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North Carolina has the largest

number of acres planted to small grains this year since 1910 according to our records. There are about 960,000 acres of wheat, 35,000 acres of barley, 16,000 of acres rape/canola and projected to have 100,000 acres of Grain Sorghum if seed stocks can be found for planting.

Someone asked me today to comment on what the crop looks like across the state, we had wheat planted in October and continued until the week of Christmas, I would say at this point we have a little short of an average crop. Some plantings are on target, there are some nutrient shortages, some had nitrogen applied too early and too much growth has occurred. I have seen that some fields need to be grazed or cut back. Right now we have about 4-6 more weeks of weather that

could be cold or if wet during the

pollination period making conditions right for a visit from an unwelcome problem……Scab or DONS. It is important to keep an eye and ear out for “Wheat Alerts” from NCSU and Randy Weisz, if problems occur. Also, go to http://www.smallgrains.ncsu.edu/ for information from the NC Small Grain Production Guide and Videos that have been prepared for helping identify problems such as Powdery Mildew, Rust, SNB or Scab to mention a few.

We really can’t estimate the crop until mid to late April when we get past the Easter possibility of a freeze and the grain is pollinated and then we can see the potential.

NC Wheat Forecast for 2013 by Dan Weathington

Farm Bill Signed into Law P.1

Southern Farm Show P.2

NCSGGA Announces 2014

President P.2

2014 Board of Directors P.3

Rapeseed: A Good Fall

Cropping Option P.4-5

Wheat Yield Contest Winners P.6

Farmer Announcement P.6

25th Annual Joint Conference P.7

Featured Recipe P.7

Calendar of Events P.8

NC SMALL GRAIN GROWERS ASSOCIATION

NC Small Grain Growers Association

3822 Bland Rd.

Raleigh, NC 27609

919.809.8657

www.ncwheat.com

http://www.smallgrains.ncsu.edu/

February 2014

FARM BILL SIGNED INTO LAW

The NC Small Grain Growers Association is excited to announce the passage of The Agriculture Act of

2014, also known as the Farm Bill. President Obama signed the Bill into law at Michigan State University

on Friday, February 7th. The Agricultural Act of 2014 is the product of the House-Senate Farm Bill

Conference. It is a five-year farm bill that reforms agricultural policy, reduces the deficit, and grows the

economy. The bill ensures that our farmers and ranchers have the tools they need to produce an

abundant and affordable food and fiber supply.

REFORMS FARM POLICY • Repeals Direct Payments and limits producers to risk management tools that offer protection when they suffer significant losses. • Limits on payments are reduced, eligibility rules are tightened, and means tests are streamlined to make farm programs more accountable. • Strengthens crop insurance, a successful public/private partnership that ensures farmers invest in their own risk management. • Provides historic reforms to dairy policy by repealing outdated and ineffective dairy programs. Offers producers a new, voluntary, margin protection program without imposing government-mandated supply controls. • Reauthorizes and strengthens livestock disaster assistance. • Supports small businesses and beginning farmers and ranchers with training and access to capital. REFORMS FOOD STAMPS •Closes the “heat-and-eat” loophole that artificially increases benefit levels when states provide nominal LIHEAP assistance. • Establishes a 10-state pilot to empower states to engage able-bodied adults in mandatory work programs. • Prohibits USDA from engaging in SNAP recruitment activities, and advertising SNAP on TV, radio, billboards & through foreign governments. • Ensures illegal immigrants, lottery winners, traditional college students, and the deceased do not receive benefits. • Ensures SNAP recipients are not receiving benefits in multiple states. • Prevents abuses such as water dumping to exchange bottles for cash. • Demands outcomes from existing employment and training programs. • Prohibits states from manipulating SNAP benefit levels by eliminating medical marijuana as an allowable medical expense. • Allows states to pursue retailer fraud through a pilot investigation program and crack down on trafficking through data mining, terminal ID, and other measures. • Increases assistance for food banks. ADDITIONAL REFORMS & REGULATORY RELIEF • Consolidates 23 duplicative and overlapping conservation programs into 13. • Provides one year of full funding for the Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program, which provides funding for vital services in communities containing federal lands. • Provides certainty to forest products industry by clarifying that forest roads should not be treated as a point source under the Clean Water Act. • Creates a permanent subcommittee within the EPA Science Advisory Board to conduct peer review of EPA actions that would negatively impact agriculture. • Eliminates duplicative reporting requirements for seed importers; requires improved economic analysis of FDA regulations. • Fully funds specialty crop industry priorities such as Specialty Crop Block Grants. HIGHLIGHTS • Saves taxpayers $23 billion in mandatory federal spending. • Includes the most significant reduction to farm policy spending in history by improving agricultural programs. • Makes the first reforms to SNAP (food stamps program) since the welfare reforms of 1996 while maintaining critical food assistance to families in need. • Repeals or consolidates nearly 100 programs administered by USDA, including Direct Payments to farmers. • Reduces regulatory barriers for job creators while making critical investments in land stewardship, rural electric, water, and other infrastructure needs that grow job capacity. • Provides certainty to America’s farmers, ranchers, and consumers by adopting a five-year farm bill.

