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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday, March 19, 2021
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- OYE Market Show Produces a Grand Result for Four Young Oklahomans
- OYE Hands Out $300,000 in Scholarships and Honors Eight With All State Academic Awards
- Lucas, Keller Work to Save Rural Hospitals, Reintroduce RURAL HELP Act
- OSU Crop Marketing Specialist, Dr. Kim Anderson says Excitement is Starting to wane in the Commodity Markets
- New Dietary Guidelines Say It's Okay to Give Beef to Infants And Toddlers
- Dairy cows with no Access to Outside Pasture may have Damaged Emotional wellbeing
- Cotton, Sorghum, and Sesame Production Meetings- Harmon and Jackson County Oklahoma March 23, 2021.
- Pollard Farms Annual Bull Sale This Saturday
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OYE Market Show Produces a Grand Result for Four Young Oklahomans |
Reign Scasta of Madill 4-H won the 2021 OYE Grand Champion Market Steer honors with his 2021 Champion Chianina Thursday night- earning the right to the first of 214 market animals to sell on Friday afternoon in the 2021 Sale of Champions- Click here for the full list of young people and details on their animals that will be sold.
The Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer in the 2021 OYE was the Crossbred Champion- shown by Carlee Clark of the Muldrow 4-H.
Earlier on Thursday- we talked with the 2021 Steer Judge, Jack Ward(behind the steer in the pic above) of the American Hereford Association about the event- and the relevance of these type youth market animal contests. - click here to listen to Jack and I.
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Over two thousand barrows were sorted over the three day 2021 OYE Market Barrow Show- the best of the best was named Thursday evening as Steven Sanders of Guthrie FFA won Grand Champion Honors for his Crossbred Champion- he will sell second in the Sale of Champions on Friday afternoon.
Reserve Grand Champion Barrow was the Champion Hampshire- shown by Hagen Cundiff of the Perkins Tryon FFA.
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The town of Canute owned the 2021 Oklahoma Youth Expo Grand Champion Market Lamb drive- Colt Randle of Canute FFA took Grand Champion Market Lamb honors with his Champion Hamp while Sayde Allen of Canute 4-H had the Reserve Grand Champion Lamb with her Crossbred. |
The Grand Champion Market Goat was a repeat affair for young Addyson Schneberger of Carnegie FFA- she won the last time we had a market show at the OYE- the 2019 event.
We talked with Addyson- her comments are a part of this story on our website that includes the list for the Sale of Champions set for today at 4 PM- and Addyson's Goat will be the fourth animal sold.
Reserve Grand Champion Market Goat was show by Cara Cummins of the Hollis FFA.
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OYE Hands Out $300,000 in Scholarships and Honors Eight With All State Academic Awards |
Just ahead of the 2021 Oklahoma Youth Expo Grand Champion Drive- Over $300,000 in academic educational scholarships were awarded to 70 students across the great state of Oklahoma.
At the top of the list- eight students were named as Academic All State Award winners.
The Academic All State Program honors the top Oklahoma Youth Expo scholarship applicants. The Academic All State Program is designed to model athletic all-state programs in which a select few are recognized for their outstanding achievement and dedication to success. Each of the Academic All State members have been awarded a $5,000 educational scholarship. The Academic All State members were chosen based upon an application and interview process.
The eight who won the title of Academic All State include the following:
Braden Heisler Waukomis FFA
Taylor McGill Tuttle FFA
Halle Rowland Silo FFA
Austin Hooten Stillwater FFA
Marlie Farris Granite FFA
Mason Smith Elk City FFA
Braden Burns Kingfisher FFA
Abby Bell Bristow FFA
Braden Burns of Kingfisher FFA was also awarded the Robert A. Funk Achievement Award. This award is given annually to the premier junior livestock exhibitor achieving success in the show ring, academics and community involvement throughout their junior livestock show career.
We talked to two of the Academic All Staters ahead of the award presentations- and you can hear our conversation with Braden Burns and Mason Smith by clicking on the Link below.
