Well good morning and welcome to this morning's webinar. My name is Dave Ripplinger. I'm an economic specialist at the NDSU Extension. NDSU Extension is happy to once again partner with FSA today to talk about or continue our webinar series on FSA programs. Today we're going to learn about ARC, PLC, and acreage reporting and we'll start with Laura Heinrich, Farm Program Director with FSA. Before we get too far again a reminder, Mariah mentioned this earlier. If you have any questions please enter them in the chat and we'll get to them at the end of the at the end of the talks. And also we will keep you on mute and have your video off to save bandwidth and give attention to our speakers. So Laura the floor is yours. About the agricultural risk coverage and price loss coverage program or ARC PLC. This program provides a safety net to farmers and ranchers when there's a substantial drop in revenue or price for covered commodities. In 2019 producers had the option of enrolling in three different programs under the ARC PLC. The first two programs price loss coverage or PLC and agricultural risk coverage county or ARC county use historic base crops and are not dependent on planting a covered commodity. PLC provides cover, excuse me, provides coverage from price losses of covered commodities and agricultural risk coverage or ARC county provides revenue loss coverage at the county level for covered commodities on the farm. Agricultural risk coverage individual or ARC IC program provides revenue loss coverage at the farm level for all acreage planted to a covered commodity across all of the producers enrolled ARC IC farms. This program does require the producer to plant a covered commodity to be eligible for a payment. So for 2019 enrollment election it did end on March 15, 2020. The program election that was made under the 2019 program will also apply to the 2020 program year and producers must enroll in the 2020 program year by June 30th of 2020. Unless that producer selected a multi-year contract option for the farm, if they did select that multi-year contract option there is no further action needed for them for the 2020 enrollment period. Right now in North Dakota we're about 85 percent complete for the 2020 enrollment period but if you're one of those 15 percent that have not enrolled we do want you to contact your local FSA office to complete an enrollment for the 2020 ARC PLC program year. Producers will have an opportunity to update their program election for the 2021 program year and that sign up will start in October of 2020. The second topic I wanted to discuss with ARC PLC is the PLC yield update. So owners will have a one-time opportunity in 2020 to update the farm PLC yield on a commodity by commodity basis. So on the farm the producer can up or the owner can update the wheat yield and not the barley yield. So it is a commodity by commodity basis for the update. The yield update uses the years 2013 through 2017 by taking a simple average of the years the crop was planted times 90 percent subject to an additional factor that we'll cover in more detail in a minute. If the yield in any one of those years 13 through 17 is less than 75 percent of the 13 through 17 county average yield then that 75 percent of the county average will be substituted for that particular year. So to dive into the calculation a little bit further so the producer simple average yield that to determine the simple average yield if the crop was planted in two years we'll add the yield for both of those years together and then divide by two. If that commodity was only planted once in 2013 through 2017 we'll take that one year times 90 percent times that additional factor and that additional factor is obtained by dividing the average of the 2008 through 2012 average national yield for the cover commodity by the average of the 13 through 17 average national yield for the cover commodity. This factor can't be lower than 90 percent or exceed 100 percent. This is the factors that additional factor that's applied for each cover commodity. So what resources do we have available for the producer to use to certify to those yields for the 2013 through 2017 program year. The first report we have available is the RMA report of yield data and here's an example on the screen producers who have purchased federal crop insurance may use yield data reported to RMA by their crop insurance agent or approved insurance provider for determining the yield to certify on the CCC 867 which is the yield update form. Producers may obtain the RMA report of yield data from their local FSA office and use the report to certify to their yields in 2013 through 2017. More than likely most of the producers obtained this report probably last fall when they were in the spring when they were signing up for the 2019 program year. So a lot of producers may already have this on hand if they haven't had time to submit that 867 to the county office on the may already have this and they can use it to help certify their yields. The crop insurance yields on the report of yield data summary are those used to establish the APH database for each subsequent crop year. So while the FSA farm number is listed on the report in some instances the data is summarized by the insured unit end year. The yield update process must be completed as the farm is constituted constituted for the 2020 program year. The report may not include all of the farms or may include additional farms for a particular year in 2013 through 2017 that the producer has or had an interest in for the 2020 farming operation. Producers must use the most accurate yields to certify their crop yields and may not want to use this report if the data isn't accurate to what their 2020 operation is this year. How can the data on the report be used? The yield data for each crop insurance unit can be used but you'll have to match that up with the applicable farm number for each covered commodity in year. This may require splitting or combining unit acreage and production to match the 2020 FSA farm number or the acreage within that farm number. Producers may also use a blended producer average yield and that's listed on the report for the cover commodity in year and can be used for all acres of the cover commodity on all the FSA farms for that year. The blended producer average yield must be attributed to all farms that had those acres as listed in the 2020 FSA farm acreage history. It cannot be used with acreage of the cover commodity that was not under control of the producer in an applicable year but is now part of the 2020 year. So if you picked up additional acreage in 2020 or at any time between 2013 and 2017 that's now part of that 2020 farm yield FSA farm. You will need to use a substitute yield for that acreage that you picked up if that acreage is not included in the RMA data for that particular year. The second resource we have is the RPLC election and yield update analysis report. This report is available just to North Dakota County producers. It's something that we put together here in our state office for producers and what this report lists is the 2013 through 2007 planting history for cover commodity and it's provided for each FSA farm number that the producer has an interest in. So it lists each planting history for 13 through 17 and then we just want to make sure that you're aware that if there's any field boundary changes on any of the acres in that farm that the acres might not be 100% accurate but it will indicate whether that crop is planted or not and you'll need to research what the yield was for that particular acreage on the farm. It also provides the substitute yield so that's 75% of the county average that could be used in the calculation if you had a yield for that particular particular year that fell below the county average 75% of the county average. The last thing the report provides that'll help in the yield update process is the minimum yield. This is the minimum average 13 through 17 yield that's needed to increase the existing PLC yield. So this the existing 2019 PLC yield is listed on the report. It takes that yield divides it by the 90% factor and then divides it by that additional factor for each cover commodity to