Oklahoma's Latest Farm
And Ranch News
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Thursday, October 20, 2022
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Amy Hagerman Urges Producers to Voice Their Needs and Concerns for the Upcoming 2023 Farm Bill
- Odds for Significant Wheat Pasture Dropping Daily in the Southern Plains
- Karstyn Cantrell Prepared to Represent Oklahoma in Indianapolis as National FFA Officer Candidate
- Oklahoma Land Lease Auction Today in Stillwater
- Cattlemen Remain Committed to Quality- Certified Angus Beef Closes Strong Fiscal Year
- USDA Provides Payments of Nearly $800 Million in Assistance to Help Keep Farmers Farming
- Beyond Herbicide and Raptor Herbicide from BASF Will Now Be Sold as Beyond Xtra
- ODAFF to Host Virtual Town Hall regarding Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Today at 6:30
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Amy Hagerman Urges Producers to Voice Their Needs and Concerns for the Upcoming 2023 Farm Bill
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KC Sheperd, Farm Director, is visiting with Amy Hagerman, OSU Agricultural Economics professor about important needs for producers in the writing of the 2023 farm bill.
“We are talking about the ten-year expected spending under all the farm bill programs when you put them all together,” Hagerman said. “So that is the nutrition programs, crop insurance, the commodities, the safety net, and the conservation spending. When you put it all together, they look out across ten years whenever they set the baseline that outlays what we expect on farm bill spending, and we are potentially looking at a farm bill that could exceed a trillion dollars for those potential ten-year outlays.”
In the last farm bill, Hagerman said the expected spending was 867 billion dollars.
“A trillion dollars is a number we hear more often,” Hagerman said. “The fact is, things are just more expensive, so if you are going to protect prices for crops, or if you are going to spend on conservation programs, we know the cost of those things is higher, and therefore, any kind of program that is going to help offset the cost is going to have to have higher outlays associated with that. So, it is really just a consequence of where we are at in terms of these programs.”
A critical issue for farm bills, Hagerman said, is finding the money for improvements in farm bill programs. Hagerman said many are questioning if we will see increased spending in the conservation title, and some additional elements to address carbon, carbon markets, and the measurement of carbon.
“Over the course of the next six to eight months, every one of our producer organizations will be having listening sessions and collecting their priorities that will go forward for farm bill discussions,” Hagerman said. “Now is the perfect time to engage in those discussions.”
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Odds for Significant Wheat Pasture Dropping Daily in the Southern Plains
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Over the last three years, about 50 percent or more of the wheat crop in the state of Oklahoma has been grazed for wheat pasture. Looking at the fall months of 2022, and early days of 2023, that trend is likely to suffer.
In this episode of Beef Buzz, I am visiting with the Director and Senior Agricultural Economist at the Livestock Market Information Center, Katelyn McCullock, talking about winter wheat pasture grazing in the midst of extremely low pasture and range conditions.
McCullock with the Livestock Market Information Center says the cattle that would have normally been grazed on wheat are already gone or will be going elsewhere.
“For dual-purpose wheat, we would be looking to put cattle on probably pretty typically around November 1,” McCullock said. “Right now, that doesn’t look like it is going to be able to happen.”
At a minimum, McCullock said wheat pasture grazing will be delayed, but the lack of moisture in the ground has producers questioning if wheat is going to sprout and be able to support cattle.
There is the chance of having some pockets that might receive enough moisture to graze wheat, McCullock said, but given the price of wheat, farmers are going to be cautious about some of the considerations.
“They are going to want to protect that grain-producing ability, this year specifically, but there are some considerations with that as well,” McCullock said.
Oklahoma State Statistician Troy Marshall also signals to the Oklahoma Farm Report that he agrees that there are some “hot spots” where timely rain has allowed some wheat to germinate and start growing in the last few weeks- but that wheat must get additional rain to have any chance of establishing a stand sufficient for grazing by stocker cattle. And that wheat pasture is unlikely to be available for several more weeks.
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Karstyn Cantrell Prepared to Represent Oklahoma in Indianapolis as National FFA Officer Candidate
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Representing Oklahoma in the race to become one of the national FFA officers is Karstyn Cantrell from the Skiatook FFA chapter in northeast Oklahoma. Cantrell served on the 2020-2021 FFA state officer team and is running for a second time to secure a spot on the national FFA officer team.
Growing up on a fourth-generation cow-calf operation, Cantrell said she feels lucky to have deep family roots within the agriculture industry. The transition to being involved in the FFA at a young age, she added, was seamless.
