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Oklahoma's
Latest Farm and Ranch News
Your
Update from Ron Hays of RON
Wednesday, June 20,
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Howdy
Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
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Featured Story:
Senate Gets About One
Third of the Amendments Voted On as Farm Bill
Action Hits Senate Floor- Harry Reid Warns
Wednesday Will Be a LONG Day
With a
vote of 75 to 24 - the Senate has approved a farm
bill amendment that sets a hard cap of 75-thousand
dollars on marketing loan gains. The amendment was
introduced by Iowa's Chuck
Grassley - a long-time advocate of limits
on farm program payments. Grassley says the reform
will help to bring more defensibility for the farm
program.
Tuesday
saw the Senators work for a little over six hours
on the 2012 Farm Bill- disposing of 27 Amendments
to the Bill of the 73 that had been approved for
floor consideration. At the end of the day,
Chairlady Debbie Stabenow added
one more, which means that 47 amendments will need
to be dealt with before a vote can occur on the
Senate Ag Committee bill, as amended.
There
were two amendments and the debate that went along
with them that stood out- one was on #2156, which
would have restored some money back to the SNAP
program(the former Food Stamp program) and taken
money from Crop Insurance to pay for it. That
amendment was offered by New York Senator
Kristan Gillibrand, who
passionately said it was needed to make sure
enough food was available for children of families
taking SNAP help. Opposing the measure was the
Chairlady of the Committee Debbie Stabenow, who
contended that this was about dealing with a few
states that had figured out how to "game" the
program and get money at levels not intended by
Congress. Comments from both ladies are
featured in our Wednesday morning farm news- click
here for that. (The measure failed
33-66)
The
second amendment that we have audio on is the Jim
DeMint proposal to make all checkoff programs
voluntary- that's the focus of our Wednesday Beef
Buzz- click here to check that out.
More
on other amendments considered on Tuesday, as well
as the full list of the Tuesday work and what's
ahead on Wednesday can be had if you click on and check out our Top
Ag Story on the morning on our website-
OklahomaFarmReport.Com.
Follow us on Twitter as the day
stretches out- we will Tweet on some of the high
points of the afternoon and evening's debate that
apparently lies ahead.
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Sonic
Confirms Adopting HSUS Policy Regarding
Elimination of Gestation
Crates
After
consulting with the Humane Society of the United
States, the company that operates the Sonic
Drive-In chain has made changes to its pork
supplier policy and is calling for the elimination
of gestation crates from its supply
chain.
A company spokesman confirmed that
the company has changed it's policy to
reflect the views of the HSUS. The policy is
now posted on the company's
website:
Sonic's original policy regarding
pork had shown a desire to obtain increasing
amounts from crate-free suppliers, but it
indicated an understanding that a transition of
all pork production to a crate-free environment
would take some time.
The
company's new policy says "Sonic is actively
working to eliminate gestation crates from its
pork supply chain, and intends to reach that goal
no later than 2022, although is working toward
2017, the timeframe several large pork producers
have set to be fully transitioned to group sow
housing."
You can read more of this story by
clicking here.
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Oklahoma
Pork Council Reacts to Sonic's Change In Animal
Welfare Guidelines
In
response to a change in policy by Sonic
Corporation mirroring the wishes of the Humane
Society of the United States regarding the use of
gestation crates by pork producers, the Oklahoma
Pork Council released the following
statement:
Oklahoma's hog farmers are
committed to producing safe, affordable and
healthful foods for consumers, using industry
practices that have been designed with input from
veterinarians and other animal-care experts.
Providing humane and compassionate care for their
pigs at every stage of life is one of the ethical
principles to which Oklahoma and U.S. hog farmers
adhere.
With regard to Sonic's decision to
give preference to pork suppliers who phase out
individual sow housing, the Oklahoma Pork Council
is concerned that similar actions taken by
governments in countries like the United Kingdom -
or other restaurant or grocery chains - have
increased production costs and consumer prices.
These actions have forced some hog farmers out of
business or caused them to reduce operations, with
no demonstrable health benefits to
sows. In this country, when hog
farmers have gone out of business or scaled back
operations in the past, it has led to
consolidation.
You can read the full statement from
the Oklahoma Pork Council by clicking
here.
