Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday, November 13, 2020
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- New OYE Headquarters Continues The Bob Funk Legacy of Helping Oklahoma Youth
- OSU's Kim Anderson Talks about the Increase in the Grain Prices
- NCBA's Ethan Lane Reviews Election Results
- Poll Shows Americans’ Unwavering Trust in Farmers and Approval of Sustainability Practices
- Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Continues to Show Drought Conditions in the West, Southwest and Southern High Plains
- Checking in on the Beef Checkoff- Beef, It's What's for Dinner Coming to the Hallmark TV Channel
- USDA-HHS Should Put Warning Label on 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines
- BONUS Reading for the Weekend- More Stories Posted on OklahomaFarmReport.Com
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New OYE Headquarters Continues The Bob Funk Legacy of Helping Oklahoma Youth
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The dedication of a new headquarters building for the Oklahoma Youth Expo ushers in a new and exciting era of helping Oklahoma youth.
The new building officially called the Bob Funk Legacy Complex, is located at 21 Land Rush Street, near Reno and May Avenue in Oklahoma City, and is just a stone’s throw away from the traditional site of the annual OYE livestock show.
Following the dedication ceremonies Wednesday, Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Associate Farm Director and Editor KC Sheperd talked with Bob Funk, President of Express Employment Professionals and Express Ranch.
We’re certainly proud of the new building for the Oklahoma Youth Expo and hope the teachers, 4-H leaders and others will enjoy it and continue to participate, Funk said.
Funk noted the OYE junior livestock show gives students life-long skills.
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The Oklahoma Cotton Council is proud to serve the cotton producers and those who are a part of the cotton industry in Oklahoma- promoting and protecting their interests. In Recent Years- cotton acreage has grown in Oklahoma- and today we are the third largest Cotton State in the US- based on Acres Planted.
The Oklahoma Cotton Council works for the cotton farmer in the areas of research, advocacy and education. Follow the Oklahoma Cotton Council on Facebook or check out out the Oklahoma Cotton Council website- okiecotton.org
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OSU's Kim Anderson Talks about the Increase in the Grain Prices
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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.
This week Dr. Anderson talks about the increase in the grain prices, "If you go back to early August wheat prices, they've increased $1.50 cents per bushel to about $5.30 cents. Corn has increased $1.20 to $4.15. Milo has been on a tear! Milo has increased $2.15 cents a bushel for $5.75 cents and beans prices have increased $3.10 cents a bushel to $11.00."
Anderson said some of the prices are still below average, "Well, surprisingly, wheat and corn is still below average. What at $5.30, it's 15 cents below the 10 year average of $5.45 cents. Corn is 45 cents below the 10 year average of $4.60 cents. Milo is 1.35 above average. That $4.40 cents on average, they're $5.75, and then you've got soybeans at 60 cents above average at an $11. That ten year average is $10.40." To hear more on the prices of grains, click or tap below.
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NCBA's Ethan Lane Reviews Election Results
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During a cattle industry Stockmanship and Stewardship virtual meeting this week Ethan Lane, NCBA vice president of government affairs, offered an analysis of the national election results.
On the senate side, Wyoming attorney, cattle producer and former Congressman Cynthia Lummis will be the first woman to represent that state in the U.S. Senate.
She is a friend of agriculture and we are excited to see her return to Congress, Lane said.
Kansas physician Dr. Roger Marshal moved from the U.S. House to the Senate as he was elected to his first term in Kansas.
He has been a real champion for agriculture in Kansas, Lane said.
Former college football coach Tommy Tuberville will start his first term in the Senate representing Alabama.
One big change in the Senate is that Sen. Pat Roberts(R-KS) is retiring and his leadership post as Agriculture Committee chairman will be missed.
Lane said Robert’s expected replacement will be Sen. John Boozman of Arkansas.
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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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Poll Shows Americans’ Unwavering Trust in Farmers and Approval of Sustainability Practices
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A majority of U.S. adults have a positive view of farmers’ sustainability practices, and an overwhelming majority trust farmers, according to a new national public opinion poll from the American Farm Bureau Federation.
The survey of 2,200 U.S. adults found that more than half (58%) rate the sustainability practices of U.S. farmers positively, with broad agreement from a majority of adults across demographic groups.
Nearly nine in 10 adults (88%) trust farmers, a 4% increase from AFBF’s June 2020 polling, which is evidence the public recognized that food supply chain challenges brought on by the pandemic were not within the control of farmers and ranchers.
