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Daily
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Canola
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Current
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Ag elevator in Yukon, as of the close of business
Friday.
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
Monday, August 6,
2012 |
Howdy
Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
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Featured Story:
Oklahoma
Farm Bureau President Sees Things Heating Up at
Home and in Washington
There
is a multitude of issues facing Oklahoma farmers
and ranchers on the local and national levels. The
drought, of course, is front and center currently,
but Mike Spradling, president of
the Oklahoma Farm Bureau, tells us in a recent
interview that there are other issues of
importance to his members as well.
"I guess
you could say things are not only heating up here,
but they're heating up in D.C. as well. We're very
disappointed, of course, the American Farm Bureau
and the Oklahoma Farm Bureau. We want to see a
farm bill this year. Whether that's going to
happen is still up in the air."
He says
livestock producers are breathing just a little
easier following the passage of the livestock
disaster relief bill in the House, but their
relief may prove to be short lived.
"It's
admirable of Congressman Lucas to have some sort
of solution for the drought assistance for our
farmers and ranchers here in the state of
Oklahoma, but some of that certainly may be to no
avail. Because if we know the Senate's not going
to address it, that exercise may have been all in
vain."
Spradling says his organization is a
little frustrated with the reluctance in Congress
to, once and for all, take up the farm
bill.
"Solving this by a patch here and a
patch there is not really going to get us where we
need to go. Most of the things we are trying to
patch with are already included in the farm bill,
so let's just go ahead and address it and get it
over with."
You can hear our full conversation by
clicking here.
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Mesonet
Set to Launch Cattle Comfort Advisor
Tool
Sitting
on the couch, enjoying the air conditioning and
sipping on a cold drink definitely hits the spot
for many Oklahomans who have been battling the 100
F plus temperatures outside. However, cattle don't
enjoy those same luxuries.
"We all know
that the current heat we are experiencing has been
tough on people and animals," said Al
Sutherland, Oklahoma State University
Cooperative Extension assistant specialist. "At
the Oklahoma Mesonet, we are in the final stages
of bringing a new Cattle Comfort Advisor online."
Reading a thermometer will tell us it is
hot outside, but it will not give us the true
story of what it feels like to cattle. The Cattle
Comfort Advisor aims to do just that.
"This is not the air temperature, but a
best estimate of the temperature cattle are
exposed to when impacts are added in for sunlight,
wind and relative humidity," Sutherland said.
"These additional weather variables can have a
dramatic impact on cattle heating or cooling. This
summer, sunlight is adding a big heat load and
sending triple digit temperatures to potentially
lethal levels for cattle."
Click here to learn more about this
new Mesonet service which will debut this
week.
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Watch
Out for U.S. Drought Impact on Wheat Feeding,
Wheat Associates President Cautions
U.S.
Wheat Associates (USW) President Alan
Tracy is cautioning U.S. wheat farmers
and the world's wheat buyers to keep a close watch
on how the deteriorating world corn supply
situation changes feed wheat demand as 2012/13
progresses. Speaking at the USW Summer Board
Meeting on July 6, Tracy said U.S. corn production
is likely to be much lower than what the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) predicted at that
time and that feed demand around the world will
continue to siphon more wheat from milling
supplies throughout the year.
Since his
remarks, the relentless drought in the United
States prompted the International Grains Council
to lower its world corn production estimate from
917 million metric tons (MMT) to 864 MMT and USDA
to reduce its world estimate from 950 MMT to 905
MMT, with expectations USDA will further trim its
estimate on August 10.
Corn supplies were
already tight entering the 2012/13 marketing year
because world consumption has increased 12 percent
in the last five years while world production
increased just 10 percent. Nearly 60 percent of
total world corn consumption is dedicated to feed
use each year, but tighter supplies mean less corn
is available to meet growing feed demand, forcing
feeders to look for alternatives. As was the case
in 2011/12, feeders will likely rely more heavily
on wheat this year than in prior years.
Click here for more on this
developing story.
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OSU
Extension Offers Tips for Protecting Your Home
from Wildfire
The
recent wildfires throughout Oklahoma have sparked
the interest of homeowners who have watched houses
go up in flames too many times this summer.
