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Let's Check the
Markets!
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.
Okla
Cash Grain:
Daily
Oklahoma Cash Grain Prices- as reported
by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture.
Canola
Prices:
Current
cash price for Canola is $11.62 per bushel-
2012
New Crop contracts for Canola are now available at
$11.84 per bushel- delivered to local
participating elevators that are working with PCOM.
Futures
Wrap:
Our
Daily Market Wrapup from the Radio
Oklahoma Network with Ed Richards and Tom Leffler-
analyzing the Futures Markets from the previous Day.
KCBT
Recap:
Previous Day's Wheat Market Recap-Two
Pager from the Kansas City Board of Trade looks at all
three U.S. Wheat Futures Exchanges with extra info on
Hard Red Winter Wheat and the why of that day's
market.
Feeder
Cattle Recap:
The
National Daily Feeder & Stocker
Cattle Summary- as prepared by USDA.
Slaughter
Cattle Recap:
The
National Daily Slaughter Cattle
Summary- as prepared by the USDA.
TCFA
Feedlot Recap:
Finally,
here is the Daily Volume and Price Summary from
the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.
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Oklahoma's
Latest Farm and Ranch News
Your
Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday,
January 6, 2012 |
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
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Corn
Growers Working to Keep Candidate Views on Ag in
the Spotlight in
2012
With
the Iowa Caucus complete, the National Corn
Growers Association continues its push to help
keep farmers informed of candidate views and
engaged in the presidential primary process as the
race for the Republican nomination continues.
NCGA
will continue to update the original Corn Caucus
Project report card, offer expanded and updated
information on the positions of the remaining
Republican contestants and provide links to the
caucus and primary schedule and a candidate
tracker.
"With the 2012 Iowa Corn Caucuses
behind us, I see the Corn Caucus project as a
success. Corn farmers from across the state did
their homework on the candidates, followed the
campaigns, participated in local meetings, used
the Corn Caucus report card and made sure
agriculture issues were recognized and addressed
by the candidates," said Iowa Corn Growers
Association Senior Policy Advisor Amanda Taylor.
"As we move toward the nomination, we look forward
to continuing to engage the campaigns in issues
important to America's corn farmers."
Click here to read more about the
efforts by the corn growers' groups to
spotlight the "ag relevant" views of interest that
are held by the Presidential candidates here in
2012
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Conservation
Innovation Grant Pre Proposals Due Before the End
of January
Ron
Hilliard, State Conservationist, USDA-Natural
Resources Conservation Service
announced earlier this week that the
deadline for pre-proposals for the 2012 NRCS
Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) are due on
January 31, 2012. He said that "this program
supports large-scale demonstration projects that
test and provide original approaches to conserving
America's private lands."
This
year's projects focus on: nutrient management,
energy conservation, soil health, wildlife, and
project assessment. NRCS is especially
interested in projects that demonstrate:
*Optimal combinations of nutrient source,
application rate, placement and timing that
improve nutrient recovery by crops.
*Procedures
for refining the usefulness of the phosphorus
index in reducing phosphorus losses.
*Suites
of conservation practices that protect water
quality.
*Renewable
energy systems that reduce the use of fossil fuels
and increase energy efficiency on
farms. *The impacts of cover
crops, crop rotations, tillage, and other
conservation practices on soil
health. *Conservation
practices that increase the water-holding capacity
of soils. *Decision tools that
help producers assess their operations and
conservation needs in order to improve wildlife
habitat. *Assess the
technology transfer potential of completed CIG
projects.
Click here to learn
moreabout the application process for these
grants that will be awarded later here in
2012. |
Tyler
Norvell Steps Into Executive Directorship of Youth
Expo Just Weeks Ahead of 2012 Event
With
the start of the 2012 Oklahoma Youth Expo less
than two months away- the world's largest junior
livestock show is breaking in a new Executive
Director. Just before Christmas, Tyler Norvell was
named Executive Director of the Oklahoma Youth
Expo by the Board of Directors.
Norvell
joins the OYE after spending the past six years
working in governmental affairs for Oklahoma Farm
Bureau. In that role he was responsible for
implementing agricultural policies in both
Washington D.C. and at the state capitol for
Oklahoma's largest agricultural grassroots
organization.
"The junior livestock show
program has always played a significant role in my
life," Norvell said. "I grew up in this program,
and to have the opportunity to give back is very
exciting. I look forward to the opportunity of
improving and growing the Oklahoma Youth Expo and
continuing the vision Bob Funk, Jimmy Harrel, and
Justin Whitefield had when they began this journey
in 2001."
Click here for our webstory on
Norvell joining the OYE- that includes our audio
conversationthat we have had with Tyler as he
makes the move from OFB to
OYE. |
Dairymax
Continues Strong Support for School Breakfast
Program
Dairymax
has been a long standing leader in promoting
childhood nutrition- and Susan Allen with the
organization says that includes promoting
Breakfast being served in schools. School
Breakfast is important to kids- Allen says that
only half of all kids in the country eat breakfast
and the Dairy promotion group contends that
breakfast is tied to increased test scores and
better learning potential for those kids who
receive breakfast on a consistent
basis.
Allen says that dairy farmers are
committed to spending resources in this area- as
each breakfast served includes a dairy serving-
helping build life long dairy consumers for the
industry, while providing valuable nutrients to
students who are being fed.
In our
conversation with Allen- we also talked about the
upcoming Miss America contest coming later in
January, and Oklahoma's representative in the
contest for 2012- Betty Thompson of Davenport.
