Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Oklahoma Facing Most Extreme Drought Conditions Since February 2013
- Randy Blach Confident in Better Cattle Market Conditions Down the Road
- Russia and Ukraine Responsible for Largest Impacts on Grain Markets says OSU's Kim Anderson
- Farm Bureau donates more than $60,000 to rural fire departments in battle against ongoing drought
- State Superintendent Hopeful Jena Nelson Believes Better Teacher Pay Critical for Improving Education in Okla
- Attorney General O'Connor Fights Increased Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
- OBN Aggressively Targeting Criminal Activity at Medical Marijuana Farms
- More Stories for Your Weekend Reading
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Oklahoma Facing Most Extreme Drought Conditions Since February 2013 |
Oklahoma is now facing the most extreme/exceptional drought that it has seen since February of 2013 at 85.6 percent extreme drought or worse.
In Oklahoma, exceptional drought is at 29.1 percent, up significantly from last week’s 17.78 percent.
Extreme drought or worse is now at 85.6, up about ten percentage points from last week’s 75.7 percent.
Severe drought or worse is up to 99.6 percent, up slightly from last week's 99.5 percent.
Moderate drought or worse is up to 100 percent, up slightly from last week's 99.9 percent.
Abnormally dry or worse conditions remain at 100 percent.
According to the 6-10-day precipitation outlook map for Oklahoma, a 40-50 percent chance of precipitation through October 22, with the southwest corner of the state and the panhandle leaning below a 33-40 percent chance of precipitation.
To view this week's Oklahoma drought numbers, click the drought map above the story.
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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.
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Randy Blach Confident in Better Cattle Market Conditions Down the Road |
In this episode of Beef Buzz, I am visiting with CattleFax CEO, Randy Blach, talking about the current cattle market conditions.
Blach said the cattle industry has faced many headwinds over the last three or four years.
“If you step back and you think about what we were sharing last fall and what we were sharing as we came out of convention early this year, the markets have largely performed very well with what we anticipated, but obviously we had a Russian invasion into Ukraine that stopped our rally early in the spring,” Blach said. “We got most of that going here again in the fall, and again, we are selling our highest-priced cattle of the year this fall and will continue to see some push higher in here into the fall.”
As it relates to the drought situation, Blach said the most difficult thing is to see many producers being forced to cull their cow herds to such high levels at this stage of the cattle cycle.
“We are finally in a position that cow-calf producers can get a payday, and they have to sell their herds,” Blach said. “It is just devastating because we have gone through so many of these narrow margin years in here where we are just kind of getting by and make a few bucks, lose a few bucks, but now is a time for a payday and it is unfortunate they were not able to withstand the drought.”
Blach said we are going to see the cowherd get nearly as tight as it did in 2013 and 2014.
“We are still very confident that we are going to see better markets continue to present themselves as we go down the road,” Blach said. “We really need to see a significant move in these prices over these next 12 months to where we can actually see some real profitability come back into this for these cow-calf producers."
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Russia and Ukraine Responsible for Largest Impacts on Grain Markets says OSU's Kim Anderson |
This Week on SUNUP is Oklahoma State University Extension grain market economist, Kim Anderson. During this week's edition, Anderson talks about crop prices and factors impacting the grain markets and economy.
There was not much movement this week with corn, beans and cotton, Anderson said, but wheat went up 55 cents on Monday and came back down 33 cents on Tuesday.
The Ukraine and Russian war, Anderson said, is to blame for the volatility in wheat prices.
“Ukraine and Russia are both important to the world’s economy- especially Russia,” Anderson said. “In the area over there, Russia invaded Ukraine and took some eastern section on around to the southeastern part of it. What they have accomplished there, is they have got poor facilities and they can, to a certain degree, control the exports, out of Ukraine and out of Russia."
Anderson said Russia has taken over a major industrialized agricultural section of Ukraine.
“You are talking about 5 million metric tons of crops coming out of that and going into exports,” Anderson said. “Plus, you have got those export facilities along that Sea of Azov coming out there and Russia wants those export facilities so they can control them. Right now, all Ukraine has got is one export facility in the Black Sea, but the export facilities in Azov- they are not available anymore. Russia wants to control those, and when they control those, they control the good part of Ukraine’s agriculture.”
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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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Farm Bureau donates more than $60,000 to rural fire departments in battle against ongoing drought |
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Fire Department Matching Program donated a total of $61,300 to rural fire departments around the state of Oklahoma.
The program - a collaboration between OKFB, the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture and OKFB Insurance - matched donations made by county Farm Bureaus to local fire departments up to $450.