The survey also explored public attitudes about the environmental sustainability achievements of farmers and ranchers, as well as future direction to advance climate-smart farming. Overall, the public agrees farmers shouldn’t be expected to bear the financial burden alone. More than four in five adults (84%) say environmental sustainability and economic sustainability are both important for farmers, and most adults say both are very important. More than four in five adults also say feeding the world (84%) and farmers passing farms on to future generations (83%) are important.
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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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Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Continues to Show Drought Conditions in the West, Southwest and Southern High Plains
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Moderate to heavy precipitation fell across the northwest and southeastern parts of the U.S. this past week but little to no precipitation occurred in the areas that need it the most.
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows 64 percent of the country, mostly in the west and southern High Plains, experiencing some degree of drought. This is a two-point increase from last week and almost 12 points worse than three months ago.
As a result, dryness expanded in parts of Oklahoma and a few patches of abnormally dry (D0) began to dot the lower Mississippi Valley region.
More significantly, drought increased drought increased across Texas south of the Panhandle.
Areas of moderate (D1) and severe (D2) drought entered parts of central and eastern Texas while severe to exceptional (D3) drought is common in the western tier of the state.
Broad patches of exceptional drought (D4) now cover much of the Big Bend area along the New Mexico border.
Nationally, more than 70 million people are impacted now by some degree of drought.
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Checking in on the Beef Checkoff- Beef, It's What's for Dinner Coming to the Hallmark TV Channel
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To remind consumers across the country that beef is the only protein that they want to feed their families this holiday season, Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. will return to broadcast television.
For the first time since 2003, Beef Checkoff-funded advertisements and the iconic Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. brand will be on television, airing a limited number of ads during the Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas movies.
Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. successful video released last year called the ‘Drool Log’—a two-hour long video of a Beef Prime Rib Roast slowly cooking over an open flame—which created quite the following with more than 14 million videos views. This year, NCBA looked for the opportunity to make even more people salivate over beef and will placing a new—and shorter—version of the Drool Log on a television network that creates similar meaningful connections with its audience. New fifteen-second Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. Drool Log ads will appear throughout late November and December on the Hallmark Channel’s holiday programming event “Countdown to Christmas” as part of a limited holiday broadcast and digital ad buy as a way to have a broader reach with consumers this holiday season.
I talked with Heather Buckmaster of the Oklahoma Beef Council about this "return to TV" and you can check out our conversation by clicking the button below.
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USDA-HHS Should Put Warning Label on 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines
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The Nutrition Coalition, a group that aims to bring rigorous science to nutrition policy, is calling upon the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS), the agencies that jointly oversee the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), to put a warning label on the 2020-2025 DGA to ensure that the public is aware that these recommendations are only for healthy Americans.
Many people understand that a diet for a healthy person is not the same as a diet for someone whose metabolism has tipped into ill-health. The DGA’s guidance to consume 6 servings of grains per day, including 3 servings of refined grains, plus up to 10% of calories as sugar, cannot be tolerated by a person with diabetes, for example. Unhealthy Americans need to know that the Guidelines may be inappropriate advice for their conditions.
Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death and disability in the U.S., costing $3.5 trillion annually. Obesity alone accounts for nearly 21% of all annual medical spending in the U.S.
People with these diseases urgently need to receive dietary advice appropriate for their conditions.
“Americans should be warned that our government’s nutrition policy does not apply to the majority of the population. With the next iteration of the Guidelines, we are asking the USDA-HHS to include a prominent warning label on the 2020-2025 DGA to make clear to the public that these recommendations are “For Healthy Americans Only” and are not necessarily appropriate for people with diet-related, chronic diseases,” stated Nina Teicholz, executive director of the Nutrition Coalition. “This will provide Americans with the transparency they need to guide their decisions about dietary choices and whether to follow the DGA.”
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Here's Your BONUS Reading for the Weekend- More Stories Posted on OklahomaFarmReport.Com
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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 saw Choice Beef Strongly higher- up $3.71 while Select Beef lower by 20 cents.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Weekly Cattle Auction Reports
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-
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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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From Big Sky Country to Oklahoma- Dr. Derrell Peel has watched the cattle and beef markets for decades- and Host Ron Hays talks with him on this Road to Rural Prosperity about the changes he was seen in the beef cattle marketplace since he first arrived in Stillwater. Holder of the Charles A. Breedlove Endowed Professorship in Agribusiness, Peel joined the OSU faculty in 1989 as OSU Cooperative Extension livestock marketing specialist, a position he still fills today and for which he has received significant renown from both industry and academia.
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