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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- September Beef Exports Drop Below the Billion Dollar Pace for First Time Since February
- Monte Tucker on Why He Sees Kevin Stitt as a Good Governor for Oklahoma Ag
- OCA Supports a Full Slate of Congressional and Statewide Candidates for the General Election
- State Representatives Thank Lankford, Inhofe and Lucas for Rural Hospital Language Change
- New Technology in Cattle Industry Provides Marketing Advantages for Breeders
- Idabel and McCurtain County Hammered by an EF3 Tornado Friday Night
- After Calls for Action Over Dispute on Biotech Corn Exports, USTR Talks with Mexican Counterpart
- State Collections Climb to New Heights
- OP-ED: Walters the Right Choice for Rural Oklahoma
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September Beef Exports Drop Below the Billion Dollar Pace for First Time Since February |
According to the US Meat Export Federation, September beef exports totaled 115,487 mt, valued at $890.3 million, down 7% from a year ago in both volume and value. For the first nine months of 2022, beef exports were still 4% above last year at 1.12 million mt. Export value reached $9.12 billion, up 20% and already achieving the second highest total for any calendar year, trailing only the 2021 record ($10.58 billion).
While beef exports remain well-positioned to reach new heights in 2022, the September results reflected significant headwinds that have been building for some time.
Meanwhile- U.S. pork exports topped year-ago totals for the second consecutive month in September, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). September beef exports were below last year for the first time in 2022, but exports remain on a record pace through the first three quarters of the year.
Pork exports reached 222,202 metric tons (mt) in September, up 1% from a year ago. Export value increased 9% to $664.8 million – the highest since June 2021. Through September, pork exports were 13% below last year at 1.94 million mt, valued at $5.57 billion (down 11%).
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Midwest Farm Shows is proud to produce the two best Farm Shows in the State of Oklahoma annually- the Tulsa Farm Show each December and the Oklahoma City Farm Show each April.
The Tulsa Farm Show is Oklahoma’s premier agricultural and ranching event- and returns to the SageNet Center (Expo Square) December, 8-9-10, 2022.
Now is the ideal time to contact the Midwest Farm Show Office at 507-437-7969 and book space at the 2022 Tulsa Farm Show. To learn more about the Tulsa Farm Show, click here.
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Monte Tucker on Why He Sees Kevin Stitt as a Good Governor for Oklahoma Ag |
I got the chance to visit with a farmer and rancher from western Oklahoma, Monte Tucker, about his views on the upcoming election for Governor of Oklahoma from an agricultural perspective.
“It’s always one of my favorite quotes from Will Rogers is, ‘you have to remain politically active to be politically left alone,’ and I fully get that now,” Tucker said.
Tucker said he appreciates the governor and the governor’s staff for allowing those in rural Oklahoma to grow and produce without added regulations, burden, and added taxes.
“Sometimes doing nothing is the best thing you can do for a person,” Tucker said.
Tucker also talked about Governor Stitt’s opponent, Joy Hoffmeister.
“You had somebody that claimed to be a republican that converted to a Democrat,” Tucker said. “Back a couple of years ago at their national convention, they basically adopted socialism. So, if that is what you are about, then go for the Democrats, but if you still love freedom and you still want choices on your farm and ranch to come down to you making the best choice for your land, your animals, and your family, then you probably need to stay on that conservative side.”
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OCA Supports a Full Slate of Congressional and Statewide Candidates for the General Election |
We have been asking state ag groups for a list of candidates that they have endorsed for the 2022 General Elections that happen tomorrow- November 8, 2022.
We posted in our email on Friday the candidates supported by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau and the Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association.
Today- we have one additional group that has provided us with a list of candidates they are supporting in 2022- the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association. (no other group has confirmed who they are supporting or endorsing here in 2022).
According to the OCA- they don't use the term endorse but rather show their support by announcing names of candidates that they have supported through the PAC contributions:
On the Federal Level- OCA supports:
James Lankford
Markwayne Mullin
Kevin Hern
Josh Brecheen
Frank Lucas
Tom Cole
Stephanie Bice
These are the state candidates that OCA supports…
Governor – Kevin Stitt
Lt. Governor – Matt Pinnell
State Treasurer – Todd Russ
State Labor Commissioner – Leslie Osborn
Attorney General – Gentner Drummond
OCA has engaged in numerous state legislative races. Give OCA a call if you would like to know about your district (that number is 405-235-4391)
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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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The Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association is the trusted voice of the Oklahoma Cattle Industry. With headquarters in Oklahoma City, the OCA has a regular presence at the State Capitol to protect and defend the interests of cattlemen and cattlewomen.
