Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Thursday, November 10, 2022 |
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Allendale’s Rich Nelson Says WASDE Wheat Production Changes are Minimal
- Dan Halstrom Predicts U.S. Beef Exports to Continue at Record-Breaking Pace
- Another $12 Million for Drought Relief Allocated by the Emergency Drought Commission
- 2022 Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections Open This Week
- U.S Meat Trade Making Big Moves in Africa
- Speaker McCall Responds to Oklahoma Election Results
- Cotton Stalk Residue as a Winter Feed Resource
- Predictions Still Pointing to GOP Being in the Majority in the US House by a Razor Thin Margin
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Allendale’s Rich Nelson Says WASDE Wheat Production Changes are Minimal |
The November WASDE (World Agricultural Supply and demand estimates) was released today. Farm Director, KC Sheperd, visited with Allendale’s Rich Nelson about the latest report.
“A lot of us would suggest that perhaps USDA did more or less pass the buck in terms of making substantial changes to some of the areas in the ballot sheet,” Nelson said.
On the wheat side of things, Nelson said there were not any changes seen for production on this report, which he says is not uncommon.
“They laid low on the production side, they made moderate changes to food and seed, but they did not address maybe some moderate concerns about exports,” Nelson said. “So, in future reports, that might be adjusted.”
Production changes for wheat in Argentina were made, Nelson said, and lowered by 2 million tons, which was expected. A little surprise, he added, was that the USDA raised production estimates of Australia’s crop despite the excess rains received.
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Dan Halstrom Sees U.S. Beef Exports to Continue at Record-Breaking Pace |
In this episode of Beef Buzz, I am visiting again with the president and CEO of the United States Meat Export Federation, Dan Halstrom, talking about key players in accomplishing success in beef exports.
Halstrom talked with us at the front end of the USMEF's Strategic Planning Conference happening this week in downtown Oklahoma City.
“There was some optimism a week ago that China was about to change their zero-COVID policy,” Halstrom said. “That zero-COVID policy is making it extremely difficult to plan things as simple as a promotion. We have had many different promotions in different provinces that have been delayed or canceled because of a positive COVID case.”
Halstrom said people in Japan have not adjusted to going back into food service fully yet. The desire to have minimal contact is changing slowly, he added, but not back to normal.
A lot of work has been put into the beef market in
Japan for decades, Halstrom said, which deserves recognition.
“We just had our 40th-anniversary celebration a few months ago in Japan, and it is a testament to the fact that these markets do not develop overnight,” Halstrom said. “It takes years and literally decades of work from a lot of different organizations and individuals to have this sort of success.”
Last year, Halstrom said the U.S had three two-billion-dollar export markets in Korea, Japan and China. Now, Halstrom said the next question is which country will be the next billion-dollar export market.
“The world is evolving, the middle class is growing, and demand, I would argue, has never been better,” Halstrom said.
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Another $12 Million for Drought Relief Allocated to the Conservation Commission by the Emergency Drought Commission |
At the third meeting of the Emergency Drought Commission on November 9, KC Sheperd, Farm Director, got the chance to visit with Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur about the biggest takeaways from the meeting.
“It was great to have the public input that we had today at the emergency drought commission meeting,” Arthur said.
At the meeting, Arthur said producers voiced their concerns and talked about how they have been impacted by the drought.
“I think the drought commission heard those challenges today and worked toward fixing some of those and hopefully can get more of these dollars out the door in a better fashion and do good things for the producers that need them,” Arthur said.
“Certainly, we have heard this drought is ongoing, and the need is out there. We have had 8 million dollars that have already gone out the door, which I think gave us some time to see how the program was working, and what things might come up that we weren’t aware of.”
At the meeting, another 12 million dollars was directed to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission by the three Commissioners.
Individuals who did not apply for initial funding in their district, or did not receive funding with their first application, Arthur said, will be eligible to receive funds from the additional 12 million dollars.
For those who already applied and did not receive funding the first time, Arthur said they will not be required to reapply to receive these funds. Clarification was provided to all districts that applications from all practices will be accepted, Arthur added.
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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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2022 Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections Open This Week |
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) began mailing ballots this week for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county and urban county committee elections to all eligible agricultural producers and private landowners across the country.
Elections are occurring in certain Local Administrative Areas (LAA) for these committee members who make important decisions about how federal farm programs are administered locally. Producers and landowners must return ballots to their local FSA county office or have their ballots be postmarked by Dec. 5, 2022, in order for those ballots to be counted.
“County committees provide an opportunity for producers to play a meaningful role in delivering farm programs, but in order for county committees to be effective, they must truly represent all who are producing,” said FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux. “Voting in these elections is your opportunity to help ensure our county committees reflect the diversity of our agriculture. Your voice and vote matter, don’t miss your chance to cast your ballot.”
