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Futures
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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
Monday, July 9,
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Howdy
Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
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Featured Story:
For
the House Ag Committee and Chairman Frank Lucas-
It's Farm Bill Week
On
Wednesday morning of this week- there will be a
Business Meeting of the full House Ag Committee-
where the draft discussion 2012 Farm Bill offered
by Chairman Frank Lucas and
Ranking Member Collin Peterson
will be considered. It's a case where the
Committee will likely do it's job in fairly short
order- perhaps in a single day- and then it's very
uncertain from that point forward. An AP story on
the farm bill process that is cited this morning
by Keith Good and his daily Farm
Policy blog says that the House Ag Committee
leadership faces a tough task in convincing House
leadership to give them floor time and the measure
is "now at risk for becoming sidetracked in the
House in the run-up to this summer's presidential
nominating conventions and the Nov. 6
election." Click here to review all of the
sources that Keith Good pulled together in
this morning's farm bill update.
Collin
Peterson told our fellow farm broadcaster Mike
Hergert up in North Dakota this past Friday that
he is hearing a lot of Republicans in the House
want to hold the Farm Bill hostage and try to use
it as a bargaining chip to force other deals
through after election day during what could be a
very contentious lame duck session.
Meanwhile,
we have several farm groups that have stepped up
and offered their support of the choices offered
in the House version of the Farm Bill in the last
couple of days- Chris Clayton with DTN reports
that both peanut and rice interests have offered
strong support for the inclusion of a price based
farm safety net by the House
leadership. The Oklahoma Wheat Growers have
also come with a strong statement in favor of the
overall bill and especially it's Commodity Title.
"I believe that is bill provides a true safety net
to stabilize agriculture and food prices for all
of the United States and its citizens. It also
makes significant cuts to federal spending which
we in agriculture understand and support," said
Paul Fruendt, Oklahoma Wheat
Growers President. Click here for the complete
statement from the OWGA regarding the House Ag
Committee Farm Bill proposal.
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Adoption
of Ractopamine Standards Victory for U.S.
Cattlemen
U.S.
cattle producers won a victory earlier this month
with the adoption of standards by the Codex
Alimentarius Commission for allowable residual
levels of ractopamine in meat for
export.
As
a representative of the National Cattlemen's Beef
Association on hand for the Codex meeting, Chief
Veterinarian Kathy Simmons hailed
the vote by member countries.
"It
is paramount that science is the foundation for
all decisions made in the international community.
Today, the Codex Commission proved they are
willing to trust science and make decisions based
on facts rather than politics. We are very pleased
that we can move ahead on adopting international
standards for ractopamine."
Established by
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations and World Health Organization in
1963, the Codex sets international food standards
and codes of practice that contribute to the
safety of the food trade.
The
issue of ractopamine has historically caused
unnecessary trade disruptions, according to
Simmons. She said ractopamine is recognized by the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a safe
feed additive, but the lack of international MRL
standards caused confusion.
You can read more from the NCBA by
clicking here.
Agriculture
Secretary Tom Vilsack also
applauded the Codex Commission's
decision.
"Consumers
can rest assured that their food is safe, and
exporters have greater certainty about the
criteria they must meet in the international
marketplace."
Click here for more of Tom Vilsack's
statement.
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Animal
Ag Alliance Adds Balance to Antibiotic Resistance
Discussion
The
Animal Agriculture Alliance joined 15 other
agricultural organizations in submitting a letter
to Congress in response to the recent Consumers
Union report on the use of antibiotics in animal
production.
The coalition
wrote: "We strongly believe consumers deserve a
choice when it comes to their meat and poultry
purchases. However, consumers can make an informed
choice through balanced information about the
challenges, benefits and realities of the various
approaches to raising and processing livestock and
poultry. We do not believe it serves the consumer
to stigmatize certain production systems to boost
others."
Other organizations that signed on
to the letter include the American Association of
Bovine Practitioners, American Association of
Small Ruminant Practitioners, American Association
of Swine Veterinarians, American Farm Bureau
Federation, American Feed Industry Association,
American Meat Institute, American Veterinary
Medical Association, Animal Health Institute,
National Cattlemen's Beef Association, National
Chicken Council, National Grain and Feed
Association, National Milk Producers Federation,
National Pork Producers Council, National Turkey
Federation, and the North American Meat
Association.
