Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Tuesday, February 1, 2022 |
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Senator James Lankford Believes Global Issues are Impacting Rural America
- Clay Burtrum and Others are Getting Down to Business at CattleCon22
- OSU's Derrell Peel Covers the Expanding Drought Threat
- Bits and Pieces from CattleCon22
- Cattlemen's College Features Producer Education on Soil Health, Grazing and Sustainability
- USDA Announces Partnership to Ease Port Congestion and Restore Disrupted Shipping Services to U.S. Grown Agricultural Commodities
- USMEF Statement on USDA/Port of Oakland Partnership
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Senator James Lankford Believes Global Issues are Impacting Rural America |
There is much happening on Capitol Hill according to U.S. Senator James Lankford. He told us that multiple issues are impacting rural America, including turmoil in China and labor shortages are impacting rural America most.
“There are two big issues everyone is talking about: one is Russia and Ukraine and the other is China and Taiwan,” Lankford said. “(China) continues to saber-rattle with Twain. If we have a major shift in policy in China, that affects all of us in (agriculture) country, but it has a pretty big effect on our national security as well.”
Recently, the Qin Gang, the Chinese ambassador to the U.S., said Taiwan was moving toward independence with U.S. help in a recent one-on-one interview. Lankford said potential blowback from China could destabilize markets the U.S. has gained since the Phase One trade agreement busted open overseas opportunities in big ways.
Focusing on the beef industry, Lankford said labor shortages continue to impact the nation's beef supply chain. The labor shortage is affected by a few key issues, according to Lankford.
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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 below that helps you learn more about the Beef Checkoff- .
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Clay Burtrum and Others are Getting Down to Business at CattleCon22 |
Folks are gathering in Houston, Texas for the 2022 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show that is set to kick off tomorrow. The oldest and largest event in the beef-cattle industry, people come for a variety of reasons - from shopping for cattle management software to engaging speakers and more.
For industry leaders like Clay Burtrum, the 2021 NCBA Federation Division Chair, the event offers a chance to meet face to face with other producer-leaders who serve on industry committees. He told Ron Hays, senior reporter for the Oklahoma Farm Report that each committee will set goals for the 2023 fiscal year by the time the convention is over and highlighted some of this year’s brightest campaigns.
“It is like a clean slate - we are starting over,” Burtrum said. “Our grassroots producers are meeting to talk about the plan for this next year.”
The federation that Burtrum chairs is made up of the state beef councils from across the country. He said the money pooled through the state councils has funded several exciting projects in recent months.
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OSU's Derrell Peel Covers the Expanding Drought Threat |
Weekly, Derrell Peel, extension livestock marketing specialist at Oklahoma State University, offers his expertise in the cattle industry. This is a part of the weekly series known as the "Cow-Calf Corner" published electronically by Paul Beck. Today, Peel talks about expanding drought conditions in Oklahoma and the southern Plains.
Drought is expanding in this part of the country. While much of the intermountain west, the southwest and parts of the northern plains have been in drought for much of the past 18 months or more, drought is expanding dramatically now in the central and southern plains. The Drought Monitor tracks drought conditions in categories from Abnormally Dry to Exceptional Drought. The five categories can be combined into a single index number known as the Drought Severity and Coverage Index. The DSCI can range in value from 0 to 500. The current national DSCI is 176 and has ranged from a low of 164 to a high of 188 for the past year. The U.S. has continuously had a DSCI over 100 since July 2020 and over 150 since October 2020. Prior to that, the last time the DSCI was over 150 was September 2013.
While the DSCI is a useful single index value, it can mask changes in the drought. Compared to one year ago, drought across the country is more widespread and the pockets of most severe drought are smaller. Currently 70.87% of the country is in D0 or worse compared to 64.68% one year ago. However, the current% of D3-D4 is 12.21% compared to 20.38% last year. The D4 category alone is currently 1.32% compared to 8.79% one year ago.
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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 daily report heard on several of our Radio Stations- It's Called Cotton Talk!
Click on the Button below to listen to our most recent report
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Bits and Pieces from CattleCon22 |
Cattle producers are rolling into Houston- and already we are hearing of lots of travel challenges that may impact the final number of folks that attend the 2022 gathering.
The major winter storm that is building for this week has some cattle producers rethinking their plans to leave their beef cow herds this week.
However- those who have already arrived seem to be happy to be in milder temperatures here in southeast Texas even though most of Monday had those of us here walking around in the rain.
The opening of Cattlemen's Collage had several sessions happening on Monday afternoon- and a lot more are on the docket for today.
In addition- there is the Opening General Session this afternoon as well as the HUGE Trade Show Grand Opening as well- the trade show is spread out over 10 acres inside the massive Convention Center here in downtown Houston- and we look forward to providing you several reports from that part of CattleCon2022.
