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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.
Boxed Beef Prices were slightly higher on Thursday- Choice Beef was six cents higher while Select Beef was 33 cents up- click here for the full report from USDA Market News.
Here's Our Cattle Auction Market Links for this week- Click on the Name of the sale to see the results as compiled by USDA Market News
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OKC West, El Reno
Joplin Regional Stockyards
Okla Cash Grain:
Futures Wrap:
Feeder Cattle Recap:
Slaughter Cattle Recap:
TCFA Feedlot Recap:
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Oklahoma's Latest Farm and Ranch News
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday July 3, 2020
Welcome to the Fourth of July Holiday Weekend!
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Howdy Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
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 Featured Story: Welcome to the Holiday Weekend- Independence Day 2020- Here's Market and Government Closure Info
With July 4th hitting a Saturday this year- the official holiday is TODAY- July 3rd. That's the Federal holiday- which means nearly all government offices are closed, as are banks and also the Ag Futures markets and Wall Street.
Now- the way I read it is that since Saturday is actually the Fourth- that's when the US Postal Service is closed with no mail delivery. It appears that mail delivery will happen today- July 3rd.
When the Ag Futures settled yesterday afternoon- they are done for the three day holiday- they will not reopen until Sunday late afternoon for the overnight electronic session ahead of the Monday trade.
Two of the weekly cattle auctions in Oklahoma that are regularly reported by Market News- Woodward and Apache- are closed this week(today) for the holiday. They normally sell cattle on Thursdays.
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Exceptional drought (D4) has now crept into the Oklahoma Panhandle. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows a small area of D4, the worse category, in the northern edge of Cimarron County. The D4 designation is part of an expanded area that includes southeastern Colorado into southwestern Kansas.
Drought conditions now cover almost 65 percent of Oklahoma, more than an 8 percent increase from last week.
The DO and D1 drought designation now extend into northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas, as little to no rain has fallen in these areas lately and they have received only 10-25 percent of normal precipitation in the last 30 days. In fact, 7-inch rainfall deficits in the last 60 days have been observed near Tulsa and Creek Counties which have now moved into the D2 (severe drought) category.
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Oklahoma State University Extension Grains Market Analyst Dr. Kim Anderson talks about what is going on in the Wheat Markets weekly on SUNUP.
Wheat harvest has pretty much wrapped up across Oklahoma. Dr. Anderson says wheat prices have been moving around, and from what he has been hearing about this years harvest you really have some places that have a really good quality of wheat with good millers, and then in other areas you have about a 50/50 chance of gettting milling qualiter.
In protein this year for Hard red winter it was 11.2, but the test weights were really good in some areas. To hear more about the Wheat prices and Harvest click or tap below.
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National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) strongly supports the Responding to Epidemic Losses and Investing in the Economic Future (RELIEF) for Producers Act of 2020, introduced today by Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.).
The bill would:
* Compensate hog and poultry producers who are forced to euthanize or donate animals that can't be processed into the food supply due to COVID-related packing plant capacity reductions;
* Increase funding for animal health surveillance and laboratories, which have appropriately assisted and shared resources with their public health partners; and
* Revise the Commodity Credit Corporation charter so a pandemic-driven national emergency qualifies for funding.
"Farmers and ranchers across the country are working to operate in these unprecedented times," said Senator Inhofe. "When I spoke with members of the Oklahoma Pork Council in May, we discussed the strain COVID-19 has put on their production cycles and their need for relief moving forward. That is why I am glad to introduce the Relief for Producers Act to provide a framework for producers and ease some of the burden brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. This legislation will help livestock and poultry farmers more easily and efficiently navigate a path forward as we battle this crisis."
Click here for the story that features react from the NPPC and you can also check out the news release from Senator Inhofe and his colleagues by clicking here. |
Many Americans will be celebrating the Fourth of July outdoors this year a little differently, with celebrations at home, including backyard barbecues and picnics perhaps with only your household. No matter how you're celebrating the Fourth of July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) encourages you to make food safety and other public health recommendations a part of your celebration.
"Foodborne illness can increase during summer because of the warmer temperatures and extended time spent outside," said Dr. Mindy Brashears, the USDA's Under Secretary for Food Safety. "You may not be grilling at the park this year, but instead you may be grilling at home. As we celebrate this Fourth of July holiday, I encourage consumers to use food safety steps to reduce their risk of illness."
Follow these tips from USDA to ensure a food safe Fourth of July:
Don't Cross-Contaminate
Always keep raw meat and their juices from touching other foods. While grilling, avoid using the same utensils for cooked and ready-to-eat foods that were previously used with raw meat or poultry products. Wash and sanitize all surfaces and utensils after they touch raw items. A recent USDA survey showed that 34 percent of respondents do not follow an important step to use a different utensil to take food off the grill. Bring enough tools to keep your raw meat and poultry away from any cooked or ready-to-eat foods and have extra cleaning and sanitizing supplies ready for your surfaces, plates and utensils.
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Dr. Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus Extension Animal Scientist, offers herd health advice as part of the weekly series known as the "Cow Calf Corner" published electronically by Dr. Peel and Dr. Glenn Selk. Today, Dr. Selk is Correcting two myths about nitrates in forages.
Oklahoma summers often bring "high pressure domes" that cause 100 degree days and no rain. The resulting heat stress can cause nitrate accumulation in summer annual forage crops. Producers are very cautious about cutting or grazing the drought-stressed forages and for good reason. However, when the first drought-easing thunderstorm comes along, cattlemen are anxious to cut the forage or turn in the cattle on the field that has just received rain. (Myth number 1).
This practice can lead to a potentially dangerous situation. As the plant starts to grow and turn green once again, the nitrate uptake is accelerated. Plant enzymes (such as nitrate reductase) are still not present in great enough quantities or active enough to convert the nitrate to plant proteins. Therefore the plant nitrate concentrations become even greater in the first few days after the first rain.
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