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THE 38TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN FARM SHOW

The 38th Annual Southern Farm Show wrapped up at 4:00 pm Friday, February 7th at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. Over 400 exhibiting companies make the Southern Farm Show the largest agricultural exposition in the Carolinas and Virginia. The show hosts key industry events, and is known as the region’s annual meeting place for farmers and agricultural leaders. The combination of poor weather and over 50 more exhibitors than last year really drove up attendance. Thank you to everybody that volunteered to help in our booth this year, it was very much appreciated as we baked over 8000 cookies!!!!

Beaufort County farmer Steve Griffin was named the President of the North Carolina Small Grain Growers Association at the Annual Joint Conference and Annual meeting of the association. Steve has a multi crop farm where he grows Small Grain, Corn, Soybeans and Tobacco. Active in his church Steve is also active in the North Carolina Tobacco Growers Association. Currently he serves on the National Association of Wheat Growers Board of Directors and the Domestic Policy and Trade Committee. He is an active voice for North Carolina Agriculture in letting people know the importance of our number one Industry at about $74 million plus. In Beaufort County he serves on a committee for Ag Day for FFA students by helping with a tradeshow for all the students in the county. Steve stresses the importance of agriculture by letting people know that 1 of 5 people in North Carolina receives their paycheck from Agriculture or a related industry and also encourages young people to seek a vocation in the biggest industry in the state.

Steve Griffin Named President of NC Small Grain Growers Association

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2014 BOARD of DIRECTORS Steve Griffin – President, Washington, NC 252-975-3557, Beaufort County

Clifton Paul – Past President, Grantsboro, NC 252-745-4310, Pamlico County

Dawson Pugh – 1st Vice President, Englehard, NC 252-925-3720, Hyde County

Timmy Thomas – 2nd Vice President, Timberlake, NC 336-597-1131, Person County

David Davenport – Treasurer, Greenville, NC 252-752-6930, Pitt County

Darryl Corriher – Secretary, China Grove, NC 704-857-6557, Rowan County

Burt Eure, Hertford, NC 252-264-2427, Perquimans County

Kevin Matthews, East Bend, NC 336-468-2350, Yadkin County

Michael Gray, Elizabeth City, NC 252-331-5993, Pasquotank County

Ron Perry, Wendell, NC 919-818-9266, Wake County

Berry Lewis, Rocky Mt., NC 214-616-2081, Nash County

Marion Keech, Belhaven, NC 252-943-3141, Beaufort County

Mike McPherson, Bladenboro, NC 910-840-7410, Bladen County

Robert Foscue, Clayton, NC 919-771-4829, Johnston County

Frankie Revels, Williamston, NC 252-809-2290, Martin County

Murray McCLenny, Mt. Olive, NC 919-635-0754, Wayne County

John Ivey, Mt. Olive, NC 919-658-5429, Duplin County

Adam Stewart, Newton, NC 828-244-7269, Catawba County

Jim Radford, Mt. Airy, NC 336-374-8419, Surry County

Andrew Gardner, Marshville, NC 704-975-4741, Union County

Rick Morris, Bladenboro, NC 910-866-5485, Bladen County

John Glover, Elm City, NC 252-243-6965, Wilson County

Lacy Cummings, Pembroke, NC 910-827-1211, Robeson County

Ben Smith, Matthews, NC 704-708-5553, Mecklenburg County

Dan Weathington, Executive Director, Nikki Johnson, Marketing & IT

206 East 19th Street, Lumberton, NC 28358 3822 Bland Rd, Raleigh, NC 27609

Office/Fax#: 910-739-0236, 910-736-8258 Office: 919-809-8657

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RAPESEED: A Good Fall Cropping Option

Growers seeking an additional fall cropping option may want to consider rapeseed. Technology Crops International (TCI), headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC, is offering growers throughout North Carolina a winter rapeseed contract for the 2014-2015 production season.

