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Tuesday, January 24, 2023
OKC West in El Reno Not Selling Today- Will have Calves and Yearlings Selling Wednesday 01/25/2023
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Elect Secretary Blayne Arthur as Vice President
- Winter Storm Could Bring Much-Needed Moisture to the State
- NRCS in Oklahoma Announces New Funding Opportunity for Conservation Activities
- OSU’s Derrell Peel: Less Heifers in Feedlots…Finally
- Dr. Glynn Tonsor: Meat Demand Slips While Feedlots to Enjoy Black Ink Well into 2023
- Rolling Out Revenue Based Disaster and Pandemic Assistance Programs
- Question and Answer with Dairy MAX: 2023 and Beyond
- Superior Livestock’s Bellringer Auction January 18-20, 2023
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The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture announces Secretary Blayne Arthur as Vice President |
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture is pleased to announce the election of Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Secretary Blayne Arthur as Vice President of the organization by the NASDA Board of Directors. As Vice President, Secretary Arthur will help direct the organization to meet its mission of enhancing American food and agricultural communities through policy, partnerships and public engagement.
“I am honored to be chosen to serve as NASDA’s Vice President, and I thank the NASDA Board of Directors for considering me for this position. I welcome the opportunity to partner with state departments of Agriculture from across the United States to strengthen and promote our nation’s most vital industry. NASDA ardently works to ensure agriculture and food businesses of all sizes thrive, and I am grateful to help carry out this commitment,” NASDA Vice President and Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur said.
NASDA President, Director Doug Miyamoto, and NASDA CEO Ted McKinney shared their excitement to welcome Secretary Arthur’s leadership.
“I am thankful for Secretary Arthur’s enthusiasm and passion for ensuring state agriculture departments’ voices are heard when solving challenges and seizing opportunities for agriculture across the nation and the world. Secretary Arthur has proven to be one of the finest leaders in American agriculture today. The NASDA Board of Directors is excited to welcome her leadership and perspective,” NASDA President and Wyoming Director of Agriculture Doug Miyamoto said.
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Winter Storm Could Bring Much-Needed Moisture to the State |
Our weather partners at the Radio Oklahoma Network as well as the Oklahoma Farm Report are News9 and News on 6- and here's their current projection for eventual snow amounts by tonight- already as we wrap up our email this AM- some moisture is starting to enter western Oklahoma.
The amount of liquid precipitation looks to be a half inch to an inch and a half or more- and this storm rolling in appears to be the best shot at moisture over a lot of Oklahoma that we have had in months.
During the day Monday- state climatologist Gary McManus wrote “Some folks could see a LOT more (or less, obviously) with convective elements within the broader storm possible, meaning thunder-snow," McManus said. "Again, lots has to happen to get all these things working in the same direction, but those areas will have the potential to see greater than 6-8 inches in localized areas."
McManus says this storm won’t be bringing super cold temps so the snow will remain slushy.
“Originally, it was thought the roads would remain pretty clear during the event because of the air and ground temperatures, but with the possibility of heavy snow of the large, wet flake variety, those roads could go downhill pretty quickly," McManus said.
The Snow won’t stick around too long as above freezing temps are expected for today.
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NRCS in Oklahoma Announces New Funding Opportunity for Conservation Activities |
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Oklahoma is announcing the fiscal year 2023 signup period for Conservation Incentive Contracts (CIC), a new option available through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Oklahoma producers should apply by February 24 to be considered for funding in fiscal year 2023.
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) offers many services including the Conservation Incentive Contracts (CIC) program. CIC offers producers financial assistance to adopt conservation management practices on working landscapes and provides a steppingstone to the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP).
Through these contracts, NRCS works with producers to strengthen the quality and condition of natural resources on their operations using management practices, such as prescribed grazing and residue and tillage management that target the priority resource concern(s).
A producer participating in CIC is not required to include their entire operation in the contract but can select which acres and land uses they wish to address. Under CIC, a producer must address at least one priority resource concern with a management practice within a high-priority area on an eligible land use.
