Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- HRW Wheat Seedings Jump 4% Higher- Wheat Seedings and Two Other USDA Reports Offer Oklahoma Insights
- Allendale's Rich Nelson with a Few Surprises on January WASDE Numbers
- Angus Breeders Survived 2020 By Being Flexible And Quickly Adapting, Says CEO Mark McCully
- National Angus Bull Sale Excels in New Location
- The 2020 Oklahoma Cotton Crop Was Good, But Could Have Been Better, Says OSU Extension Cotton Specialist Dr. Seth Byrd
- Growth Energy Supports Senate Letter to President - Elect Biden on Biofuels Priorities
- OCA Ranch Rodeo Gives $22,555 to the Children's Hospital Foundation
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HRW Wheat Seedings Jump 4% Higher- Wheat Seedings and Two Other USDA Reports Offer Oklahoma Insights
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Wheat farmers have planted four percent more acres to hard red winter wheat in the fall of 2020 than a year ago- USDA saying that 22.3 million acres have been planted. Leading the way with increased acres being planted is the number HRW state, Kansas. Kansas farmers planted 7.3 million acres of wheat for 2021 production- up 11% from a year ago. Oklahoma planted 4.3 million acres, up one percent from one year ago while Texas wheat seedings are down two percent from a year ago to 4.8 million acres.
Besides the wheat seedings report- USDA also issued on Tuesday the Annual Crop Production Summary, which details spring planted data and the quarterly Grain Stocks report.
For Oklahoma- the second most important crop is easily the cotton crop- For 2020, Oklahoma Upland Cotton production was estimated at 640 thousand bales, 3 percent lower than 2019. Yield averaged 683 pounds per acre, compared with 688 pounds last year. Acreage harvested, at 450 thousand acres, is down 2 percent from last year.
Read more about other spring planted crops and check out the Oklahoma specific grain stocks figures by jumping to our website story- available by clicking the button.
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Allendales Rich Nelson with a Few Surprises on January WASDE Numbers
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USDA on Tuesday released its January Crop Production, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), Quarterly Stocks and Winter Wheat Seedings reports. Associate Farm Director, KC Sheperd spoke with Allendale's Rich Nelson to get his thoughts on the latest numbers, "We certainly were quite a bit surprised by some numbers, especially on the corn portion of balance sheet. As far as issues going on with that discussion point, USDA did revise last year's completed marketing year so they started this year out by saying we have a smaller grouping of beginning stocks.
On top of that, they had a huge 325 million bushel revision lower for the completed 2020 fall harvest. Sowhat we just harvested was just revised by a record amount for this specific report. Definitely some big surprises. Now, along with a 400 million bushels smaller supply number for this specific report, USDA started cutting out some demand numbers, we can agree with what they cut for corn and for ethanol, but we highly disagree with their findings of lower corn exports, and also their projections of lower corn for feed residual." To hear more comments from Rich Nelson at Allendale, click or tap below.
USDA lowered soybean ending stocks to 140 million bushels (mb), a 35 mb decline that was within the range of pre-report expectations. The agency increased its export forecast by 30 mb and its crush estimate by 5 mb to result in the lower ending stocks figure. USDA also surprisingly lowered the 2020-21 corn crop yield 3.8 bushels per acre (bpa) to 172 bpa. That dropped production 325 mb, which also lowered corn ending stocks for the crop as well.
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Angus Breeders Survived 2020 By Being Flexible And Quickly Adapting, Says CEO Mark McCully
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Flexibility and adaption were keys for Angus cattle breeders to survive 2020 and open the new year with some optimism said Mark McCully, CEO of the American Angus Association, during an interview with me at the Cattlemens Congress.
We watched our breeders adapt on how they put a sale together with more online bidding, McCully said. Just changed the way they go about things.
McCully said they came out with really good results as the response to the spring and fall sale seasons.
The breed executive said livestock shows, such as the Cattlemen’s Congress now underway in Oklahoma City, are a vital part of the seedstock industry.
It all starts with the genetics and we need opportunities to get together, display and market our genetics, McCully said.
It really sets the tone for the spring sale season, he said.
He believes the strong sales response at Cattlemen’s Congress will translate into strong spring sales.
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For our farmers who have either- always have had cotton on their farms- or those who have more recently have added the fiber crop to their operations- we have a new daily report starting to be heard on several of our Radio Stations- It's Called Cotton Talk- and we appreciate the Oklahoma Cotton Council for their support in making this a reality.
Click on the Button below to listen to our most recent report
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National Angus Bull Sale Excels in New Location
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The 82nd Annual National Angus Bull Sale overcame the challenging year of 2020 to bring an excited crowd to Oklahoma City. The renewed event commanded the attention of hundreds of visitors and buyers from across the nation, both in-person and online. Held in conjunction with the inaugural Cattlemen’s Congress, the change of scenery proved valuable for both the buyers and the sellers at the event.
As the final bid rang through the sale arena, a total of 34 registered bulls grossed $551,750, with an average of $16,227, which is an increase from years prior. The high-selling lot, Conley Verified 0853 consigned by Conley Cattle, sold for $77,500. The second high-selling lot, Wilks Guru 2035 consigned by Wilk Ranches of Eastland, Texas, was purchased for $75,000. The Angus Foundation Heifer Package donated by Benoit Angus lead off the sale and brought in a $35,000 donation to further the Foundation’s mission of youth, education and research.
