Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday, August 14, 2020
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Latests U.S. Drought Monitor Update Map Shows No Extreme Drought (D3) In Oklahoma For The First Time In Months
- Pandemic Adds Pressure to Farm Finances
- Agriculture Interim Studies Held
- For US Cattle Producers- China Still Offers Huge Potential- So Says NCBA's Kent Bacus
- Is There More Down in the Wheat Market? Dr. Kim Anderson Says Maybe
- OSU Research Seeks Soil pH Answers for Wheat Producers who also Grow Cotton
- Farm Bureau's The State: of the Biden-Harris Ticket
- Check Our MarketlInks in the Lower Part of the Email- Cattle Auction Links and More
- AND FINALLY- It's the Big Event at Express Ranch Today and Tomorrow
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Latests U.S. Drought Monitor Update Map Shows No Extreme Drought (D3) In Oklahoma For The First Time In Months |
Incredible! For the first time in many months there are no red shades of extreme drought (D3) showing anywhere in Oklahoma on the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map.
In typical summer fashion, rains were hit and miss across the country, with the west and into the southern plains as well as most areas of the south mainly being missed. Fortunately, it was mostly a “hit” in the driest parts of Oklahoma and Kansas as the closest D3 category is now in southern Colorado.
Improvements in drought conditions were shown in the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles as well as eastern Oklahoma.
The drought slowly creeped into Oklahoma beginning last fall and now it is slowly receding the past several weeks.
Today almost 67 percent of the state is free of any drought conditions, about a 7-point improvement over last week.
The biggest areas of concern still remain in Cimarron County in the far western end of the Panhandle, as well as western and southwestern Oklahoma where the majority of the moderate to severe drought categories are located.
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KC Fed on Pandemic Adding Pressure to Farm Finances |
Cortney Cowley, Economist and Ty Kreitman, Assistant Economist write in the latest edition of Kansas City Fed about The Effects of Covid 19 adding more pressure on farm finances. They write:
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to pressure the agricultural economy and weighed on farm finances in the Tenth District. Farm income declined in the second quarter at the quickest pace since 2016, and weaknesses in both income and borrower liquidity were expected to carry into the coming months. Agricultural credit conditions remained weak overall, but relatively stable. Looking to the coming months, however, bankers expected farm borrowers to have greater difficulty repaying loans. Some of the current stability in credit conditions may be attributed to government programs that provided revenue support and additional financing options for borrowers.
Farm income and Borrower Finances
Alongside disruptions related to COVID-19, farm income declined at a considerably faster pace in the second quarter. Weak market conditions for key agricultural commodities limited profit opportunities, and farm income in the District dropped at the fastest rate since 2016 (Chart 1). Looking to the next quarter, declines in income were expected to persist. The deterioration in income during the second quarter and expectations about the coming months generally were consistent across all states in the region.
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Agriculture Interim Studies Held |
The House Agriculture & Rural Development Committee on Wednesday heard three interim studies.
A combined study by State Reps. Dell Kerbs, R-Shawnee, and Garry Mize, R-Guthrie, looked at redefining and updating the Home Bakers Act, Farm-to-Table and other similar laws, as well as examining state and U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) meat inspection practices.
“The COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting impact on the food supply chain has demonstrated a need for further examination of opening the market to include home-based food producers, farmers markets and food trucks,” Mize said. “Oklahoma’s cottage laws currently limit access to a variety of food suppliers, which in turn can prevent our most vulnerable citizens from obtaining healthful and nutritious foods.”
In the afternoon, Kerbs held a separate study on poultry management guidelines. Kerbs, who serves as chair of the Agriculture & Rural Development Committee, said he received a lot of questions on the subject during session and wanted to take time during the interim to address them.
“As government officials, it’s important that we regularly take a look at guidelines within various industries to ensure we are not placing unnecessary burdens on Oklahoma’s businesses while protecting the public,” Kerbs said. “Interim studies give us the opportunity to examine these guidelines in close detail and consider possible changes we could make to improve the market and provide Oklahomans with more choices, and that’s exactly what we accomplished today.”
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We invite you to listen to us on great radio stations across the region on the Radio Oklahoma Ag Network weekdays-
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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Each Weekday- Listen to Cotton Talk!
For our farmers who have either- always have had cotton on their farms- or those who have more recently have added the fiber crop to their operations- we have a new daily report starting to be heard on several of our Radio Stations- It's Called Cotton Talk- and we appreciate the Oklahoma Cotton Council for their support in making this a reality.
Click on the Button below to listen to our most recent report
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For US Cattle Producers- China Still Offers Huge Potential- So Says NCBA's Kent Bacus |
Despite all the challenges of dealing with China, Kent Bacus, director of international trade and market access for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, believes it is still the most intriguing market for U.S. beef producers.
