~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON for Wednesday February 16,
2011 A
service of Producers Cooperative Oil Mill, Midwest Farm Shows and KIS
Futures!
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-- AFR Set to Kick Off Their 106th Annual Meeting Friday in
Norman
-- New NCBA President- Checkoff Increase Needs to Happen
-- Placements Will Be Above Year Ago Levels Again in This Week's
Cattle on Feed Report
-- Hard to Keep Up with Players- Even With a Program
-- Farm Aid and R-Calf Promoting a "Phone In" this Week Regarding the
GIPSA Rule
-- OSU's Livestock Judging Team- Best in Dixie
-- Spur Ranch Getting Ready for Their Registered Angus Bull Sale This
Saturday
-- Check the Calendar!!!!!!!
-- Let's Check the Markets!
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AFR Set to Kick Off Their 106th Annual Meeting Friday in Norman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 106th
Annual meeting of the American Farmers & Ranchers (known for many of
those years as the Oklahoma Farmers Union) gets underway on Friday in a
new location for 2011- the Embassy Suites in Norman. Sessions begin Friday
afternoon and the convention will conclude Saturday evening with their
annual banquet.Top speakers that will be a part of the 2011 event include Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas- now the Chairman of the House Ag Committee, President of the National Farmers Union, Roger Johnson, Governor Mary Fallin and Senate Majority Leader Mike Schulz of Altus. The 2011 meeting of the AFR promises to be a spirited event, with
Director elections drawing multiple candidates in all districts that are
up for election. There are four candidates for the at-large spot on the
Board. Current AFR Secretary Bobby Green is unopposed in his bid to be
reelected- and the office of President is not up for election this year as
Terry Detrick will continue as President for another year. Other Board of Director Races include: Click on the LINK below for our web preview of the AFR meeting- including an audio preview with AFR President Terry Detrick. It looks like a great convention is shaping up- and with the multiple Board of Director races- attendance will likely be very strong for this first meeting of the organization in my memory outside of Oklahoma City. | |
New NCBA President- Checkoff Increase Needs to Happen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At the recent
Cattle Industry Convention in Denver, we spent a few moments with Bill
Donald of Montana, the new President of the National Cattlemens Beef
Association as their Board of Directors meeting concluded at the end of
their meetings.
We discussed a couple of subjects with this very articulate cattle producer from the north country- including a key question for the future of the entire beef industry. I asked Bill Donald about how the NCBA hoped to gain a consensus with other cattle groups and groups that have a large number of cattlemen in their ranks to be able to lobby Congress for an increase in the dollar per head beef checkoff- and then successfully be able to get passage in a referendum of cattle producers on that increase. You can hear his response on this issue by clicking on the LINK below and jumping to our Beef Buzz with the NCBA President. Our Beef Buzz shows are heard on great radio stations across the region via the Radio Oklahoma Network- and we have an archive of previous shows on our website- www.OklahomaFarmReport.Com. If you are involved in the Beef Industry Business- you need to be checking out the varied subjects that we cover daily on the Beef Buzz. Click here to go and check out our Beef Buzz with Bill Donald of the NCBA | |
Placements Will Be Above Year Ago Levels Again in This Week's Cattle on Feed Report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The headline
reflects the prediction of Rich Nelson and his team at Allendale, one of
several groups that watch USDA's Cattle on Feed reports on a regular
basis. the next Cattle on Feed report will detail activity in the major
feedlots across the country in January of this year, with a cattle on feed
total as of February first.
