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AgweekTV Full Show: Climate change, succession planning, Schafer Farms Livestock Tour, Ripe 100 and farm bill

This week on AgweekTV, we'll also take a closer look at Case IH and New Holland Sign Right to Repair Memorandum, farm bill listening session, Sugarbeet Institute update, Soy Insight, sugar and sodium reduced in School Lunch

This week on AgweekTV, we roll out our next special report focused on climate and ag. Watch as we dig into the Case IH and New Holland Right to Repair Memorandum; hear from a farm bill listening session, get updated from the Sugarbeet Institute; and learn how sugar and sodium could be reduced in school lunch programs.

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COMING UP ON AGWEEK TV...

FARMERS ARE DEALING WITH THE BENEFITS... AND THE

CHALLENGES... OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

WE'LL HAVE A FARM BILL UPDATE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SUGARBEET INSTITUTE.

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NORTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN GROWERS ARE GIVING BACK TO THEIR LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS...

AND WE'LL COVER THE ALWAYS IMPORTANT TOPIC OF FARM SUCCESSION PLANNING.

WELCOME TO AGWEEK TV, I'M EMILY BEAL. MARCH 21ST IS NATIONAL AGDAY, THIS YEAR'S THEME IS

"AGRICULTURE: GROWING A CLIMATE

FOR OUR FUTURE." THE TOPIC OF

CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALSO THIS

MONTH'S AGWEEK SPECIAL REPORT.

CLIMATE CHANGE IS BRINGING

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BENEFITS, BUT ALSO CONCERNS FOR

AG. IN THIS WEEK'S COVER STORY,

WE LOOK AT HOW IT'S AFFECTING

PLANTING AND THE GROWING SEASON.

WHILE VARIABLE WEATHER HAS

ALWAYS AFFECTED FARMERS, RECENT

PATTERNS ARE CAUSING MORE

DAMAGE, AND MORE EXPENSIVE

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LOSSES. WHETHER IT'S SEVERE

DROUGHT, DEVASTATING DERECHO

WINDS, OR EXCESS WATER, A CHANGE

IN THE WEATHER CAN QUICKLY

IMPACT FARMERS. ONE BENEFIT IS

THAT WARMING TEMPERATURES MEAN

GROWING SEASONS ARE GETTING

LONGER, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF

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HIGHER YIELDS. BUT SOUTH DAKOTA

STATE CLIMATOLOGIST LAURA

EDWARDS CAUTIONS THAT THE

WEATHER IS VERY INCONSISTENT.

AND SHE FURTHER WARNS THAT

WARMER WEATHER COULD LEAD TO AN

INCREASE IN PESTS AND DISEASES.

Laura Edwards: WITH THE WARMER

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WINTERS COULD SEE MORE

OVERWINTERING OF PESTS AND THOSE

KIND OF THINGS IF WE DON'T GET

AS COLD AS OFTEN AS WE USED TO,

AND INCREASED POTENTIAL OF OTHER

YOU KNOW, DISEASES AND

PATHOGENS AND INSECTS TOO AND

VARIOUS PESTS, IN THE SUMMER

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SEASON TOO, BECAUSE OF THE

WARMER WETTER CLIMATE THAT WE

'RE

SEEING IN GENERAL.

A NEW FEDERAL PROGRAM WOULD PAY

FARMERS TO VOLUNTARILY IMPLEMENT

CLIMATE SMART PRACTICES THAT

WOULD BENEFIT THE PUBLIC.

IT'S CALLED RIPE 100... THAT

STANDS FOR RURAL INVESTMENT TO

PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT. IT'

HAS

SUPPORT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE

AISLE. ULTIMATELY, THEY WANT IT

TO BE PART OF THE FARM BILL.

MARTIN BARBRE IS A CONSULTANT ON

THE PROGRAM. HE HAS A LONG

HISTORY IN AG POLICY. HE SAYS

THE PRINCIPLE BEHIND RIPE 100 IS

THAT A PRACTICE THAT'S

IMPLEMENTED TO IMPROVE THE SOIL,

WATER, OR WILDLIFE SHOULD SHOW

ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS AN ACRE IN

PUBLIC BENEFITS. PRODUCERS WOULD

GET PAYMENTS TO COVER THE COSTS.

