Oklahoma's Latest Farm
And Ranch News
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Tuesday, November 22, 2022 |
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- 2022 Census of Agriculture in the Mail This Week
- Next to Last Weekly Crop Progress Shows Oklahoma Wheat Crop Still at 19% Good to Excellent
- Forecast for Thanksgiving Looks Mild
- Derrell Peel- Cattle Industry Dynamics Finally Lining Up
- Coming in 2023- Forage Sorghum Seed Minus the Prussic Acid Problems
- One Stop List of Drought Relief Resources
- A Season of Thankfulness By Congressman Tom Cole
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2022 Census of Agriculture in the Mail This Week |
At this past week's National Farm Broadcasters Annual Meeting- KC Sheperd, Farm Director, caught up with the director of NASS’s National Operations Division in St. Louis, Joe Prusacki, and talked about why it is important for ag producers to take time to complete the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
The 2022 Census of Agriculture will be mailed in phases, starting with an invitation to respond online during the month of November, followed by paper questionnaires in December. Farm operations of all sizes, urban and rural, which produced and sold, or normally would have sold, $1,000 or more of agricultural product in 2022 are included in the ag census.
“The census of ag is conducted every five years, the years ending with a two or a seven,” Prusacki said. “We are going to be mailing out about 2.6 million pieces of stuff starting on the 22nd of November.”
Watch for it in your mailbox.
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The Oklahoma Agriculture Mediation Program knows this is a hard time for farmers and ranchers. We want you to know we are still open, and we are still here for you. The Ag Mediation program is a free service that provides mediation to agriculture producers who may need help with ag-related disputes.
At Oklahoma Ag Mediation, we have been helping people in agriculture resolve conflicts since 1987. We know firsthand about working together to resolve conflicts, so you don’t have to go through the court systems. Let our professional mediators help you. Mediation is allowed for lease issues, farmer/neighbor disputes, family farm transitions, and more. These services are available at no cost for Oklahoma farmers and ranchers in all 77 counties. For more information, you can go to ok.gov/mediation, or give us a call at 800 248 5465.
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Next to Last Weekly Crop Progress Shows Oklahoma Wheat Crop Still at 19% Good to Excellent (same as week ago) |
In our next to last Crop Progress of the season- harvest across the US is largely complete. USDA is no longer showing a state by state breakdown on soybeans as harvest of that crop is complete- the US corn harvest is 96% complete, cotton harvest is 79% complete Grain sorghum 97% harvested and peanuts are 94% harvested.
Eighty seven percent of the US Winter Wheat Crop is now emerged, one point ahead of the five year average and two points ahead of this time last year.
There’s no change in the national winter wheat crop condition from a week ago at 32% in good to excellent condition- 12 points under the 44% good to excellent in the middle of November last year.
In the Southern Plains- The Oklahoma winter wheat crop remains unchanged this week versus last at 19% good to excellent- but far below the 55% good to excellent last year at this point.
Kansas is also unchanged from last week with 24% of the winter wheat crop being in good to excellent condition- and less than half the ratings of last November, which were at 61% good to excellent.
Finally, Texas is at 19% good to excellent- up one point from last week and three points under a year ago.
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Forecast for Thanksgiving Looks Mild
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State Climatologist Gary McManus expects the end of this week will reflect mild temps- including on Thanksgiving(the map showing expected highs this Thursday).
And the big US map below shows that we may actually get something above normal as we end November- but don't expect much of an opportunity to catch more rain- at least not in the immediate future.
For Gary's complete ticker on his weather outlook for this holiday week- click here.
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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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Derrell Peel- Cattle Industry Dynamics Finally Lining Up |
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 dynamics in the cattle industry.
The latest Cattle on Feed report pegs November 1 feedlot inventory at 11.706 million head, 98.0 percent of last year and the second consecutive monthly year-over-year decrease. The 12-month moving average of feedlot totals, which shows the average feedlot total for the previous year, peaked in September 2022 (Table 1). Feedlot inventories are expected to decrease year over year for the foreseeable future. Table 1 shows how cattle industry dynamics have developed since the last cyclical peak, with peak totals for each category highlighted in yellow. The peak average cow herd and calf crop occurred in 2018 with the peak feeder supply noted on January 1, 2019.
