Oklahoma's Latest Farm
And Ranch News
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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday, April 9, 2021
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- OSU's Kim Anderson Says the Price of Wheat Continues to Go Down
- Arkansas Beef Producer Explains How Wal Mart Improved Its Meat Counter Reputation
- Drought Concerns Enhanced For Much of The Country, Including Oklahoma, in Latest NOAA Drought Monitor Update
- Support local food Companies in April With Made in Oklahoma
- ONG is Promoting April as National Safe Digging Month With $100 Gift Card Opportunity
- OSU Animal Science Alumni Association Hosts Gala Reunion and Online Scholarship Auction April 10th
- Introducing Joel Pecha of the Timberlake FFA Chapter, Your 2021 Northwest Area Star in Ag Placement
- Southwest Ranchers Bull and Female Sale- and Griswold Grass to Grid Sale Set for Tomorrow- April 10th
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OSU's Kim Anderson Says the Price of Wheat Continues to Go Down |
Oklahoma State University Extension Grains Market Analyst Dr. Kim Anderson talks about what is going on in the Wheat Markets. Dr. Anderson says right now the world has too much wheat. This week Dr. Anderson is talking about the latest crop prices.
Anderson says wheat prices continue to go down, "Corn prices are moving sideways, soybeans, Just a slight uptrend there. You look at new crop Wheat prices, $5.50 That's $1 lower than they were about six weeks ago. You've got corn forward contract price or harvest delivery of $4.70, thats just level or about the same as it was in late March- early April.
Then You've got soybeans at $12, only about 6 cents above what it was a couple of weeks ago. So sideways movement for the two majors, corn and soybeans and down for the wheat." To hear more from Dr. Anderson, click or tap below.
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Arkansas Beef Producer Explains How Wal Mart Improved Its Meat Counter Reputation |
It’s an interesting story to learn how Wal Mart became the largest beef retailer in the world and Lamar Steiger, a cow/calf operator from northwest Arkansas, relates that story on today’s Beef Buzz.
Steiger is an advisor for Wal Mart and was a speaker at a recent Boehringer Ingelheim webinar on the cow/calf producer and their role in producing high quality beef for the consumer.
This idea that Wal Mart had to do something big and different with beef was driven by their initial bad reputation at the meat counter from the time they started their grocery business, Steiger said.
Their rapid growth meant they were focused on just getting the product on the shelf, Steiger said.
Today they are the largest beef retailer in the world with stores in urban neighborhoods as well as rural areas.
They rapidly improved their meat counter by hiring meat science graduates from well known universities such as Texas A & M.
They were trained in the Wal Mart culture and told to improve the beef business, he said.
These young men and women never dreamed they would be buying meat instead of being in the processing side, Steiger said.
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Drought Concerns Enhanced For Much of The Country, Including Oklahoma, in Latest NOAA Drought Monitor Update |
Temperatures exceeded normal numbers across much of the West and High Plains this past week according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor update.
High temperatures in Nebraska and the Dakotas reached the upper 70’s to mid-80’s during the period. The warm temperatures combined with low relative humidity and gusty winds increased wildfire activity and the concerns for expanding drought.
Severe (D2) and extreme (D3) drought expanded in both North and South Dakota.
In North Dakota, we’re hearing reports that producers are starting to de-stock livestock herd by culling cows and grain farmers are very concerned about the lack of moisture.
In Oklahoma, the updated drought map shows broad expansions of DO and D1 (moderate drought).
Warm, dry weather combined with high winds increased evaporative demand, drying out soils and vegetation.
The only improvements occurred in the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma.
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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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Support local food Companies in April With Made in Oklahoma |
April is Made in Oklahoma Month, and the Oklahoma State University Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center is encouraging Oklahomans to support local food companies.
Andrea Graves, FAPC business planning and marketing specialist, said it is more important now than ever to support local food businesses.
“Many local food companies have felt financial strain during the past year and are concerned about what the future holds,” Graves said. “Local businesses are essential for our economy by bringing growth and innovation to our communities, providing employment and creating entrepreneurship opportunities.”
Graves recommends the following five ways to support local food companies and celebrate Made in Oklahoma Month.
1. Order from or visit your favorite restaurant once per week.
2. Browse small businesses’ websites and order online for their products.
3. Buy gift cards or credit to use later.
4. Share a local food company’s website on social media, as well as restaurant menus.
5. Give a donation; cash is always appreciated.
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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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Their Vision Statement explains the highest priority of the organization- "Leadership that serves, strengthens and advocates for the Oklahoma cattle industry."
To learn more about the OCA and how you can be a part of this forward-looking group of cattle producers, click here for their website. For more information- call 405-235-4391.
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ONG is Promoting April as National Safe Digging Month With $100 Gift Card Opportunity |
April is National Safe Digging Month and Cherokee Ballard, public relations manager at Oklahoma Natural Gas, is encouraging everyone to “call before you dig.”
ONG is promoting awareness about safe digging practices by offering customers a chance to win a $100 gift card if they take an interactive quiz.
Ballard talked about the promotion during an interview with Radio Oklahoma Agriculture Network Associate Farm Director and Editor KC Sheperd.
We try to push the “Call before you dig” year around but it is especially important this spring, Ballard said.
“Right now, so many Oklahomans are assessing landscaping after the ice storm in October and the snowstorm in February and are ready to start replacing damaged shrubs and trees,” Ballard said.