Rapeseed is a bright yellow flowering member of the Brassica family and is grown primarily for its seed which yields around 40% oil. It is related to cabbage, turnip, and Brussels sprout and is very winter hardy. Oil produced from this seed goes into a variety of markets and has several uses. Some of these include; industrial lubricating oils, plastics manufacturing, fracking oil, cosmetics, chewing gum, and peanut butter.

High Erucic Acid Rapeseed, HEAR is planted in mid-September to mid-October, at least six weeks before the first killing frost. The crop is normally harvested in late May to early June, allowing growers to get soybeans planted earlier. Rapeseed can be double cropped after corn, soybeans, sorghum and cotton, in place of winter wheat.

Prior to Dormancy – mid-November Stem Extension (bolting) – late March

Flowering – early April Pod Set – early May

Rapeseed is a small seed and is planted at ½ to ¾ inch deep on 7 to 24 inch rows. The crop can be planted with a variety of equipment such as; grain drills, planters (using rapeseed, small sugar beet or small sorghum plates), or air seeders. At harvest, around 9% moisture, the crop can be direct cut using a normal wheat or soybean header.

Growers receive a nice premium compared to winter wheat for growing this specialty crop. Crop insurance has been established in North Carolina to help reduce grower risk. In addition, growers receive field visits from TCI representatives several times during the year to assess the crop, answer questions, and help insure success. Contracts are fixed price with full production guarantees and have act of God coverage should a natural disaster occur. At harvest, seed is delivered to one of several convenient delivery points across the state.

Advantages of Rapeseed:

Profitable crop with a strong global demand. The crop produces unique oil for which customers have little or no option for substitution.

HEAR helps break conventional weed and insect cycles. Helps to clean up difficult weeds and helps you from using expensive herbicides to control weeds.

Rotational benefits – Rapeseed can be planted earlier in the fall than wheat, easing fall crunch times.

Proven high yielding varieties for performance in NC.

Good drought tolerance, plus HEAR plants leave the soil in good condition due to a deep tap root. HEAR has the ability to break through compacted soils more so than many other crops.

HEAR typically comes off a little earlier than wheat, allowing earlier planting of soybeans, sorghum or sunflowers.

Rapeseed has less residue than wheat, which makes no-till planting of soybeans easier.

To learn more about rapeseed and TCI you may contact one of TCI’s Grower Relations Managers:

Western NC, Central Piedmont, and Southeastern counties – Jeff Riddle – (336) 558-3711

Northeastern NC, Eastern Piedmont, and the Blackland’s area – Stephen Fletcher IV – (252) 505-2062

For Agronomic Questions – Luke Spainhour – (336) 601-1785

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2013 Wheat Yield Contest Results

REGION NAME YIELD VARIETY TILLAGE COUNTY COUNTY AGENT

AWARD

Piedmont Johnson Family Farms/ Walter Johnson

101.1 Pioneer 26R20 No Surry James Boggs Piedmont 1st Place & 100 Bushel Club Member

Piedmont Pope Farm/ Brian Pope

99.3 USG 3555 Yes Iredell Nancy W. Keith Piedmont 2nd Place

Piedmont Barrett Flowe 93.9 USG 3120 No Cabarrus Carl Pless, Jr Piedmont 3rd Place

Piedmont Pope Farm/ Brian Pope

92.3 SS 8340 Yes Iredell Teresa Herman

Coastal Plains Sanderson Farming 117.8 DG Shirley Yes Wayne Tyler Whaley Statewide 1st Place & 100 Bushel Club Member

Coastal Plains David Kennedy 107.7 Coker 9436 Yes Cumberland Colby Lambert Coastal Plains 2nd Place & 100 Bushel Club Member

Coastal Plains Ryan Kennedy 107.6 Coker 9436 Yes Cumberland Colby Lambert Coastal Plains 3rd Place & 100 Bushel Club Member

