AgweekTV Full Show: House Ag leadership, Three Farm Daughters, drain tile, December WASDE

AgweekTV this week looks at the House Ag Committee's new leadership and the reaction to it, a new food company started by three farm daughters, the gift of being able to install drain tile in December, the December WASDE report and a substitute teacher/wheat advocate.

COMING UP ON AGWEEK TV

THE HOUSE AG COMMITTEE PICKS NEW LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE REACTION.

Katie Pinke: We'll take you to Grand Forks, North Dakota and visit with three farm daughters who've started a new food company.

Mikkel Pates: BEING ABLE TO INSTALL DRAIN TILE INTO MID-DECEMBER IS LIKE A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR FARMERS AND INSTALLING COMPANIES.

WE'LL HAVE DETAILS OF THE DECEMBER WASDE REPORT.

AND A FARMER FROM OUR REGION IS IN LINE TO BE THE NEXT LEADER OF U.S. WHEAT ASSOCIATES.

WELCOME TO AGWEEK TV I'M MICHELLE ROOK.

AG LEADERSHIP IS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE IN CONGRESS AND IN THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, AND IT LOOKS LIKE A FAMILIAR FACE WILL BE HEADING USDA. PRESIDENT ELECT JOE BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO NOMINATE FORMER U.S. AG SECRETARY TOM VILSACK FOR THE SAME POSITION ON HIS CABINET.

HE SERVED ALL EIGHT YEARS AS AG SECRETARY UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA. SO, VILSACK'S EXPERIENCE IS A PLUS ACCORDING TO FARM GROUPS, AS WELL AS HIS STRONG UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT OF MIDWESTERN AGRICULTURE AND BIOFUELS.

Brian Jennings: He knows what Small Refinery Exemptions are and how that program has been abused. And I would expect that Tom Vilsack is going to continue to be an ally of ours in getting the RFS back on track.

VILSACK'S TRADE BACKGROUND IS ALSO A BENEFIT. HE'S WORKED WITH CHINA AND IS EXPECTED TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE ON THE PHASE ONE DEAL. HE'S CURRENTLY CEO OF THE U.S. DAIRY EXPORT COUNCIL.

THE HOUSE AG COMMITTEE HAS ALSO PICKED NEW LEADERSHIP, WHILE MAKING HISTORY. CONGRESSMAN DAVID SCOTT OF GEORGIA WAS NAMED THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADER OF THE COMMITTEE.

HE WAS ELECTED BY THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS TO REPLACE FORMER CHAIR COLLIN PETERSON, WHO LOST RE-ELECTION. SCOTT SAYS HE INTENDS TO BRIDGE THE DIVIDE BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN AMERICANS. HE'S BEEN ON THE AG COMMITTEE FOR 18 YEARS AND GREW UP WORKING ON HIS GRANDPARENTS FARM.

FARM GROUPS ARE WELCOMING THE CHAIR AND SAY HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE TO THE JOB.

Kevin Scott: He has ag background, he's been on the ag committee for a long time so he does know agriculture and he's been good in ag circles so I don't think we'll have any problem getting on that boat.

THE HOUSE AG RANKING MEMBER WILL BE REPUBLICAN GLENN THOMPSON FROM PENNSYLVANIA. KEVIN SCOTT ISN'T WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THERE IS NO LEADERSHIP FROM THE MIDWEST, BECAUSE THE AG COMMITTEE HAS A REPUTATION FOR BEING NON-PARTISAN AND NON-REGIONAL IN FOCUS.

BEFORE LEAVING AS AG CHAIR, PETERSON HAS UNVEILED A BILL TO EXPAND THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM TO 50 MILLION ACRES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE THE CURRENT 22 MILLION ACRES ENROLLED. INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT 27 MILLION ACRE CAP, H.R. 8843, WOULD SET A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.

