Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Ahead of Tuesday's Elections- Oklahoma Farm Bureau PAC Endorsement List
- Wheat Growers Endorse Todd Russ
- Extreme Drought or Worse Improves Slightly Since Last week in Latest Drought Monitor
- USMEF's Dan Halstrom Remains Cautiously Optimistic about Strong Beef Demand Going Forward
- Lucas Demands Accountability from Defense Health Agency to Keep Veterans' & Military Service Members' Prescription Access at Local Pharmacies
- Oklahoma Wildlife Department- Statewide Quail Numbers Up Six Percent from 2021
- War Between Russia and Ukraine to Continue Impacting Wheat Prices and Potentially Corn
- GE-EPDs: A 10-Year Milestone
- More Stories for Your Weekend Reading
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Oklahoma Farm Bureau PAC Endorsement List for Tuesday
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The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Ag PAC is OKFB’s political action committee that endorses and financially supports candidates seeking public office in Oklahoma who understand agriculture and the importance of rural Oklahoma.
Here in 2022, Oklahoma Farm Bureau Ag PAC has endorsed a total of 18 candidates that are on the ballot here in November- including seven Congressional candidates, three statewide candidates, and eight state legislative candidates.
In the Federal races- Incumbent Senator James Lankford and House incumbents Frank Lucas, Tom Cole, Kevin Hern and Stephanie Bice have the blessing of the OkFB PAC while Congressman Markwayne Mullin is endorsed in his effort to take the unexpired seat of retiring Senator Jim Inhofe. And former state Senator Josh Brecheen is the heavy favorite to replace Mullin in House District 2 as the newest member of the US House delegation.
State wide endorsements include Governor Kevin Stitt, State Auditor Cindy Byrd and State Senator Kim David- running for an open Corporation Commission seat.
House legislative candidates that have the OKFB AG PAC endorsement include State Senator Darcy Jech and House members Dell Kerbs, Kyle Hilbert, Josh West, Kevin Wallace, Anthony Moore, Trey Caldwell and Jon Echols.
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Oklahoma Wheat Growers Endorse Todd Russ
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Beside the Farm Bureau- we have reached out to other groups for endorsements they have made here in 2022- According to their Executive Director Jeff Hickman, the Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association endorsed Todd Russ for State Treasurer earlier this year before the primary. Russ is an OWGA member. He is the only endorsement approved this election cycle by the OWGA Board.
We hope to get other endorsement details to share in our Monday email from other groups.
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Extreme Drought or Worse Improves Slightly Since Last Week in Latest Drought Monitor
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Chances for rain in the next week remain, and after recent precipitation, drought in Oklahoma has improved slightly in some categories while remaining unchanged in others.
In Oklahoma, exceptional drought is relatively unchanged from last week’s 21.05 to this week’s 21.06.
Extreme drought or worse, is now at 66.7, down from last week’s 70.29 percent.
Severe drought or worse is at 97.43 percent, down from last week’s 99.82 percent.
Moderate drought or worse and abnormally dry or worse conditions remain unchanged from last week at 100 percent.
According to the 6-10-day precipitation map for Oklahoma through November 12, the panhandle and central Oklahoma are leaning above a 33-40 percent chance of precipitation. Parts of western Oklahoma are leaning above a 40-50 percent chance of precipitation. The southeastern part of the state shows a near-normal chance of precipitation, with the far corner leaning below a 33-40 percent chance.
Click the Oklahoma Drought Map above the story to view this week's drought numbers for Oklahoma.
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USMEF's Dan Halstrom Remains Cautiously Optimistic about Strong Beef Demand Going Forward
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In this episode of Beef Buzz, I am featuring comments from the president and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation, Dan Halstrom, about August beef export numbers in 2022.
Halstrom said that overall, August was another remarkable billion-dollar month full of broad-based growth.
“Of course, China continues to be strong, but we had other markets stepping up,” Halstrom said. “You look at some of the ASEAN regions like Vietnam, and the Philippines, and you’ve got the Americas- Central and South America. Colombia, in particular, stands out. We had a pretty solid month out of Korea as well, so broad-based growth continues to be the theme.”
Compared to the places such as the Middle East and Central America, where tourism and hotel activity is not back to normal, Halstrom said he would argue that the Caribbean is 100 percent back to normal.
“In a place like the Caribbean, beef really is the center of the plate, and we are seeing that in the result,” Halstrom said. “So, we expected that. We are seeing it. That is really a bright spot.”
The area of the world that is lagging, Halstrom said, continues to be Asia.
“Japan and Korea are still two of our largest markets, but the growth is not there, and we are down slightly in Japan,” Halstrom said.
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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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Lucas Demands Accountability from Defense Health Agency to Keep Veterans' & Military Service Members' Prescription Access at Local Pharmacies
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After hearing from constituents at recent town hall meetings and directly from rural and family-owned pharmacies who serve Oklahoma veterans, military family patients, and military patients themselves, Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) yesterday sent a letter to Lieutenant General Ronald Place, the Director of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), expressing his concerns regarding the recent pharmacy contract that resulted in the separation of 15,000 independent or community pharmacies from the TRICARE system.
