, 300A Summary, etc.).
Star ng January 1, 2015, employers have to report the following events to OSHA:
• All work-related fatali es*• All work-related in-pa ent hospitaliza ons of one
or more employees• All work-related amputa ons• All work-related losses of an eye
(*If the fatality occurs during normal working hours it is assumed to be work related and you must no fy OSHA. OSHA will determine if the fatality was work related or not based on the fi ndings of their inves -ga on.)
Employers must report work-related fatali es within 8 hours of learning about it. Only those fatali es that occur within 30 days of the work-related incident must be reported to OSHA.
For any in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or eye loss employers must report the incident within 24 hours of learning about it.
Further, for an inpa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on or loss of an eye, the incidents must be reported to OSHA only if they occur within 24 hours of the work-related incident.
Employers have three op ons for repor ng the event:
1. By telephone to the nearest OSHA Area Offi ce during normal business hours.
2. By telephone to the 24-hour OSHA hotline (1-800-321-OSHA or 1-800-321-6742).
3. OSHA is developing a new means of repor ng events electronically, which will be released soon and accessible on OSHA’s website.
The updated repor ng requirements are not simply paperwork but have a life-saving purpose. They will enable employers and workers to prevent future in-juries by iden fying and elimina ng the most serious workplace hazards.
Please see the fl owchart on the following page. This has been created to help simplify these new require-ments.
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WAS IT FATAL? NO
NO
NO YES
YES
YES NO
WAS THE WORKER
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REPORT TO OSHA WITHIN
8 HOURS
REPORT TO OSHA WITHIN
24 HOURS
NO REPORT REQUIRED
NEW NEW NEW REPORTING REPORTING REPORTING EXPLAINEDEXPLAINEDEXPLAINED ‘s
WORKER IS INJUREDWORKER IS INJURED HOW DO I REPORT?
1. Call 1-800-321-OSHA (6742) or 2. Call your local OSHA office: Appleton: (920) 734-4521 Eau Claire: (715) 832-9019 Madison: (608) 441-5388 Milwaukee: (414) 297-3315
Visit OSHA’s recordkeeping and repor ng page for more informa on and updates: h p://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping2014/index.html
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Here is the actual sec on of the standard that was updated:
1904.39-Repor ng fatali es, hospitaliza ons, am-puta ons, and losses of an eye as a result of work-related incidents to OSHA.
(a)Basic Requirement.
(1) Within eight (8) hours a er the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the fatality to the Occupa onal Safety and Health Administra on (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours a er the in-pa ent hospitaliza on of one or more employees or an employee’s amputa on or an employee’s loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
(3) You must report the fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza- on, amputa on, or loss of an eye using one of the
following methods: (i) By telephone or in person to the OSHA Area Of-fi ce that is nearest to the site of the incident. (ii) By telephone to the OSHA toll-free central telephone number, 1-800-321-OSHA (1-800-321-6742). (iii) By electronic submission using the repor ng applica on located on OSHA’s public website at www.osha.gov.
(b)Implementa on
(1) If the Area Offi ce is closed, may I report the fatal-ity, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye by leaving a message on OSHA’s answering machine, faxing the Area Offi ce, or sending an e-mail? No, if the Area Offi ce is closed, you must report the fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye using either the 800 number or the re-por ng applica on located on OSHA’s public website at www.osha.gov.
(2) What informa on do I need to give to OSHA about the in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye? You must give OSHA the following in-forma on for each fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye:
(i) The establishment name;(ii) The loca on of the work-related incident; (iii) The me of the work-related incident;
(iv) The type of reportable event (i.e., fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye); (v) The number of employees who suff ered a fatal-ity, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye; (vi) The names of the employees who suff ered a fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye; (vii) Your contact person and his or her phone number; and (viii) A brief descrip on of the work-related inci-dent.
(3) Do I have to report the fatality, in-pa ent hospi-taliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye if it resulted from a motor vehicle accident on a public street or highway? If the motor vehicle accident occurred in a construc on work zone, you must report the fatal-ity, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye. If the motor vehicle accident occurred on a public street or highway, but not in a construc on work zone, you do not have to report the fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye to OSHA. However, the fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza- on, amputa on, or loss of an eye must be recorded
on your OSHA injury and illness records, if you are required to keep such records.
(4) Do I have to report the fatality, in-pa ent hospi-taliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye if it oc-curred on a commercial or public transporta on system? No, you do not have to report the fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye to OSHA if it occurred on a commercial or public transporta on system (e.g., airplane, train, subway, or bus). However, the fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza- on, amputa on, or loss of an eye must be recorded
on your OSHA injury and illness records, if you are required to keep such records.
(5) Do I have to report a work-related fatality or in-pa ent hospitaliza on caused by a heart a ack? Yes, your local OSHA Area Offi ce director will decide whether to inves gate the event, depending on the circumstances of the heart a ack.
(6) What if the fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye does not occur during or right a er the work-related incident? You must only report a fatality to OSHA if the fatality occurs
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within thirty (30) days of the work-related incident. For an in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye, you must only report the event to OSHA if it occurs within twenty-four (24) hours of the work-related incident. However, the fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye must be recorded on your OSHA injury and illness records, if you are required to keep such records.
(7) What if I don’t learn about a reportable fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye right away? If you do not learn about a report-able fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye at the me it takes place, you must make the report to OSHA within the following me period a er the fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye is reported to you or to any of your agent(s): eight (8) hours for a fatality, and twenty-four (24) hours for an in-pa ent hospitaliza- on, an amputa on, or a loss of an eye.
(8) What if I don’t learn right away that the report-able fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye was the result of a work-related incident? If you do not learn right away that the reportable fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa- on, or loss of an eye was the result of a work-related
incident, you must make the report to OSHA within the following me period a er you or any of your agent(s) learn that the reportable fatality, in-pa ent hospitaliza on, amputa on, or loss of an eye was the result of a work-related incident: eight (8) hours for a fatality, and twenty-four (24) hours for an in-pa ent hospitaliza on, an amputa on, or a loss of an eye.
(9) How does OSHA defi ne “in-pa ent hospitaliza- on”? OSHA defi nes in-pa ent hospitaliza on as a
formal admission to the in-pa ent service of a hospi-tal or clinic for care or treatment.
(10) Do I have to report an in-pa ent hospitaliza on that involves only observa on or diagnos c tes ng? No, you do not have to report an in-pa ent hospital-iza on that involves only observa on or diagnos c tes ng. You must only report to OSHA each in-pa ent hospitaliza on that involves care or treatment.
(11) How does OSHA defi ne “amputa on”? An amputa on is the trauma c loss of a limb or other external body part. Amputa ons include a part, such as a limb or appendage, that has been severed,
cut off , amputated (either completely or par ally); fi nger p amputa ons with or without bone loss; medical amputa ons resul ng from irreparable dam-age; amputa ons of body parts that have since been rea ached. Amputa ons do not include avulsions, enuclea ons, deglovings, scalpings, severed ears, or broken or chipped teeth.
For more informa on on this topic check out OSHA’s new web page at: h p://www.osha.gov/recordkeep-ing2014/index.html If you have any further ques- ons please contact WABA Safety Director Jim Nolte
at 608-223-1111.
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United States Department of AgricultureNational Agricultural Statistics Service
WisconsinWisconsin corn produc on is forecast at 497 million bushels, unchanged from the October forecast, but 12 percent more than last year’s produc on accord-ing to the latest USDA Na onal Agricultural Sta s- cs Service Crop Produc on report. If realized, this
would be the third largest corn crop on record for Wisconsin. Based on November 1 condi ons, yields are expected to average 162 bushels per acre, un-changed from the October forecast, but up 16 bush-els from 2013. If realized, this would e the 2010 yield as the highest on record. Corn planted acreage is es mated at 4.1 million acres and acres to be har-vested for grain is es mated at 3.07 million.
Wisconsin soybean produc on is forecast at 78.3 mil-lion bushels, a 30 percent increase from the previous year, but 2 percent below the October forecast. If re-alized, this would be the second largest soybean crop in Wisconsin history. The November 1 yield forecast of 44.0 bushels per acre is down 1 bushel from Oc-tober. Soybean planted acreage is es mated at 1.8 million acres with 1.78 million acres to be harvested. Wisconsin fall potato produc on is forecast at 27.7 million hundredweight (cwt), up 6 percent from 2013. Potato yield is forecast at 440 cwt per acre with an an cipated 63,000 acres harvested.
