Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday, August 7, 2020
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Trump Administration Invests More Than $29 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Oklahoma
- Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Shows Shifting Weather Pattern Greatly Reduced Drought Conditions For Oklahoma
- New 5-Year Long-Range Plan To Help Cattle Producers Unveiled
- June Not a Good Month for Pork and Beef Exports- But Second Half of 2020 Likely to be Better
- OSU's Kim Anderson Talks about Why Crop Prices have Taken a Beating Lately
- Use of Corn as an Acceptable Feedstock Clarified by the Department of Energy
- Allie Baker, Barnsdall, Okla. Wins National Anthem Singing Contest
- Getting a Leg up on Grasshoppers in the Landscape
- Our MarketLinks Include Links to All of This Week's Cattle Auctions
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Trump Administration Invests More Than $29 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Oklahoma |
The Trump Administration announced Thursday that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $29 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Oklahoma. This investment is part of the $100 million in grant funding made available for the ReConnect Pilot Program through the CARES Act.
“The need for rural broadband has never been more apparent than it is now – as our nation manages the coronavirus national emergency. Access to telehealth services, remote learning for school children, and remote business operations all require access to broadband,” said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.
In rural Oklahoma, Pioneer Telephone Cooperative will use a $24.2 million grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network to connect 4,480 people, 595 farms, 44 businesses and two fire stations to high-speed broadband internet in Blaine, Dewey, Ellis and Kingfisher counties.
Also in rural Oklahoma, Cimarron Telephone Company will use a $5.4 million grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network to connect 746 people, 107 farms and three businesses to high-speed broadband internet in Pawnee and Osage counties.
Rodd Moesel of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau cheered the news- “Expanding access to high-speed internet throughout rural areas of our state has been a priority for Oklahoma Farm Bureau members for many years. Today’s announcement by the USDA is a great step toward bringing more rural residents online, and we look forward to seeing more investments of this nature in the future.” (More reaction available here)
USDA received 11 Round Two ReConnect Program applications that are eligible for the $100 million Congress allocated to the program through the CARES Act. More investments made possible with these resources will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Shows Shifting Weather Pattern Greatly Reduced Drought Conditions For Oklahoma |
Incredible is one of the many words being used this week to describe the recent wet, cool weather that has descended upon Oklahoma and surrounding areas.
Thanks to tropical storm Isaias and a rerouted jet stream, above normal precipitation and temperatures 2-8 degrees cooler than normal reduced drought conditions throughout many areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and northern Texas.
Almost a full category improvement was made from central Oklahoma into northwest Arkansas. Areas of southeast Texas were improved with both abnormally dry and moderate drought reduced.
However, areas of central and west Texas saw the drought worsen and expand.
Specifically, for Oklahoma, more than 60 percent of the state is free of any drought conditions this week, a major change from last week’s 39.8 percent figure.
Extreme drought (D3) has been reduced to a stubborn pocket in Cimarron County.
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New 5-Year Long-Range Plan To Help Cattle Producers Unveiled at NCBA Summer Business Meeting |
A new five-year plan to help cattle producers improve their industry was unveiled at the recent Cattle Industry summer business meeting in Denver. Kim Brackett, Idaho cattle producer and former chairperson of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board, chaired the long-range planning task force and she talked with me at the meeting.
The task force’s mission is to ensure the long-term prosperity of the U.S. beef industry by sustainably producing the most trusted, highest quality and consistently satisfying protein for consumers around the world.
The industry comes together every five years and funds a strategic planning project, Brackett said.
The last long-range plan was fantastic, and it’s been exciting to see how much growth there was, she said.
Brackett said the group retained most of the core strategies of the previous plan and added several new strategies including one focused on sustainability.
Sustainability has definitely risen in importance in this plan, she said.
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Our Oklahoma Farm Report Team!!!!
Ron Hays, Senior Farm Director and Editor
KC Sheperd, Associate Farm Director and Editor
Dave Lanning, Markets and Production
Sam Knipp, Farm News Editor
Pam Arterburn, Calendar and Template Manager
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June Not a Good Month for Pork and Beef Exports- But Second Half of 2020 Likely to be Better
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June exports of U.S. pork fell below year-ago levels for the first time this year but exports remain on a record pace in 2020, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Beef exports were down sharply from a year ago in June, reflecting a lingering impact of a temporary slowdown in beef production combined with restrictions on foodservice and weakening economies in major import markets.
"We expected that the interruptions in red meat production would continue to weigh on June exports, but anticipated more of a rebound from the low May totals - particularly for beef," said USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom. "But it takes time for the entire chain to adjust to supply shocks, and thus it was another difficult month for exports. However, weekly U.S. export data suggest an upward trend in demand in most markets, and with production recovering the U.S. has regained its supply advantage. So we expect beef and pork exports to regain momentum in the second half of the year."
