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Berman's announcement drew a mixed reaction from ag lobbyists. According to Chandler Goule of the National Farmers Union- he thought the votes were there to report the bill out of Committee. So did Chris Garza of the American Farm Bureau, who remains hopeful that this is an issue that might still get addressed in a Lame Duck session.

The Cuba travel and trade language authored by Ag Committee Chair Collin Peterson and Kansas Republican Jerry Moran would remove current restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba and lift cash-in-advance and third country bank requirements for U.S. farm exports to the island nation.

In a statement, Berman said he was postponing consideration of the bill until a time when the committee will be able to hold what he called "the robust and uninterrupted debate this important issue deserves."

"One of my top priorities next year is to have an energy policy that begins to address all facets of our overreliance on fossil fuels," Obama said. "We may end up having to do it in chunks, as opposed to some sort of comprehensive omnibus legislation. But we're going to stay on this because it is good for our economy, it's good for our national security and, ultimately, it's good for our environment."

You can read more about the President's thoughts on Climate Change- of course what he can get done depends on who is left standing in the House and Senate after November 2nd. If the Democrats hold onto the House and Senate- the President will have a much better chance of getting what he wants in Climate Change legislation- if the Republicans make the big gains being predicted- expect lots of questions to be raised about the validity of the Global Warming data and the motives of the Obama Administration in this effort.

Click here for more on the Obama call for Cliamte Change Legislation to Move in 2011

Pat Hoerth, one of Henry Bellmon's three daughters, read from the foreword to Jim Horne's 2001 book, The Next Green Revolution, before revealing the winner of the top award bearing her father's name. "Dr. Horne has worked all his life for sustainability," she said.
"This is a great honor," Horne said in accepting the award. Horne said that he knew Bellmon during his second term as Oklahoma governor is the late 1980s, and held him in very high regard.
He admired Bellmon for his integrity and independent thinking, as well as his farming roots and work on behalf of soil conservation and clean water.

Horne told the audience that they have "the opportunity to save the earth." "Sustainability is the only way," he added.

The theme of the awards and the evening was what event organizers referred to as the triple bottom line: people, profits, and planet. All three are essential aspects of sustainability, and an award was given for each, in addition to the Bellmon Award.
Earlier in the evening Horne had accepted the "quality of life for all" award for the 25 years of work he has directed at the Kerr Center. Accomplishments include working to establish the farm-to-school program, promoting farmers' markets, numerous educational events, publications and web resources, farmer grants, and research and demonstrations done at the Kerr Ranch near Poteau.

In our latest beef Buzz, we discuss the issue of which side of the Federal Government's triangle has the right to do what in the GIPSA Rule Debate with Dopp. Supporters of the Rule claim that recent court rulings by as many as eight different Federal judges prove that the Rules need to be rewritten because the current system is unfair to the small producer. They believe the Executive Branch should change the rules to suit their objectives. Opponents of the Rule say the Legislative branch has considered these ideas and has rejected them- and that the Judicial branch has upheld the law as written. They cry foul over the agency that is supposed to enforce the law as written changing the rules which they claim will cause them harm.

Click on the LINK below for more on this angle of the GIPSA rule debate. Remember- you can weigh in on the GIPSA Rule- whichever side of the debate you are on. Click here for our Primer on the Rule- which includes the language of the rule, additional documents released by USDA on the Rule, interviews and more on both the Pro and the CON of the Rule- it also has information on how you make your comments before the deadline of November 22.

Click here for this Beef Buzz with Mark Dopp of the AMI on the GIPSA Rule.

"Health and welfare of the animals we harvest at our pork plants is important because humanely handling sows and their piglets results in better animals and improved meat from those animals," said Dirk Jones, president of Cargill Pork. "We've worked with Dr. Temple Grandin [on the] design of live animal portions of our facilities, in addition to helping us better understand the importance of proper animal handling."

"Cargill's new Sow Innovation Center, with its focus on animal welfare, demonstrates our leadership position in, and ongoing commitment to, further improving living conditions for swine that become sources of animal protein for human consumption," said Mike Siemens, who heads Cargill's animal welfare efforts.

Click here for the full details of the Sow Center that Cargill has opened up.

In the Mid-American Classic in Wichita on Saturday the team won the Beef, Swine, Sheep and Oral Reasons Divisions on the way to a 104 point victory in the contest. OSU had four students in the Top Ten. They were Kaylee Kerbs in 8th, Ashley Hop in 7th, Clint Mefford, from Central Point, Oregon in 5th and Garrett Knebel in 3rd Overall. Nick Pope from Tecumseh, Oklahoma was the High Individual in Swine Judging and Chase Reed from Winfield, Kansas was the 3rd High Individual Beef Cattle. OSU also fielded the 6th high team at the Mid-American contest.

Several more major Collegiate Livestock Judging Contests are ahead for the OSU team- Mark Johnson, who coaches the OSU squad promises he will keep us up to date on their efforts.

In the sale catalog for this huge sale- I thought the bull development strategy of Express Ranches was most interesting- "All bulls are developed on a high roughage ration from weaning until sale time in large traps allowing them to get out and be bulls! We feed to obtain optimum performance while not sacrificing longevity! While extreme weights are impressive, we feel keeping cattle sound and functional are equally important. We have spent countless hours developing a feeding program that not only allows us to amplify the genetic potential, but keeps the cowman in mind that purchases him. All Bulls are on a 40-45% hay-based ration fed not over 3% of body weight. After all scan data is retrieved, bulls are backed off of feed, and hardened up to first turn out condition. This allows us to eliminate the bulls that fail to respond when conditioning for the upcoming sale.

"To sum it up, we try to get the bulls into the same shape we like to buy them in!"

You can call Express Ranches at 405-350-0044 or click on the LINK below for the Express website and complete details about the cattle to be sold October 4th at Express. They even have a video of many of the top bulls that will sell that day.

Click here for the sale details about the Ranchers Bull Sale of Express Ranches

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Our Daily Market Wrapup from the Radio Oklahoma Network with Ed Richards and Tom Leffler- analyzing the Futures Markets from the previous Day-
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.
Previous Day's Wheat Market Recap- Two Pager From The Kansas City Board of Trade looks at all three US Wheat Futures Exchanges with extra info on Hard Red Winter Wheat and the why of that day's market.
Daily Oklahoma Cash Grain Prices- As Reported by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture. <
The National Daily Feeder & Stocker Cattle Summary- as prepared by USDA.
The National Daily Slaughter Cattle Summary- as prepared by USDA.
Finally, Here is the Daily Volume and Price Summary from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.