Collin Peterson: It requires the Secretary to actually have to sign up 50 million acres and giving them five-years to do it. But, you know, under the old program, it allowed them to go up to that level and this would actually require it.

PETERSON SAYS HIS BILL WOULD ALSO PAY FARMERS FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION. HE DOESN'T EXPECT THE BILL TO BE PASSED BEFORE HE LEAVES OFFICE, BUT SAYS IT SERVES AS A MARKER.

USDA'S RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAS FINALIZED A CROP INSURANCE CHANGE FOR SPRING CROPS THAT WILL REQUIRE FARMS NATIONALLY TO MEET THE 1-IN-4 PLANTING REQUIREMENT.

MEANING THE ACRES MUST BE PLANTED AND HARVESTED AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PREVENTED PLANTING COVERAGE. THE RULE WAS ALREADY IN PLACE IN THE PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION.

ALSO, PP ACRES WILL NO LONGER BE SUBTRACTED IN A FIELD WHEN AN INSURED CROP FAILS IN PART OF THE FIELD, AND IS REPLANTED WITH A DIFFERENT, UNINSURED CROP. OTHER CHANGES ARE ON RMA'S WEBSITE.

THE DECEMBER WASDE REPORT SHOWED SOME SLIGHT REVISIONS FROM NOVEMBER.

USDA PEGGED U.S. SOYBEAN ENDING STOCKS AT 175 MILLION BUSHELS, DOWN 15 MILLION FROM NOVEMBER. WORLD STOCKS WERE DOWN LESS THAN A MILLION TONS.

USDA LEFT U.S. CORN ENDING STOCKS UNCHANGED, BUT LOWERED WORLD CARRYOUT 2.4 MILLION METRIC TONS.

AND U.S. WHEAT CARRYOUT WAS LOWERED 15 MILLION BUSHELS, BUT THE BIGGER CUT WAS WORLD ENDING STOCKS DOWN 4 MILLION METRIC TONS.

RANDY MARTINSON JOINS US WITH REPORT ANALYSIS. ENDING STOCKS ON SOYBEANS, U.S. ONLY LOWERED 15 MILLION BUSHELS. THAT SEEMED TO BE A DISAPPOINTMENT TO THE TRADE, BUT DO YOU EXPECT FURTHER REVISIONS AND CUTS IN JANUARY?

Randy Martinson: I DO. I MEAN,THEY CAME IN AND MADE THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CRUSH NUMBER, WHICH MOST WERE ANTICIPATING BECAUSE OF OUR RECORD CRUSH PACE THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING. THEY MADE NO CHANGES TO THE EXPORTS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, OUR EXPORTS WERE VERY STRONG TO START WITH. AND A LOT OF THEM WERE, THE TRADE WAS CONCERNED THAT MAYBE THEY USDA WOULDN'T MAKE CHANGES IN THIS REPORT BECAUSE OF, WE'VE SEEN THE SLOWDOWN SINCE THANKSGIVING, OR ACTUALLY SINCE NOVEMBER 9TH. SO IT WASN'T SURPRISING THAT THEY DIDN'T CHANGE IT, BUT I DO THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

ALSO DISAPPOINTED THAT USDA LEFT CORN ENDING STOCKS AT 1.7 BILLION BUSHELS. SAME AS LAST MONTH.

Randy Martinson : SAME AS LAST MONTH. NOW WE DID SEE A LOT OF CHANGES TO CORN IN LAST MONTH. WE WERE STILL EXPECTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT IN THIS MONTH. I MEAN, WE WERE OF COURSE, THE TRADE, THE AVERAGE TRADE GUESS HAD THEM 11 MILLION BELOW WHERE THEY CAME IN AT. SO IT WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THE CORN NUMBER, WE SHOULD HAVE MAYBE SEEN A SMALL ADJUSTMENT, BUT I THINK USDA IS GOING TO WAIT THAT UNTIL THEY SEE THE JANUARY FINAL PRODUCTION NUMBERS.

