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Your
Update from Ron Hays of RON
Thursday,
April 26,
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Featured
Story:
Chairman
Lucas Reaffirms Commitment To Comprehensive Farm
Bill With Strong Safety
Net
On
our final day in Washington during our annual
Washington Watch event with other farm
broadcasters from across the US, House Agriculture
Committee Chairman Frank Lucas
outlined the progress made on the current farm
bill. The process began with the "Hurry-Up Farm
Bill" from last fall that was not adopted and has
continued through a series of hearings and field
hearings by his committee.
He said he was
disappointed to hear that the Senate has delayed
action on the bill in their chamber, but said he
hopes "they would be able to get back on track and
move forward soon. If anything, I can assure you
Chairwoman Stabenow will move heaven and earth to
get her work done in the United States Senate. I
have complete confidence."
Lucas said he
has been paying very close attention to the work
being done in the Senate, but has remained
steadfast on what the final farm bill must
include.
"If you're going to have a farm
bill, it has to address certain points. A federal
comprehensive farm bill, in the commodity title,
has to address all regions and all crops. Everyone
needs to be able to participate. And to that end,
I would note to you, achieving that is a real
challenge."
Lucas is very concerned with
maintaining a strong safety net for producers. He
is not convinced that a shallow loss program being
discussed in the Senate will address those
concerns.
You can read more of Chairman Lucas's
comments or hear his full address and a Q&A
that follows by clicking here.
In
this morning's RON Ag Network Farm News- we
feature comments from Congressman Lucas and what
he contends is NOT a safety net- the so called
Shallow Loss Program that may be a key part of the
Commodity Title coming out of the Senate Ag
Committee. Click here to listen to our Thursday
morning farm news to hear these specific
comments from the House Ag Committee Chairman.
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Senate
Ag Committee Back on for Thursday Morning Mark
Up, Commodity Groups
React
LATE
WORD- Chairwoman Debbie
Stabenow announced late Wednesday evening
that the Senate Ag Committee will begin the "mark
up" process for the 2012 Farm Bill this morning at
9:30 AM central time. Details on amendments are
expected sometime this morning- apparently, after
intense closed door meetings much of Wednesday by
the Ag Committee Leadership, enough consensus was
found to proceed with the business session this
morning. Click here for the Senate Ag
Committee website's home page- there should be
a webcast link available here around 9:30 AM
central this morning.
During
the day Wednesday- several commodity groups
released statements expressing their
disappointment about the delay in the mark
up. The original plan was to begin markup on
Wednesday morning- but there was serious
objections being raised by several commodity
groups- leaving Chairlady Stabenow little choice
but to delay and go behind closed
doors.
The
delay followed a request this week from rice,
peanut and cotton growers that the markup be
delayed until mid-May. Reports indicate these
producers are not happy with proposed changes to
current subsidies in the new bill.
"The
National Corn Growers Association is disappointed
with the delay in the Senate Agriculture
Committee's markup of the 2012 farm bill. Our
organization is committed to working with members
of Congress and other organizations on this vital
piece of legislation. The process needs to be done
responsibly and judiciously but it needs to be
done as soon as possible," NCGA President
Garry Niemeyer said.
National
Association Wheat Growers President Erik
Younggren echoed Niemeyer's
sentiments.
"The
next crop year for wheat farmers will be here in a
few short months. These producers need to know a
strong, crop-insurance-based safety net will be
available to them after the current farm bill
expires on Sept. 30. Now is the time for forward
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NRCS
Chief Sees Chesapeake Bay Watershed Conservation
Project as Model For Broader Efforts
The
Obama administration has targeted the Chesapeake
Bay watershed area for intensive conservation
efforts largely to improve water quality. Rapid
development in the area over the last 30 years has
negatively impacted soil, air and water quality.
Although per-acre nutrient and sediment loading is
far greater from developed land than cropland, the
USDA was tasked with undertaking a program to
restore and enhance the quality of the
watershed.
That project has largely fallen
on the shoulders of Dave White,
chief of the Natural Resource Conservation
Service. White spoke with us recently
and explained how he favors a collaborative
approach of working with landowners and producers
to enhance the health of their lands while
reducing the negative impacts of soil and sediment
runoff. Administration officials are watching the
Chesapeake Bay program closely as a model to be
used in other areas of the country.
White
sees the Chesapeake Bay project as "ground zero"
in the effort to replicate conservation successes
to other areas of the country because, "This is
the place where we are going to prove beyond the
shadow of a doubt that the voluntary,
incentive-based private land conservation approach
is the way to go."
Please click here to read more
or hear our interview about how White sees
the Chesapeake Bay project impacting the rest of
the country.
