From: Ron Hays [ron@oklahomafarmreport.ccsend.com] on behalf of Ron Hays [ron@oklahomafarmreport.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 7:08 AM
To: Hays, Ron
Subject: Oklahoma's Farm News Update
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Oklahoma's latest farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON for Wednesday November 3, 2010
A service of Johnston Enterprises, P & K Equipment/ P & K Wind Energy and American Farmers & Ranchers Mutual Insurance Company!
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-- Congressman Frank Lucas Wins Reelection and Will Likely Be the Next Chairman of the House Ag Committee
-- State Question 744 was brusied and abused as voters said NO
-- Newest Member of the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation Promises to Work With Congressman Lucas on Ag and Rural Issues
-- How Red Can You Get?
-- Nationally- It's Bye Bye Blanche and Hello Prop B
-- Oklahoma Ag Expo Kicks Off Today In Oklahoma City
-- Gray Land & Cattle Getting Ready for their Annual Production Sale
-- Let's Check the Markets!

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Congressman Frank Lucas Wins Reelection and Will Likely Be the Next Chairman of the House Ag Committee
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In a night that can be considered historic nationally because of the Republicans capturing the majority in the US House, history is also being made as the likely next Chairman of the House Ag Committee will come from Oklahoma for the first time ever. Several national news organizations are predicting that the Republicans will end up winning about 60 seats held right now by Democrats for the next session of Congress that begins in January.
Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas easily won reelection in the third district of Oklahoma- which covers almost half of the total land mass of Oklahoma- and is in line to take that position from current Chairman Collin Peterson, who will become the ranking minority member of the Committee, if he chooses to stay in a leadership role on the Committee.

The expectation that Congressman Lucas will step into this major role was called the "story of the night" by Tyler Norvell, who lobbies for the Oklahoma Farm Bureau. Norvell and other farm leaders in Oklahoma are very excited about this new high profile role for the Roger Mills County rancher.

Lucas himself expressed excitement about the opportunity to be the Chairman- and looks forward to helping shape the next farm bill to be written in either 2011 or 2012. Lucas says that there will be fewer dollars to work with- but pledges that he will work hard to protect the interests of farmers as this bill is developed.
We also talked with the Congressman about his relationship with Collin Peterson and how that dynamic will work with the roles to be reversed as approach the writing of the next farm bill.

Click on the LINK below and hear our exclusive conversation with the incoming Chairman of the House Ag Committee, Congressman Frank Lucas.

Click here to hear our visit with Oklahoma lawmaker Frank Lucas.


State Question 744 was brusied and abused as voters said NO
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Voters overwhelmingly rejected State Question 744 Tuesday. The question was rejected with over 81 percent of voters against the proposed constitutional amendment to dramatically increase public school funding.
State Question 744 would have required the state within three years to meet the average per-student spending of surrounding states. A fiscal analysis of the proposal projected an increased cost to the state of $1.7 billion over three years. Supporters said something needed to be done to fix the state of education in Oklahoma. Opponents, however, said there was no way for the state to pay for SQ 744.

At first, the No campaign was an uphill battle with more than 60 percent in favor of the measure, but some said the tide really changed when the man known to many as the education governor, Brad Henry, decided to lead the call to defeat 744. Henry, who has been a staunch supporter of common education, announced his opposition to the proposed amendment, saying it would reduce funding for critical state programs. In addition, both candidates for Governor strongly voiced their opposition to the State Question as well.

All agricultural groups in the state lined up in opposition to State Question 744- and that included Oklahoma Farm Bureau. We talked to their Vice President, Bob Drake of Davis on Tuesday evening as the 80% no vote was being confirmed at the state GOP Watch party. Click on the LINK below for our conversation with Drake about this measure that voters said was the wrong solution to fixing problems within common education.

Click here for more on the resounding defeat of State Question 744- including agricultural reaction.


Newest Member of the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation Promises to Work With Congressman Lucas on Ag and Rural Issues
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Republican James Lankford has been elected to hold the U.S. House 5th District Seat. Lankford, a 42-year-old political newcomer, defeated Democratic candidate Billy Coyle and Independent candidate Clark Duffe.

Lankford said as the U.S. House 5th District Seat holder he wants to challenge the "status quo in Washington" and career politicians. "They are not the only ones who are passionate about our country," Lankford said. "There are a lot of us who are passionate about the issues and ideas, and want to work."

Click on the LINK below and you can not only hear our conversation with him at his watch party in northwest Oklahoma City- but you can also see our YouTube Channel segment of Congressman Elect James Lankford praying for wisdom in the days ahead. I do hope that God will serve up a double portion to not only to our newest member of Congress- but on all of our other elected officials as well.

Click here for our coverage of the election of James Lankford to take the seat held by Mary fallin.


