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Monday, September 12, 2022
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- AFR Cooperative Delegates to Lobby on Behalf of Membership This Week
- Harvest Across the Entire Hard Red Winter Wheat Belt is Now Done- Final Protein Levels Above 2021 and 2020
- Mary Thomas Hart says Livestock Regulatory Protection Act is a Top Priority for NCBA
- Biden-Harris Administration Now Accepting Applications for $1 Billion Rural High-Speed Internet Program
- Russia-Ukraine War Largely Impacting Commodity Markets says Dr. Kim Anderson
- Texas Tech Researchers Studying Genetic Properties of Quality Beef
- Chronic Wasting Disease Kills Deer Near Oklahoma Panhandle Border- ODWC and ODAFF on High Alert
- USDA Crop Reports Preview
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AFR Cooperative Delegates to Lobby on Behalf of Membership This Week
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American Farmers & Ranchers (AFR) Cooperative delegates are looking forward to an effective week on Capitol Hill as they participate in the 2022 National Farmers Union (NFU) Fall Legislative Fly-In this week, Sept. 11-14.
AFR Cooperative President Scott Blubaugh will lead the team of delegates as they meet one-on-one with members of Oklahoma’s legislative delegation. The AFR efforts will be mirrored nationwide as Farmers Union members from every state organization meet with members of Congress to highlight challenges our nation’s farmers and ranchers are facing and outline priorities and goals for future legislation.
In addition to congressional meetings, the Oklahoma delegation will also hear from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials about current events, opportunities and other work the Agency is doing on behalf of farmers. They will also receive briefings from the leadership and staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture and the Biden Administration.
AFR Cooperative is a membership services organization established in 1905 as Oklahoma Farmers Union. AFR provides educational, legislative and cooperative programs across the state and serves as a watchdog for Oklahoma’s family farmers and ranchers and rural communities. The organization is actively supportive of the state’s agricultural industry and rural population with membership consisting of farmers actively involved in production agriculture and non-farmers adding their voice in support of AFR principles.
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Midwest Farm Shows is proud to produce the two best Farm Shows in the State of Oklahoma annually- the Tulsa Farm Show each December and the Oklahoma City Farm Show each April.
The Tulsa Farm Show is Oklahoma’s premier agricultural and ranching event- and returns to the SageNet Center (Expo Square) December, 8-9-10, 2022.
Now is the ideal time to contact the Midwest Farm Show Office at 507-437-7969 and book space at the 2022 Tulsa Farm Show. To learn more about the Tulsa Farm Show, click here.
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Harvest Across the Entire Hard Red Winter Wheat Belt is Now Done- Final Protein Levels Well Above 2021
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Here's the latest harvest summary from Plains Grain as compiled by their Executive Director, Mark Hodges. This report is as of Friday, September 9, 2022:
State Percent Complete:
Texas 100%
Oklahoma 100%
Kansas 100%
All 2022 HRW samples across all states are now in the lab and milling continues. Next week will mark the end of weekly reports with a final report to be issued when all testing is complete (approximately the last week of this month). All states are now 99% to 100% complete with harvest.
There are now 524 samples in lab originating out of 11 states with many in multiple stages of evaluation (mill/dough/bake test).
Two numbers jump out at us from the Plains Grains data- during our harvest reports that are coming from the field- we also talk a lot about Test Weights- and the season average for all of the HRW belt this year is significantly better in 2022 than it was in 2021- 60.7 versus 60.3.
And final protein content numbers are really good, too. Overall protein content avg. 12.7% (dropped slightly as harvest progressed, but still significantly higher vs. 12.0% in 2021), and 11.9% in 2020.
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Mary Thomas Hart says Livestock Regulatory Protection Act is a Top Priority for NCBA
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In this episode of Beef Buzz, I am visiting with Deputy Environmental Council for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Mary Thomas Hart, talking about the Livestock Regulatory Protection Act.
“The Livestock Regulatory Protection Act is a piece of bipartisan legislation that was actually introduced at the beginning of 2021 by Senators Thune of South Dakota, Boseman of Arkansas and Sinema and Kelly from Arizona in an attempt to codify some language that we had in the appropriations package for about the last 12 years,” Hart said. “This bill seeks to codify language that protects livestock producers from regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the clean air act.”