determine what the minimum average yield you would need to increase your PLC yield on the farm. So that's just a basic overview of the information on how to update a 2020 PLC yield update and what information is available to producers to assist in that process. More information on the program is available on the National Arc PLC website and the website is listed there with a screenprint of the information that's available. If you click on the resources button on that website you will find a yield update calculator and you can use that calculator to enter in your yields for each particular year. It has the substitute yields built into the calculator so it'll substitute the yield when necessary and then you can print the CCC 867 and have an owner of the farm sign it and provide that to the FSA office for the yield update. So that's all I had for the Arc PLC program Dave so I believe Ron if there's any questions I'll take those now and I believe Ron will be up next with some acreage reporting information. All right well good morning everyone. My name is Ron Duvall. I'm a compliance program director for North Dakota FSA office. I'm going to cover some of this acreage reporting slides and in my assistant or my program assistant here Mary Rademacher she's going to cover some special circumstances that we may have with acreage reporting. So we're going to just start with the purpose of the 578 so the reason that we the reason that we have a 578 is that we use that data to collect to determine compliance with farm programs. We use it to verify compliance with the highly rotable and wetland provisions of farm bill. We collect that data for FSA and other USDA agencies to use for program decisions so like when when we come up with other programs around the the nation this data is taken into account when when our congressional folks get together and determine disaster programs and such. We also use this to determine producer eligibility for loans and LDPs the acreage is used for that. We also determine crop and producer eligibility for our farm programs and these are just some examples you'll see ARC PLC, emergency livestock assistance program, livestock forest disaster programs, NAP that be our non-insured crop disaster assistance program, our market assistance loans and LDP, CRP, WIP and other programs and you guys have probably heard about the CARES Act and and and those are the kind of programs that we're going to use this crop this crop and reporting data for. So we have two acreage reporting dates in North Dakota. November 15th is our our date for apoculture fall and fall seeded small grains. July 15th is where we would handle grass seed, perennial forage and all other crops and there's just a little note here that we want to make sure everyone realizes that filing a timely and accurate acreage report for all crops and land uses can prevent loss of benefits because everything that we have in FSA feeds off of it feeds off of this acreage report for all those other programs that we're talking about. So we want to make sure that everyone files a timely and accurate acreage report and our folks out in the county offices they really want to do a good job for our producers and and we're going to get accurate reports we just need to make sure everyone gets in and meets these deadlines. So in our acreage reporting process there's really five steps that we we go through and the first step there the county office will create maps for the producers and then step two county offices distribute those maps to the producers, step three producers review maps for accuracy and then labels with the current year crop data and we're going to go through each of these steps in more a little bit more detail in just a minute here but step four producer schedules appointment to report acres with the county office and step five the producer meets with the county office and reports acres and that's when we would get the report signed. So step one step one is a map creation so the maps that you get when you come into the county office that is a compilation of a whole lot of data that we collect throughout the year and some of that data is changes and that that are made in our farm record system and that follows through with ownership changes such as land sales entity types and and any any kind of change that may come up with with our farm records operator changes other tenants are people coming and going as a land that you the land that you're farming with someone else ranch with someone else farming that last year or are you bringing someone on to plant potatoes or or some other crop that affects in our county office that affects how those maps and how accurate the maps are and land use changes when you know especially when you get around places where there's oil or gravel or urban sprawl as as the land use changes we have to change our records which in turn changes our maps and so what we really want to what I really wanted to get to on this slide was that was how important it is that we report changes to our operations to our county offices just to prevent any acreage reporting delays that may come in the future it's just a simple phone call and and the county office can help you with any any issues that you may have with these changes to your operation so step two after we after we put together maps then the next step is to distribute the maps and typically what we do for distributing the maps in North Dakota is that we would email the maps or we would have producers come by the office and pick them up but in 2020 because of the 2000 the COVID-19 pandemic all our acreage reports reporting maps that we have left in the offices at this time all of those are going to be mailed out we have emailed some and we've probably handed some out in special ways to people but what what we want everyone out there to know is that all our maps are going to be mailed out you should see you should receive your maps and if you have not received your maps you can go ahead and give your county office a call and then make sure that they get them to you now if you would like a digital copy of your map you will have to contact the county office and then they can they could email those out to you and then you'll have a copy for your records on your computer so step three is it's a really important step because when those maps are mailed out to you we want we want you to to make sure the producers to review those maps for accuracy because what we want to do is to make the process for acreage reporting easier for everyone so when you get your maps if you could just open them up and and check and make sure you have all your maps do you have all your maps or and and if you don't have them all you just think to yourself well did you pick up any new land or any of that did I forget to tell them that I picked up a section here or there and or I picked up some grazing land that I that I hadn't had before in previous years you also want to make sure that that your boundaries are correct if the boundaries aren't right then you may have some acreage reporting issues along the way and and and we just want to make sure that that all of our programs that are fed out of this acreage reporting system that the acreage is going to be correct and matched up and then again do do you have any other tenants this year are there is anyone coming on I know when I was a county director in Lisbon we had quite a few people that would come on for potatoes so you have someone that in and out one year for potatoes and out the next year or or maybe out in on some grazing and out on the next year just those kind of things that we maybe don't think about always how they would affect our maps but they really do they affect our acreage reporting and and the shares and and things on that acreage report and then anything else I just have some question marks there there could be a hundred other reasons why a person their maps may not be accurate but if you could just take a peek at that and just let us know we'll be happy to change that and then we then we get a good acreage report put together for this year okay and then so then step three is just when our producers when you after you've reviewed the maps and decide that