Alliance
President and CEO Kay Johnson Smith wrote:
"Calling for "Meat Without Drugs" to eliminate the
use of antibiotics in farm animals may sound like
a good idea, but the very title is misleading and
inflammatory. Our meat and poultry supply is
already "without drugs." When farm animals are
sometimes treated to prevent or control disease, a
strict withdrawal period is followed to ensure
that the end products are safe.
Click here for more on this story and
to find links to the letters written by the Animal
Agriculture Alliance.
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Hunter
Education Course Offers Safety, Ethics Training
The
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation will host an
Oklahoma Hunter Education course from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m., Saturday, July 21, at the Southern Oklahoma
Technology Center, located at 2610 Sam Noble
Parkway in Ardmore.
The course will be led
by Noble Foundation wildlife consultants and
hunter education instructors Will Moseley, Mike
Porter, Steven Smith and Russell Stevens; Oklahoma
game warden Jeremy Brothers; and hunter education
instructor Keith Morgan.
Topics will
include hunter ethics, firearms and laws, as well
as safety protocols, specialty hunting, and
wildlife management and conservation. "Safety and
ethical conduct of hunters and other people who
handle guns are the primary focuses of this
course," Porter said. "The other topics provide
knowledge and skills necessary to be a
well-educated hunter."
For more information on this free
course, please click here.
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Eighth
Annual Oklahoma-Kansas Winter Canola Conference
Coming Later This Month
The
Eighth Annual Oklahoma-Kansas Winter Canola
Conference is coming up later this month with two
opportunities to attend in two different parts of
the state.
The first opportunity will be
July 26th in Enid and the second opportunity will
be on July 31st in
Altus.
The conferences
are comprised of a number of seminars presented by
industry experts. Topics include: the economics of
wheat-canola rotations; varieties, insects and
diseases; production management; OOC county
demonstrations; fertilizing canola: in furrow-pH
effects; insurance; grain handler's perspective;
and an industry update.
The Enid conference
will be held at the Hoover Building at the
Fairgrounds. The Altus conference will be held at
Western Oklahoma State College.
You will find more information by
clicking here, or call your county extension
office for more details.
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Bayer
CropScience Acquires U.S.-Based
AgraQuest
Bayer
CropScience announced that it has signed an
agreement to purchase AgraQuest, Inc. for a
purchase price of US$ 425 million (approximately
EUR 340 million) plus milestone payments.
AgraQuest, headquartered in Davis, California,
USA, is a global supplier of innovative biological
pest management solutions based on natural
microorganisms. This acquisition will enable Bayer
CropScience to build a leading technology platform
for green products and to strengthen its
strategically important fruits and vegetables
business, while also opening new opportunities in
other crops and markets. Green products control a
broad spectrum of pests and diseases and offer
farmers integrated pest management programs to
minimize development of resistance and maximize
crop yields. The acquisition is subject to
approval by the relevant authorities.
"The
growing fruits and vegetables market, which today
accounts for more than 25 percent of our sales, is
of strategic importance for us. We plan to achieve
EUR 3 billion sales in this segment by 2020 and
with the acquisition of AgraQuest we are
underlining our growth ambitions," said Sandra
Peterson, CEO of Bayer CropScience, sending a
strong signal to the market. "We are the first in
our industry to offer farmers a truly
comprehensive range of integrated crop solutions
based on seeds, traits and combined chemical crop
protection and biological control," she
added.
Click here for more.
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US
Wheat Claims Success in Building Base for US Wheat
Exports into Southeast Asia
U.S.
Wheat Associates (USW) is helping build record
export sales and sustainable demand for U.S. wheat
in South Asia by helping milling and baking
customers grow their businesses, USW Regional Vice
President Mike Spier said on
Sunday in a presentation to the USW Board of
Directors in Spokane, WA.
"In southeast
Asia, including Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand,
wheat consumption is rising rapidly because
incomes are improving and tastes are shifting from
rice to wheat foods," Spier said. "That is opening
markets for baked goods, biscuits, cakes and other
foods that need more types of higher quality flour
and per capita annual wheat consumption is
growing."
Click here to read more on this
success storythat US Wheat Associates believes
will result in more bushels of US wheat going into
these growing markets for years to come.
The
Oklahoma Wheat Commission pays
into US Wheat Associates as they support these
overseas efforts of the wheat industry in this
country to build long term wheat export market
relationships on behalf of wheat producers here in
the United States.
Speaking
of the OWC- their board and some of their staff
have been in Spokane for that meeting- they return
here at the first of this week and will be getting
ready for their monthly board meeting that will be
held Wednesday afternoon at the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture in Oklahoma City- click here for details of that
meeting and their expected agenda.
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