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Friday, November 11, 2022
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Oklahoma Enters Driest Part of the Year with 100 Percent of the State in Abnormally Dry Conditions
- Cattle Industry Looking at Smaller Fed-Cattle Supplies for the Next Few Years
- Farmers and Ranchers Head to Norman for 81st Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual Meeting
- More Details From This Week's Emergency Drought Commission Meeting
- U.S. Crop Prices Moving with Economic Climate in Russia and Ukraine
- Rancher’s Lunchtime Series explores wintering cows with limited forage
- NCBA Hails White House Focus on Protecting Food and Ag Sector
- More Stories for your Weekend Reading
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Oklahoma Enters Driest Part of the Year with 100 Percent of the State in Abnormally Dry Conditions
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Much lower temperatures can be expected for the entire state as we enter next week. According to the Oklahoma Mesonet, this switch to colder temperatures will result in the loss of some of the moisture available in the warmer air. The rains the state experienced within the last month are going to be harder to come by, and unfortunately, Oklahoma is entering the driest part of the year with some major long-term deficits.
In Oklahoma, exceptional drought has increased slightly from last week’s 21.06 percent and is now at 22.38 percent.
Extreme drought or worse is down from last week’s 66.7 percent and is now at 64.54 percent.
Severe drought or worse is down significantly from last week’s 97.43 percent and is now at 88.7 percent.
Moderate drought or worse has finally lowered from 100 percent and is now at 97.7 percent.
Abnormally dry or worse conditions remain at 100 percent.
To view the Oklahoma drought numbers for this week, click the Oklahoma drought map above the story.
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And Check out this video below that helps you learn more about the Beef Checkoff- .
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Cattle Industry Looking at Smaller Fed-Cattle Supplies for the Next Few Years
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In this episode of Beef Buzz, I am visiting with the President and CEO of CattleFax, Randy Blach, about the state of the cattle industry and what to expect in the upcoming months.
I caught up with Blach on the sidelines of the USMEF Strategic Planning Seminar in Oklahoma City.
“It has been a tough year, but I would say if we really put it in perspective, it has been a pretty tough stretch here over the last three or four years now,” Blach said.
Starting in 2019, Blach said the industry was faced with the Tyson fire, then shortly after was COVID-19. On top of those issues, Blach said, drought came next.
“In spite of some of those headwinds, these markets have performed about as we have expected,” Blach said. “We are going to end up averaging between $1.42 and $1.43 for fed cattle for the year. That is right on the forecast for what we shared with the industry back in January.”
Beef cow slaughter for the end of the year, Blach said, will be around 375,000 head up from a year ago. Heifer slaughter, he added, is up around 300,000 for the year.
“What that tells you is, you are going to be looking at smaller fed cattle supplies for two to three years down the road until you see some stability in that cow or female cattle population,” Blach said.
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Farmers and Ranchers Head to Norman for 81st Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual Meeting
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The word we are getting from Farm Bureau leadership is that attendance will be strong over the next couple of days as farmers and ranchers gather for the 2022 Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Nov. 11-13 at the Embassy Suites in Norman, Oklahoma. Throughout the three-day event, the state’s leading agricultural organization will honor its top members and county Farm Bureaus, set grassroots policy for 2023, elect leaders and more.
Highlights include:
Remarks from Oklahoma Congressman and Senator Elect Markwayne Mullin (Friday afternoon)
Farm Bureau policy development sessions (Saturday morning and afternoon)
Election of OKFB District 6 director (Saturday afternoon)
Recognition of the 2022 OKFB District Farm and Ranch Families (Saturday evening)
Naming the top young farmer and rancher (Saturday evening)
Trade show featuring agricultural and other vendors (Friday and Saturday)
Worship service (Sunday morning)
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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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More Details from This Week's Emergency Drought Commission Meeting
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The Emergency Drought Commission met Wednesday and directed $12 million in additional funding to the existing Emergency Drought Cost-Share Program. In addition to the increase in funding, the Commission directed local conservation districts to accept applications for all approved practices.