everything is correct what we want you to do is to ensure that all your maps contain the following information so when you fill out your maps I'm sure most people have done this before but not everyone what we need is we need the field and subfield number some the maps come with a field number on them but when you have prevent plant you have wet you have other things and what we do is we would say there's field one a that is is crop so it would be field one a is soybeans and then field one B would be prevent plant soybeans just so you just so you understand that we also want to know the approximate boundaries of the crop if it's different from the CLU so there again that same example with soybeans if you have a soybean field that happens to have a wet spot in the middle of it that wet spot we want you to draw around that wet spot and then put an acreage in that so then we can we can load it into our software and say that that field of soybeans is soybeans and that the field that's the subfield that's prevent plant would be its own field of prevent plant we also want to know if there's any special patterns like a skip row pattern out there when when applicable we want to know the intended uses so if you've got soybeans for grain or if you have soybeans for seed or if you have hay or if you have for for forage or if you may have green chop or something like that out there we need to know that too so we can get that loaded in the system right we also need to know producer shares so if you're sharecropping if you're sharecropping on a 70 30 basis or if you're sharecropping 50 50 for whatever reason or if you're we just need to know what your share is on that crop and sometimes you may have a crop out there that's like maybe you have 100 share in let's say crp or grass and then you do a crop share with someone on your soybeans we need to know those shares because if those shares if those shares don't show up on the report then we load the report wrong and then we have a problem there too so we just want to make sure everyone has the best experience possible and and that's really I guess why we're having this whole call we also need to know the crop and the crop type so corn or soybeans and then we need to know the number of acres and the irrigation practice and the planting date step four this is uh this is a really important part of this process step four the producer schedule appointment so what we what we're going to expect this year is that because of this pandemic we want all all county offices are going to require producers to make an appointment to complete that acreage report for 2020 and and those I'm not going to tell you how to to to do an appointment or any how to make your appointment with your county office because every county office is going to they're going to be handling their appointments in in their own way so what what I want to stress to you is that you contact your county office and make an appointment as soon as possible after planting so that the county offices will be able to timely load those acreage reports and and and get them back to you and then step five would be just to meet with your county office and and bring those maps make sure you bring those maps to your appointment to prevent delays now this year is kind of it's an interesting interesting time we're in with this pandemic you know our offices at the present time they're all they're all closed to the public not closed we're we have people in the offices man in the offices but our services coming through the phone email like that so we're trying to to protect everyone with social distancing and we don't exactly know where the what direction this is going to go in we still have an active pandemic if you could call it that going on in our nation and so if you want to just contact your county offices they'll schedule an appointment for you and then we can make sure that everyone gets their acreage reports in now these special cases we're going to hand those over to mary if anybody has any questions i'll be glad to answer those after mary's done okay good morning everyone as ron already mentioned my name is mary ronemacher and i'm a compliance specialist in the north dakota state office and i will be going over these three different uh special cases for some people it might be uh familiar with it but then for others this might be a new thing for them this coming year so i will be covering how to report prevent plant field acreage as well as hemp so obtain to obtain prevent plant credit in our county offices we do consider prevented planting is the inability to plant the intended crop acreage with proper equipment by the final planting date for the crop type because of a natural disaster and it would need to be a natural disaster rather than a management decision in order to claim prevent planting credit in our county offices producers will need to report the prevented planted acreage to fsa by completing part b on a ccc 576 within 15 days after the final planting date of the crop so in addition to reporting your prevented plant on the fsa 578 you will also need to file form ccc 576 as well as providing that form county offices may require you to provide additional information to substantiate your claim so that could be information that differentiates a natural disaster versus a management decision to not plant the acreage once you do file a ccc 576 please remember that that form cannot be reported before the final planting date and then once you do provide that form it cannot be withdrawn or revised after submission so as your county office is assisting you in completing that form just make sure that you are checking it over for accuracy so for reporting failed acreage that does follow a somewhat similar process but for failed acreage we consider that to be acreage that was timely planted with the intent to harvest but because of disaster related conditions that crop failed before it could be brought to harvest to claim failed acreage credit we would also need to have you report that acreage on an fsa 578 to fsa as well as complete a ccc 576 and it's important to do both of those items before the disposition of the crop fsa is required to go out and verify that the crop did fail in order to have it count as failed acreage as with the prevent plant remember that once the 576 is submitted a failed acreage claim cannot be withdrawn or revised so again double check it for accuracy before submitting it now moving into hemp something new for this year with the agriculture improvement act of 2018 that did authorize producers to grow hemp under a license that can be issued by a state tribe or the USDA so USDA's agricultural marketing service or MS is the agency responsible for regulating the hemp production in the United States additional background on hemp hemp is defined as the plant species cannabis sativa l and any part of that plant which would include the seeds and all derivatives extracts cannabinoids isomers acids salts and salt isomers whether growing or not with a delta nine tetrahydro cannabinoid concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis so that delta nine tetrahydro cannabinoid or thc which is much easier to say is the primary intoxicating component of cannabis so ams as well as federal and state will be regulating the thc level of hemp cannabis with a thc level exceeding 0.3 percent is considered marijuana which remains classified as a schedule one controlled substance regulated by the drug enforcement administration so as producers who might be growing hemp likely know or have been told they need to make sure that they are following guidelines and regulations according to their license to ensure the thc level does not reach 0.3 percent so when it comes to fsa hemp producers must be licensed growers and they will need to file acreage reports with fsa to comply with state and thrill law the information that is gathered from our acreage reports will actually be shared with ams to help with them in tracking and compliance of hemp growing additionally producers are required to submit their license number at the time that they do certify their acreage with fsa this is ron ronda voligan the hemp reporting in this overview the 2020 acreage