Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday, September 17, 2021
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Catch Up on the Latest from Blayne Arthur at the Oklahoma State Fair
- OSU's Seth Byrd Says Cotton Producers Need to Watch for a Speedy Finish to Crop
- Oklahoma Drought Conditions Worsen According to the Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Report
- NAWG Responds to Ways and Means Advancing Reconciliation Tax Changes
- OSU's Kim Anderson Says 2021 Could be a Record Global Wheat Harvest Despite Losses
- John Stika Believes the Pandemic Shows Consumers Want High Quality Beef
- Two-Part Series: OSU's Mark Johnson on Management Practices for Cows at Weaning
- And We Have a Few More Stories to Check Out as You Wait on Your Favorite Team to Kick Off This Weekend
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Catch Up on the Latest from Blayne Arthur at the Oklahoma State Fair |
Today, the Oklahoma State Fair kicked off at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds. The fair offers a great opportunity for local businesses. We spoke with Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur, as they toured the Made in Oklahoma store.
Aside from the Made in Oklahoma (MIO) store, there is always much to do at the State Fair. Great food, thrilling rides and thought-provoking exhibits offer fun for the whole family. The State Fair is also home to the always-beloved animal exhibits. For some families, the animal exhibits offer the only chance to get up-close with farm animals all year.
Although a visit to the State Fair sounds like fun, Arthur rarely takes a day off when it comes to her duties and today is no different.
“Something that has been taking up a lot of our time is the medical marijuana industry and how that is impacting our agricultural producers,” Arthur said.
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OSU's Seth Byrd Says Cotton Producers Need to Watch for a Speedy Finish to Crop |
Oklahoma cotton producers are just weeks away from harvesting a beautiful 2021 Oklahoma cotton crop. The first part of the season made for a rocky start, but consistent summer rains enabled farmers to grow a healthy crop. Now, dry, warm weather is speeding up the pace of bolls opening.
Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Cotton Agronomist Dr. Seth Byrd told us that producers need to watch their fields closely as cotton finishes up.
“We are starting to see bolls cracking in a lot of places,” Byrd said. “In the forecast, the highs are still in the 90s. If the forecast holds true things are going to move pretty rapidly.”
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Oklahoma Drought Conditions Worsen According to the Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Report |
Open weather across much of the country favored summer crop maturation and fieldwork, including harvest efforts and winter wheat planting, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report.
Drought conditions continue to worsen in Oklahoma. New areas of the state reported abnormally dry conditions and moderate drought conditions. Less than 1% of the state is experiencing severe drought conditions, 10% is experiencing moderate drought conditions and 42% is experiencing abnormally dry conditions. In total, abnormal conditions increased 26% from last week, with 54% of the state experiencing abnormally dry conditions or worse at this time. The Monthly Drought Outlook report shows further drought development is likely in Oklahoma. You can Click on the map of Oklahoma above to get all the details of the drought situation as of this week.
According to the report, Oklahomans can expect a probability of higher-than-normal temperatures and normal precipitation levels in the next 6 to 10 days.
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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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NAWG Responds to Ways and Means Advancing Reconciliation Tax Changes |
Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committees advanced its contributions to the proposed $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package, which included provisions to offset components of the bill. The National Association of Wheat Growers is glad to see that proposals to tax capital gains at death were not included in the committee advanced package, preserving the benefit of stepped-up basis. However, language was included that would lower the current estate tax exemption.
“We appreciate the House Ways and Means Committee preserving much of the current tax code that helps protect family farms and pass land on to the next generation. Throughout the debate, proposals that would have eliminated stepped-up basis or limited farmers ability to utilized 1031 like-kind exchanges would have resulted in a massive tax burden on U.S. farmers that would drive many family farming operations out of business,” NAWG CEO Chandler Goule, said.
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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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OSU's Kim Anderson Says 2021 Could be a Record Global Wheat Harvest Despite Losses |
This week on SUNUP, Oklahoma State University Grain Marketing Specialist Dr. Kim Anderson talks about what experts predict the southern hemisphere’s wheat harvest will bring and how China is affecting sorghum and soybean prices.
Wheat prices have been on what Anderson describes as a “light” downtrend, about 20 cents lower than what prices were at the beginning of the month. Anderson said southern hemisphere wheat crop harvest numbers are expected to offset any losses from harvest numbers in the northern hemisphere.
“We have got record world production numbers of wheat coming up,” Anderson said.
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John Stika Believes the Pandemic Shows Consumers Want High Quality Beef |
When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the globe, people began cooking at home more often. Now that things are opened back up, for the most part, it looks like people are still doing a lot of home cooking, according to John Stika, president of Certified Angus Beef.
“There is no doubt that COVID and everything that surrounds it has been a challenge for the entire beef business,” Stika said. “But as we begin to come out of it, I think if you are in the beef business, you have to be excited about what we are seeing in beef demand among consumers. We have a generation that learned something about cooking at home. As foodservice has opened back up, we haven’t seen retail give all that business up to foodservice.”
In Stika’s eyes, all that equates to significant growth for beef demand.
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Management Practices for Cows at Weaning with OSU's Mark Johnson |
Weekly, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist Mark Johnson offers his expertise on cattle breeding. This is a part of the weekly series known as the "Cow-Calf Corner" published electronically by Derrell Peel.
In this two-part series of Cow-Calf Corner, Johnson covers what to look for in the six-to-eight month mark in gestation and identifying nutritional and supplemental needs.
“In spring calving herds, weaning season is upon us," Johnson said. "At this time, it’s not only important to focus time and management on ways to eliminate stress, maintain health and maximize the value of weaned calves, but also a critical time to manage the cow herd."
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Here's a Few More Stories to Check Out as You Wait on Your Favorite Team to Kick Off This Weekend |
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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 lower- Choice Beef was down $1.82 while Select Beef dropped another $3.62 on Thursday, September 16th.
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
Pam Arterburn, Calendar and Template Manager
Chelsea Stanfield, Farm News and Email Editor
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