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Oklahoma's
Latest Farm and Ranch News
Your
Election Day Update from Ron Hays of
RON
Tuesday, November 6,
2012 |
Howdy
Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
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Featured
Story:
Welcome-
FINALLY- to Election Day
2012
We
have literally been talking about this particular
election day since 2010- when the Republicans
regained a majority of the US House and
took away the total control of Captial Hill that
President Barack Obama had in the
first two years of his Presidency. For
agricultural interests in the southern Plains-
that was significant as it switched the Committee
Chairmanship of the House Ag Committee from Collin
Peterson of Minnesota to Oklahoma Rancher
Frank Lucas of Roger Mills County
in western Oklahoma. His fingerprints
are clearly reflected in the House Ag Committee's
version of farm policy which acknowledges there
are different needs and concerns in southern
agriculture versus the midwest corn and soybean
belt.
The
pundents generally agree that the US House will
likely stay Republican- meaning that Mr. Lucas
will stay as Chairman of the Committee for another
two years. Politico has an interesting read
on the House races that will be decided in large
part by tomorrow morning- click here to read their Election Day
take on what the House may end up looking like
in 2013.
Meanwhile,
we have been told more than once by Oklahoma's
Senior Republican Senator Jim
Inhofe that the Senate will become a GOP
majority- most of the experts now say that will
not happen- but there are now enough close races
in key states that you should probably take up the
thought- "It Ain't Over Til It's Over." (Did Yogi
Berra say that?) Larry Sabato is one expert
that thinks Inhofe's hopes will go down in flames
tonight-his latest report tshows no
change in the makeup as far as the numbers go- 53
to 47. That would mean Debbie
Stabenow would still be Chair of the
Senate Ag Committee and the one that would be
across the table from Frank Lucas working out
final details of the 2012-2013 Farm Bill- either
in Lame Duck or in a new Congressional year.
Who
knows how the race for the White House will turn
out? I am not sure that we will know for
certain when we write our Wednesday morning Email
update- Obviously, the seven electoral votes from
Oklahoma will be committed to Mitt
Romney- after that, we will do the math
in real time tonight and into Wednesday morning.
It does matter who is in the White House to
agriculture- a good example of that can be heard
in the comments we featured in our Monday Beef
Buzz with Colin Woodall of the NCBA- Click here to take a listen.
Our
friend Keith Good of FarmPolicy.Com has a great
compilation of dozens and dozens of links about
the various races around the country- you can jump
over to it by clicking here.
We
will be watching with you tonight's results- and
will devote most of tomorrow morning's email to a
look at what is known by early Wednesday- and the
ramifications for the Lame Duck dealing with the
2012 Farm Bill. We will also have coverage of
several key issue votes- like Proposition 37 in
California where GMO labeling is on the ballot. We
plan to have updates on Twitter and our
Facebook page and our website- we will write
updates as needed for all of these platforms- we
do hope to visit with the Chairman of the
House Ag Committee sometime this evening and will
have that for you as well.
FINALLY-
I have already voted by Absentee ballot and
would encourage you to stand in line as long as
you need to- but exercise your right as an
American and
VOTE!!! |
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Randy
Blach with CattleFax Remains Convinced Herd
Expansion Will Eventually
Come
One
of the leading cattle market watchers in the
country believes that beef herd expansion is
coming, but Randy Blach with
CattleFax told the recent Texas Cattle Feeders
Association Convention that increase in the beef
cow herd in the US may still be a year or two
away.
"The herd is still getting smaller
and we think it will continue to shrink a little
more on in to 2014 and 2015 but I would say by
January of 2015, we will see the herd stabilize
and grow-assuming it rains. And obviously that is
a big assumption, but we believe we are still on
track to see an expansion, or we will see the
continued change from La Niña back to El Niño and
we should see more moisture flow as a result of
that.
"Fed slaughter is down 950,000 head
for the year and yet heifer slaughter is down over
half of that. Normally heifer slaughter would
comprise 36% to 37% of our total slaughter. That's
telling you that producers in this industry are
trying to hold the females together. Beef cow
slaughter is down nearly 500,000 head."