Click on the Button below to dive into the numbers for June from the US Meat Export Federation.
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if you missed this morning's Farm News - or you are in an area where you can't hear it- click below for this morning's Farm news from Ron Hays and KC Sheperd on RON.
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OSU's Kim Anderson Talks about Why Crop Prices have Taken a Beating Lately |
Oklahoma State University Extension Grains Market Analyst Dr. Kim Anderson talks about what is going on in the Wheat Markets weekly on SUNUP.
This week Dr. Anderson is talking about crop prices and how they have taken beating lately. Anderson said the issue is massive world stocks, "You look at world wheat production 28.3 billion bushels it's probably gonna be a little higher than that, you look at a world ending stocks, 11.6 billion bushels. 10.9 billion bushel record last year, the five year average is 10 billion. That's 1.6 billion bushels above the five year average."
To hear more of Dr. Anderson's comments, click or tap below.
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Use of Corn as an Acceptable Feedstock Clarified by the Department of Energy |
An important step forward to driving demand for corn was recently achieved, thanks to the work of state and national corn growers staff and members of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Market Development Action Team (MDAT).
In the most recent Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) clarified that corn grain is an acceptable feedstock. This means that starch derived sugars, specifically starches from field/feed corn, were clarified as acceptable.
“This is an important evolution in how DOE interprets legislative intent,” said NCGA Market Development Director Sarah McKay. “Given U.S. corn growers’ ability to efficiently produce, it is clear that corn can not only meet the needs of existing markets but can enable exciting new markets for renewable materials. We are excited to continue working with BETO and other government agencies to lay the groundwork and develop a solid foundation for future markets for corn.”
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Allie Baker, Barnsdall, Okla. Wins National Anthem Singing Contest |
The votes are in and Allie Baker is the winner of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) Ranch Rodeo National Anthem Singing Contest. Allie will sing the National Anthem at the Friday night performance of the OCA Ranch Rodeo on Aug. 21, 2020 at the Lazy E Arena near Guthrie, Okla.
Allie will receive a cooler donated by Pierce Products and filled with OCA Ranch Rodeo swag. “We appreciate Pierce Products for sponsoring this contest,” said Weston Givens.
Allie Baker performed her first National Anthem at the age of 8 years old. In the past decade, Allie has sung the anthem at the BOK and Cox Convention Centers as well as numerous sporting events and PRCA rodeos.
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Getting a Leg up on Grasshoppers in the Landscape |
They look rather prehistoric, and they can make a pretty good smudge mark on a vehicle’s windshield. And oh boy, can they jump and eat.
Fortunately, of the more than 130 resident species of grasshoppers that live in Oklahoma’s forests and grasslands, only a few species become real pest problems, said David Hillock, Oklahoma State University Extension consumer horticulturist. It’s the redlegged, migratory, differential and two-striped grasshoppers that are making themselves the nemeses of gardeners lately.
“Grasshoppers tend to be more problematic in rural areas, especially those surrounded by pastures or rangeland, or urban fringe areas containing large amounts of unkempt ground,” Hillock said. “These leggy pests can be difficult to control in the urban landscape, but homeowners can reduce their impact through the use of barriers and insecticides, along with selecting plants less prone to damage.”
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Today's First Look:
Ron on RON Markets as heard on K101
mornings with cash and futures reviewed- includes where the Cash Cattle market stands, the latest Feeder Cattle Markets Etc.
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Wholesale Boxed Beef Prices were higher on Thursday- Choice Beef up $1.09 and Select Beef higher by $1.19.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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The buttons below allow you to check out the weekly Cattle Auctions in the region that we post on our website and here in our daily email update- |
Each afternoon we are posting a recap of that day's markets as analyzed by Justin Lewis of KIS futures - click below for the latest update on the Livestock and Grain Futures Trade..
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Okla Cash Grain:
Daily Oklahoma Cash Grain Prices- as reported by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture- The report available after the close of the Futures Trade for that day.
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In our latest Road to Rural Prosperity- I am joined on the phone from Washington with Oklahoma's Senior Member of our Congressional Delegation- Senator Jim Inhofe. We begin the conversation talking about the Supreme Court Case that will likely need that delegation to develop a legislative fix that allows tribal sovereignty to mesh with the power of the state- we also talk about Senator Inhofe's work on several bills aimed at helping Oklahoma Agriculture deal with the Pandemic- the Senator offers an update on the HEALs act negotiations and offers his reasons for wanting to be elected for another six years
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