~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON for Thursday June 17, 2010
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-- Early Analysis of 2010 HRW Wheat Shows a Surprisingly Functional
Crop- Mark Hodges
-- NCBA Has Few Friends in Governance Battle
-- USDA Secretary Vilsack Declares that Conservation Works!
-- Oklahoma Pork Industry Well Represented by New Pork Board
Appointees
-- America's Farmers and Ethanol Producers Ready for President's
Call
-- This Saturday- Join up with the 76th Annual Osage County Ranch
Tour- Plus the Ben Johnson Roping Event Sunday
-- USDA's Vilsack Expects Japanese to Honor Agreement to Start Talks
that Could Lead to More Access into Japan for US Beef
-- Let's Check the Markets!
Howdy Neighbors! Here's your morning farm news headlines from the Director of Farm Programming for the Radio Oklahoma Network, Ron Hays. We are proud to welcome Big Iron Unreserved Online Auctions as our newest sponsor of the daily Email. Their next auction is this next Wednesday, June 23- featuring Low Hour, Farmer Owned Equipment. Click here for their website to learn more about their Online Farm Equipment Auctions. We are also excited to have as one of our sponsors for the daily email
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Early Analysis of 2010 HRW Wheat Shows a Surprisingly Functional Crop- Mark Hodges ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first
numbers for the 2010 Hard Red Winter wheat being harvested in the southern
Great Plains are in- and they show wheat berries that, when turned into
flour, will get the job done when baking a loaf of bread. Mark Hodges,
Executive Director of Plains Grains, tells us that some of the aspects of
how functional this crop is turns out to be a pleasant surprise.
The biggest problem that remains is that the export trade continues to talk about the need for protein higher than 12%- and the first couple of grainsheds that have come in don't suggest much help in that area. Industry officials have pointed out we have millions of bushels of wheat in storage from the last couple of years that is 11% protein- and the crop harvested thus far adds to that stockpile. Mark Hodges tells us "Early testing indicates the northern Texas crop has very good kernel data and resulting flour yield reminiscent of very good climatic conditions (cool temperatures with sufficient soil moisture in the profile) during grainfill, even more so than in southwest Oklahoma. Unfortunately, these conditions are not conducive to accumulation of protein in the grain and as you know there are usually tradeoffs with good yields and outstanding kernel characteristics." He adds that ""The bottom line is that- with all things considered, functionality is good. Wheat proteins under 11.5% will probably require some type of "improver" (add gluten) or blending with wheat of higher protein." | |
NCBA Has Few Friends in Governance Battle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A meeting in
person and via teleconference was held on Wednesday by USDA officials and
representatives of the groups that sent a letter to USDA expressing their
worries about policy mingling with checkoff issues within the new NCBA
structure. At the meeting or on the phone were USDA officials, NCBA
leadership, Cattlemen's Beef Board Leadership, American Farm Bureau,
National Farmers Union, US Cattlemen's Association, National Milk
Producers Federation and the Livestock Marketing Association.
One of those that was on the teleconference with USDA was Nancy
Robinson, Vice President of Government Affairs for the Livestock Marketing
Association. We talked with her as she and other staff of the LMA prepare
for their annual meeting the next three days in Oklahoma City. Robinson
has been involved in the concerns that LMA has had with how the checkoff
is run for many years- and she mentions that as we talked with her on
Wednesday evening. However, she believes the only acceptable conclusion would be for a strong separation out of the checkoff side of the NCBA- which is the Federation of State Beef Councils- having it separate from NCBA altogether. When we asked if that would look a lot like the Federation when it was under the National Livestock and Meat Board- she indicated that yes, that would be the best solution in LMA's opinion. | |
USDA Secretary Vilsack Declares that Conservation Works! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Conservation
practices installed and applied by agricultural producers on cropland are
reducing sediment, nutrient and pesticide losses from farm fields,
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said today as he announced the release
of a comprehensive study on the effects of conservation practices on
environmental quality in the Upper Mississippi River Basin.
"This important new report confirms that farmers and ranchers are stepping up and implementing conservation practices that can and do have a significant impact on the health of America's soil and water," Vilsack said. "The information gathered for this study will make it possible to quantify the effectiveness of conservation practices for the first time and enable USDA to design and implement conservation programs that will not only better meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, but also help ensure that taxpayers' conservation dollars are used as effectively as possible." A couple of the findings in this study can apply to really anywhere conservation practices are utilized, including the concept of targeting your conservation efforts on the most vulnerable acres gets you a lot more bang for the conservation buck. USDA has also learned that if you stack a series of relevant conservation practices on top of each other- the sum of the whole is more than just the single practices. | |
Oklahoma Pork Industry Well Represented by New Pork Board Appointees ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On June 15,
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack appointed five members to the National Pork
Board. Two of those appointees have pork production in Oklahoma.
