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Thursday, January 12, 2023
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Jarold Callahan Getting Positive Feedback about 2023 Cattlemen’s Congress
- Oklahoma Farmer and AFBF Delegate, Scott Neufeld Gives Overview of AFBF Policy Meeting
- OSU Extension awarded funding to add Native American educator roles
- OSU Livestock Judging Team Wins Champion Team at the 2023 Cattlemen’s Congress
- NCGA Applauds USDA Secretary for Stand on Biotech Corn Trade with Mexico, Urges Quick Action to Resolve Trade Impasse
- Cow Efficiency and Forage Intake Research at the OSU Range Cow Research Center
- Congressman Tom Cole Appointed House Rules Committee Chairman
- 2023 Likely to Bring Tighter Cattle Supplies and Wide Premium Swings Back to Cattle Producers
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Jarold Callahan Getting Positive Feedback about 2023 Cattlemen’s Congress |
In this episode of Beef Buzz, I am visiting with the Cattlemen’s Congress Board Chairman, Jarold Callahan, talking about the third year of Cattlemen’s Congress as it winds down this week.
“I think the feedback has been tremendous from the exhibitors and also from the spectators,” Callahan said.
Three years ago, when the show began, Callahan said there was not as much traffic from non-exhibitors due to Covid. This year, Callahan said the crowd numbers have been up.
“The sales have been really, really good,” Callahan said. “There have been a lot of commercial men come in and participate in the various actions. Most of the sales are up dramatically this year.”
Callahan also noted there has been positive feedback concerning the trade show.
“We have tried to keep with the theme that it is a cattle show for cattle people, run by cattlemen,” Callahan said. “We have tried to make it very, very user-friendly for the exhibitors and also for the people that want to come in and look around.”
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Oklahoma Farmer and AFBF Delegate, Scott Neufeld Gives Overview of AFBF Policy Meeting |
Following the policy meeting at the 2023 American Farm Bureau Federation Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Vice President of Communications and Public Relations for the Oklahoma Farm Bureau, Dustin Mielke, had the chance to visit with Scott Neufeld, who was one of the AFBF delegates from Oklahoma discussing the issues in the policy session.
As a farmer and rancher from Fairview, Oklahoma, Neufeld has also served on an Oklahoma Farm Bureau Farm Bill committee in the past.
“Not a lot of Earth-shaking things that happened this year on the delegate body floor, but some good, solid policy that we adopted,” Neufeld said.
Neufeld said he feels confident in the process AFBF has gone through in laying the groundwork for the Farm Bill in 2023.
A few areas of interest, Neufeld said, were keeping ESG themes out of the Farm Bill package.
“There are a lot of themes that go along with the conservation title and trying to isolate that and make those incentives voluntary instead of mandatory, and a resolution that was passed was to move to increase the Title I farm bill spending, which is directly linked to the commodity title,” Neufeld said.
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OSU Extension awarded funding to add Native American educator roles |
NAAF provides funding to eligible organizations for business assistance, agricultural education, technical support and advocacy services to support Native farmers and ranchers. Nancy Johnson, director of OSU Extension in the northeast district, said OSU Extension received similar grants from the Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program in the past, but this most recent award is the first distributed by NAFF.
The two grants, one allotted to the Muscogee Nation and another designated for a group of nine tribes in the northeast part of the state, will provide approximately $335,000 over the next four years for agricultural projects tied to the preservation of Native American culture.
Objectives outlined for the Muscogee Nation grant by Johnson and co-principal investigator Leslie Lewis include establishing a new OSU Extension educator position to help relaunch an archery club, introduce anti-bullying and health curricula and train youth in meat judging. Native Farmers and Ranchers programming will explore pecan grafting as well as beef and small animal production and management.
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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 Livestock Judging Team Wins Champion Team Honors at the 2023 Cattlemen’s Congress |
The Oklahoma State University livestock judging team was awarded Champion Team honors at the 2023 Cattlemen’s Congress, winning over a dozen other schools.
In addition to being named Champion Team Overall, OSU had a clean sweep winning hogs, sheep and goats, cattle, and reasons divisions.
Iowa State placed second in the Four Year College Division and Texas A&M placed third.
OSU claimed the top two spots in the overall Senior College individual placings. Eric Schafer was the top Overall Individual and Jentry Squires was second overall individual.
In the Junior College Division- Butler Community College (Kansas) won the Junior College Division- Black Hawk East took second(Iowa) and Northern Oklahoma College out of Tonkawa took third- a total 16 teams were in the Junior College division.
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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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NCGA Applauds USDA Secretary for Stand on Biotech Corn Trade with Mexico, Urges Quick Action to Resolve Trade Impasse |
As President Biden wraps up meetings with his counterparts in Mexico and Canada, NCGA is praising a key administration official for taking a tough stand on the trade impasse and encouraging quick action to resolve the issue.
Secretary Tom Vilsack indicated on Monday that there would be no compromise on Mexico’s proposal to ban biotech corn. The secretary’s statement came as Biden met with Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The National Corn Growers Association weighed in on the developments.
