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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Ag Economy Barometer Slides Lower, Producers Worry About War's Impact on Input Prices
- Latest USDA Prospective Plantings Points to Lower Feeder Cattle Prices Ahead
- Great Plains Kubota to Feature 'Ask a Tech' at 2022 Oklahoma City Farm Show
- USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Okla Farmers and Livestock Producers Hit by Drought and Wildfires
- Meet Kate Dillon of the Mustang FFA, Your 2022 Southwest Area Star in Agriscience
- Report Examines Impact of Increased Use of Non-GM Feed- More GHGs and Higher Feed Costs
- Mark Stock with BigIron Auctions Says OYE Ag Mechanics April 12th Auction Features Incredible Items
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Ag Economy Barometer Slides Lower, Producers Worry About War's Impact on Input Prices
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The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dipped to a reading of 113 in March, down 12 points from February and 36% lower than March 2021, marking the weakest farmer sentiment reading since May 2020, the early days of the pandemic. The decline was driven by producers' weaker perceptions of both current conditions in the agricultural economy and expectations for the future. The Index of Current Conditions declined 19 points to 113, down 44% from March 2021, and the Index of Future Expectations declined 9 points to 113, down 31% from the same time last year.
"Concern about the war's impact on input prices and input availability on their farming operations was paramount in the minds of producers responding to the March survey and was a major factor in this month's decline in sentiment," said James Mintert, the barometer's principal investigator and director of Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture.
The March survey provided the first opportunity to ask producers how they expect the war in Ukraine to affect U.S. agriculture. Producers overwhelmingly said they expect input prices to be most affected (63% of respondents), followed by crop prices (33% of respondents), and livestock prices (3% of respondents). Responding to a related question, 19% of respondents chose "availability of inputs" as their biggest concern in their farming operation this year, which was equal to the percentage of producers who chose "lower crop and/or livestock prices" as their biggest concern.
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It's Almost Here! Opening Day is tomorrow!
Make Plans to attend the Oklahoma City Farm Show, coming April 7-8-9, 2022. Admission and Parking are free.
Exhibits include all of the latest in agriculture with a full line of displays, including tractor, sprayer, tillage, harvest equipment, cattle management products, and more. In addition to indoor and outdoor exhibits, daily horse training seminars, cattle chute demonstrations, cattle grading competitions, and prize drawings make the Oklahoma Farm Show a don't-miss event.
Click here for more details about the 2022 Oklahoma City Farm - presented by Midwest Farm Shows.
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Latest USDA Prospective Plantings Points to Lower Feeder Cattle Prices Ahead
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McCullock said reduced corn acres reported by the USDA could make a significant difference in feeder cattle prices later this year.
“The feedlot demand for feeder animals is usually driven by feed cost and/or cost of gain and fed cattle price,” McCullock said. “To have some disruption in the grain markets usually does affect feeder cattle prices.”
Last time soybean acres outpaced corn by three million acres or so, there was a 25% jump in the season average corn price, McCullock added. When you apply that sort of jump today, that would easily be a $7 average.
“I do think corn acres are probably going to bid back some acres, so it might not be as low as 89.5 (million acres) once it gets in the ground, but we revised our season average price to $6.50 for the ’22-’23 marketing year,” McCullock said. “Normally, you would see an automatic adjustment for feeder cattle when you have that kind of adjustment, although it is a little early, so you might see that adjustment as we go through planting season.”
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Great Plains Kubota to Feature 'Ask a Tech' at 2022 Oklahoma City Farm Show
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The 2022 Oklahoma City Farm Show will kickoff first thing Thursday morning at the Bennett Event Center on the OKC Fairgrounds- and one of the "don't miss" stops inside the huge building is the Great Plains Kubota exhibit. There's several reasons why- and I talked with Reed Boettcher of Great Plains to learn why.
For Farm Show attendees- the Great Plains Kubota booth is where you can sign up for the daily drawing of $1000 in show bucks- which will be drawn for at 1 PM all three days of the show. You can register from the time the show opens at 9 AM until the 1 PM drawing. The winner of the show bucks will be able to use their prize with any exhibitor at the 2022 Oklahoma City Farm Show.