Producers must participate or cooperate in an FSA program to be eligible to vote in the county committee election. A cooperating producer is someone who has provided information about their farming or ranching operation but may not have applied or received FSA program benefits. Additionally, producers who are not of legal voting age but supervise and conduct farming operations for an entire farm are eligible to vote in these elections.
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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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U.S Meat Trade Making Big Moves in Africa |
At the U.S. Meat Export Federation's Strategic Planning Conference in Oklahoma City, I got the chance to visit with Matt Copeland, U.S. Meat Export Federation representative in Africa about his involvement with USMEF over the last several years.
“It is a wonderful privilege to represent the USMEF in Africa,” Copeland said.
Copeland is responsible for all countries in Africa aside from Egypt.
“A lot of what we do is building a base that we can trust,” Copeland said.
The main goal of Copeland’s work, he said, is making sure that U.S. meat products are making it onto as many tables as possible in Africa. Part of this process, he said, involves analysis of how to prove that U.S. meat items are of more value than competitors from other countries.
“That is really just a protein deficiency in Africa that we are trying to balance,” Copeland said. “To go one step further, obviously, we have wonderful manufacturing processors in the country who can make incredible bacons, beef burgers with U.S products in-country, and then from there, we can probably go up to maybe differentiating on intensely grain-fed animals.”
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Speaker McCall Responds to Oklahoma Election Results |
House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, issued the following statement in response to the Nov. 8, 2022, Oklahoma election results:
“Once again, the people of Oklahoma have shown through their votes that they believe Republicans are best suited to lead our state. With our marching orders in hand, we are ready to get to work moving Oklahoma forward towards a brighter future for all.”
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Cotton Stalk Residue as a Winter Feed Resource |
Weekly, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition Specialist Paul Beck offers his expertise on the beef cattle industry. This is a part of the weekly series known as the “Cow-Calf Corner” published electronically by Beck. Today, he talks about the value of cotton fields or cotton residue for feeding during winter months.
Cotton gin trash is often used to replace hay fed to pregnant beef cows during the winter or as a roughage in growing and finishing cattle diets. Ginning each bale of cotton produces 150 to 200 pounds of gin trash. The gin trash consists of leaves, soil, stems, boles, burrs, lint, and cottonseed and averages 12% crude protein and 43% total digestible nutrients, which makes it adequate in protein but deficient in energy for a dry pregnant cow. Research has shown cows can maintain weight and body condition with as little as 3 pounds of grain-based supplement per day. Gin trash can contain large amounts of soil contamination and is initially unpalatable to cows, which may take several days for them to adapt and begin consuming gin trash. Because of the variability and unpalatability, intake should be closely monitored and supplemental feeding adjusted accordingly.
With hay shortages and substantial areas of failed cotton crops, grazing cotton fields or cotton residue can be a great resource to shorten the hay feeding season and reduce the hay needed to maintain cows through the winter.
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Predictions Still Pointing to GOP Being in the Majority in the US House by a Razor Thin Margin |
The odds of Oklahoma Congressional delegation being in the majority remains high- there are multiple websites in cyberspace that are tracking the last of the seats that not yet decided.
One of them- the Race to the WH- is currently saying there is an 82.9% chance of the GOP being in the majority with a 221 or 222 seats- which would be an exact flip to what established Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats as the majority party two years ago.
For Congressmen Tom Cole and Frank Lucas- that narrow margin would Likely make them both Chairmen in the new Congress in January- Cole as Rules Committee Chair and Lucas as Chair of the Science and Technology Committee. It would also pave the way for Congressman Lucas to reclaim his seat on the House Ag Committee as the Republicans would claim control of the agenda and the direction of the 2023 Farm Bill.
By the way- this particular site gives the advantage to the Democrats when it comes to keeping control of the US Senate with three seats still in play- Nevada, Arizona and Georgia.
Politico also says the Republicans seem on track to take a narrow majority.
Will we know this week? Stay tuned.
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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 lower- Choice Beef was down 27 cents and Select Beef was down 83 cents on Wednesday 11/09/2022.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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OKC West in El Reno had 8.982 head of cattle on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
Feeder steers sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded 1.00-3.00 lower on limited comparable sales. Demand moderate for feeders. Steer and heifer calves sold steady to firm. Demand moderate to good as buyer interest was wide spread for different types of calves, from weaned to un-weaned along with a variety of weight classes. All cattle quoted as Value Added are either part of the Oklahoma Quality Beef Network or the Integrity Beef Alliance cattle programs. These cattle have been long weaned with multiple rounds of shots and third party verified.
Click below for the complete closing report.
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had 1,341 head of cows and bulls this week versus 1,064 a year ago.
Compared to last week: Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Demand moderate to good. Quality average to attractive.
Click on the Button below for the complete USDA Market News Report from Tuesday trade in Oklahoma City.
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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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