AND WE HAD A SMALL ADJUSTMENT IN THE U.S. WHEAT NUMBERS, THE BIGGER ADJUSTMENT WAS THE FOUR MILLION METRIC TON DROP IN THE WORLD STOCKS. WHAT HAPPENED THERE?

Randy Martinson: WELL WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN PRODUCTION, WHICH WE EXPECTED, IN CANADA AND ALSO IN AUSTRALIA. BUT WE DID SEE, IT HAS TO BE BIGGER DEMAND COMING FROM SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS. CHINA DID SEE A LITTLE BIT OF CUT IN PRODUCTION. YOU KNOW, OVERALL IT'S HARD TO SAY IT. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SAID WHEAT ACTUALLY WAS THE MOST FAVORED IN THE REPORTS? THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT FRIENDLIER TOWARD THE WHEAT SIDE.

AND THAT WHEAT NUMBER SHOULD CONTINUE TO GET WHAT, BIGGER OR SMALLER DO YOU THINK?

Randy Martinson: I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT GET SMALLER. I MEAN, I'M A LITTLE FRIENDLY ON THE WHEAT SIDE. IT THAT TELLS US THAT, YOU KNOW USDA INCREASED EXPORTS FOR U.S. BY TEN MILLION. THAT WAS A SURPRISE WHEN OUR EXPORTS, WHERE THEY'RE AT, THAT TELLS US THAT MAYBE THERE'S SOME DEMAND THAT'S COMING IN THE BACKSIDE OF NEXT YEAR, THAT WE'RE NOT QUITE ANTICIPATING, LIKELY FROM CHINA., BECAUSE OF THE DROP IN PRODUCTION.

ALL RIGHT, APPRECIATE YOUR ANALYSIS. AND YOU CAN GET MORE OF OUR FULL ANALYSIS, RANDY AND I, AT AGWEEK.COM .

ABOUT 2,000 HOGS DIED IN A BARN FIRE IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. BLOOMING PRAIRIE FIRE CHIEF DEAN NAATZ SAYS THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE.

AN ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE ASSOCIATE SAYS BARN FIRES SEEM TO BE STEADILY INCREASING, AND ADDS IT'S OFTEN DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANIMALS TO ESCAPE, SO THEY'RE FOCUSING ON PREVENTION.

Allie Granger: WE'D LIKE TO SEE MORE SPRINKLERS IN THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES. ANOTHER THING WOULD BE BETTER SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEMS, AND CARBON MONOXIDE SYSTEMS.

ACCORDING TO DATA COMPILED BY AWI, ABOUT FIVE MILLION FARM ANIMALS NATIONWIDE HAVE DIED IN BARN FIRES SINCE 2013, WITH THE MAJORITY BEING CHICKENS.

AHEAD ON AGWEEK TV, WE'LL MEET A FARMER WHO WEARS MANY HATS, AND SHE'S ABOUT TO PUT ON ANOTHER ONE, THE HEAD OF A NATIONAL AG ORGANIZATION.

AN EAST GRAND FORKS, MINNESOTA FARMER AND TEACHER IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT NATIONAL VOICE FOR WHEAT GROWERS.

IN ADDITION TO ALL HER OTHER DUTIES, RHONDA LARSON IS NEXT IN LINE TO BE CHAIR OF THE U.S. WHEAT ASSOCIATES.

JONATHAN KNUTSON TALKED TO LARSON ABOUT ALL THE HATS SHE WEARS, IN THIS WEEK'S AGWEEK COVER STORY.

RHONDA LARSON GREW UP ON THE FARM WHERE SHE AND SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS RAISE WHEAT, SOYBEANS AND SUGARBEETS. THREE DECADES AGO SHE RETURNED TO THE FARM FULL TIME. A HALF DOZEN YEARS AGO SHE BECAME A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER DURING THE WINTER IN MINNESOTA.