United StatesSurvey respondents who reported barley, oats, Du-rum wheat, or other spring wheat acreage as not yet harvested in Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming
during the surveys conducted in prepara on for the Small Grains 2014 Summary, released September 30, 2014, were re-contacted in late October to determine how many of those acres were actually harvested and record the actual produc on from those acres. Based on this updated informa on, several changes were made to the es mates published in the Small Grains 2014 Summary. Because unharvested produc- on is a component of on-farm stocks, changes were
made to the September 1 on-farm stocks levels com-parable with the produc on adjustments.Corn produc on is forecast at 14.4 billion bush-els, down slightly from the previous forecast, but up 3 percent from 2013. Based on condi ons as of November 1, yields are expected to average 173.4 bushels per acre, down 0.8 bushel from the previous forecast but 14.6 bushels above the 2013 average. If realized, this will be the highest yield and produc- on on record for the United States. Area harvested
for grain is forecast at 83.1 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but down 5 percent from 2013.Soybean produc on is forecast at a record 3.96 bil-lion bushels, up less than 1 percent from October and up 18 percent from last year. Based on November 1 condi ons, yields are expected to average a record high 47.5 bushels per acre, up 0.4 bushel from last month and up 3.5 bushels from last year. Area for harvest in the United States is forecast at a record 83.4 million acres, unchanged from last month.All crop forecasts in this report are based on Novem-ber 1 condi ons and do not refl ect weather eff ects since that me. The next crop produc on es mates will be published in the Crop Produc on – 2014 Sum-mary report which will be released on January 12, 2015.
CORN FOR GRAIN, POTATOES, AND SOYBEANS, Area Harvested, Yield, and Production Summary, Wisconsin and United States: 2013 and Forecasted November 1, 2014
CropArea harvested Yield per acre Production
2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014
1,000 acres 1,000 bushelsWISCONSINCorn for grain ................... (bu)Potatoes......................... (cwt)Soybeans .......................... (bu)
UNITED STATESCorn for grain ................... (bu)Potatoes......................... (cwt)Soybeans .......................... (bu)
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U.S. Corn Supply and Use
CORN 2012 2013 2013 2014(Est.)
2014 2015 1
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Beginning StocksProductionImportsSupply, totalFeed & ResidualFood, Seed & IndustrialDomestic, totalExportsUse, totalEnding Stocks, totalAvg. farm price ($/bu)
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13,6602,008
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U.S. Soybean Supply and Use
SOYBEANS 2012 2013 2013 2014(Est.)
2014 2015 1
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154,0651,7801,720
9223
3,615450
9.00 11.001 Preliminary
Million Bushels
Year Less than20,000
20,00022,500
22,50125,000
25,00127,500
27,50130,000
More than30,000
Percent2010 4.4 2.2 12.2 21.1 20.0 40.12011 2.9 5.8 6.8 12.6 24.3 47.62012 4.4 6.6 7.7 15.4 25.3 40.62013 3.4 3.4 8.0 17.2 14.9 53.1
Corn for Grain Percentage Distribution by Plant Population Per Acre, Wisconsin, 2010-2014
2014 2.1 4.2 4.2 9.4 27.1 53.0
Corn for Grain: Plant Population per Acre, as of November 1, Selected States, 2010-2014
State 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Number of Plants
IA 29,950 30,750 30,100 30,000 30,800MN 29,900 30,250 30,000 30,950 31.150WI 28,300 28,950 28,600 29,150 30,000
Corn for Grain: Percentage Distribution by Measured Row Width and Average Row Width, as of November 1, 2014,
Selected States
State No. ofSamples
Row Width (inches) AverageRow
Width20.5
or Less20.6 –30.5
30.6 –34.5
34.6 –36.5
36.6 –38.5
38.6 &Greater
Number Percent InchesIA 254 5.1 72.0 18.9 1.6 2.0 0.4 30.0MN 141 2.8 78.8 13.5 2.8 1.4 0.7 29.1WI 96 6.3 70.7 18.8 2.1 2.1 29.8
Corn for Grain: Number of Ears per Acre, as of November 1, Selected States, 2010-2014
State 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Number of Plants
IA 29,300 30,050 28,150 29,500 30,150MN 29,700 29,350 29,400 30,850 30,750WI 28,550 28,650 27,100 28,900 29,550
2014 Corn for Grain Objective Yield DataThe National Agricultural Statistics Service is conducting objective yield surveys in 10 corn producing States during 2014.Randomly selected plots in corn for grain fields are visitedmonthly from August through harvest to obtain specificcounts and measurements. Data in these tables are roundedactual field counts from this survey.
2014 Potato Objective Yield DataThe National Agricultural Statistics Service is conducting objective yield surveys in seven fall potato producing States during 2014. Sample plots were located in potato fields randomlyselected using a scientifically designed sampling procedure.Field workers recorded counts and measurements within thefield and then harvested six hills per sample. Potatoes weresent to laboratories for sizing and grading according to accepted United States fresh grading standards. Data in thesetables are rounded actual field counts from this survey.
Fall Potato Number of Hills by Type , Wisconsin, 2010-2014 Type 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
NumberRedsSamples 10 7 8 13 6Average no. of hills per acre 13,115 16,312 15,843 16,048 14,455
WhitesSamples 46 48 43 43 41Average no. of hills per acre 14,884 14,184 15,000 14,327 14,320
YellowsSamples (D) (D) 3 4Average no. of hills per acre (D) (D) 17,259 14,982
RussetsSamples 61 50 66 49 63Average no. of hills per acre 12,595 12,597 12,884 12,545 12,174
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
Fall Potato Grading Categories by Type, Gross Yield Basis, Wisconsin, 2013 and 2014
Type No. 12 inch minimum 1/
No. 2 or processingusable 1.5 inch
minimum 1/Cull 2/
2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014Percent
Round redpotatoes 80.9 86.3 19.1 13.6 0.1Round whitepotatoes 87.6 87.2 12.2 12.6 0.2 0.2All longpotatoes 3/ 86.0 84.9 13.8 14.7 0.2 0.41/ Potatoes which meet the requirements for United States #1 or #2, as statedin United States Standards for Grades of Potatoes, United States Departmentof Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service. 2/ Potatoes not meeting therequirements for United States #1 or #2, as stated in United States Standardsfor Grades of Potatoes, United States Department of Agriculture, AgriculturalMarketing Service. 3/ Includes Russet, Shepody, Prospect, and Defender varieties unless otherwise indicated.
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Winter Grain Storage Considerations
Much of this year’s crop came in cold, wet and late. “Some grain went into storage at higher than recom-mended moisture contents, and that increases the likelihood of storage problems.”, said Ken Hellevang from North Dakota State University Extension.
The fi rst concern is for temperature. It is recom-mended that grain elevators in northern states should store grain at 20 to 30 degrees over the winter. Insects are dormant below 50 degrees and maximum storage poten al doubles with each ten degrees grain is cooled. However, remember that condensa on can form during aera on if corn is cooled below 20 degrees.
Solar energy can also play a surprising role in the health of stored grain. Studies have shown that on February 21 in any given year, the daily total solar en-ergy hea ng on the south sides of grain bins is more than twice what it is in July. That means grain near bin walls and at the top of the bin could be warmer even than the actual outside air temperature. There-fore, grain temperatures should be monitored in those loca ons. Also remember that grain has a high insula on rate and a “hot pocket” can be created in mul ple loca ons in the bin. It is recommended that a number of temperature samples be taken at diff er-ent spots in the bin on a regular basis.
Hellevang con nues, “Natural air drying is not effi -cient un l the average outdoor temperature reaches about 40 degrees. The moisture-holding capac-ity and, therefore the drying capacity, of colder air is so limited that drying at colder temperatures is extremely slow and expensive. When natural air dry-ing, adding supplemental heat primarily reduces the fi nal moisture content of the grain and only slightly reduces drying me.”
Do not operate the fan during rain, fog or snow as this may blow more moisture right into the bin. Con-sider covering the aera on fan when it is not in use to keep pests and moisture out.