Miss Oklahoma grew up on a dairy farm and her
platform as Miss Oklahoma has been the theme
"Milk, it does a body good," taking that message
to dozens of schools over the past several
months.
Click here to listen to our
conversation with Susan Allen- and be sure to
be watching this Saturday morning to News9 KWTV
for our In the Field segment with Susan as we talk
about these subjects for the Saturday morning news
audience. |
OSU's
Kim Anderson Talks Wheat Market Factors on
SUNUP-
The
Commodity Funds are starting to inject some money
back into agricultural futures- and that was one
of the reasons for some strength in prices of our
corn and wheat markets in the early days of 2012.
Dr. Kim Anderson of OSU says that when you add
worries about dry weather in South America, you
have a couple of factors that could help prop up
prices and keep them in a slightly higher trading
range than we saw in the latter part of 2011- this
despite the steep losses suffered on Thursday in
the ag futures trade.
Anderson
talked about these factors, as well as current
wheat crop conditions in the southern plains and
the upcoming day of reports from USDA this coming
Thursday, January 12 with Lyndall Stout on this
weekend's SUNUP, as produced by the Oklahoma State
University Division of Ag
Communications.
In
particular, Anderson says that the fall seeded
crop plantings report could really set the
direction for the US Wheat market in the near
term, as at least one major commodity house is
predicting that USDA will show as much as 1.3
million acres more planted in Hard Red Winter
wheat for this year than the crop that was growing
at this time a year ago. Besides that report- you
will also have USDA releasing on Thursday morning
the final Crop Production numbers of 2011 and the
regular monthly Supply Demand numbers domestically
and on a global basis.
We have your Friday opportunity
to hear Kim's weekly comments by
clicking here for our webstory that
features the audio between Lyndall Stout and Kim
Anderson- and while there- you can review the
entire lineup for this weekend's SUNUP that
will be seen on OETA stations across the state at
7:30 AM. |
U.S.
FDA Wants to Ban Many Extra-label Uses of
Cephalosporin Drugs in Cattle, Swine, Chickens,
and Turkeys
The
Food and Drug Administration is moving to ban many
extra-label uses of cephalosporin drugs in cattle,
swine, chickens, and turkeys, saying the drugs may
cause failure of antibiotic treatment of
life-threatening infections in humans. The
industry says FDA has little evidence that a
problem actually exists.
Tom Super with the
National Chicken Council emailed us with a
statement ""We share the concerns of others that
FDA's rule on extralabel drug use will take
medical decisions to treat animals out of the
hands of veterinarians. We question any
substantive link or scientific basis between
veterinary use of cephalosporins and antibiotic
resistance in humans."
In
the government news release- the FDA seems to
contend that there is evidence of animal drug use
and antibiotic effectiveness in humans. Quoting
the release- "FDA is taking this action to
preserve the effectiveness of cephalosporin drugs
for treating disease in humans. Prohibiting these
uses is intended to reduce the risk of
cephalosporin resistance in certain bacterial
pathogens."
One
voice urging evern stronger action is a US
Congresswoman who has called for major
restrictrictions of animal antibiotic use. "The
order is a "modest first step," said
Representative Louise Slaughter of New York,
senior Democrat on the House Rules Committee.
"We're really just looking at the tip of the
iceberg," said Slaughter, a microbiologist who
introduced legislation in 2009 to prevent the
overuse of antibiotics including cephalosporins.
"We don't have time for the FDA to ploddingly take
half measures." Click here for the full news release
from Slaughter on the FDA proposal.
Click here for our webstory on the
FDA announcement- which includes more from the
FDA proposal- and statements from both the
National Chicken Council as well as the Animal
Health Institute.
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American
Farm Bureau Convention Set to Hula in
Honolulu
It's
the 93rd annual meeting of the American Farm
Bureau- returning this year to our 50th state-
Hawaii- and meeting in the middle of a Farm Bill
debate that could see major changes in our farm
policy before we conclude 2012.
The
American Farm Bureau website says that 10,000 will
attend the 2012 meeting in Honolulu- with the
usual number of Sunday and Monday sessions that
will include crops and livestock outlook and
more.
Keynote
speaker this year is humorist Dave Barry.
AFBF President Bob Stallman says that "We will be
working through some very important policy issues
during our time in Hawaii, so it will be nice to
take a break from our business at hand and
share a lighter moment with Dave Barry." Click here for the official Farm
Bureau Convention Blog which offers more
on Dave Barry and will be offering updates as the
meeting unfolds.
Oklahoma's
delegation will be led by OFB President Mike
Spradling- our travel card was already overflowing
for the early part of 2012- so we have passed
on going and covering this year's delegate
session on Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week. It will be an interesting session- as
Farm Bureau will likely go on record and promote a
Crop Insurance based farm safety net to be
included in the 2012 farm bill. That will
happen unless the southern states unite and insist
that Direct Farm Program Payments be somehow
mentioned in Farm Bureau policy- as many producers
of crops like peanuts, rice and even cotton
believe that by far the best safety net would
include direct payments. Click here for our Morning Farm News
from Monday January 2when we featured comments
from Bob Stallman on this expected debate.
Our
friend Sam Knipp is traveling with the Oklahoma
Farm Bureau delegates- and will be helping us with
coverage from the 2012 meeting- we will have
updates several times next week for you here in
the email as well as on our radio network and on
the website. |
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