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Etc.
Okla
Cash Grain:
Daily
Oklahoma Cash Grain Prices- as reported
by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture.
Canola
Prices:
Current
cash price for Canola is $12.29 per bushel at the Northern
Ag elevator in Yukon-
2012
New Crop contracts for Canola are now available at
$12.29 per bushel- delivered to local
participating elevators that are working with PCOM.
Futures
Wrap:
Our
Daily Market Wrapup from the Radio
Oklahoma Network with Ed Richards and Tom Leffler-
analyzing the Futures Markets from the previous Day.
KCBT
Recap:
Previous Day's Wheat Market Recap-Two
Pager from the Kansas City Board of Trade looks at all
three U.S. Wheat Futures Exchanges with extra info on
Hard Red Winter Wheat and the why of that day's
market.
Feeder
Cattle Recap:
The
National Daily Feeder & Stocker
Cattle Summary- as prepared by USDA.
Slaughter
Cattle Recap:
The
National Daily Slaughter Cattle
Summary- as prepared by the USDA.
TCFA
Feedlot Recap:
Finally,
here is the Daily Volume and Price Summary from
the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.
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Oklahoma's
Latest Farm and Ranch News
Your
Update from Ron Hays of RON
Wednesday,
May 30,
2012 |
Howdy
Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
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Featured Story:
USDA
Reports Oklahoma Wheat Harvest 41 Percent
Complete, Canola 85 Percent
Harvested
About
41 percent of the wheat crop and 85 percent of the
canola crop were reported to be harvested as of
Sunday, the USDA reported. Both harvests were only
ten to 15 percent complete at this time last
year.
Over
two thirds of the state is now rated as abnormally
dry or worse and almost 14 percent of the state is
considered to be in a drought, with moderate to
extreme conditions.
Fifty-five
percent of the remaining wheat crop is in good
condition; 19 percent is fair; 18 percent is in
excellent shape and the remaining eight percent is
in poor or very poor condition.
In
Texas, 29 percent of the winter wheat crop is
in fair condition, 25 percent is good, 37 percent
is rated as poor or very poor, and only nine
percent is excellent.
Kansas
shows 36 percent of their wheat in fair shape, 33
percent good, 25 percent poor or very poor, and
six percent is excellent.
You can read the full Oklahoma Crop
Progress and Condition report by clicking
here.
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Nationally-
Corn Crop Conditions Continue to Slip- Soybean
Plantings Race Towards Completion
Nationally-
The condition of the U.S. corn crop dropped 5
percentage points from the previous week in the
good-to-excellent category, according to USDA's
latest weekly Crop Progress report.
As of
Sunday, 72% of corn was rated in good-to-excellent
condition compared to 77% the previous week. The
US Corn Crop is largely planted for the 2012
season.
The US Winter Wheat crop has
dropped another four points in the good excellent
ratings this week versus last week- now standing
at 54% good to excellent. The important Kansas
wheat crop is now 25% poor to very poor, 36% fair
and 39% good to excellent.
Meanwhile, the
planting of the US Soybean crop continues to
outpace the 2011 planting season and the five year
average. Soybeans are now 89% planted and 61%
emerged, far beyond the 48% planted and 22%
emerged last year and the five year average of 61%
planted and 30% emerged.
The USDA's ratings
on Pasture and Range conditions showed slippage in
this latest report, with an increase of three
percentage points in the poor to very poor
categories from 19% to 22% this week. The states
that are in the worst condition are easily New
Mexico and Arizona with 87% and 77% poor to very
poor ratings respectively. Texas continues to show
a battle with drought conditions in their pasture
ratings- 35% in the poor to very poor ratings, 36%
in fair shape and 29% in good to excellent
condition.
You can access the full report by
clicking here.
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Wheatwatch
2012: Harvest Continues at Rapid Clip Across
Oklahoma
Wheat
harvest continued to move at a fast pace this just
finished Memorial Day weekend in all parts of the
state. Our report from the Oklahoma Wheat Commission says
rains have slowed producers down in central
Oklahoma, and producers in other regions of the
state are hoping Mother Nature will allow them to
continue cutting wheat as more storms are
predicted for Wednesday. Some hail damage was been
reported in central parts of the state.