How Red Can You Get?
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With all statewide races of this election cycle grabbed by the GOP- it means that the Republicans will control the Governor's office and all of the cabinet appointments that go with Mary Fallin being our first woman Governor. It also means that offices like the Attorney General's office may well be a place that agricultural interests will feel more at home. Republican Scott Pruitt won the AG position with over 60% of the vote- and is less likely to chase after animal agriculture as Drew Edmondson did over the last several years as he hired out of state trial lawyers and pursued a court judgment against Oklahoma poultry growers and those Arkansas companies that contract with them to raise chickens for them.

The Republicans also have gained seats in the State Senate and State House- and State Representative Dale DeWitt, who could be the Appropriations Chair this coming year, told us last night at the GOP Watch Party that this vote brings a lot of pressure on the majority party to perform well for the good of the state of Oklahoma.

The races in the state House and Senate brought a few surprises, according to Tyler Norvell of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau. He points to former State FFA President Josh Brecheen defeating Senator Jay Paul Gumm in the District 6 of the State Senate (southestern Oklahoma) as one big surprise of Tuesday night. Click on the LINK below to see the entire list of unofficial results of the 2010 November Elections in the State.

Click here for the Unofficial Results of the November 2010 General Election.


Nationally- It's Bye Bye Blanche and Hello Prop B
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As expected, Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln went down to defeat, as she received only 38% of the vote and lost to John Boozman by 150,000 votes. Lincoln has served over the last year as the Chairman of the Senate Ag Committee, and numerous ag groups have expressed regret that Senator Lincoln won't be there as a champion for production agriculture in the next Congress.

A significant number of the House Ag Committee Democrats were beaten last night- including some well know long time members of the House that were known in agricultural circles. Both of the statewide seats that belong to North Dakota and South Dakota are changing from Blue to Red, as Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin of South Dakota have received pink slips by the electorate.
Political analyst Jamie Dupree tweeted this morning that "The GOP gain of +/- 60 seats is the largest in the House since 1948; largest GOP majority since 1946." And, Keith Good with FarmPolicy.Com has a good review of who won and who lost on the House Ag Committee in his posting for today- click here to see that full posting and scroll down to his political tidbits at the bottom of the read.

In Missouri, it was bad news for animal agriculture as Prop B narrowly passed- which is considered a victory for extremist animal rights groups. Missouri animal agriculture groups opposed Prop B- as did the Missouri Farm Bureau. Click here for a two pager that they produced in opposition to this measure, which won by about 60,000 votes. It passed in the St. Louis and Kansas City metros, plus the Boot Heel for some reason- the rest of the state was a solid NO. Click here to see the map of the Prop B vote- it's fascinating. Obviously, trying to tell agriculture's story with just sound science is not good enough- it's at best a starting place. HSUS has been successful in getting their nose under the tent in Missouri animal agriculture.


Oklahoma Ag Expo Kicks Off Today In Oklahoma City
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The 2010 Oklahoma Ag Expo of the Oklahoma Agri Retailers Association and the Oklahoma Grain and Feed Association jumps into high gear this morning at the Clarion Meridian Hotel and Convention Center on the west side of Oklahoma City. Featured luncheon speaker later today is Meterologist Gary England of News9 will talk about the climate change debate- Gary calls his talk "The Big Climate Scare."

Over Wednesday and Thursday- there will be twenty two presentations made on a wide range of subjects- everything from spray drift to the Mesonet to Winter Canola as an alternative to wheat to herbicide resistance as it currently stands in Oklahoma.

Click on the LINK below for the complete agenda of the 2010 Oklahoma Ag Expo.

Click here for the agenda for today and tomorrow at the Oklahoma Ag Expo


Gray Land & Cattle Getting Ready for their Annual Production Sale
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Dr. Charles and Karen Gray are excited about the cattle offering they have assembled for their 15th Annual Sale at the Gray Land and Cattle Company- at the Ranch on the north side of Edmond, Oklahoma. To get to the ranch for sale day, Friday November 12, go north of Oklahoma City on Interstate 35 and take exit 146- Waterloo Road- and go east. The sale time is twelve noon.

The Grays will be offering 50 service age bulls, 20 Registered Hereford Females and 25 Commercial Black and Red Baldy Females.

Several states are always represented in the crowd on sale day for their seedstock sale- and Charles Gray tells me that he has heard from more than one out of state buyer that they travel to his sale because they can always buy more quality for the dollars they spend in the bulls they purchase from the Gray sale than they can back home.

Call Charles or Karen right away to get a sale catalog- or to get more information about the sale- that number is 405-341-6861.


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Let's Check the Markets!
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We've had requests to include Canola prices for your convenience here- and we will be doing so on a regular basis. Current cash price for Canola is $8.95 per bushel- as of the close of business yesterday, while the 2011 New Crop contracts for Canola are now available are $9.70 per bushel- delivered to local participating elevators that are working with PCOM.

Here are some links we will leave in place on an ongoing basis- Click on the name of the report to go to that link:
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.



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