Prices are going to continue to be at
record highs. "I told you they'd be record high in
2012 and we probably would make and money-and
that's what happened. That's going to be a tough
situation over the next 12-18 months as we go
through this situation of declining numbers to
pick and choose from."
Click here to read more.
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Canola
TV-'Answer Plots' Highlight Production Practices
in Upcoming Sessions
Our
latest episode of CanolaTV is now available to be
seen on YouTube as well as on our website- OklahomaFarmReport.Com. Our
thanks to PCOM, Producers Cooperative Oil
Mill, the sponsors of this ongoing effort
to get canola producers and those interested
in winter canola production up to speed about
this important new rotational crop for the
millions of winter wheat acres in the southern
Plains.
In
an effort to help prospective producers get up to
speed quickly with growing canola, experts at
Winfield Solutions established their "Answer Plot"
System. The system was started five years ago and
now has two locations in Oklahoma. Justin
Stejskal of Winfield spoke with me
recently about the program and two upcoming
educational seminars in Oklahoma.
"The
Answer Plot System is a national system sponsored
by Winfield. Nationally we have about 200 sites
across the United States including Mexico, Canada,
and a site Kenya and one in China also now. Here
in Oklahoma, we have two sites.
"The Answer
Plot System is based on crops grown locally in
that region. So, in Oklahoma, we have two sites
with winter canola and winter wheat.
He
says the project's purpose is to demonstrate the
latest management practices mainly for canola. He
says a portion of the field is dedicated to
replicated trials for yield trials, population
studies, and fertility
studies. In addition, he said his
company's wheat varieties are tested based on seed
treatment options and the like.
Click here to watch this episode of
Canola TV and to get directions to the upcoming
seminars Nov. 13th &
14th.
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November
Gets Off to a Dry Start Much to the Dismay of
Farmers
November
has begun just like October ended-dry. Only
three Mesonet stations recorded rain last walk,
all less than a quarter of an inch. Wheat
conditions in the new Oklahoma Crop Weather Report
were listed mostly fair to poor. Wheat planting
was 96 percent complete by the end of the week and
78 percent of the crop had emerged.
Canola conditions were rated mostly
good to fair and 93 percent of the crop had
emerged by week's end. Click here for Oklahoma's Crop
Weather Report.
Kansas
farmers have nearly completed wheat seeding with
98 percent of the crop in the ground by
Sunday. Eighty-seven percent of the wheat
had emerged by week's end, ahead of last year at
85 percent and the five-year average of 80
percent. The condition of the crop was three
percent very poor, 10 percent poor, 50 percent
fair, 35 percent good, and two percent excellent.
Read the full Kansas report by
clicking here.
In
Texas, winter wheat was off to a good start
but is in need of rainfall to sustain growth.
Irrigation was active in some areas while dry land
acres were beginning to show signs of stress.
Small grain seeding continued around the state but
slowed in some areas due to dry conditions.
Eighty-seven percent of wheat acres had been
planted with 69 percent emerged. Both are
slightly ahead of last year and the five year
average. You can read the Texas report by
clicking here.
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Wheat
Pasture Prospects Fading
Fast
Derrell
S. Peel, Oklahoma State University
Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, writes
in the current Cow-Calf Newsletter about the
latest casualties of the drought.
No
significant rain has fallen in Oklahoma in over
two weeks. Last week's Crop Progress showed that
25 percent of Oklahoma wheat was in good condition
and 61 percent was fair with only 12 percent poor
or very poor. Though the wheat crop in 2011 was
planted later, the crop condition at the end of
October was substantially better than this year.
Moreover, wheat conditions will likely show
significant deterioration very soon without rain.
Since the majority of wheat has emerged and soil
moisture is depleted in many areas, additional
moisture is critical and must arrive very soon. In
the driest areas of the north central and
northwest parts of the state, wheat has either not
emerged or has not been planted at this time. The
short term weather forecast indicates little
precipitation probability for the next 8-14 days.
The El Niño that has been anticipated much of the
summer and fall appears to have faded into weak or
neutral conditions, providing fewer chances for
winter moisture in the Southern Plains.