Approved practices include:
- water well drilling
- pumping facilities
- pipeline
- pasture tap
- watering facilities
- heavy use protection
- cover crop planting (for erosion control)
- forage and biomass planting (excluding Bermuda grass)
- pond clean out
The Commission clarified cover crops planted for the purpose of erosion control are eligible for the program.
All practices included in the Emergency Drought Cost-Share Program may be funded retroactively to June 11, 2022, pending appropriate documentation is provided by the applicant. Appropriate documentation will be determined by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.
A statewide application period is now open across all conservation districts and is set to close on November 28, 2022.
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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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U.S. Crop Prices Moving with Economic Climate in Russia and Ukraine
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This Week on SUNUP is Oklahoma State University Extension grain market economist Kim Anderson. During this week’s edition, Anderson talks about commodity prices and factors impacting the markets.
Anderson said not much has changed in the crop prices this week. Wheat has continued at a sideways trend, he added.
“Remember last week, Russia said, ‘we are not going to honor that agreement for the exports,’ and the price went up 50 cents, and then they said, ‘we will honor it,’ and it went down 50 cents.”
The Russia and Ukraine war, Anderson said, has the potential to change prices more.
“Right now, they say they are going to honor that export agreement; however, they have slowed things out for the inspection of those ships, and so that is a quasi-saying, ‘we are going to let you export a little bit, but we are going to restrict it.’”
The Australian wheat crop is the second largest crop ever expected, Anderson said, but they are facing heavy amounts of rain, so there is a concern for the loss of yield and quality. Argentina is having the opposite problem, Anderson said, whereas they are being faced with drought.
As for the November WASDE report, Anderson said there was not much change going on in the world.
Based on USDA’s projections, Anderson said he sees it taking three to four years for Russia and Ukraine to get high input prices to come down, which will bring U.S. crop prices down.
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Rancher’s Lunchtime Series explores wintering cows with limited forage
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The OSU Extension beef cattle team will join experienced ranchers and scientists to share valuable information on production, management and marketing in the current drought. The following sessions are free and begin at noon.
November 17
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Feeding corn stalks, milo stalks and soybean hay – Mary Drewnoski, University of Nebraska
December 1
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Limit feeding forage and concentrate without a mixer in Atoka County – Harold Stephens and Brian Freking, OSU Extension
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Grazing failed cotton and feeding baled cotton in Comanche County – Marty New and Trevor Vaughn, OSU Extension; Josh and Wes Sullivan
December 8
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Using concentrate feeds to stretch the hay supply – David Lalman, OSU Extension
December 15
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Limit feeding techniques that are working in LeFlore County – Brian Freking, OSU Extension; Will Lathrop
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Limiting access to high-quality forage in Alfalfa County – Dana Zook and Tommy Puffinbarger, OSU Extension; Joe Hadwiger
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NCBA Hails White House Focus on Protecting Food and Ag Sector
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On November 10, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) hailed the signing of the National Security Memorandum to Strengthen the Security and Resilience of U.S. Food and Agriculture, which will allow the federal government to identify the threats facing our food supply and enhance national preparedness and response.
“Our agricultural sector faces a variety of threats that could inhibit cattle producers’ ability to bring beef from pasture to plate,” said NCBA CEO Colin Woodall. “NCBA appreciates the Biden administration’s focus on identifying threats and developing new ways to mitigate them. Together, we can protect our industry while ensuring that all Americans have access to wholesome foods like beef.”
The memorandum instructs top government officials, including the Secretaries of State, Defense, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to identify threats to the food and agriculture sector and coordinate with federal, state, local, and tribal governments to develop responses.
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More Stories for your Weekend Reading
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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 down $1.40 and Select Beef was up $1.69 on Thursday 11/10/2022.
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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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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