Rhonda Larson: I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO IN THE WINTERTIME, AND IT JUST WAS A GOOD FIT FOR ME I ENJOY WORKING WITH KIDS, AND IT'S FUN. AND IT KEEPS YOU YOUNG, I THINK.

LARSON ALSO IS A BIG ADVOCATE FOR U.S. WHEAT GROWERS. SHE SERVES AS NATIONAL VICE CHAIR OF U.S. WHEAT ASSOCIATES, WHICH PROMOTES U.S. WHEAT SALES AROUND THE WORLD.

Rhonda Larson: THEY WANT TO TALK TO FARMERS. THAT'S A BIG DEAL TO THEM.

SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO TAKE OVER AS CHAIR IN THE SUMMER OF 2021, BUT THE PANDEMIC PUSHED THAT BACK TO 2022.

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Rhonda Larson: HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO SELL WHEAT, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET OVERSEAS TO GET IT DONE? IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING, I MEAN FOR US TO EVEN HAVE A MEETING HERE IN THE U.S. IS CHALLENGING.

ANOTHER CHALLENGE IS THE PRICE OF U.S. WHEAT. ALTHOUGH IT'S HARD TO MAKE A PROFIT ON IT, U.S. WHEAT COSTS MORE THAN WHEAT SOLD BY MANY COMPETITORS. BUT U.S. WHEAT'S QUALITY IS HIGHER, AND THAT'S PART OF THE MESSAGE.

Rhonda Larson: WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO TRY AND GET WHEAT, AND GET THE BEST PRICE WE CAN, TO KEEP IT, THAT IT'S NOT JUST A ROTATIONAL CROP, BUT YOU CAN MAKE A PROFIT AT IT. AND IT'S TOUGH.

SO WHETHER IT'S IN THE FIELD, A CLASSROOM, OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY, LARSON STAYS BUSY BY PROMOTING WHEAT AND AG AND HELPING TO EDUCATE STUDENTS. IN EAST GRAND FORKS, MINNESOTA, THIS IS JONATHAN KNUTSON FOR AGWEEK.

YOU CAN READ MORE IN THE NEXT AGWEEK MAGAZINE, OR AT AGWEEK.COM .

MANY FARMERS HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH SOME ROUGH WEATHER THE PAST FEW SEASONS.

BUT THIS YEAR WAS A DIFFERENT STORY, AND AS MIKKEL PATES FOUND, THAT MEANS AN ADDED BONUS FOR THOSE WHO INSTALL DRAIN TILE AS WELL.

Dustin Mumm: THIS IS KIND OF LIKE SANTA CLAUS COMING AT CHRISTMAS.

FOR DUSTIN MUMM, TILING IS THE GIFT THAT WILL KEEP ON GIVING. IT WILL MAKE HIS SOIL EASIER TO WORK IN WET CONDITIONS AND PROTECT HIS CROPS FROM FLOODING RAINS, AND IT WILL INCREASE THE VALUE OF HIS LAND.

Dustin Mumm: THIS IS EXCITING. I'M REALLY HAPPY AND EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THIS PROJECT GOING, AND I'M NERVOUS ABOUT GETTING IT DONE BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, AND WE ARE IN DECEMBER. BECAUSE WITH THIS HEAVY GROUND, YOU'VE GOT TO GET IT WORKED AND PREPPED DECENT FOR SPRING.

MUMM'S BEEN PLANNING THIS 400-ACRE PROJECT FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS, BUT DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE THIS YEAR.

Jess Determan: THIS LAST YEAR WAS THE WORST YEAR I CAN EVER REMEMBER.

LAST YEAR, A LATE SPRING AND COLD, WET HARVEST TOOK A TOLL ON THE DETERMAN FAMILY'S COMPANY, FIELD DRAINAGE INCORPORATED. THEY COULD ONLY COMPLETE ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THEIR SCHEDULED PROJECTS. THIS YEAR, HIS CREWS WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP WORKING UNTIL NEARLY CHRISTMAS. MOST YEARS THEY WRAP THINGS UP ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THANKSGIVING.

