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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Latest USDA Crop Progress Report Shows Oklahoma Wheat Continues to Top The Region as Texas Corn Producers Have Planted Half Their Crop
- OSU's Seth Byrd Expects Oklahoma Producers to Plant Around 500,000 Acres to Cotton This Year
- KSU's Dr. Glynn Tonsor Develops Tool to Determine Value of Calf Vaccination Programs
- Tahoma 31 Carries on OSU Turfgrass Legacy
- Dr. Derrell Peel on the Potential Drought Impacts on Cattle Markets
- 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Confirm Dairy’s Role in Healthy Diet
- Congrats to Robbie Robbins- High Cotton Award Winner for 2021
- What is killing bald eagles in the U.S.?
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Latest USDA Crop Progress Report Shows Oklahoma Wheat Continues to Top The Region as Texas Corn Producers Have Planted Half Their Crop |
Oklahoma wheat producers can continue to claim the top crop condition spot in the region this week according to the latest USDA Crop Progress Report.
The state’s wheat crop is rated 61 percent good to excellent, 24 percent fair and 15 percent poor to very poor.
Winter wheat jointing reached 45 percent, up 3 points from the previous year and up 2 points from normal.
Canola blooming reached 3 percent, up 2 points from the previous year but down 14 points from normal.
Rye jointing reached 24 percent, down 4 points from the previous year and down 12 points from normal.
Oats jointing reached 9 percent, unchanged from the previous year but down 8 points from normal.
Oklahoma pasture and range conditions are rated 27 percent good to excellent, 42 percent fair and 31 percent poor to very poo
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OSU's Seth Byrd Expects Oklahoma to Plant Around 500,000 Acres to Cotton This Spring |
Seth Byrd OSU Extension Cotton Specialist and 2021 Cotton Specialist of the Year was recently interviewed by Radio Oklahoma Agriculture Network Associate Farm Director and Editor KC Sheperd.
As he reviews the situation going into the spring Byrd said there is some uncertainty regarding how many acres will be planted in cotton country but doesn’t expect much change for Oklahoma.
I think we’re going to be close to where we thought at around 500,000 acres, Byrd said.
The general trend for most cotton states is down, but Oklahoma is not going to be down as much as other states, he said.
Other states have more options to plant something else than we do in Oklahoma, he said.
My gut feeling is if we saw a big change in acres between now and May it would have to be a big price spike and some other factor, Byrd said.
The OSU cotton specialist said producers are faced with some key planting decisions this year.
Producers hopefully have their variety selection complete, and we’ve encouraged producers to do their research on where the seed was grown, Byrd said.
You’re going to have several different sources where the seed was grown, Byrd said.
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KSU's Dr. Glynn Tonsor Develops Tool to Determine Value of Calf Vaccination Programs |
The economic value of calf vaccination programs can be more easily determined using a new decision tool designed by Dr. Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University Extension livestock market economist.
The tool is called the KSU-Merck Calf vaccination program assessment tool.
We partnered to build this Excel-based decision tool to mainly help cow-calf producers make the decision to sell calves at weaning versus enroll them in a post weaning vaccination program, he said.
It walks you through and asks you to update your cost structure, labor costs per day and that sort of thing, Tonsor said.
We have been working with Merck Animal Health and Superior Livestock Auction data that allowed us to estimate the sales price differential for cattle sold on various vaccination programs, he said.
The goal is to not only provide a useful tool today but also in the fall and in coming years, he said.
The market is going to adjust so the premium the market will pay for vaccine programs compared to weaning will not be the same ten years in a row, he said.
The point is to give producers the decision aid to make a more informed decision on expected return of enrolling your calves in one of these post weaning programs versus selling at weaning, he 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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Tahoma 31 Carries on OSU Turfgrass Legacy |
Spring is here with warmer temperatures and longer days as outdoor athletes take to the field on lush carpets of rich green turf. From baseball parks and golf courses to football stadiums and soccer fields, many of those facilities feature some of the highest-performing turfgrass varieties on the market developed at Oklahoma State University.
OSU’s turfgrass breeding and development team involving faculty, staff, postdoctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology has released several popular varieties of Bermuda over the past couple of decades. A warm season grass that thrives best in subtropical climates, Bermuda cannot survive in freezing temperatures, but each new variety released by OSU offers an improved level of winter hardiness.
The seeded varieties of Riviera and Yukon were some of OSU’s early turfgrass products before a newer version named Patriot debuted in the mid-2000s. Patriot, a clonal variety, demonstrated higher levels of cold tolerance along with good grass recovery, an ideal trait for sports that are tough on the turf bed such as football.
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Dr. Derrell Peel on the Potential Drought Impacts on Cattle Markets |
Mondays, Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, offers his economic analysis of the beef cattle industry. This analysis is a part of the weekly series known as the "Cow Calf Corner" published electronically by Dr. Peel and Mark Johnson. Today, Dr. Peel talks about the the potential drought impacts on the cattle markets.
