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Thursday,
February
18,
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Here
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and ranch news
update.
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 Featured
Story:
Red
Flag Warning Everywhere for Today- Even Governor
Fallin Weighs In
Close
to record high temperatures, combined with strong
southerly winds are adding up to extreme fire
danger for virtually all of Oklahoma for today- only
McCurtain County is
currently not under the Red Flag Warning that has
been issued for the state.
Governor Mary
Fallin released a statement on Wednesday afternoon
about the weather for today
saying
"We
know from past experience that everyone doing
their part can have an effect. This is a short
duration event with potentially dire consequences.
But vigilant residents can reduce the potential
impacts."
Here's the map from Jed
Castles of News9 that shows much of the region is
in for it:
"Simple, everyday
activities like welding, charcoal grilling or
campfires should be postponed until conditions
improve," said Fallin. "Furthermore, residents
should call their nearest fire department
immediately if they see smoke or fire. Time is of
the essence, because under extreme conditions any
fire that starts will spread rapidly."
The
three National Weather Service offices that cover
Oklahoma all agree on the Red Flag warnings- the
high temps, STRONG winds and humidity levels as
low as 5% in the Panhandle and from 10% to 30%
across the rest of the state adds up to real
problems
today.
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Ag
Groups Split Over Wild Hogs as ODAFF Moves Forward
with Feral Hog Rule- State Board of Ag to Vote in
March
With
their public comment period and public hearing now
behind them, the Oklahoma Department of
Agriculture, Food and Forestry is one step closer
to adopting their proposed rule on controlling
wild hogs- or feral swine- in the state of
Oklahoma.
At that public hearing yesterday
afternoon, only four people asked to make public
comments- two individuals and two representing
organizations. The first organization that asked
to speak was the Oklahoma Farm Bureau.
Marla
Peek represented Farm
Bureau- and called for the rule as written "be
withdrawn and redrafted with the goal of true
feral hog eradication." Farm Bureau contends that
"continuation of trophy hunting is not a pathway
to feral hog eradication. Licenses for swine
sporting facilities should be allowed to
expire."
The other organization that made a
brief verbal presentation was the Oklahoma Pork
Council. Their Executive Director,
Roy Lee
Lindsay, expressed
general support for the proposed Rule- and
acknowledged that the problem of wild hogs in the
state is a huge issue- one that will not be dealt
with fully by this rule- but he added that it is
much better than the little that is being done now
and can be an excellent start on the journey of
ridding Oklahoma of its feral swine
population.
Click here for our Top
Ag Story this morning on the Feral Swine Rule
process- it includes our conversation with State
Secretary of Ag Jim
Reese- and we also
posted yesterday afternoon a story on the subject
featuring comments from Michael
Kelsey of the Oklahoma
Cattlemen's Association- click here for that report
that indicates OCA is in general agreement
with the Pork Council on moving this Rule
forward as an opening salvo to reduce the wild hog
population in the
state.
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Farm
Bureau Urges Lawmakers Not to Raid Monies from
Roads and Bridges Fund for Budget Deficit
Earlier
this week, the state Senate Finance Committee
passed a bill that would take $59.7 million from
the state roads and bridges fund and apply it to
the state budget deficit. Oklahoma Farm Bureau
President Tom
Buchanan issued the
following statement in response:
"Roads
and bridges are absolutely vital to Oklahoma
agriculture, as farmers and ranchers rely on safe,
dependable infrastructure to transport
commodities.
"For decades, our state took
money from roads and bridges and used it for
general funds. Our state's infrastructure suffered
for years until the current funding system was put
into place.
"We understand the budget
crisis calls for across-the-board cuts, but our
state's transportation is not the place. Roads and
bridges are a core function of government. Once
money is taken away, it's often difficult to get
back.
"As the state's largest general
agriculture organization, we urge our state
senators to vote no on SB1394."
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About
Beef- "It's a Food for Health" Says Dr. Shalene
McNeill of NCBA
As
the Executive Director for Nutrition Education at
the National Cattlemen's Beef Association,
Dr. Shalene
McNeill is heavily
involved in developing the story for consumers
about beef and how today, it is okay to eat and
enjoy beef. Dr. McNeill says "We know that beef is
a food for health- and we want to make sure that
the public knows that because we know how much
consumers love the taste of beef and we want them
to know how great it is for them,
too."
