Wolf Kill & Acre Reallocation
Wolf Kill & Acre Reallocation plus Food Forethought. I'm Greg Martin with today's Northwest Report.
An Idaho hunter has killed a second GPS-collared wolf in Oregon. The wolf was a 2-year old female known as OR-17 and was legally killed back on March 2nd. The wolf was a member of the Imnaha pack, the first to breed in Oregon from wolves that migrated from Idaho after their reintroduction in the 1990s. The kill was made about 70 miles south of Lewiston.
If your historical base acres situation doesn't come close to what you are actually planting these days, you have a chance to fix it. Carl Zulauf and ag economist from Ohio State who says that the farm bill pays on base acres, not what is planted and you can reallocate the base acres among your crops.
ZULAUF: It doesn't allow you to increase your base but it allows you to reallocate your base, based on what you planted over the crop years 2008 to 2012. So if your base acres differ significantly from what your current planting intentions are you will have the option to reallocate that base.
Now with today's Food Forethought, here's Lacy Gray.
March 25th will bring two reasons for me to celebrate this year; one - it's my birthday, and two - it's National Agriculture Day. Without actually giving away my age I can tell you that the National Ag Day Program is almost as old as I am. Started in 1973, National Ag Day is "dedicated to increasing the public awareness of agriculture's vital role in our society". Since it's beginning that same year the Agriculture Council of America has put forth the core values that every American should: "Understand how food and fiber products are produced, and appreciate the role agriculture plays in providing safe, abundant and affordable products." Ahead of its time the ACA has long supported the ideal that every consumer should know about the path their food takes from the farm to the dinner table. Today's social media network can make it much easier to get that information out to the masses. Unfortunately, that same network can often provide misleading or wrong information when it comes to agriculture. That's why the ag community works hard to promote agriculture and celebrate the contributions of agriculture on National Ag Day, and every other day of the year.
Thanks Lacy. That's today's Northwest Report. I'm Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.
