~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON for Thursday September 3,
2009 A
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Energy and American Farmers & Ranchers Mutual Insurance
Company!
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-- Grain Drills on the Move- the 2010 Wheat Crop is Being
Planted
-- Plant and Soil Science Newsletter Reports on Potassium Deficiency
in Soybeans
-- H1N1 Detected in Canadian Swine Herds
-- WTO Got It Wrong- Producer and Agribusiness Groups Ask for Another
Compliance Panel
-- Noble Foundation Offers Listing of Companies that Buy "Natural"
Cattle
-- Guess Word Went Via Snail Mail
-- Pollard Farms Annual Angus Production Sale Set for Next
Wednesday
-- Let's Check the Markets!
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Grain Drills on the Move- the 2010 Wheat Crop is Being Planted ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Early wheat
planting is underway across Oklahoma- with the early fields that will be
planted likely to be mostly for wheat pasture. We talked a few days ago
with Dr. Jeff Edwards, State Wheat Specialist at Oklahoma State
University, about planting season and the lessons learned from the 2009
Junior Wheat Show. The key lesson from that event was the fact that there
are several excellent varieties developed by OSU and others that will more
than adequately replace varieties like Jagger that have pretty well run
their course.
Dr. Edwards says planting around the 15th of September is perfect for those that want to get a decent grain harvest, as well as have fall wheat pasture. For those that want to shoot for grain only, the grain drills probably should not be pulled into the field before October first. For those fields- Dr. Edwards says it is important that we attack our weed problems early when the weeds are small. There is concern about herbicide resistance, but that it's hard to tell in many cases if we had a problem with the chemical or simply had poor management in how and when it was applied. Our conversation with Dr. Edwards is up on our website as one of our Ag Perspectives Podcasts- we have it linked below for you to jump to. The Ag Perspectives series is one of three Podcasts that you can subscribe to on our website- and all three are available on Itunes. Besides the Ag Perspectives series, which feature long form interviews with farm and ranch newsmakers, we have our daily morning farm and ranch news as heard on RON weekday mornings and our daily Beef Buzz, a regular look at issues and ideas important to beef cattle producers large and small. Click here for our conversation with Dr. Jeff Edwards of OSU on winter wheat planting- now underway. | |
Plant and Soil Science Newsletter Reports on Potassium Deficiency in Soybeans ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the latest
issue of the Plant and Soil Science Newsletter, Dr. Chad Godsey and Dr.
Brian Arnall report some late season problems they are seeing in many
northeastern Oklahoma soybean fields- "Over the last 2 weeks we have
looked at numerous soybean fields in the NE part of the state that have
shown classic symptoms of potassium (K) deficiency. Potassium deficiency
in soybean is characterized by yellowing of the leaf margins of older
leaves."
You can read about this deficiency in this newsletter, as well as a look at Hessian Fly issues in winter wheat and Dr. Derrell Peel looks at the Wheat Pasture prospects for Oklahoma this fall. Click on the link below to jump to our website, and the webpage with a link to the full Newsletter from the PaSS Department within the Division of Agriculture at OSU. Click here for more on these Agronomic Issues covered in the latest PaSS Newsletter | |
H1N1 Detected in Canadian Swine Herds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to
continuing surveillance, the H1N1 influenza virus has been found in
several herds in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The infection has been
found in sow barns, nursery barns, and feeder barns located in various
locations in the province. Movement of pigs from these locations was
immediately limited to prevent transmission of the virus to other swine
herds.