Jess Determan: TO HAVE A YEAR LIKE THIS MEANS AN AWFUL LOT TO US, AND I KNOW IT MEANS AN AWFUL LOT TO THE FARMERS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THINGS DONE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AS WELL.

Mikkel Pates: So a happy note to end 2020, and visions of profit for decades to come. For Agweek, this is Mikkel Pates at Wahpeton, North Dakota.

DETERMAN EXPECTS BUSINESS TO END UP 50% HIGHER IN 2020 THAN THEY PROJECTED, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE ABLE TO KEEP GOING.

Katie: Coming up on AgweekTV, we'll introduce you to three farm daughters who've used their business acumen to start a new agriculture food company.

AND LATER

Emily Beal: WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT HOW ONE CATTLE SHOW HAS DECIDED TO PUSH THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S DECEMBER WITH THE WARMER WEATHER WE'VE HAD IN THE REGION. HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?

HERE'S JOHN WITH OUR AGRI-WEATHER OUTLOOK.

A MASTERS IN BUSINESS, A LAW DEGREE, AND AN ENTREPRENEUR AT AGE 19.

COMBINING THAT BACKGROUND, THREE SISTERS FROM GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA RETURNED TO THEIR FARMING ROOTS TO START A COMPANY THEY BELIEVE REFLECTS A GROWING NICHE IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY.

AGWEEK'S KATIE PINKE HAS MORE.

KATIE: IN GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA, THREE FARM DAUGHTERS RECENTLY LAUNCHED THEIR FLOUR AND PASTA LINE. IT INCLUDES NUTRIENT DENSE PRODUCTS THAT ARE HIGH FIBER AND HIGH PROTEIN.

Tell us this business idea got started.

Mollie Ficocello: SO ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, OUR FATHER PAUL SPROUL READ ABOUT THIS COMPANY CALLED ARCADIA BIOSCIENCES OUT OF DAVIS, CALIFORNIA. THAT HAD THIS PROPRIETY WHEAT VARIETY CALLED GOOD WHEAT. THAT YEAR WE GREW SOME TEST PLOTS FOR THEM. FROM THERE, WE HAVE BEEN GROWING THIS GOOD WHEAT ON OUR FARM. WE ARE THE ONLY FARM IN NORTH DAKOTA THAT'S BEEN RAISING GOOD WHEAT.

So who had the idea on the business plan, of we're going to take this good wheat variety that we're raising on our farm and turn it into flour and pasta?

Grace Lunski: OUR DAD WAS REALLY THE ONE THAT WAS LIKE GIRLS, THERE'S SOMETHING HERE. THIS IS SOMETHING GOOD. LET'S USE IT AND SHARE WITH THE WORLD. WE JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE PEOPLE FOOD THAT WE WANTED TO EAT. AND SO WHEN WE CREATED THE BRAND IT REALLY IS JUST EXACTLY WHO THE THREE OF US ARE.

Annie Gorder: IT'S KIND OF FUNNY BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD THIS IDEA AND WE WENT TO ARCADIA BIOSCIENCES, AND THEY SAID THIS BRAND IS JUST LIKE YOU THREE GIRLS. THEY'RE LIKE, WE JUST SEE IT COMING THOUGH THE POWER POINT.

Where is the wheat for your products grown?

Mollie Ficocello: SO YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN GROWING THIS GOOD WHEAT ON OUR FARM HERE IN NORTH DAKOTA FOR THREE YEARS, BUT IT'S ALSO BEING GROWN OUT IN IDAHO AND A COUpLE OTHER LOCATIONS, BUT WE'D LOVE TO BRING IT, YOU KNOW, FULLY TO OUR AREA.

So tell me about what nutritionally dense means for Three Farm Daughters.