GROWERS CAN EVEN BE PAID FOR

PROGRAMS THEY'RE ALREADY

DOING.

Martin Barbre: WE'RE ADVANCING

A

VOLUNTARY STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM

WITHIN USDA TO PROVIDE PRODUCERS

AN INCENTIVE TO VOLUNTARILY DO

ENVIRONMENTALLY POSITIVE

PRACTICES THAT WILL INCREASE THE

SUSTAINABILITY OF THEIR FARM.

WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDING

A BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC, OF AIR

QUALITY, WATER QUALITY, WATER

CONSERVATION.

YOU CAN READ MUCH MORE IN THE

NEXT AGWEEK MAGAZINE, OR AT

AGWEEK.COM .

FARMERS AND RANCHERS WHO OWN

FARMERS AND RANCHERS WHO OWN

CASE IH AND NEW HOLLAND

EQUIPMENT WILL NOW HAVE THE

RIGHT TO REPAIR THEIR OWN

EQUIPMENT.

THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU

FEDERATION AND CNH BRANDS SIGNED

A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

THE AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW FARMERS

AND INDEPENDENT REPAIR

FACILITIES IN ALL 50 STATES AND

PUERTO RICO ACCESS TO TOOLS,

BRAND MANUALS, PRODUCT GUIDES

AND INFORMATION TO SELF-DIAGNOSE

AND SELF-REPAIR MACHINES. THE

MEMORANDUM FOLLOWS A SIMILAR

AGREEMENT BETWEEN JOHN DEERE AND

AFBF THAT WAS MADE EARLIER THIS

YEAR.

YEAR.

FARM SUCCESSION PLANNING WAS A

BIG TOPIC AT THE RECENT AGWEEK

FARM SHOW IN ROCHESTER,

MINNESOTA. PLANNING AHEAD CAN

SAVE YOU FROM FUTURE HEADACHES,

CONFUSION AND STRESS WHEN THE

TIME COMES.

Myron: our primary focus is

working with farm families who

want to transition from one

generation to the next

Myron Freisen is the owner of

Farm Financial Strategies based

in Iowa. His business does

estate planning exclusively for

farm families across the

midwest. He says there are

usually two issues his clients

deal with.

Myron: Are there going to be any

tax issues? And the second is

how do we do this equitably to

our children and accomplish our

goals of maybe keeping the farm

in the family or being fair to

everyone or whatever their

individual goals are.

On the tax side, there's a

difference between federal

estate tax and state estate tax

that property owners looking to

transition the land need to be

aware of.

Myron: On the federal estate tax

side of things, currently, we

have a federal estate tax limit

of $12.92 million per person, or

almost $26 million per couple.

Generally, that covers the vast

majority of the farm families

out there.

However, it is important to keep

state taxes in mind as well when

planning an estate.

Myron: For states like

Minnesota or Illinois that have

a state estate tax, and then we

have to address those issues.

Because a lot of those limits

are lower than the federal

limit.

Jason: But a lot of it is really

looking at how can we get this

farm to the next generation in a

way that is most efficient and

protecting us against

unnecessary taxes.

Jason Wagner of Wagner Oehle Is

an attorney and helps farmers

with estate and succession

planning. He warns that estate

planning is something that can

't

be done in reverse.

Jason: By definition, if we

don't have it in place when we

need it, it's too late. So we

have to remember that we're

taking it from something that

could potentially be a disaster

to something that we can live

with. If no estate planning is

done, everything will be divided

up in equal shares. And if

you've got a farm successor,

that can be a disaster for them,

WAGNER SAYS ALMOST ALL ATTORNEYS

WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY

SUCCESSION PLANNING QUESTIONS

YOU MAY HAVE.

MINNESOTA SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR

MINNESOTA SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR

TRAVELED TO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

TO GATHER INPUT ON THE NEW FARM

BILL.

THE DODGE COUNTY FARMERS UNION

HOSTED A LISTENING SESSION IN

MANTORVILLE. SOME GROWERS

EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE

EFFECTS OF CORPORATE FARMING ON

FAMILY FARMS, AND STRENGTHENING

ANTI-TRUST LAWS TO PREVENT SOME

OF THE CORPORATE MERGERS,

ESPECIALLY IN THE MEAT PACKING

INDUSTRY. SENATOR KLOBUCHAR SAYS

AREAS SHE'S PUSHING FOR ARE

THE

CROP INSURANCE SAFETY NET, AND

THE DAIRY MARGIN PROGRAM.