The novel virus was first suspected in a sow barn when sows that had been vaccinated against common strains of influenza began to exhibit influenza-like symptoms. In the herds where the virus has been detected the disease was very mild, with pigs showing only slight signs of respiratory illness -- mild cough and nasal discharge, depressed feed intake and rectal temperatures up to 40.5° C [104.9°F]. No deaths have been reported in these herds. Security protocols, including the reminder to staff to wear their personal protective equipment properly, were enhanced to further protect both pigs and the workers in the barns. | |
WTO Got It Wrong- Producer and Agribusiness Groups Ask for Another Compliance Panel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In response to
the WTO Arbitration Panel decision on the USDA export credit guarantee
("GSM-102") program released August 31, the North American Export Grain
Association, National Cotton Council, CoBank, Farm Credit Council, US Rice
Producers Association, and National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
released the following statement:
"We are very disappointed that the panel based its decision on the GSM
program as it existed in 2005, and failed to recognize the significant
changes that have been made to the GSM-102 program since 2005. As a
result, we urge the U.S. government to request a new Compliance Panel to
update this ruling to reflect the changes in the program made by Congress
and the USDA since 2005. The groups go on to say that "The panel's decision to award Brazil retaliatory authority in amounts based on the future use of a program that is now compliant with WTO rules makes no sense." You can read the full statement from these organizations by clicking on the link below. Click here for more on the response by US Agriculure to the WTO Dispute Panel Findings | |
Noble Foundation Offers Listing of Companies that Buy "Natural" Cattle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Job Springer
of the Noble Foundation wrote earlier this year that "an increasing number
of beef cattle producers have expressed an interest in understanding more
about the emerging market surrounding naturally produced beef." Springer
says that a quick and dirty definition of "natural" beef is the voluntary
standard that promotes the production of beef without the use of growth
promotants, antibiotics, animal by-products or aquatic by-products.
In the September electronic magazine from the Noble Foundation, News and Views, Springer says they have had a lot of interest about "natural" cattle from all over the US. Because of this interest, Springer has developed a web based listing of
companies that purchase naturally produced beef. It also differentiates
between companies that purchase feeder cattle and those that purchase
finished cattle. Feeder cattle were identified as cattle weighing below
900 pounds and have not entered the finishing phase of livestock
production. Finished cattle were classified as natural beef and cattle
greater than 1,100 pounds that have ended the finishing phase of livestock
production. The table also identifies contact information, including phone
numbers and Web site addresses of the companies that will speak with
cattle producers about marketing naturally produced beef. Web sites often
provide a general overview of each of the marketing companies, contact
details and other valuable information. Click here for more on companies that buy "natural" beef animals. | |
Guess Word Went Via Snail Mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back on
August 20, USDA announced that 74 of the 77 counties in Oklahoma were
declared as primary natural disaster counties- we had the story on that
Friday August 21st in this email update, complete with comments from the
new State FSA Director Francie Tolle on why this disaster declaration is
more important this go round than previous such announcements.
Because of the new disaster program that is coming out of the 2008 farm law, this declaration takes us through one of the hurdles that farmers will face in getting qualified for the SURE program. Well, YESTERDAY, we get a news release from the Governor's
office "announcing" this disaster declaration. Governor Henry was quoted
as saying "Our farmers and ranchers have endured just about every kind of
severe weather there is," he said. "It has been a challenging time, to say
the least. Crops and livestock have suffered as a result. I am grateful
for this action by the USDA. FSA loans alone will not solve all the
problems caused by the drought and other severe weather, but it is a
significant help." | |
Pollard Farms Annual Angus Production Sale Set for Next Wednesday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 12th
annual Pollard Farms Angus Production Sale will be held at the ranch near
Waukomis, Oklahoma on September 9th at 11:00 am.
This year's offering includes an extremely deep set of pregnancies, open show and donor prospects, bred heifers, as well as spring and fall bred cows and pairs. These females incorporate some of the best genetics in the Pollard Farms program and should prove to be great additions to any herd. For details contact the Pollard Farms crew at (580) 758-1464 or view the catalog online by clicking on the link below. Click here for more on the Pollard Farms Production Sale set for Wednesday September 9 | |
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Let's Check the Markets! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OKC West in El
Reno had a Wednesday run of 5,043 cattle, with yearling steers selling
steady to $2 higher while steer and heifer calves were $2 to $4 lower.
Five to six hundred pound steers sold from $100 to $110 while the eight to
nine hundred pound steer yearlings cleared from $94 to $99. Click
here for the full price report for the Wednesday sale at OKC West from
USDA market news.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 $7.40 per bushel, while the 2010 New Crop contracts for Canola are now available are $7.60 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: | |
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