.> good morning i'm clinton griffiths. many farmers are harvesting a bumper crop in the western corn belt this fall. but can they get it to market? they're quick to remember the disaster they faced in 2014 as the shortage of railcars, locomotives and personnel resulted in severely depressed cash grain prices with a widening of basis levels. a year later, are railroads prepared to handle another big crop in the region? agday's michelle rook has the answer. last year's rail crisis in the western corn belt hit farmers hard, costing them millions of dollars. however, a lot has changed in a year... "you know there certainly hasn't been the delays that there was the previous year, so much improved on that, much better service." "they don't have to wait any time to get cars and actually the rates are a little bit cheaper. so it's a pretty good deal because the cost per car is down." so what helped break the logjam? part of it was the railroads caught up with a milder winter and a drop in demand for railcars. "the lesser shipments

good morning i'm clinton griffiths. a cold blasmoved into parts of the corn belt over the weekend...and those freezing temperatures brought the gring season to an end. farmers are pushing their equipment hard to finish harvest. and soybean harvest is now on the down hill slide. usda's crop progress report shows 77 percent of the crop now harveste that's 9 points ahe of the five year average. the eastern corn belt really pushing progress ahead. ohio is momo pfrcent of that crop icut. that's about five point ahead of the five year average. nebraska sitting at just 40 p pcent rvested. while 85 pepeent of illinios i inow in the bin. it is very difficult to give up a farm, even one that is losing money because the cash rent is too high. this report from the university of illinois extension todd gleason has a few simple guidelines one mimit follow to help them make that cision. those farmers thinking they can withstand a loss on a farm next year because the cash rent is too high should put things in a longterm perspective to

good morning i'm clinton griffiths. weather wise the majority ofofhe country experienenng decent weather this harvest season. however cooler temperatures a a the chance of pushing its way across the great kes--expected to hit friday and into t t weekend. meteororogist say there's a strong chance of a frost or freeze...stretching from the dakota's, minnesota, wisconsin and down to st virgina. some of the higher elevations could get snow. usda releasing it's crop progress report a day late. corn harvest now at 42 percent. that's right on pace with the five year average. soybean harvest actually running ahead..this year. 62 percent of the nation's beans have been cut...the five year is 54. and 22 percent of cotton is cut across the country---most of the southern and southwestern states are on par with the average pace. (the i80 harvest tour -spnosored by enlist weed control system from dow agrosciences. combining the proven control of a new 2,4-d and glyphosate. take control of tough weeds like never before) like many stat

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good morning i'm clinton griffiths. one of the world's largest markets may get even bigger in the next decade. china rolling back it's one child policy. the rulers of the communist country deciding to allow couples to have two children. leaders implemented the one-child directive back in the late 19-70's. the party worried about future growth and making sure it has the workforce for the first time in at least two decades last year as growth slowed. more people will mean more demand for food. shares of danone, one of the world's biggest producers of baby formula, rose as much as 3 percent to the highest since april on the news. analysts say it will like take more time before commodities feel the impact. "is it anything that's going to affect the ag markets right now? probably not today or next week or next year. but five or ten years down the road if you get a decent population increase with more mouths to feed, i suppose that bodes well for agriculture or exports in

agday-brought morning i'm clinton griffiths. cattle markets spend parts of monday trading lower following a new report from the world health organization...tying red meat and processed meats to cancer. the meat industry, however, is already questioning those results. as we reported monday, the w-h-h-s international agency for research on cancer looking at both red meat and processed meats like bacon, sausage and hot dogs. it says eating an extra 50 grams of processed meats probably increases chances of colorectal cancer by i-arc putting it at the top of five risk categories. the national pork producers council had a representative on hand during that meeting. he says there is nothing new here...they panel only looked at existing research. and gave more weight to research that showed a correlation between meat and cancer-- giving less weight to studies that don't. it's our hope that people will look at this and take it with a grain and salt and understand what

good morning i'm clinton griffiths. the world's biggest consumer of pork could jumpstart demand from u.s. producers..especially on a heels of an annoucement to restart shipments from some major u.s. facilities. china says it will resume imports of the meat from 14 u.s. plants and cold storage houses. the country halted pork exports from the facilities more than a year ago after fiinding traces of ractopamine--a growth promoter that's banned in china. usda says the impacted businesses--that participate in one of its ractopamine control programs---will soon be able to resume exports. these 14 plants make up about half of all u.s. pork processing capcity. rabobank agrifinance economist don close says despite the