“Oklahoma farmers and ranchers - many of whom are volunteer firefighters themselves - understand the importance of rural fire departments during an intense drought,” said David VonTungeln, president of the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture. “We hope the funds donated will provide some relief to our local firefighters in the form of food, water or supplies.”
Forty-seven county Farm Bureaus participated in the program, donating varying amounts to their local fire departments. Comanche County Farm Bureau led the charge with a total donation of $20,000.
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State Superintendent Candidate Jena Nelson Believes Better Teacher Pay Critical for Improving Education in Oklahoma |
KC Sheperd talked on Thursday with Jena Nelson, who is running for State Superintendent of Public Instruction as she answers questions concerning her stance on issues for education in Oklahoma.
With many teachers certified to teach in Oklahoma, teachers leaving the profession due to low salaries or lack of support has become a critical issue. Nelson said this issue is one of the main reasons she entered the race for Oklahoma State Superintendent.
“We have to address the teacher pay; we have to make sure that our professionals are paid a professional wage,” Nelson said. “Then, we also need to make sure that we are toning down the rhetoric when it comes to public education. Our educators deserve to be celebrated and elevated and having one of their own as state superintendent is going to help with that morale issue as well.”
Another part of Nelson’s plan if elected is to ensure there are programs in place to help teachers in their first year, to the fifth year.
“At the state department level, we can actually take our standards and then make a website where our one through five, or even our veteran teachers who need a little brush-up, we can then put in curriculum and lesson plans and attach them to the standards so we can take one more thing off of their plate and then they can adjust those lessons and just keep themselves going because when you are a first-year teacher, you are kind of paddling a lot and so you need all of the support you can get as you are learning the school culture.”
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Attorney General O'Connor Fights Increased Regulation of Greenhouse Gases |
Attorney General John O’Connor is leading a coalition of state attorneys general in the fight against a lawless and unnecessary federal mandate to track and regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.
“The Biden Administration is diverting highway funds away from our roads and bridges to promote its political agenda,” General O’Connor said. “We will not stand for this, which is why I am leading a coalition urging the U.S. Department of Transportation to decline to adopt Biden’s unlawful proposed mandate.”
Congress has already created and funded a program addressing greenhouse gas emissions on highways. The Biden Administration’s new proposal requires state departments of transportation to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions on highways. The coalition argues this rule is an improper attempt to exceed statutory limits on the Biden Administration’s authority.
In the letter, Attorney General O’Connor writes, “Your agency can only adopt performance measures described by Congress, and Congress did not give you unbounded authority to adopt any measure related to the National Highway System, nor did Congress include greenhouse gas measures in permissible projects under the statute. Your proposed rule is not in accordance with law, and you should decline to adopt it.”
Joining General O’Connor are the attorneys general of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Virginia.
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Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics Aggressively Targeting Criminal Activity Within the State's Medical Marijuana Program |
The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) is investigating and dismantling criminal organizations operating within the state’s medical marijuana program. Over the past two weeks, OBN has served Search Warrants at nearly a dozen marijuana farms across Oklahoma.
“This is another phase in OBN’s ongoing focus to aggressively target criminals hiding within the state’s medical marijuana program.” Said Agency Spokesman Mark Woodward.
“For over two years, OBN has identified numerous individuals and organizations that have moved to Oklahoma from out of State and used fraudulent business structures and so-called ‘ghost owners’ to obtain their Oklahoma Medical Marijuana licenses,” Woodward said. “These criminals try to blend into our state’s Medical Marijuana program while trafficking marijuana onto the illicit market around the United States, laundering money and moving millions of dollars in illicit drug proceeds overseas.”
A total of 79,157 illegally cultivated plants were seized, along with 3,139 pounds of processed marijuana and 16 firearms. So far, 20 people have been arrested with more arrests expected as these investigations continue.
Woodward said the targets of these investigations face a variety of charges including Drug Trafficking, Aggravated Manufacturing, Unlawful Cultivation, and Acquiring Proceeds from Drug Activity.
“As these investigations continue across Oklahoma, we plan to focus on criminal growers and business owners, as well as the entities that helped facilitate the fraudulent documentation allowing these criminal organizations to get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana license,” Woodward 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 mixed- Choice Beef was down 13 cents and Select Beef was up $1.60 on Thursday 10/13/2022.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Weekly Cattle Auction Reports
The buttons below allow you to check out the weekly Cattle Auctions in the region that we post on our website and here in our daily email update.
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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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