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Lucas, Keller Work to Save Rural Hospitals, Reintroduce RURAL HELP Act |
Last week, Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) in reintroducing the Reviewing Urban and Rural Adjustments to Level Hospital Expenses and Lopsided Payments Act, otherwise known as the RURAL HELP Act in the 117th Congress.
The legislation aims to bring parity to inpatient Medicare reimbursement payments between rural and urban hospitals to help struggling rural hospitals survive by requiring the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine the precise level of systematic disparity that exists between urban and rural hospital payments in such reimbursements. The legislation also specifies that once the evaluation is completed, the Secretary shall make an adjustment to CMS payment policies to make up for the identified disparity.
As it relates to Oklahoma’s Third Congressional District, the RURAL HELP Act will help keep the following hospitals open by providing reimbursement parity with urban or suburban hospitals:
- AllianceHealth Woodward, Woodward County
- AllianceHealth Ponca City, Kay County
- Great Plains Regional Medical Center, Beckham County
- Jackson County Memorial Hospital, Jackson County
- AllianceHealth Clinton, Custer County
- Blackwell Regional Hospital, Kay County
- Stillwater Medical Center, Payne County
- Hillcrest Hospital Cushing, Payne County
- Stillwater Medical- Perry, Noble County
- Elkview General Hospital, Kiowa County
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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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OSU Crop Marketing Specialist, Dr. Kim Anderson says Excitement is Starting to wane in the Commodity Markets |
Oklahoma State University Extension Grains Market Analyst Dr. Kim Anderson talks about what is going on in the Wheat Markets weekly on SUNUP.
This week Dr. Anderson says the excitement with the prices is starting to go down a little bit, "You look at wheat prices, go back in February, you could forward contract for harvest delivery for $6.50 A bushel. Right now it's around $5.95 Something like that. Corn, you can forward contract harvest delivery $4.59 That's down from $4.70, So it's, 11 cents down not much there. Milo has went down from late March, $5.65 down to $5.56.
Nine cents there, so not much. Soybeans $11.73 For hardest delivered beans right now, down from $11.92. So you don't see much going on in the markets, I think wheat is more risk than the corn, Milo , and soybean prices, I think we may have support there, but they are probably going to wall and we may have support there they're probably going to wallow around. But Wheat, I think we still got some more downside pressure."
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We invite you to listen to us on great radio stations across the region on the Radio Oklahoma Ag Network weekdays-
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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New Dietary Guidelines Say It's Okay to Give Beef to Infants And Toddlers |
New dietary guidelines saying it’s okay to feed infants and toddlers beef is potentially a whole new market for the beef industry.
On Today’s Beef Buzz Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm I talk with Heather Buckmaster, executive director of the Oklahoma Beef Council, about those new guidelines.
This is the first time the dietary guidelines have provided recommendations for this age group, Buckmaster said.
The Oklahoma Beef Council (OBC) and the Washington State Beef Commission (WSBC) have launched a series of “whiteboard” explainer videos as part of a new national educational marketing campaign that helps educate parents on the importance of feeding babies beef as an early complementary food, Buckmaster said.
The campaign, directed by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, is called “Beef in the Early Years," and is just the latest example of how the Beef Checkoff is leading the way when it comes to emerging science that shows introducing solid foods like beef to infants and toddlers helps them pack every bite with protein, iron, zinc, and choline, which are important for healthy growth and development.
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Dairy cows with no Access to Outside Pasture may have Damaged Emotional wellbeing |
Over the past year, we have been shown the psychological damage that lockdown can have on human wellbeing. New research led by Queen’s University Belfast has found that “livestock lockdown” may also damage emotional wellbeing in dairy cows. The research has been published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports.
In humans, negative moods are linked to pessimistic judgements about ambiguous stimuli, e.g., depression and anxiety sufferers tend to expect fewer positive outcomes in life. By contrast, happy emotions and moods are linked to more optimistic judgements.
