Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Monday, December 19, 2022 |
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- OSU’s Dr. Rosslyn Biggs Says Cold Weather Demands Cattle Herd Care
- OSU and Texas A&M to host 10th annual Red River Crops Conference
- Radio Oklahoma Ag Network's KC Sheperd Challenged to #giveaham
- Court Hears Oral Arguments in Soy, Cotton Dicamba Lawsuit
- National Sorghum Producers’ Craig Meeker Looking Forward to Utilizing Climate-Smart Ag Grant to Help Sorghum Farmers
- OSU multi-state drone project receives national award
- ASA, Other Ag Groups Engage in Oral Arguments in Chlorpyrifos Lawsuit
- National Weather Service Graphics on Artic Blast Coming Thursday
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OSU’s Dr. Rosslyn Biggs Says Cold Weather Demands Cattle Herd Care |
In this episode features comments from Oklahoma State University Extension Veterinary Specialist, Dr. Rosslyn Biggs, talking about taking care of cattle during the cold weather.
“Now is the time to really start those preparations for that cold weather,” Biggs said.
Although many areas received some rainfall last week and this week, Biggs said the state is still in a drought situation, so many are short on forage and hay.
“We need to be having preparations ready to go for those animals and particularly thinking about those that are spending the majority of their time outside,” Biggs said. “Making sure we have got hay and feed ready to go. Don’t forget water- that is a big one.”
Regarding the amount of roughage needed to get through the winter, Biggs said it is highly variable depending on the size of the cow.
“We want to keep those protein and energy thresholds ready to go for those animals and keep them running in the cold,” Biggs said.
Editor's Note- Scroll down to the lower part of this email for a couple of graphics from the Norman and Tulsa National Weather Service Offices that show the bitter cold and wind chill that faces the region Thursday and Friday.
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OSU and Texas A&M to host 10th annual Red River Crops Conference |
Gary Strickland, county Extension director, agriculture educator and southwest regional agronomist for OSU Extension in Jackson County, works closely with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension as well as OSU Extension offices in Cotton, Tillman, Harmon and Comanche counties to organize the conference.
The event rotates each year from Childress to Altus with an average conference attendance of 275 participants. Strickland said an evaluation component at the conclusion of each conference and the unwavering support of 25 to 30 event sponsors each year keep the program’s agenda relevant and timely.
“We want to continue using this successful event format with producers and industry partners to provide information that is useful to our producers not only in a drought but also during any other type of condition,” he said.
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Radio Oklahoma Ag Network's KC Sheperd Challenged to #giveaham |
Radio Oklahoma Ag Network's KC Sheperd was challenged to participate in the #giveaham challenge during the Christmas holiday season by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau.
KC accepted the challenge and will be donating a ham (and several pounds of hamburger meat) to the Crossings Community Center, which serves as the missions hub for Crossings Community Church in Oklahoma City.
KC is challenging Scott Blubaugh of the American Farmers and Ranchers, next, to #giveaham this Chr!
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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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We are proud that 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- or click here for their website.
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Court Hears Oral Arguments in Soy, Cotton Dicamba Lawsuit |
Last Thursday, ASA and Plains Cotton Growers, Inc., argued before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on American Soybean Association v. EPA (D.C. Cir. 20-1441). The two groups urged the court to clarify jurisdictional rules under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and to require the Environmental Protection Agency to use the best available science when evaluating dicamba pesticide registrations and potential impacts to species protected under the Endangered Species Act.
The groups filed the lawsuit against EPA in November 2020 on the five-year registration for the use of dicamba on dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton. Growers argued EPA’s flawed approach led the agency to impose arbitrary and overly burdensome buffers and application cutoff dates, which have harmed grower operations. The agency’s arbitrary requirements have forced many growers to take land out of agricultural production, prevented their ability to use important practices like double-cropping, and made it more difficult to control damaging herbicide-resistant weeds, among other harms. “Growers need herbicides like dicamba to protect crops and maintain important conservation practices, for example, reduced tillage. By failing to use good science and data, EPA is unnecessarily making the farmer’s job harder and hurting our bottom line,” said ASA Director Alan Meadows (TN) in a statement from the organization. “We are hopeful the court will agree and require the agency to redo these assessments using the science and data it has available.”