Early on in her FFA career, Cantrell said she learned the value of saying “yes” after listening to advice from a peer in her chapter.
“She told me to simply say yes,” Cantrell said. “Anytime there was a sign-up on the board asking if we wanted to participate in contests or camps or conventions, I always took that piece of advice and said ‘yes.’”
Cantrell said she had always been fond of the idea of serving as a national FFA officer.
“They serve such a big impact and I always thought that was a really cool opportunity,” Cantrell said.
Although Cantrell did not make the team on the first try, she said the experience allowed her to grow as a person.
“I am running for a second time and so I can see how my mindset has changed in wanting those opportunities of ways that I can give back and ways that I can be someone for the agricultural industry and a voice,” Cantrell 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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Oklahoma Land Lease Auction Today in Stillwater
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The 2022 Oklahoma Land Lease Auctions will be taking place through October 24th.
Today, a land lease auction will be held at 10 a.m. in Stillwater at the Payne County Expo Center for Logan, Noble, Payne, and Pawnee Counties.
On October 24, the final land lease auction will be held at 10 a.m. in Shawnee at the Shawnee Expo Center for Cleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie counties.
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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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Sponsor Spotlight
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Cattlemen Remain Committed to Quality- Certified Angus Beef Closes Strong Fiscal Year
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With ranchers continuing to produce high-quality beef at notable marks and consumer demand staying strong, Certified Angus Beef closed its books on the second-highest sales year of record.
The brand’s success is a reflection of an entire community pointed toward providing premium beef, starting with steady supply.
“Angus cattlemen and women remain committed to meeting the demand for the best-tasting and best-sourced beef,” says John Stika, president of Certified Angus Beef. “Our diverse, global and growing customer base recognizes the brand’s commitment to quality from the ranch to the plate.”
Certified Angus Beef sold 1.234 billion pounds in 54 countries during the 2022 fiscal year. Up 1.6% percent or 19 million pounds from fiscal 2021, the brand celebrates its seventh year reaching more than a billion pounds sold and set a new record sales month with 113.8 million pounds sold in March 2022.??
Demand Supported by Supply
The second-largest supply in the brand’s history, 5.78 million carcasses achieved the brand’s 10 beef quality specifications. The year also marked a record 16.38 million Angus-influenced cattle evaluated for the brand, a 1.7% increase from the previous year.
Cattlemen’s commitment to increasing high-quality beef supply continues to be rewarded through grid premiums.
As reported in March, premiums paid by packers to producers for brand-qualifying cattle totaled $182 million annually or $3.5 million per week.
“While we celebrate the success of the 2022 fiscal year, we are looking ahead to 2023 with a sense of optimism driven by strong demand for the brand and a sense of realism. We know the challenges facing producers, and ultimately the cattle supply, over the next few years,” Stika says.“Moving forward, we will remain focused on what is within our control - growing demand and supporting ranchers as they push forward in targeting the brand to supply customers the high-quality beef they desire.”
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USDA Provides Payments of nearly $800 Million in Assistance to Help Keep Farmers Farming
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Immediate Help for Over 13,000 Distressed USDA Farm Loan Borrowers; Begins process to provide up to $500 million more for up to 23,000 additional borrowers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that distressed borrowers with qualifying USDA farm loans have already received nearly $800 million in assistance, as part of the $3.1 billion in assistance for distressed farm loan borrowers provided through Section 22006 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA directed USDA to expedite assistance to distressed borrowers of direct or guaranteed loans administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) whose operations face financial risk.
Today’s announcement kicks off a process to provide assistance to distressed farm loan borrowers using several complementary approaches, with the goal of keeping them farming, removing obstacles that currently prevent many of these borrowers from returning to farming, and improving the way that USDA approaches borrowing and servicing. Through this assistance, USDA is focused on generating long-term stability and success for distressed borrowers.
“Through no fault of their own, our nation’s farmers and ranchers have faced incredibly tough circumstances over the last few years,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “The funding included in today’s announcement helps keep our farmers farming and provides a fresh start for producers in challenging positions.”
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Beyond Herbicide and Raptor Herbicide from BASF Will Now Be Sold as Beyond Xtra
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For more than two decades, growers have controlled their weeds with two trusted BASF solutions, Beyond® herbicide for Clearfield® Production System crops and Raptor® herbicide for alfalfa, dry beans, and soybeans. The two products have always contained the same chemistry but have been targeted to different cropping systems. Now, both Beyond and Raptor will become one new product, Beyond Xtra® herbicide. The new name reflects the crops that have been merged from Beyond and Raptor’s labels to the Beyond Xtra label and can now deliver the same quality weed control growers have come to expect from the respective brands. Recently registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Beyond Xtra is available for the 2023 growing season.