reporting deadline for hemp is august 17 2020 what i want everyone to remember is that the 2020 acres reporting deadline of august 17 that's the deadline to report the acres but according to the law that those hemp acres they must be reported as soon as possible after you plant it because that's part of the regulating process are the the state and national and tribal licensing folks they want to know when those acres are planted and that'll include even when it's planted in the greenhouse and all but you'll you'll know that from when you apply you'll get all the regulations on that but just so you know this august 17 deadline to report acres that's like a final plant date almost it's not that's not we report our hemp by then you have to report your hemp as soon as possible after you plant it okay so then the acreage report moving on there the that report will capture the data on the planted fail and prevent plant acres for hemp as well to file an acreage report producers should obtain a hemp production license or authorization number issued by usda state or tribe and then they must file an acreage report with fsa identifying each field or subfield in which the hemp is planted including the license or authorization number the field or subfield could be referred to as a lot and or includes greenhouses now this this hemp reporting is relatively new for our county offices and and we're getting new data all the time on how we're going to handle this hemp reporting but just so you guys know like when you come into the county office you're going to have to know the acres or or even if it's we can and we can we can report acres down to one one thousandth of an acre so if you've got a greenhouse that's only point two acres or point one acres full of this hemp then we're you still have to report it to our county offices and then you'll want to do like i said before you'll want to provide the acreage report immediately after planting just to so that you make sure that you remain in compliance with federal and state law so as part of the hemp reporting process you want to identify the intended use of hemp being reported and i know i didn't go through all the intended uses for the other crops but because this is so new and and and exciting for everyone i just wanted to make sure that we covered these intended uses so hemp can be reported as fiber which you know that fiber would be used for cloth uh pressed plastics ropes animal bedding paper biofuels packing packaging concrete additives and spill cleanup you'll also see the cbd or cannabidiol that cbd we see it all over in every gas station every every every uh pharmacy around the country and that cbd is grown for extraction of plant resin which includes cbd and other phytocannum and benenoids to be extracted from the flower that's subject to fda regulations resins may be used in such items as oils lotions cleansers bath or other pharmaceutical or topical products you also will be able to report as grain that would be used for hemp hearts crushed seed oil not cbd and protein supplements human and or animal for animal consumption and then we also you'll see for seed that would be used for propagation stock hybrids or non-human consumption there um and then information on program eligibility you for for fsa you can find that on our website at farmers.gov slash hemp and and and even more than just hemp if you if you go to this farmers.gov website you can find anything about fsa that you want there it's a really good resource for acreage reporting it's a good resource for loans loan rates you name it you're gonna find it there if you uh if you look for it and that is all i have we're gonna move it on to uh lindsay all right hello everyone um my name is lindsay abintrop and i handle public affairs and communications for north Dakota fsa um we all know that communication is key uh and we want to keep you updated and educated um always but especially now uh we've got so many different programs and deadlines going on um so i'm just gonna quickly go over um the ways that you can make sure that you know about all of those uh forthcoming deadlines and program information and opportunities like this one where we are able to partner partner with nbsu to host um these educational outreach uh webinars in which we're so thankful for that partnership all right um producers land donors and really anyone interested in keeping up to date with important fsa programs deadlines and information are strongly encouraged to sign up for our gov delivery newsletters and also often to receive your county fsa text message alerts uh these two communication systems allow um our information and our deadline reminders uh to be sent right to your email um address um and also your phone um so as this flyer mentions um to subscribe to gov delivery newsletters um on the very last paragraph there uh you can visit www.fsa.usda.gov um back slash subscribe um and there you can uh choose to select to receive our state office newsletter as well as any county newsletter in the state of north dakota that you would like to receive information from our state newsletter goes out every single month and it encompasses all the different program areas with fsa and information and then our county newsletters are a little bit more specific to the county that you live in and will be real personalized information for you in that county and actions and deadlines and information that you'll want to act on and know about um now our fsa text messaging is uh fairly new um but producers must opt in to receive them so you'll have to sign up for them by yourself and um it's pretty easy you just text um your state as well as your county as it explains on here to fsa now or 372-669 um and uh we have included the example steel county on here so nd steel um it doesn't matter if you're using uppercase or lowercase or a mix as long as you um have your state at the beginning as well as your county um at the end and um every state um in our nation um has gov delivery so if you are listening in from minnesota or south dakota montana you have that option also to receive information from your state and county that you reside in um just a few things to mention about our um text messaging um you will if you do it correctly you're going to receive a system generated reply um that will tell you that you've successfully enrolled um standard text messaging rates may apply um so if that is of concern to you please contact your wireless carrier for details associated with your data plan um participants may unsubscribe at any time and we're only going to text you important um flash updates on critical information that you're going to want to know um it's going to be during business hours we're not going to be bugging you at 10 o'clock at night and um you might hear from us a few different times in one month or you might not hear for us for a few months we're just going to send you out that quick information that you will want to ask on so if you ever have any questions or have any trouble signing up for our newsletters um or our text messaging certainly reach out to your county office and they will be glad to help you get set up with um our communication services here okay the next uh slide i'm just going to point out um all of the different service centers in north dakota um you'll notice we have a service center in every county except for billions in slope um the big black dots indicate where we also have a farm loan presence in that office also um so just a little update on on where we're located and where you can and where you can find us okay the next few slides um i'll move through fairly fast but um here we have listed the phone number for you um for every single county as well as the email address that won't just go to the cd or the flm or the pt but rather everyone in that office will be able to access that email therefore if somebody is on sick leave or or gone and you have important information that you're sending via email somebody should be receiving that email as long as you use this county group email address and um as we've mentioned our speakers have mentioned today this is a very important way that you can communicate with us um until these social distancing