Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- USDA Crop Progress Shows 2022 Oklahoma Wheat Crop 28% Planted
- AFBF and NPPC File Prop. 12 Appeal to Supreme Court
- Latest Cattle on Feed Report Shows Some Regions of the Country are More Current Than Others
- OSU's Derrell Peel Says Fed Cattle Supplies are Tightening, Beginning to Show in Feedlots
- Mary Ellen Wooderson from Blackwell takes 1st Place in Wheat Baking Contest
- Ag, Mineral Owner Groups Announce Formation of Royalty Owner Coalition of Oklahoma
- Diamond Hats President Rachel Pickens Believes Raising Money for Youth is Paying it Forward
- Committee Considers Avenues to Utilize Burns Flat
- Been Missing Your Beef Buzz Podcast??? It's Back!!!
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USDA Crop Progress Shows 2022 Oklahoma Wheat Crop 28% Planted |
According to the latest Crop Progress Report, winter wheat is 34% planted in the major winter wheat states, 13 points above a week ago and 2 points up from the five-year average. 9% of the country’s winter wheat is emerged, up 5 points from this time last year and 1 point from the five-year average.
According to the Oklahoma Crop Progress and Condition report, Oklahoma’s winter wheat is 28% planted and 5% emerged.
According to the Kansas Crop Progress and Condition report winter wheat is 27% planted and 6% emerged.
According to the Texas Crop Progress and Condition report, winter wheat is 37% planted and 10% emerged.
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National also owns and operates other livestock marketing subsidiaries including Southern Oklahoma Livestock Auction in Ada, Oklahoma, OKC West Livestock Market in El Reno, Oklahoma, and the nation’s premier livestock video sale, Superior Livestock Auction. National offers customers many services custom made for today’s producer. To learn more, click here for the website or call the Oklahoma City office at 1-800-310-0220.
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AFBF and NPPC File Prop. 12 Appeal to Supreme Court |
Yesterday, the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take their case against California’s Proposition 12, which would ban the sale of pork from hogs that don’t meet the state’s “arbitrary” production standards.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, Prop. 12 will prohibit the sale of pork from hogs whose mothers (sows) were raised - anywhere in the world - in pens that do not comply with California’s highly prescriptive housing standards. It applies to any uncooked pork sold in the state, whether produced there or outside its borders. Nearly all pork currently produced in the United States fails to meet California’s arbitrary standards.
To continue selling pork to the 40 million consumers who live in California, which represents about 15% of the U.S. pork market, pork producers would need to switch to alternative sow housing systems.
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Latest Cattle on Feed Report Shows Some Regions of the Country are More Current Than Others |
On Friday, the USDA released the latest Cattle on Feed report. For more than a year, fed cattle have outnumbered U.S. beef processing facilities’ slaughter capacity, creating a bottleneck. To help break down the latest report, we sat down with Senior Vice President of Food and Agricultural Research, Animal Protein at Rabo AgriFinance Don Close.
“Initial reaction to the report - I would not go so far as to say it is bearish, but it is certainly a disappointment. A lot of, including our light placement estimates, were down 2 - 2.5%.
"If you look at the … state breakdown of where these cattle were placed, we saw a very aggressive placement of cattle in the western states. We did see enough of an increase in the Corn Belt … it is bearish up there, but not as much as the West. In the Plains states - Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico - we saw a measurable decline.”
He said when you look at the report from that context, the numbers are not what analysts expected, but not as bleak as folks may think.
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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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OSU's Derrell Peel Says Fed Cattle Supplies are Tightening, Beginning to Show in Feedlots |
Weekly, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Derrell Peel offers his expertise on the cattle industry. This is a part of the weekly series known as the "Cow-Calf Corner" published electronically by OSU Extension Specialists. Today, Peel talks about U.S. feedlot numbers as detailed in last Friday's Cattle on Feed Report
“The report pegged Sept. 1 feedlot inventories at 11.2 million head. August marketings were 1.8 million head and August placements were 2.1 million head. August placements and marketings were both slightly higher than average pre-report estimates but within the range of analyst forecasts.
“The question for several months has been when feedlots would 'turn the corner' on the large fed cattle supplies and set the stage for improving fed cattle prices. It always seems to take longer than it should. However, there are indications of continued progress along those lines. It appears the feedlots are slowly getting more current.
“Going forward, the expectation is that fed cattle supplies will continue to tighten and drop below the slaughter capacity cap that has separated the fed market from beef markets."
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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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Mary Ellen Wooderson from Blackwell takes 1st Place in Wheat Baking Contest |
Mary Ellen Wooderson from Blackwell, Okla. placed first in the Other Wheat Bread Category of the Senior Division at the State “Best of Wheat” Bread Baking contest held Sept. 26 at the Oklahoma County Cooperative Extension Conference Center. Her entry of “Every Good Thing Bread” topped the Senior division also winning her the title of Grand Champion with her entry.
Kian Thompson from Perry, Okla. placed first in the White Bread Category of the Junior Division at the State “Best of Wheat” Bread Baking contest. His entry of White Bread topped the division also winning him the title of Grand Champion with his entry.
