Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Oklahoma Good to Excellent Winter Wheat Ratings up by 5 Pts Vs Last Week- But 35 Pts Under Year Ago Levels
- USMEF Works to Increase the Value of Variety Meats in International Markets
- OSU’s Derrell Peel Sees Beef Demand Holding Steady
- Dairy MAX Providing Milk Coolers to Food Banks
- Investments in Climate-Smart Agriculture Innovations Can Increase Smallholder Farmers’ Resilience, say COP27 Agriculture Leaders
- USMEF Uses Social Media Marketing Tactics to Help Japanese Consumers Connect with U.S. Producers
- OSU Extension to host 2022 Winter Crops School
- Meet The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Farm Families of the Year- Today we Spotlight District Three and Four
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Oklahoma Good to Excellent Winter Wheat Ratings up by 5 Pts Vs Last Week- But 35 Pts Under Year Ago Levels
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The U.S. winter wheat, corn and soybean harvests inched ahead to within single digits of completion by the end of last week.
The national winter wheat crop ratings are at 32% good to excellent- up 2 points versus last week- but 14 points under a year ago. Kansas good to excellent ratings are 24%- off 2 points from last week and 40 points under mid November 2021.
Oklahoma:
Winter wheat planted reached 95 percent, up 2 points from the previous year and up 2 points from normal. Winter wheat emerged reached 82 percent, up 1 point from the previous year but down 1 point from normal. Winter wheat conditions rated 19 percent good to excellent, 39 percent fair and 42 percent poor to very poor. This week's Good to Excellent rating is up 5 points from last week but 35 points less than mid November 2021.
Cotton harvested reached 61 percent, up 2 points from the previous year and up 11 points from normal. Cotton conditions rated 5 percent good to excellent, 31 percent fair and 64 percent poor to very poor. (Since last week, good to excellent cotton conditions have decreased by 5 percentage points.)
Soybeans harvested reached 70 percent, up 1 point from the previous year and up 5 points from normal. Soybean conditions rated 19 percent good to excellent, 44 percent fair and 37 percent poor to very poor.
While we don't have the national review of Pasture and range conditions- our state report shows they are at 4 percent good, 14 percent fair and 84 percent poor to very poor. Since last week, poor to very poor pasture and range conditions have increased by 2 percentage points.
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National also owns and operates other livestock marketing subsidiaries including Southern Oklahoma Livestock Auction in Ada, Oklahoma, OKC West Livestock Market in El Reno, Oklahoma, and the nation’s premier livestock video sale, Superior Livestock Auction. National offers customers many services custom made for today’s producer. To learn more, click here for the website or call the Oklahoma City office at 1-800-310-0220.
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USMEF Works to Increase the Value of Variety Meats in International Markets
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In this episode of Beef Buzz, I am visiting with Vice Chair of the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, Jimmy Taylor, who is also on the board of directors at the U.S. Meat Export Federation, finishing up his three-year term. Taylor ranches in Roger Mills County near Cheyenne, Oklahoma.
“The COVID period was not business as usual,” Taylor said.
Taylor commended Dan Halstrom and his staff for doing a remarkable job getting U.S. beef into the different markets around the world.
“They have 19 offices in around 80 different countries and just do a really good job getting the word out, getting people educated on the difference between the beef they are used to, and the grain fed U.S beef,” Taylor said. “Quality is something they are not used to, and it takes a little bit of time to get people used to eating that, but once they acquire that taste, they love it.”
Variety meats, Taylor said, is a valuable market internationally because many of those meats could not be marketed in the U.S.
“Last year we did, in dollars, 10.576 billion dollars, blew away the previous record and that is a new record,” Taylor said. “The beef variety meats made up about a billion dollars of that.”
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Beef Demand Holding Steady with OSU’s Derrell Peel
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Mondays, Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, offers his economic analysis of the beef cattle industry. This analysis is a part of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner” published electronically by Dr. Peel and Mark Johnson. Today, Dr. Peel talks about beef demand.