provisions are over um so that we can find additional ways to um to help you out remotely so i've just listed every single county office here along with the email address and the phone number go through here and again um this will be recorded and you'll be able to access this information um in case you miss it and i scroll too fast um for address information or for additional information um for your local service center here's our service center locator on farmers.gov and then just a couple of communication resources um farmers.gov is a fantastic website and they are improving and enhancing that website all the time um lots of helpful information on there um with not just FSA information but our sister and partner agencies through USDA such as NRCS and RMA you can and access information on that website as well and then we have a specific coronavirus and USDA service center's website also so another website that you might want to be mindful of and and check out just done uh certain updates um and of course we will be um rolling out new programs um related to coronavirus um and the mechanics will be will be announced soon so you will definitely want to um stay up to date on everything that we've got going on so that once those that information is able to be shareable we'll be able to to get that out to you and you'll be able to access it on these sites as well. Um and then just our presenters today we had Laura Heinrich our PLC um here's her contact information um as well as Ron Duvall um and Mary Rademacher who uh went through acreage reporting um and some hemp information also um our state director executive director is Brad Tickison his information is included included on here and um myself as well if you were to ever have any questions certainly reach out to any of us and um that's all I have for you today we thank you for your time and I will roll it back today for any questions for any of the presenters that may have come up in the chat box. Great thanks Lindsay I think we do have a couple of questions Marad if you want to field those. Sorry about that um so we have one question for Laura is why would Minnesota be using 75% as a factor to update PLC when North Dakota is using 90% percent? Um that Minnesota would be using the same uh calculation factor the same PLC yield calculation um as North Dakota I think when you're talking 75% that 75% would be used as a substitute yield if there is a low yield um in a particular year but that calculation of taking the the simple average of 2013 through 2017 times 90% times that additional factor that's applicable to every farm in the nation regardless of the location. The 75% comes in just when there's a low yield in a particular year um that it could be replaced with 75% of the county average. Yeah and just a quick reminder that a recording of this webinar and the two previous webinars will be on the NDSU Extension Farm Management website near WRLs on the screen. This will give you just a few more seconds to complete the poll I I want to again thank uh FSA uh all of the speakers today in a previous meetings uh and Executive Director Brad Tegeson for for working with NDSU Extension again we've long had a positive working relationship with one another and this is just one more way that we can work together um and once again if you can take some time to complete that poll uh and if you have any more questions feel free to direct them to Miranda or me or the experts as Lindsey shared some of their contact information today. Thanks everybody.


So, having done this problem now let us do one more problem in order to get complete understanding of how to calculate during a process what parameter changes. So, let us come to the problem number 2 where p 1 again is the same as what was given as 6.5 bar the value of x 1 is given. So, again it tells us that it is a wet steam or a two phase region moment x is given and x is less than 1 we know that it is a two phase mixture. So, x 1 is 0.8 and the point t 2 is 550 degree centigrade. So, what we know is t 2 is 550 degree centigrade and also this process from 1 to 2 is constant pressure process this is very important this tells you that the pressure remains constant. So, on a PV diagram this will be horizontal line earlier we had a vertical line for a PV diagram because it was a constant volume process in this case is a constant pressure process and therefore we will have a horizontal line over here alright. So, let us now solve this problem I will just show in brief in this problem what has been given is pressure what has been also given is x 1 therefore we know that it is a two phase. So, we can easily calculate the properties at point 1 and what has been given for the table for the point 2 is the temperature and corresponding to that we can see what are the values at this temperature and because it is a constant pressure and we can get the details at point number 2 also. So, let us go to table number 1 where we can see what is the state of this point 2. So, as is known to us that the process is constant pressure process that means at point 2 also the pressure is 6.5 bar. So, what we have to see is going to 550 degree centigrade we can see what is the T-sat pressure T-sat at 6.5 bar is and compare that T-sat value to 550 degree centigrade and get the state of point 2. So, first look at the state 1 which is at 6.5 bar which is 0.65. So, again I will have to interpolate this between 0.6 and 0.64 and 0.66 get those value here similarly I will compare this temperature the temperature happens to be around 163 and 164 and we know for sure that 550 degree centigrade is much more than this it implies that we are in a super heated region straight away a very simple calculation can be done here the temperatures are 161 and 162 we our temperature is 550 degree centigrade which implies that we are in a super heated region straight away. So, knowing that the point 1 has got x value that means it is a two phase mixture while the point 2 is in super heated region by understanding its temperature and pressure with this knowledge let us come back to solving this problem. So, question number 2 what we know is P 1 is equal to 6.5 bar what we know is x 1 is equal to 0.8 and for point 2 what we know is P 2 is 6.5 bar and what we also know is T 2 is 550 degree centigrade this is the data. So, after interpolating the values at 0.65 MPa we will calculate the values at for given x value as 0.8.  So, v f v 1 as we get are 0.234 meter cube per kg h 1 we get as 2344.4 kilojoule per kg and s 1 we get as 5.77 kilojoule per kg Kelvin and u 1 also we get as 2192.23 kilojoule per kg alright these are the values at state 1 at state 2 we know that T sat at 6.5 bar is around 162 degree centigrade approximately that is what we found and therefore we know that our T 2 is more than T sat at 6.5 bar and therefore this is in superheated region alright and therefore I can get the values of superheated region from now table 3 alright and get the values from table 3 now at 550 degree centigrade again you may require to do interpolation I will not show your table 3 values now here but from here what we get is v 2 is equal to 0.58 meter cube per kg u 2 is equal to 3212.9 kilojoule per kg h 2 is equal to 3591.3 kilojoule per kg and s 2 is equal to 8.1 kilojoule per kg Kelvin this is what is going to be 0.2 importantly I would like to plot this again on a PV diagram so this is a P and V and this is what the state would look like PV diagram so I can draw the pressure at 6.5 bar this is a constant pressure process therefore both the states would lie on this line as we say that at 0.1 we got x 1 is equal to 0.8 so therefore my 0.1 could be somewhere at this point because this is the entire length this is entire from 0 to 1 that is what our dryness fraction is and 0.8 would lie somewhere at this point well 0.2 will in a superheated region outside this dome maybe somewhere at this point this is my process 1 to 2 all right this is what it would look like. So let us come back to the table and put these values at 0.1 and 0.2 at 0.1 x was given as 0.8 the values of v u h and s were calculated by proper interpolation and at 0.2 now where the properties we found from table 3 now where we know that we are in superheated region the different properties of v u h and s are given over here at this point all right thank you very much.


