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Oklahoma's
Latest Farm and Ranch News
Your
Update from Ron Hays of RON
Wednesday, August 15,
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Howdy
Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
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Featured
Story:
Raindrops
Keep Falling on My Head- At Least a Few Folks Can
Brag About That
Rainfall
was happening at the top of the state and at the
bottom- and not so much anywhere in between- at
least on Tuesday into Tuesday evening. The rainfall map that we have on our
website- click here to take a look- reflects
the largest amounts of rain from the Tuesday batch
of showers happened in south central Oklahoma
along the Red river- Ardmore and a couple of other
communities and the ranch land in that area
receiving the benefit.
Looking ahead to
the next couple of days- Alan
Crone with the News on 6 writes in his
daily outlook this morning "We're moving back into
the hot category today and tomorrow before another
storm system drives a cold front into the state
Thursday night into early Friday bringing a round
of storms to the region followed by temps in the
80s. High temperatures today will be in the
mid to upper 90s with readings nearing 100
tomorrow afternoon. The fire danger will
remain elevated both today and tomorrow and state
wide burn bans remain in place.
"A
warm front will scoot across the region this
morning and should be positioned northeast of the
state this afternoon. This will bring the
warm conditions back to the region along with
south winds in the 10 to 20 mph range. A few
isolated storms may be possible later today with a
few showers possible this morning across eastern
or southeastern OK. The NSSL and RAP
indicate a few isolated storms forming in central
OK this afternoon during the 4pm to 6pm time
frame. If they do form, they could be
severe."
Currently,
chances of precipitation for Thursday and Thursday
night stand from forty to sixty percent across a
lot of Oklahoma- and temperatures seem to be
relatively mild for mid August for the weekend-
rain and temps in the 80s???- now that would be
good news!
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Expedited
Conservation Cost-Share Program Helps With Drought
Recovery
The
Oklahoma Conservation Commission
has announced Program Year 14 of the state's
Locally-Led Conservation Cost-Share Program. The
agency approved guidelines for the latest program
at its Aug. 13 meeting. The program began in 1997
with the goal reducing soil erosion and improving
water quality by providing financial assistance to
landowners for applying soil and water
conservation practices. Funding for Program Year
14 is a record $1.4 million. A few changes were
made with the goal of going further to help
landowners recover from the effects of the
exceptional drought this year.
One change
is that the program is being opened up earlier
than most years. The Cost-Share Program overlaps
years because it is designed to extend through two
growing seasons to allow ample opportunity, under
normal conditions, to install the conservation
practices. In past years the program has opened at
different times of the year from October to
February, and the run for 16-24 months for
completion of installation of the practices. Most
years the program has begun in October. However,
the first year of the Cost-Share Program, 1997, it
began in August, also a year of exceptional
drought.
"This year's drought has
unfortunately meant losses for many of the state's
agricultural producers," said Governor
Mary Fallin. "It's important we do
everything we can to help them recover. The
conservation cost-share program is a great way of
assisting our farmers and ranchers as they respond
to this difficult summer. I appreciate the
Conservation Commission working to expedite the
necessary funds."
You can read more specifics about
this program by clicking here.
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New
Structure Brings Focus, Flexibility to Beef
Checkoff
A
newly-approved structure for joint beef checkoff
committees endeavors to engage more cattle
producers and beef importers who pay the checkoff
in a more efficient decision-making process about
investment of their hard-earned checkoff
investments.
Adopted unanimously by both
the Cattlemen's Beef Board (CBB) and the
Federation of State Beef Councils during the
recent 2012 Cattle Industry Summer Conference in
Denver, the new structure effectively reduces the
number of checkoff program committees - which are
responsible for making recommendations to the Beef
Promotion Operating Committee about programs to
fund with checkoff dollars - from the current 13
to just four in 2013.
Each of those four
new committees will be tied directly to core
strategies identified in the 2011-2013 Beef
Industry Long Range Plan, with subcommittees for
the domestic market formed around the beef demand
drivers identified in that same plan. As
envisioned, committees will be flexible enough to
change with adoption of a new long range plan, if
those strategies and demand drivers
change.
There's more to this story on our
website. Click here to go there.