China is the largest beef importing market in the world and we finally have access to one-fifth of the world’s population, Bacus said.
The one market we are excited about is China, he said.
This Phase One deal we have will allow us to sell more of the beef carcass into the Chinese market and that opens a whole world of opportunity for our beef producers, Bacus said.
That’s very exciting and once we get through the COVID-19 thing and on the other side there is a very bright future, he said.
Click on the button below to read more and to listen to Kent talk with me about the potential of China.
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Is There More Down in the Wheat Market? Dr. Kim Anderson Says Maybe |
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 the August WASDE report.
Anderson said the report was negative for beans and wheat, but positive for corn. However, he does think we may have seen the bottom of the wheat prices soon, "The big uncertainty right now, that is Australia, they're looking at a about a 400 million bushel increase in property about 550 to over 900 million bushels.
We'll see if they could get that crop in the bin, but I think that's already in the price. So we should be near the bottom for wheat prices, and maybe pick up just a little rally." To hear more of Dr. Anderson's comments, click or tap below.
To see the complete lineup for this weeks SUNUP, click below.
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OSU Research Seeks Soil pH Answers for Wheat Producers who also Grow Cotton |
Ongoing Oklahoma State University research into soil pH is providing insights for wheat producers looking at planting cotton in their crop rotation.
Many producers already recognized that the lack of agricultural liming in traditional wheat fields could be a challenge with growing cotton, but specifics as to how different soil pH levels might affect the second crop’s performance was an unknown factor, said Brian Arnall, OSU Extension precision crop nutrient management specialist.
Soil pH – a measure of acidity and alkalinity – can range from zero to 14, with the optimal range for most plants falling in the 5.5-7.0 zone.
“The Oklahoma Cotton Support Group has been helping us perform research trials the past few years looking at cotton yield, quality and overall production,” he said. “In recent years, cotton production has expanded into regions that traditionally grew wheat, which can grow in low soil pH realms and do well in terms of yield. We’ve been studying two different cultivars across a range of soil pH levels.”
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Farm Bureau's The State: of the Biden-Harris Ticket |
Through a series of articles called The State, the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Advocacy and Political Affairs team is providing analysis related to "the state of" various aspects of the 2020 campaign season, including the race for the White House and key elections around the country. Cody Lyon is managing director of advocacy and political affairs and writes the following:
On August 11, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden selected Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as his vice-presidential running mate. Harris, a former California attorney general, was elected to the Senate in 2016 to succeed fellow Democrat Barbara Boxer.
Biden’s choice is seen as both historic and safe; Harris would be the first woman to hold one of the nation’s two highest offices, the first Black woman to be vice president, and she is also the first Asian American on a major party’s national ticket. Sen. Harris has established herself as a rising Democratic star and an embodiment of the party’s diversity.
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The Big Event Happens Today and Saturday at Express Ranches in Yukon |
Express Ranches proudly presents their 24th annual "The Big Event" Production Sale today and Saturday, August 14 and 15, 2020
It's all happening at the Ranch- Yukon, Oklahoma and on Superior's SLA-TV, DISH 997 and LiveAuctions.TV
Today at 1 PM- 280 Fall Calving Females and Spring Calving Pairs
Saturday- 11 AM- Big Event Sale- Over 300 Lots to Sell
Jarold Callahan writes in the 2020 Sale Book "We are extremely excited about the quality of cattle we are offering in this year’s sale, and believe it is easily the best groups we have had from the Friday fall-calving cows and spring-calving cows with heifer calves to the donors, bred heifers, fall and spring open embryo calves, as well as the show heifers and cow-calf pairs that sell Saturday."
Lots of information can be found at their website- click on the button below- that includes the Sale Book and Videos of the Lots being sold this year.
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OKC West is our Market Links Sponsor- they sell cattle three days a week- Cows on Mondays, Stockers on Tuesday and Feeders on Wednesday- Call 405-262-8800 to learn more.
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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 continue to show weakness- Choice Beef was down $2 on Thursday to $205 while Select Beef was also lower- Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News |
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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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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As the 2020-21 School Year begins- over 200 Oklahoma School Districts rely on the resources they can access from the Oklahoma Public Schools Resource Center. I talk with their Executive Director Brent Bushey about how the world of education was turned upside down in March of this year when COVID-19 kept student from returning to the Classroom after Spring Break. Brent talks about how schools worked to adapt this past spring and how that brings us to the fall semester- Brent says his group helps with Professional Development with teachers and other key staff- and has helped in the move into technological solutions to make education work in a COVID world. Today's Podcast is powered by the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma.
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