According to Allendale, "January Placements are expected to be 6.2%
larger than last year. This represents six months in a row of higher
placements. The industry knows Placement levels will switch to below last
year levels soon. The only argument is in which month that change
happens. Meanwhile, Allendale anticipates a Marketing total 1.0% smaller than
January of 2010. After summer slaughters will clearly be below previous
year. | |
Hard to Keep Up with Players- Even With a Program ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ According to
Agri-Pulse, USDA's Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign
Agricultural Services (FFAS) Michael Scuse announced Tuesday that Karis
Gutter has agreed to serve as Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and
Foreign Agricultural Services. In a memo to FFAS staff, Scuse
wrote:"Many of you already know Karis from his current position as Senior Advisor to the Secretary. Karis has also served this Administration as Deputy Administrator for Field Operations (DAFO), where he was responsible the oversight and guidance for 50 state and Puerto Rico executive directors. He also served as a senior policy aide for Congressman Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi and the House Committee on Homeland Security, specializing in agro defense policy and minority agricultural issues. He brings a wealth of knowledge to this position." "Additionally, Jonathan Coppess will return to Capitol Hill to help craft the next farm bill as chief counsel to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. He has done an excellent job of administering the Farm Service Agency, and has been instrumental in implementing provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill. We thank him for his outstanding service and wish him the best as he assumes his position as announced today by Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Committee. "I am also pleased to announce that Val Dolcini, California FSA State
Executive Director, will serve as the Acting Administrator for FSA. I am
confident that Val will provide continuity and steady leadership for FSA's
efforts on behalf of America's farmers and ranchers." | |
Farm Aid and R-Calf Promoting a "Phone In" this Week Regarding the GIPSA Rule ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ R-Calf and
Farm Aid continue to stump for a straight finalization of the so called
GIPSA Rule for the marketing of livestock as a part of the Packers and
Stockyards Act that has been on the books for decades. They claim that
independent livestock producers could be eliminated if these rules are not
enacted. As a result, they have decided that the White House needs to be called and called by supporters of the Rule. In an Action Alert that was supplied to us by an R-Calf member- Bullard writes "Working with a broad-based coalition called the Livestock Competition Coalition, we have designated today, February 14, through Wednesday, February 16, as the three-day timeframe in which each organization within the coalition will encourage each of its respective member to make personal telephone calls to the White House urging the President to stand firm and issue a strong, final GIPSA rule to restore competition to our U.S. livestock markets as quickly as possible. Our goal is to generate at least one thousand calls to the White House during this three-day period." Farm Aid is promoting this scheme as well- in a memo to their
supporters, they have made a similar call for calls- saying "President
Obama's Department of Agriculture is ready to put these new rules into
practice, but the big meat corporations are lobbying hard to scrap them,
leaving corporate players in control - and leaving us without much choice
about what we feed our families. Show your love for family farmers this
Valentine's Day! Please call the White House on February 14th and ask them
to finalize and implement USDA's new livestock marketing rules. You can
bet the Obama Administration is getting an earful from the big
agribusiness corporations - we need to make sure that they're also hearing
from people all across the country that good food is fair food." They
indicate that calls yesterday and today were okay as well.
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OSU's Livestock Judging Team- Best in Dixie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The OSU
Livestock Judging Team won the Dixie National contest in Jackson,
Mississippi last weekend. OSU was the high team in the Brahman,
Continental European, British and Oral Reason divisions of the contest.
The team had six members finish in the Top Ten Individuals Overall.
Kathleen Robinson was 9th, Alex Thomson was 5th, Logan James was 4th,
Stephanie Willis was 3rd, Katie Lents was 2nd and Casey Hilmes was the
High Individual Overall.
This victory, following the teams win at the Carload judging contest at the National Western last month in Denver, gives the team two wins so far this year. The OSU team's next competition is next weekend at the San Antonio Livestock Show. | |
Spur Ranch Getting Ready for Their Registered Angus Bull Sale This Saturday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Spur
Ranch, Vinita, Oklahoma will have it's "Hot Stove League" Registered Angus
Bull Sale, beginning at noon on Saturday, February 19, 2011. The ranch is
located 14 miles west of Vinita.Eighty registered bulls are scheduled to sell. In the sale catalog- Jot Hartley writes "A special feature to this sale is the progeny of SPUR SUCCESS 2801. SUCCESS was the high indexing and high gaining bull out of 138 Angus bulls at OBI Test No. 031. Very few Angus bulls can match SUCCESS' spread for Birth Weight to Yearling Weight, Scrotal, Carcass quality, $W and $B. Sons of SUCCESS will sell on SATURDAY, February 19, 2011 beginning at 12 Noon." For more information, click on the LINK below- it has phone numbers as well as a link to the complete sale catalog. Click here for more information on the 2011 Spur Ranch Hot Stove League Registered Angus Bull Sale. | |
Check the Calendar!!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have added
several events on the Calendar- and we urge you to go and take a look-
click here for our calendar page found on
www.OklahomaFarmReport.Com.In particular, remember the rescheduled Conservation Tillage event in Enid on Thursday- should be a dandy. Our thanks to Midwest Farms Shows, PCOM, P & K Equipment/ P & K Wind Energy, Johnston Enterprises, American Farmers & Ranchers, KIS Futures and Big Iron Online Auctions for their support of our daily Farm News Update. For your convenience, we have our sponsors' websites linked here- just click on their name to jump to their website- check their sites out and let these folks know you appreciate the support of this daily email, as their sponsorship helps us keep this arriving in your inbox on a regular basis- FREE! 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. | |
Let's Check the Markets! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 $9.80 per
bushel, while the 2011 New Crop contracts for Canola are now available are
$10.50 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: | |
God Bless! You can reach us at the following: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: ron@oklahomafarmreport.com
phone: 405-473-6144
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