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Oklahoma's
Latest Farm and Ranch News
Your
Update from Ron Hays of RON
Monday, November 5,
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Howdy
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
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Featured Story:
Water
Plan Seeks Balanced Approach to Meeting Needs for
Next 50 Years
There's
no bigger issue in Oklahoma than water. With the
drought of 2011 and 2012 now beginning to stretch
into a third year, the question of adequate water
supplies is again front and
center.
J.D. Strong,
executive director of the Oklahoma Water Resources
Board, recently spoke to the Oklahoma Agribusiness
Retailers Association about the recently completed
Oklahoma Water Plan. He spoke with me about
progress on the five-year-long plan developed at a
cost of over $11 million dollars.
He said
that water is so important to every individual and
industry that getting all parties to the table to
rationally discuss the issue is not always
easy.
"No question that water forms some
very strong allies, but it also forms strong
enemies. And folks tend to coalesce around their
common water uses, but we have a variety of water
users across the state-whether it's energy, oil
and gas, whether it's agriculture, municipal
drinking water. Tourism and recreation is another
big water user in the state that is often
overlooked. It's a struggle to get folks around
the table to talk about how we can ensure that we
meet all of those water needs with the finite
amount of water that we have in the state. And it
will obviously become more difficult as the state
continues to grow."
He says the complexity
is magnified enormously as the drought continues
to hammer farmers and ranchers in the western half
of the state.
You can read more or listen to our
full interview by clicking here.
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Stillwater
Auctioneer Wins Final WLAC Qualifying Event in
Davenport,
Washington
Dustin
Focht of Stillwater, Okla., won top
honors at the final qualifying event for the 2013
World Livestock Auctioneer Championship (WLAC).
The event was held October 29, in Davenport, Wash.
For placing first, Focht received a
custom-designed Gist belt buckle and $1,000
cash.
Focht, who auctioneers weekly for
three livestock markets in Oklahoma and Kansas,
faced a tough field of competition that included
17 auctioneers from across the U.S. and one entry
from Australia. When not on the auction block he
enjoys golfing and supporting his alma mater,
Oklahoma State University, attending sporting
events with his wife, Julie, and six-year-old
daughter, Jacie. Focht is sponsored by Cherokee
Sales Co., Cherokee, Okla.
Focht is one of
six Oklahoma auctioneers who qualified for the
semi-finals of the WLAC. The other
qualifiers are: Robb Taylor
of Perkins, Bryan Little of
Tulsa, Ashley Noland of Hollis,
Tracy Sullivan of Prague, and
Mike Godberson of
Pawnee.
Click here to read
more.
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OFB
President Previews Upcoming Convention and Trade
Show
The
annual convention and trade show of the Oklahoma
Farm Bureau is scheduled for the end of next week
and OFB President Mike Spradling
sat down with me to preview the convention and
talk about some other important
issues.
Spradling said the convention
is the culmination of a lot of work by a lot of
farm bureau members all across the state. One of
the main purposes of the convention is to set
policy for the organization for the coming
year.
"Not only state policy, but national
as well. Of course, we've got some things we're
looking at. We all have a concern about water in
the state of Oklahoma and that's certainly going
to be on the minds of our delegates. Another thing
this year coming up we know there's going to be a
lot of tax exemptions, maybe, going away if
something's not done on the federal level. The
death tax is certainly one of those things we're
really interested in. Something has to be done
before that happens.
"At the same time,
we're looking, also, to see what we can do to be
certain we get a farm bill finished. It's probably
not likely it's going to happen this year so we
may have to start this whole process all
over."
You can hear our full conversation or
read more of this story by clicking
here.
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Thick-Cut
Pork, Branded Pork Highlighted in
Japan
Japan
already is the top value market for U.S. pork, but
the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) is
targeting growth opportunities for branded and
thick-cut products in two new initiatives designed
to increase sales of American
pork.
