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if you missed this morning's Farm News - or you are in an area where you can't hear it-
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Today's First Look:
mornings with cash and futures reviewed- includes where the Cash Cattle market stands, the latest Feeder Cattle Markets Etc.
At OKC West in El Reno steer and heifer calves were to lightly tested for an accurate trend -
click here to review the complete sale report from the USDA.
FedCattleExchange.com has 666 head of cattle on their showlist for the Wednesday, October 9th sale of finished cattle -
click here to jump to the website.
Each afternoon we are posting a recap of that day's markets as analyzed by
Justin Lewis of KIS futures-
click or tap here for the report posted yesterday afternoon around 3:30 PM.
Okla Cash Grain:
Futures Wrap:
Feeder Cattle Recap:
Slaughter Cattle Recap:
TCFA Feedlot Recap:
Our Oklahoma Farm Report Team!!!!
Ron Hays, Senior Farm Director and Editor
Carson Horn, Associate Farm Director and Editor
Pam Arterburn, Calendar and Template Manager
Dave Lanning, Markets and Production
Kane Kinion, Web and Email Editorial Assistant
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Oklahoma's Latest Farm and Ranch News
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
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Howdy Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
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On Monday, the US and Japan signed the trade agreement announced last week by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Kent Bacus, director of international
trade and market access for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, says this development is tremendous news for the US beef industry.
"this was an important step forward in our relationship with the Japanese," he said. "Even though we do a lot of business with the Japanese, we don't have any rules that are specific to the US and Japan."
Bacus explains that for the beef industry specifically, the terms of this agreement puts US beef on par with its international competitors in the Japanese marketplace. With the prospect of this agreement taking affect as soon as January 1, 2020, US beef
will sooner rather than later enjoy a tariff reduction from 38.5% down to the same level as those members of the CPTPP agreement which the US had opted out of upon President Trump's election. Bacus says that while quality is very important to Japanese consumers,
price is also an important factor to them. With a level playing field, he says the US will have no match.
You can listen to the entire conversation between Bacus and I on Tuesday's Beef Buzz -
here.
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Sponsor Spotlight
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Pork Farmers in Oklahoma recognize our obligation to build and maintain the trust of customers and the public in our products and our practices. To promote confidence in what we do and how we do it, we affirm the following ethical principles:
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The National Pork Board is reminding producers to add flu vaccinations to their fall priority list. Pork producers are working through the on-farm tasks ahead of winter, including a focus on ventilation and rodent control. However, the Pork Checkoff
says farm managers should also prioritize flu vaccinations for everyone working on the farm.
Heather Fowler, DVM, director of producer and public health for the Pork Checkoff, says vaccinating farm employees "is the best thing producers can do to protect their families, co-workers and pigs from the flu." A seasonal flu vaccination
is a public health recommendation and part of the One Health approach to protect people, pigs and the global environment. Equally important, Fowler says farms need to have sick-leave policies in place that encourage workers to stay home if they are suffering
from flu-like respiratory symptoms.
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The National Corn Growers Association this week is reminding farmers of the importance of proper grain bin safety procedures during harvest. With farmers across the country preparing to hit the fields in their combines, NCGA offers both a list of safety
reminders and a video emphasizing the important topic of grain bin safety.
Among those tips mentioned, NCGA urges farmers to be conscientious of their safety and others when it comes to working on or near a road; working on or near equipment; potential entanglement situations; falling hazards; and to always be cognizant of fire prevention
and grain wagon safety.
In addition to these tips, NCGA is again offering a video highlighting the importance of proper safety procedures and reviewing helpful guidelines. Click
here to read the tips for safe harvest and to watch the video prepared by NCGA.
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Maggie Smith, Graduate Research Assistant, Kansas State University, says cattle that have went through the VAC-45 program, can travel better than calves that have not. In a recent video shared with us by the folks at Certified Angus Beef, Smith
shared her thoughts about using VAC-45 on weaned calves.
"We found that as potential transportation distance increased from point of origin to potential delivery location, that the value for a vaccination and health program actually increased," Smith said. "Showing that the farther the distance the calves might
have to travel, the more that an intensively managed vaccination program would pay off."
