Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- NASS Says Winter Wheat Harvest in Oklahoma at 15% Complete
- Derrell Peel says Poor Forage Condition and High Grain Prices Weigh Heavy on Calf Prices
- New Technology Allows Ranchers to Control Mesquite Better than Before, says Brian Cain with Bayer
- FFA Members Head to Washington, D.C. to Develop Leadership Skills
- Republican Leaders Thompson, Boozman Call on White House to Withdraw Brief in Roundup Case
- Versatility of Soybean Oil Opens Doors for the United Soybean Board
- OSU Research Examines How to Improve Cattle Selection Practices
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Winter Wheat Harvest in Oklahoma at 15% Complete- Texas at 36% According to USDA |
The latest Crop Progress numbers from USDA show that Oklahoma's 2022 Winter wheat harvest is at 15 percent complete, up 9 points from last week and up 2 points from the five year average. Wheat Conditions for Oklahoma include 10 percent good to excellent, 41 percent fair and 49 percent poor to very poor.
Down in Texas- we have hit 36% of the crop harvested- 2 points behind their five year average. Kansas has yet to begin their 2022 harvest season.
Nationally- we have the first corn crop condition rating of the season- 73% of the US Corn Crop is rated in good to excellent condition versus 72% at the start of the rating period one year ago.
Back in Oklahoma- here's some of the planting numbers for our spring crops:
Corn planted reached 83 percent, up 6 points from the previous year but down 3 points from normal.
Sorghum planted reached 33 percent, unchanged from the previous year but down 9 points from normal.
Soybeans planted reached 42 percent, up 7 points from the previous year but down 9 points from normal. Soybeans emerged reached 19 percent.
Peanuts planted reached 45 percent, down 1 point from the previous year and down 16 points from normal.
Cotton planted reached 53 percent, up 10 points from the previous year and up 4 points from normal.
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Derrell Peel says Poor Forage Condition and High Grain Prices Weigh Heavy on Calf Prices |
Weekly, 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 Derrell Peel, Mark Johnson and Paul Beck. Today, Dr. Peel talks about cattle markets as we transition into summer.
Steer calf prices posted a double top in February and again in early April with the outbreak of the war in Ukraine causing a counter-seasonal dip in March. The decrease in calf prices in April and May is expected seasonally but the decrease has been more pronounced than usual. Poor forage conditions and prospects combined with high grain prices is weighing heavy on calf prices. Calf prices typically decline through the summer before pushing more sharply lower in the fall.
The big feeder cattle also put in a double spring top with the highest prices of the year in mid-February and a second, lower top in early April. By late May prices for 800-pound steers. The big feeder cattle also put in a double spring top with the highest prices of the year in mid-February and a second, lower top in early April. By late May prices for 800-pound steers
Beef cow slaughter is up 15 percent year over year for the first 20 weeks of the year. A strong ground beef market continues to support cull cow prices, but drought-forced liquidation is likely to add additional supply pressure to cull markets in the coming weeks.
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New Technology Allows Ranchers to Control Mesquite Better than Before, says Brian Cain with Bayer |
We talked with Brian Cain, the Southern Range Segment manager of Bayer Range and Pasture. Cain talks about Bayer’s digital ranching platform, RangeView, and how the same technology which was originally developed to help ranchers identify cheatgrass is now being used to identify and control mesquite.
With the use of Bayer’s Invora herbicide, combined with RangeView’s digital technology, ranchers in western Oklahoma have the chance to control invasive species in their pastures and increase the growth of valuable forage better than before.
“Range View is originally a digital platform for ranchers and land managers to utilize satellite imagery,” Cain said. “It really identifies the brush densities on targeted land sites.”
RangeView, Cain said, allows producers to see their property from another perspective. Producers already know what their property looks like, he added, but seeing it from a digital satellite model can help give them a better idea of the species growing in their pastures and where to find them.