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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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National Sorghum Producers’ Craig Meeker Looking Forward to Utilizing Climate-Smart Ag Grant to Help Sorghum Farmers |
“National Sorghum Producers is excited to talk about the climate-smart ag grant that we got from USDA,” Meeker said. “It is 65 million dollars, and it is going to cover five states- Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.”
The Climate-Smart Ag Grant, Meeker said, will return dollars back to the farm gate. He added that many of those dollars that will return to the farm gate are new dollars that will be returned to farmers and producers who can choose between different practices- many of which they may already be practicing in their operations.
“It is going to help us define and find new markets that will pay a premium for the sorghum grain that they raise on their farm because of the practices that they already utilize to raise their crop,” Meeker said.
Meeker said National Sorghum Producers understand how important 2022 disaster assistance will be for many producers because of the drought.
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OSU multi-state drone project receives national award |
A multi-state collaborative project studying the use of unmanned aircraft systems in agriculture was recently awarded the 2022 National Excellence in Multi-state Research Award.
The award, allocated by the Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors, recognizes a collaborative research project among multiple institutions for demonstrating high standards of scientific quality, research relevance to a regional priority, multi-state collaboration on the problem’s solution and professional leadership in the conduct of the project.
The complex and expensive technology limits the capacity of a single university. The coordinated effort of this committee has shared the workload and reduced duplication to lower some of those costs,” said Randy Raper, assistant director of Oklahoma State University Ag Research and administrative advisor on the project. “This project has identified reliable, cost-effective and user-friendly drone platforms and sensors for monitoring and managing stressors in agriculture and natural resources.”
Remote sensing with drones provides a new way of characterizing landscapes, individual plants and animals, and their various stressors. However, regulations, costs, and limited research and education have prevented the widespread use of drones for agriculture and natural resources.
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ASA, Other Ag Groups Engage in Oral Arguments in Chlorpyrifos Lawsuit |
Groups ask court to vacate unscientific rule, restore safe ag uses of chlorpyrifos:
The American Soybean Association and 19 other agricultural groups argued before the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals on Dec. 15 in Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association, et al. v. Michael Regan, et al. (Eighth Cir. 22-1422). The groups urged the court to reinstate chlorpyrifos tolerances that the Environmental Protection Agency has found safe. EPA arbitrarily revoked those safe tolerances for chlorpyrifos, which effectively ended agricultural uses of the important pesticide. The decision has inflicted enormous costs on thousands of farmers across the country and undermined their ability to protect their crops from devastating insect pests.
At the heart of the lawsuit is EPA’s arbitrary and capricious rule revoking all chlorpyrifos tolerances despite finding on multiple occasions that at least 11 high-benefit crop uses, including for soybeans, could be maintained safely. To attempt to justify this unscientific, unlawful rule, EPA has attempted to contort its statutory obligations under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
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Here are the latest graphics from the Norman and the Tulsa National Weather Service Offices showing the cold and wind chill facing Oklahoma on Thursday and Friday of this week. You have a couple more days before the artic blast will arrive |
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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 $8.53 and Select Beef was up $6.94 on Friday 12/16/2022.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had around 6,000 head on the yards late Sunday afternoon and and ONSY President Kelli Payne says they expect to start Monday’s auction with 6,800 head. We will begin the sale at 6:30 am. The sales of this week will be the last of 2022.
From the December 12th Sale- Compared to 12/05: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady, with instances 5.00 – 8.00 higher. Steer calves unevenly steady. Heifer calves 3.00 – 5.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Quality average to attractive.
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Meanwhile, on Tuesday of this past week- the ONSY slaughter cow and bull sale had 734 sold versus 1,314 head a year ago.
Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 - 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate to good. Quality mostly average.
Click below for Feeder Report as well as the Cow-Bull report.
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Here's our regular feature that is a part of the Monday Daily Email- market commentary from Bob Rodenberger, a partner with Stockman Oklahoma Livestock Marketing.
Bob is talking Fridays with our own KC Sheperd with his commentary and will be posted on our website-- OklahomaFarmReport.Com.
We will share a link to it Mondays here in our market section of the daily email.
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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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