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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Sustainable Food Systems, COVID-19 Drive 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Summit Dialogue
- Propane Offers Environmental-Friendly Options For Agriculture
- USMEF's Dan Halstrom Says The Trump Administration Has Been a Good Period For U.S. Meat Exports
- OCC Mourns the Passing of Hal Clark: A Pillar Among Conservationists
- Fact or fiction: Turkey makes You Sleepy
- Serving up food Safety tips for Thanksgiving
- OSU's Kim Anderson Says the Time is Now to Start Moving Some Wheat Into Market
- From the Farmer Gives Thanks- Your Thanksgiving Prayer
- More Story Links for Your Thanksgiving Week
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Sustainable Food Systems, COVID-19 Drive 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Summit Dialogue
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Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, previewed the 2021 Food Systems Summit and its implications for U.S. agriculture during her keynote address of the 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Summit held virtually, Nov. 18-19.
The sixth annual Sustainable Agriculture Summit attracted a record 800 attendees, with farmers making up about a fourth of the audience. The summit is hosted jointly by five organizations representing U.S. dairy, commodity crop, specialty crop, beef and pork industries, including the checkoff-founded Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.
Bechdol said the Food Systems Summit, which will be held in New York City in September, will be an opportunity for the U.S. food and agriculture community to ensure its diverse voices, sustainability record and progress are reflected in the role food systems play in achieving the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
“This is an agenda that must be owned by everyone,” she said. “In some ways, we really hope that it awakens the world to the fact that we all need to work together to transform the way the world produces, consumes and even just thinks about food.
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Oklahoma AgCredit is a cooperative, owned by the members we serve. This ensures our customers’ needs come first. Our profit can only be used in two ways – retained to build our financial strength or passed on to members through our Patronage Program. Patronage is like an interest rebate and it basically reduces our members cost of borrowing. We have returned more than $53 million to our members since 1997.
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Propane Offers Environmental-Friendly Options For Agriculture
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Extreme weather makes Oklahomans dependent on propane to power generators and Mike Newland, director of agriculture business development for the Propane Education and Research Council, says propane has many uses around the farm and home.
Newland was recently interviewed via Zoom by Radio Oklahoma Agriculture Network Associate Farm Director and Editor KC Sheperd.
I think we can run a lot of things around the farm and home, he said.
In agriculture we think about using propane for heating buildings and drying grain or maybe powering a forklift, he said.
However, he said there are some unique uses for propane that many people may not consider.
For example, propane weed flaming to eradicate weeds without chemicals.
Literally we have a toolbar (mounted on a tractor) and we are putting flame in between the crop rows, he said, to kill the weeds.
The trick is not to hurt the crop, so we have a hood around the flame, Newland said.
Most folks will need to do it a couple of times throughout the growing season, he noted.
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USMEF's Dan Halstrom Says The Trump Administration Has Been a Good Period For U.S. Meat Exports
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As the Trump Administration begins the transition to President-elect Joe Biden, a review of U.S. meat exports during the Trump years is in order. Dan Halstrom, president and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation said it’s been a good period for U.S. meat producers.
I think number one the gains made for beef and pork are very good, Halstrom said.
Halstrom lists the Japan-U.S. trade agreement implemented Jan. 1, 2020, the EU zero-duty beef quota agreement, the USMCA trade agreement and the China phase one deal in March of this year as key examples of positive gains.
Beef started from a low base, but the percentage growth has been huge between March and September of this year, he said.
Other things in the hopper include the UK-U.S. discussions and the Kenya-U.S. trade agreement which we really think is a major opportunity for the future, he said.
Regarding the new administration, Halstrom said the concerns are the unknown as anymore there are so many moving parts globally.
I think we are well position as the supply and demand dynamics are favorable for growth, he said.
I think the transition will be smooth and positive, Halstrom said.
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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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OCC Mourns the Passing of Hal Clark: A Pillar Among Conservationists
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The Panhandle’s Hal Clark was indeed “A pillar among conservationists.”
The Oklahoma Conservation Commission (OCC) deeply mourns the passing of Clark, who passed away on November 23, 2020, at the age of 88.
For more than half a century, Clark managed the Clark Ranch in far northwestern Cimarron County with conservation as a priority. His pasture and rangeland management included rotational grazing, establishing permanent vegetation and controlling erosion to protect both land and water.
Clark’s education in range management coupled with his family’s history with the Dust Bowl led him to become a member of the Cimarron County Conservation District board of directors in 1966. Since that time, he dedicated more than 50 years to advancing soil stewardship. He helped develop the High Plains Five States Range Camp on his ranch to teach high school students the value of taking care of the land and hundreds of students from Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Kansas and Oklahoma have participated.