The all-fresh retail beef price in October was $7.25/lb., down slightly from $7.32/lb. in September and down 4.0 percent from the record high of $7.55/lb. one year ago. In 2022, the all-fresh retail beef price has remained in a narrow range from $7.37/lb. to $7.25/lb. and has averaged $7.33/lb. through October, up from the 2021 annual average of $6.95/lb. Figure 1 includes all-fresh retail beef prices since January 2018 and shows the sharp increase in prices in 2021 and steady prices thus far in 2022.
Beef demand considers retail beef prices as well as the quantity of beef consumption. Total commercial beef production is projected for 2022 at a record level of 28.3 billion pounds. After adjusting for beef trade, per capita retail beef consumption is projected at 59.3 pounds, up year over year from 58.9 pounds per capita in 2021. The fact that retail beef prices this year are averaging higher at the same time as consumption is increasing is an indication of strong beef demand.
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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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Dairy MAX Providing Milk Coolers to Food Banks
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Milk, even pre-pandemic, has been one of the most requested but least available items to food banks due to its perishability and refrigeration requirements. In July 2020, Dairy MAX worked with Feeding America to create a solution to the lack of dairy in food banks due to unavailable storage setups by creating a program that provides milk coolers for food banks within the Feeding America network.
Creating consistent access and increased refrigeration capacity is essential for dairy due to its perishability and short shelf life. “Refrigeration capacity continues to be the biggest obstacle to a steady milk supply in food banks,” said Michelle Van Pelt, business development manager for Dairy MAX. “By providing coolers to neighborhood food banks, we can help multiple families and introduce local dairy foods to communities.”
Food prices continue to rise. Today, more than 34 million Americans are turning to food banks to help bridge the gap in accessing wholesome food for their families. Many of these individuals and their families don’t qualify for government assistance, meaning having the ability to make healthier selections at the grocery store isn’t always economically feasible. Healthier choices often include perishable foods, including dairy. To put this into perspective, the average food bank client receives one gallon of milk per year versus the 68 gallons they need to meet the dietary recommendations for dairy foods for Americans.
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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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Investments in Climate-Smart Agriculture Innovations Can Increase Smallholder Farmers’ Resilience, say COP27 Agriculture Leaders
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According to a group of high-level global leaders speaking at a COP27 event co-hosted by Farm Journal Foundation and CGIAR, accelerated investments in climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation, spearheaded through the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) initiative, will benefit smallholder farmers in developing countries in becoming more resilient against climate change.
AIM for Climate is a global initiative launched last November at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) by the United Arab Emirates and the United States. Supported by 42 government partners and 235 non-governmental partners such as international organizations, nonprofits, and private-sector companies, AIM for Climate today announced an increased investment of more than $8 billion, up from $4 billion at COP26, by partners in climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation and a tripling of innovation sprints and partners since its launch.
Today’s panel featured high-level AIM for Climate partners, including its senior leadership: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment of the United Arab Emirates, Samantha Power, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Enock Chikava, Interim Director of Agricultural Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Helena M.Q. Semedo, Deputy Director of the UN Food & Agriculture Organization.
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USMEF Uses Social Media Marketing Tactics to Help Japanese Consumers Connect with U.S. Producers
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KC Sheperd, Farm Director, got the chance to visit with the United States Meat Export Federation’s Director of Consumer Affairs, Taz Hijikata, at the USMEF Strategic Planning Conference in Oklahoma City talking about how social media has helped the marketing of U.S meat to Japanese consumers.
“Before we had social media, it was challenging to talk to Japanese people directly, but these days we have a wonderful tool, digital media- to communicate with consumers directly,” Hijikata said.
Hijikata talked about the educational web campaign, which was aimed at showing consumers how U.S. meat is produced.
