Oklahoma's Latest Farm
And Ranch News
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Thursday, December 29, 2022 |
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Wintering Cattle Through a Drought on a Regenerative Ranch
- Ag Secretary Blayne Arthur Looks Back on the Birth of Cattlemen’s Congress as Year Three Approaches
- U.S Grains Council’s Cary Sifferath Excited about Continued Growth for U.S. Grain Industry
- OSU’s Dr. Tom Royer Retires After Years of Service to Ag Producers
- Market Watcher Derrell Peel on Different Feedlot Dynamics in 2023
- Former White House Press Secretary to headline Cattle Raisers Convention & Expo in downtown Fort Worth
- Oklahoma Sow Herd is Tied for Fourth Largest Pork Breeding Herd in US
- American Farm Bureau Headed to Puerto Rico- You Can Attend Virtually
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Wintering Cattle Through a Drought on a Regenerative Ranch |
How you graze and supplement cattle during dry spells can have long-lasting economic and ecological effects on your ranch.
Wintering cattle during drought on a regenerative ranching operation may not be as simple as buying more feed and hay.
Each decision producers make can have lasting effects on their operation — both economically and ecologically — according to Clark Roberts, Noble ranch manager. Making a knee-jerk decision about managing your cow herd during drought may affect your ranch’s long-term sustainability.
Instead, Roberts encourages cattlemen and cattlewomen to think long-term when managing their cow herds and keep the larger picture of their land’s management in mind.
“Make sure that whatever you’re doing, you keep your ecological and economic thresholds in mind when managing through drought,” he says. “Focusing on one and not the other can get you into trouble pretty quickly.”
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The Oklahoma Pork Council is producer-led organization representing the interests of all pig farmers throughout Oklahoma since 1991. Through federally collected Pork Checkoff funds, Oklahoma Pork promotes pork and pork products, funds research, educates consumers and producers and support the efforts of the Oklahoma pork industry.
We are proud of our state’s farmers and the safe, affordable pork they put on plates of Oklahomans and people around the world! Learn more about the Oklahoma Pork Council here: www.okpork.org.
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Ag Secretary Blayne Arthur Looks Back on the Birth of Cattlemen’s Congress as Year Three Approaches |
In this episode of Beef Buzz, I am visiting with Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture, Blayne Arthur, about the development and growth of Cattlemen’s Congress.
Looking back on the first year of Cattlemen’s Congress (2020), Arthur said there were many moving pieces to make the show come together.
After the cancellation of the National Western Stock Show, the Fort Worth Stock Show, and others, many cattle producers were left with no place to showcase their cattle after plenty of hard work.
Thankfully, Arthur said, the state of Oklahoma has a governor who was supportive of the show and willing to help turn plans into action.
Many individuals came together to offer Cattlemen’s Congress to the livestock industry, Arthur said, and the people of Oklahoma City worked hard to bring it all together in a short time frame to give cattlemen across the United States an option to showcase their genetics.
“It was a pretty monumental task to have that happen, and I don’t know that any of us would have imagined it becoming an annual event,” Arthur said.
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U.S Grains Council’s Cary Sifferath Excited about Continued Growth for U.S. Grain Industry |
At the National Association of Farm Broadcasters convention in Kansas City, Farm Director, KC Sheperd, visited with the Vice President for the U.S. Grains Council, Cary Sifferath.
Sifferath said the U.S. Grains Council is always working to identify where they need to be to develop new frontier markets for today and 10 to 15 years from now.
“We just opened up our new office in New Delhi, India, to cover that South Asia market, and we are quite excited about that,” Sifferath said. “India has been a good market for U.S. ethanol exports already and trying to crack open that India market for other grain, whether corn and sorghum or DDGS.”
Other countries around India, Sifferath said, are also being covered by the office in New Delhi.
Because of drier conditions in many areas of the U.S., Sifferath said many international customers have had to be reassured that the grain they need will be available. Low water levels in rivers such as the Mississippi River, Sifferath said, have also been an issue because a significant amount of grain is moved down those rivers to reach the export market.
Sifferath also talked about what the U.S. Grains Council would like to see in the upcoming farm bill.
“There are two big marketing programs,” Sifferath said. “The Market Access Program, MAP, and the Foreign Market Development, FMD programs within USDA.”
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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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OSU’s Dr. Tom Royer Retires After Years of Service to Ag Producers |
After 26 years of dedication to Oklahoma crop producers, Dr. Tom Royer, Oklahoma State University professor of entomology and plant pathology, announced his retirement. Dr. Royer has been an excellent source of information for producers across the state for many years.
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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
Midwest Farm Shows is proud to produce the two best Farm Shows in the State of Oklahoma annually- the Tulsa Farm Show each December and the Oklahoma City Farm Show each April.
They would like to thank all of you who participated in their 2022 Tulsa City Farm Show.
Up next will be the Oklahoma City’s premier spring agricultural and ranching event with returns to the State Fair Park April 13-14-15, 2023.