We are encouraging people to make this free call, simply dial 811, she said.
Before you do any digging, yourself or by a contractor, make that phone call, she said.
“It just takes one wrong swing of a shovel or a scoop from a backhoe to create an outage issue for an entire neighborhood – so before you start digging for new shrubs and trees make a quick call to 811 to prevent damage.”
There could be electrical, internet, gas lines, anything can be damaged.
It happens and people just don’t realize it, she said.
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OSU Animal Science Alumni Association Hosts Gala Reunion and Online Scholarship Auction Saturday April 10th |
Join the OSU Animal Science Alumni Association in person for the 2021 ASAA Gala Reunion at the Payne County Expo Center as we recognize Eddie Sims as the 2020-2021 Totusek Arena Hall of Fame Chairback Recipient, the 50-Year 1970 & 1971 Livestock and Meat Judging Teams, current OSU Judging Teams, and Animal and Food Sciences Graduates of Distinction. Online registration is open until noon on Friday, April 9, for registration and more details visit www.ASAAgala.givesmart.com Doors open on Saturday, April 10 at 5 p.m. with the program set to begin at 6:00 p.m.
The ASAA invites you to participate in their Online Scholarship Auction which opens at noon on April 6, CST and runs through April 10 closing at 8 p.m. CST, select items will close ten minutes after the conclusion of the Gala Reunion.
The auction will take place online at www.ASAAgala.givesmart.com Proceeds from the auction support OSU animal and food sciences students through scholarship, judging team and additional organizational support. In the growing wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, students need support now more than ever. If you will not be in attendance but have interest in bidding on live auction items please contact the ASAA.
Learn more and register for the Online Scholarship Auction by visiting www.ASAAgala.givesmart.com Take the opportunity to browse, bid and buy these one-of-a-kind items! Featured items include OSU décor, event tickets, jewelry, OSU coolers, ribeyes and much more along with instant buy and donation options for ASAA memberships and endowment funds including the Eddie Sims Hall of Fame Chairback Campaign. Make sure and register today. Your impact makes a difference by contributing scholarship dollars to support animal science students and future industry leaders.
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Introducing Joel Pecha of the Timberlake FFA Chapter, Your 2021 Northwest Area Star in Ag Placement |
During the month of April, the Radio Oklahoma Ag Network and Oklahoma Farm Report is spotlighting the twenty Area Stars of Oklahoma FFA that are among the highest achievers in the organization.
The stars come from the five areas in four categories- Star in Ag Placement, Star in Agriscience, Star in Agribusiness and Star in Production Agriculture.
This week, we spotlight the five area stars in Ag Placement for 2021.
One Star Finalist featured in the coming days from each of the categories, will be named the State Star Award Winner during the 95th Oklahoma State FFA Convention coming up April 27, and 28th in Oklahoma City.
This week, our coverage of the 2021 Oklahoma FFA Star Award Finalists continues with Ag Placement competitor Joel Pecha of the Timberlake FFA chapter representing the Northwest Area.
For Joel Pecha, finding a good fit for his Ag Placement project was as simple as staying home on the family ranch.
I am the seventh generation on our farm, he said.
The family farm and ranch grow wheat, corn, grain sorghum and sesame. They also have a 300 head beef cow herd.
I have worked here every day since I was young, he said.
I have learned how to manage an operation, how to fix stuff, market cattle and all aspects of the farm and ranch, he said.
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Southwest Ranchers Bull and Female Sale- and Griswold Grass to Grid Sale Set for Tomorrow- April 10th |
The Southwest Ranchers Bull and Female Sale is set for Saturday, April 10th at 12:30 PM at the Wheeler Farms Sale Facility in Chickasha.
120 Head will sell- cattle operations that are consigning cattle include Brink Angus, Brookshire Farms, MCS Cattle Company, Sims Family Cattle Company and Wheeler Farms.
Details and a sale catalog are available on the MCSAuction website-available here.
For more details and answers to your questions- call Matt Sims at 405-641-6081.
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The Griswold Grass to Grid 2021 Sale is also happening Saturday, April 10th at the Griswold Cattle Sale Facility, 9313 East 6th Street in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
250 bulls sell, 200 open heifer calves and 250 spring bred, young cows. Simmental, Angus, Maine Anjou.
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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 go higher- Choice Beef was up $4.19 and Select Beef was up $8.64 on Thursday April 8th.
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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Rural Oklahoma is full of some of the greatest success stories throughout the entire state and is the main reason Oklahoma is on track to become a top 10 state.
The Road to Rural Prosperity will dive into these stories each week, bringing you insight into the great things happening in and to rural Oklahoma. We will bring you stories covering rural life, agriculture, energy, healthcare, tourism, and politics affecting rural America.
The Road to Rural Prosperity is here to tell stories about rural America, for rural America.
Host KC Sheperd sat down with Dr. Brett Carver, Regents Professor
Wheat Genetics Chair in Agriculture, Wheat Breeding and Genetics in his office on the Oklahoma State University campus in Stillwater and talked about a variety of subjects- all relating back to his passion for breeding wheat. He offered his take on how the 2021 wheat crop has handled the historic freeze the southern plains dealt with in February of this year, reviewed the wheat varieties that have come out of his program and looked ahead to what might be coming next.
To find out more about our full series of Podcasts on The Road to Rural Prosperity- click or tap here.
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Tim West
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Oklahoma City, OK 73108
405.317.6361
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Radio Oklahoma Ag Network
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