“Oklahoma is home to more than 290,000 veterans and thousands of active-duty military members and families who depend on TRICARE. I proudly represent many rural veterans who live in Oklahoma’s Third District and like many of them, I share deep concerns with recent changes announced by ESI regarding military beneficiary access to pharmacies as outlined by TPharm5. In my district alone, there are over 67 pharmacies who will no longer be a part of the ESI Pharmacy Services Administrative Organization (PSAO’s).”
As recently as 2021, over 56,000 pharmacy retailers were recognized within the TRICARE network. TRICARE beneficiaries include active-duty service members, veterans, and their families. However, as a result of ESI's newly negotiated contract on behalf of DHA, nearly 15,000 pharmacy retailers are no longer part of the TRICARE network, as of October 24th. The exodus of pharmacy retailers leaving the network leaves roughly 400,000 beneficiaries living in suburban, rural, and underserved communities with limited access to care- including thousands in Oklahoma’s Third Congressional District.
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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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Oklahoma Wildlife Department- Statewide Quail Numbers Up Six Percent from 2021
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More than 30 years ago, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation began conducting roadside surveys to monitor quail numbers throughout the state. There are 83 twenty-mile routes surveyed in August and October in all counties except Oklahoma and Tulsa counties.
August surveys give biologists an idea of breeding success, while October surveys reveal a glimpse of recruitment for the fall hunting season. Typically, August survey numbers are a less reliable hunting season predictor than October’s because some chicks won’t survive the summer. Long-term and year-to-year trends are important for sportspeople and biologists alike. The past decade has seen survey numbers cycle, starting at the lowest recorded on these surveys in 2012 and slowly rising to a peak in 2016 that quickly fell back to previous lows. The data are analyzed in two ways: by region and by ecoregion. This year, the surveys indicated the statewide average for quail numbers is up by about 6 percent over 2021.
Regionally, the August survey numbers in the northeast and north-central regions were up over 2021’s survey numbers. However, the southeast and southwest regions showed increases over 2021’s numbers in October surveys . The average survey results from 1990 to 2022. This year, these graphs include a rolling 10-year average, shown as “Prev Avg,” to help readers visualize the change in numbers over longer periods.
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War Between Russia and Ukraine to Continue Impacting Wheat Prices and Potentially Corn
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This week on SUNUP is Dr. Kim Anderson, Oklahoma State University Extension grain market economist. During this week's edition, Anderson talks about the factors impacting commodity markets and crop conditions.
“President Putin announced that he was not going to support Ukraine exporting wheat, and wheat prices went up 55 cents per bushel,” Anderson said. “Then he announced that he would support the export of wheat, and prices fell 48 cents a bushel. So, we have prices right now somewhere around the 9-dollar level. The basis is 46 cents.”
If you are looking at forward contracting wheat for the 2023 crop, Anderson said it is $8.75 with a minus 55 cent basis off of that Kansas City July contract for 2023.
“Corn continues to move in an 18-cent range sideways,” Anderson said. “Prices are about 6 dollars for forward contracting for 2023, and the basis is 25 cents under that ’23 December corn contract.”
We had a rally in soybeans, Anderson said, not because of the war but because of the weather in South America. There was a 36-cent price increase to prices around $14.19.
“The USDA released the crops condition report for wheat,” Anderson said. “84 percent of Oklahoma wheat is planted, and the average is 85.62 percent of that wheat has emerged, and the average is 66 percent.”
36 percent of that wheat is in the poor to very poor category, Anderson said, and only 11 percent at good to excellent.
“A big factor for wheat is that war between Russia and Ukraine, and it looks like that war is going to be dragged out over years,” Anderson said. “It appears that when something happens to disrupt the flow of product out of Ukraine, we get about a 50 to 60 cent price move. We saw that this last week.”
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GE-EPDs: A 10-Year Milestone
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Beef producers mitigate future risk and reach goals at a faster rate with GE-EPDs.
Better genetics are quickly becoming the hero to developing sustainable, efficient cattle herds. As producers seek reliable genetics to improve efficiency and carcass quality, animals with genomic information provide opportunities to reach goals at a faster pace.
In 2022, the American Hereford Association (AHA) reaches a milestone of 10 years for using genomic-enhanced expected progeny differences (GE-EPDs) in its genetic evaluation. By blending conventional EPDs with genomic data gathered from DNA testing, GE-EPDs have a significantly higher success rate in predicting progeny performance. Shane Bedwell, director of breed improvement for the Association, explains the benefits.
"Commercial producers - they’re buying a well-rounded bull that has the guesswork taken out of it. The amount of breed improvement those producers can make in buying a bull that has its data captured at an early stage in life, they have a great leg up," Bedwell says. "The possible change of a young sire becomes minimized drastically when you’re buying a bull that has all of the phenotypic and genomic data included in its EPDs."
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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 mixed- Choice Beef was up $1.71 and Select Beef was down 10 cents on Thursday 11/03/2022.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Weekly Cattle Auction Reports
The buttons below allow you to check out the weekly Cattle Auctions in the region that we post on our website and here in our daily email update.
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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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