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Anderson Sees Little Good News for Southern Oklahoma Farmers

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:04:41 CDT

Anderson Sees Little Good News for Southern Oklahoma Farmers
In his weekly preview of this week's SUNUP show, Oklahoma State University Grain Marketing Specialist Kim Anderson has been travelling the state and getting a first-hand look at the condition of the wheat crop and its producers. He says it's been a tough time down south for farmers.


"I've been through southern Oklahoma and southwestern Oklahoma and some of them are despondent, and I think rightfully so. This year they've got the drought. They've got the freeze. The wheat is mostly in poor condition. You look over the last five or six years, they've lost two, three, or four of their crops in those six years.


"One year they harvested no cotton in the majority of their land. The prices, where they've been high, they just haven't had anything to sell. And they're ready for some good news. They're ready for something good to happen."


Anderson says he's been wracking his brain to come up with some good news, but so far he is coming up short.


"I can't come up with anything, except I remember football, you know, the yesteryears before we had a good team? 'Wait 'til next year!'


"I think they are in farming, and they're probably going to harvest some wheat this year.   You look at the wheat price for some of them, a low price would probably be better for them because if they're harvesting a little bit of wheat, a lower price is going to be a lower return and they've got revenue insurance and that insurance has a $7.78 cents and $7.80 guaranteed price. So, I think if they've got insurance, that's the good news. If they don't have crop insurance, then that's bad news."


You can listen to more of Kim Anderson's preview by clicking on the LISTEN BAR at the bottom of this story.     


Also this week on SUNUP:

--Josh Bushong explains how the recent ice storm is impacting canola.


--In the Mesonet report, Al Sutherland recaps this week's severe weather and updates soil moisture conditions.


--In Cow-Calf Corner, Glenn Selk makes the case for a shorter breeding season.


--Daren Redfearn has advice on using freeze-damaged wheat as forage.


--In Shop Stop, Wayne Kiner and Randy Taylor demonstrate a quick and easy way to make a file handle.


--Derrell Peel looks at how the cold weather is impacting livestock production and markets.


--Finally, SUNUP showcases Elisabeth Willis, the 4-H National Youth in Action award winner from Pittsburg County.


Catch SUNUP Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. and Sundays at 6 a.m. on OETA. You can watch archived programs online at http://www.sunup.okstate.edu, and http://www.youtube.com/sunuptv



   


   

Kim Anderson Speaks with Lyndall Stout about the poor condition of crops in southern Oklahoma.
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