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invite you to listen to us on great radio stations
across the region on the Radio Oklahoma Network
weekdays- if you missed this morning's Farm News - or
you are in an area where you can't hear it- click
here for this morning's Farm news
from Ron Hays on RON.
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 $11.58 per bushel-
2012
New Crop contracts for Canola are now available at
$11.80 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
Wednesday, January
25,
2012 |
Howdy
Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
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Featured
Story:
Every
Drop is Appreciated- Much of Oklahoma Gets
Precipitation
Rainfall
has arrived in about the southeastern two thirds
of the state of Oklahoma, with the heaviest
amounts falling in several southeastern counties-
amounts over three inches reported in Atoka and
Durant. In Central Oklahoma, amounts topping an
inch were reported by the Oklahoma Mesonet were
found in the Oklahoma City metro, as well as
Blaine, Caddo, Grady and Logan Counties.
The
three Oklahoma panhandle counties received no
liquid precipitation in this latest round- and
Harper County's Mesonet station shows no moisture
either- but all other counties have received at
least a few hundreths of an inch of rainfall.
Click here for our webstory that
shows a graphic of rainfallfor the state as of
early this morning- more rain will be falling in
some of the most eastern counties of Oklahoma- and
that rain could continue for the rest of
today.
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ARS
Scientist Questions Need to Keep Planting Bt
Corn
Dr.
Jonathan Lundgren is the lead entomologist at the
USDA-ARS lab in Brookings, South Dakota. Dr.
Lundgren is one of the spekaers at the 2012 Winter
Conference of No Till on the Plains- and he told
farmers who gathered in Salina, Kansas on Tuesday
that several of the insecticides that are being
used by the vast majority of soybean and corn
producers in the US may be unneeded on many farms,
costing farmers millions of dollars
annually.
Lundgren pointed to the
success of Bt Corn that was made available in the
mid 1990s- telling us after his presentation that
"Bt crops have worked extremely well" and adding
"they have been adopted extremely well" by US
farmers. As a result, the suppression of the
European corn borer has the insect problem reduced
to almost nothing. Lundgren says that raises the
question, why should producers continue to pay
high technology fees for each bag of corn they
plant, if the pest that would be controlled by the
technology is no longer a problem. Lundgren
suggests that farmers may want to try some non Bt
corn and see how it responds on your
farm.
Read more about Lundgren's comments
on the opening day of the 2012 No Till on the
Plains conference- click here for that as well as the
chance to hear our full conversation with him
about the Bt Corn situation and his take on the
money that could be saved by not treating soybean
seed with insecticides.
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Dr.
Dwayne Beck Keynotes No TIll on the Plains
2012
The
opening Keynote Address at the 2012 No Till on the
Plains Winter Conference was made by long time No
Till Advocate Dr. Dwayne Beck of Dakota Lakes
Research Farm in South Dakota. Beck spoke to over
1,200 in the kickoff of the 16th Winter Conference
of No Till on the Plains- and he told producers
gathered in Salina that they need to take the "T"
out of Can't because there is a lot of opportunity
to work with nature even as we use some of our
modern farm practices.
Dr. Beck
believes that adopting continous no-till for the
long haul gives producers the ability to start
moving away from so much dependence on producing
food with oil. Reducing tillage means less diesel
being used- and improving the health of the soil
over a multiple year period means less nitrogen
fertilizer is needed. Beck points out that
nitrogen fertilizer is a oil intensive product-
that for every five pounds of nitrogen fertilizer
you use on a field takes a gallon of diesel to
produce and transport that diesel to the field to
be applied.
We
have the audio of Dwayne Beck's speech from
Tuesday here in Salina- click here to listen to the full
presentation from one of the leaders in
the continuous no-till movement in the United
States.
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Oklahoma
Tells US Fish and Wildlife- We Can Increase Lesser
Prairie Chickens IF You Leave Us
Alone
Oklahoma
officials have been in Washington this week,
presenting a Task Force report to the US Fish and
Wildlife Service that explains what Oklahoma is
doing to grow the population of the Lesser Prairie
Chicken in northwest Oklahoma- including the
Oklahoma Panhandle. Those who traveled to
Washington included Secretary of the Environment
Gary Sherrer, Secretary of Agriculture Jim Reese
and state lawmakers Rep. Gus Blackwell and Senator
Mike Schulz.