As April arrives, the current drought situation looms larger and potential impacts on cattle markets are increasing with each passing week. The latest Drought Monitor shows that 43.55 percent of the continental U.S. is in some degree of drought (D1-D4), including 18.06 percent in Extreme and Exceptional drought (D3-D4). Additionally, another 20.66 percent of the country is abnormally dry (D0), which means that only 35.79 percent of the U.S. is free of drought conditions. At the beginning of March one year ago, over 76 percent of the U.S. was drought free.
Along with the pandemic, the current drought began advancing in early March 2020. The rapid progression of the drought this past year is faster than any drought in more than 20 years, since the Drought Monitor began. An aggregate annual index of drought conditions is currently at the highest level (worst drought) since 2014. The growing season is just beginning from south to north, and with two-thirds of the country abnormally dry or already in drought, the threat of warm weather and persistent or advancing drought is a major concern for forage production.
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2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Confirm Dairy’s Role in Healthy Diet |
Dairy checkoff has been committed to nutrition science and education for over a century through the work of National Dairy Council . With a staff of registered dietitians, nutrition researchers and communication experts, National Dairy Council works to provide practical information about how dairy contributes to health and sustainable food systems. One way this work comes to life is protecting dairy’s place in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA).
The 2020-2025 DGA, released in December 2020, reaffirms the importance of daily dairy consumption as part of a healthy diet. The DGA is reevaluated every five years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with input from a committee comprised of appointed nutrition and health experts during the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee revision process. Lana Frantzen, Ph.D., Dairy MAX vice president of health and wellness, attended the Committee meeting in Houston, speaking on behalf of the National Dairy Council.
“The 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are critical to the future of dairy,” said Frantzen. “Development of the guidelines is science-driven, which is why checkoff works at national and local levels to share the science and research behind dairy’s role in nourishing people, communities and the planet.”
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Congrats to Robbie Robbins! |
The Southwest cotton community gathered in Altus, Okla., last week at Plains Cotton Cooperative Association to celebrate Robbie Robbins, who received the 2021 High Cotton Award for the Southwest.
The year 82 year old Robbins farms 6,000 acres of cotton, 3,000 acres of wheat and ran cattle until late 2020. He gins at Altus Cotton Growers, where he is a founding member. “Some of us farmers bought Chickasha Gin. It was an antique, but we improved it every year and then built Cotton Growers.” Today, the Altus facility gins 200,000 bales in a season.
Farm Press has worked with the Cotton Foundation for several years in presenting the High Cotton award to farmers across the Cotton Belt- and you can read about the special recognition that was organized for Robbins this past week by clicking here.
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What is killing bald Eagles in the U.S.? |
Ronja Münch Pressestelle and Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg write in an article for IDW on a study about what is killing the bald eagle.
Bald eagles, as well as other wildlife, have been succumbing to a mysterious neurodegenerative disease in the southern United States since the 1990s. New research by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) in Germany and the University of Georgia, USA, identifies the cause of these deaths: a toxin produced by cyanobacteria that grow on invasive aquatic plants. The problem is potentially exacerbated by herbicides used to control those plants. The results were published in "Science".
In 1994, bald eagles were dying on a mass scale in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The animals were losing control over their bodies, and holes were developing in their brains. A previously unknown neurodegenerative disease, termed vacuolar myelinopathy (VM), was identified. "The origin of the disease was a complete mystery," says Professor Timo Niedermeyer from the Institute of Pharmacy at MLU.
Later on, American researchers found that not only eagles were affected, but also their herbivorous prey. The scientists discovered a connection to an invasive aquatic plant (Hydrilla verticillata) that grows in freshwater lakes in the affected regions. However, there were still some lakes with the aquatic plant where the disease was not manifesting. In 2005 Susan B. Wilde, a professor at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia, identified a previously unknown cyanobacterium on the leaves of Hydrilla verticillata, which appeared to be the cause of the disease. It turned out that vacuolar myelinopathy only occurs in places where the cyanobacterium colonizes the invasive plant. She called the bacterium "eagle killer that grows on Hydrilla": Aetokthonos hydrillicola.
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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 $1.87 and Select Beef was up $4.73 on Monday March 29th.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had 9,500 head on the final Monday in March.
Compared to last week: Feeder steers 1.00- 3.00 higher, except 800-850 lbs steady. Stocker steers up to 10.00 higher. Steer calves 3.00-7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00-8.00 higher. Heifer calves over 500 lbs steady to 1.00 higher; under 500 lbs 4.00-10.00 higher. Demand very good for all classes. Quality is average to attractive, end plain.
Click below for the complete closing report.
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The Joplin Regional Stockyards had a total run of 5,718 on Monday, March 29th
Compared to last week, feeder steers traded steady to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Supply and demand was moderate.
Click on the button below for details of the trade as compiled by the USDA Market News Service.
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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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