And above all else, always remember safety fi rst. Wet storage grain increases the risk of personal injury or death, especially if the grain bridges, is a ached to the walls, or forms columns, all of which can easily and unexpectedly collapse, leaving you or your help buried and in a dangerous posi on.
Adapted from an ar cle wri en by Davis MichaelsenPro Farmer Magazine, February 4, 2014
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Prices Received by Farmers The preliminary October 2014 average price received by farmersfor corn in Wisconsin was $3.30 per bushel according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – AgriculturalPrices report. This was down $0.21 from the September fullmonth price and $1.38 less than October 2013. The preliminaryprice was the lowest price per bushel since October 2007.
The preliminary October soybean price, at $9.80 per bushel, wasdown $1.40 from September and $2.40 from the previous October. This was the lowest price per bushel since September 2010.
The preliminary October oat price was $3.40 per bushel, down$0.21 from the September price and $0.65 below October 2013.
All hay prices in Wisconsin averaged $136.00 per ton in October,down $2.00 from September, and $40.00 less than October 2013.The alfalfa hay price averaged $157.00 per ton in October, up$7.00 from September but down $43.00 from the previous October. The other hay price averaged $90.00, a decrease of $13.00from September and a decrease of $30.00 from last year.
The preliminary October average price was $26.20 per cwt formilk, down $0.40 from September but up $5.30 from a year ago.Prices for replacement milk cows averaged $2,220 per head inOctober.
Prices Received by Farmers
WISCONSIN Oct2013
Sep2014
Oct1
2014Dollars
Corn ............................................. buHay, all baled............................... tonAlfalfa hay, baled ..................... tonOther hay, baled ...................... ton
Oats ............................................ buPotatoes, all2 ..............................cwt
Fresh3 ..................................... cwtProcessing .............................. cwt
Soybeans .................................... buMilk, all ...................................... cwtMilk Cows4 ................................... hd
4.68176.00200.00120.00
4.059.70
10.509.15
12.2020.901,490
3.51138.00150.00103.00
3.61(D)(D)(D)
11.2026.60(NA)
3.30136.00157.00
90.003.40
(D)(D)(D)
9.8026.202,220
UNITED STATES Oct2013
Sep2014
Oct1
2014Dollars
Apples, fresh use........................... lbBarley, all ..................................... buBeans, dry edible.........................cwtCorn ............................................. buHay, all baled............................... tonAlfalfa hay, baled....................... tonOther hay, baled........................ ton
Oats.............................................. buPotatoes, all2 ...............................cwt
Fresh3.....................................cwtProcessing..............................cwt
Soybeans ...................................... buSpring Wheat ............................... buWinter Wheat .............................. buMilk, all........................................cwtMilk Cows4 ................................... hdCalves ..........................................cwtCows............................................cwtSteers & Heifers ..........................cwtHogs, all.......................................cwt
(NA)5.94
41.004.63
174.00193.00139.00
3.497.96
11.167.31
12.506.667.07
20.901,410
190.0081.20
128.0068.50
0.4835.22
32.903.48
176.00197.00129.00
3.207.708.347.47
10.905.545.71
25.70(NA)
279.00118.00158.00
75.70
0.4364.61
31.103.28
173.00194.00125.00
3.067.32
(D)(D)
9.645.495.53
25.302,120
307.00117.00161.00
80.00
(NA) Not Available (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 1 Preliminary 2 Average price of potatoes sold for all uses, includingtable stock, processing, seed, and livestock feed. 3 Fresh market prices only.Includes table stock prices. 4 Animals sold for dairy herd replacement only.Prices estimated in January, April, July, and October.
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Saving the Stories of the People of Wisconsin Agriculture
By Ed Janus, Author of Crea ng Dairyland and Director of the People Remember oral history project
I grew up in the city, but agriculture has long been my passion, especially a er I milked cows for two years (and plowed, threw hay bales, cleaned barns and repaired fences). I loved the work, and I really appre-ciated the people who did the work.
I was thrilled to be off ered the chance to write a book for the Wisconsin Historical Society Press that would explain Wisconsin dairy farming and especially our dairy farmers, to the public. I took my recorder, placed it down on farm kitchen tables and enjoyed fascina ng conversa ons about everything from calves to profi ts and picking rocks to progressive herd management. Needless to say, I heard some wonderful stories!
As I put each of these stories together, I was search-ing for ways to place them in a kind of “deeper soil,” a context or understanding that would examine not only what something was—a silo, for example—but also why it was, what problem it had solved and what changes it had brought. I came to realize that the past is that deeper soil, that things planted in the past of Wisconsin agriculture have grown into our landscape of today and our way of life.
The People Remember will help tell the remarkable story of Wisconsin’s agriculture in the actual voices of those who lived it.
The Idea Behind the People Remember:
Throughout Wisconsin’s history, thousands of men and women worked the land and built up the soil and prosperity of our state. Sadly, they and their stories are gone, and with them a sense of our own deep
connec ons to the places, people and character from which we ourselves have grown. While their voices are lost to us, there are many, many voices of today to be heard – and saved.
For the past ten years’ I’ve been exploring Wiscon-sin’s agricultural “memory” by recording its people at
farm kitchen tables, banks, cheese plants, corporate offi ces and agricultural fairs. Each of the stories I’ve recorded reminds me how interes ng, thought-ful, surprising, humorous and “historically impor-tant” the people of Wis-consin agriculture can be.
In nearly 100 hours of re-corded conversa ons, I’ve heard stories that remind me of the great ethic of
caring (for animals, land, and each other), which is such a fundamental part of our agricultural heritage.
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“The People Remember project will preserve the voices and character of rural Wisconsin. I believe this is important to do!”
Ben Brancel, Secretary of the Department of Agri-culture, Trade and Consumer Protec on.
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I’ve heard stories of how techno-logical and mana-gerial innova ons “changed every-thing” for our farmers. People at their kitchen tables have spo-ken to me of their love of the land, the work, their faith in progress and profi ts; in family, prayer, technology and their neighbors. I’ve recorded the stories of people who have found great sa sfac- on in suppor ng our producers feed the world.
I’ve come to feel strongly that we have a duty to our land and its people to fi nd a place in history for those whose labor, intelligence, and faith created the pres-ent we enjoy. By knowing them, I think we will know ourselves be er.
How we will save some of the stories of Wisconsin agricul-ture:
Our interviewers will help the people of Wisconsin agricul-ture tell their stories – in their own voices. With the help of our industry advisers, we will seek out interes ng people in all branches of agriculture and related industries, in every part of the state. They will help vegetable and cranberry
growers, dairy and potato farmers, Ginseng planters, organic growers and urban agriculturalist, tell their stories. Our historians will seek out bankers, proces-sors, innovators, manufacturers, marketers, consul-tants, industry leaders, policy makers and agriculture educators (among others) to record the complete story of how our land has been used to profi t our state and ourselves. And we will commemorate historically important events like the farm credit system’s 100-year anniversary, or rural electrifi ca on, for example.
We will fi nd a place in history for our agricultural-ists.
Our partner, the Wisconsin Historical Society, will safeguard our interviews in their permanent histori-cal collec ons. Through their catalogue and our own,
interview tran-scripts will be available for the public, schol-ars, students and farmers to search and read. This is what we mean when we say
that we will fi nd a place in history for our agricultur-alists
We will tell people’s stories to the world via elec-tronic publica ons.
We will publish a number of the stories of the people of Wisconsin agriculture ourselves through digital publica ons that will let “readers” listen to the actual voices of the storytellers, view historic and personal pictures and read interes ng explana ons of agricul-ture and Wisconsin history. We will make these avail-able for tablets, smartphones, readers and comput-ers and through social media, I-Tunes and Audible.com.
We’ll encourage our sponsors, organiza on and as-socia on partners and other friends of Wisconsin agriculture, to connect their customers, members and followers to our stories on their websites and social media pages. This will help further our mis-sion of telling the powerful story (and stories) of our
industry.
We will help stu-dents and others record meaning-ful interviews with their neigh-bors
We hope to work with FFA chap-ters, agriculture teachers, college
agriculture and journalism students, farmers, seniors, and others to become expert interviewers of rural people. We think that making a personal connec on to “history” will help young people especially, appre-ciate how they have come by the amazing opportuni- es in agriculture available to them today.