“We produced several video clips talking about how U.S. meat is produced,” Hijikata said. “We ran those videos on our website campaign.”
The videos are very well received by Japanese consumers and the message has been very useful for the consumers, Hijikata said, so they plan to continue using such tactics.
Hijikata said it is important for Japanese consumers to know the story behind U.S. meat products.
“If we don’t tell the story, there is no way that Japanese people learn about how U.S. beef producers produce,” Hijikata said. “They need that information from us, so that is why using the video clips and telling the information through the video is very effective to them. They appreciate that, too.”
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OSU Extension to host 2022 Winter Crops School
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Certified crop advisors, producers and farmers/ranchers are encouraged to take part in the 2022 Winter Crops School scheduled for Dec. 14-15 at Oklahoma State University’s Student Union.
Experts from OSU, University of Missouri, Kansas State University, Texas A&M, University of Arkansas, University of Georgia and the University of Tennessee are on tap to share their latest research-based information on soil conservation, soil organic matter, integrated weed management, forage, crop production, nutrient management and more.
The 2022 school will offer both in-person and virtual options. Early registration due by Nov. 30 is $150. The rate raises to $225 thereafter. Registration includes class materials, one breakfast, two lunches and the reception on Dec. 14. A virtual-only option is available for $100, and OSU Extension educators may attend for $90.
Fourteen Certified Crop Advisor continuing education units will be offered, in addition to two Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry CEUs.
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Meet The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Farm Families of the Year- Today we Spotlight District Three and Four
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All this week- we will feature the nine Farm Families of the Year from the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau- Today- we spotlight Districts Three and Four.
The District three Farm Family is the Glazier Family of Kingfisher County. Kyle and Sheri Glazier along with their two children, Kol and Gentri grow a variety of crops – sesame, milo, alfalfa, hay, wheat and cover crops – depending on the year and environmental conditions. The Glaziers also raise cattle and have their own custom beef brand.
Click on the Video Box below to learn more about their operation.
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Agriculture could be considered a job, a career or an industry, but for Curtiss and Brenda Nipp of Love County, agriculture is a way of life.
“We believe in being land stewards,” Curtiss said. “A few people out there will tell you they are not farmers, they are ranchers. The bottom line is if you are not a grass farmer you will not last long in the cattle business.”
The Nipps raise purebred Charolais cattle to sell to cattlemen across the U.S. with one or two bull sales each year. To further their family business, a barn with a sale arena was built on the property to better connect with customers as they build relationships with fellow cattle producers.
Click on the Video Box below to learn more about their operation.
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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 higher- Choice Beef was down 96 cents and Select Beef was down $2.06 on Monday 11/14/2022.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had 10,000 head on Monday, November 14, 2022
Compared to last week: Feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady. Feeder heifers 1.00-2.00 lower. Heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Quality average to attractive. Cold rain and snow expected today with somewhat heavier snows expected to fall west and northwestern Oklahoma making it hazardous for travel.
Click below for the complete closing report.
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The Joplin Regional Stockyards had a total run of 8,835 head Monday, November 14, 2022
Compared to last week feeder steers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 3.00 lower. Supply was heavy with very good demand.
Click on the button below for details of the trade as compiled by the USDA Market News Service.
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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
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KC Sheperd shares the story of Joey Carter, a hard-working farmer who was widely regarded as a model citizen in a rural North Carolina town. Carter is the focus of a movie coming out in October called Hog Farmer- the Trials of Joey Carter.
He was not the type of person who ever expected to find himself caught up in the middle of a federal lawsuit involving some of the nation’s most ruthless trial lawyers and one of the world’s largest food companies.
But that’s exactly what happened when Joey’s family farm became the focal point in a series of nuisance trials that attracted national and international media attention. While his neighbors leveled charges of environmental racism in hopes of winning multi-million-dollar verdicts, Joey was left wondering how this could happen to a man who has always taken pride in playing by the rules.
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