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Future
Oklahoma Agricultural Leaders Tour Ireland to Gain
International Insights
Eleven
members of class nine of the Oklahoma Agricultural
Leadership Encounter are touring Ireland. The
purpose of their nine-day trip is to gain
firsthand experience about agriculture in other
countries. The OALE is operated by the Oklahoma
Youth Expo, in cooperation with the the Division
of Agriculture at Oklahoma State
University.
The group has a full schedule
while in Ireland (as well as this weekend in
England) which includes a vast cross-section of
Irish agricultural enterprises including organic
farms, stud farms, gardens, and research
centers.
Ashlyn Pfeiffer,
one of the tour's participants from Alva,
Oklahoma, said that satisfaction and happiness of
Irish farmers is one of the most impressive and
important lessons she has learned so
far.
"We just got done talking with four
farmers, and you could see that they loved it.
They loved farming. And I think that's something
that's really important. I think we need to
continue to teach people more about why we do what
we do, why we love agriculture so much. Here,
they're not generations removed from the farm like
we are in the United States. And I think that's
something we need to work on, just passing on that
love of farming."
You can read more or hear our
interview with some of the OALE participants by
clicking here.
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Ag
Secretary, Industry Leaders Support Mexico's
Inclusion in TPP
Agriculture
Secretary Tom Vilsack and leaders
from the American Farm Bureau Federation and the
National Cattlemen's Beef Association welcomed the
announcement that President Obama has invited
Mexico to join the Trans Pacific Partnership
negotiations.
Vilsack
said "the TPP presents the most promising pathway
to boosting trade across the Asia Pacific and to
encouraging regional trade integration. You can read more of Vilsack's
comments by clicking here.
Bob
Stallman, president of the American Farm
Bureau Federation said, "As a major U.S. trading
partner, Mexico will bolster the reach of the TPP
negotiations for U.S. agriculture." Click here for more from Bob
Stallman.
NCBA
Vice President Bob McCan said,
"TPP has the potential to be the
beginning of a new era in global trade where
tariff and non-tariff barriers are eliminated and
standards are based on sound, objective science
instead of political protectionism." Read more about the NCBA's position
by clicking here.
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Using
"Oklahoma Gold" or "Oklahoma Super Gold" for
Replacement Heifers
Fall-born
replacement heifers have been (or soon will be)
weaned and will be at a very critical growing
period. Writing in the latest Cow/Calf Newsletter,
Oklahoma State University Extension Animal
Scientist Emeritus Glenn Selk
says it is imperative that they reach the target
weight of 60 to 65% of their mature weight by the
start of the breeding season.
Warm season
pastures such as native grass or Bermuda grass
will be declining in forage quality in the hot dry
days of August and September. Also these warm
season grasses will be reaching plant maturity
which accelerates the decline in protein content.
Cow calf producers with fall-born
replacement heifers should plan now to provide
adequate protein supplement to aid the young
heifers in their ability to digest the late
summer, mature grasses. Therefore, the young
heifers must receive supplemental protein to
continue to grow at the necessary pace of 1.3 to
1.5 pounds per head per day going into their first
breeding season.
An economical solution
would be to give these heifers 1.5 to 2 pounds of
the protein supplement called Oklahoma Gold. This
is an OSU-developed protein supplement scheme that
consists of a high protein (38% - 45%) pellet that
contains the label-recommended dosage of one of
the ionophores. Ionophores are feed additives
(monensin or lasalocid) that improve feed
utilization, inhibit coccidiosis, and enhance the
onset of puberty in growing
heifers.
Click here for more of Glenn Selk's
recommendations on supplementing with Oklahoma
Gold and Oklahoma Super Gold.
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OSU
Extension Offers Field Day on Drilling Mud
Application to Fields
With
increased oil and gas drilling, there is more
drilling mud being applied to soils compared to
recent years. The main contaminant in oil-based
drilling mud is "total petroleum- based
hydrocarbons," or TPH for short.
The goal
of land application is to degrade the TPH as
quickly as possible (bio-remediation). This
research and demonstration aims to examine how
different drilling mud amendments (lime, gypsum,
caliche, manure) might improve TPH degradation and
impact soil properties.
The Oklahoma State
University Cooperative Extension Service is
offering a field day to educate the public about
the application of oil-based drilling mud to
fields. The two-hour event is scheduled for 10
a.m. June 22nd, nine miles north of
Shattuck.
For more information on the drilling
mud field day, please click here.
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