Their Vision Statement explains the highest priority of the organization- "Leadership that serves, strengthens and advocates for the Oklahoma cattle industry."
To learn more about the OCA and how you can be a part of this forward-looking group of cattle producers, click here for their website. For more information- call 405-235-4391.
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Representatives Thank Lankford, Inhofe and Lucas for Rural Hospital Language Change |
House Speaker Pro Tempore Kyle Hilbert, R-Bristow, and Reps. Trey Caldwell, R-Lawton, and Gerrid Kendrix, R-Altus, today thanked U.S. Sens. James Lankford and Jim Inhofe as well as U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas for their work to change language in rules that will improve patient access to rural critical care hospitals.
The trio of state lawmakers said the congressmen for the past four years have worked to change language by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that defines payment rates and how close a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) can be to another hospital via a primary road.
Currently, under CAH status, hospitals are paid a higher Medicare rate—101 percent of their actual costs, rather than set rates per service. This higher rate allows many rural hospitals to remain open, the lawmakers said.
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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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New Technology in Cattle Industry Provides Marketing Advantages for Breeders |
In this episode of Beef Buzz, I am visiting with Greg Burden of GB Marketing, talking about how new breeding technology over the years in the cattle industry is valuable when it comes to marketing.
Greg Burden has been raised in the cattle business and recently founded GB Marketing to work with seed stock producers across the country in marketing their purebred stock. Burden is one of the sales managers that has been working with Cattlemen’s Congress for the first two years, and he will be back for a third year in early 2023.
“When you are breeding cattle to go toward your own production sale, you really have to start thinking about those things three or four years in advance, so you’ll have the right set of breds and cows for that sale,” Burden said. “It takes several years and a lot of hard work and planning to get to the production sale, and the same thing goes for when you are consigning to a big sale and show like Cattlemen’s Congress. You are trying to showcase your breeding program.”
As for production sales, Burden said it takes time to have the right set of breds, which comes from having the right set of genetics to breed something that is appealing to buyers.
” Embryo transfer has gotten more and more prevalent in all of the breeds,” Burden said. “Now they can do IVF, and so they can do it every two weeks if they want to on those good donor cows.”
Science has moved breeds forward dramatically, Burden said, because now livestock can pass their genetics on more in this lifetime than in the past.
We talked at length with Burden in a Podcast about Cattlemen's Congress- click here to jump over and hear our full conversation.
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Idabel and McCurtain County Hammered by an EF3 Tornado Friday Night |
Friday night at dusk- that's when a strong hundred mile an hour plus tornado ripped into Idabel and left a huge amount of destruction in a matter of minutes. Over a hundred homes were torn up- businesses reduced to rubble and the Trinity Baptist Church had their current auditorium destroyed- and major damage to a new facility that was being constructed.
Farmer/rancher Brent Bolan has damage on his farm- in fact his west property line was ground zero for the twister.
Brent tells us that outside of Idabel- "it hit mainly pastures- lots of fence issues and trees everywhere destroyed."
He adds "I've heard of a few cattle being killed from trees falling on them. Some ranch homes and equipment and barns completely destroyed."
I asked Brent if there were any poultry houses damaged- and he says "Mine had a little damage and an 8 house farm east of Broken Arrow was totally destroyed. I'm not sure if it had birds in it or not." Regarding his poultry houses- "I had two houses with about 50 foot chunks out of the roof on day old birds. The actual ceiling stayed intact so the birds are fine."
Clean up started on Saturday- church was held outside at Trinity on Sunday morning and the work continues as Monday arrives. Pray for those impacted- One way to donate to help is to support the Baptist Disaster Relief team- their website can be found here.
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After Calls for Action Over Dispute on Biotech Corn Exports, USTR Discusses Issue with Mexican Counterpart |
Following repeated calls from the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) asking the Biden administration to respond to plans by Mexico to block imports of biotech corn, United States Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai met virtually on Thursday with Mexico’s Secretary of Economy, Raquel Buenrostro. During the meeting, Tai talked about the importance of avoiding a disruption in U.S. corn exports.
“We applaud Ambassador Tai for listening to corn grower leaders and sharing our concerns with the leadership in Mexico,” said NCGA President Tom Haag. “But, given the magnitude of Mexico’s threats and the fact that the embargo is set to be fully implemented by 2024, we need USTR to resolve the impasse as soon as possible by filing a dispute under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).”
The dispute centers around Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s decree that would end imports of corn grown using biotech and certain herbicides by 2024. Biotech corn makes up over 90% of U.S. corn crops. One recent estimate projected a 30% increase in the price of tortillas in Mexico from the embargo.