Producers
in Frederick report they are 99 percent
complete with wheat harvest. Yields in this area
ranged from the mid 30's to the mid 50's depending
on where moisture was received this past year.
Crop quality conditions look to be good in this
region with high test weights and decent protein
levels being reported.
Reports from
Chickasha indicate this area is 50 percent
harvested. Test weights in this area have fallen
because of rains. Test weights this past week were
reported to be making 57 to 58 pounds. Yields were
reported to be making in the mid 40's.
Click here for more reports from
different locations across the Oklahoma wheat belt
with the percentages of wheat harvest
completed.
North
of the border in Kansas- they have harvest
reported north of I-70 already- you can check out
the Day Four report from the Kansas Wheat website
by clicking here- and we have a
couple of personal Kansas reports to share with
you in our "This N That" section below.
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Drought
Planning Would Be Prudent Given Conditions, Peel
Says
In
his latest column in the Cow/Calf Newsletter,
Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State
University Extension livestock marketing
specialist, says producers should at least be
thinking of-if not actively preparing for-drought
conditions.
With
just a couple of days left in May, it appears that
the January-May period will be the warmest on
record in Oklahoma. Abundant moisture through the
winter has slowed dramatically with precipitation
across the state averaging just 50 percent of
normal in the past month. Four of nine climate
regions in Oklahoma have received only about
one-third of normal precipitation in the past 30
days. Combining below average rain with above
average temperatures and add lots of wind and you
have a dramatic increase in dryness that is
quickly slowing crop and forage growth. The term
"flash drought" is being used to describe the
rapid onset of dry conditions in Oklahoma and
other regions.
Most of Oklahoma is not in
drought at this time and rain at any time will
alleviate the current concerns. However, the
dramatic slowdown in forage and hay growth is a
threat and effective drought management means that
planning must occur before the drought is a
reality. If current conditions persist, forage
availability will soon become fixed and producers
will need to evaluate standing forage and hay
supplies and make plans accordingly. With painful
memories and lingering effects of the 2011 drought
still fresh in mind, producers need to consider
several important factors should another drought
develop.
Derrell has more to say on being
ready should the drought re-emerge, and you can
read it by clicking
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FSA
Proceeds With Consolidation Plan; Mayes County
Office Gets Reprieve
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced
its decision on Farm Service Agency (FSA) county
office consolidations proposed in January as part
of USDA's Blueprint for Stronger Service. In
total, FSA will consolidate 125 of the 131 offices
originally proposed for consolidation with other
USDA service centers, consistent with provisions
of the 2008 Farm Bill. USDA's release indicates
that the office in Pawnee County,
Oklahoma will close as proposed back in January,
but that the office in Pryor- the Mayes
County office- will remain open.
Under
the Blueprint for Stronger Service, USDA is
modernizing and accelerating service delivery
while improving the customer experience through
use of innovative technologies and business
solutions. The Blueprint included USDA's plan to
close or consolidate 259 domestic offices
including the FSA offices, additional facilities
and labs, and seven foreign offices.
USDA
followed statutory requirements provided by
Congress in the 2008 Farm Bill for FSA office
consolidations. Two sets of criteria were used to
identify FSA offices for consolidation. First,
USDA identified FSA offices located less than 20
miles from another FSA office that had two or
fewer permanent, full-time employees.
Additionally, the proposal included all FSA
offices with zero permanent employees regardless
of location.
The six proposed county
offices that will continue operating are:
Lafayette County, Ark.; Boulder County, Colo.; St.
Mary Parish, La.; Pamlico County, N.C.; Mayes
County, Okla.; and York County, S.C.
Click here for more on the FSA office
closure plan.