:54 Amy Klobuchar: THE DAIRY

PROGRAM WE KNOW HAS BEEN WORKING

BETTER, BUT WE KNOW THERE'S

THINGS WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE IT.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S THINGS

WITH

THE COST OF LAND, AND HOW WE

'RE

GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT CRP AND

CSP AND THESE PROGRAMS WORK AND

CONTINUE TO WORK. AND THEY

ACTUALLY GIVE ME ARGUMENTS I CAN

MAKE TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO AREN

'T

IN BIG AG AREAS. LIKE HEY, IF

YOU WANT ALL THIS CONSERVATION

AND YOU WANT WIND AND SOLAR THEN

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE

FUNDING THE LAND FOR THIS TO

HELP OUR FARMERS.

THE NEED FOR EXPANDING RURAL

BROADBAND, MORE HOUSING AND

CHILDCARE WERE ALSO BIG TOPICS

AT THE LISTENING SESSION.

AT THE LISTENING SESSION.

UP NEXT ON AGWEEK TV...OUR

LIVESTOCK TOUR CONTINUES, WITH A

VISIT TO A FAMILY OPERATING IN

THREE STATES...

THE AGWEEK LIVESTOCK TOUR IS

SPONSORED BY FARMERS MUTUAL OF

NEBRASKA, 701x AUTONOMOUS

RANCHER, AND STOCKMAN'S

LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE

THIS WEEK THE AGWEEK LIVESTOCK

TOUR MAKES A STOP AT SCHAFER

FARMS NEAR GOODHUE, MINNESOTA.

JEFF BEACH FOUND THAT WHEN THEY

WANTED TO EXPAND THEIR

OPERATION, IS WASN'T SO MUCH

ABOUT ADDING MORE LIVESTOCK OR

ACRES, BUT ABOUT EXPANDING

SERVICES AND ADDING VALUE TO THE

INDUSTRY THROUGH BREEDING STOCK.

Maddie Hokanson: SCHAFER FARMS

WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1886. I AM

THE SEVENTH GENERATION, ALONG

WITH MY BROTHER.

SCHAFER FARMS HAS HOG OPERATIONS

IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND

WISCONSIN, AS WELL AS 300

COW-CALF PAIRS OF BEEF CATTLE IN

MINNESOTA.

Maddie Hokanson: TRULY WHAT WE

DO IS LOOKING AT VALUE ADDED, SO

WE RAISE GENETICS, AND

MULTIPLYING GENETICS ON BOTH OUR

CATTLE SIDE AS WELL AS FOR OUR

HOGS AND PIGS.

THE TERM VALUE-ADDED CAN MEAN

MANY THINGS AT SCHAFER FARMS.

Maddie Hokanson: WHETHER IT'S

GENETIC MULTIPLICATION FOR OUR

HOGS, WHETHER IT'S PRODUCING

GENETICS THROUGH BULLS AND

HEIFERS AND BRED COWS ON OUR

CATTLE SIDE, WE SEEK TO BE ABLE

TO SERVE THE INDUSTRY SO THAT

WAY THEY CAN MORE EFFECTIVELY

AND EFFICIENTLY PRODUCE THEIR

COMMODITY PRODUCT FOR THE

CONSUMER.

THEY ARE ALSO USING A LOCATION

IN NORTH DAKOTA, WHERE THEY WERE

HIRED TO PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT

HERD OF PIGS FOR A MINNESOTA

FARMER. THE NORTH DAKOTA SITE

WAS CHOSEN FOR HEALTH SAFETY

REASONS.

Maddie Hokanson: PIGS ARE

SUSCEPTIBLE TO DISEASE AND

BIO-SECURITY IS VERY IMPORTANT

AND WHAT'S MORE BIO-SECURE

THAN

A LOCATION THAT DOESN'T HAVE A

LOT OF PIGS?