Boettcher tells me that folks "will see a variety of our Kubota equipment- they are going to see the big M8 Kubota tractor and the Kubota M7- both really large ag tractors- Kubota has been focusing on the large ag market lately." He says they also have several package deals that are always popular- and "I'm excited about the "Ask a Tech" section of our booth where we will have some of our field service technicians with their field trucks there and answering folks questions about any type of maintenance and service for equipment- not just ours, Kubota, but for anybody who has any questions that come to our booth."
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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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USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Okla Farmers & Livestock Producers Hit by Drought and Wildfires
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has technical and financial assistance available to help farmers and livestock producers across Oklahoma recover from recent wildfires and ongoing drought. Producers impacted by these events should contact their local USDA Service Center to report losses and learn more about program options available to assist in their recovery from crop, land, infrastructure and livestock losses and damages.
Producers who experience livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality due to wildfires may be eligible for the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP). To participate in LIP, producers will be required to provide verifiable documentation of death losses resulting from an eligible adverse weather event and must submit a notice of loss to their local FSA office within 30 calendar days of when the loss of livestock is apparent.
“When you are at a time and place where you can safely assess the wildfire impact or ongoing drought on your operation, be sure to contact your local FSA office to timely report all crop, livestock and farm infrastructure damages and losses,” said Steve Kouplen, State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Oklahoma. “To accelerate the FSA disaster assistance process, please be prepared to provide important documents, such as farm records, herd inventory, receipts and pictures of damages or losses”
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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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Introducing Kate Dillon of the Mustang FFA, Your 2022 Southwest Area Star in Agriscience
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During the month of April, the Radio Oklahoma Ag Network and Oklahoma Farm Report is spotlighting the 17 Area Stars of Oklahoma FFA that are among the highest achievers in the organization.
The stars come from the five areas in four categories- Star in Ag Placement, Star in Agriscience, Star in Agribusiness and Star in Agricultural Production.
This week, we begin the journey towards Tulsa and the State FFA Convention as we spotlight the three area stars in Agriscience in 2022.
Our coverage of the 2022 Oklahoma FFA Star Award Finalists begins with Agriscience competitor Kate Dillon of the Mustang FFA chapter representing the Southwest Area.
Dillon’s project involved three experiments related to animal science.
Her first experiment assessed the value of protein within a chicken feed and how it affected growth rates. With two different protein value feeds, Dillon the higher protein feed allowed the chickens to grow more.
The second experiment consisted of testing a photonic therapy treatment, similar to acupuncture, but with red light instead of needles. The goal of the experiment was to see if the therapy allowed animals to increase their mobility. Dillon tested this treatment on dogs and found it useful in aiding mobility.
Dillon’s third experiment involved testing a formula advertised to reduce dehydration and shrinkage. She tested the formula on eight show lambs and found the formula helped them to maintain their weight and a low temperature.
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Report Examines Impact of Increased Use of Non-GM Feed- More GHGs and Higher Feed Costs
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New research shows that greenhouse gas emissions on farms could rise if more U.S. food companies require feed for their livestock and poultry be free from genetically modified ingredients. The report says grain elevator and feed mill product handling and production requirements would be greater, and the price of meat, milk and eggs for consumers could increase. The Institute for Feed Education and Research released the report Tuesday. The study examined the environmental and economic implications should U.S. animal food manufacturers need to boost the production of non-GM feed.
Partnering with Dairy Management Inc., MFA, the National Corn Growers Association, the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association and others, the research seeks to inform companies throughout the food value chain of the complexities involved with producing GM and non-GM feed lines.
Lara Moody, IFEEDER executive director, says the report “shows that when you limit the use of safe, proven technologies, like GM crops, the costs for both the environment and consumers can increase.”
For consumers, the research shows that non-GM feed could increase the price of feed by as much as $4 to $9 per ton of pork, layer and broiler feed, by 40 cents to $3 for beef feed and $1 to $4 for dairy feed.