Stocker demand has faltered as the
potential wheat pasture is far from a reality at
this time. Stocker producers are in a wait-and-see
mode before committing to stocker purchases. There
appears to be considerable interest in wheat
pasture leasing by producers as well as feedlots
hoping to secure some spring feeder cattle
supplies and use wheat pasture to put on cheaper
weight gain before feedlot placement. However, the
clock is ticking on wheat pasture prospects in
Oklahoma.
This story is continued on our web
page. Click here for more.
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Mites
and Moths: A Fall for Keeping a Vigilant Watch on
Wheat and Canola
Mike
Jeffcoat, Extension Educator Ag in
Jefferson County reported a wheat field that was
heavily infested with winter grain mite (WGM)
which is also called the blue oat mite. The levels
of damage he reported seeing were surprising, but
a dry fall, coupled with a cooling of temps and
slow growth of wheat means the wheat is vulnerable
to this pest.
This mite is small (about the
1 mm long) with a dark blue to black body and 4
pair of orange-red legs. It also has a small
reddish spot on the top of its abdomen that can be
seen under magnification. The eggs of WGM are
kidney-shaped, and change from clear, to yellow to
reddish-orange after several days. They are laid
on leaf blades and stems or the roots near the
crown. Besides wheat, many grasses serve as host
plants, including barley, oats, ryegrass and
fescue.
In all cases, adult mites are
females, all of which are capable of laying eggs.
The first generation will peak in December/January
and the second will peak in March/April. Newly-
hatched take up to 60 days to mature and can live
for up to 40 days as adults. Winter grain mites
oversummer as eggs. They are most active when
temperatures are between 40 degrees and 70 degrees
F. Freezing conditions and/or snow cover don't
really affect them.
You can read more by clicking
here.
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This
N That - OSU Takes American Royal, WheatWatch
Future May Include Rain, and It's Ratcliff Ranch
Annual Production Sale Time
Most
of the wheat in our central Oklahoma
WheatWatch 2013 photos has
been able to emerge on minimal moisture. We
have comparision shots now for two different
fields- the first pics taken October 16 and the
second set November 2. We will continue to take
followup shots through the growing season of these
fields to allow you to see their
development. You can check out the latest
WheatWatch pictures by clicking
here. WheatWatch 2013 is a service of the
Oklahoma Wheat Commission,
working hard for the Oklahoma Wheat Producer
Meanwhile-
wheat and canola farmers are REALLY hoping
for a drink of water for the fall planted
crops. Meteorologist Matt
Mahler with News9 KWTV says in
a blog post some relief from
the very dry conditions may be rolling into
portions of Oklahoma by Saturday night and
Sunday. He writes "A big storm system will
develop in the western U.S. and arrive in Oklahoma
on Saturday. The best rain chances, at this time,
appear to be late Saturday into early Sunday.
While a few of the storms could be strong to
severe, it does appear we'll have enough moisture
in place for lots of rain to fall. Where exactly
it will is still in question as there's a long way
to go, but when you're in a drought situation,
it's never too early to look at rainfall
prospects!"
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The
OSU Livestock Judging Team
outperformed the competition to take the American
Royal in Kansas City last weekend. The
Cowboys were the high team overall and also took
home top team honors in swine, cattle and
reasons. Morgan
Meisenheimer who was named the high
individual overall was also the high individual in
both cattle and oral reasons. Jamie
Bloomberg was the 9th high individual
overall, and was also 4th in reasons, 9th in
cattle and 6th in swine. Clay
Zwilling was the 10th high individual
overall, 9th in sheep, and was 8th in swine.
Katie Duysen was 6th in reasons
and 7th in swine. Jake
Warntjes was 9th in
reasons.
Winning the American Royal is a
significant achievement for OSU, and the team will
travel to Louisville, Kentucky, to compete in the
National Championship contest in one week at the
North American International Livestock
Exposition.
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Seventy
Ranch-Ready Angus and SimAngus bulls will be on
the block Nov. 10 at Ratcliff
Ranches in Vinita during their annual
Fall Production and Customer Sale.
Also up for sale will be 850
functional commercial Angus and SimAngus females.
For more information click here or call
918-244-8025.
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