The LRPA is designed to be a deterrent, especially when it comes to those looking towards animal agriculture when it comes to methane.
“Especially in this administration, we have seen a real focus on climate change, on methane emissions, on greenhouse gas emissions regulation generally, and the EPA has really taken a strong stance on using the clean air act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions,” Hart said. “Now, they were smacked down by the Supreme Court earlier this year, but I think that when something like that happens, EPA just goes back to the drawing board. So, EPA just continues to look at the clean air act and say, ‘how can we use this to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions,’ and the more creative the agency gets, the more risk I think is presented to agriculture producers.”
While agricultural producers aren’t regulated under the Clean Air Act right now, Hart says it is still important to be proactive in terms of protection.
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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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Biden-Harris Administration Now Accepting Applications for $1 Billion Rural High-Speed Internet Program
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is now accepting applications for ReConnect Program loans and grants to expand access to high-speed internet for millions of people in rural America nationwide. The Department is making more than $1 billion available, thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The program is a critical piece of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to connect every American to affordable, reliable, high-speed internet.
“Ensuring that the people of rural America are connected with reliable, high-speed internet brings new and innovative ideas to the rest of our country, and it remains a core priority for President Biden,” Vilsack said. “That’s why high-speed internet is an important part of USDA Rural Development’s work with rural communities. Reliable high-speed internet opens the world’s marketplace to rural business owners. It enables them to expand their businesses and give more jobs and opportunities to people in their own community.”
On Sept. 6, USDA began accepting applications for loans, with available funds of $150 million, grants with available funds of $700 million, and combination loan/grant awards using $300 million under the ReConnect Program. These funds were appropriated under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Governmentwide, the law provides an historic $65 billion investment to expand affordable, high-speed internet to all communities across the U.S.
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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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Russia-Ukraine War Largely Impacting Commodity Markets says Dr. Kim Anderson
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This week on SUNUP is Dr. Kim Anderson, Oklahoma State University Extension grain market economist. During this week's edition, Anderson talks about wheat, corn and soybean prices
The biggest things impacting commodity prices right now, Anderson said, are the drought, stocks and the Russia-Ukraine war.
“You look at Ukraine, in the last month they allowed them to start exporting agricultural commodities,” Anderson said. “Reports this week said they had 87 cargos leaving the Ukrainian ports; however, it has also been reported that very few of these cargos are wheat. Most of the cargos have been going to Turkey. There have also been shipments to China, India, Yemen, and Somalia.”
Looking at Oklahoma wheat prices, Anderson said in late June they were in the seven- and eight-dollar range, and they stayed in that eight-dollar range for a bit.
“Last couple of weeks it has been between $8.25 and $8.75,” Anderson said. “When Putin came out and said that he may stop the exports out of Ukraine, our wheat prices went up 47 cents and then they backed off later in the day down to around 25 cents up.”
That price movement, Anderson said, shows the volatility in wheat prices and how they are impacted by what is happening in Russia and Ukraine.
“If you look at corn prices, Ukraine has been exporting more corn than wheat,” Anderson said. “You would think when Putin says that he is going to stop the exports or that he may stop the exports, you’d have a big increase in corn prices. Well, you had about an 11-cent increase when the markets opened, and it backed off to pretty much even.”
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Texas Tech Researchers Studying Genetic Properties of Quality Beef
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Markus Miller is working with groups from Australia and Ireland to identify the genetic qualities of high-grade beef.
Why are consumers willing to pay high prices for steaks?
A research project from Texas Tech University’s Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, in collaboration with groups in Ireland and Australia, is trying to answer that question.
The project started with a simple idea from a doctoral candidate, who wanted to know why consumers would pay $75 for a steak when much cheaper options were available. It has evolved into L GEN 2000, a collaborative genomics project funded by a $603,960 grant from the University of New England, that seeks to relate the genetic differences in the culinary quality of various beef cattle.