The Wisconsin Historical Society is pleased that we will be able to help the People of Wisconsin and the rest of the na- on, come to know some of our most fascina ng people
– the people of our land. We know their stories are worth preserving and sharing. Mathew Blessing, State Archivist and Administrator for the Library-Archives, the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Here are a few examples of some of the wonderful people whose stories we’ve already recorded
• The 93-year old woman who keeps her heart healthy by caring for her son’s calves twice a day;
• The Norwegian bachelor farmer who was an eyewitness to the fi rst land reclama on project in Coon Valley and who saw Satchel Paige pitch against the local nine;
• The dairy extension agent who was awarded The Order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor of Japan for rebuilding Japan’s dairy industry a er the War;
• The Cardinal in the Va can whose life was formed on his parents’ dairy farm in Wisconsin;
• The farmer who wrote poetry on his tractor;• The inventor of a much-improved carrot picking
machine;• The godfather of the dairy goat industry in Wis-
consin; • A woman who took her dance troupe of farm kids
on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour – and won;• The implement dealer and Masonic Grand Mas-
ter; and • The fi rst Alice in Dairyland.
(Con nued from Page 27) Visit our website to hear the voices we’ve begun to save.
www.thepeopleremember.org
And, please consider helping us save the stories of rural Wisconsin.
I’m always happy to talk about our project and why we believe it’s important to fi nd a place in history for our agriculturalists. I’d love to come meet with you and others at your company and give a short presen-ta on on the remarkable story of Wisconsin agricul-ture. Perhaps you can fi nd a way to help us. [email protected] or 608 514 1496
out there.
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Note: Data presented in the Fertilizer RECORD are based on a survey conducted for The Fertilizer Institute by the International Fertilizer Development Center. The data reported may not include the entire industry. Refer to the participation index column of the report for the percentage of industry production capacity reporting.
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Ammonium Sulfate Combined DAP & MAPTotal U.S. Phosphate
*Disappearance is defined as apparent shipments. Producer Disappearance does not include domestic shipments of imported products. TFI surveys producers for production and ending inventory data and calculates disappearance as production plus the change in ending inventory
Ammonium Nitrate Total Phosphoric Acid Total North American Potash
Ammonium Sulfate Combined DAP & MAPTotal U.S. Phosphate
Closing InventorySeptember 2014 vs. September 2013
Nitrogen - United States Phosphate - United States Potash - North America
Ammonium Nitrate Total Phosphoric Acid Total North American Potash
Ammonium Nitrate Total Phosphoric Acid Total North American PotashAmmonium Sulfate Combined DAP & MAP
Total U.S. Phosphate
ProductionJuly 2014 - September 2014 vs. July 2013 - September 2013
Nitrogen - United States Phosphate - United States Potash - North America
Washington. D.C. - The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) today released it's quarterly fertilizer data report, Fertilizer RECORD, which is based on TFI's survey of North American fertilizer production facilities.
Producer Disappearance*July 2014 - September 2014 vs. July 2013 - September 2013
Nitrogen - United States Phosphate - United States Potash - North America
FERTILIZER
RECORDJuly - Sept. 2014
A statistical publication released quarterly by The Fertilizer Institute
November 13, 2014
THE FERTILIZER INSTITUTE RELEASES JUNE FERTILIZER DATA
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2014(THOUSAND SHORT TONS)
Change Change Change Change ChangePartic- From From From From Fromipation Total A-J J-S Total J-S13 On- Off- A-J J-S Total A-J J-S Total J-S13
PRODUCT Index J-S14 14 13 Y-T-D Y-T-D Site Site Total 14 13 J-S14 14 13 Y-T-D Y-T-D
% % % % % % % % %
NITROGEN PRODUCTS
Anhydrous Ammonia A/
N-solutions (28%) A/
Am nitrate-solid 92 428 -7 9 428 9 25 43 68 50 9 406 -16 9 406 9
Ammonium sulfate 95 861 -7 -2 861 -2 161 53 214 -4 -42 869 -20 8 869 8
Urea - solid A/
PHOSPHATE PRODUCTS
Phosphate rock 97 6,809 -2 -14 6,809 -14 5,579 3,773 9,352 -8 5 7,607 5 -2 7,607 -2
Total phos acid 1, 2 96 2,151 2 -6 2,151 -6 122 31 153 19 11 2,126 1 -7 2,126 -7
Super phos acid 1, 3 A/
Conc. superphos A/
Diammonium phos A/
Monoammonium phos A/
Combined DAP & MAP 1 95 1,304 -1 -1 1,304 -1 165 457 622 36 6 1,140 -16 -10 1,140 -10
POTASH
Potassium chloride A/
OTHER MATERIALS
Granular NPK mix A/
NUTRIENT TOTALS
NITROGEN A/
P2O54 2,151 2 -6 2,151 -6 287 488 775 32 7 1,962 -9 -13 1,962 -13
K2O - (KCl) A/
1. P2O5
2. Includes superphosphoric acid.3. Superphosphoric acid for agricultural use only.4. Total excludes concentrated superphosphate.A/ Data withheld to avoid disclosure.Notes: J-S = July - September; A-J = April - June.
FERTILIZER
RECORD United States
July - Sept.
PRODUCTION CLOSING INVENTORY PRODUCER DISAPPEARANCE
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2014(THOUSAND METRIC TONS)
Change Change Change Change ChangePartic- From From From From Fromipation Total A-J J-S Total J-S13 On- Off- A-J J-S Total A-J J-S Total J-S13
PRODUCT Index J-S14 14 13 Y-T-D Y-T-D Site Site Total 14 13 J-S14 14 13 Y-T-D Y-T-D
% % % % % % % % %
NITROGEN PRODUCTS
Anhydrous Ammonia 100 1,000 -10 -14 1,000 -14 131 55 186 38 -23 949 -22 -12 949 -12
N-solutions (28%) A/
Am nitrate-solid A/
Ammonium sulfate 98 206 -6 -9 206 -9 84 37 121 58 -23 161 -47 12 161 12
Urea - solid 100 816 9 13 816 13 138 82 219 -6 -6 831 17 41 831 41
PHOSPHATE PRODUCTS
Total phos acid A/
Diammonium phos A/
Monoammonium phos A/
POTASH
Potassium Chloride A/
NUTRIENT TOTALS
NITROGEN 820 -10 -14 820 -14 204 94 299 15 -15 782 -22 -3 782 -3
P2O5 A/
K2O - (KCl) A/
(THOUSAND SHORT TONS)
NUTRIENT TOTALS
NITROGEN A/
P2O5 A/
K2O - (KCl) 1 100 2,257 -33 -2 2,257 -2 XXX XXX 992 -37 -47 2,848 -24 19 2,848 19
1. Potash data include only KCl. Potash data supplied by the International Plant Nutrition Institute.A/ Data withheld to avoid disclosure.Notes: J-S = July - September; A-J = April - June.
North America
FERTILIZER
RECORD Canada
July - Sept.
PRODUCTION CLOSING INVENTORY PRODUCER DISAPPEARANCE
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Women Gradually Assume Greater Roles In Agriculture
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By Dr. Mike Rosmann, The Yankton Daily
Women produce half the food consumed by more than six billion people in the world, according to the United Na ons’ Food and Agriculture Organiza on. While women are commonplace as farmers in less developed con nents like Africa and Asia, women are gradually assuming greater roles as food producers in the more developed parts of the world, such as the U.S.
The 2012 Census of Agriculture reports that females were the principal operators of 14 percent of the 2.1 million U.S. farms in 2012, the same percentage as in the 2007 census. The total number of farms dropped from 2.2 million farms in 2007; there was a slightly larger decline of women than men as principal opera-tors.
However, women-operated farms that earned more than $100,000 yearly increased the most from 2007. As principal operators overall, women tended to manage smaller farms than men in terms of annual sales, for 91 percent of farms with females as princi-pal operators earned less than $50,000 in 2012.
The 2012 census report also indicates that women were second operators on 67 percent of nearly one million farms that had more than a single operator.
My recent experiences speaking at a Women in Ag-riculture mee ng in South Dakota and to other farm women’s groups previously are consistent with what the sta s cs say. Most of the 200 women with whom I visited last week are grain farmers and/or livestock producers.