Producers will receive an annual incentive payment to implement management practices and will have the opportunity to install conservation practices that support the management practice(s) in addressing the primary resource concern. Contracts under CIC last five years and a practice must be completed in the first 12 months following obligation.
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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 Derrell Peel: Less Heifers in Feedlots…Finally |
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.” In this edition, Dr. Peel talks about fewer heifers in feedlots.
The January Cattle on Feed report from USDA-NASS showed the fourth consecutive month of declining feedlot inventories starting in October. The January 1 on-feed total for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more was down 2.9 percent year over year. The January 1 feedlot total of 11.682 million head was larger than the December 2022 total by a scant 9,000 head but still below the November total of 11.696 million head. It looks increasingly like the early November seasonal peak will hold. If so, the November total was 4.1 below the previous seasonal peak in February 2022 and suggests sharply tighter feedlot numbers going forward.
December marketings were down 6.1 percent year over year, close to pre-report expectations. The marketings number is in line with December fed (steer + heifer) slaughter, which was down 5.9 percent year over year. Feedlots appear to still be current though the lower December marketings may reflect delayed shipments due to the December winter storm.
December placements were down 8.0 percent year over year, also as expected. Monthly feedlot placements were down year over year in nine of the twelve months of 2022. Total placements the last six months from July – December, which accounts for almost all cattle in the feedlots currently, is down 3.1 percent from last year.
The latest report also included the quarterly breakdown of steers and heifers in feedlots. The steer total on January 1 was down 4.5 percent year over year. Steers in feedlots have decreased on a year over year basis for 6 of the last 7 quarters going back to July 2021. The feedlot heifer inventory on January 1 was down by 0.5 percent year over year. This is a small decrease but significant as it is the first year over year quarterly decrease in feedlot heifer inventories since July 2021. Large heifer numbers in feedlots supported the 4.8 percent year over year increase in heifer slaughter in 2022 and was the largest heifer slaughter total since 2004. The decrease in feedlot heifers does not, at this point, reflect heifer retention but simply a lack of heifers due to large heifer slaughter the past two 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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Dr. Glynn Tonsor: Meat Demand Slips While Feedlots to Enjoy Black Ink Well into 2023 |
In this episode of Beef Buzz, I am visiting with Kansas State University Extension Livestock Market Economist, Dr. Glynn Tonsor, about his latest feedlot closeout numbers and U.S. domestic meat demand.
For the first few months of 2023, Tonsor said feedlots will have good opportunities to make money on the cattle they are selling.
“January through September, we are projecting positive returns, so what I mean by that is cattle leaving the yards in January through September are projected to come out at a net positive,” Tonsor said. “Eighty-eight dollars is the positive number for January, down to about 45 dollars when we got to September.”
Where things peak, Tonsor said, is in the April to June period. Specifically, he added that the May closeouts are currently over 200 dollars per head.
Current projected fed cattle prices and feeder cattle prices, Tonsor said, are higher than a year ago. The projected revenue is growing higher than the cost, he added.
“Cost of gain is expected to improve,” Tonsor said.
Tonsor also talked about the meat demand, which he said is down a bit.
“We closed the year, 2022, with meat demand slipping,” Tonsor said.
Specifically, Tonsor said, there is less demand for grocery store proteins that consumers prepare at home along with food service.
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Rolling Out Revenue Based Disaster and Pandemic Assistance Programs |
By Zach Ducheneaux, Farm Service Agency Administrator
Today, agricultural producers can begin to apply for two new important programs for revenue losses, from 2020 and 2021 natural disasters or the COVID-19 pandemic. Both programs equitably fill gaps in earlier assistance.
First, you may be eligible for assistance through the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase Two if you experienced revenue losses from eligible natural disasters in 2020 and 2021. ERP Phase Two is for producers who didn’t receive assistance from ERP Phase One.
You may be eligible for the Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program (PARP) if you experienced revenue losses in calendar year 2020. PARP is addressing gaps in previous pandemic assistance, which was targeted at price loss or lack of market access, rather than overall revenue losses.
Applications for both new programs are due June 2, 2023, and you can apply for both programs during your same appointment with USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA).
