Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday, August 27, 2021
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- OSU's Kim Anderson Says Wheat, Corn and Sorghum Price Volatility Lessens This Week
- The Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Shows Drought Worsening in Northwestern Oklahoma
- More From NCBA's Kent Bacus on Why Beef Exports to China, Japan and Korea Work
- Oklahoma Agritourism: Come See an Island Filled With Goats at Lake Tenkiller!
- Bob LeValley Offers Beef Quality Assurance Program Injection Site Guidelines
- Nation to Nation Tribal Virtual Consultation Meeting A Great Success
- Grower Groups Disappointed Neonicotinoid Draft Biological Evaluation Does Not Reflect Actual Product Use
- Next Generation Fuels Act Provides Key Piece of the Clean Energy Solution
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OSU's Kim Anderson Says Wheat, Corn and Sorghum Price Volatility Lessens This Week
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This week on SUNUP, Oklahoma State University Grain Marketing Specialist Kim Anderson said wheat prices continue to be volatile but have stayed within a 10-cent range of around $6.80 this week.
With wheat, corn and sorghum prices follow.
“They’ve also been volatile,” Anderson said.
This week corn prices fluctuated within a 20-cent range, averaging at about $5.20. In Medford, Okla. Sorghum is going from $5.50 to $5.55.
Just the opposite is going on with soybeans and cotton.
“Soybeans - they knocked off 80 cents over the last couple weeks, but put on 40 cents this week, they’re back to about $12.60,” Anderson said. “Cotton got up to 95 cents last week - it went down to $0.93 - it’s wallering at $0.93 to $0.94 now.”
Anderson said as the wheat harvest wraps up and new information becomes scarce, farmers should see prices begin to level out.
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Midwest Farm Shows is proud to produce the two best Farm Shows in the State of Oklahoma annually- the Tulsa Farm Show each December and the Oklahoma City Farm Show each April.
They would like to thank all of you who participated in their 2021 Oklahoma City Farm Show.
The Tulsa Farm Show is Oklahoma’s premier agricultural and ranching event which returns to the River Spirit Expo (Expo Square) December, 9-10-11, 2021.
Now is the ideal time to contact the Midwest Farm Show Office at 507-437-7969 and book space at the 2021 Tulsa Farm Show. To learn more about the Tulsa Farm Show, click here.
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The Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Shows Drought Worsening in Northwestern Oklahoma
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According to the report, heavy rains fell this week across parts of central and northeast Texas and southeast Oklahoma. The small area of short-term moderate drought along the Oklahoma-Texas border received enough rainfall that drought conditions resolved.
On the other hand, northwest Oklahoma was left drier this week. Northwestern counties that were experiencing abnormally dry conditions are now dealing with moderate drought conditions. Currently, no areas of the state are experiencing conditions any worse than moderate drought conditions.
All of Woods county is experiencing moderate drought conditions, while Alfalfa, Grant, Harper, Major and Woodward counties all saw existing moderate drought conditions expand.
Conditions in Beaver, Cimarron, Kay, Noble, Osage, Pawnee, and Texas counties remain the same.
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More From NCBA's Kent Bacus on Why Beef Exports to China, Japan and Korea Work
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Yesterday, Kent Bacus, senior director of international trade and market access for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, told me that U.S. beef exports are booming in eastern Asia. He said thanks to former President Trump’s Phase One trade deal with China and individual trade deals with Japan and South Korea, the beef industry has skyrocketed since. He goes as far as calling the situation overseas “… a bidding war between Japan, Korea and China for U.S. beef.”
Today, Bacus turns his attention to U.S. trade with Japan, which faced a significant disadvantage versus competitors like Australia and Canada in the Japanese market until the Trump Administration concluded direct negotiations with Japan, putting our beef on a level playing field with beef flowing into this rich Asian economic superpower.
“Because of that, we have just been selling record amounts of beef into Japan,” Bacus said. “Unfortunately, we sold too much into Japan last year and it triggered a temporary safeguard.”
The US has faced these challenges on the Safeguard trigger before and is actively renegotiating with Japan to prevent those triggers from happening again, according to Bacus. Overall, he said the U.S. beef industry is in a great position with the Japanese tariff set to come down, the South Korean tariff set to be eliminated in the following years and China being wide open for trade.
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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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Oklahoma Agritourism: Come See an Island Filled With Goats at Lake Tenkiller!
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Oklahoma Agritourism encourages Oklahomans to take a trip to Lake Tenkiller and see an Island filled with Goats!
You can find the goats on Pettit Bay, also known as "Goat Island" on the northwestern end of the lake in the town of Pettit.
Many locals have named the goats, so you can call them out by name: Yin-yang, Onyx & Lone Ranger (L-R) are these cuties names.
Sightings are even often seen from across the bay at Six Shooter Resorts.
