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"Your NCBA didn't waver to the critics or this administration's regulatory rollercoaster ride. We buckled down and took them on, which resulted in several wins for U.S. cattlemen. You ladies and gentlemen sat high in the saddle and worked with your NCBA to aggressively defend this industry," said Foglesong. "The success stories go on and on. As you set forth policy positions this week, I am confident the success stories will continue in 2011. We will go do battle again and again with forces that are aligned against us and our commonsense approach will win again"

Foglesong said the Obama administration's "regulatory rollercoaster ride" is unprecedented and has the potential to devastate rural America. However, he is hopeful President Obama will carry through with a thorough regulatory review to rein in the Environmental Protection Agency, the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration and other government agencies from regulating farmers and ranchers out of business. Foglesong said NCBA's pressure on the administration to eliminate burdensome, costly and scientifically unfounded regulations assisted in the President's decision to conduct the review.

You can hear Fogelsong's speech made to the cattle producers that had made it to Denver by mid afternoon on Wednesday by clicking on the LINK below. If you want to hear just a hunk on Fogelsong's thoughts about the battle over the GIPSA Rule on the Marketing of Livestock- we featured it in our Thursday morning farm news heard on the Radio Oklahoma Network- click here for that. In those comments, Fogelsong referred to the Administrator of GIPSA, Dudley Butler as "Dudley Do Right." And Fogelsong promised legal action if the final rule published by USDA is too onerous for the cattle organization.

Click here for our webstory on the opening session comments from NCBA President Steve Fogelsong.

Eastern Livestock filed bankruptcy in early December of 2010- with up to $130 million dollars in hot checks being held by cattle producers across the country. After they had turned over control of their livestock to Eastern, they took these checks to the bank and they bounced. Eastern, a market agency that bought and sells feeder cattle as a dealer and on an order-buying basis, began issuing unfunded checks to producers for livestock purchased by the company in different markets on or around Nov. 3, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.

Doud called the complexity of the Eastern Scheme "amazing" and indicated that NCBA had assembled some top minds for the meeting Friday to look at how to fix this huge problem uncovered when Eastern Livestock's bank figured out the check kiting scheme and stopped the Merry Go Round. You can hear Doud's comments from an interview that we did with him here in Denver about this session on today's Beef Buzz, as heard on great radio stations across the region on the Radio Oklahoma Network. Click on the LINK below for the Beef Buzz.

Click here for today's Beef Buzz with Gregg Doud of the NCBA- focusing on the issue of the Eastern Livestock Bankruptcy.

The authors of the proposal contend that "The Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011" would:

- Stop EPA bureaucrats from making legislative decisions that should be made by Congress;

- Clarify that the Clean Air Act was not written by Congress to address climate change;

- Stop EPA bureaucrats from imposing a backdoor cap-and-trade tax that would make gasoline, electricity, fertilizer, and groceries more expensive for consumers; and

- Protect American jobs and manufacturers from overreaching EPA regulations that hinder our ability to compete with China and other countries.

Click on the LINK below for more details on the Inhofe plan to pull EPA back from its beginning efforts to Cap and Trade Greenhouse Gases without a Congressional mandate.

Click here for details about the "The Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011"

Seminars and general sessions are planned for both Friday and Saturday. . Noted speakers from throughout the US include, Angie Meier, Professional Ringwoman; Larry Theurer, CAI, GPPA, Past NAA President; Christie King, CAI, BAS, AARE, 2011 NAA President; and John Korrey, 2002 World Champion Livestock Auctioneer.

The Oklahoma State Championship Bid Calling and Ringman Competitions will kick off at 6:30 pm on Friday and is open to the public . This competition allows men and women alike to compete for this prestigious title and the opportunity to represent Oklahoma, not only at a state level, but also at the National Auctioneer Champion Contest held July 12-16, 2011, in Orlando Florida. In addition to the Bid Calling Competition, the Rookie Contest is included for the novice beginner.

Click here for more details of the 2011 State Auctioneers Meeting planned for Heritage Place in OKC

These seedlings are available for a variety of conservation purposes like reforestation, wildlife habitat, windbreaks, erosion control, living snow fences, firewood, fenceposts, and Christmas trees. OFS foresters are available to help landowners to determine what species will thrive in their particular soil type or what species can meet their conservation needs.

For more details on the tree seedlings program- click on the LINK below.

Click here for more information on how to order tree seedlings from Oklahoma Forestry Services for planting over the next 60 days.

Besides the two top stories you have already seen at the top of today's email- we posted several other stories on our website for you to check out from Denver, including a story featuring a conversation we had with Beef Board member Terry Detrick from Oklahoma, click here for that story- as well as a long form interview that yours truly along with Don Wick of the Red River Radio Network and Stewart Doan of Agri-Pulse did jointly with Gregg Doud of the NCBA. Click here to jump to that Podcast of our appoximately 18 minutes with Doud on a variety of subjects.

We invite you to check our website from time to time for additional stories from Denver- and be sure and "follow" us on Twitter as we are tweeting from the Cattle Industry Convention on an ongoing basis. Our most recent "Tweets" can be found on the lower right hand column of our website- our handle if you sign up for Twitter that you are looking for so you can follow us is Ron_on_RON. Click on the LINK below to jump to our Twitter site on the internet.

CLick here for Ron_on_RON on Twitter- it's a great way to keep up with doings from the Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show.

The Sale Catalog talks about the Messner history in the cattle business. "Milton started in 1948 with a few registered Hereford cattle. In 1950, he began selling cattle by private treaty and by consignment in various county sales. The first production sale took place in Buffalo, Oklahoma in 1961 with long time Hereford breeder, Bob Taft. The sale stayed in Buffalo until 1973 when it was moved to the ranch where the sale is still held today. In 1996, Van sold the first set of Angus cattle. Both herds carry some of the top genetics in their breeds today."

This year's sale includes 120 Service Age Hereford and Angus Bulls, 30 Bred Hereford Heifers and 25 Angus Bred Heifers

For information call Van Messner at 580-552-1555 or Milton at 580-273-9494. Click on the LINK below for more information- and we have the entire catalog linked there as well for you to download.

Click here for more details of the 50th Anniversary Purebred Sale of the Messner Ranch.

We also invite you to check out our website at the link below to check out an archive of these daily emails, audio reports and top farm news story links from around the globe.

Click here to check out WWW.OklahomaFarmReport.Com

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- PLEASE note that the cash markets have not been updated the last two days because of the inclement weather and state employees not reporting for work. <
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.