Several unmarried women who a ended the event work with their parents on family-owned agriculture opera ons that entail several thousand acres and some have their own enterprises. You bachelor farm-ers and ranchers who are reading this, are you paying a en on?
Several factors contribute to the increase of women’s involvement in contemporary U.S. agriculture. Move-ment toward gender equality in what tradi onally was a predominately male occupa on for the past couple centuries in this country is foremost.
Take the agriculture-related occupa on of veterinary medicine as an example. In 2010 there were equal percentages of males and females prac cing veteri-nary medicine, but 78 percent of veterinary medicine students were female, according to the American Veterinary Medical Associa on; many of these women treat farm animals.
While some people suggest the development of mechanical devices to make strenuous tasks easier contributes to women entering agriculture, this is probably not the case; men and women can repair farm equipment, pull calves…and cook. Women or men now take the lead in securing marriage partners too.
Gender roles previously were--and s ll are--shi ing. The U.S. had a female Secretary of Agriculture during the recent Bush administra on; movement toward gender equality can also be detected in the current United States Department of Agriculture.
The current Deputy Secretary of Agriculture is a woman. One of seven USDA undersecretaries is fe-male; fi ve of the nine offi ce chiefs are female.
Women were key to se ling rural America from the beginning. Agriculture in Na ve American communi- es fl ourished because women planted, hoed, wa-
tered and harvested the corn, squash and other crops consumed by their families and tribes.
The grains and vegetables produced by America’s fi rst farmers were shared with everyone. As European, Asian and African se lers replaced Na ve people on the land, males generally have been portrayed as as-suming most of the farming and ranching ac vi es.
Mari Sandoz’s book, Old Jules, tells a diff erent story, for Mari, her mother and two sisters mostly tended the orchard, crops, gardens and the livestock on their western Nebraska se lement. Many pioneering women worked alongside their husbands and sons on their farms and ranches, and took over en rely when the men hunted, fi shed and took part in poli -cal func ons.
Rural women had key roles in the se ling of rural North America in ways that o en are not acknowl-
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edged. In my area of western Iowa, as well as in other rural areas in the late 1800s, most townships had reading clubs, food-processing bees and sew-ing circles, which rural women a ended monthly or whenever they could.
These clubs provided a great deal of social support, psychological therapy and literary s mula on to women who o en were homebound except when the family a ended church or traveled to town for occasional shopping.
While many of the men’s ac vi es took place around socializing in taverns, poli cs and sports, women’s ac vi es were more likely to involve family and com-munity life through church, educa on and the arts. Annie’s Project, which educates farm women about risk management, and Women in Agriculture are examples of contemporary organiza ons for women involved in agriculture, along with many other thriv-ing rural women’s auxiliaries and clubs.
When my family and I moved to Iowa in 1979 af-ter Marilyn and I le posi ons at the University of Virginia, Marilyn was invited to join several commu-nity women’s organiza ons. They were important to helping her fi nd friends and opportuni es for herself in our new community.
Some of the women whom Marilyn fi rst met in these organiza ons remain her good friends today and they are my good friends now too.
Dr. Mike and Marilyn Rosmann reside on their farm near Harlan, Iowa. Dr. Rosmann can be contacted at: www.agbehavioralhealth.com.
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Geotechnical Engineering Aspects of Agricultural Projects
Are you planning to expand or upgrade your agricul-tural facility? The success of the project may depend on the engineering proper es of the earth materials (soil, rock, and groundwater) that provide support to the loads of the structures. Typical loads may in-clude:
• Grain/feed storage structures that can be 10 or more stories high.
• Liquid-storage structures that contain regulated chemicals for use in crop and livestock produc on.
• Waste processing and waste treatment struc-tures associated with crop and livestock pro-duc on.
• Wheel and vehicle loads associated with the myriad of heavy equip-ment used in today’s agricultural industry.
Why evaluate loads on earth materials?
Structures that require a solid founda on include grain bins and silos, aboveground storage tanks, concrete containment structures to contain spills or leaks, and many others. A solid founda on requires a design that is compa ble with the strength and compressibility of ground condi ons on the prop-erty. If the design is not compa ble with the ground condi ons, the structure may experience movements that can cause cracking of structures, loss of struc-tural integrity, loss of performance/use, loss of fl uid containment, and other performance and opera onal problems that can add signifi cant costs to the facil-
Debra L. Nelson, PE David M. Hendron, PE
Co-Authored by:
ity owner. The fi x for a founda on problem usually requires expensive, lengthy repairs, or even replace-ment of the en re structure. A geotechnical engi-neering inves ga on conducted prior to design and construc on is the way to begin with a solid founda- on and avoid expensive, me-consuming problems.
What is geotechnical engineering?
Simply put, geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the understanding and applica on of the engineering behavior of earth materials. The engineering proper es of greatest interest are usually:
• Strength – how much load the material can sup-port.
• Compressibility – how much and how fast the material will se le.
• Permeability – how much fl uid will fl ow through the material and how fast it will fl ow.
• Fill Proper es – how the material can be used, such as compacted fi ll or aggregate.
What are the typical components of a geo-technical engineering analysis?
• A fi eld inves ga on to iden fy and quan fy the nature and extent of earth materials aff ected by project loads.• Laboratory tests to quan fy the physical proper- es (strength, etc.) of the
earth materials iden fi ed in the fi eld inves ga on.
• Geotechnical analysis of the fi eld and laboratory results to iden fy allowable design parameters for use of earth materials on specifi c projects.
• A geotechnical report that presents the results of the inves ga on and analyses, including design and construc on recommenda ons.
The fi eld inves ga on o en consists of a series of soil borings performed with a drilling rig at the loca on of the upcoming construc on. Standard
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penetra on tests are performed by the drilling crew and soil samples are collected from the borings. Laboratory tests are performed on representa ve samples of earth materials to determine the engi-neering proper es. Geotechnical analyses are then performed using the soil boring and laboratory test results in conjunc on with the proposed facility infor-ma on, including the size and depth of the structure and the loads that will be supported by the struc-ture’s founda ons.
The geotechnical report summarizes the data and provides recommenda ons for the design and con-struc on of the founda ons. The report is used by the facility designer to aid in the selec on, design, and construc on of founda ons for the project that are compa ble with the site’s ground condi ons. The specifi cs of the recommenda ons in the geotechnical report vary with the type and size of the facility, but typically they address the following:
• Soil strength and bearing capacity for the pro-posed founda ons.
• The maximum amount of se lement expected for the founda ons. Most structures can accommo-date se lements in the range of ½ inch to 1 inch, although some structures such as grain elevators may have an allowable se lement limit of ¼ inch for the elevator to func on without opera onal problems.
• Methods to control groundwater. • Bedrock excava on concerns. • Methods to prevent frost heave damage to the
structure, if the structure will not be heated.• Methods to deal with weather changes during
construc on of the founda ons.
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The (Sometimes Surprising) Environmental Side of Disaster Preparedness
By David A. Crass and Cameron F. FieldMichael Best & Friedrich LLP
In January 2008, unseasonably warm weather in southeastern Wisconsin spawned two tornadoes that le a combined 13 miles of destruc on through Walworth and Kenosha Coun es. In addi on to the destruc on le by the tornadoes, the January thaw also contributed to fl ooding in some areas and traffi c-stopping fog in others. If your business is in the path of destruc on, do you have a plan that outlines the steps to resume business opera ons as soon as possible? Many businesses have disaster recovery plans; however, the plans o en lack environmental awareness,crea ng poten al liability from strict envi-ronmental laws.
Environmental considera ons should be a part of any business plan, whether or not that business deals with regulated materials or environmental agencies. By taking certain steps before, during, and a er a disaster, a business can mi gate environmental risk posed from a disaster, and resume business-as-usual with as li le stress, cost and liability as possible.
Before a Disaster:
The best way to quickly resume business opera- ons a er a disaster is to prepare for the worst, long
before the storm hits. Businesses should incorporate environmental risks in their disaster preparedness planning by evalua ng risks posed by the business’s loca on, materials stored and establishing a disaster protocol.