Click here to read Dr. Peel's complete analysis from this week's Cow Calf Corner.
AND- we have day two of our Beef Buzz with Dr. Peel on the latest Cattle on Feed Report- he tells us higher prices are already starting to become reality as beef supplies get tighter- and that is just the beginning of the stronger cattle prices, which he says will really trend up when we finally get the drought past us and are able to restock our beef cow herds- "and we don't know if that will happen in 2023- it depends on the drought conditions- but at some point in time- we are going to take smaller supplies of cattle and smaller beef production and squeeze it even farther because we are going to have to save a lot of heifers for herd rebuilding- we are going to cut cow culling to the bone and we will do the same thing in 2015 when we saw cattle slaughter drop to the lowest levels since 1963 and we will do something similar to that again at some point- probably not in 2023 but I think maybe in 2024 or 2025."
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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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Coming in 2023- Forage Sorghum Seed Minus the Prussic Acid Problems |
Sorghum has served as a food and feed crop for thousands of years, yet it can become poisonous under drought or freezing conditions. The problem is dhurrin, which breaks down to form prussic acid, also known as hydrogen cyanide.
But Purdue University’s Mitch Tuinstra, professor of plant breeding and genetics and scientific director of the Institute for Plant Sciences in the College of Agriculture, has developed a dhurrin-free sorghum technology that will set farmers’ minds at ease. The S&W Seed Co. of Longmont, Colorado, has licensed the technology, which will be widely available to growers in 2023.
Scott Staggenborg, S&W’s sorghum product marketing manager for the Americas, expressed excitement for the technology because it solves a problem in a widely used product. Growers are also enthused.
“I have people saying, ‘I’ll buy every bag you have,” Staggenborg said. He noted that the technology can work in any type of sorghum, including sorghum-sudangrass, a summer annual with a robust yield that is hard to match.
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One Stop List of Drought Relief Resources |
Welcome rains have fallen across the state in recent weeks, but much of Oklahoma is still in a drought.
Oklahoma State University Extension has rounded up the following drought relief funding channels that are currently available to producers and noted some of the most important drought policies in effect during this challenging season.
Water availability
Livestock
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Protection against drought with grazing in the future – Annual Forage
AND- there are more programs that may help- you- click on the blue button for our full list as put together by OSU.
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A Season of Thankfulness By Congressman Tom Cole |
Oklahoma's 4th District Congressman Tom Cole offers these thoughts as we edge closer to the official Thanksgiving holiday this Thursday:
This week, Americans will gather around their dinner tables with family and loved ones to reflect upon and count our blessings. As one of our most unifying American traditions, it is important to join in collective gratitude.
Indeed, since the first pilgrims arrived on Plymouth Rock in 1621, our nation has long celebrated the tradition of Thanksgiving, including when America was still a young nation in 1789 and President George Washington declared “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer” and in the thick of the Civil War when President Abraham Lincoln reaffirmed in 1863 the need for this significant national observance every year. Many Thanksgivings later, it remains true that we live in a truly blessed nation with precious freedoms for which we should all be grateful.
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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 70 cents and Select Beef was up 40 cents on Monday 11/21/2022
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had 8,950 head on Monday, November 21st.
Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Demand moderate to good for feeder cattle. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 3.00-6.00 higher. Demand good for lightweight grazing cattle. Quality average to attractive with several nice feeders available.
Click below for the complete closing report.
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The Joplin Regional Stockyards had a total run of 12,000 head this week just ahead of Thanksgiving.
Compared to last week feeder steers under 800 lbs. are steady with heavier weights trading steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers are trading steady to 3.00 higher. 16 head of fancy steers weighing 610 lbs. traded at 200.00.
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
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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