McNeill was in Oklahoma this
past week, updating the Oklahoma Beef Council on
the latest efforts she and her staff have been
involved in on behalf of the Beef
Checkoff.
We had the chance to sit down
with her while she was in OKC- and you can listen
to part one of a three day Beef Buzz series with
her by clicking here.
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OCA
Worries About Cuts to Ag Education at Cameron in
Lawton
The
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association has sent a letter
to the President of Cameron University, Dr. John
McArthur, in regards to the Ag Education program
of study at the southwest Oklahoma University.
OCA Executive Vice President Michael Kelsey tells
RON that "We were recently notified of budget cut
considerations at Cameron University.
Many options were identified with several
including major cuts to the Agriculture
Department."
On behalf of the OCA, Kelsey
drafted a letter that you can read by clicking
here.
Comments can be mailed or emailed
to:
Dr. John McArthur,
President
Cameron University
2800 West Gore
Blvd.
220
Administration Bldg.
Lawton,
OK
73505
jmcarthur@cameron.edu
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New
Report Touts Behavior Science That Can Make
Ethanol a Natural Choice
During
the National Ethanol Conference (NEC),
Matthew
Willcox, executive
director of the Institute of
Decision
Making, discussed how
insights from behavioral science can be used by
fuel marketers to affect consumer choice at the
pump regarding ethanol use.
Mr. Willcox
also released a report entitled, "Marketing
Ethanol: how insights from behavior science can
make ethanol a natural choice," which was
commissioned by the Renewable Fuels Association
(RFA). In the report, Willcox makes several
recommendations on how fuel marketers can develop
strategic messages targeted at consumers that
would assist them in promoting ethanol. Among the
study's recommendations are the
following:
Rather than pitching products on
the basis of benefits, ethanol marketers should
also consider how to mitigate the feelings of
potential losses that may arise when moving from
the status quo choice.
Click here and read
more about how this report points to ways to
pitch ethanol to consumers
successfully.
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This
N That- Jack Givens Remembered, Cattle on Feed and
Scott Biggs to Speak on House
Floor
Funeral
services were yesterday in Mangum for a member of
the Oklahoma Ag Hall of Fame, former Oklahoma Farm
Bureau President Jack
Givens.
"Jack
was a lifelong servant not only to Oklahoma Farm
Bureau, but also to agriculture," said
Monica
Wilke, Oklahoma Farm
Bureau executive director. "He will be greatly
missed in the Farm Bureau
family."
The
Mangum farmer-rancher was a lifetime member of the
Greer County Farm Bureau, where he served on the
county board for numerous years. He also
represented southwest Oklahoma on the
OKFB board of directors before serving as
president of the organization from
1997-1999.
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Friday will
bring us the regular monthly cattle on feed
report- and Rich
Nelson with Allendale
offers us, via email, a look at what his company
is thinking when it comes to what USDA may throw
at us in this latest feedlot cattle
count:
"January
Placements are expected to be 1.4% higher than
last year at 1.814 million head. After higher
prices in January USDA's cattle feeding margins
rebounded from a loss of $541 per head in December
to now a $206 loss. Those numbers are made on a
very conservative 1,250 finished steer. This would
be fourteen months in a row of losses. Corn
averaged $3.46 in Western
Kansas in January ($3.60 in December,
$3.92 in January 2015). January placements supply
the June through September slaughter
period.
"Allendale
anticipates a Marketing total 2.3% smaller than
January 2015 at 1.588 million. This was the
smallest January marketing in the current
data-series history (back to 1996). There was one
less weekday in January 2016 vs. the previous
year. This artificially lowered the numbers by
4.8%.
"Total
Cattle on Feed as of February 1 is 2.2% larger
than last year. That is an increase over the
January 1 total of -0.5%."
The report will
be released at 2:00 PM on Friday
afternoon.
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Later today,
State Representative Scott
Biggs has asked for and
has been granted time to take a moment of personal
priviledge on the House Floor to address what he
calls "the recent attacks of Drew
Edmondson and
HSUS."
Representative Biggs shared a
letter with us that was sent to him from former AG
Edmondson- with a threat to Biggs and
Representative Brian
Renegar because of
statements made in a news release regarding
HB 2250.
Biggs indicates that his comments
will following floor action on legislation today-
but before the page presentation.
The
House website shows that the floor session will be
happening this morning between 9 and 10 am- click here for the A/V
page of the House if you care to be
listening.
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