SCHAFER FARMS ALSO HAS A HIGH

BIO-SECURITY TRANSPORTATION

COMPANY FOR PIGS. HOKANSON'S

BROTHER MAX, HER PARENTS BRANDON

AND MONICA, AND EVEN HER

GRANDPARENTS ARE ACTIVE IN THE

OPERATION. SHE SAYS SHE FEELS A

LOT OF PRESSURE BEING THE

SEVENTH GENERATION, AND WANTS TO

MAKE SURE THE BUSINESS IS STILL

THERE FOR HER CHILDREN, AND

GENERATIONS TO COME.

Maddie Hokanson:NO MATTER IF YOU

HAVE FIVE PIGS, FIVE HUNDRED OR

FIVE THOUSAND, A FAMILY FARM IS

STILL A FAMILY FARM.

ON THE AGWEEK LIVESTOCK TOUR AT

GOODHUE, MINNESOTA, THIS IS JEFF

BEACH FOR AGWEEK.

BEACH FOR AGWEEK.

THE LARGEST EXHIBIT OF SUGARBEET

EQUIPMENT, AND ALL THINGS SUGAR

RELATED, IN THE U.S. TOOK PLACE

THIS WEEK. JEFF BEACH WAS AT THE

INTERNATIONAL SUGARBEET

INSTITUTE IN FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA

AND HAS A SPECIAL GUEST WHO

KNOWS THE INDUSTRY.

Jeff: I'm here with Zack Clark

from the American Sugar Beet

Growers Association. He's with

the group in Washington, DC.

Zach, there have been a lot of

changes in Congress since the

last time they worked on a farm

bill. Explain to us kind of what

that means.

Zach: Yeah, well, growers in

this area know it well. Input

costs are on the rise. The farm

safety net has has not really

kept up. There's been a need

for

a lot of disaster assistance to

the tune of $93 billion over six

years. And so I think we've

seen, you know, the last farm

bill was negotiated for a point

in time that no longer exists.

So we're looking at a farm

bill

that needs to evolve with the

time.

Jeff: And what about specific to

sugar in the farm bill? What are

you watching?

Zach: Well, you know, for us, we

need more. You know, margins are

tight, so we're looking for an

enhanced safety net. But first,

on the offensive side and on the

defensive side, you know, our

opponents do not do not like our

program. They continually try to

undermine it. We expect

amendments to undermine our

program. But we'll be ready to

fight against those.

Jeff: Now, outside of the farm

bill, there are some issues with

the the EPA, the environmental

Protection Agency. What what do

farmers need to be aware of

there?

Zach: Yeah, I mean, so so

registrations, re registrations

of chemistries that we rely on

come up on a regular basis. ASGA

and our sister association us be

do a lot of comments to make

sure that those compounds get

back to market so that growers

can rely on them. But the EPA is

facing a tidal wave of

litigation, and so we're quite

concerned in that space.

Jeff: What about the timeline

that the Farm bill negotiations

are under?

Zach: The House restarted its

process when Republicans took

control of the chamber.

Understandably so. The

Democrats, the Senate, on the

other hand, they started their

process last Congress and

they've just been continuing

on

with it. And so I would argue

that that train is warmed up and

is getting close to leaving the

station. The chairman of the

House AG Committee, Mr.

Thompson, has committed to

getting it done this year. He

said that anything less would be

a failure in his eyes.

Jeff: Thanks for joining me,

Zach Clark from ASGA

COMING UP ON AGWEEK TV...

NORTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN GROWERS ARE

HELPING LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS

ROLL A LITTLE MORE SAFELY.

AGRIWEATHER OUTLOOK SPONSORED BY

EXCALIA FUNGICIDE FROM VALENT

U.S.A.

IT SEEMS ITS "ONE STEP FORWARD,

TWO STEPS BACK" FOR OUR SPRING

WEATHER. WHAT'S COMING IN THE

NEXT FEW WEEKS? HERE'S JOHN

WITH

OUR AGRI-WEATHER OUTLOOK.

Unfortunately, as the calendar

finishes out the month of March

and we turn into April, we're

just going to extend the winter

weather pattern, at least across

the northern plains, the western

Great Lakes. It is a cold

weather pattern this year.