Grace Lunski: NO FILLERS, NO DYES AND NO LIES. SO OUR INGREDIENT LISTS ARE REALLY SHORT. CLEAN LABEL, WE DON'T WANT TO ADD ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN IT.

Mollie Ficocello: SO JUST FOR A LITTLE COMPARISON, IT HAS ELEVEN GRAMS OF FIBER WHEN YOUR TRADITIONAL PASTAS HAVE ABOUT TWO, AND THEN IT HAS 30 PERCENT LESS CALORIES AND IT HAS TWO MORE GRAMS OF PROTEIN AS YOUR TRADITIONAL PASTAS AS WELL.

Grace Lunski: BEING THAT IT'S REDUCED GLUTEN, THE FLOUR IS NOT IDEAL FOR TRADITIONAL BREAD MAKING, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW IT BETTER, AND KNOW WHAT IT'S REALLY GREAT FOR. SO PULL APART ROLLS, PIZZAS, NAANS, COOKIES, BROWNIES.

What's the long term goal?

Annie Gorder: WE WANT TO BE SCALABLE. WE LOVE THE PRODUCT SO MUCH, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT EVERYONE ELSE WILL LOVE THE PRODUCT SO MUCH, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE AND MORE CONSUMERS BUYING AND YOU KNOW IF 100 MILLION PEOPLE ARE BUYING FLOUR, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT MORE FARMERS TO GROW THIS WHEAT. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN CONTRACT WITH GROWERS, AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE IT IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND KIND OF GO FROM THERE.

YOU CAN FIND THEIR PRODUCTS ON THE 'THREE FARM DAUGHTERS' WEBSITE, IN HUGO'S STORES AND SOON IN HORNBACHER'S STORES.

MANY AG SHOWS AND EVENTS ARE BEING CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT THE NORTH STAR CLASSIC WENT ON AS SCHEDULED.

IN FACT, ORGANIZERS SAY THE 21ST ANNUAL LIVESTOCK SHOW WAS BIGGER THAN USUAL, BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER SHOW CANCELLATIONS.

THE CLASSIC WAS HELD AT THE VALLEY CITY WINTER SHOW BUILDING, AND MANAGER TESA KLEIN SAYS IT WAS VITAL TO HOLD THE SHOW AS PLANNED.

Tesa Klein: THE COMMITTEE AND MYSELF BELIEVED THAT, IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE SHOW THIS YEAR, WE WOULDN'T HAVE IT AGAIN, THAT IT COULD HURT US THAT MUCH. AND EVERYBODY IS JUST EXTREMELY HAPPY TO HAVE A SHOW GOING ON.

Kelcey Hoffman: YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALREADY PUT THIS MONEY INTO THESE ANIMALS, LET ALONE PURCHASING THEM BUT FEEDING THEM AND SO WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND SHOW OFF THEIR HARD WORK. YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU WAIT ALL YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS, AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE CHRISTMAS TO THOSE KIDS.

EXHIBITORS FROM FIVE STATES TOOK PART. IN ADDITION TO SHOWING, THERE WAS ALSO A CATTLEMEN'S BALL AND A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS VENDOR SHOW.

STILL AHEAD ON AGWEEK TV, WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT A TASTY NEW FEATURE FOR AGWEEK VIEWERS AND READERS.

YOU MAY KNOW CRISTIN CLARK AS THE IOWA FARMER WHO WRITES THE "FOOD AND SWINE" BLOG, ALONG WITH BEING A MONTHLY AGWEEK MAGAZINE COLUMNIST.

NOW AGWEEK VIEWERS AND READERS ARE IN FOR A TREAT. WE'LL BE FEATURING MONTHLY VIDEO RECIPES WITH CRISTIN ON AGWEEK.COM .

SHE'LL START THIS WEEK WITH A SPECIAL NO CHILL SUGAR COOKIE RECIPE.

THANKS FOR WATCHING THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF AG WEEK TV.

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