The report offers nine
specific actions that can be done(and in many
cases are now already being done) to help grow the
Lesser Prairie Chicken populations. Two of the key
findings include:
"Conduct
an informational campaign with local
constituencies regarding the possible LPC
listing and the need for collaboration
by stakeholders. Current lack of information
decreases trust between constituencies that
must work cooperatively to address the
LPC challenges.
"Mark or reduce
high-density fencing where possible.
Coordinate with public agencies and landowners
to determine optimal fence heights that reduce
risk to the LPC while still helping to
control ranging livestock."
Click here for more on this task
force report and comments from Ag Secretary Jim
Reeseon trying to get the Feds to buy what
Oklahoma is selling on this issue- we also have a
link to the full Task Force report that has been
provided to the US Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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American
Angus Association Releases Updated EPDs
The
American Angus Association's spring 2012 Sire
Evaluation Report and updated National Cattle
Evaluation (NCE) expected progeny differences
(EPDs) are now available online at the American
Angus website. While NCE EPDs are now generated on
a weekly basis, a biannual report is still
printed.
Accessing the Sire Evaluation
Report online is the fastest and easiest way to
get the latest performance information on sires in
the Angus breed. It allows you to specify ranges
of EPDs and to sort bulls that qualify within
those ranges. The evaluation also includes dollar
value indexes ($Values), expressed in dollars per
head, to assist commercial beef producers in
selection decisions. Economic assumptions used to
develop $Values are based on a three-year rolling
average, which was also updated in the spring 2012
report.
The Spring 2012 Sire Evaluation
Report lists data on 2,146 sires from a total of
216,873 sires in the Association database. The
Young Sire Supplement also included in the report
lists 2,654 bulls.
Click here to read moreand to get
to our link to the full report now online at the
Angus website.
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Plasticulture
Workshop Set for Feb. 11 in Oklahoma
City
The
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
Forestry (ODAFF) will host its sixth annual
workshop for plasticulture farmers on Feb. 11 at
the Moore Norman Technology Center, 13301 S
Pennsylvania Ave. in Oklahoma City. Registration
starts at 8:30 a.m., followed by workshops from 9
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The modest $10 fee includes
lunch.
Farmers who use the plasticulture
method of raised-bed gardening may not farm many
acres, but this year's theme shows that they are
"World Class Innovators." Program coordinator
Micah Anderson will give a brief overview of how
the plasticulture program works and show slides of
vegetable gardens across the state using this
technology to produce bountiful crops.
Presenters will share their own
innovations and demonstrate equipment and methods
they use to maintain productive gardens.
Innovations include a new strain of okra, a
waterwheel transplanter and surrounding plants
with organic clay to protect them from extreme
temperatures.
Click here to read moreand the
links for registration as well.
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President
Obama Talks Economic Fairness in State of the
Union- Reaffirms Renewable Fuels as Priority of
his Administration
President
Barack Obama made his case for four more years as
the resident of the White House- and renewed his
pledge for a "millionaire's tax" of at least
thirty percent on any American who makes a million
dollars a year or more- apparently signaling a
desire to force Capital Gains taxes higher- at
least on select tax returns.
The
President also expressed his desire to continue an
emphasis on renewable fuels- Bart Schott of the
National Corn Growers issued a statement after the
speech commending the President on that spotlight
for renewables:
"The
National Corn Growers Association is pleased to
hear President Obama's continued commitment to the
nation's energy independence during his State of
the Union address. The American ethanol
industry answered the call nearly 30 years ago to
provide feedstock for a domestically produced
renewable energy source. Today, that same
feedstock constitutes more than 10% of the
nation's fuel and continues to provide a bountiful
supply of corn to our long term customers."
The
National Farmers Union's Roger Johnson also liked
the energy comments made by President Obama- click here to see the NFU statement
of support.
We
expect more reaction from various farm groups
this morning in regards to what the President did
say- and perhaps what he did not say. We will be
posting those comments on our website-
OklahomaFarmReport.Com and we will summarize them
in our Thursday email.
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