NCGA has strongly encouraged USTR to file a dispute under the agriculture chapter of USMCA, which calls for cooperation between members on an individual government’s regulation of imports. An op-ed by Haag was recently published in The Hill, a newspaper widely read by Washington policymakers and decision-makers. Corn grower leaders also continue raising the issue with lawmakers and major media outlets.
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State of Oklahoma Collections Climb to New Heights |
Gross Receipts to the Treasury for the past 12 months surpassed last month’s record high of $17 billion by more than $200 million, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel announced today.
Twelve-month gross receipts through October are $17.24 billion, up by $2.5 billion, or 17.3 percent, from the prior 12 months. Furthermore, this aggregate is more than $4 billion higher than the slowdown in June 2020 of $13 billion.
“Gross Receipts to the Treasury continue to rise,” said Treasurer McDaniel. “While inflationary pressures are offsetting the purchasing power of much of the growth, the trend lines from key revenue sources remain favorable.”
Major revenue streams for the past 12 months have increased by rates ranging from 92 percent for oil and gas gross production collections to 2.6 percent for motor vehicle receipts. The largest components are taxes on income and sales. They show double-digit growth with income tax collections up 17.2 percent and the combined sales and use taxes up 11.4 percent.
Compared to last October, the economic results for the month are also robust. Total October collections of $1.48 billion are up by $204.6 million, or 16.1 percent, from October 2021. The highest percentage of growth is seen in oil and gas gross production receipts, up by 87 percent from the prior year. Sales and use tax collections continue to keep up with inflation, growing 8.5 percent compared to the same month of last year.
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OP-ED: Walters the Right Choice for Rural Oklahoma |
The following Op-Ed was published on October 26th in the Southwest Ledger in Lawton- and can be found online on their website. Please note that the Southwest Ledger and the Oklahoma Farm Report are both a part of the Hilliary Media Group LLC.
"Dear Readers,
"Voters across Oklahoma will soon be choosing the state’s next Superintendent of Public Instruction- a position of great importance to the future of education in Oklahoma. We, the publishers of Southwest Ledger, want to take a minute to address the importance of this role, specifically to rural schools.
"The Office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction is a constitutionally established office, charged with running the Oklahoma State Department of Education and presiding over the Oklahoma State Board of Education.
"The state superintendent is ultimately responsible for the state’s public school systems. It’s critical that the state superintendent serve all Oklahoma students, not just those in the larger, metro-area schools. As our state’s urban metro areas become increasingly more progressive and clamor for an ever-increasing share of the state’s education dollars, rural Oklahoma parents are all too often left out of discussions about the future of their children’s education."
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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 $1.43 and Select Beef was down $1.16 on Friday 11/04/2022.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had around 8,200 head Sunday late afternoon- and ONSY President Kelli Payne says they expect to start with around 9,000 plus head- the auction will begin at 6:30 AM this morning.
From the October 31st sale: Compared to 10/24: Feeder steers 1.00-2.00 higher, weights over 800 lbs. not well tested. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Demand moderate to good for feeder cattle. Steer calves 5.00-10.00 higher. Heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, most advance over 500 lbs. Demand good for calves.
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Meanwhile, on Tuesday of this past week- the ONSY slaughter cow and bull sale had 1,382 sold versus 725 a year ago.
Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 - 3.00 higher. Demand moderate to good. Quality average to attractive. Several nice Bred-Cows traded. Moisture and cooler temperatures impacted most of the region over the past week.
Click below for Feeder Report as well as the Cow-Bull report.
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Here's our new feature that is now a part of the Monday Daily Email- market commentary from Bob Rodenberger, a partner with Stockman Oklahoma Livestock Marketing.
Bob is talking Fridays with our own KC Sheperd with his commentary and will be posted on our website-- OklahomaFarmReport.Com.
We will share a link to it Mondays here in our market section of the daily email.
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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
Dave Lanning, Markets and Production
Reagan Calk, Farm News and Email Editor
Pam Arterburn, Calendar and Template Manager
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The Road to Rural Prosperity is here to tell stories about rural America, for rural America.
Oklahoma Farm Bureau and Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association hosted a Governor's Forum on October 26, 2022- inviting both the Republican and Democratic Candidates for Governor- Only Governor Kevin Stitt chose to attend- and he answered the questions posed by Moderator Ron Hays- questions that offered insights into key issues of interest to Rural Oklahomans.Search for Road to Rural Prosperity and subscribe on your favorite Podcast platform.
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