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Tuesday, October 25, 2022 |
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Rain Arrives-Significant Amounts Fall in Southwest, Central and Eastern Oklahoma
- Oklahoma FFA Update- Karstyn Cantrell Advances in National FFA Officer Selection
- Winter Wheat Emergence in Oklahoma is Down 21 Percentage Points from Average
- OKFB and OCA Gubernatorial Candidate Forum on Agriculture Today
- Dr. Derrell Peel: Feedlots Turning the Corner?
- Drought Brings on Slower Boll Opening and Leaf Drop in Oklahoma Cotton Crop
- American Simmental Association Signs on With the Genetic Merit Pricing Task Force
- Make plans to attend the 2022 AFR Speech Contest
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Rain Arrives-Significant Amounts Fall in Southwest, Central and Eastern Oklahoma |
Much of Oklahoma has shared in the rainfall that has ranged from one to three inches since Sunday night. Northwestern Oklahoma and the Panhandle have been left out this time around.
As of 3 AM this morning- with rain showers still falling in parts of western and eastern Oklahoma- a couple of locations have topped three inches- Cookson and Idabel claim top honors with 3.73 and 3.29 inches respectively. There are two dozen locations that have hit the two inch rainfall mark spread across the state.
As for those left out- nothing in Kenton and Boise City- less than a tenth in Texas County and 19 hundredths in Woodward.
These rains are expected to be taken into account in our next Drought Monitor that will be released on Thursday morning. It;s not a drought buster- but it's a multi million dollar rain for the 2023 Oklahoma wheat crop and should help improve forage conditions- and in some of the areas where we got the best rainfall- put some water back into ponds.
The map above is a snapshot as of 3 AM central- but you can click on the map and see the real time image of the two day rainfall totals across Oklahoma from the Oklahoma Mesonet.
AND GOOD NEWS- there is another chance for rain Thursday PM into Friday.
Keep on Praying!
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Oklahoma FFA Update- Karstyn Cantrell Advances in National FFA Officer Selection |
The National Officer selection process is really a two stage event- and the first half is done as those who continue to be in the hunt for one of the six national officer slots for 2022-2023 of the FFA were so notified in a letter Monday evening.
This is actually the second letter that our Oklahoma National FFA Officer candidate has received- Karstyn Cantrell received a similar letter last October and waited for her name to be called on the following Saturday- but that did not happen.
Listen to our conversation with Karstyn to learn more about how she handled that disappointment and how that has prepared her to be a better candidate here in 2022.
The six national officers for the new year will be called to the stage one by one on Saturday afternoon in Indianapolis as one of the final happenings at the 2022 National FFA Convention.
Here's hoping that our young lady from Skiatook will hear her name this time.
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Winter Wheat Emergence in Oklahoma is Down 21 Percentage Points from Average |
Pasture and range ratings do not see any improvement for the Southern Plains in the latest USDA Crop Progress Report. Recent rains and more chances later this week hopeful to give some relief to dry pasture and range.
Winter wheat planted reached 72 percent, up 1 point from the previous year but down 5 points from normal. Winter wheat emerged reached 40 percent, down 10 points from the previous year and down 21 points from normal.
Cotton bolls opening reached 95 percent, up 1 point from the previous year and up 1 point from normal. Cotton harvested reached 21 percent, up 4 points from the previous year but unchanged from normal. Cotton conditions rated 5 percent good to excellent, 37 percent fair and 58 percent poor to very poor.
Corn harvested reached 82 percent, up 2 points from the previous year and up 5 points from normal.
Sorghum mature reached 99 percent, up 2 points from the previous year and up 8 points from normal. Sorghum harvested reached 55 percent, up 2 points from the previous year and up 1 point from normal. Sorghum conditions rated 9 percent good to excellent, 30 percent fair and 61 percent poor to very poor.
Pasture and Livestock:
Pasture and range conditions rated 2 percent good to excellent, 21 percent fair and 77 percent poor to very poor. Since last week, poor to very poor has decreased by one percentage point.