“We appreciate Secretary Vilsack for taking a firm stand on this issue,” said NCGA President Tom Haag. “We would encourage the Biden administration to keep this issue front and center and push for a quick resolution, as farmers have already made their purchasing decisions for the 2023 crop year. We also continue to urge the Biden administration to file a dispute under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.”
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Cow Efficiency and Forage Intake Research at the OSU Range Cow Research Center |
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.” Today, he talks about forage intake and cow efficiency.
Growth rates and carcass weights have been increasing over the last 30 years. However, little research has been conducted to determine how aggressive selection for production traits affects beef cow maintenance requirements. It is thought that cows with greater genetic capacity for growth, milk and mature weight have greater maintenance energy requirements. To measure this Amanda Holder, a graduate student at the OSU Range Cow Research Center examined the effects of diet type on greenhouse gas emissions and dry matter intake estimation. They used 42 Angus cows with a wide range in DMI EPD (-1.36 to 2.29) and were fed either grass hay only or a mixed diet of 35% hay and 65% concentrate feeds. They found that intake of the mixed ration and the long-stem hay were correlated, but cow weight gain while consuming hay was not correlated with cow weight gain while consuming the concentrate-based diet. As intake of both diets increased, both CO2 and methane production increased. Daily greenhouse gas emissions increased with increasing feed intake and were lower when cows consumed hay compared to emissions during the period cows consumed the mixed diet.
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Congressman Tom Cole Appointed House Rules Committee Chairman |
On January 11, 2023, Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) was officially appointed Chairman of the House Rules Committee for the 118th Congress by Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Before consideration on the House floor, every major piece of legislation must first pass through the Rules Committee.
“I am honored to be selected as Chairman of the House Rules Committee, and I am grateful to Speaker Kevin McCarthy for appointing me to serve in this key role as we enter a new era of leadership in the House,” said Cole. “The American people made it abundantly clear that they want to see change in the way things operate in Washington, and our Republican majority is already taking steps to reopen the People’s House, restore freedom and security, hold government accountable, bring back fiscal sanity and build a transparent and effective body. I look forward to my continued part in the critical work ahead for the American people.”
“As chair of the House Rules Committee, Tom Cole is boldly leading the shift from the centralized power of the past and returning to regular order that empowers the American public,” said Speaker McCarthy. “Republicans are keeping our commitment to make Congress more open, accountable, and responsive.”
Prior to this appointment, Cole served numerous stints on the House Rules Committee. He was first selected as a member from 2004 to 2006, then reappointed in 2013 in the 113th Congress and remained on the panel during each consecutive Congress – including serving as Vice Chairman of the committee beginning in 2017 and as Ranking Member of the committee during the past two congresses. He is the first Oklahoman and Native American to chair the committee.
Editor's Note- With Congressman Cole officially named as Committee Chair for Rules in the House- it is the first time ever that Oklahoma has two Committee Chairs in the House at one time- Congressman Frank Lucas is serving this Congress as the Chair of the Science, Space and Technology Committee as well.
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2023 Likely to Bring Tighter Cattle Supplies and Wide Premium Swings Back to Cattle Producers |
In the latest CAB Market Insider- several themes are evident- especially the idea of significant tightening of supplies will be common in the new year.
The six-state fed cattle average price has traded in a narrow range over the past four weeks, with a slow upward bias from $156 to just over $157/cwt. Last week’s average of $157.07/cwt. was only a few cents below the prior week.
Diving into 2023, the much-discussed beef cow herd culling comes home to roost, bringing on a supply challenge for the beef industry. We’ll start to see the projected smaller fed cattle offerings come through in the January weekly data. Keep in mind that last January’s slaughter pace was not impressive due to COVID impacts to their personnel, so weekly head counts for the month should be compared with that knowledge.
Fed cattle carcass quality grade in December was erratic but the USDA Choice grade managed to net a 2 percentage points improvement by the end of the month to finish the year at 74.6% of the carcass mix, just 0.8 percentage points higher than that final week in 2021.
Estimated net Choice carcass tonnage in the latest three weeks’ data shows just a 1.3% smaller volume in December 2022 than the prior year. However, the Choice/Select price spread kicked off the new year on packer grids at $25.20/cwt. on average, 140% higher than a year ago.
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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 $3.80 and Select Beef was down 23 cents on Friday 01/11/2023.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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OKC West in El Reno had 14,536 head of cattle this week.
Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 850 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower, over 850 lbs 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded fully steady. Demand moderate for feeders. Steer calves under 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher, over 500 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower compared to last weeks sharply higher market. Heifer calves traded fully 1.00-3.00 higher. Warmer temperatures are in the near forecast. Demand moderate to good as several local buyers were in the stands.
Click below for the complete closing report.
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The Oklahoma National Stockyards had 1.190 head of cows and bulls on Tuesday, January 10- versus 1,292 a year ago.
Compared to last sale 12/20/2022: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Quality average to attractive. Several attractive bulls and Bred-Cows offered.
Click on the button below for details of the trade as compiled by the USDA Market News Service.
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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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Ron Hays, Senior Farm/Ranch Broadcaster and Editor
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