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DuPont
Leader Committed to Collaborative Approach for
Increasing China Agricultural Productivity
The
challenge of global food security should be the
top priority of all nations, companies and
individuals, according to DuPont Vice President
and General Manager of Pioneer China
William S. Niebur. He told
attendees at the 5th International Biotechnology
and Agriculture Summit in Beijing today that it
will take everyone - working collaboratively - to
ensure every person has enough nutritious and safe
food to eat
"With nearly 1.4 billion people
in China, a population base that is migrating to
large cities, and arable land that is stable to
declining - it is imperative that we work together
to sustainably increase the productivity of every
area of land, every hour of field labor, and every
unit of water and fertilizer," said Niebur.
"Without question, China will play a critical role
in achieving global food security."
"DuPont
and its Pioneer seed business are committed to
working with China - through collaborations with
the government, academia and others in the
industry, as well as working directly with
millions of China's farmers, to address
challenges," Niebur said.
Pioneer's
practice for sustainably increasing agricultural
productivity requires a comprehensive approach to
plant breeding that includes: breeding
specifically for local environments; using
molecular markers for gene selection; developing
plants with more resistance to diseases and
insects, as well as tolerance to herbicides;
improving nutrient use and nutritional content;
and making plants better able to withstand
environmental stresses such as
drought.
"This comprehensive and
collaborative approach that also focuses on
bringing increased value to the farmer and to end
users has helped to make Pioneer a world leader in
advanced plant genetics," Niebur said.
You can read more about Niebur's
thoughts on a collaborative approach with China by
clicking here.
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Lahoma
Canola Tour Field Day Features Seminars for
Producers and Prospective Producers
The
Oklahoma State University Extension Service will
hold its 2012 North Central Oklahoma Research
Station Public Canola Tour May 3. The research
station is located 1 mile west of Lahoma on State
Highway 412. The day begins with registration at 8
a.m. and the program starts at 9 a.m.
A
series of brief seminars will be held on a variety
of topics concerning the production of canola from
seed selection through harvesting. The seminars
and their presenters include: Variety Selection
and Row Spacing with Dr. Chad
Godsey, Starter Fertilizer and Soil pH
with Dr. Brian Arnall, Row Crop
Calibration with Dr. Randy
Taylor, Insects and Diseases with
Dr. Royer and Dr. Damicone,
Canola Harvesting Options with Josh
Bushong, and a Combine Clinic presented
by Case International.
Immediately
following the Canola Tour, the Oklahoma Oilseed
Commission has scheduled a meeting. Commission
Chair Brent Rendel will conduct the meeting
following the conclusion of the field day and the
previously announced GPCA meeting.
Click here for a link to the Field
Day's complete agenda.
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Farm
Service Agency Reminds Producers of Acreage
Reporting Deadlines
Francie
Tolle, executive director for the
Oklahoma Farm Service Agency (FSA), reminds
producers to submit their annual report of acreage
to their FSA county office in order to meet FSA
program eligibility requirements.
Accurate
acreage reports are necessary to determine and
maintain eligibility for the Direct and
Counter-cyclical Program and programs authorized
in the 2008 Farm Bill, including the Supplemental
Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) and
Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE).
Upcoming acreage deadlines include:
May
15, 2012 - Final date to report fall and spring
seeded small grains in all counties except,
Alfalfa, Beaver, Cimarron, Ellis, Garfield, Grant,
Harper, Kay, Major, Noble, Texas, Woods, and
Woodward.
May 31, 2012 - Final date to
report fall and spring seeded small grains in
Alfalfa, Beaver, Cimarron, Ellis, Garfield, Grant,
Harper, Kay, Major, Noble, Texas, Woods, and
Woodward counties.
July 15, 2012 - Final
date to report all crops other than small
grains.
Click here to read more and to find a
link to the FSA reporting
guidelines.
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California
Cow With BSE Not Seen Derailing US Export
Markets
The
confirmation of a fourth case of BSE in the U.S.
cattle herd should not negatively impact beef
export trade. Joe Schuele, with
the U.S. Meat Export Federation, says the case
doesn't change the United States' controlled risk
status designated by the OIE. As a result - so far
no U.S. trading partners have indicated they will
halt shipments of beef.
Schuele, who is our
guest on today's Beef Buzz, says that the attitude
of the international beef marketplace is much
different about BSE here in 2012 compared to when
the first case of BSE was discovered in the United
States in December 2003. The "knee jerk" reaction
seen to the announcement of a dairy cow from
Canada having tested positive for BSE, ruined beef
export markets to most countries in 2004- and it
took several years after that to recover market
share in many different markets.
Click here for today's Beef Buzz
to hear these comments from Schuele of the
USMEF. Later today, we will be posting a
story on our website from our conversation
yesterday with Dr. John Clifford,
Chief Vet with the USDA, about how they are
investigating this dairy cow from central
California that was tested positive for the
atypical strain of BSE. He did tell us
yesterday that they got the final positive
confirmatory test on the cow from the Ames, Iowa
lab on Monday night- and that led to the Tuesday
announcement by the Department. We will
detail Dr. Clifford's thoughts tomorrow morning in
our daily email.
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