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Adapting
to the Constantly-Changing Global Marketplace Will
Benefit Oklahoma Farmers
The
global market place is a constantly changing
landscape that must be carefully analyzed and
adapted to says Dr. Patricia Rayas
Duarte. Duarte spoke at the Oklahoma
Wheat Commission's 2012 Wheat Review at Redlands
Community College in El Reno.
Duarte is a
cereal chemist at Oklahoma State University, but
she recently examined how the quality of Oklahoma
wheat affects its marketability across the globe.
She recently spent time in Israel and has closely
examined the role Asian markets will play in the
marketing of Oklahoma grain.
In her visit
to Israel, Duarte said, officials say they
perceive a downward trajectory in the quality of
grain received from the United States. She said
the Israelis are currently sourcing grain from the
Black Sea region that is immaculately clean. When
compared with shipments received from the U.S.,
officials said there was a vast
difference.
Duarte took the perception as a
challenge and examined the testing equipment used
by the Israelis. Her sleuthing with the
equipment's manufacturer showed the equipment to
be out of date and not nearly as reliable as that
which is currently available. Even so, Duarte
said, the purchaser's perception of quality is
ultimately what fuels buying decisions. She said
it would be beneficial for U.S. grain marketers to
examine our quality standards to ensure that only
the highest quality wheat is delivered to foreign
markets.
Click here to read more about
emerging markets for Oklahoma wheat in the far
east.
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Feedlot
Nutrition Pioneer Honored with Industry
Achievement Award
Kenneth
Eng, a widely-known pioneer in feedlot
nutrition, will be the recipient of the 2012
Industry Achievement Award. Eng will be the first
nutritionist so honored.
A native of
Nebraska, Eng earned his PhD at Oklahoma State
University and then went to Texas A&M to
establish the country's first graduate program in
feedlot management.
Eng went on to become a
nutrition consultant to feedlots across the U.S.
He said that in the beginning, seven independent
consultants handled about 65 percent of the cattle
in the country's feedlots.
He left the
consulting business in the late 1980s to focus on
his own beef production businesses.
"I was
just lucky to be part of a talented group," Eng
said. "We were, for various reasons, quite a ways
ahead of our time at that time.
"If you had
a good nutrition consultant at that time then, you
were doing things that were at the forefront of
the industry. And they were not widely accepted
otherwise-steam-flaked grains, high-concentrate
rations, higher protein levels, addition of feed
fat and various additives. And they were not
widely used then. It all seems simple now, but it
was sort of new-well, it was new
technology."
Click here to watch a video interview
with Kenneth Eng.
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It's
Time to Prepare Before Helping During Calving
Season, Selk Says
In
the latest edition of the OSU Extension
newsletter, Glenn Selk, extension
animal scientist emeritus, says preparation is the
key to positive calving outcomes.
The
fall calving season will soon be underway on many
Oklahoma and Southern Plains ranches. Before the
first heifer starts in labor, now would be a good
time to make the appropriate preparations for the
upcoming calving season.
* Equipment:
Before calving season starts do a walk-through of
pens, chutes, and calving stalls. Make sure that
all are clean, dry, strong, safe, and functioning
correctly. This is a lot easier to do on a sunny
afternoon than on a dark night when you need them.
* Protocol: Before calving season starts
develop a plan of what to do, when to do it, who
to call for help (along with phone numbers), and
how to know when you need help. Make sure all
family members or helpers are familiar with the
plan. It may help to write it out and post copies
in convenient places. Talk to the local
veterinarian about the protocol and incorporate
his/her suggestions. Make certain to call the
veterinarian for professional assistance as soon
as you identify a difficult birth that you are
incapable of handling yourself.
Selk has more suggestions to ensure a
smooth calving season and you can read them by
clicking here.
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Express
Ranches 'Big Event' Sale Scheduled for August 24
and 25
Express
Ranches will be selling more than 2,000
head of cattle in the upcoming two-day Big Event
Sale Friday and Saturday August 24th and 25th. The
sale will take place at the ranch at 2202 North
Eleventh Street in Yukon.
Approximately
1,500 commercial heifers and feeder calves from
Express Ranch customers will sell on Friday
starting at noon. Included in that sale will be
150 registered Angus females via video auction on
RFD-TV.
Saturday's
Big Event begins at 10 a.m. and will offer 500
head including elite donors, spring bred heifers,
fall yearling ET heifers, fall calving
two-year-olds, and spring-born show heifers and
elite donor prospects.
For
more information, click here, or call
800-664-3977.
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