This would have the trickledown effect of potentially raising food prices as much as 16.7% the cost per pound of meat.
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Mark Stock with BigIron Auctions Says OYE Ag Mechanics April 12th Auction Features Incredible Items
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The Ag Mechanics Show at the Oklahoma Youth Expo featured over 152 entries, up 50 percent from 2021. As a result, the competition was more significant and intense than ever before.
The Grand Champion exhibit, a tilt bed multi axel trailer, was exhibited by Woodland FFA. Teammates were Josie Dossier, Landee Dossier, Trista Kelly, and Danner Lessert. The Reserve Grand Champion exhibit of a grain tender belonged to Brayden Rexford of Frontier FFA(Pictured above).
Projects are organized by category and size, and they vary from wildlife displays, trailers, decorative pieces, and more. Now several of those projects are up for grabs on Big Iron Auctions.
Farm Director KC Sheperd spoke with Mark Stock, Co-owner and founder of Big Iron Auctions. He says what makes big iron unique is the fact that they use an internet program that allows bidders from across the nation to purchase and help producers find good items.
For the OYE Ag Mechanics sale- this year, there are some great items up on the auction block, including cattle working tubs, hydraulic hay buggies, utility trailers, bail grabbers, and more, "They have those squeeze chutes; they've also got fire pits. They've got duck blinds and deer blinds. They've got pellet smokers. They've got a three-foot by eight-foot shop table that is mouthwatering." And Stock said it's not just farm equipment but also someone of a kind items, "They've got Dog Kennels; there is an 11-foot gazebo that's going to sell. So 25 items covering a full gamut of Ag and some of these hunting and recreational things."
The Auction is on April 13th, and All the available items from the OYE Ag Mechanics show are up on the Bigiron website by clicking here:
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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 continue to go higher- Choice Beef was up $3.49 and Select Beef was up $1.20 on Tuesday 4/5/2022.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had a final number of 8,181 head on Monday, April 4, 2022.
Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves 6.00 -10.00 lower. Quality plain to average. Demand moderate to good. More rain falling across the state overnight and on Monday, however Western Oklahoma remains dry. Cattle futures fell sharply Monday as grain prices forged higher. This, all on uncertainties of events taking place overseas and how long there will be unrest.
Click below for the complete closing report.
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OKC West in El Reno had a calf run on Tuesday of 2,000 for 4/5/2022.
Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves saw few trades steady on 5 weights, remainder of the sale traded 2.00-8.00 lower. Demand light to moderate.
For today's Feeder Sale- they start at 9 AM and expect 4,500 head to sell- 1,800 Feeder Heifers and 2,700 Feeder Steers.
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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Our Oklahoma Farm Report Team!!!!
Ron Hays, Senior Farm/Ranch Broadcaster and Editor
KC Sheperd, Farm Director and Editor
Dave Lanning, Markets and Production
Pam Arterburn, Calendar and Template Manager
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Our Latest RRP features Don Schieber, the 2022 winner of the Outstanding Achievement in Agriculture Award, which is the highest award given by the Governor of Oklahoma to honor distinguished Oklahoma agriculture producers. This prestigious award honors leaders in the agriculture industry who exemplify personal values, performance, and achievement.
Governor Kevin Stitt presented Schieber his award during the Oklahoma celebration of Ag Day on March 24th- after riding with the honoree in a mule drawn wagon up Lincoln Blvd to the front steps of the Oklahoma State Capitol.
Schieber is the 25th award winner and becomes the newest inductee into the Oklahoma Ag Hall of Fame. Ron and Don talk about his career in production agriculture- his work on behalf of wheat farmers with the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and US Wheat Associates that included traveling to 26 countries taking the Oklahoma wheat production story to buyers of wheat around the world. Don is a major supporter of the wheat breeding work of Dr. Brett Carver- having provided ground on his farm in Kay County for an OSU wheat Variety Field Plot for 17 years.
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