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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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Bob LeValley Offers Beef Quality Assurance Program Injection Site Guidelines
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Weekly, Oklahoma Beef Quality Assurance Coordinator Bob LeValley offers his expertise on animal health. This is a part Oklahoma State University's weekly series known as the "Cow Calf Corner" published electronically by Paul Beck. Today, LeValley talks about injection best practices.
“In order to reduce the incidence of injection site lesions, injectable products should be administered subcutaneous (SQ) if the label allows. Intramuscular (IM) injections not only increase soreness compared to subcutaneous injections, some products given IM cause muscle damage which subsequently causes a significant amount of expensive carcass trim. Knots or blemishes from SQ injections are much easier to find, examine and remove at the packers. Because of these considerations, the national Beef Quality Assurance program adopted a policy that all injections (antibiotics, vaccines, parasiticides, vitamins, prostaglandins, hormones, and all other injectables) be given in front of the slope of the shoulder, that products with SQ labeling be selected in preference to products labeled for IM use only, and that IM injections if required, be limited to not more than 10 cc per injection site.”
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Nation to Nation Tribal Virtual Consultation Meeting A Great Success
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The Oklahoma Tribal Conservation Advisory Council and the Oklahoma leadership for the agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, hosted a “Nation to Nation” Tribal Virtual Consultation Meeting August 17.
This was truly a special event with all of Oklahoma's sovereign tribes having been invited to attend.
More than 105 individuals registered for this year’s virtual event.
The hosting tribe for this year’s event was the Chickasaw Nation, and Chickasaw Governor Bill Anoatubby provided the welcome message.
Tribes in attendance included: Wyandotte Nation; Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation; Eastern Shawnee; Fort Sill Apache; Modoc Tribe; Muscogee Nation; Osage Nation; Peoria Tribe; Quapaw Nation; Caddo Nation; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes; Iowa Nation; Shawnee Tribe; Seminole Nation; Citizen Potawatomi Nation; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes; Otoe-Missouria Tribe; and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees.
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Grower Groups Disappointed Neonicotinoid Draft Biological Evaluation Does Not Reflect Actual Product Use
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Grower organizations representing a variety of crops are disappointed with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) draft biological evaluation (BE) for several neonicotinoid products, including imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and clothianidin. Groups representing farmers across the country say that failure to consider real-world usage data in the analysis conducted as part of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) could limit growers’ ability to protect their crops and livelihoods and not assure endangered species are any safer.
Kevin Scott, president of the American Soybean Association, said the draft BE compares proverbial apples to oranges: “USDA survey and commercial use data are available and show how growers actually use these tools, but the draft BE instead includes application rates, numbers, types, and reapplication timing for these neonicotinoid products that are remarkably inconsistent with the actual, available data. These erroneous assumptions could have real, negative consequences for farmers and other end users if they are used for the final ESA analysis.”
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said, “We are disappointed that the Environmental Protection Agency failed to use the most accurate data in the draft biological evaluation. Farmers are judicious in their use of pesticides. EPA overstates the quantities used and therefore overestimates the impact on species. The Environmental Protection Agency should always utilize the most accurate data, especially when making decisions that could affect farmers’ access to important crop protection tools.”
Stephen Logan, chairman of the National Cotton Council's Environmental Task Force, said, “EPA’s current ESA compliance process is more like a 'what-if' scenario rather than use of best science and data. It’s a legislative conflict that no longer questions whether EPA will be sued but how soon EPA will be sued. EPA’s current compliance process seems to suggest that science and data are being dismissed due to frustration over continuous lawsuits. Meanwhile, farmers-not big companies-are the ones being economically affected. We have to rely on fewer options that often are more expensive and less effective.”
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Next Generation Fuels Act Provides Key Piece of the Clean Energy Solution
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The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) today welcomed the reintroduction of The Next Generation Fuels Act, legislation to transition gasoline and vehicles to low-carbon, higher octane fuel to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and meet future needs of more advanced vehicles by taking advantage of the benefits of higher ethanol blends.
“Ethanol is uniquely positioned to immediately and affordably decarbonize transportation, including through paving the way to future vehicles with greater fuel efficiency and fewer emissions,” said NCGA President John Linder. “The Renewable Fuel Standard was a game-changer for corn farmers, and the Next Generation Fuels Act builds on that success in advancing our commitment to providing the cleanest, most efficient and lowest cost energy solution.”
The bill would require that automakers phase in higher levels of clean, low-carbon octane by model year 2031. The higher the octane, the more efficiently the engine uses energy. As a clean octane standard, the bill requires that sources of additional octane result in at least 40% fewer GHG emissions than unblended gasoline and sets new limits on toxic hydrocarbon aromatics.
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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 bounce higher- Choice Beef was up 38 cents and Select Beef was up $3.90 on Thursday August 26th.
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
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