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Atrazine
to Remain Available After Lawsuit Against Syngenta
Settles
The
settlement of a lawsuit against Syngenta related
to the herbicide Atrazine ensures that corn
farmers who depend on the important product
continue to farm efficiently and safely, the
National Corn Growers Association said. While NCGA
is concerned about the longer term impacts of
unmerited class-action lawsuits against
agricultural production, it is important that this
case was resolved with an acknowledgement of the
safety of atrazine.
"We're relieved that a
settlement has been reached that will allow our
farmer members to use this proven and safe tool on
their farms," said NCGA President Garry Niemeyer.
"Atrazine safety has been verified by thousands of
studies and numerous reviews by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, and we're happy
to have this nuisance lawsuit behind us so our
growers can move forward and do what they do best
- help feed and fuel the world,
sustainably."
According to the settlement,
the scientific evidence continues to make it clear
that no one ever has or ever could be exposed to
enough atrazine in water to affect their health
when the product is used according to its label.
The plaintiffs acknowledge that they have not
commissioned and are not aware of any new
scientific studies relating to the safety of
atrazine. In addition, Syngenta reports that the
cost of the settlement to the company is $105
million. According to local news, lawyers for the
plaintiffs are expected to receive $35 million of
this settlement.
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This
N That- Gavilon Sells, Ed Czerwein on Cattle
Markets, Rain Slows Harvest- and the Good &
Bad of Early Kansas Wheat
Harvest
The
closely held Gavilon Group has
been sold to the Japanese Grain Handler
Marubeni- price tag is $3.6
billion dollars. Gavilon has entered into the
southwest Oklahoma grain market in an aggressive
way in the last few years- and the Omaha, Neb
based group has been rated by several analysts in
the industry as the third largest grain trader in
the country. Marubeni Corporation jumps into
the position of becoming one of the largest grain
traders in the world with this purchase- global
trading volume could top 55 million metric
tons.
Cattle
markets this last week offered a mixed bag-
wholesale boxed beef values rose but cash cattle
trade saw price dip- our weekly analysis with
Ed Czerwein of the USDA market
news office in Amarillo is now available on our
website-click here to take a listen to our
man who has lots of insight into the inner
workings of the cash cattle
marketplace.
While
the latest Crop Weather Update spoke of dryness
(see our top story above)- May will end up not
being all that dry in many parts of Oklahoma based
on rainfall thus far this week- plus more in the
forecast for the next 24 hours or so.
Rainfall fell where many farmers still have wheat
to harvest- and we may have lost some acres to
hail where we simply could not get enough machines
into locations where the wheat was ripe and ready
to harvest. However, there are still lots of
areas where the rain was minimal and harvest may
be able to continue today- another round of storms
are still being predicted for later today- so for
those that have wheat and perhaps a few acres of
canola still left- it will be another stressful
day for farmers hoping to get their crop out of
the field with success. Click here for the latest rainfall
totals for the last couple of days across
Oklahoma- it's still raining as I write this early
this Wednesday morning here at the Hays
house.
Finally-
two reports from our email family come from
Kansas- first the good harvest
report comes from Patrick Zeka
who now lives in Oklahoma but has brothers who
farm in the biggest wheat producing county in the
US- Sumner County(first county you hit when you
drive north on I-35 out of Oklahoma). Patrick
writes "They've cut about 1,400 acres so far
and it is averaging over 62 bushels/acre.
2012's harvest will likely eclipse their all-time
record of 60 bushel set in 1997. My brother
said one load on Monday went 64.2 pounds!"
HOWEVER- further north towards Salina, long time
Daily Email reader Mike Becker
wrote us late Monday "I test cut some wheat
yesterday afternoon. Moisture was
13.6. Test weight 57. Not very good
looking wheat, lots of small kernels. " he
adds that "This is the earliest we have ever
cut, never before in May. Dad will be 82 on
June 12th. He has only cut 4 times in his
lifetime on or before his
birthday."
If
you have harvest reports you can share- drop me an
email- ron@oklahomafarmreport.com- comments and
pictures are welcome.
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