Livestock conditions rated 30 percent good to excellent, 49 percent fair and 21 percent poor to very poor.
To view the Oklahoma Crop Progress Report, click here.
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OKFB and OCA Gubernatorial Candidate Forum on Agriculture Set for Wednesday |
Oklahoma Farm Bureau and the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association are set to host a gubernatorial candidate forum on agriculture, Oct. 26 from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Comanche County Fairgrounds in Lawton.
Incumbent Republican candidate Gov. Kevin Stitt is confirmed to attend. Democratic candidate Joy Hofmeister has been invited but has not yet confirmed.
The candidate forum will be moderated by me, Ron Hays, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster for the Radio Oklahoma Ag Network.
OKFB and OCA members are encouraged to attend, and the event is open to the general public.
Michael Kelsey, Executive Vice President for the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association believes this is a tremendous opportunity for people in rural areas to hear more from the candidates on issues that are most relevant to them- things like drought, rural economic development, medical marijuana grow licenses, rural broadband as well as their view of what the future of agriculture and rural Oklahoma looks like.
Event: OKFB/OCA Gubernatorial Forum on Agriculture
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 26
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location: Prairie Building
Comanche County Fairgrounds
920 SW Sheridan Rd
Lawton, Oklahoma
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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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Dr. Derrell Peel: Feedlots Turning the Corner? |
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." Today, Dr. Peel talks about the latest USDA Cattle on Feed Report.
The latest USDA Cattle on Feed report pegged the October 1 cattle on feed inventory at 11.449 million head, down 0.9 percent year over year. This is the first year over year decrease in the monthly on-feed inventory since December 2021. Among the largest feedlot states, on-feed totals in Texas and Nebraska remain higher year over year, up 3.3 and 3.8 percent respectively while feedlot totals are down in Kansas, 6.7 percent lower year over year and Colorado, down 5.3 percent from last year.
The quarterly breakdown of steers and heifers for October 1 showed that the number of steers on feed was down 2.3 percent from last year while the number of heifers was up 1.4 percent year over year. The number of heifers on feed indicates continued liquidation in the cattle herd with heifers on feed representing 39.7 percent of total feedlot inventories, the highest heifer-on-feed percentage in 21 years since October 2001. The number of heifers on feed in Texas on October 1 was up 13.1 percent year over year, giving Texas an unusually large share of total heifers on feed and the highest Texas total for heifers on feed since 2001. This is consistent with the severe drought conditions in the southern plains this year.
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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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Drought Brings on Slower Boll Opening and Leaf Drop in Oklahoma Cotton Crop |
KC Sheperd, Farm Director, is catching up with Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Cotton Agronomist Dr. Seth Byrd as he gives a cotton overview and crop update.
“If you look at the USDA’s latest report on the harvest progress, we are just getting started, you know, we are still in the single digits in terms of acres harvested,” Byrd said. “Our crop maturity from at least a boll development and opening standpoint, you know, most of the crop probably at this point has had a harvest aid application applied, or it is going to be one of those crops you wait on until it freezes.”
This year’s cotton crop, Byrd said, has taken a little longer to get to the point where a harvest aid application has been applied.
“Some of the remaining bolls are starting to be a little bit slow to open now that we are starting to cool off our nighttime temperatures, especially,” Byrd said.
The biggest hurdle cotton farmers have faced, Byrd said, is getting their cotton to drop leaves.
“What would normally take, you know, in a normal good year with a decent crop condition five to ten days, has taken us, 15 plus days, and we are just not seeing a lot of movement or very slow movement on our defoliation front,” Byrd said.
The first “cold snap” came a little later, Byrd said, and that is usually what will naturally jump-start the senescence process.
“Boll opening and leaf drop are kind of related as in they are both hormonal processes and they both occur naturally, but we will see boll opening really move fast when we have warm dry conditions,” Byrd said. “A lot of times with senescence- leaf drop- we almost need a cold snap, and that will kind of jump start the leaf drop, and we are really just now seeing that.”