Thick-cut pork chops and roasts are a
staple of the American dinner table, but thinly
sliced meats are more the standard for chefs and
homemakers in Japan. To introduce consumers to new
pork cooking techniques that work for larger cuts,
USMEF-Japan hired popular cooking instructor Rika
Yukimasa to develop U.S. pork recipes - including
some for microwave cooking - that will be
introduced during a two-month promotion that runs
through the end of 2012.
"While pork is a
popular choice for Japanese meals, thick-cut pork
is not familiar to Japanese consumers or
retailers," said Takemichi Yamashoji, senior
marketing director for USMEF-Japan.
You can read more of this story on
our web page. Click here to go
there.
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Marketing
Goals, Drought Considerations Impact Wise Bull
Selection
The
2011 drought which extended into 2012 has had an
impact on many decisions that cow-calf producers
have had to think about in the Southern Great
Plains. Cow-calf specialist Bob
Weaber of Kansas State University
stresses the importance of making sire selections
based on the producer's production goals, keeping
in mind the impact of the continuing drought on
resources.
"This last two-year cycle has
really got people thinking back again about
improving herd production efficiency and the
benefits that heterosis brings to our commercial
cow-calf sector particularly in terms of building
cows that are more fit for our production
environment."
Weaber says drought should
figure into the bull-selection process, but
producers need to consider their marketing end
goals as well.
"If you sell calves on the
rail in a grid-marketing system or value-based
marketing system, end product traits like
marbling, carcass weight, yield, and grade are
relatively more important than growth traits to
weaning, for instance."
You can hear more from Bob Weaber on
the latest Beef Buzz by clicking
here.
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Cherokee
County 4-H Meat Judging Team Takes 2nd Place at
National Competition
The
Cherokee County 4-H meat judging team represented
Oklahoma well in the recent American Royal
National 4-H Meat Judging and Identification
Contest. This contest is held every year in
conjunction with the American Royal Livestock
Show.
The three-member team, comprised of
Hallie Barnes, K.C.
Barnes and Trico Blue,
placed 2nd nationally at the competition that took
place at Kansas State University in Manhattan,
Kan. They are members of the Cherokee County
Riders 4-H Club.
With a score of 2,154
points, the trio was a mere two points behind the
Texas team that placed first. In addition to their
2nd place overall finish, the team also won
multiple divisions in the contest, including beef
judging, retail judging, total judging and
reasons. The team placed 3rd in meat
identification and 5th in pork judging.
Click here to learn more about the
competition and how individual team members
placed.
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This
N That- Okie to Lead Texas Cattle Feeders in 2013,
OSU Outlook Conference This Friday and ALO
Reception- Also on Friday.
While
the name remains the Texas Cattle Feeders
Association- for the next two years- they
will have an Oklahoma cattle feeder as their
Chairman- TCFA represents feedlots in not just
Texas, but also New Mexico and Oklahoma- and in
2013 and 2014, their Chairmen hail from the
Oklahoma Panhandle. In 2013, that chore will be
handled by Walt Olson. He is
manager of the Tri-State Feedyard in Turpin. The
Chairman Elect in the coming year, which will make
him Chairman in 2014, is Jason
Hitch of Hitch Enterprises in
Guymon. TCFA had a very successful
convention this past week in San Antonio, which
included the election of their officers and board
members for the coming year.
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Insights
about trends and expectations regarding
agriculture and rural economies will be the focus
of the Rural Economic Outlook
Conference taking place Nov. 9 on
Oklahoma State University's Stillwater campus. The time for
preregistration has come and gone- but you can
register at the door for $75- they have a great
program lined up- click here for the actual agenda
lined up for this coming Friday.
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The
second annual Ag Leadership
Oklahoma reception at the Oklahoma Farm
Bureau convention will be held this coming Friday
evening at Cox Convention Center in downtown OKC-
Rooms 1,2 and 3. The reception is open to
ANY and ALL OALP graduates as well as the current
class- and is set for 5 to 7 pm- you don't have to
be a member of Farm Bureau to come and participate
and catch up with your OALP classmates and those
from the other classes from down through the
years.
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