Coastal Plains Moses Farmer 107.5 DG Shirley Yes Harnett Brian Parrish 100 Bushel Club Member

Coastal Plains Bryant Worley 104.7 DG Shirley Yes Wayne Tyler Whaley 100 Bushel Club Member

Coastal Plains Harold Lee &Sons 100.6 DG9171 No Johnston Tim Britton 100 Bushel Club Member

Coastal Plains Harold Lee &Sons 98.8 DG9171 No Johnston Tim Britton

Coastal Plains Andy Herring Farms 97.5 Pioneer 26R22 Yes Sampson Paul Gonzalez

Coastal Plains Jay Sullivan 96.3 DG Shirley No Sampson Paul Gonzalez

Coastal Plains John/Hunter Langdon 95.5 SS520 No Johnston Tim Britton

Coastal Plains Sutton Brothers 95.1 DG Shirley Yes Wayne Tyler Whaley

Coastal Plains Jarman Sullivan 94.8 DG Shirley No Sampson Paul Gonzalez

Coastal Plains Sutton Brothers 92.0 Pioneer 26R12 Yes Wayne Tyler Whaley

Coastal Plains George Pierce 90.8 Coker 9978 Yes Onslow Melissa Huffman

Coastal Plains Webb Family Farms/ Thomas Webb

90.7 DG Shirley Yes Wilson Norman Harrell

Coastal Plains Scott Dunn 89.4 DG Shirley Yes Johnston Tim Britton

Coastal Plains Cummings Farm/ Lacy Cummings

88.9 SS8308 Yes Robeson Mac Malloy

Coastal Plains Overman Farms 86.4 Oakes Yes Wayne Tyler Whaley

Coastal Plains Martin McLeod 80.5 Oakes No Moore Taylor Williams

Coastal Plains K&J Farms 79.4 SS520 Yes Martin Larco Reddick

Coastal Plains EH Dixon Farms/ Bert Dixon

70.8 Pioneer 26R15 Yes Greene Roy Thagard

Tidewater Laurence Chappell 110.4 DG Shirley No Perquimans Lewis Smith Statewide 2nd Place & 100 Bushel Club Member

Tidewater Barco Brothers Inc, Jim Barco

110.0 Pioneer 26R20 Yes Currituck Tommy Grandy Statewide 3rd Place & 100 Bushel Club Member

Tidewater Lynn Hobbs Farms 105.4 SS 5205 Yes Chowan Lewis Smith Tidewater 3rd Place & 100 Bushel Club Member

Tidewater Boerema Farms 103.9 Pioneer 26R10 Yes Hyde Rod Gurganus 100 Bushel Club Member

Tidewater Morgan Farms/ Mel Morgan

102.5 DG Shirley Yes Currituck Tommy Grandy 100 Bushel Club Member

Tidewater Scuppernong Farms/ Harry Spruill

100.9 USG 3555 No Tyrell Frank Winslow 100 Bushel Club Member

Tidewater Eure Seed Farms 100.1 USG 3612 Yes Perquimans Lewis Smith 100 Bushel Club Member

Tidewater Scuppernong Farms/ Harry Spruill

99.7 USG 3409 No Tyrell Frank Winslow

Tidewater Allen Weeks 89.5 DG Shirley Yes Pasquotank Alton Wood, Jr

Tidewater Sam Reid 73.7 Pioneer 26R10 No Pasquotank Alton Wood, Jr

ATTENTION ALL NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS

Please be reminded that NC Statue 106-602 requires “No person shall act or hold himself out as a GRAIN DEALER without first having obtained a license as herein provided (1973, c.665, s.). This law was updated in the NC Legislature last session to require that the dealer effective January 2014 must require a license with a bond of $100,000 to purchase grain in North Carolina. The N. C. Licensing and Bonding of Grain Dealer’s law provides that a grain dealer’s license may be revoked for failure to collect and remit assessments. These assessments are collected at First Market (This is the point a check is written to you as a farmer for your grain) additionally, the 1983 General Assembly enacted legislation to permit commodity associations to recover their cost of conducting audits to discover unpaid assessments plus a penalty up to 20% of the amount due. If your grain dealer is not collecting assessments or doesn’t have a Grain Dealer License displayed in his business please contact Dan Weathington, NCSGGA, 919-809-8657.