Coldest probably in many areas

since 2019. Not like we're

setting records with it being

cold, but it is being one of the

colder springs in a while and

the pattern still looks fairly

wet, although as we get toward

the end of March and April, even

with the cold relative to

average temperatures, we'll

start to see some more rain

beginning to mix in with the

snows in the northern areas.

00;00;36;14 - 00;01;03;14Speaker

1But it's still going to be

turning to snow. Very likely

those systems. And all of this

likely means that not only does

winter get prolonged, but with a

cold and wet pattern, especially

areas with snow on the ground.

We are almost certainly talking

about things getting pushed

back. And spring planting will

be dicey in some areas,

especially where we have to melt

snow and then wait for a some

flooding season in places like

North Dakota and northwest

Minnesota.

00;01;03;23 - 00;01;23;24Speaker

1But the cool weather pattern is

extending all the way down

almost to the coast with cool

temperatures right now over

Texas and some freezing weather

in the northern Plains and the

Great Lakes, the frigid weather

has retreated. So there is that

to look forward to. All of this

is due to the jet stream. It

meanders a bit, but it stays

mostly to the south.

00;01;23;24 - 00;01;48;49Speaker

1And this is allowing cool

weather to drop down over most

of North America. Even some

cooler temperatures from time to

time into the northern parts of

Florida. Cold, of course, by

that we signify mostly

subfreezing. And for places like

the northern Rockies, the

northern Plains and the Great

Lakes, except for an occasional

day that gets up into the

thirties to around 40, we'll

keep a lot of these areas below

freezing, not only this week,

but next week as well.

00;01;48;58 - 00;02;09;54Speaker

1But interestingly enough, the

South is going to start heating

up by the end of the week and

into the weekend. And so as we

smash the two temperature

regimes together, you get a more

active storm track. So we do

expect precipitation to be a

little more predominant this

week, but even into the early

part of April. Northern Plains

and Great Lakes area looking to

remain fairly cold.

00;02;10;01 - 00;02;27;53Speaker

1There are some signs of raging

out west. So California may

start to warm up a little toward

the end of the period. But this

coming week, precipitation will

be heavy in the West Coast.

Mountain snows, of course,

coastal rains. And that will

spread out into the northern

plains with some snow. It's

hard

to tell in advance how heavy it

will be.

00;02;28;03 - 00;02;50;16Speaker

1Rain on the southern flank of

that. And I do expect some rain

and thundershowers this weekend

and again later in the week for

Florida, which has been fairly

dry this late winter, early

spring so far. The second week

of the pattern, the West Coast

still looking fairly wet with

rain and snow. The snow belt

still getting it. We're going

to

shift it a little further east

from the eastern Dakotas across

the Great Lakes.

00;02;50;28 - 00;02;59;08Speaker

1And the rains moving a little

further north. But still,

generally speaking, for most of

the agricultural areas, a cold

and a fairly wet next two weeks.

AGWEEKTV SOY INSIGHT BROUGHT TO

YOU BY THE NORTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN

COUNCIL

NORTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN GROWERS ARE

HELPING FIRST RESPONDERS ACROSS

THE STATE, BY PROVIDING GRANTS

FOR TIRES MADE WITH SOY. ROSE

DUNN HAS MORE ON THE ADVANTAGES

OF THESE TIRES, IN THIS MONTH

'S

SOY INSIGHT.

*sound of snow crunching under

foot

SERGEANT STEVE LOIBL PUTS A LOT

OF MILES ON HIS SQUAD CAR. AND

FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, HE'S

BEEN ROLLING ON TIRES MADE WITH

SOY OIL. THE BARNES COUNTY

SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS AMONG

THE FIRST AGENCIES IN NORTH

DAKOTA TO BE RIDING ON SOY

BASED TIRES, THANKS TO SOY

CHECKOFF DOLLARS. FIRST

RESPONDERS LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT,

FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND EMT'S CAN

REQUEST ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR

GRANTS FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA

SOYBEAN COUNCIL TO BUY THE SOY

BASED TIRES. THE GRANT COVERED

TWO SETS OF SOY TIRES FOR THE

SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

*sounds of tires rolling on

snow

Steve Loibl: THAT'S MONEY WE

CAN

USE ELSEWHERE FOR OTHER SAFETY

EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED.

