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goes to the labor side of farming, says agricultural economist Joe Horner. To help decision-makers, he


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plans three University of Missouri Extension workshops across Mis- souri. Farm labor management isn’t


like the old days, when a farmer could hire neighbor boys to help.


ajor farm management de- cisions concern capital and labor. Too little attention


Also, present-day labor is more complex. Big machinery bought to cut labor takes skilled operators. The machines bring more con-


cerns with farm safety. More government regulations


add to decision-making. Legal is- sues arise. Getting farm labor divides into


three parts, Horner says. There is recruiting, hiring and keeping workers. If things don’t work out, termi- nation may be needed. That raises


more legal concerns. When hiring, likely more atten-


tion will be given to training. When looking for alternative sources of labor, there won’t be many with farm experience. Mentoring time goes up. A new Missouri Farm Labor


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be a tough pill to swallow for the corn industry. “It’s scary because these waterhemp


populations find a way to metabolize these compounds, so it makes chemi- cal weed control that much more diffi- cult,” he says. “Right now, you could spray any of these three HPPD-in- hibitors on corn, not kill the corn, but potentially kill the weeds. But if the weeds are using a different mechanism to detoxify the chemical, you’d have to develop a different kind of herbicide that doesn’t use these same metabolic pathways. It might be effective on the weeds, but who knows if the corn would tolerate it.”


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Chemical companies could use the in-


formation in discovery research to de- velop new products, but farmers may not have the option to wait. In the meantime, Riechers points to U of I col- leagues’ work on tank-mixing multiple herbicide sites of action or using a Har- rington Seed Destructor as a non- chemical method to limit resistance. “We’re finding out more and more


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about what these waterhemp popula- tions can do for detoxification, and it’s disheartening. Our research just un- derscores how important it is to take al- ternative steps to limit the spread of these resistant plants or prevent it from happening in the first place,” he says. ∆


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average $8.64 with a range of $8.20 to $9.13. March 2019 soybean futures closed at $9.07, up 13 cents since last Friday. Jan/Mar and Jan/Nov future spreads were 13 and 45 cents, respectively. November 2019 soybean futures closed at $9.39,


up 9 cents since last Friday. Downside price protec- tion could be achieved by purchasing a $9.40 No- vember 2019 Put Option which would cost 57 cents and set an $8.83 futures floor. Nov/Dec 2019 soy- bean-to-corn price ratio was 2.35 at the end of the week. Cotton The Crop Progress report estimated cotton har-


vested at 70 percent compared to 59 percent last week, 78 percent last year, and a 5-year average of 77 percent. In Tennessee, cotton harvested was esti- mated at 92 percent compared to 87 percent last week, 90 percent last year, and a 5-year average of 88 percent. Net sales reported by exporters were down from last week with net sales of 176,800 bales for the 2018/19 marketing year and 14,200 bales for the 2019/20 marketing year. Exports for the same time period were 126,100 bales, down 16 percent from last week. Upland cotton export sales were 70 percent of the USDA estimated total annual exports for the 2018/19 marketing year (August 1 to July 31), com- pared to a 5-year average of 58 percent. Delta upland cotton spot price quotes for November 29 were 75.93 cents/lb (41-4-34) and 77.68 cents/lb (31-3-35). Ad- justed World Price (AWP) increased 0.03 cents to 67.92 cents. March 2019 cotton futures closed at 78.91, up 1.69 cents since last Friday. For the week, March 2019 cotton futures traded between 77.18 and 79.32 cents. Mar/May and Mar/Dec cotton futures spreads were 1.04 cents and -1.88 cents. May 2019 cotton futures closed at 79.95, up 1.46 cents since last Friday. December 2019 cotton futures closed at 77.03, up


0.48 cents since last Friday. Downside price protec- tion could be obtained by purchasing a


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78 cent December 2019 Put Option costing 5.38 cents establishing a 72.62 cent futures floor. Wheat Wheat net sales reported by exporters were within


expectations with net sales of 13.9 million bushels for the 2018/19 marketing year. Exports for the week were down 50 percent compared to last week at 9.2 million bushels. Wheat export sales were 54 percent of the USDA estimated total annual exports for the 2018/19 marketing year (June 1 to May 31), com- pared to a 5-year average of 73 percent. March 2019 wheat futures closed at $5.15, up 8 cents since last Friday. March 2019 wheat futures traded between $5.04 and $5.19 this week. March wheat-to-corn price ratio was 1.37. Mar/May and Mar/Jul future spreads were 6 cents and 12 cents. May 2019 wheat futures closed at $5.21, up 8 cents since last Friday. The Crop Progress report estimated winter wheat


condition at 55 percent good-to-excellent and 13 per- cent poor-to-very poor; winter wheat planted at 95 percent compared to 93 percent last week, 99 per- cent last year, and a 5-year average of 99 percent; and winter wheat emerged at 86 percent compared to 81 percent last week, 91 percent last year, and a 5-year average of 92 percent. In Tennessee, winter wheat condition was estimated at 67 percent good- to-excellent and 2 percent poor-to-very poor; winter wheat planted at 83 percent compared to 74 percent last week and 90 percent last year; and winter wheat emerged at 67 percent compared to 59 percent last week and 78 percent last year. In Tennessee, June/July 2019 wheat cash contracts ranged from $5.04 to $5.40 for the week. July 2019 wheat futures closed at $5.27, up 7 cents since last Friday. Down- side price protection could be obtained by purchasing a $5.30 July 2019 Put Option costing 32 cents es- tablishing a $4.98 futures floor.


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membership in the Ken- tucky Vegetable Growers Association, Kentucky State Horticulture Soci- ety or the Organic Asso- ciation of Kentucky and entry to the Grape and Wine Short Course. The conference pro-


gram and registration in- formation are available online


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