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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest
farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron
Hays of RON for Tuesday March 16, 2010 A
service of Johnston Enterprises, P & K Equipment/ P & K Wind
Energy and American Farmers & Ranchers Mutual Insurance
Company!
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-- First Grand Champion Selected at 2010 Oklahoma Youth Expo- Chance
Greenroyd Wins Market Goat Honors
-- More coverage from the 2010 Oklahoma Youth Expo
-- Talking Healthcare, Crop Insurance, Cap and Trade and More with
Congressman Frank Lucas
-- 2011 National Pork Board nominations
-- USDA's Vilsack Still Touting Benefits of Cap and Trade to
Agriculture
-- Wet Fields Delay Seedbed Preparation
-- Let's Check the Markets!
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First Grand Champion Selected at 2010 Oklahoma Youth Expo- Chance Greenroyd Wins Market Goat Honors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Grand
Champion Wether Goat was selected Monday evening by judge Marvin Ensor of
San Angelo, Texas. His pick of the more then 1,000 market animals was
owned and shown by Chance Greenroyd of the Noble FFA. We talked to Chance
right after his animal was named the best of the 2010 show. Greenroyd has
known success over the last year in a couple of major shows, having
exhibited the Grand Champion Meat Goat at this past fall's Tulsa State
Fair, and had the Reserve Grand Champion Market Goat at the 2009 Oklahoma
Youth Expo.
The Reserve Grand Champion Market Wether Goat was shown by Mercedes Hardin of the Hennessey FFA Chapter. Mercedes had the reserve Champion in Division IV of the 2010 Wether Show, just behind the animal that was selected as the Grand Champion. Click on the link below for the rest of the Meat Goat Show information- and a chance to listen to our chat with Chance Greenroyd right after his Goat was selected to help lead off the Sale of Champions next Monday. Click here for more on the Market Goat Show at the 2010 Oklahoma Youth Expo | |
More coverage from the 2010 Oklahoma Youth Expo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have a lot
more coverage already up on our website on what we call our Blue Green
Gazette- and we invite you to go and check it all out. We have a bunch of
pictures posted from Monday at the OYE- over 200 in fact- and the link to
our Flickr page will be found there- as well as a conversation that we had
with the Meat Goat judge Marvin Ensor of San Angelo, Texas.
We have the breeding class results from Monday- including info on the Gilt classes- Supreme Champion Gilt was a Duroc shown by Tanner Goodson of Yukon 4-H, while the Reserve Supreme Champion Gilt was the top Hampshire, shown by Rhylee Straka of El Reno 4-H. Click on the link below for continuing coverage of the Oklahoma Youth Expo- all the way to Tuesday of next week with all of the results of the Sale of Champions set for next Monday afternoon at 4 PM. Click here for our OYE Coverage on the Blue Green Gazette of www.OklahomaFarmReport.Com | |
Talking Healthcare, Crop Insurance, Cap and Trade and More with Congressman Frank Lucas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In and around
our time at the Oklahoma Youth Expo yesterday, we spent a few minutes on
the telephone with the ranking member of the House Ag Committee, Oklahoma
Congressman Frank Lucas.
We talked with Congressman Lucas on Monday afternoon about a variety of issues- including the showdown that may be coming this weekend on healthcare, as well as the latest on the possibility of the Obama Administration trying to run a climate change measure through Congress if they are able to force a yes vote on healthcare. Click on the link below to jump to our podcast page for this interview- click and listen to Lucas and his take on the frantic push by Democrats in an effort to get Healthcare passed through the House of Representatives. | |
2011 National Pork Board nominations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The
following is a Public Notice by the Oklahoma Pork Council and the National
Pork Board. The election of pork producer delegate candidates for the 2011 National Pork Producers (Pork Act) Delegate Body will take place at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 25, 2010, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Pork Congress and Annual Meeting which will be held at the Express Event Center, 8512 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City, Okla. All Oklahoma pork producers are invited to attend. Any producer who is a resident of Oklahoma and has paid all assessments due may be considered as a delegate candidate and/or participate in the election. All eligible producers are encouraged to bring with them a sales receipt proving that hogs were sold in their name and the Checkoff deducted. If you are interested in being a candidate, please prepare a short (1/2 page) biography telling about yourself and send it to the Oklahoma Pork Council, ATTN: Election Committee, One North Hudson, Suite 900, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, to arrive by March 18. Nominations will also be accepted from the floor. For more information, contact the Oklahoma Pork Council by telephone, 1-888-SAY-PORK (729-7675) or 405-232-3781. | |
USDA's Vilsack Still Touting Benefits of Cap and Trade to Agriculture ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Agriculture
Secretary Tom Vilsack spent part of his time as he addressed the members
of the National Farmers Union in discussing how properly structured
climate change and energy legislation will benefit America's farmers and
ranchers in a speech at the NFU 2010 convention in Rapid City, S.D. USDA
also released a memo looking at assumptions in the FASOM model - developed
by researchers at Texas A & M University that the Environmental
Protection Agency - to study the impacts of climate legislation.
"USDA is committed to helping Congress design and implement a carbon offsets market that will provide significant income opportunities to America's farmers and ranchers," said Vilsack. "USDA and third-party analyses, as well as our experience in implementing conservation techniques, make it absolutely clear that properly structured legislation will avoid unintended consequences and provide enormous benefits to our agricultural economy, and our environment." We have the link below to the full report written by Chief Economist Dr. Joe Glauber to Secretary Vilsack, as the USDA and the Obama Administration have not given up wanting to push through a massive Climate Change measure yet this year, especially if Healthcare can be finished and passed. Click here to more on how USDA continues to push Climate Change Legislation here in 2010. | |
Wet Fields Delay Seedbed Preparation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The latest
Oklahoma Crop Weather Update shows that topsoil moisture supplies are now
95% adequate to surplus across Oklahoma- and with all parts of the state
getting measurable rainfall this past week- those delays we headlined keep
field work sluggish.
Small grain conditions continue to rate mostly in the good to fair range, with 12 percent of wheat and 13 percent of rye rated excellent. Warmer temperatures and sunshine are needed to accelerate growth. Wheat jointing reached 17 percent complete, six points ahead of last year, but one point behind normal. That is a bit of a concern, as we have freezing temps still in the forecast- both for tonight in some areas of northern Oklahoma Oklahoma, as well as this coming weekend on Saturday and perhaps Sunday night as well. Wet conditions have hindered seedbed preparations in most areas of the State. Corn seedbed preparations have reached 30 percent complete, 16 points behind last year and five points behind normal. Sorghum seedbed preparation was at 11 percent while soybean seedbed preparation reached five percent complete, both running behind last year and the five-year average. Peanuts were the only row crop running ahead of normal, with just over a quarter of the seedbed preparation completed by week's end. Cotton seedbed preparations increased slightly from last week to reach 19 percent complete, 28 points behind last year and four points behind the five-year average. For the complete Crop Weather Update as issued on Monday afternoon- Click here. | |
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Let's Check the Markets! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We've had
requests to include Canola prices for your convenience here- and we will
be doing so on a regular basis. Current cash price for Canola is $7.30 per
bushel, while the 2010 New Crop contracts for Canola are now available are
$7.35 per bushel- delivered to local participating elevators that are
working with PCOM.
Here are some links we will leave in place on an ongoing basis- Click
on the name of the report to go to that link: | |
God Bless! You can reach us at the following: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: ron@oklahomafarmreport.com
phone: 405-473-6144
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