The contest is an annual event sponsored by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and Oklahoma State Fair. A cookbook with the top 5 recipes of every class from the Best of Wheat competition will be available on-line January 2022 at www.okwheat.org.
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Ag, Mineral Owner Groups Announce Formation of Royalty Owner Coalition of Oklahoma |
Five agriculture and mineral owner groups this week announced the formation of the Royalty Owner Coalition of Oklahoma, a non-profit corporation to create a structured, consistent and strong voice for the interests of Oklahoma mineral owners.
Representing approximately 150,000 individual members, the founding organizations of ROCO include the National Association of Royalty Owners of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Farm Bureau, American Farmers and Ranchers, Farmers Royalty Company and the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association.
ROCO will work with elected officials on legislation impacting mineral owners including royalty payment accuracy and transparency, drilling incentives and long-lateral development, force pooling reforms, surface damages, produced water disposal and recycling, and other issues.
The founding ROCO board of directors include Mason Mungle of FRC, president; Scott Blubaugh of AFR, vice president; Jared Boehs of OK-NARO, secretary; Rodd Moesel of OKFB, treasurer; and Michael Kelsey of OCA, governance.
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Diamond Hats President Rachel Pickens Believes Raising Money for Youth is Paying it Forward |
Each year, the Diamond Hats Gala raises several thousand dollars for OYE. This year, I talked with the 2021 President of Diamond Hats Rachel Pickens on the sidelines of the Gala as we waited for Clay Walker to take the stage on Saturday night.
Rachel told me that her show experience as a youth has made a difference in her life- "it built something inside of me that I have never forgotten long after I walked out of that show ring" and she attributes those lessons learned in her life as a catalyst to becoming a successful business woman today. So- giving back and supporting the 4-H and FFA youth who exhibit in our major state show event, the Oklahoma Youth Expo, has been an easy choice. She believes it provides these future citizens a base for their lives that will make a difference in our state and nation.
Her group that organized the Gala, the Diamond Hats, was able to raise $275,000 this year- a record and she explained to us what exactly that money funds.
"(All the organizations) get together long before the sale happens at the Oklahoma Youth Expo," Pickens said. "We make sure that without a doubt, those kids that are making it to that top level in our state ... are going to walk away with a set premium amount."
Pickens said this year, the gala saw more sponsorships than ever before.
"We have had more sponsorships than we ever have before," Pickens said.
With all the support, Pickens said it is no wonder why OYE continues to be one of the greatest youth stock shows in the country.
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Committee Considers Avenues to Utilize Burns Flat |
Rep. Tammy Townley hosted an interim study Friday morning before the House Government Modernization Committee, to consider avenues to help Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA) reach its full potential as a competitive industrial authority.
The Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA) is a development authority created in 1999 to operate a 2,700 spaceport near Burns Flat. The Oklahoma Air & Space Port and Aerospace Industrial Park at Clinton-Sherman Airport (CSM) features the fourth largest all-weather runway in North America at 13,503 feet long, an adjacent 5,193-foot runway and facilities that include an air traffic control tower, six large hangars and 96 acres of pavement for parking and storage.
The opportunities presented by the facilities at Burns Flat offers a lot of potential.
According to data from the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, aviation and aerospace is the state’s second largest industry with more than 206,000 jobs and an economic impact of $43.7 billion annually.
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Been Missing Your Beef Buzz Podcast??? It's Back!!! |
In the middle of summer- our daily automatic posting of our Beef Buzz feature as a Podcast on weekday mornings suddenly stopped.
We two other regular Podcasts that we have offered for years- along with the Beef Buzz- that kept working and posted just fine. But not the Beef Buzz.
The last Podcast that was there was dated July 30th.
Well, it took a lot of "under the hood" work but our tech folks(David Gerstman) finally jumped through all the hoops that apparently Apple was demanding without bothering to tell us- and yesterday afternoon- the AWOL episodes showed up.
So- if you have been a subscriber to the Beef Buzz Podcast- you should be able to see the episodes from now back to well past July 30th- and we believe they will post daily as they are supposed to going forward.
If you have not subscribed to the Beef Buzz Podcast- now is a great time to do so. It typically runs five to six minutes or so and covers a significant story of the day for the beef industry.
The buttons below will take you to the Beef Buzz, Daily Farm News and the Ag Perspectives Podcast sign up page- and you can search for the three Podcasts in your Apple Podcasts app as well.
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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 slip lower. Choice Beef was off 62 cents while Select Beef dropped 15 cents on Monday, September 27th.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards had 6,200 head on Monday, September 27th..
Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady. Feeder heifers 2.00 - 5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand moderate to good.
Click below for the complete closing report.
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The Joplin Regional Stockyards had a total run of 5,120 for Monday, September 27th.
Compared to last week feeder steers traded steady to 2.00 higher with the most advance on the heavier weights. Feeder heifers traded steady to 3.00 lower. 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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OKC West in El Reno had a total of 469 head of cattle to start the week for the Cow and Bull Sale on Monday, September 27th.
Compared to last week: Fleshier type slaughter cows sold mostly steady, thinner cows traded 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded steady. Demand moderate. Quality plain, few average to attractive a total of 458 sold with 82 percent going to packers.
Click on the button below for the USDA Market News Report on the Monday Cow Sale from OKC West.
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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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