Hal was Area 1 Commissioner of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission from June 12, 1978 to June 3, 1996. Clark and his fellow commissioners established the Blue Thumb project to provide statewide education on stream water health. He also served on Gov. Keating’s Animal Waste and Water Quality Task Force which authorized a cost-share program to help landowners install conservation practices that improved water quality and limited soil erosion. He helped the conservation district secure no-till drills and low-energy precision application nozzles for irrigation systems to change the way farming is done in the Panhandle.
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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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Fact or fiction: Turkey makes You Sleepy
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When the last bite of turkey is consumed and the plates are cleared, the next item on the Thanksgiving agenda is a nap. Because turkey makes you sleepy, right?
Darren Scott, food scientist at Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center, debunks this myth.
“It’s not really the turkey that makes us sleepy,” Scott said. “It’s reputed to be the Tryptophan instead. There’s really not that much more Tryptophan in turkey than in other poultry.”
Scott said there is approximately a quarter of a gram of Tryptophan per 100 grams of poultry.
“Tryptophan is an essential amino acid, which means it’s a nutrient we cannot normally produce in our body,” he said. “We have to get it from the foods we eat.”
Along with turkey, Tryptophan is found in foods that are high in protein, such as red meat, chicken, fish, chocolate, soy, eggs, cheese, milk, almonds, peanuts, and pumpkin and sesame seeds.
Thanksgiving menus contain a copious amount of foods high in sugars and carbohydrates, which contribute to drowsiness, too, Scott said.
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Serving up food Safety tips for Thanksgiving
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The holiday season is officially here, and Thanksgiving Day is quickly approaching. While many Oklahomans will be preparing holiday meals for their families and friends, the risk of food poisoning is lurking.
“Every year in the United States, approximately 48 million people get sick because of some form of foodborne illness,” said Ravi Jadeja, food safety specialist for the Oklahoma State University Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center. “Of those, 128,000 are hospitalized or need medical attention and, unfortunately, 3,000 people die every year.”
FAPC offers the following tips to keep your family safe and make sure food poisoning is not on the menu this Thanksgiving.
Food handling
• Buy only government-inspected meat and poultry products and check the “sell by” date on all food purchases. Never buy products if the expiration date has passed.
• Wash your hands thoroughly before and after preparing any food product.
• Use two cutting boards: one for preparing raw meat, poultry and fish, and the other for cutting cooked food or preparing salads.
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OSU's Kim Anderson Says the Time is Now to Start Moving Some Wheat Into Market
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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 whether producers should price wheat for 2021 delivery. Anderson says the market is off to a pretty good start for harvest delivery, "If you go back over the last five years, its a really good price. Northern Oklahoma, Its $5.50, You go to Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma Panhandle or Southern Oklahoma its $5.35 cents. That's a relatively good price. I wouldn't get crazy on how much I forward contracted but I would forward contract some so I could sleep at night."
Click on the BUTTON below to hear all of Kim's advice for producers as we head into the Thanksgiving holiday- and we also have a preview of what will be on SUNUP from OSU this coming weekend as well.
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From the Farmer Gives Thanks- Your Thanksgiving Prayer
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Samuel Guard was an Ag Journalist and the Head of Information for the American Farm Bureau almost a century ago- and helped put agricultural markets and farm news on the radio as he helped the Sears Roebuck Ag Foundation put Chicago radio station WLS on the air- it's purpose was to communicate out across the central part of the US.
Guard authored a book in the 1940s called The Farmer Gives Thanks- and while the English is a little old sounding- the sentiment is perfect(especially for 2020)- Here's his prayer for the Thanksgiving Season:
Son of Man, we do give humble thanks to our Father God, that we have a place where to lay our heads, raiment of sheep's wool and bread with butter on it.
If we did have to sell our gobblers, we still thank thee for a good fat hen, garnished in tart red berries from the vanishing bog.
If the frost hit our gardens, it did ripen the corn, the golden corn from whcih our lovely critters will extract milk for the children and meat for their mothers.
If our Pilgrim forefathers could set foot on a rock, fell stout timbers for rooftrees, and grind calico maize info meal- surely we can adjust our lives to new frontiers of peace and plenty.
With thy help we will, God of our fathers, as we praise thy Holy Name forever.
Amen!
My prayer for each of you this Thanksgiving holiday is that you have a safe and bountiful celebration with those that mean the most to you! I am thankful for your interest in our reports- and the opportunity that I have been given to tell the story of farmers and ranchers who have helped the USA be a light on the hill- offering hope to a world that needs it.
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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 go higher- Choice Beef jumped $2.69 while Select Beef was up $2.01 on Tuesday.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had 10,094 head on Monday this Thanksgiving Holiday week.
Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves are trading 3.00-6.00 higher. Demand moderate, good for long weaned calves ready to be grazing immediately. Wheat pastures across the trade area are in good condition and have producers eager to turn out calves.
Click below for the complete closing report.
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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
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