Wathina Luthi, from Fargo, Okla., owns a 4,800 sow farrow-to-wean
operation along with her husband and sons and markets over 100,000 hogs
each year. The Luthi's also raise cattle and 960 acres of hay and wheat
pasture. The other appointee that has a significant Oklahoma tie is Julie Maschhoff, of Carlyle, Ill. She is co-owner of The Maschhoffs which has pork production in the Hydro and Hinton, Okla., areas as part of their 130,000 sow pork production system with additional locations in Iowa and Illinois. Maschhoff joined the family owned business in 1989 and serves as the vice president of public relations. She has traveled around the country as a speaker on agricultural issues including animal health and welfare, family business planning, environmental responsibility, and food safety. | |
America's Farmers and Ethanol Producers Ready for President's Call ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An open letter
sent to President Obama Wednesday outlined steps the ethanol industry
believes the Administration and Congress should take in order to
transition the U.S. away from oil to sustainable and renewable fuel
technologies. The letter states America's ethanol producers stand ready to
play their part. The steps outlined are for Congress to extend biofuels
tax incentives, the EPA to increase ethanol blends to 15-percent and the
nation to expand infrastructure needed for renewable fuels.
The nation produced enough ethanol to reduce the nation's need for imported oil by 364-million barrels last year - and the letter states U.S. renewable fuel producers are equipped to reduce the nation's need for oil even more - ultimately eliminating the need. It's stated that it's imperative the Energy Department refines its current renewable energy loan guarantee programs to make them more accessible to next generation ethanol technologies. The ethanol industry says it's ready to take the full range of American know-how to tackle the challenges posed by the nation's addiction to fossil fuels - saying renewable fuels - like ethanol - and more efficient technologies to convert plants to fuel exist today and can be deployed to begin the process of securing the nation's energy, economic and environmental future. Click here to see and read the entire "open letter" to the President. | |
This Saturday- Join up with the 76th Annual Osage County Ranch Tour- Plus the Ben Johnson Roping Event Sunday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's that time
of year again! The 76th Annual Osage County Ranch Tour is this Saturday,
June 19th. The tour will begin at 9am from Pawhuska, and there is a
complimentary breakfast at Triangle Serum Co. in Pawhuska (tour will leave
from there). This year we will tour The Pershing, Wynona, and Hominy
areas. The tour is FREE to attend and the tour stops are:
McPherson Ranch - Beefmaster X Angus first-calf heifers The Ranch Rodeo on Saturday night will be followed by the 57th Annual Ben Johnson Memorial Steer Roping on Sunday, June 20th. Click on the LINK below for more information about all of these events happening in Osage Country this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Click here for more info on the 2010 Osage County Ranch Tour and MORE | |
USDA's Vilsack Expects Japanese to Honor Agreement to Start Talks that Could Lead to More Access into Japan for US Beef ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Secretary of
Agriculture Tom Vilsack hopes that the move by the Japanese in recent days
to replace their Prime Minister- who has now announced a replacement for
the Minister of Agriculture- will not slow the process of getting dialogue
going to widen access into the Japanese market for US Beef.
We have comments with Secretary Vilsack on our program, the Beef Buzz, that we have linked for you below. The Beef Buzz is a daily radio report heard on great radio stations across the state that are a part of the Radio Oklahoma Network. One of those stations is KOCD, 103.7 on your FM dial. You can hear the Beef Buzz every morning during their Radio Oklahoma in the Morning Show with Larry Stein at about 7:40 AM. KOCD can be heard over a large area from the eastern side of the OKC metro all the way to east of Henryetta on I-40, south down into the Ada, Sulphur and even McAlester area and northward to the Turner Tunrpike. Click on the LINK below to hear this Beef Buzz, featuring the comments of Secretary Vilsack. | |
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Let's Check the Markets! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We've had
requests to include Canola prices for your convenience here- and we will
be doing so on a regular basis. Current cash price for Canola is $7.45 per
bushel, delivered to local participating elevators that are working with
PCOM.
Here are some links we will leave in place on an ongoing basis- Click
on the name of the report to go to that link: | |
God Bless! You can reach us at the following: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: ron@oklahomafarmreport.com
phone: 405-473-6144
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