Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday, October 15, 2021
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- OCA's Michael Kelsey Covers the Three M's: McGirt, Marketing and Marijuana
- Latest Drought Monitor Report Shows More Wet and Wild Weather Ahead for Oklahoma
- NCBA's Kent Bacus Talks Trade, Contrasts Biden and Trump Administrations
- Abundant 2021 Hard Red Winter Crop Reflects Expected Functionality, Value
- OSU's Kim Anderson Goes Over the Latest USDA WASDE Report
- Dairy Checkoff Unveils Undeniably Dairy Campaign Evolution to Reach Gen Z
- OKFB Foundation for Agriculture accepting donations for Louisiana producers affected by Hurricane Ida
- Petition Drive to Call for a Beef Checkoff Referendum Fails to Secure Adequate Signatures
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OCA's Michael Kelsey Covers the Three M's: McGirt, Marketing and Marijuana
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At this week's Oklahoma Rural Economic Conference, KC Sheperd had the chance to catch up with several key players in the Oklahoma Ag arena- including Michael Kelsey, Executive Vice President of the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association- who was there to hear the keynote delivered by NCBA's Kent Bacus.
In their conversation on the sidelines of the event, Kelsey told Sheperd some ongoing issues he continues to cover are the “three M’s.” He is talking about the McGirt issue, cattle marketing issues and marijuana. Right now, the marijuana issue is the most pressing, according to Kelsey.
“At the first Fall Gathering of the year, it was the number-one issue that OCA members wanted to talk about,” Kelsey said.
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The vision of the Oklahoma Beef Council is to be a positive difference for Oklahoma's farming and ranching families and the greater beef community and its mission is to enhance beef demand by strengthening consumer trust and exceeding consumer expectations.
And Check Out This Video that explains another piece of the Beef Checkoff pie!
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Latest Drought Monitor Report Shows More Wet and Wild Weather Ahead for Oklahoma
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Oklahoma's dryness lingers- despite more rains in the last ten days or so-. While the rains of this week have not been considered by the Drought Monitor folks yet- the Abnormally dry or worse rating for Oklahoma actually went up from 92.5% to 95.5% in the latest report release3d Thursday morning. Click on the map above to see all the stats for Oklahoma this week.
Nationally, a spanning weather system brought lower temperatures to the West, while a warm-weather system covered the eastern two-thirds of the country. As the two weather systems met, severe weather was reported in Oklahoma.
Despite the rain, much of the state continues to battle flash drought, with 95% of the state experiencing abnormally dry conditions or worse. In the last week, moderate drought conditions or worse decreased from 69% to 62%. Extreme drought conditions still has a hold of areas in the panhandle, the Tulsa area and northwestern parts of the state. Despite the rain Oklahoma has recently received, conditions in southeastern Oklahoma degraded.
Looking ahead, Oklahoma may get more wet and wild weather as an expected storm system in the Northern Plains merges with remnants of Tropical Depression Pamela. The next 6 - 10 days are expected to bring higher-than-normal temperatures for this time of year. The western half of Oklahoma is expected to get average to above-average amounts of precipitation for this time of year, while the eastern half of the state will most likely see below-average amounts of precipitation for this time of year.
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NCBA's Kent Bacus Talks Trade, Contrasts Biden and Trump Administrations
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As a guest speaker at the 2021 Rural Economic Outlook Conference hosted by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture Kent Bacus, senior director of international trade and market access for the NCBA, compared the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration from the perspective of trade.
“Before we jump into the changes, there are a lot of similarities,” Bacus said. “Supply-chain issues are definitely going to be a focus of the Biden administration, but Biden is also keeping a lot of the tariffs.”
Like the Trump administration, Bacus said the Biden administration's focus is still on growing more jobs in the U.S.
Right out of the gate, the Trump administration moved hard and fast, with hopes of making big advances for agriculture, manufacturing and energy, he added. Whereas, the Biden administration has a stronger focus on labor, climate and human rights issues, he added.
“They are looking for ways to improve those and have a greener polish on a lot of that,” Bacus said. “For the agriculture industry, we have to adapt our messaging and say, ‘OK, we know that this is what you want to accomplish, but here is how we are already doing it.’ Sustainability is a great way of showing that.”
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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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Abundant 2021 Hard Red Winter Crop Reflects Expected Functionality, Value
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Variable growing conditions greatly influenced the 2021 hard red winter (HRW) wheat crop. In areas with favorable growing conditions, high yields resulted in lower protein but excellent kernel characteristics. However, regional swings in temperature and drought led to high protein, lower yields and smaller kernels.