Rose Dunn: IN ADDITION TO SAVING

THE DEPARTMENTS MONEY, THESE

TIRES MAY BE DOING SOMETHING

EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, KEEPING

CREWS SAFER ON OUR SNOWY AND ICY

ROADS.

Steve Loibl: THEY SEEM TO BE

BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD. A

LOT OF SNOW THIS YEAR, A LOT OF

ICY ROADS, TOUGH TRAVEL

CONDITIONS. BUT WE'VE BEEN

LUCKY

WITH THEM, KEEPING THEM ON THE

ROADS AND NOT GETTING STUCK.

GOODYEAR STARTED USING SOY OIL

IN THEIR TIRES IN 2017. IT MAKES

THE RUBBER MORE PLIABLE, SO IT

LASTS LONGER.

Rob Rose: FROM MY UNDERSTANDING

, IT HELPS THE LONGEVITY OF THE

RUBBER THAT AS FAR AS CRACKING

AND WEATHER CHECKING AND THINGS

LIKE THAT.

ROB ROSE GROWS SOYBEANS IN

BARNES COUNTY AND IS VICE CHAIR

OF THE NORTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN

COUNCIL.

Rob Rose: IT'S A

FURTHER WAY TO

ADD VALUE TO THE SOYBEAN CROP

PRODUCED IN NORTH DAKOTA AND

NATIONWIDE ACTUALLY. SO ANYTHING

WE CAN DO TO ADD VALUE HERE IN

THE COUNTRY VERSUS EXPORTING OUR

SOYBEANS OVERSEAS, I THINK IS A

REALLY GREAT DEAL.

IN VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA,

THIS IS ROSE DUNN FOR AGWEEK.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON APPLYING

FOR A SOY TIRE GRANT, VISIT ND

SOYBEAN.ORG OR CALL

701-566-9300.

701-566-9300.

UP NEXT ON AGWEEK TV... AN

EFFORT TO MAKE SCHOOL LUNCHES

EVEN HEALTHIER...

THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

WANTS TO MAKE SCHOOL BREAKFASTS

AND LUNCHES HEALTHIER.

THE AGENCY HAS UNVEILED NEW

PROPOSED GUIDELINES TO REDUCE

BOTH SUGAR AND SODIUM IN FOODS

SERVED IN SCHOOL CAFETERIAS. THE

CHANGES WOULD HAPPEN GRADUALLY

OVER TIME. BY NEXT YEAR, SCHOOLS

WOULD START PHASING OUT REFINED

GRAINS IN FAVOR OF WHOLE GRAINS.

BY 2025, SUGAR IN SWEETENED

YOGURTS, MUFFINS, CEREALS AND

CHOCOLATE MILK WOULD BE

REDUCED...AND SODIUM CUT BY TEN

PERCENT. SUGARS AND SODIUM WOULD

BE REDUCED FURTHER IN SUBSEQUENT

YEARS.

They already offer incredibly

healthy meals aligned with the

dietary guidelines, but under

federal law we're supposed to

keep those updated to the latest

dietary guidelines. So that's

what we're seeking to do here,

make some very modest changes to

the program to just keep it

modern and up to date with the

latest nutrition science

THE U-S-D-A ALSO PLANS TO INVEST

100 MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP

CAFETERIAS UPDATE THEIR

KITCHENS. MANY SCHOOLS STILL

HAVE LIMITED KITCHEN CAPACITY

LEFT OVER FROM THE 19-80'S,

WHEN

MORE PRE-PACKAGED PROCESSED

FOODS WERE USED.

STORIES YOU'LL ONLY SEE ON

AGWEEK.COM AND IN AGWEEK

MAGAZINE THIS WEEK.

SOME NEW VEHICLES ARE DROPPING

A-M RADIO, AND THAT COULD BE BAD

FOR FARMERS AND PEOPLE IN RURAL

AREAS.

AND A SOUTH DAKOTA COMPANY IS

DELIVERING FRUIT ACROSS 16

STATES.

WE APPRECIATE YOU WATCHING

AGWEEK TV. REMEMBER TO CHECK US

OUT DAILY ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER,

INSTAGRAM AND TIK TOK,

TO KEEP UP ON ALL YOUR AG NEWS.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK

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