Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday, February 26, 2021
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Day Two of the Tulsa Farm Show- John Riles, Jr. Happy the Tradition Continues
- New EPA Administration Water Officials Appear Willing to Work With Agriculture Says NCBA's Scott Yager
- Dr. Kim Anderson Explains how Food Security is Impacting the Prices of Commodities
- Historic Freeze, Severe Dryness Challenge U.S. Winter Wheat Crop
- Improving Rural Infrastructure, Including University R and D, Attracting National Attention
- Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Shows Little Change But The Outlook is For a Dry, Warm Spring
- Chairman Scott & AFBF's Zippy Duvall, Opening Statement at Hearing on Climate Change
- National FFA Week- Sharing the Memories
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Day Two of the Tulsa Farm Show- John Riles, Jr. Happy the Tradition Continues
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The tradition of the Tulsa Farm Show is back on track after the worries of COVID-19 put the 27th annual event on hold back in December 2020. On Opening Day of the 2020/2021 Tulsa Farm Show on the last Thursday of February, I caught up with John Riles, Jr with Midwest Farm Shows to talk Tulsa and the other five locations where the company operates Farm Shows in a normal year.
Riles is proud of their two Oklahoma Shows- the Tulsa Farm Show, held most years in December at the River Spirit Expo Square on the Tulsa State Fairgrounds- and the Oklahoma City Farm Show- normally held in April at the Bennett Event Center at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. Plans for 2020 in both locations were knocked off course- but Midwest worked with state and local officials and were able to shift dates for both shows- with Oklahoma City held in June last year while Tulsa shifted from December into February of 2021.
You can hear our conversation by clicking on the button below- it was during our live broadcast from the show on affiliate KGGF out of Coffeyville.
TODAY at the show- stop by our booth and say hi to KC Sheperd- I think she may have a few more jokes she can share with you- besides the ones she has posted here in our email(including one today- check if out in the lower part of the email!).
For our cattle producing friends- we have Spring Bull Sale Books from Express Ranches that you can pick up- and you can ask KC if she has any of the Pecan tote bags left for you to use at the show.
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New EPA Administration Water Officials Appear Willing to Work With Agriculture Says NCBA's Scott Yager
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The Biden Administration’s EPA appears willing to work with agriculture on water issues said Scott Yager, Chief Environmental Counsel of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
Yager commented on the latest WOTUS rule during the NCBA’s virtual winter conference this week.
The Navigable Waters Protection Rule, the Trump administration’s replacement for the Obama era WOTUS rule went into effect last June and the focus since has turned to the courtroom where so-called “blue” states are attempting to overturn the Trump rule.
Yager said this week the new administration can’t resist challenging the Trump water rule.
It’s just so politically charged at this moment, Yager said, as the Biden administration has to do something.
The question is how they do it. They can’t just make the 2015 rule come back, Yager said.
What I think is more likely to happen is they will look at the Trump rule and 2015 rule and try to thread the needle in between to find something that will satisfy the conservative majority 6-3 Supreme Court, Yager said.
We know it’s going to the Supreme Court so they will be writing a rule that will survive a conservative court, he said.
Yager said the EPA seems to be open to listening to the cattle industry.
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Dr. Kim Anderson Explains how Food Security is Impacting the Prices of Commodities
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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 says there's a new buzzword, and that word is food security, "Do you ever wonder how the world could have record production, have record ending stocks? That means a supply increase, and prices increase about $2 per bushel.
And what you see is food security. Countries have recently decided they need more food in storage or wheat in this case. So we've seen the importers buy more wheat and seen demand increase dramatically. And it has reduced the suppliers supply and therefore prices have gone up, and that's called food security."
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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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Historic Freeze, Severe Dryness Challenge U.S. Winter Wheat Crop
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Claire Hutchins, USW Market Analyst writes in the latest issue of USwheat.org about The US Winter Wheat Crop Challenges.
Winter wheat farmers in several states have not had an easy winter. All eyes are on Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado as “a perfect storm” of historically low temperatures combined with severe dryness threatens new crop yield potential in the heart of the country’s breadbasket.
Producers in the Great Plains have seen sustained temperatures below 10° Fahrenheit (F), low enough to cause serious concern about the crop’s ability to survive dormancy. Typically, snow cover and adequate soil moisture would help insulate the dormant crop, but this year has been anything but typical as severe to exceptional drought conditions persist from western Kansas into western Nebraska and eastern Colorado. Unlike lighter freeze damage, from which the wheat can bounce back under the right conditions, this year’s freeze event has the potential for “winterkill” in some regions, and ultimately challenge the final production volume.
“Today, there’s no way to tell the extent of the damage, but by mid-March when fields start to green up, we will know what we are facing,” said Justin Gilpin, CEO of the Kansas Wheat Commission.
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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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Improving Rural Infrastructure, Including University R and D, Attracting National Attention
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Improving rural infrastructure and the vital role it plays in our rural communities was front and center during a panel discussion at the virtual NASDA Winter Policy conference this week.
The panel was chaired by Robbie Boone, senior vice president and general counsel, Farm Credit Council, (the Farm Credit System’s trade association).
Boone said there has been a need to focus on rural infrastructure going back to before the Trump administration.
He noted they have already received positive feedback from the Biden administration about improving the infrastructure.
There are strong signals coming out of the Capitol that infrastructure is next on the priority list after getting the pandemic under control, Boone said.
