Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Monday, August 2, 2021
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- OKFB's Steve Thompson Says August Area Meetings will Tackle Important Topics for Producers
- EPA and Army Announce Next Steps for Crafting Enduring Definition of Waters of the United States
- TCFA’s Ross Wilson Sees Robust Price Discovery a Regular Thing in the Southern Plains
- Share Agriculture with students during ‘Read an Accurate Agriculture Book Week'
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OALP Returns to In Person Meetings with Graduation of Class XIX- Restart of Class XX
- US Wheat Associates Weekly Harvest Report for July 20, 2021
- Oklahoma Pork Council Election for 2021 National Pork Producers Coming up Friday, August 6
- Research Is Finding Solutions For Human/Black Bear Coexistence
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OKFB's Steve Thompson Says August Area Meetings will Tackle Important Topics for Producers
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An annual rite of passage for Oklahoma Farm Bureau is the August area meetings.
I caught up with Steve Thompson, senior director of public policy for Oklahoma Farm Bureau, and said he is excited about the quickly-approaching meetings.
We look forward to these year-round, especially now as we come off of a year of the pandemic, Thompson said.
There are 11 August area meetings all around the state where we get to travel and see everyone, Thompson said.
Every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday night for the much of August will consist of OKFB team members in communities to hear what is on the minds of our members, he added.
This time period is really the beginning of our policy development process, Thompson said.
We have conversations, Thompson said, and from there they move into each county’s resolutions process.
“It is truly one of the highlights of our year to be able to spend so much time with our members not just asking them to travel to Oklahoma City, but packing up our team and go them,” Thompson said.
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EPA and Army Announce Next Steps for Crafting Enduring Definition of Waters of the United States
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of the Army announced plans for upcoming community engagements to inform their efforts to revise the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) to better ensure clean and safe water for all. EPA and Army are committed to developing a reasonable, effective, and durable definition of WOTUS that protects public health, the environment, and downstream communities while supporting economic opportunity, agriculture, and other industries.
“We are committed to crafting an enduring definition of WOTUS by listening to all sides so that we can build on an inclusive foundation,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “Uncertainty over the definition of WOTUS has harmed our waters and the stakeholders and communities that rely on them. I look forward to engaging all parties as we move forward to provide the certainty that’s needed to protect our precious natural water resources.”
“Our nation’s water resources are critical to support all of our communities,” said Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jaime A. Pinkham. “Like the EPA, the Department of the Army recognizes the importance of this effort and we are committed to meaningful engagement with Tribes, states, local governments, and stakeholders to ensure that a revised definition of WOTUS reflects the experiences of, and input received, from all communities.
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TCFA’s Ross Wilson Sees Robust Price Discovery a Regular Thing in the Southern Plains
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At last summer’s National Cattlemen’s Beef Association business meeting, cattle producers wrestled with the concept of enough negotiated trade. Agreement was consistent: not enough price discovery. So came the 75% Rule.
With two quarters under our belts already, Ross Wilson, president and CEO of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, said feedlots in his region are on board with the rule.
“We are strong supporters of the industry plan, and I think NCBA has done a great job of managing a very challenging and difficult process.” Wilson said. “We full well recognize and acknowledge that we had improvements to make in our tri-state area of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.”
The pendulum had swung too far with the alternative marketing agreements, Wilson said. We had also allowed negotiated trade to get too low, he added.
Coming off of historically low periods, Wilson said there is good university research that says our area needs to be in the 10-14% range.
It takes a while to “turn the ship” Wilson said, but we are now back and working hard to stay there.
The 75% Rule helps get more cash cattle trade, but it has less impact on leverage.
He said the plan is different than the leverage issue between the feeder and packer, which is more of a situation of the balance or imbalance of the cattle supply and the packing capacity, Wilson 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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Share Agriculture with students during ‘Read an Accurate Agriculture Book Week'
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With Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom’s ‘Read an Accurate Ag Book Week’ Sept. 6-10, Oklahoma Farm Bureau encourages its members to participate in the upcoming event.
An opportunity to help further share the agriculture story with the youngest Oklahomans, members have the chance to make a difference by building working relationships with local teachers and reading to their classes.
In honor of ‘Read an Accurate Agriculture Book Week’, the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture will be providing a select amount of accurate agriculture books to those interested in participating the week of Sept. 6-10.
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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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Oklahoma Ag Leadership Program Returns to In Person Meetings with Graduation of Class XIX- Restart of Class XX
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The Oklahoma Ag Leadership Program returns to in person meetings after an extended pause due to the COVID-19. This past Saturday, Class XIX of OALP had an informal Graduation celebration in Perkins after their original Graduation Ceremony had to be cancelled in the spring of 2020. The Class successfully completed their International Travel Experience to Chile in February 2020 just ahead of the travel bans that became common by mid March of last year.