The loca on of a facility is important to generally determine what types of disasters may threaten a business (e.g. hurricanes in Florida, tornadoes in Wis-consin), but on a more local level, it is also important to determine the environmental liability of a business based on surrounding sensi ve natural resources. For example, if your business is located near a wet-land and your building is destroyed by a disaster, any clean-up work in or near the resource may require permits from the state or federal government. Per-forming clean-up work in certain resources, such as waterways, can subject a business to signifi cant penal es if not done with the required approval. Businesses should iden fy the natural resources that surround their facility and determine the permits
necessary for clean-up near that resource following a disaster.
One necessary step o en overlooked in business plans, but cri cal to avoid environmental liability, is to create an inventory of all materials at the business, including seemingly ordinary objects like light bulbs and ba eries. In the event of a disaster, everyday offi ce items can become sources of environmental liability. While items like computers and fl ooring are non-regulated in their everyday use, the second they become debris, they may be subject to an array of environmental laws regula ng the release and dis-posal of hazardous materials. Asbestos, for example, is a common product in building materials, but if those building materials are crushed or burned due to a disaster, any construc on or clean-up eff orts will have to comply with strict health standards for workers and various state and federal regula ons.By preparing a materials inventory, a business will be be er suited to iden fy and comply with the appli-cable regula ons a er a disaster.
A er iden fying local environmental resources and crea ng a materials inventory,a business should ad-dress environmental preparedness by developing a disaster response plan that does the following:
• Explain employees’ du es and responsibili es during a disaster;
• Designate a single employee as the contact per-son to interface with environmental regulators and/or media;
• Establish melines for required ac ons;• Iden fy poten al resources that can be employed
during and a er a disaster (waste haulers, envi-ronmental consultants, etc.);
• Create a communica ons plan – complete with key contact informa on and repor ng “hot lines”;
• Make it easy to document all ac vi es during and a er a disaster.
During a Disaster:
There are three guidelines to minimize environmen-tal liabili es during a disaster: 1) iden fy any releases of hazardous materials, 2) immediately no fy the proper authori es and engage emergency response contractors where necessary, and, 3) document ev-erything. Releases should be iden fi ed based on the materials inventory prepared before the disaster. In Wisconsin, and other states, releases generally need to be reported immediately to the proper authori es. What cons tutes “immediately” is situa on specifi c, but business owners are best advised to act as soon as possible if there has been a release of a reportable hazardous substance. Be sure to keep a record of any communica ons between your business and regula-tors, as well as records of any ac ons the business takes to mi gate harm to the environment. Also, be prepared to provide wri en reports of ac ons taken within fi ve days of the event.
Business owners should not expect any environ-mental laws or regulatory standards to be relaxed because there is an ongoing disaster. Disasters gen-erally do not alter environmental laws. If, however, the President makes a declara on of disaster, certain federal environmental review procedures are relaxed for clean-up and rebuilding eff orts a er the disaster, but legal requirements for business owners during the disaster are rarely relaxed.
A er a Disaster:
The danger may have passed, but the me a er a disaster is just the beginning of the race toward busi-ness resump on. A business should fi rst verify any re-leases of hazardous materials, contact the correct au-thori es, and then begin the debris clean-up process while staying in communica on with local regulatory offi cials. No fy any and all applicable insurers. If a facility has been destroyed, consult your inventory to determine what may be contained in the debris. Debris that contains certain hazardous materials like electronic waste cannot be sent to a standard landfi ll. Consult your preparedness plan for contract waste haulers, or talk to local offi cials to determine where to dispose diff erent types of waste. Certain consultants and waste haulers will be in high demand following a disaster, soforging early rela onships and maintaining contact informa on, in addi on to the other advice presented here, will help your business be one step closer to business resump on following a disaster. Like most things in life, the more prepared you are on the front-end, the be er you will emerge when danger strikes.
*This ar cle does not cons tute legal advice. If you have specifi c ques ons about how your business can best prepare for a disaster, contact the authors or an environmental consultant.
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Imagine a world, just a few decades away, where once-fer le cropland is baked and starved of rain by ongoing climate change.
Just add fungus.
Scien sts are discovering that microscopic fungi can help make food crops more abundant, less thirsty and more tolerant of rising temperatures.
Now, fungi-boosted seeds from a startup company are coming to market in Kansas and soon will be in Missouri and elsewhere. And one of the world’s leading agribusinesses is deeply invested in fungi and other microbial ad-vances.
“It’s a bit of a paradigm shi ,” said Brad Griffi th, vice president of microbi-als for the St. Louis-based Monsanto Co.
The technology could make a crucial diff erence, considering the United Na ons forecasts a need to increase food produc on by at least 60 percent to feed a projected 9 billion people by 2050.
Griffi th said soybean farmers have been using micro-bials for several years to increase yields, but interest is rapidly growing in ways to help crops be er with-stand heat and salinity. Applied globally, that could make more land arable and help counter the eff ects of encroaching saltwater.
“Climate change has been a major mo vator for us in moving forward with commercializa on,” said Rusty Rodriguez, a microbiologist and chief execu ve offi cer of Sea le-based Adap ve Symbio c Tech-nologies, or AST. “We’re pursuing as aggressive an approach as we can. We see this as mi ga ng the impact of climate change on agriculture — un l it gets too bad where it’s not going to ma er.”
Rodriguez and his colleagues found that certain fungi found naturally in the soil allow plants to fl ourish un-der harsh condi ons. They discovered this by looking
at plants that thrive in Yellowstone Na onal Park’s punishing thermal condi ons.
Trea ng seeds allows microscopic fungi to colonize the root systems, conferring those adap ve abili es on food crops.
AST says fi eld test results showed corn yields with the seed treatment increased 25 percent to 85 percent under drought condi ons using 25 percent to 50 percent less water.
This was the third year of fi eld trials, covering 14 states.
“We’re concluding these products will perform irrespec ve of soil type and climate zone,” Ro-driguez said. “There is nothing yet telling us not to move forward.”
Because the seed treat-ment is an inoculant as opposed to a pes cide, it does not require regula-
tory approval in Kansas or Missouri.
AST has proprietary treatments so far for corn and rice and is working on soybean, wheat, barley, sugar-cane, sorghum, leafy greens, tomatoes and citrus.
There are some skep cs, but the approach has caught the eye of the U.S. Agency for Interna onal Development. Last month, the agency, along with the governments of Sweden and the Netherlands, named AST among 17 ini a ves out of a fi eld of 520 “with high poten al for transforma ve impact” for produc-ing food with less water. That designa on will come with a prize of between $100,000 and $3 million.
Zachery Gray, AST’s vice president for business development, said the young company has a le er of intent with a mul na onal distributor to sell its products.
Despite all that and posi ve a en on in such jour-nals as Scien fi c American and Nature, word of the microbial approach appears not yet to have pen-
Using Fungi on Crops Could be the Secret to Helping Agriculture Adapt to Climate Change
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etrated mainstream agriculture. The Missouri Farm Bureau Federa on, the Kansas Farm Bureau and the sustainability-preaching Land Ins tute, based in Sa-lina, Kan., were not familiar with the technique.
“We always support the availability of new, innova- ve products that would help our growers produce
their crops in a be er way,” said Sue Schulte, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Corn Growers Associa- on. “Un l they get out into the real world — that’s
when people really start to pay a en on to how they work.”
Travis Harper, an agronomy specialist with the Uni-versity of Missouri Extension offi ce in Clinton, said farmers may have heard of the microbial approach but probably know li le about it.
“We hear this type of thing from diff erent compa-nies and they’re excited about it and the farmers get excited about it,” Harper said. “Once these products are available to researchers, they some mes confi rm what the company is claiming and a lot of mes they don’t.”
Fungi that colonize the root structure do not get into the food crops that are produced by the plants that host them, although they can be carried by way of
the seed coa ng to the next genera on. The fungi also can help plants draw nitrogen from the atmo-sphere, reducing the need for chemical fer lizers.
And the technique avoids the issue of gene c modifi -ca on, which is a turnoff for many consumers.
“For 20 years or more, the mul na onals like Mon-santo have been talking about producing plants that are resistant to temperature, drought and salt by gene c modifi ca on,” Rodriguez said. “They have had limited success.”
But Monsanto late last year announced a $300 mil-lion “BioAg Alliance” with Novozymes of Denmark to focus on microbial products, including fungi and bacteria, for increasing crop yields.