This is Think Tech Hawaii. Community matters here. Aloha y bienvenido to Hispanic Hawai'i and Richard Concepcion. The Hispanic Heritage Month is from September 15th to October 15th, in recognition of the different contributions that the Spanish Americans have given to the United States. Today's guest is Nancy Ortiz. She is the executive producer of the Alma Latina show and she is the owner and she's here to help us to see what is happening with the Hispanic Heritage Festival that is coming up on October 15th. Nancy Ortiz, welcome to the show. Oh, thank you and thank you for having me on your wonderful Hispanic Hawai'i show. Nice to be here. Thank you. No, it's always a pleasure to have you here. So let's start it, but tell me a little bit about yourself, the things that you do for the community, and what inspired you to become the leader in the community and develop the Hispanic Heritage Festival, which I know this year is the 27-year anniversary. Come on, talk about myself. I'm a local born Puerto Rican. Of course, I was born and raised here on Oahu, but I have roots in Puerto Rico, my grandparents. Migrated from there here. So, yes, local born Puerto Rican, but I'm still Puerto Rican. And as far as being a leader in a community, I guess I just took on that title being that I enjoy doing what I'm doing. As you know, I have a radio show. I have my own Alma Latina productions and I produce a lot of different Latin events around town and then how I got involved with the Hispanic Heritage Festival 27 years ago. It was through the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce when we did have it, and hopefully we can revive that again one day. But that's how I started. I started just doing the entertainment portion, and now for up 10 years, I've been doing the whole festival itself. But it's been enjoyable, and I certainly hope that the people out there continue to support it, because that's really important. Well, that is the key for the community. You put all together and we all come and support it and become part of the festival. You mentioned about your radio show, but you also is the executive producer and owner of the Miss Latina Hawaii Organization. Yes, I am. So you do a lot. Yes, I'm the co-director of the Miss Latina Hawaii Organization, which is a preliminary to the Miss Hawaii Miss America Organization. So tell me a little bit about the radio show. What's the program it's all about? Well, the program is designed to play the best in Musica Latina, and we try to cover all the different countries, but many times it's hard. As you know, you are the co-host of the Alma Latina show, and it's difficult to find all types of Latin music, but we try our best to do it. We play a little bit of classica. We play updated salsa, bachata merengue, you name it, we try. And then, of course, we have a segment that is called Hispanic Scoops, which I'm really proud of, because we try to focus on what is happening around town, the nightlife, and other special events happening in the Hispanic community, all here on Oahu and sometimes in neighbor islands as well. Not only that, sometimes you bring information that has happened with all the different promoters, and you help others. And that's what I like so much about the Alma Latina radio show that is not only about you sell, but it's for the community and everybody able to use it as long as they come in and give you the information. I'm glad you say that, because you're absolutely right. The Alma Latina show is very unique, as that a lot of the promoters out there that are promoting all types of Latin events, they get free advertising of the Alma Latina show. And so I really like doing that, and I never want to change that, but I want to make sure that the promoters out there know, and the different venues know as well, so that when we ask for support that they're there for us as well. And the Alma Latina show airs every Tuesday from 9 in the morning until 11 and 11 a.m. And again, we invite all of you to please listen to us. Richard is with me and he does a good job. Thank you so much. So let's talk about the Miss Latina Hawaii. So the competition is coming as soon as we are looking for the new Miss Latina Hawaii to represent the Latin community. That's right. And we also hope that we can give out a Miss Paradise Latina and a Miss Aloha Latina. We've added two more crowns if we get enough girls. And the Miss Latina Hawaii organization started six years ago. And as I said previously, it is a prelim to the Miss Hawaii, Miss America. And in 2017, well 2016, 2017, yeah, our Miss Hawaii, our Miss, yeah, our Miss Aloha Latina. Alison Chu became Miss Hawaii and she went on to Miss America. And we're really proud about that. She didn't win Miss America, but it still was a wonderful thing to see that our Latinas are growing up higher and higher.  And we've given away quite a bit of scholarships. And so ladies out there, young ladies out there that are between the ages of 18 to 25, they've now increased the age, 18 to 25. And we'd like to represent the Hispanic community. Please get a hold of us, give us a call or get on our website or our Facebook page. And we'll give you all the details. There's so much and you're, you're sure it's only half an hour. I don't want to do it. Okay. But it's good to know, you know, that we have Miss Latina Hawaii that can come in and represent the Latin community. And they have you back and they have the Latin community back. And there's a lot of opportunities for them as well, scholarships. So you're so busy, you do so much. So let's go into the Hispanic Heritage Festival. Let's talk about that. Oh my God, it's exciting this year. It's going to be really, really exciting. We've just got so much. And also we want to let the audience know that Hispanic Heritage Festival, the theme for this year is shaping the bright future of America. Now that is awesome. That's wonderful. With all the things that are happening, this is an awesome theme. And we're going to have, of course, many food vendors there, a lot of Mexican food vendors, Puerto Rican vendors, lots of delicious foods, like we said, we'll have some crafters there. We have children's activities. We have Waipao High School that's involved with us to share that we're doing all of the games and things for our children. We have a community health tent. We just have so much. But we've got entertainment, Richard, that you would not. It's unbelievable. We've got groups like Los Caballanos, Eddie Ortiz and the Son Caribe Band, Aguaduce, Salsa Band, and of course, all the way from Sacramento, we have Don Gato Latin Band. And they play a little bit of Cuban influence, a little bit of classic salsa, just a little bit of everything. They do everything, even Cumbia. Yeah. And they even do some top 40 tunes. Top 40. And then, all the way from Arizona, from Phoenix, Arizona, we've got Valley Folklorico de Santa Maria. And there's like 20 dancers, and they're awesome. Just to perform for the festival. And this group, right here that you're seeing on the screen, and they fundraise. They fundraise for like two or three months just to come to Hawaii. They paid their own trip, hotel accommodations, everything. So that is, we really got to show them the Elojah Spirit. Yes, we had to. And then of course, this year, we're adding the Hawaii Latino Film Festival. Yes. So we don't want to forget about that. And we've got some awesome, awesome things that are going to be shown. I believe that we're showing three different films. And one is going to be seen from Theta. The other one is Submarino. And the other one is Deeper Than Skin. They all produce locally here. And what we love about the Hawaii Latino Film Festival is giving them the power, the opportunity to the future filmmakers and storytellers here in the local community. So there's going to be a lot that you're going to be able to see at this festival. And like I said, we got so much. But then, of course, we love to celebrate, right? And what we always do. So on Friday the 13th, we got a pre-party. You don't want to miss that, people. You don't want to miss that. A pre-party is going to be sensational. And it's going to be at Crossroads, Hawaiian Brines. And it starts at 8 until 8 p.m. to 2 o'clock in the morning. 