As a result, the overall crop has generally good kernel characteristics with flour, dough and bake attributes equal to or better than last year and many of the 5-year averages. The loaf volumes achieved indicate there is sufficient protein quality to make pan bread that easily exceeds the U.S. quality target for loaf volume, with dough mix times and stabilities that are slightly greater than the 5-year average.
This crop meets or exceeds typical HRW contract specifications and should provide high value to customers.
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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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OSU's Kim Anderson Goes Over the Latest USDA WASDE Report
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This week on SUNUP, Oklahoma State University Grain Marketing Specialist Dr. Kim Anderson talks about the latest USDA WASDE report released Tuesday, which Anderson said housed a few surprises.
For the most part, wheat numbers were as expected, according to Anderson.
“If there was any surprise in this report, it was in soybeans,” Anderson said.
The report raised expected U.S. soybean ending stock numbers from 185 million bushels to a whopping 320 million bushels. The report also raised global soybean ending stock from 9.8 million bushels to 104.6 million.
According to Anderson, the latest report did not impact grain futures prices in Oklahoma much for wheat and corn, but soybeans fell by 45 cents in two days.
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Dairy Checkoff Unveils Undeniably Dairy Campaign Evolution to Reach Gen Z
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The dairy checkoff is launching a new wave of the Undeniably Dairy campaign to create deeper connections between Gen Z and dairy and give them new reasons to choose it over other products.
“Reset Yourself with Dairy” is a youth-centric evolution of the checkoff’s consumer campaign and will use a variety of media channels and marketing strategies, including gaming, social media influencers and digital content, to engage with Gen Z to grow sales and trust of dairy.
Anne Warden, DMI’s executive vice president of strategic integration, added: “We’ve been pivoting our marketing and communications activations to not only create relevancy with younger audiences, but to also show up in the right places. To compete in today’s environment, we will create big, disruptive moments that reassert dairy’s place in young people’s lives in a way that is in the social media and entertainment spaces they love and speaks their language.”
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OKFB Foundation for Agriculture Accepting Donations for Louisiana Producers Affected by Hurricane Ida
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The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is gathering donations for Louisiana farmers and ranchers affected by Hurricane Ida.
Making landfall exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida is ranked in the top three strongest hurricanes to make landfall in Louisiana.
As recovery efforts will last into the coming months, farmers and ranchers are in need of assistance, as much of the forage, grain and fencing was carried away by water and wind.
All hurricane relief donations will be sent to the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation Disaster Relief Fund to assist producers in the affected area.
Send checks to OKFB Foundation for Agriculture, Attn: Holly Carroll, 2501 N Stiles, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, by Oct. 20. For more information, contact Holly Carroll at (405) 523-2300.
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ICYMI- Petition Drive to Call for a Beef Checkoff Referendum Fails to Secure Adequate Signatures
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The drive to get enough signatures trigger an up or down vote on a referendum to keep the Beef Checkoff failed. Last summer- a small group of cattle producers asked for the right to gather signatures- and USDA granted that request- giving them one year to do so- through the first of July this year. That effort fell short- the cattle producers involved said because of COVID- WE NEED MORE TIME- USDA gave them another three months- and that extension ended at the beginning of October.
The group that took on the gathering of signatures was R-CALF- and on their website- they have posted this statement " We fell short of the signatures required by the USDA, however, we are evaluating other options to achieve the Checkoff reforms that many cattle producers desire. From here forward, the information gathered in this database will be used to keep you informed about those efforts and others regarding cattle industry issues. If, as a producer, you wish to sign the petition knowing the petition deadline has passed, we will include you in our future efforts."
Because of the unique times we live in with the Pandemic- USDA allowed the group to gather signatures both in person and online- the online counter as of this morning is at 19,258- well short of the numbers needed. it's currently unknown how many signatures were gathered the traditional way- a producer signing a physical copy of the petition- whether USDA will announce those numbers or not remains unclear.
Last summer- USDA indicated that it would take 88,269 signatures that they could validate to trigger an up or down vote on the Checkoff.
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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 finally saw a day of higher values- Choice Beef was up 30 cents while Select Beef jumped $1.98 higher on Thursday, October 14th.
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
Pam Arterburn, Calendar and Template Manager
Chelsea Stanfield, Farm News and Email Editor
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As we continue along the Road to Rural Prosperity- In our latest Ag Perspective Podcast, KC Sheperd talks with the leading animal behavior authority in the world, Dr. Temple Grandin. KC and Dr. Grandin talk about the concept of Sustainability and the proper handling of beef cattle, how to treat your cattle the right way, the concept of Stockmanship, how to get an animal ready for the show ring and the amazing memory that cattle have- and how understanding that memory can help you lessen the stress on your cattle and yourself as you work with beef or dairy animals.
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