Griffi th said Monsanto will test microbial strains in more than a half-million plots next year and that number will expand exponen ally.
“These things have been around for millennia,” Griffi th said. “Our science is fi nally catching up. There are billions of microbes in a teaspoon of soil. But how do you know which ones are benefi cial and serve a specifi c purpose? With our BioAg Alliance we’re try-ing to make good decisions based on DNA in the lab to iden fy which product candidates we can get out in the fi eld.”
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Universi es implement automated control systems to enhance the teaching experience.
Today many students studying for a career in the feed industry are experiencing real-world applica ons in their educa onal se ng thanks to coopera on between educa- onal facili es and industry suppliers.
Kansas State University, Auburn University and Cal Poly are all using Interstates’ I-Control to control, track and manage their feed milling opera ons from receiving to batching, to pelle ng all the way through load out.
I-Control is built around an SQL database allowing facili- es to gather data for repor ng and quality assurance. As
facili es conduct research to make feed produc on more effi cient and economical, data recorded by the system is used to evaluate variables such as pelle ng temperatures and process or mixing mes. Using the same system, each university has customized their own teaching applica ons for I-Control.
Auburn UniversityIn the fall of 2012, Auburn University opened a smaller scale teaching mill in order for students to visualize all processes within a single building. The equipment at the Auburn facility was built on skids that were constructed at a prefabrica on facility in Minnesota. All equipment was set in place in the skids and when complete, the skids were disassembled and shipped to the site at Auburn. Prefabrica ng the skids allowed building construc on to happen simultaneously as equipment was being installed.
One of the unique features of this facility is implementa- on of an adjustable stand that supports an HMI work
sta on directly on the opera ng fl oor of the mill. The movable arm allows larger student groups to access the I-Control system for a virtual view while simultaneously witnessing what is happening physically in front of them on the plant fl oor. Instructors and students at Auburn also use mobile technology to remotely monitor facility opera- ons.
“We can connect an iPad to a projector in any classroom and show students what’s going on at the feed mill,” says Mitchell Pate, director of poultry research, Auburn Univer-sity. “We can watch feed being made right from the iPad. Through I-Control, we can change se ngs and do diff er-ent things using the system. It’s the same kind of technol-ogy being used in the industry and having access to it in a learning environment provides students with real experi-ence that will benefi t them as they launch their career.”
Cal PolyCal Poly, located in San Luis Obispo, CA, concentrates heavily on feed research, while also providing feed for all the university’s livestock. The mill is organized to provide small batch produc on for these purposes. Also featuring a prefabricated modular design built on skids, it is a full-scale feed mill.
Cal Poly incorporates a “learn by doing” mo o in their program. I-Control provides data that researchers need to track informa on to validate their research. Carl Whisenant, Animal Nutri on Center manager, Cal Poly, says, “Using a visual control system provides clarity of cri cal feed processing parameters relevant to nutri onal formulas. It is also benefi cial to clearly relate HACCP con-cepts to the mechanical equipment processes and cri cal control points.”
Next Generation Learns Real-world Automation
From Feed & Grain
Auburn University’s modular feed mill.
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In support of university research, I-Control allows for a large amount of data to be collected in the feed produc- on process. “Batching log reports from I-Control clearly
compares all major ingredients and hand add quan es to the theore cal research formula quan es to maintain an acceptable tolerance of varia on and not invalidate the research feed,” says Whisenant. “Using the data, students learn to read and interpret produc on reports as they will when they are managing their own mill opera ons. They see how technology makes it possible to create a reliable track and trace process, which will be increasingly important to the industry.”
Kansas State UniversityIn 2013, Kansas State University, the only university to off er a 4-year degree in Feed Science, opened the O.H. Kruse Feed Technology Innova on Center. It is construct-ed, equipped, and operated as a full scale produc on/commercial feed mill providing students the opportunity to work with the latest technology in a university se ng. With both lecture and lab opportuni es, students operate the equipment and use the I-Control system for grinding, mixing and pelle ng feed just as they would in a commer-cial environment.
“We are preparing our students for their careers using equipment as they would see in the fi eld,” says Dr. Charles Stark, Kansas State University. “They are learning by using state-of-the-art automa on and equipment. Many of the facili es where they will work a er gradua on are older sites using older technology. Because of their university experience, they will have an understanding of what could be possible based on their exposure to newer technol-ogy.”
Kansas State University’s O.H. Kruse Feed Technology Innova on Center u lizes I-Control to automate feed milling opera ons.
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Ready workforce
Each university implemented their I-Control system as needed to operate their facility for research, teaching and produc on purposes. “What benefi ts students most is that they enter the work force already familiar with a commercial system,” says Ben Langstraat, lead control systems analyst, Interstates Control Systems. “Their experiences from college put them ahead of others who must otherwise spend part of their fi rst year learning on the job.”
Because their chosen university selected equipment and so ware that applies directly to the industry, graduates have a head start and see the value of the technology available in their industry. Using com-mercial solu ons is bridging the gap between the classroom and the control room and providing real opportuni es for students, be er preparing them for their careers. They are able to immediately add value to their employer with their technology experience.
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Net farm income in the United States is now forecast to be $96.9 billion, down 21 percent from a year ago and the lowest since 2010, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday.
The 2014 forecast was revised down sharply from $113.2 billion in August.
The USDA said falling crop receipts and rising live-stock receipts largely off set each other and that higher expenses were the main driver of the decline in net income.
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It has been a li le more than six years since Ron Ku siak fell from a tree stand while bear hun ng and ended up as a para plegic.
Ku siak, 54, told his story of per se ver ance to mem bers of the AgrA bil ity of Wis con sin Ad vi sory Coun cil Nov. 6 dur ing the coun cil’s an nual mee ng. Ku siak, who suff ered a spinal cord in jury in the 2007 ac ci dent, has been able to con nue farm ing with the help of the ser vices pro vided by the AgrA bil ity pro gram.
AgrA bil ity is a grant-funded pro gram that is a part ner ship be tween Easter Seals Wis con sin and UW-Ex ten sion. The pro gram pro vides ser vices and adap ve equip ment to farm ers with in juries who want to con nue farm-ing and liv ing in de pen dently.
Ku siak said he learned about the ser vices while ly ing in a hos pi tal bed re cu per a ng from his in juries.
Ku siak’s 56-head Hol stein herd was sold be fore he re turned home from the hos pi tal, but that didn’t mean he wanted to give up on his farm ing ca-reer al to gether.
“I al ways liked farm ing,” Ku siak said. “We have beef now. Be cause of (AgrA bil ity’s) help, I’m able to run the farm pre y de cently by my self. I’m not all the way there be ing self-suffi cient, but I’m very close in a lot of ways.”
The pro gram helped Ku siak pur chase a Po laris Ranger all-ter rain ve hi cle that he can use to move around his farm, and equipped it with hand con trols for gas and brake ped als.
Other ac com mo da ons on the farm have in cluded power li s to help him get in and out of the Ranger and a trac tor; front and rear cam eras on his trac tor; a de vice on his trac tor to make chang ing a ach ments eas ier; drive-through gates; and au to ma c hitches on var i ous farm ma chines.
“It’s es sen ally ge ng back to be ing fun again,” Ku-siak said. “Be fore (these ac com mo da ons) I just mo-
ped around a lot and tried to fi g ure out what I could s ll do while be ing goofed up.”
Ron Kra tochwill, an Easter Seals staff mem ber who helped Ku siak de velop a plan that would al low him to con nue farm ing, said he is proud of what Ku siak has over come.
“I’m proud of what he’s able to do now and the ad just ments he’s made,” Kra tochwill said.
Ku siak cur rently feeds out about 50 dairy steers on his 538-acre farm near Mosi nee. He grows crops on about 200 ll able acres.
“I was never a per son to just lie down and die,” Ku siak said. “I’m very proud of you guys for help ing me out and ge ng me this far. It’s all be-cause of your plan ning that ac tu ally got me to where I am to day.”
“The equip ment gives me so much I can do now. I was so lim ited be fore. If it wouldn’t have been for (AgrA-bil ity), I’m sure I would have lost the farm by now. But we ain’t do ing too bad.”
Pro gram helps many
Ku siak is one of many farm ers the AgrA bil ity pro gram has helped since its in cep on in 1991.