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Question and Answer with Dairy MAX: 2023 and Beyond |
Marty McKinzie and Kay Johnson Smith answer questions about Dairy MAX’s work in 2023.
Dairy MAX will hit the ground running in 2023 to fulfill its mission of advocating with purpose by connecting dairy experiences with hearts, minds, and communities everywhere. The nonprofit regional dairy council represents over 900 dairy farmers in eight states. Dairy MAX aligns its program strategy by focusing on the three strategic pillars: sales, trust, and team. Earlier in 2022, it announced the promotion of Marty McKinzie, previously vice president of industry image and relations, to chief growth officer and the addition of Kay Johnson Smith as chief operating officer. While preparing for the new year, McKinzie and Johnson Smith sat down to recap 2022 and talk about the growth of Dairy MAX in their new roles in 2023.
Q: Looking back over the last year, what are some key wins for Dairy MAX and Checkoff?
McKinzie: I’m proud of the work that we’ve done in esports and the relationship with Complexity. Complexity is a professional esports team that can influence a large demographic of gamers in the Gen Z-Millennial age group from an influencer standpoint. We also established another partnership with Optic, one of the most notable esports organizations in the world, where we are an official nutrition partner.
Considering how we evolved during COVID and the challenges presented, our focus shifted to food banks and the current needs. Many of these food banks have the opportunity to purchase food and realize the nutritional benefits dairy provides, but we learned they did not have a mechanism to store dairy. There is a significant amount of milk pounds that are going through food banks. This opportunity opened a sales channel for the dairy industry. Our partnership with food banks led to the establishment of a cooler program where we have placed coolers in food banks to facilitate the delivery and availability of dairy products.
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Superior Livestock’s Bellringer Auction January 18-20, 2023 |
Superior Livestock Auction hosted their Bellringer video auction live on January 18-20th from the Embassy Suites Northwest Ballroom in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Cattle producers offered over 141,000 head of calves, yearlings and bred stock from 33 states for this auction. Cattle were sold on contract to deliver immediately through October 2023.
Superior Livestock went live with the auction at 8 a.m. CT. The BellringerVideo Auction was broadcast in HD on SLA-TV, Dish Network Ch. 997 and streamed on Superior Livestock Auction’s Click to Bid website. Despite the market pressures last week the Bellringer Auction was met with an upwardly trending market report especially in the calf market.
Cattle from our part of the country- Regions 3/4/5/6 Feeder Steers and Heifers were met with some market resistance seeing prices at $5 to $7 lower delivering within the next week. However deferred deliveries witnessed steady prices. Program Steers and Heifers also saw a very uneven market with buyers being very selective in all regions. Regions 1 & 2 Weaned Calves were in strong demand with Steer Calves bringing $6 to $10 higher than last test. Heifers followed with advances at $7 to $10 higher. Weaned Calves in Regions 3/4/5/6 also followed the upward trend; large supply of grazing condition calves were well received at $6 to $10 dollars higher. Lighter weights under 500 saw advances of $15 to $20 dollars higher than our last auction.
Superior Livestock’s next Video auction is Thursday, February 2nd starting at 8 a.m. CT live from the Superior Livestock Auction Studio in Hudson Oaks, Texas. The consignment deadline for the February 1st Holstein Steer auction is Monday, January 30th. Be sure and visit www.superiorlivestock.com to view the online auction catalog. For a buyers’ number or more information on becoming a consignor please call the Hudson Oaks office at 800-422-2117.
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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 28 cents and Select Beef was down $1.94 on Monday 01/23/2023.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had 8,900 head on Monday, January 23, 2023.
Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifer are steady to 4.00 lower . Steer calves are trading steady to 4.00 lower and heifer calves are trading 12.00-14.00 with instances to as much as 19.00-22.00 lower. Demand light for calves. Rain and light snow is in the forecast early in the week with temperatures mostly in the low and mid 40’s.
Click below for the complete closing report.
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The Joplin Regional Stockyards had a total run of 2,795 head for Monday, January 23..
Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers traded steady. Supply was light with good demand.
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
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