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American Simmental Association Signs on With the Genetic Merit Pricing Task Force |
The American Simmental Association (ASA) has joined forces with numerous industry partners to fund a Genetic Merit Pricing Task Force (GMP), focused on identifying and implementing methods and practices to increase the recognition and use of objectively determined genetic merit in the pricing of US feeder cattle.
The GMP has the capacity to strengthen the position of serious producers who intentionally build profit-oriented genetics for the cow-calf operator, cattle feeders, and packers alike. At the same time, this approach offers greater awareness of the current beef population and gives all parties the opportunity to make future-minded decisions with forethought, facts, and tangible understanding of actual profit potential.
The ASA Board of Trustees passed a resolution to become a full funding partner in the GMP, contributing $40,000. The American Simmental-Simbrah Foundation will contribute half of these funds.
Since its inception, the ASA has supported many efforts focused on elevating the value of genetic merit in US beef cattle. Tools such as the IGS Feeder Profit Calculator ™ make clear ASA’s commitment to serving the industry at large. ASA has full respect for the presently existing approaches that are proving successful and recognizes that many systems already encourage and reward genetic merit. The ASA’s interest and involvement focuses solely on multi-breed objective measures of terminal traits and their potential implementation, where appropriate, across the beef business. Also in line with ASA’s mission, scientific assessment will be at the forefront of these efforts.
Founded in 1968, the American Simmental Association is headquartered in Bozeman, MT. ASA is committed to leveraging technology, education, and collaboration to accelerate genetic profitability for the beef industry. In keeping with its commitment, ASA, along with its partners, formed International Genetic Solutions - the world’s largest genetic evaluation of beef cattle. Learn more at www.simmental.org\
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Make plans to attend the 2022 AFR Speech Contest |
This popular AFR event is held in the fall of each year and is available to both members and non-members. Students in grades 3th – 12th compete in their respective category at five district contests held across the state. First and second-place winners in each category advance to the state speech contest held in Stillwater on the Oklahoma State University campus. More than 350 students participate in this event every year.
Speech Contest Dates include:
Monday, November 7- Central District, Tecumseh High School
Tuesday, November 8- Northeast District, Lone Star Schools, Sapulpa
Thursday, November 10- Southeast District, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Wilburton
Monday, November 14- Southwest District, Cache High School
Thursday, November 17- Northwest District, Autry Technology Center, Enid
Saturday, December 3- State Speech Contest, OSU, Stillwater
Registration for all district contests begins at 4:00 p.m. followed by a contest briefing at 4:30 p.m. Judges and speakers will then disperse to assigned classrooms for competition. Immediately following competition, a meal will be served. Awards, special recognition and final comments will conclude the contest.
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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 $4.21 and Select Beef was up $1.25 on Monday 10/24/2022.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had 8,500 head on Monday, October 24th.
Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 -5.00 higher.. Feeder heifers 1.00 - 4.00 higher. Steer calves unevenly steady. Heifers calves 2.00 - 5.00 higher. Demand moderate to good. Last Friday's Cattle on Feed report bullish with less Placements or more Marketing's. Cattle futures reflecting that bullishness and trading in the green today. Supply included several loads of thin fleshed feeders off grass. These sold to excellent demand. Quality average to attractive. Most of the region receiving much needed rainfall and cooler temperatures too follow.
Click below for the complete closing report.
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The Joplin Regional Stockyards had a total run of 4,590 head of cattle on Monday, October 24, 2022.
Compared to last week feeder steers under 525 lbs. traded 8.00-13.00 higher with heavier weights 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 625 lbs. traded 9.00-11.00 higher with heavier weights steady to 3.00 higher. Supply was moderate 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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Our Oklahoma Farm Report Team!!!!
Ron Hays, Senior Farm/Ranch Broadcaster and Editor
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