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Ingredient List:

2 packages active dry yeast

1 cup warm water (105-115 degrees F)

1 cup warm 1% milk (105-115 degrees F)

1/3 cup honey

5 1/4-5 1/2 cups whole wheat flour, divided

2 large eggs

3 teaspoons salt

1/4 cup vegetable shortening

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water.

Beat in warm milk, honey, 3 cups flour and eggs. Beat 3

minutes on medium speed. Cover bowl and let mixture

rest 20 minutes.

Mix in salt and enough remaining flour to make a soft

dough. If using a dough hook, add shortening and knead

10-12 minutes. If kneading by hand, knead 10-12

minutes, gradually kneading in the shortening until

dough is smooth and elastic.

Place dough in a lightly greased bowl, turning to grease

the top. Let rise until doubled.

Punch dough down; divide in half. Let dough rest 10

minutes while greasing two 9 x 5 -inch pans. Shape

loaves by rolling each half into a 14 x 7-inch rectangle.

Starting with the short side, roll up tightly, pinching

edges and ends to seal. Place pans, cover with a damp

cloth and let rise until doubled.

Bake in a preheated 375 degrees F oven for 25-30

minutes or until done loosely cover bread with foil the

last 5 minutes to prevent over-browning. Remove from

pans and cool on wire racks. Makes 2 loaves, 16 slices

each.

Nutritional Analysis: One slice provides 104 calories, 4 g

protein, 18 g carbohydrates, 2 g fat, 13.6 mg

cholesterol, 2.6 g dietary fiber, 19 mg calcium, 110 mg

potassium and 155 mg sodium. Source: Wheat Foods

Council, recipe courtesy of Kansas Wheat.

Featured Recipe:

100% Whole Wheat Bread

The 25th Annual Joint Commodities Conference

The 25th Annual Joint Commodities Conference of NC Small Grains, Soybeans, Corn & Cotton Producers Associations was held January 15-17 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham, hosted this year by the Corn Growers Association. The conference is an informative and educational conference dedicated to discussing challenges of farming in the 21st Century. Growers are able to hear from some of the leading figures in the industry today as well as see the latest in agriculture trends and technologies featured at the Conference’s tradeshow.

NCSGGA New President

Steve Griffin presents

Clifton Paul with the Presidential Service

Award for his support,

dedication, leadership

and vision for the future as President of the North

Carolina Small Grain

Growers Association.

NCSGGA Outgoing

President Clifton Paul

presents Phil McLain

with the Meritorious Service Award for his

support and dedication in

representing NC small

grain farmers on a state and national level.

NCSGGA Outgoing

President Clifton Paul presents Burt Eure with

the Meritorious Service

Award for his support

and dedication in

promoting agriculture.

Commissioner Steve

Troxler presents Sanderson Farming

with the Statewide 1st

Place & 100 Bushel

Club Member for the

Wheat Yield Contest.

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NCSGGA is always looking for ways to better serve our members. We have had some requests to send our newsletter via email. If you would like to receive our newsletter electronically please send your request to Nikki Johnson at the following email address: nfjohnson0902@gmail.com and we will add you to our email distribution list. Thank you!

NC Small Grain Growers Association 3822 Bland Rd.

Raleigh, NC 27609

Calendar of Events

February 26th – March 1st Commodity Classic San Antonio, Texas March 28th / 9:00am – 2:00pm Person County Agricultural Field Day Huck Sansbury Park, Roxboro, NC April 5th / 10:00am – 2:00pm Community Ag Day Clinton, NC April 9th Mount Olive College Ag Day April 30th – May 2nd Wake Up to Ag Day Iredell County Fairgrounds

May 6th / 4:00pm: Robeson County Field Day 75 Genes Rd. Pembroke, NC 28372 May 7th / 3:00pm: Rowan County Field Day Piedmont Research Station 8350 Sherills Ford Rd. Salisbury, NC 28147 May 9th / 8:30am: Chowan County Field Day CA Perry & Son 2824 Virginia Rd. Tyner, NC 27980 May 13th / 12:00 Noon: Union County Field Day 3221 Lawyers Rd. East Monroe, NC 28110 May 15th / 8:00am: Washington County Field Day Tidewater Research Station 207 Research Station Rd. Plymouth, NC 27962