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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Central and Eastern Oklahoma Gets Significant Rainfall- But Not Western Counties
- Latest Crop Report Shows Winter Wheat Conditions in Oklahoma and Kansas Continue to Decline
- OSU's Dr. Peel says the Next Few Months Will Impact the Cattle Industry for Several Years
- Join FAPC at Pawnee Nation College for the Food Freedom Act Workshop
- OSU's Dr. Brett Carver talks Wheat Varieties at Chickasha Wheat Field Day
- Kody Carson with National Sorghum Producers says it will be a Challenging Year for Agriculture
- NCBA Concerned with the Biden Admin's Plan to Publish their own WOTUS Rule Ahead of the Supreme Court
- Oklahoma Wheat Commission to Hold District 2 Election
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Central and Eastern Oklahoma Gets Significant Rainfall- But Not Western Counties |
Yesterday's storms produced some of the best widespread rain across Oklahoma that we have seen in months. Close to 70 Mesonet sites received an inch of rain or more.
Haskell receives the rainfall prize- with just over 4 inches of rain falling at that Mesonet site. A bakers dozen locations west of I-35 got an inch or more of rain as well- helping put a dent in drought in those locations.
But- this was not a drought buster- areas of the most significant drought got little if any from this system that also left behind damage from high winds and several tornados.
Click on the Mesonet map above to see the real time 48 hour rainfall map that is interactive and allows you to check locations of interest to you.
Still to come this week- at least one more shot at rainfall on Wednesday and Wednesday night.
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Latest Crop Report Shows Winter Wheat Conditions in Oklahoma and Kansas Continue to Decline |
Corn and soybean planting progress fell further behind the five-average pace last week as continued cool and wet conditions kept farmers out of their fields across large portions of the Eastern Corn Belt, Upper Midwest and Northern Plains, USDA NASS reported in its weekly Crop Progress report on Monday. And more precipitation in the DTN weather forecast for already-wet areas of the country this coming week could spell even more planting delays.
Rainfall totals in Oklahoma averaged 0.42 of an inch. According to the April 26th US Drought Monitor Report, drought conditions were rated 77 percent abnormally dry to exceptional drought, down 4 points from the previous week.
Additionally, 65 percent of the state was in the moderate drought to exceptional drought category, down 8 points from the previous week. Statewide, temperatures averaged in the lower 60’s. Topsoil moisture conditions were rated mostly adequate to very short, while subsoil moisture conditions were rated very short to adequate. There were 5.8 days suitable for fieldwork.
Small Grains: Winter wheat jointing reached 86 percent, down 9 points from the previous year. Winter wheat headed reached 42 percent, down 18 points from both the previous year and normal. Canola blooming reached 62 percent, down 3 points from the previous year and down 20 points from normal. Canola coloring reached 11 percent, down 5 points from the previous year and down 8 points from normal. Rye jointing reached 89 percent, down 6 points from the previous year and down 4 points from normal. Rye headed reached 25 percent, down 33 points from the previous year and down 30 points from normal.
Wheat conditions for Oklahoma include 17% good to excellent, 32% fair and 51% poor to very poor.
In Oklahoma, Sorghum is 3% planted compared to the 5-year-average of 7%.
There is currently no cotton planted in Oklahoma compared to the 5-year-average of 8%.
Pasture and range condition was rated 28% good to excellent, 33% fair and 39% poor to very poor.
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OSU's Dr. Peel says the Next Few Months Will Impact the Cattle Industry for Several Years |
Mondays, Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, offers his economic analysis of the beef cattle industry. This analysis is a part of the weekly series known as the "Cow Calf Corner" published electronically by Dr. Peel and Mark Johnson. Today, Dr. Peel talks about how the drought has influenced and will continue to influence beef cow inventory.
Through mid-April, beef cow slaughter is up 16.9 percent year over year; a surprisingly strong rate of cow slaughter for this time of year. This likely reflects continuing drought impacts carried over from last year, combined with very strong cull cow prices and limited forage prospects going forward.
The fast pace of cow slaughter thus far implies the likelihood of significant beef cow herd liquidation in 2022. Liquidation is expected to continue in the first half of the year unless drought conditions improve immediately and significantly. Cow slaughter could moderate late in the year if early culling and overall lower cow numbers result in lower seasonal slaughter in the fall.
All of these outcomes depend on drought in the coming weeks and months. Dramatic and immediate improvement in drought conditions could allow the industry to avoid these rather dire results. The next few months will likely have impacts on the cattle industry for several years.
There is, however, some optimism. As May begins, we are seeing some rainfall in parts of western Oklahoma that have seen very little moisture in six months.
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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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Join FAPC at Pawnee Nation College for the Food Freedom Act Workshop |
The Homemade Food Freedom Act allows a broad range of food products and homemade goods to be sold out of the home within the borders of Oklahoma and without health department licensing. Under the law, the annual sale of products cannot exceed $75,000.
“This new cottage law has a lot of interest,” said workshop instructor Ravi Jadeja, FAPC quality and food safety specialist. “We are grateful to have received a grant to help teach others about the parameters of the new law and how to practice food safety. Producing food for others is a big responsibility.”
Workshop participants that are residents of Pawnee, Osage or Creek counties are eligible to receive a $100 stipend after the course completion. Participants must provide proof of address the morning of the workshop. Registration is limited to 30 participants.
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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 Dr.Brett Carver talks Wheat Varieties at Chickasha Wheat Field Day |
Chickasha Wheat Field Day took place on April 29th in Chickasha, Okla. Farm Director, KC Sheperd sat down with OSU’s Dr. Brett Carver and visited about the different wheat varieties at the event and new innovations to come for the wheat industry.