Other panel members included Doug Steele, vice president for Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources for the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities, Max Fisher, vice president, economics and government relations for the
National Grain and Feed Association and Matt Wohlman, senior director of state and industry affairs, Land O’Lakes, Inc.
We are challenged right now by an aging infrastructure, Steele said. He noted that almost 37 percent of the nation’s agriculture college and research infrastructure square footage is over 50 years old.
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Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Shows Little Change But The Outlook is For a Dry, Warm Spring
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Temperature anomalies of 30 and 40 degrees below zero were common on the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map and the accompanying snow amounts were not enough to move the drought much for those who needed it the most.
After several weeks of light to moderate snow events in the Central Plains, drier weather has returned to the region in the past several days.
There is growing concern over extremely dry conditions in the northern Plains extending from eastern Montana through western North Dakota and north-central South Dakota.
For Oklahoma, the drought map is slightly changed from a week ago with only a small pocket of extreme drought (D3) hanging on in Harmon County in southwest Oklahoma.
Statewide, the total area experiencing no dry or drought conditions decreased slightly to 69.33 percent this week. That number was 72.70 percent last week.
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Chairman Scott Opening Statement at Hearing on Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors
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House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott delivered the following statement at today's hearing on Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors
House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott delivered the following statement at today's hearing on Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors:
Good Morning, I’m excited to be here today for our first full Committee hearing and in particular to begin work on what is without a doubt the greatest challenge before us - climate change. I am also excited for the opportunity to work with my colleague, Ranking Member Thompson of Pennsylvania this Congress as he joins me in launching our first hearing together.
The U.S. agriculture sector is amongst the most productive in the world, contributing over 136 billion dollars to the U.S. economy and directly supporting 2.6 million jobs. The U.S. forestry sector is another economic engine. In 2020, that sector manufactured $300 billion dollars in forest products and employed approximately 940,000 people.
Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, my name is Zippy Duvall. I am a third-generation farmer and president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, and I am pleased to offer this testimony, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation and Farm Bureau members across this country.
America’s farmers and ranchers play a leading role in promoting soil health, conserving water, enhancing wildlife, efficiently using nutrients, and caring for their animals. For decades they have embraced innovation thanks to investments in agricultural research and adopted climate-smart practices to improve productivity, enhance sustainability and provide clean and renewable energy. In fact, the use of ethanol and biodiesel in 2018 reduced greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equivalent to taking 17 million cars off the road.
Livestock and crop production are the heart of American agriculture, providing the food we enjoy every day. The daily choices we make on our farm and ranches are driven by our commitment to sustainability. Farmers have embraced technologies that reduce emissions and increase efficiency, making U.S. agriculture a leader in sustainability. Building upon the strong foundation of voluntary stewardship investments and practices, including those in the Farm Bill, we look forward to working with policymakers to further advance successful sustainable practices in U.S. agriculture. Throughout this process, lawmakers must ensure that any governmental analysis characterizing U.S. crop and livestock systems reflects U.S. agriculture’s leadership globally in sustainable farming practices.
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National FFA Week- Sharing the Memories
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Yep- that's me from many moons back- the caption from the local weekly paper has it pegged as 1969- and I was proudly wearing my Blue and Gold Jacket as a District Vice President in this photo- my days in Vocational Agriculture and the Future Farmers of America helped shape me and got me ready for the day that I might be able to interview the brightest and the best that have worn the FFA jacket- and I am forever grateful for the life lessons that helped make me who I was when I started my radio career in 1970- and later started my journey in covering farming and ranching as a radio journalist in 1974.,
Today- the honors I am most proud of have come from the FFA- at the state and national level- because they signify the hundreds of interviews I have done with FFA members as I have been able to share their stories of hard work and the success that has come their way.
What's your story???? Did I ever have the chance to interview you and get your story? Has FFA made a difference in your life? If it has- you can support the organization even today by touching base with your local Ag Education teacher- let he or she know that you want to help them and their chapter to that next level of success.
Happy National FFA Week Y'All!
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KC's BAD-AG Joke of the Day!
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Where do cows go for lunch? A: The calf-eteria!!! 🙂
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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 slipped lower on Thursday February 25th- Choice Beef was 36 cents lower while Select Beef was $1.00 to the downside.
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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The Noble Research Institute, based in Ardmore, Oklahoma, has announced their intention to focus on Regenerative Agriculture- and Steve Rhines, CEO and President, tells host Ron Hays that the intention of NRI is to work on a primary goal to regenerate millions of acres of degraded grazing lands across the United States.
"Land stewardship is a core value held by many farmers and ranchers. Regenerative agriculture is the next step in the land stewardship journey wherein farmers and ranchers reduce their reliance on conventional practices and concentrate on restoring or regenerating the soil. The soil is the cornerstone of a healthy ecosystem and a productive farm or ranch."
Hays and Rhines explore the journey that Noble has taken to get to this point of it's existence- and discuss what their work with farmers, ranchers and landowners will look like in the years ahead.
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Reach Out To Us:
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Tim West
President/General Manager
Radio Oklahoma Ag Network
2401 Exchange Avenue,
Suite F
Oklahoma City, OK 73108
405.317.6361
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Ron Hays
Director of Farm Programming
Radio Oklahoma Ag Network
405.473.6144
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