“It will either identify brush density that they already knew about or maybe they didn’t know about, and that is always beneficial when you get ready to treat,” Cain said.
In terms of correctness, Cain said RangeView is beneficial for maximum effectiveness and utilization of the product that you treat with. In other words, he added, it helps producers make sure they are treating the right spots in their pastures.
For RangeView to work the best for mesquite control, Cain said it is critical that the trees are treated with Invora.
“They work extremely well together and that is where the magic really happens,” Cain said.
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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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FFA Members Head to Washington, D.C. to Develop Leadership Skills |
For more than fifty years, FFA members from across the country converge on Washington, D.C., in the summer to evaluate their personal skills and interests, develop leadership talent and create service plans that will make a difference in their communities.
After a two-year delay, the conference is back! Created in 1969 and held annually, the conference begins June 7, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. More than 2,000 students are registered for the 2022 Washington Leadership Conference, the second-largest student experience that the National FFA Organization hosts each year.
FFA members can attend the conference during one of seven weeks through July 30. They will spend the week under the guidance of professionals, counselors and FFA staff. In workshops, seminars and small groups, members will focus on identifying and developing their personal strengths and goals while undergoing comprehensive leadership training that will help them guide their local FFA chapters. The capstone of the event will be a civic engagement activity where participants apply what they have learned to a hands-on activity.
Members will also analyze the needs of their communities, develop wide-ranging and high-impact community service initiatives and implement their plans with the help of their FFA chapters upon return home. Students in recent years have promoted agricultural literacy; brought attention to abuse; collected and distributed shoes to individuals in Haiti; created a hunger awareness plan and more.
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Republican Leaders Thompson, Boozman Call on White House to Withdraw Brief in Roundup Case |
House Agriculture Committee Republican Leader Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA) and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Republican Leader John Boozman (R-AR) are calling on the Biden Administration to withdraw its current brief before the Supreme Court in a case involving the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) federal registration authority of Roundup, an essential glyphosate-based herbicide used for crop protection.
In a letter to President Biden, the Republican Leaders question the White House's rationale for filing the brief based on a "change in administration" and seek answers as to why the Solicitor General modified its long-standing position that EPA maintains federal preemption authority on all crop protection tools without consulting the relevant agency subject matter experts.
"Such a reversal coupled with the lack of consultation with subject matter experts is incredibly concerning. Simply citing a 'change in administration' as a cause and justification for completely undermining an agency's federal preemption authority, clearly established by Congress, is egregious. The Solicitor General's actions not only insert significant ambiguity into FIFRA , but also upends a host of statutory preemption authorities and the general use of crop protection tools, and further threatens global food security," Thompson and Boozman wrote.
The Republican Leaders' letter spells out the negative long-term consequences the Ninth Circuit's decision would have should it be allowed to stand.
"If the Ninth Circuit's decision is left in place, not only will growers lose a critical tool from their toolbox, but EPA's registration process will eventually evolve into a state-by-state patchwork that will thwart the science-based and risk-based process Congress has specifically directed EPA to carry out. Importantly, any marketplace confusion will take place during an emerging global food crisis and growing food insecurity," Thompson and Boozman continued.
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Versatility of Soybean Oil Opens Doors for the United Soybean Board |
KC Sheperd, Farm Director, caught up with Belinda Burrier, the chair of communications and education at the United Soybean Board. Burrier talks about new strides for the soybean industry.
The United Soybean Board recently partnered with Goodyear and Skechers. Both of these companies are producing products using soybean oil. Soybean oil, when mixed with rubber compounds, has been found to improve flexibility at low temperatures, increase traction, and reduce energy consumption during the manufacturing phase.
“We have teamed up with Goodyear Tire and we have a multi-decade commitment from them for sourcing soybean oil from soybean farmers in the U.S.,” Burrier said. “One of the things they have done is created a new rubber tire that goes on any kind of vehicle.”