To increase your house's chances of
surviving the next wildfire, Terry Bidwell,
Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension
rangeland ecology and management specialist, said
to start with a chainsaw, rake and a lawnmower.
"You want to create a defensible space of
about 100 feet all the way around the house," he
said. "Keeping the grass short and the trees
trimmed is vital to the safety of your
home."
For more tips and a link to more
information from the Oklahoma Department of
Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, click
here.
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Fallout
from the Drought Will Make Re-Introduction of LFTB
to the Marketplace Necessary, Analyst Says
As
feed-grain and beef supplies tighten and increase
in price, Don Close,
vice-president of Rabobank's Food and Agribusiness
Research and Advisory group, predicts that the
portion of the U.S. beef supply that consisted of
Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB) will return to
grocers' meat cases. Close authored a recent study
which says beef supplies will be so tight that we
simply will not have the luxury of wasting such a
valuable source of protein.
"The bottom
line is we've got a product that's absolutely
wholesome. We've got a product with an impeccable
food-safety history. And we've got a product that
reduces the cost of lean beef blends in the
grocery store. So, if you've got those three
things in favor of the product, they're certainly
overall supportive.
"The real driver that
we saw is that as we see the total of beef
supplies contract over the next 18 months to two
years, and certainly with the added pressure we're
now seeing with feed-grain prices where they are,
and the likelihood of contraction in all edible
protein, we're looking at increasing prices down
the road that we simply don't he luxury to waste
two percent of our overall beef supply."
Don
Close has more to say in the latest edition of the
Beef Buzz. Click here for more on the possible
return of LFTB.
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DuPont
Leader Praises Farmers for Helping Solve the
Global Food Challenge
DuPont
Executive Vice President James C.
Borel praised U.S. farmers and their
families for their contributions to address global
food security and stressed the importance of more
collaboration at the opening of a pavilion focused
on food and agriculture at the Indiana State Fair
today.
"The challenges to feeding the world
grow more complex each day, but I am optimistic
that together we can bring real solutions to
address them. No one company, region, government
or organization can do this alone," said Borel.
"Farmers, in particular, play an important role in
helping to feed the world; and I realize this
year, they are facing a number of challenges. But
I am confident that farmers will continue to rise
up to meet the needs of a growing
population."
You can read more from James Borel by
clicking here.
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This
N That- Rainfall Arrives in Norhern Oklahoma, A
Thank You to Oklahoma Ag Ed Teachers- and Board
Meeting Week
Rainfall
amounts across Oklahoma in the last three
days has pushed over one inch in at least three
Oklahoma Mesonet sites, with Nowata County, Osage
County and Kay County all recording more than an
inch of rain after an extended period of dry, hot
conditions. Rainfall was mostly confined to the
northern tier of counties as these latest showers
did little to put a dent in the expanding drought
that grips much of the heartland of the nation. We
have the rainfall map for Oklahoma from the
weekend to share with you- click here to take a look.
I
want to say thanks for the recognition from the
Oklahoma Association of Agricultural
Educators at their summer conference
today in OKC- they have recognized me with their
Outstanding Cooperator Award for 2012. These men
and ladies do a wonderful job in teaching young
people about agriculture and life- and advising
them in their efforts as a part of the FFA
organization- or as oldtimers like to call it- the
Future Farmers of America. They also announced
that I have been selected as the Region 2 winner
for this award at the National level as well. This
award means just a little bit extra- as my dad was
a Vo-Ag teacher as I grew up in Kentucky- and I
had an insider view of how much these men and
women care about the young men and ladies they
mentor. Click here for a quick story on this
honor that we posted on our website on
Friday.
There
are a couple of board meetings coming up on
Tuesday- one is the monthly board meeting of the
Oklahoma Wheat Commission- set
for El Reno, Oklahoma. Tomorrow morning-
they will hold their board meeting- then after
lunch, the annual Wheat Review for this past
year's wheat crop will be held. Click here for the agenda for the
Board meeting planned for tomorrow morning.
Besides the OWC- you also have the monthly board
meeting for the Oklahoma Department of
Agriculture set for the Spradling Flying
G Ranch in Tulsa County tomorrow afternoon at 2
Pm- as of early this morning- the agenda for that
meeting had not been posted on their web
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