In the highest concentrated cattle feeding area in the US the north-central region, the premium for cattle that had been through VAC-45 was $5. If they are sent to the southeast region, the premium went up a little to $8.50 a hundred weight.
You can read more from Smith or watch her video from Certified Angus Beef,
by clicking or tapping here.
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Sponsor Spotlight
It's great to have one of the premiere businesses in the cattle business partner with us in helping bring you our daily Farm and Ranch News Email-
National Livestock Credit Corporation. National Livestock has been around since 1932- and they have worked with livestock producers to help them secure credit and to buy or sell cattle through the National Livestock Commission Company.
They also own and operate the Southern Oklahoma Livestock Market in Ada, Superior Livestock, which continues to operate independently and have a major stake in OKC West in El Reno. To learn more about how these folks can help you succeed in the cattle
business, click
here for their website or call the Oklahoma City office at 1-800-310-0220.
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Increasing aridity across the western part of the SCIPP region is contributing to more frequent and more intense droughts. In addressing this topic, Dr.
Richard Seager, a leading scholar on the causes of drought and the shifting zone of aridity, will be speaking on "Whither the 100th Meridian? The Once and Future Physical and Human Geography of America's Arid-Humidity Divide".
Dr. Seager has previously examined patterns of decadal-scale drought in the Southern Plains along with historical drought and climate of the southwestern U.S. The webinar is hosted by the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center in partnership with SCIPP
and the USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub.
Dr. Seager is a leading researcher on the causes of decadal-scale drought and paleoclimatology of the Southwestern U.S., the impacts of climate change on water balance, and implications for ecology and society.
Join Dr. Seager, in a webinar on Wednesday, October 9 at 10 a.m. You can find how to participate in the webinar today,
by jumping over to our website.
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According to Glenn Selk in his latest article penned for this week's edition of the "Cow/Calf Corner" newsletter. Selk explains how body condition in cull cows affects overall price in the market.
"October is often the month of calf weaning and cow culling (for spring calving herds)," Selk said. "Cull cows represent about 20% of the gross income in commercial cow calf operations. Understanding the major factors impacting cull cow prices is important
to the bottom line."
He says there are four grades in cull cows. While they are put into these categories, the price can still vary quite a bit because of dressing percentage.
Click
here to read more from Selk regarding the cull cow market.
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Check Out Our Road to Rural Prosperity Podcasts- Episode Six Coming Soon!
Public
Service Company of Oklahoma.
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AND FINALLY- See You Today at the Oklahoma Rural Economic Conference- and Saturday Night at the Diamond Hats Gala!
Happening today is the annual Oklahoma Rural Economic Conference at the OSU Conoco Phillips Alumni Center on campus at Oklahoma State University. Keynoters include
Dr. Sarah Low of the University of Missouri who will offer an overview of the Rural Economy in America- and
Pia M Orrenius of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas who will spotlight the issue of Migration and Labor Markets and the implications for rural America.
In addition to the out of state keynoters- an impressive lineup of speakers from the Ag Economics Department at OSU are on the program as well- check the complete schedule by
clicking or tapping here.
I am honored that OSU Ag Econ has invited us back to moderate the morning portion of the program once again here in 2019.
I am also looking forward to the 2019 edition of the Diamond Hats Gala coming this Saturday night at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum- doors open at 6 PM with bunches of silent auction items to examine during the reception-
dinner at 7 PM and the entertainment of the night is Tanya Tucker- OH MY!
I will be emcee once again- and look forward to helping these incredible ladies as they raise funds to support the rural youth who participate in the Oklahoma Youth Expo.
Details are
available here- and they have
the program up on line NOW so you can go and start planning your bidding of both the silent auction items as well as the live auction!
Hope to see you either later this morning in Stillwater and/or Saturday night at the Cowboy Hall of Fame!!!
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Insurance, Oklahoma
Pork Council, Oklahoma
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Milling Company, National
Livestock Credit Corporation, Oklahoma
Beef Council, Oklahoma
AgCredit, Oklahoma
Ag Mediation Program, Inc., the
Oklahoma Cattlemens Association and KIS
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