Now is the ideal time to contact the Midwest Farm Show Office at 507-437-7969 and book space at the 2023 Oklahoma City Farm Show. To learn more about the Oklahoma City Farm Show, click here.
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Different Feedlot Dynamics in 2023 |
On Cow-Calf Corner, Oklahoma State University Livestock Market Economist, Dr. Derrell Peel talks about the data in the latest USDA Cattle on Feed Report.
The final USDA Cattle on Feed report for the year shows that feedlot inventories continue to decrease. The December 1 total of cattle in feedlots was 11.673 million head, down 2.6 percent year over year and the third consecutive monthly year over year decrease in 2022 (Figure 1). November placements were down 2.1 percent year over year; a bit larger than expected, but still down for the third consecutive month. Feedlot marketings in November were about as expected, up 1.2 percent year over year.
Drought pushed more cattle into feedlots earlier this year and kept feedlot totals higher for longer. Monthly inventories from February through June of 2022 were not only higher year over year but were at record monthly levels in the cattle on feed data series that began in 1996.
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Former White House Press Secretary to headline Cattle Raisers Convention & Expo in downtown Fort Worth |
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA), the largest and oldest livestock association based in Texas, announced former White House Press Secretary and Fox News host Dana Perino will headline the 2023 Cattle Raisers Convention & Expo® in downtown Fort Worth March 24-26.
Perino, who served as the 26th White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush, will address how the public is being affected by the current political climate, drawing from her personal experience in politics and her rich background in the cattle industry.
In addition to Perino, the 2023 Cattle Raisers Convention & Expo® will offer can’t-miss opportunities for landowners, ranchers, farmers, and wildlife managers, including:
• More than 30 hours of educational programming
• More than 250 exhibitors inside the expo hall
• Youth-specific contests and events
• Saturday night dinner and dance, followed by a late-night party
Guests can reserve their seat to see Perino and other well-known speakers at the 2023 Cattle Raisers Convention & Expo® beginning Jan. 1. For more information about registration, visit www.cattleraisersconvention.com.
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Oklahoma Sow Herd is Tied for Fourth Largest Pork Breeding Herd in US |
The December Hog and Pigs Report just before Christmas showed a two percent drop in the US total hog herd- all hogs and pigs on December 1, 2022 was 73.1 million head. This was down 2 percent from December 1, 2021, and down 1 percent from September 1, 2022.
Breeding inventory, at 6.15 million head, was up slightly from last year, and up slightly from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 67.0 million head, was down 2 percent from last year, and down 1 percent from last quarter.
That Breeding herd number caught some analysts by surprise- and showed that Oklahoma's sow herd increasing by 7% versus a year ago. The sow herd, as of December first, is now at 490,000 head- making the Oklahoma sow number the fourth largest in the US- tied with Minnesota which had an 11% drop in breeding numbers compared to a a year ago.
The three larger states in numbers of sows include Iowa, North Carolina and Illinois.
Oklahoma's hog industry gives birth to a lot of baby pigs- but will ship many of them once weaned to states that have more abundant feed supplies. Some pigs are finished- most of them for the Seaboard Plant in Guymon.
Total hog numbers in Oklahoma make the state number nine in the US in terms of total hog inventory- the 2.13 million hog herd was up 2% from December 2021.
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American Farm Bureau Headed to Puerto Rico- You Can Attend Virtually |
The American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention is January 6-11, 2023, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Two Keynote speakers will be front and center. First is Bert Jacobs. He's the co-founder and chief executive of Life is Good. They are a clothing brand company that started with him and his brother when they just had $78 in their pocket. Now they're a major company, and they donate about 10 percent of their profits to help kids in need.
And the second keynote, is Big Kenny of Big and Rich. He is a country artist, and he also has a philanthropic outreach to help end hunger, which is a big goal of Farm Bureau.
For those who can’t make the trip to Puerto Rico, Farm Bureau will be offering a virtual component this year.
You can go to annualconvention.fb.org and register. for just $25. And you will have access to all three of our general sessions including those two keynote speakers, eight of the workshops, so that’s 50 percent of the workshops being offering this year, and then all of the programming that's taking place on the Cultivation Center Stage, which includes the Ag Innovation Challenge and the Young Farmer and Rancher Discussion Meet competition.
If you are attending virtually, you can register all the way up until whatever session you want to watch is about to start.
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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 mixed- Choice Beef was down 63 cents and Select Beef was up $1.64 on Wednesday 12/28/2022.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Weekly Cattle Auction Reports
The buttons below allow you to check out the weekly Cattle Auctions in the region that we post on our website and here in our daily email update.
These are all the final markets held by the respective markets in 2022.
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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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In this position- we normally have Oklahoma Cash Grain Bids as released by USDA Market News and compiled by the Oklahoma Department of Ag- they have indicated on their website that the report won't be released over the holidays with the next release date set for January 2, 2023. Click here for the page that explains details of the report. |
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