“Growers can rest assured that Raptor and Beyond herbicides, the previous herbicide chemistry they know and trust, are not changing, just the name,” said Chelsie Metzler, BASF Product Manager. “Retailers will also benefit from the simplicity of having the spectrum of crops under one label.”
Same Great Weed Control, New Name
Over the years, Beyond and Raptor herbicides have delivered long-lasting control on more than 40 tough grasses and broadleaf weeds, such as downy brome, Japanese brome, goat grass, and mustards. Beyond herbicide was previously marketed for Clearfield wheat, rice, sunflowers, lentils, and canola, while Raptor herbicide’s primary crops of protection included alfalfa, dry beans, and a variety of other crops.
Beyond Xtra herbicide’s chemistry will stay the same and will be available for use on all crops for which Beyond and Raptor herbicides were previously marketed. Growers can find Beyond Xtra herbicide in the same retail locations they bought Raptor and Beyond herbicides.
“Same great products, same great benefits. It’s that simple,” said Metzler.
To learn more about Beyond Xtra, contact your local BASF representative or visit www.beyond-xtra.com.
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ODAFF to Host Virtual Town Hall regarding Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Today at 6:30
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The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry will host a virtual town hall via Zoom on October 20 at 6:30 p.m. to provide information to the public regarding highly pathogenic avian influenza.
In the virtual town hall, the State Veterinarian, Dr. Rod Hall and his staff, will provide an overview of the disease and its current impact in Oklahoma, and share biosecurity recommendations. There will be a period for questions to address the concerns of the public and backyard poultry owners. Attendees can join the virtual town hall via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87258055471
The virtual town hall follows the detections of HPAI confirmed in a backyard flock in Tulsa County and a backyard flock in Creek County.
HPAI is a viral disease that can spread rapidly and infect many types of birds. Wild waterfowl and wild birds are the primary carriers of the disease, which is deadly to domestic poultry. Poultry owners should take measures to prevent contact between their birds and wild birds. Sick domestic birds should be reported to 405-522-6141 immediately.
The HPAI virus is considered low risk to humans and there is no danger to consuming poultry or meat harvested from waterfowl that is properly prepared. Affected birds do not enter the food supply system.
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OKC West is our Market Links Sponsor- they sell cattle three days a week- Cows on Mondays, Stockers on Tuesday and Feeders on Wednesday- Call 405-262-8800 to learn more.
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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 $2.61 and Select Beef was up 91 cents on Wednesday 10/19/2022.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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OKC West in El Reno had 6.631 head on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
ACCORDING TO USDA Market News- "Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded mostly 5.00-8.00 higher. Demand good for feeders.
Weaned steer calves traded mostly 6.00-9.00 higher, heifer calves sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Un-weaned bawling calves were steady to mostly
3.00 lower. Demand good to very good for weaned cattle."
OKC West Manager Bill Barnhart adds his thoughts on this week's trade on the market's Facebook page: "The market was stronger this week on stockers and feeders both. Some recent rain in spots around the trade area may have helped but many believe it’s too little too late to make wheat pasture. Most calves that are being purchased are leaving the trade area moving to grow yards and backgrounders. The feeder market Wednesday was higher, up to 8.00 in spots, as cattle feeders have less quality yearlings to pick from. Fats have traded higher also this week, 1.00-2.00, with many sellers holding out for more. Have a great week."
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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Our Oklahoma Farm Report Team!!!!
Ron Hays, Senior Farm/Ranch Broadcaster and Editor
KC Sheperd, Farm Director and Editor
Dave Lanning, Markets and Production
Reagan Calk, Farm News and Email Editor
Pam Arterburn, Calendar and Template Manager
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KC Sheperd shares the story of Joey Carter, a hard-working farmer who was widely regarded as a model citizen in a rural North Carolina town. Carter is the focus of a movie coming out in October called Hog Farmer- the Trials of Joey Carter.
He was not the type of person who ever expected to find himself caught up in the middle of a federal lawsuit involving some of the nation’s most ruthless trial lawyers and one of the world’s largest food companies.
But that’s exactly what happened when Joey’s family farm became the focal point in a series of nuisance trials that attracted national and international media attention. While his neighbors leveled charges of environmental racism in hopes of winning multi-million-dollar verdicts, Joey was left wondering how this could happen to a man who has always taken pride in playing by the rules.
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