Burrier said many fleets have already started to use these new tires. The tires made using soybean oil, Burrier said, help to displace petroleum and as a result, helps companies to create a more sustainable product by using a renewable product grown in U.S. farms.
Goodyear plans to use soybean oil to the full extent in all of their tires by the year 2040, Burrier said.
Burrier also talked about the United Soybean Board’s partnership with Skechers.
“Everybody on the soybean board actually got a pair of the Skechers tennis shoes and it’s the same philosophy,” Burrier said. “The soybean oil was used in the soles of the tennis shoes, and it makes them more pliable, have better grip, and more cushion.”
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OSU research Examines How to Improve Cattle Selection Practices |
Oklahoma State University researchers have hopes of offering future insight to cattle producers regarding selection practices.
What could this mean for the cattle industry?
“We’re hoping this will be the first steps in being able to find some selection criteria for immune response and robustness traits, along with the growth, carcass and feed efficiency traits that are currently being emphasized in selection,” said Paul Beck, animal and food sciences associate professor and OSU Extension specialist for beef nutrition.
Beck said that while ranches with high quality management and production practices report an increase in milk production as well as improved growth and carcass traits, they are also seeing more cattle deaths toward the end of their finishing period.
“When you move cattle from cow-calf or stocker production systems to placing them in a feedlot, you expect the change in environment to start showing increases in bovine respiratory disease in the first 35 days,” Beck said.
But producers are seeing an increase in death rates much later in the finishing period with cattle from reputation herds known for excellent breeding and management.
“The economic problem with that is you have a whole lot of time and money tied up in the animal by the time it dies. If it dies earlier in the feeding period, you at least don’t have all that feed put into it,” Beck said. “What we’ve seen in other plant and animal species, such as poultry and corn, is that if we select for economic traits – growth, performance, yield – the species don’t thrive in a harsher environment.”
Producers choose cattle based on economic traits like milk production, carcass value and growth rate because those traits can be easily measured.
“We’re looking at measuring stress and immune responsiveness, behavior and temperament, and thus, subsequent robustness to stressors and health challenges. It’s looking at the whole gamut of immune response – responses to vaccines, to different challenges within their environment – and using those as a proxy to try to pick out which animals would be more robust in response to disease pressures,” Beck said.
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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 $2.32 cents and Select Beef was up $1.07 on Monday 06/06/2022.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had 8,600 head on Monday-our first sale in June, 2022.
Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 5.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 6.00-12.00 higher. Steer calves 10.00-12.00 higher. Heifer calves 2.00-6.00 higher. Demand very good for all classes. Quality average to attractive. Drought conditions improved some in the last week as heavy rains moved thru the whole state. According to the Oklahoma Mesonet, the western half of the state has moved out of the exceptional drought category to extreme and severe. Only the far northwestern part of the Oklahoma Panhandle remains in an exceptional drought. Drought conditions have been bad in many areas of the country forcing many to send cows to slaughter. Beef cow slaughter numbers are currently about 15 percent higher than a year ago.
Click below for the complete closing report.
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The Joplin Regional Stockyards had a total run of 9,558 head for their first sale in June- 6/6/202.
Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago, feeder steers under 700 lbs. traded steady with heavier weights trading 4.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 5.00-8.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very 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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Our Latest RRP takes us to Altus, Oklahoma. Farm Director, KC Sheperd, talks with Carl Josefy, the Jackson County, Oklahoma FSA Executive Director about all things FSA-related. Josefy explains various FSA programs available to producers and contradicts the misconception that these programs are only available to a small number of operations.
“It is always a pleasure to be able to get in front of producers to let them know what is occurring with the Farm Service Agency,” Josefy said. “We have a lot of programs going on, and it does overlap.”
The newly announced Emergency Relief Program, Josefy said, is aimed at aiding commodity and special crop producers. This program, he added, includes 10 billion dollars in assistance to agricultural producers that were impacted by wildfire, drought, hurricane, winter storms, and other eligible disasters that occurred across the country during the calendar year of 2021.
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