Although there are more than 20 AgrA bil ity pro grams in states across the coun try, more than 40 per cent of the clients served na on ally dur ing the past year were in Wis con sin.
Straub said the pro gram could work with the UW-Madi son Foun da on to ac cept tax-ex empt do na ons that could be tar geted to AgrA bil ity or the Easter Seals Farm Assess ment and Re ha bil i ta on Meth ods, or FARM, pro gram.
Mosinee Farmer Tells His Story of Perseverance
From The Country Today
Sue and Ron Kusiak
Ron Kusiak told his rehabilita on story Nov. 6 to members of the AgrA-bility of Wisconsin Advisory Council. His wife, Sue, accompanied him to Madison from their farm in Mosinee.
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2015 University of Wisconsin Agronomy Update Meetings
The Department of Agronomy will off er Crop Produc- on and Management Mee ngs at eight loca ons
during 2015. Joe Lauer, Dan Undersander and Shawn Conley will present the latest informa on on hybrid/variety performance, an analysis and discussion of last year’s growing season, and updated recommen-da ons for fi eld crop produc on.
The registra on fee includes a meal and materials. Please pre-register with the Host Agent. A “walk-in” (Late) fee will be charged to those who have not preregistered. Addi onal informa on packets will be available for $18.00 each. Cer fi ed Crop Advisor CEU credits have been requested (3.0 hours in Crop Management). Below is a list of topics, mee ng sites, dates and mes. Please join us at mee ng in your area.
Packet Materials
• 2014 Wisconsin Hybrid Corn Performance Trials – Grain and Silage (A3653)
• 2014 Wisconsin Soybean Variety Test Results (A3654)
• 2014 Perennial Forage Variety Update for Wiscon-sin (A1525)
• Winter wheat varie es for grain in Wisconsin – 2014 (A3868)
• Oat and Barley Variety Performance (A3874)• Extension publica ons• Agronomy Advice ar cles• Wisconsin Crop Improvement Associa on up-
dates
Discussion Topics
Forages• Alfalfa stand changes stand over me.• Performance of GM alfalfa varie es and poten al
for gene transfer to non GMO fi elds• When to use alfalfa-grass mixtures
Corn• Corn Response to Seeding Rate: The Implica ons
for Variable Rate Seeding• Is the corn-soybean rota on sustainable? Evi-
dence from long-term cropping system trials
Soybeans and Small Grains• WI Soybean and Winter Wheat Year in Review• Mul -State High Yield Soybean Project Results: a
First Look
• Should we consider in-furrow applica ons in soybean
Below is a list of mee ng sites, dates and mes.Make your reserva ons with the host agent one week prior to the scheduled mee ng date.
Janesville ***NEW LOCATION***Monday, Jan. 5 at noon Holiday Inn Express 3100 Wellington DrNick BakerRock Co. Extension Offi ce51 S. Main St.Janesville, WI 53545-3978(608) 757-5696 [email protected]
MadisonTuesday, Jan. 6 at 7:30 amDane Co. Extension Offi ce1 Fen Oak Ct., Rm. 138(SE Madison, Take Hwy 51 exit off Beltline, go N to E. Broadway and Agriculture Drive. Turn N)Jennifer BlazekDane Co. Extension Offi ce5201 Fen Oak Drive., Rm. 138Madison, WI 53718(608) 224-3716 [email protected]
Fond du LacUW Fond du Lac Tuesday, Jan. 6 at noon Rm. 114 University Center400 University DriveMike RankinFond du Lac Co. Extension Offi ce400 University DriveFond du Lac, WI 54935-2998(920) 929-3171 [email protected]
KimberlyWednesday, Jan. 7 at 7:30 amLiberty Hall800 Eisenhower Drive(Hwy. 441, College Avenue Exit, East 1 block)Kevin JarekOutagamie County3365 W Brewster St.Appleton, WI 54914(920) 832-5121 [email protected]
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WausauWednesday, Jan. 7 at noon***NEW LOCATION***Luncheon at VFW Hall, 388 River Drive, then Mee ng at Marathon County UWEX Offi ce212 River DriveDan MarzuMarathon County UW-Extension Offi ce212 River DriveWausau, WI 54403(715) 261-1230 [email protected]
Eau ClaireThursday, Jan. 8 at 7:30 amClarion Hotel Campus Area/Green Mill Restaurant and Bar (Campus area)2703 Craig RoadMark HagedornEau Claire Co. Extension Offi ce227 1st Street WestAltoona, WI 54720-1601(715) 839-4712 [email protected]
SpartaJakes Northwoods Thursday, Jan. 8 at noon Hwy 21 (NE side of town)1132 Angelo Rd.Bill Halfman
Monroe County – UW Extension14345 County Highway B, Room 1Sparta, WI 54656-0309(608) 269-8722 [email protected]
BelmontBelmont Inn & SuitesFriday, Jan. 9 at noon Conven on Center/Banquet Hall103 W Mound View Ave. (North of Hwy 151 at Bel-mont)Ted BayGrant Co. Extension Offi ce916 E Elm St.Lancaster, WI 53813-0031(608) 723-2125 [email protected]
Wisconsin Crop Management ConferenceJanuary 13-15, 2015 Alliant Energy Center, Madison
Midwest Forage Associa on Forage Produc on and Use SymposiumJanuary 20-21, 2015 Chula Vista, Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin Corn Growers Associa on Wisconsin Soy-bean Associa on CORN / SOY EXPOJanuary 29-30, 2015Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells
WISCONSIN AGRI-BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
2015 Wisconsin Crop Management ConferenceJanuary 13 - 15, 2015
Advance Registration Form
For Single Day registration, which day will you be attending? _____Tues. _____Wed. _____Thurs.
Conference Registration Includes:
GeneralCollege Student w/ Student ID
Number of Registrations x Price
Advance registrations must be either faxed or postmarked WITH PAYMENT by December 19, 2014
You may also register on-line at www.wiagribusiness.org/store/ and click on “Conference Attendee” from the menu
Pre-Registration for Special Sessions
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By David S. LieblPosted by extension.news
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On the heels of recent interest and concern about climate change issues, University of Wisconsin-Exten-sion specialist David S. Liebl reminds people that they can learn more through a variety of Wisconsin-based educa onal resources.
Wisconsin has been leading the na on in iden fying likely impacts on people and the environment result-ing from the changing climate, says Liebl.
“University of Wisconsin scien sts from the Center on Clima c Research have provided projec ons of what climate will be like for the mid and late 21st century,” says Liebl. “These projec ons are being used by scien sts and policymakers around the state to fi nd ways of adap ng to future climate condi- ons.”
The Wisconsin Ini a ve on Climate Change Impacts has compiled this informa on into a report tled “Wisconsin’s Changing Climate: Impacts and Adapta- on.” The report and addi onal informa on about
climate change in Wisconsin can be found on their website at h p://www.wicci.wisc.edu/
Informa on on improving community sustainability through improved energy effi ciency, planning, trans-porta on and other ini a ves is available from the UW-Extension Sustainable Communi es Capacity Center.
Tribal members and others interested in a be er understanding of the poten al impact of climate on tribal culture and food sources will benefi t from the resources available from the Guiding for Tomorrow project, a collabora on between the Ojibwe Na on and UW-Extension.
For a na onal perspec ve on what we can expect from our changing climate–and what we can do to prepare for and minimize future impacts–Liebl rec-ommends visi ng Na onal Climate Assessment. This website provides an update on the latest climate sci-ence, and how climate aff ects agriculture, ci es and towns, ecosystems, energy, forests, human health, land use, rural communi es, transporta on, tribes, water and more.
Wisconsin Resources on Climate Change Available
Se ng up a sprayer can be complicated, but a new app from University of Illinois will help simplify that process and make sure your calcula ons are ac-curate.
The app was launched this sum-mer, and it’s called the Sprayer Calibra- on Calculator, or
Spray Calc. It’s a ro-bust system that can be used for ground, turf, aerial and boomless applica- ons, so it’s versa le
for a range of users.
From Farm Industry News
Spray Calc is available through iTunes and Google Play for free. In the future, func ons to assist with tank mix calcula ons will be added.
Sprayer Prep Gets More Accurate
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WI Agri-Business News Quarterly - Volume 9. Issue 1. Summer 2012 Page 23
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