2 o'clock in the morning. Oh, wow. And it's going to be featuring, again, Agua Ducey, Salsa Band. They're going to open up. Don Gato will be there, of course, playing. He's a main band. We're also going to have DJs. That has changed. But we are going to have a DJ. We're going to have DJs. And again, this happens at Crossroads at Hawaiian Brines, 1680 Kapilani Boulevard. There's advanced tickets that you can get. Advance is $20.25 at the door. But, and the monies will go back to these two groups that have fundraise to come here to our festival. So this is our way of giving back. And besides talking about giving back also at the festival, as you know, there was a devastating hurricane that it's just so hard to talk about in our homeland, of course, Puerto Rico. And so we will have a booth there taking donations, monetary donations that you can designate to a nonprofit that you wish and other things that are going to be done, too. And, you know, check out my Facebook and we'll let you know all about it. So you can bring any things, any items that you want to bring? Well, right now I don't, yeah, the gal that is chairing this, her name is Nancy as well. Yeah, from the Puerto Rican Heritage Society, she is going to be collecting things. But, you know, we got to be careful about that because then we got to figure out how we're going to get it to our people in Puerto Rico. Yeah. So right now, I think what they're doing is monetary donations, checks, whatever, and making it out to the nonprofit. There's a listing of non-profit. We're not only doing it for our brothers and sisters in Puerto Rico, but we're also doing it for our brothers and sisters in Mexico. In Mexico. So it'll be a dual thing. So, you know, the festival is absolutely free. And that's how I was going to ask you. It's free and open to the public. It's absolutely free, open to the public. You know, please be there. Our main sponsor this year is Sinaloa Tortillas along with Jarritos and Serge's Mexican restaurant. And we really thank them because without them, we would not be able to have this festival. And of course, all of the vendors and whatnot. This is great. This is a lot of things that was going on. Yes, a lot of things. And the community. Let me ask you, you had the Army, the Tuna Fe Infantry Division Army Band. Thank you for reminding me. Yes. Oh my God, we're so excited. Yes. Because in all the 27-year history, we've never had this. We've never had the—well, we've had, you know, the military participate in the color guard portion. But look, look at this bed. I'm just so excited. That's great. So we're going to have them come and join us. And they'll be entertaining as well. And in a couple of days, check out our website and you will get the program schedule as to what's going on. All right. Let's talk about just a little bit. All the different foot boots that is going to be available there so people can come in and support the community by buying food and stuff like that. Correct. Okay. Well, for the Mexican portion, we've got Mercado de la Raza and Mexican restaurant that was just opened up right with Alfredo. They're going to be there. We also have Surges, Mexican kitchen. We also have Guadalajara tacos. And we also have Fiesta Mexico from Evo Beach. And he was actually one of our first vendors when we did it 27 years ago. So he's returned. And I'm glad he's back. Yeah. And he's going to do it again. And then we're also going to have Jenny's Wepa Flavors with her delicious Puerto Rican foods. And we're also going to have another boot that's only going to be selling in Panadillas. And that's going to be for a very worthy cause, Richard. And just real quickly, I'm going to touch on that, but I think you know that my grandson, who's on the mainland, he's 30 years old, is going to be having a kidney transplant. And very dear to my heart, of course, to our family. So we decided as a family that we were just going to sell in Panadillas. We'll cook it right there on site, or you can purchase it frozen. And all of the funds, of course, goes to his fairly kidney fund as well. Wow, there's a lot of food there. So Nancy, let's take a quick break and we'll be returning and continue talking story of what's going to happen to the October 15th for the Hispanic Heritage Festival. This is Stink Tech, Hawaii, raising public awareness. This crazy thing going on today. I was just walking by and all these DJs and producers are set up all around the city. I just walked by and I said, what's happening, guys? They told me they were making music. All right, welcome back to the Hispanic Hawaii. I'm here with Nancy Ortiz. We're talking about the Hispanic Heritage Festival that's coming out on October 15th. All right, welcome back. Thank you. I'm just so excited about this whole thing. Oh my goodness, there's so much to talk about. One thing I want to ask you, where is the location that's going to be? That's a good idea to let you know. Okay, this is going to be at McCoy Pavilion and that's at the Alamona Beach Park. It's right across the street from the Alamona Shopping Center. Alamona Shopping Center, perfect. And there's lots of street parking, or you can park your car at the shopping center and walk across the street, or yeah, if you really want to go to someplace, you'll go. You got it. Yeah, you'll go. Let me ask you, do you know how many Latinos are here in Hawaii? I think the last census, there was 121,000 Latinos, which actually encompasses also the military. So it's not just Latinos that live here and go back and forth. So about 121,000. Before we went into, Brett, you would talk about the 28th Infantry Division Army. Yes, no, I'm so excited. So can you mention all the group that's coming in? That's coming, yeah. We have, of course, Wali Rita and Los Cauyanos from Kawa'i. And of course, they're a favorite of the local Puerto Ricans here. They play what we call kachikachi music. So can you tell me a little bit about the story, how the kachikachi music comes to be what it is? Well, this is what was told to me by my grandparents that how the name kachikachi came to our Puerto Rican band was that, I guess, in the plantation days and the different plantations, our local Puerto Ricans would get out there and play their music and would use laguido, the gore, the guido. And so it was always in a different camp, like the Asian camps, with the Japanese and the Chinese or whatever.  And that's what was told to me. That's how we got the word. That's the name. That's it. And of course, what it is, is our own Puerto Rican música típica, our own typical traditional music. All right. Let's talk about Aguaduce and San Caribe band. Okay. Well, Aguaduce, of course, is a new band that's come out. They're with nine pieces. And of course, Carlos Betancourt is from Puerto Rico. And he's retired from the military as well. And he wanted to do his own thing on trying to get live Puerto Rican music going. And so that's what he did. He's used a lot of different band members from different places. And he's come a long way. And he continues to play and really want to thank him for that. And of course, Eddie Ortiz and San Caribe band, well, we've been together for a long time. And in fact, they also was one of the first bands that played at the Hispanic Festival. They also played for the Miss Latina Hawaii Padgett. They've also played for many, many groups that I brought in, opening up for, you know, Tito Puente, Germano La Vera, Luisito Rosario, just so many. And then, of course, they're celebrating their anniversary as well. I believe it's their, was it their 13th? Yeah, I'm sorry. It was not, yeah, but they are celebrating the anniversary. And of course, they play every Wednesday at Rumors Nightclub. What about the new group, Viva Cubana? Okay, Viva Cubana, I don't know too much about, you know, Tom and his group, but I know that you've had the opportunity of seeing him play and whatnot. So maybe you can elaborate a little bit. Yeah, had the opportunity to do an interview and watch him perform right at the studio is the Biver Farnay. Something very difficult to play, bring some wonderful Cuban, yeah, it's just, it's just playing. And then the sound that has come is beautiful mix with, you know, with the drums and it's Afro-Cuban mix beat. It's really good music. I'm excited to hear that. Mine is going to be great.  