Dr. Edmond Bonjour, Director of the Oklahoma Ag Leadership Program, says that Class XIX will hold the dubious honor of having the longest span of actually being an active class from the day they first gathered for their Opening Seminar to the day of their graduation. "It's been 1075 days from their first seminar together and we are thankfully wrapping that up today with their graduation" adding that "they will hold the record for the longest time together as a class."
Class XX was recruited in the early summer 2020 and was able to hold a couple of in person seminars last fall- but as COVID cases climbed- it became apparent that in person sessions were not feasible so the Program paused those meetings for almost a year. "We finally have our first seminar (in person) scheduled this fall in October- we will pick up where we left off a year ago- we had to terminate after our November Seminar in 2020. We kept active by Zoom seminars and have had some really good discussions and good speakers during this time, but the class is ready to get back together in person and we are anxious to get started in the fall."
Click on the Button below to hear our conversation with Edmond- and to learn more about the OALP.
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US Wheat Associates Weekly Harvest Report for July 20, 2021
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The U.S. winter wheat harvest is rapidly progressing in northern and Pacific Northwest regions with warm, dry conditions holding on. HRW crop conditions remain variable. Harvest of a larger SRW crop is all but complete and all samples have been tested. The Wheat Quality Council Hard Spring and Durum Tour saw crops that will have much lower than average yields but with promising quality. Winter SW harvest is moving ahead of normal. Durum conditions are slightly better than HRS but remain drought and heat stressed.
HARD RED WINTER
• Crop Progress: The HRW harvest is rapidly moving toward the finish in South Dakota Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana.
HRW in the PNW is also at least 50% complete. Abandonment or baling poor HRW fields for livestock feed is happening in
very dry areas but no official estimate is available. USDA’s current estimate of 2021/22 HRW production is 805 mil bu
(21.9 MMT), a 22% increase over last year.
• Crop Conditions: The HRW fields left to harvest are drought stressedat best. Across the entire production region, farmer
thoughts are turning to planting and, except for Texas, Oklahoma and areas of Kansas, rain will be needed to generate
sufficient soil moisture for the next crop.
• Weather: Dry, hot conditions across the HRW production area are expected over the next 10 days.
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Oklahoma Pork Council Election for 2021 National Pork Producers Coming up Friday, August 6
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Public Notice by the Oklahoma Pork Council
and the National Pork Board
The election of pork producer delegate candidates for the 2022 National Pork Producers (Pork Act) Delegate Body will take place at 3:00 p.m., Friday, August 06, 2021, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Pork Congress and Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Oklahoma City Downtown, 1 N Broadway Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73102. All Oklahoma pork producers are invited to attend.
Any producer, age 18 or older, who is a resident of Oklahoma and has paid all assessments due may be considered as a delegate candidate and/or participate in the election. All eligible producers are encouraged to bring with them a sales receipt proving that hogs were sold in their name and the checkoff deducted. Nominations will be accepted from the floor.
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Research Is Finding Solutions For Human/Black Bear Coexistence
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Thanks to the research of Oklahoma State University professor and researcher Sue Fairbanks and her colleagues, there is a positive future for black bears in Oklahoma.
This summer, the team of researchers have been continuing their research efforts of tracking black bears to collect data on their movements in northeastern Oklahoma and to gather information on resource selection and the human impact of an expanding population in southeastern Oklahoma.
The information gathered by Fairbanks and her team is shared with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation to help state officials make decisions on whether they want to move bears or consider creating habitat corridors. There is also the possibility of relocating nuisance bears – those getting into people’s beehives, garbage, etc. – to new areas.
"Creating a landscape of coexistence means figuring out where bears can find forest cover and natural food sources within human-dominated landscapes,” Fairbanks said. “Obviously, things changed a lot in the 100 years black bears were absent from Oklahoma.”
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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 $3.24 and Select Beef was up $2.37 on Friday July 30th
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had 5,800 on Sunday evening ahead of today\s regular Feeder and Stocker sale. ONSY President Kelli Payne says she expects 6,500 head to start the auction- which will begin at 8:00 AM this morning.
Compared to the previous week- the July 26th sale reported Feeder steers and heifers 2.00 - 5.00 higher. Steer calves 4.00 - 6.00 higher. Heifer calves 1.00 - 4.00 higher. Demand moderate to good.
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
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Chelsea Stanfield, Farm News and Email Editor
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