“The one thing that really stands out about this year is it is not 2021,” Carver said. “I am just thinking, if a producer chose a variety this year thinking the results were so good in 2021, you just have to throw those results out; This is a totally different environment.”
A positive Carver has seen is that wheat spike is very long, even during severe drought conditions.
“We don’t have tillers, but we have a spike that is just ready to be filled,” Carver said.
The next question, Carver said is seeing if we can get the rain to fill these longer spikes.
“I am really hoping because I think that is going to be our savior for grain yield,” Carver said. “That yielding ability is coming from that spike size.”
Right off the top, Carver said it seems like these early maturing varieties are producing longer spikes. It kind of makes sense, he added, because they didn’t have to deal with the drought as long in developing that immature spike.
“The ones that waited just have had more severe drought to deal with,” Carver said. “The spike is looking good if we just had more of them and if we could fill them.”
Carver is looking forward to seeing how they can spread desirable genetics throughout their program. As a wheat breeder, Carver added that everything is a process, so it is important to stay on the right course to succeed.
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NCBA Concerned with the Biden Admin's Plan to Publish their own WOTUS Rule Ahead of the Supreme Court |
In this episode of Beef Buzz, I continued my conversation with Environmental Counsel of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Mary Thomas Hart. In part one of their conversation, they visited about the Sackett v. EPA case that will be argued before the Supreme Court this fall. Today, they talk about the Biden administration’s plan to come out with their own WOTUS rule in 2022.
“The Biden administration proposed yet another definition of WOTUS earlier this year and that comment period closed at the beginning of February,” Hart said. “NCBA submitted comments, agricultural groups across the country submitted comments, just again, calling for really important clarity and regulatory certainty for landowners, farmers, ranchers, and other land managers.”
It will be interesting to see what approach the Biden administration takes, Hart said, because the last two weeks of the comment period was the Sackett case. Hart says no one expected this to happen.
“When the Supreme Court granted cert. to that case, that changes everything,” Hart said. “Our most significant ask in our comments to the Biden administration was for them to press pause until we hear from the Supreme Court about the Sackett Case.”
Hart said we currently stand under the bed of regulations that were in place before the Obama rule.
It is not our preference, Hart said, but it is the set of rules and regulations our members, livestock, and agricultural producers across the country have learned to work with and deal with.”
While we are in flux in trying to find a final definition of WOTUS, Hart said operating under the 1987 regulations is safe for most producers.
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Kody Carson with National Sorghum Producers says it will be a Challenging Year for Agriculture |
Farm Director, KC Sheperd visited with Kody Carson, Chairman of National Sorghum Producers in Washington D.C. this week about the latest in the sorghum industry.
“In the western part of Oklahoma, in the Texas Panhandle, we are seeing some early plantings going on,” Carson said. “Of course, we have sorghum up in South Texas, but from South Texas to South Dakota, we are just dry.”
Carson said people can talk about supply chains and fertilizer price issues, but if you don’t have enough fertilizer to get a crop started, some of that is almost irrelevant.
“We are really struggling hard, but on the bright side, the more limited the moisture is, the better things look for sorghum, and we are lucky to have a good supply of seed and good markets this year,” Carson said. “I think we are off to an extremely tough start because we don’t even have deep soil moisture.”
Input costs have been a vertical move for producers, Carson said.
“A lot of my chemicals and fertilizers are 400% higher this year, and I am having to ration and be careful because there are a lot of things we just can’t get,” Carson said. Whether that is supply chain issues, labor issues, or freight issues, I don’t know where the hold up is in exactly all of the nuances of what we are experiencing, but across the agricultural belt, it going to be a very trying year.”
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Oklahoma Wheat Commission to Hold District 2 Election |
With the retirement of Tom Stephens, the Oklahoma Wheat Commission will hold an election to fill the open District 2 board seat opening. The election will be held Wednesday, May 11, 2022, commencing at 1 p.m. at the American Legion building; located at 111 N. Swem, Hooker, Oklahoma. District II consists of Beaver, Cimarron, Ellis, Harper, Texas, Woods and Woodward counties.
All wheat producers within District 2 boundaries who are actively engaged in wheat production, have marketed wheat, and have paid a check-off fee and left that fee with the Commission for the current year are eligible to vote. It will be the responsibility of the producer to prove their eligibility to vote by providing a dated grain elevator receipt including the producer’s name and amount of wheat sold, and a driver’s license or some other form of identification.
Candidates wishing to run in the election must be at least 25 years old, a resident of Oklahoma, engaged in growing wheat in the district in the state for at least five years and must derive a substantial portion of his/her income from growing wheat.
Three nominations will be made at the election, from which the Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture will appoint one person to serve a five-year term with the Oklahoma Wheat Commission.
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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 higher- Choice Beef was up $1.77and Select Beef was up 26 cents on Monday 05/02/2022
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had 9,600 head on Monday-May 2, 2022.
Compared to last week: Feeders steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, not all weights well tested. Demand moderate good. Quality average. Some much needed rain is moving across the state and more is expected as the week goes on. Another good week of slaughter cattle movement last week as prices held steady.
Click below for the complete closing report.
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The Joplin Regional Stockyards had a total run of 6,495 head of cattle for their first sale in May- 5/2/2022.
Compared to last week feeder steers under 650 lbs. traded 4.00-6.00 lower with heavier weights trading steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs. traded 3.00-7.00 lower with heavier weights trading steady. Supply moderate to 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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