Oh, they're the first one. Yes, they're the first group.  Let's talk about the dancers we have, Linda Melodia Dance Company. Oh, my cushion. This group I can't talk enough about because Emily and Stefan Kahn are just awesome people. Every festival that we've had, since they've been here, they have been with us. They also are one of the premier groups for the Miss Latina Hawaii Padgett that they're every year. They even choreographed a couple of years ago. So they're all over and you don't want to miss them. People, they are really, really sensational. And this year, she is bringing three different groups. So you'll be able to see all the different. Because they created school, right? Yes. So now they're teaching. Yes. Yes. Yes. Wow. So look up, Linda Melodia, if you want to learn how to salsa. Oh, yeah. Let's talk about Teri Suki. Teri Suki was right here in the stadium. Teri Suki, she is, she is, I call her the energy bunny because she's so energetic. She's always, and she had an opportunity of going to the salsa congress and show her talents there. And she's always there whenever we have things going on. She always says, hey Nancy, I'm there, you know. And she's quite a young lady. And Honolulu Suki, what is that Suki all about? Suki is, you know, I'd like to say it's, and if I'm wrong, I'm sorry, but I'd like to call it, it's a combination. It's a, it's a sexual dance really. Okay. But it's, it's a combination of a bachata and a salva bolero. But in a, in a more, how do you call it, like a serene, relaxed kind of, you know, there you go. There you go. So we're going to be having that with Kimberly and the rest of the group. And they're, they're great. So you're also going to have Carolina, Carolina and Zumba. That's right. Everybody's going to be dancing Zumba.   Yes, yes. And she's, she's awesome. She's going to be there as well doing that. So we're only going to have some Hula Studios coming in, I think. Yes. K-K-Ulu Hula Studio. And every year, the Como Blaine Dutro does our opening ceremonies. And so he'll be chanting as we do in Hawaii, even though it's a Hispanic festival, we keep that tradition. To the tradition group. Right. So he'll be doing the blessing and, and chanting for the day to open up. And then his Hula will be doing a couple of numbers as well. And his studio just came from L.A. Company, you know, Las Vegas? They were in Las Vegas. Yes. And actually, he took his Connie Division, which is his men, and they took first place in everything. Do we have anything for the children, so they can play? Yes. Wipaho High School will be manning the booth for the children this year. And what they're going to be doing is make and take things. So they have things that the children will be able to make and take. And unfortunately, at McCoy Pavilion, we're not able to have bouncers and things of that. So that's what we're going to be doing. And hopefully they join in the summa as well. And they're also going to have face painting and just a lot of little just games and things just for the kids not to get bored. But the place is so big that they'll have, they'll be able to run around. Run around, burn their energy. Yeah, you got it. Let's go back to the Miss Latina, Hawaii, because Isabella Garcia is going to be there. That's right. She is, unfortunately, our Miss Paradise Latina, Noi, who plays a piano, she'll be at Carnegie Hall. And so we're so proud of her during that time of the festival. So Miss Latina, Hawaii, which is Bella Garcia, will be there. But this young lady has a voice that you would not believe she sings mariachi style. So she's going to be building some tunes there. It's going to be nice for everyone. So don't miss that. And we're also going to introduce the contestants that we have right now for the Miss Latina, Hawaii pageant. And what is the qualification in order for them to participate in the Miss Latina, Hawaii? Okay, well, let's see. I don't have it here in front of me, but let me see if I can remember. Yeah. Okay. But they have to be 18 to 25.  They have to have a little bit of or some type of Hispanic, right. And this year, we have included the Portuguese, Portuguese and Brazil to be a part of this too. So if you are from Portugal or from Brazil, we want to include you in this as well. So they can do that. They have to either be graduating from high school or they have to be working wanting to continue their education because this is a scholarship program. And let's see what else. What are the other qualifications? They have to be a six-month resident of Hawaii. Yes, at least six months resident of Hawaii. Correct. What is a different stage? I know you had an interview on stage. We have the talent. So they have to have some type of talent. And a lot of the girls kind of say, well, we don't want to enter. We don't have talent. People, talent can be anything. Anything.  So they try to do some, you know, fitness or what. Yeah. Because you remember now, you remember, one of the Miss America's won by just doing the Cups, remember? Wow. I'm going to go to the U.S. Yeah. And so, yeah. And so you never know. You never know. But that is one of the things, you know, several of the things that we do. But again, their category as far as scoring is your interview, your lifetime of fitness, which is a swim where they're talent. And they're not gone. They're evening out. Yes. Yes. They're evening out as well. Those are some of the qualifications. And again, people, if you're out there listening and you would like to be a part or you would like to represent the Miss Latina Hawaii Padgett, please get a hold of us or give us a call at 285-0072. And we'll put you in touch. And going back to the Hispanic heritage. You like that, don't you? Yes. Let's talk about the Latin dance workshop. It's going to be a workshop to teach people how to dance. Yeah. I think Teri Suki is going to be involved with that and some of the other dancers.  Yes. Wow. And anyone can participate. And it's free. And also Latin connection is going to be there doing interviews. Oh, yes. He's going to be doing all kinds of interviews over there. So that should really, really be good. You're going to be busy, right? Yes. Yes. And again, I really want to stress our sponsor, Sinilua Tortillas and Hadito Drinks. They're going to be actually giving away some tortillas. And we're going to have the hula halal going to their booth and sell the Haditos, the drinks. The drinks, yes. And those are delicious, all the different Spanish drinks. So you don't want to miss that. And they've got a lot of other surprises. There's going to be t-shirts giving away as well. And like I said, there's so much stuff. You just need to come, people. Don't forget the Hispanic Heritage Festival, the 27th annual come McCoy Pavilion. It's in the Alamona Beach Park. It's on October the 15th. It's on a Sunday this year. I know everybody's so used to it having it on a Saturday, but it's on a Sunday. And it is from 11 o'clock in the morning until 8 o'clock at night. Wow. And it's free. It is open to the public. Come and have breakfast, dinner, lunch, dinner there, because it's going to be a lot of food vendors. So you want to be there. I'm ready. You're ready? Yes. Okay. Well, let's go. I want to say thank you so much for coming. Before I say that real quick, I just want to remind everybody about the pre-party. Please don't forget the pre-party. The pre-party is Friday the 13th. And we want you there too. We want you there as well. Okay. All right. We want to say thank you so much for coming and telling us everything that we need to know about the Hispanic Heritage Festival. Oh, thank you for having me. This has been fun. Thank you so much. All right. It's time for us to say goodbye. And don't forget the Hispanic Heritage Festival on October 15th. McCoy Pavilion on the Alamona Beach Park. It started at 11 a.m. and ran all the way to 8 p.m. Hopefully we see you there. It's open and free to the public. Aloha y gracias.