good morning i'm clinton griffiths. as congress looks for ways to get a budget deal in place before next week's deadline, it appears crop insurance funding could face some cuts. house republican leaders say there's a deal on the table for a two-year budget deal, which would help avert a government shutdown. but it needs the backing of democrats. out-going house speaker john boehner says it's not perfect, but there's no reason anyone should vote against it. in a town that isn't known for a lot of bipartisanship, you gonna see bricks flying for those that don't like the fact that there's a bipartisan agreement, but there is. it's a solid agreement. but farm groups -like national association of wheat growers have expressed concern. they say the proposed deal would cut three billion dollars in crop insurance support. they oppose any notion to re-open the

good morning i'm clinton griffiths. demand for short-term financing continues to pusushigher as farm incoco dwindles from low commodity prices. and that need is approaching a 20 year high. the kansas city federal reserve bank just releasing a recap of its third quarter lending. the k-c fed says both the number of operating loans and the volume increased in the third quarter. loans used to pay current operating expenses climbed 24-percent from a year ago. the fed bankers say increased debt leverage and reducuc liquidity have c ctinued to intensify concerns about future financial stress for some agricultural producers. economist ernie goss on the importance of knowing your banker. 'the trust and the banker who lives in that community, knows the farmer, knows the conditions, and there's a long-term relationship that goes back decades in manhy case. the lender in the community understands that it is long-term. we see the ebs and flows and over long term,

good morning i'm clinton griffiths. here at the height of harvest, the slow start to the planting season is but a distant memory for many farmers in the eastern corn belt as combines quickly gobble-up this years crop. the very dry harvest conditions show a stark difference from the saturated fields that many farmers in the eastern midwest faced this spring. this is what it looked like in northwest ohio in early may as we conducted our spring

i'm clinton griffiths. have a great day. high strength steel for high strength dependability, the chevy silverado is the official news good morning. thanks for joining us on this tuesday october 20th. coming up in this half hour of news 4 today it's only been a year since the argosy casino left sioux city, but the city council has approved a 45-thousand dollar study to find out what can be built at the former casino site on the riverfront. and... 20 years later, the storm lake police department is still searching for answers on a baby doe case. and ktiv's tiffany lane talked with the storm lake police department about a 20 year old cold case. we'll have more details on that

clinton griffiths is off today. usda releases its latest crop progress report this afternoon. but we already know north dakota corn harvest is way ahead of schedule. normally many north dakota farmers won't begin shelling corn until early november. but as cliff naylor shows us many y oducers will already have their crop at the elevator before e first snow hits the fields. a dry summer and fall have given north dakota farmers a head start on harvesting late season row crops. dustin goehring - corn rmer: for us, this i ireally early, it's nice if we can get if off before we get any bad weather. it's easier on our never fun. dustin goehring usually doesn't start the corn harvest until early november, this year he might be finished cutting his crop by then and he's also saving lots of money because the crop is already dried down. jackie buckley - morton county extension agent: with the price of corn the way itits, three bucks or less, they don't want to run it through the dryer because that costs money. wayne bodvig planted 13-hundred acres of irrigated corn this spring and his yi

in 2013, clinton griffiths took viewers to northeastern new mexico where farmers and ranchers--incluidng his own family--were struggling to survive. today, the scene is much different. both hope and last five years, john griffiths has spent a lot of time driving...watching...and waiting.... for a year like 2015. e got it planted in early september and had a couple good rains on it and i think its coming along pretty well. winter wheat is up, the grass is growing.... and irrigation water is once again spilling down a network of concrete channels, pumping life back into these dry and depleted soils. four out of the last 5 years we didn't have any water from the canal from the reservoir so this year has been a drastic improvement. add to it, timely rains and the landscape is early unrecognizable. to this date we've had 20 and a quarter inches of rain and last year had 9 inches the year before we had 4 and the year before that we had 4.5 inches of rain. 25:23 summer digging blowing dirt away from fence lines...while his cows spent time on an abandoned wheat field. so our cows have done well

. >>> former president bill clinton plans to stump for his wife and raise money in philadelphia a day after the democratic debate. hillary clinton telling supporters her husband will attend a private reception tomorrow in center city. the cost to attend, $500. bill clinton made a stop in philly in july at naacp convention. >>> budget bat until pennsylvania's impacting children's education this evening. >> please pass the budget. >> we don't have our math books. they have to copy pages from a book. >> today the second graders at the valley christian school in huntington valley made this video. teachers starting to run out of supplies. the budget pays for journals. the paint kids use and even paper. all of the kids in class signed this petition, they plan to send it and the video to harrisburg to governor wolf and local representatives. >>> bill cosby losing another honorary degree. lehigh resecinded the honor. inconsistent with character and high standards expected. yesterday wilkes university pulled its degree with fordham, marquette and baylor. >>> back to the story of the 3-year-old