“We discovered the part of the brain stimulated when you have your best experience in life – first kiss, first love, marriage, children, whatever it is – gets turned on when you eat a high-quality piece of beef,” said Markus Miller, a professor and the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo chair of meat science, food processing and preservation in the Department of Animal & Food Sciences.
“Why would people want to eat beef when in every country on the planet, it's the most expensive protein? The reason is because of what it does to you physiologically. It makes you feel warm and fuzzy. You feel happy, you feel good about yourself. And food does that to everybody.”
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Chronic Wasting Disease Kills Deer Near Oklahoma Panhandle Border- ODWC and ODAFF on High Alert
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A white-tailed deer carcass recently recovered along a Texas road about 2.5 miles south of the Oklahoma border in the western Panhandle south of Felt, Okla., has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The CWD-positive deer was found in an area of Texas with a history of CWD detection dating back three years. Although not inside Oklahoma's border, due to the proximity of this finding to Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) has activated the next stage of the CWD Response Plan that was jointly produced with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry.
“With the ability of deer to easily travel many miles in a day, the CWD Response Plan dictates that we respond to this finding as if CWD has now been detected among free-roaming wild deer in Oklahoma,” said Jerry Shaw, Wildlife Programs Supervisor with ODWC.
CWD is an always-fatal neurological disease that affects the brains of deer, elk, moose, and other members of the cervid family, creating holes that resemble those in sponges. It’s important to note that CWD does not affect pronghorn antelope, also found in this area of the state, and that CWD transmission from wild animals to people or livestock has never been documented.
While CWD is similar to the infamous Made Cow Disease or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, scientists agree that CWD cannot cause BSE. BSE or Mad Cow Disease is a neurological disorder of cattle.
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USDA Crop Reports Preview
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Lots of data to be coming from USDA today- at 11 AM- the agency will release their monthly WASDE as well as the September Crop Production numbers. Then at 3 PM- we get the weekly Crop Progress numbers- they will likely be over shadowed by the data from earlier in the day.
According to DTN- "All eyes will be on USDA's new corn and soybean yield estimates Monday, Sept. 12, the first World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report of the year to include field-based observations. But that's not all -- USDA's NASS will also have an earlier-than-usual review of planting estimates for several crops, including corn and soybeans.
"December corn is trading near its highest prices in two months, largely because many are expecting USDA to lower the corn yield estimate in Monday's Crop Production and WASDE reports, due out at 11 a.m. CDT.
"The market first got wind of problems in this year's corn fields on Aug. 8 when DTN's Digital Yield Tour, powered by Gro Intelligence, estimated the national corn yield at 167.2 bushels per acre (bpa), much less than USDA's 177.0-bpa estimate at the time. Two and a half weeks later, Pro Farmer's crop tour followed with its own estimate of 168 bpa. On Sept. 8, Gro updated its yield estimate to 170.0 bpa, citing the influence of more moderate land-based temperatures'
"Dow Jones surveyed 19 analysts and arrived at a 14.077-billion-bushel (bb) corn crop estimate, based on a yield of 172.4 bpa, down from USDA's August yield estimate of 175.4 bpa. There is a good chance many of those analysts think the corn yield will eventually be lower but expect USDA to be slow in arriving at that conclusion Monday."
DTN signals that they will also be watching for possible changes in corn and soybean planting estimates Monday. "On Tuesday, Sept. 8, USDA's NASS announced it had enough data to update planting estimates for corn and soybeans on Sept. 12, one month earlier than usual.
"On Aug. 22, the Farm Service Agency reported 3.15 million acres of prevented plantings for corn and just under one million acres of prevented plantings for soybeans. It is difficult to predict how much those prevented acres will impact USDA's planting estimates Monday."
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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 down 75 and Select Beef was down $1.31 on Friday 09/09/2022.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had 7,800 head Sunday late afternoon- and ONSY President Kelli Paynesays they expect to start with 8,500 to 9,000 head this morning- the auction will begin at 6:30 AM this morning.
From the August 29th sale(the most recent sale): Compared to 8/22: Feeder steers unevenly steady. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 lower with a light test. Steer calves unevenly steady. Heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower. Demand moderate to good
Click below for the complete closing report.
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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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Ron Hays, Senior Farm/Ranch Broadcaster and Editor
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