~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON for Friday March 21, 2008!
A
service of the Southern Plains Farm Show, American Farmers & Ranchers
and Midwest Farm Shows
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-- $52,000 for Ozzie at the 2008 Oklahoma Youth Expo!
-- Cattle on Feed Numbers- Mildly Bullish.
-- National Ag Groups Pick Up the Fight for Boren-Fallin Truck Weight
Bill.
-- Check out Rob and Ron on Horizon this weekend!
-- Some Thoughts About #3 JBS Swift Buying The Number Four and Five
Beef Packers- Clem Ward Weighs In.
-- Some Emergency Help to Battle Sandbur Available Effective
Monday!!!
-- Good Friday Today- Markets Take the Day Off.
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$52,000 for Ozzie at the 2008 Oklahoma Youth Expo! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Oklahoma
Youth Expo is officially done, as the Premium Sale of the top animals
wrapped yesterday evening and the cash raised in the premium sale will
exceed $800,000 when all the final add-ons are computed, so says the
Executive Director of the OYE, Jeramy Rich.
At the front end- the Grand Champion Steer was close to an all time
record as a "combine" of companies and ranches bought the Steer by the
name of "Ozzie" from Morgan Wynn of McAlester who was showing her
third steer ever- that Crossbred steer commanded $52,000! Among the buyers
who purchased the top steer of the World's Largest Junior Livestock Show
were Express Ranches, Bank of Western Oklahoma, First Capital, Senator
LeBlanc and Limestone Ranch. The Grand Champion Barrow was shown by Stephanie Payne of Yukon FFA- and was bought for a final price of $25,000 by a combo of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau and Blue and Gold Sausage. The Reserve Grand Barrow was shown by Carli Newby of Lindsay 4-H- and she got a payday of $17,000 from a combo set of buyers- the Daily Oklahoman and the Choctaw tribe. The Grand Champion Market Lamb got a final bid of $23,000- which was
the same price as last year's top Lamb- and the purchaser was the same-
Touchstone Electric. The Lamb was owned by Jade Terbush of the
Navajo FFA. The Reserve Lamb came in at $17,000 with the Choctaws and
Chesapeake Energy teaming up to buy the number two Lamb shown by
Heather Glass of Elgin FFA. | |
Cattle on Feed Numbers- Mildly Bullish. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The number of
cattle in the major feedlots in the US jumped 2% above the same time of
one year ago in the USDA monthly Cattle on Feed Report issued just in
front of the three day Easter holiday weekend. What analysts seemed to
like is that the placements figure came in a little lower than was
expected at four percent above a year ago- versus the pre report guesses
of 5.3% of a year ago.
The marketing number was better than what the pre report expectations were-so that was friendly as well. We have some audio commentary to share with you from Tom Leffler, who can be heard on our market wrapup daily on the Radio Oklahoma Network, as Ed Richards visits with him daily after the close. Click below to hear Tom's take on the Cattle on Feed numbers, as well as some comments on the USDA Cold Storage report as well. | |
National Ag Groups Pick Up the Fight for Boren-Fallin Truck Weight Bill. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A half dozen
farm groups have sent a letter to Congress this week urging support for
H.R. 3098, a bill that exempts agriculture producers from certain
commercial trucking rules. H.R. 3098 aims to restore and update farm
vehicle exemptions to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR)
administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Specifically, the
bill would raise the federal exemption on the maximum weight for farm
vehicles to 26,000 lbs. on a national basis. H.R. 3098 is sponsored by
Reps. Dan Boren (D-Okla.), Mary Fallin (R-Okla.) and Robert Aderholt (R-
Ala.).
Changing the FMCSR definition, as the Boren/Aderholt/Fallin bill does, of a commercial motor vehicle from 10,001 pounds to 26,001 pounds would provide much-needed uniformity among states and clarity for enforcement officials, the letter says. "Farmers and ranchers work every day to transport food products to markets or processors within close proximity to their property. They are not commercial truckers who are driving cross-country," says the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's Executive Director of Legislative Affairs Colin Woodall. He adds "As such, we do not believe that individual cattle producers should be subject to the same restrictions as drivers of commercial motor vehicles." The six groups that came together on the letter include the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, American Farm Bureau, American Soybean Association, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, National Association of Wheat Growers and USA Rice Federation. | |
Check out Rob and Ron on Horizon this weekend! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rob McClendon,
Host of Oklahoma Horizon, the weekly TV show seen on OETA as well as the
RFD Network, is featuring the recent Oklahoma Ag Leadership Program's
travels to China over the next few days, as McClendon sat down and talked
with us about the trip- and the differences that we saw between 1984 and
today- and as we reported to you during our travels to China- they were
dramatic.
OETA broadcasts Horizon on Sunday afternoons at 3:00 PM central time. RFD repeats that broadcast of Horizon several times during the course of the week- check your schedule for exact times and days. We have linked the Horizon website link below for you to check out- Rob does an excellent job and covers a lot of important rural stories for Oklahoma on a regular basis. | |
Some Thoughts About #3 JBS Swift Buying The Number Four and Five Beef Packers- Clem Ward Weighs In. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are facing
significant concentration in the beef packing industry as Brazilian based
JBS Swift has contracted to buy the fourth largest beef packer in the US,
National Beef, as well as the fifth largest beef packer, Smithfield Beef.
The new math is that three plus four plus five equals one- the number one
beef packer in the US and the largest in the world- if allowed to go
through.
We sat down with Dr. Ward in his office and talked about this merger- comparing it to previous big mergers in the industry and looking at what JBS Swift might have to do to satisfy US Regulators to make this happen. Our conversation with Dr. Ward- at leas the first part of it- is on our Good Friday edition of the Beef Buzz. You can hear the Beef Buzz on great radio stations around the state, as well as going to our web site and listening to Beef Buzzes since the time that we started here on the Radio Oklahoma Network! In addition, we have this Beef Buzz with Clem Ward linked below for your listening convenience- check it out! Click here to listen to Ron and Clem on today's Beef Buzz from RON! | |
Some Emergency Help to Battle Sandbur Available Effective Monday!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The
Environmental Protection Agency has granted a crisis exemption to allow
Oklahoma producers to use the chemical Prowl H2O to control sandbur
infestations in Bermuda grass from March 24 through April 8. The agency
granted the Oklahoma Agribusiness Retailers Association (OARA) requested
the exemption. Texas recently was granted a similar exemption for this
chemical.
The Noble Foundation in Ardmore and Oklahoma State University concurred
with the request and provided EPA with letters supporting the
exemption. The OARA and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry also remind producers that this is also the optimal time to treat pastures for invasive weeds such as musk thistle. 2,4D type products are effective during this time of year. | |
Good Friday Today- Markets Take the Day Off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's our hope
that you have an opportunity to consider what is without a doubt the most
important weekend of history that we commemorate as we observe Easter.
No, it's not the Easter Bunny Arriving- but rather the forces of good and evil squaring off on a hill overlooking the inconsequential town of Jerusalem- and the battle that was then carried to a cave used for a tomb- for three days. There was one Victor- and He has won that victory for all mankind- for the "whosoevers" of the world. I have linked for you something a little unusual for this email- but
it's news you can use- for encouragement, for enlightenment- for the
opportunity to change your life forever if you have not yet dealt with the
decision that the Roman Ruler Pilate had to ask about some two thousand
years ago- What do I do with Jesus? Click here for Max Lucado's Look at the Passion, the Pain, the Promise! | |
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God Bless! You can reach us at the following: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: ron@oklahomafarmreport.com
phone: 405-473-6144
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