This study is the first of its kind to investigate whether dairy cows also have this judgement bias, and whether optimistic judgements can be used as an indicator of psychological wellbeing, which is important for animal welfare.
Dr. Gareth Arnott, Senior Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at Queen’s University and principal investigator on the research, explains: “Animal welfare scientists and dairy consumers have long been concerned that depriving dairy cattle of pasture access harms their welfare. Pasture access can promote natural behaviour, improve cows’ health, and cows given the choice spend most of their time outside. However, the effects of pasture access on dairy cows’ psychological wellbeing have been poorly understood - that is what our judgement bias study intended to measure.”
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Cotton, Sorghum, and Sesame Production Meetings- Harmon and Jackson County Oklahoma March 23, 2021 |
Harmon county OSU Extension office and Jackson County is offering Cotton, Sorghum, and Sesame Production Meetings coming up Tuesday, March 23.
You need to register TODAY with either the Jackson County or Harmon County Extension office!!!
The event will take place 11:30 a.m - 2:30 p.m. at the Harmon County Expo Center.
Topics include:
Cotton Production Management Topics for 2021
Cotton Herbicide Programs for 2021
Cotton Insect Updates for 2021
Dicamba Certification - 2021
Certified Pesticide Applicator Updates
Sorghum and Sesame Production Management Topics for 2021
SPEAKERS: Dr. Seth Byrd, OSU Extension Cotton Specialist
Dr. Todd Baughman, OSU Row Crop Weed Science Specialist
Mr. Jerry Goodson, Extension Assistant, IPM
Mr. Gary Strickland, Jackson County Agriculture Educator
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Pollard Farms Annual Bull Sale This Saturday |
The Pollard Farms 22nd Annual Bull Sale is coming up Tomorrow, March 20th
12:30 p.m., at the Ranch
504 E. Wood Road
Waukomis, Oklahoma 73773
(Located one mile east of Highway 81 on Wood Road)
They will be Featuring, 18 HOME-RAISED SERVICE-AGE ANGUS BULLS
Fall 2019 Long Yearling to Spring 2020 Yearling Bulls…many E.T. full & half brothers from our top donor dams.
36 Registered Angus Females…fall 3-in-1 pairs & bred females plus spring pairs
40 Commercial Angus & Angus-cross Spring-Calving Heifers…many with calves at side
- Structurally Sound
- Genomically Enhanced EPDs
- Elite Angus Genetics
For more information on the Sale, call Dr. Barry & Roxanne Pollard
at the Ranch Office 580.758.1464
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OKC West is our Market Links Sponsor- they sell cattle three days a week- Cows on Mondays, Stockers on Tuesday and Feeders on Wednesday- Call 405-262-8800 to learn more.
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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 were slightly higher on Thursday March 18th- Choice Beef was up 14 cents while Select Beef was up 52 cents.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Weekly Cattle Auction Reports
The buttons below allow you to check out the weekly Cattle Auctions in the region that we post on our website and here in our daily email update
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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
Pam Arterburn, Calendar and Template Manager
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Host Ron Hays talks with Oklahoma Third District Congressman Frank Lucas about two recent pieces of legislation that he voted against- HR 1, the Democrat's Voting Rights Bill that would strip power away from the states on how to register and verify voters- and also the Budget Reconciliation Bill that the Biden Administration is calling the American Rescue Plan. Hays and Lucas also talked about confirmation of Tom Vilsack to be USDA Secretary- Lucas saying he is "relieved" that Vilsack was President Biden's choice to be Secretary.
Rep. Lucas also talked about the CFAP money that is being held up by the Biden USDA- saying that Congress offered explicit instructions on funds to be spent to compensate cattle producers who sold cattle at a loss April 15 thru May last year as COVID devastated the market.
The Congressman also talked about the groundwork ahead of a 2023 Farm Bill and what he is working on in the Science Committee to help research back on track after a year of dealing with the Pandemic.
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