“We can’t thank the folks here at the Cattlemen’s Congress enough for what they’ve done, giving us an avenue and a location for us to have our sale,” Sale Manager and Angus Regional Manager Alex Tolbert said. “The breeders stepped up in a year of change, and they brought us quality cattle and bulls with broad market appeal.”
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if you missed this morning's Farm News - or you are in an area where you can't hear it- click below for this morning's Farm news from Ron Hays and KC Sheperd on RON.
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The 2020 Oklahoma Cotton Crop Was Good, But Could Have Been Better, Says OSU Extension Cotton Specialist Dr. Seth Byrd
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The 2020 Oklahoma cotton crop was good but failed to meet everyone’s expectations, said Dr. Seth Byrd, Oklahoma State University Extension cotton agronomist.
Byrd was recently interviewed by Radio Oklahoma Agriculture Network Associate Farm Director and Editor KC Sheperd.
Byrd is new Beltwide Extension Cotton Specialist of the year, having received the award, sponsored by BASF, during the virtual Beltwide Cotton Conference, Jan. 6.
Overall, 2020 was a good year, Byrd said.
Throughout the growing season Byrd said producers had high hopes for a great year.
Some fields were great but overall, some were disappointed with the irrigated quantity and quality, he said.
Our expectations were high but we ended with a mixed bag, he said.
The early freeze in September really hurt, he said.
The October ice storm didn’t hurt as much as we thought because warm weather right after the storm helped the mature crop recover quickly, he said.
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Growth Energy Supports Senate Letter to President - Elect Biden on Biofuels Priorities
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Growth Energy Supports Senate Letter to President - Elect Biden on Biofuels Priorities
Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) led a coalition of senators in sending a letter to President-elect Joe Biden requesting strong support of our nation's farmers and biofuels industry, and to restore the integrity of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
Specifically, the senators called on the Biden Administration to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reject pending Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs) by applying the 10th Circuit Court's decision nationwide, publish Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) swiftly, approve pending pathway applications for corn kernel fiber ethanol, update EPA's biofuels emissions modeling, and include biofuels when reaffirming our nation's commitment to the Paris Climate Accord.
"As we begin the new year and new Congress, we are grateful for Sens. Duckworth, Klobuchar, Stabenow, Smith, Baldwin, and Durbin's urgency on behalf of the biofuels industry to raise these top priorities to the incoming Biden Administration," said Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy. "From swiftly publishing RVOs to rejecting SREs, this letter outlines the actions the Biden Administration needs to take to fulfill its campaign promises to rural America and make quick progress on their environmental and energy goals."
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OCA Ranch Rodeo Gives $22,555 to the Children's Hospital Foundation
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The Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association’s (OCA) Ranch Rodeo has a close relationship with the Children’s Hospital Foundation (CHF) that spans 23 years and entails raising more than $553,500.00.
The OCA Ranch Rodeo involves 12 Oklahoma ranch teams that compete in five different events depicting real life activities that happen on the ranch. The event has affectionately been called, "Cowboys Helping Kids" because of the long-standing relationship with Children’s Hospital Foundation.
“We are thankful for the continued support from Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association over the past 23 years, said Kathy McCracken, Executive Director of Children’s Hospital Foundation. “These men and women have raised more than $553,500 to ensure Oklahoma’s children receive the best care possible without leaving our state.”
The OCA Ranch Rodeo donated $22,555.00 to CHF from the 2020 event. All funds raised in Oklahoma, stay in Oklahoma.
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Today's First Look:
Ron on RON Markets as heard on K101
mornings with cash and futures reviewed- includes where the Cash Cattle market stands, the latest Feeder Cattle Markets Etc.
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Wholesale Boxed Beef Prices went higher on Tuesday- Choice Beef was up $1.45 and Select Beef was up $2.35 on Tuesdday 1/12/2021.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had 10,752 head actually sold on Monday, January 11th.
Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher, except 600-700 lb steers 4.00-6.00 higher. Steer calves steady to 4.00 higher, most advance on 5 weights. Heifer calves closing steady to 2.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Quality average to attractive. More seasonable like weather has arrived with temperatures warming to the mid to upper 50's by mid to late week. Cattle futures improved some late last week, however high corn prices continue to curb demand for feeder cattle.
Click below for the complete closing report.
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OKC West in El Reno had 4,000 head of calves for their Tuesday run-
Compared to last Tuesday: Steer calves traded 1.00-4.00 higher. Heifer calves sold 5.00-7.00 higher with exception of calves over 500 lbs mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Demand good.
Click on the button below to check out the report from USDA Market News.
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Each afternoon we are posting a recap of that day's markets as analyzed by Justin Lewis of KIS futures - click below for the latest update on the Livestock and Grain Futures Trade..
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Okla Cash Grain:
Daily Oklahoma Cash Grain Prices- as reported by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture- The report available after the close of the Futures Trade for that day.
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Our Oklahoma Farm Report Team!!!!
Ron Hays, Senior Farm Director and Editor
KC Sheperd, Associate Farm Director and Editor
Dave Lanning, Markets and Production
Sam Knipp, Farm News Editor
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