In this email- we have featured one of the presenters at Cattlemen's Collage- Hugh Aljoe of the Noble Research Institute- and in tomorrow's email- we will feature another- Dr. Derrell Peel- who talked with us late yesterday afternoon about the Monday Cattle Inventory Report- that's our Tuesday Beef Buzz and we will feature it tomorrow morning.
By the way- the Beef Cow Herd numbers show a 2.3% drop nationally in the Mama Cow herd at 30.125 million head- Texas is- as always- the top Beef Cow state at 4.475 million head- off 3% from a year ago- Oklahoma is a solid second with 2.231 million head- down one percent from last January and Missouri dropped 5% on Beef Cow numbers and remains the third largest beef cow state with 1.941 million head.
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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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Cattlemen's College Features Producer Education on Soil Health, Grazing and Sustainability |
Sustainability is a big focus right now, from the White House to rural America. In the beef industry, sustainability takes place at the ranch management level - literally in the grassroots. That is why Hugh Aljoe, director of producer relations at the Noble Research Institute, is in Houston, Texas for CattleCon22: to educate cowboys and cowgirls about the importance soil health, grazing and sustainability.
“We understand that they are all inter-related,” Aljoe said. “Our grazing lands are the common denominator between those three topics.”
The first thing to understand about sustainability is that it means long-term, continual improvement, according to Aljoe.
“If we look at what the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef has presented in their sustainability framework, they do include that definition,” Aljoe said. “If you look at their indicators, of the six, three have grazing management as their key metric.”
Meaning, grazing management is extremely important! The only way to make your operation truly sustainable is to have a plan, according to Aljoe.
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USDA Announces Partnership to Ease Port Congestion and Restore Disrupted Shipping Services to U.S. Grown Agricultural Commodities |
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced plans to increase capacity at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California and improve service for shippers of U.S. grown agricultural commodities. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is partnering with the Port of Oakland to set up a new 25-acre “pop-up” site to make it easier for agricultural companies to fill empty shipping containers with commodities. Fewer containers have been made available for U.S. agricultural commodities, as ocean carriers have circumvented traditional marketing channels and rushed containers back to be exported empty and as a result, many of these carriers have suspended service to the Port of Oakland. USDA is now taking action to reduce these shipping disruptions that have prevented U.S. agricultural products from reaching their markets.
“COVID-19 revealed vulnerabilities across our supply system, both at our ports and in the agricultural sector,” Vilsack said. “As the economy has made an historic recovery, it has put additional strain on the supply chain. The Biden-Harris administration is using creative approaches to improve port operations while elevating American-grown food and fiber. This partnership with the Port of Oakland builds on our aggressive approach to addressing challenges within the supply chain and sends a strong signal that we are committed to working across the Administration and with state, local and private partners to mitigate complex port capacity and congestion issues and to keep American agriculture on the move.”
“This creative partnership with USDA and the Port of Oakland will help American farmers and agricultural producers move their product to market while also making better use of empty containers that are causing congestion at the ports,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “After we helped set up inland pop-up ports at the Port of Savannah, we witnessed significant improvements in the flow of goods, and we expect to see similarly positive results once this Oakland facility is open. We look forward to engaging with other ports on similar solutions to congestion.”
"This is an important step that shows the value of players in the supply chain coming together to identify challenges as well as potential solutions,” said California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross. “I wish to thank the USDA for making this investment. It will help improve access to overseas markets for California agriculture producers at a critical time of year for exports of high-value specialty crops.”
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USMEF Statement on USDA/Port of Oakland Partnership |
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a partnership with the Port of Oakland to establish a new site designed to help agricultural exporters secure containers and prepare outbound shipments.
U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) President and CEO Dan Halstrom issued the following statement:
"USMEF appreciates the efforts of USDA, the Port of Oakland and other agencies to address a situation that continues to frustrate U.S. exporters. We realize there is no magic solution to the shipping difficulties confronting exporters at U.S. ports, but improving access to containers is certainly a step in the right direction. The Port of Oakland is an essential, strategic outlet for U.S. red meat exports, especially for chilled product destined for our key Asian markets, and our members look forward to utilizing the new container site."
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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 dropped. Choice Beef was down 2 cents and Select Beef was down 14 cents on Monday, 01/31/2022.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had 11,500 head on Monday on the final day of January, 2022.
Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Steer calves unevenly steady. Heifer calves 2.00 - 4.00 higher. Demand moderate for all classes. Midweek winter storm is expected to bring ice and snow to much of the area and this is discouraging buyers.
Click below for the complete closing report.
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The Joplin Regional Stockyards had a total run of 9,006 on January 31, 2022
Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers traded steady. Supply heavy with good demand.
Click on the button below for details of the trade as compiled by the USDA Market News Service.
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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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