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Oklahoma's
Latest Farm and Ranch News
Your
Update from Ron Hays of RON
Tuesday,
December 11,
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Howdy
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
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Featured Story:
Farm
Bill Anxieties, Advanced Biofuels Opportunities On
Sorghum Growers Minds, Tim Lust
Says
Tim
Lust of the National Sorghum producers
says time is running out on getting a farm bill
passed and signed before the end of the year. He
spoke with us recently about a number of issues
and says there are a lot of threads coming
together in Washington at the present moment and
it's unclear how the bill will fare before the end
of the year.
If there is not farm bill
before the current Congress adjourns, Lust says
something will have to be done early next year.
There are many provisions of the current
legislation that are positive for sorghum
producers and he hopes they will be carried
forward.
He says one of the most
important parts of any farm bill, in his eyes, is
crop insurance. Changes to crop insurance in the
2008 bill meant over $30 million has gone out to
sorghum growers who lost their crops. In the last
two years, sorghum growers in Oklahoma received $3
million dollars for their
losses.
"We hate that they had a
crop loss, but we're glad that farm policy is able
to help them with that loss and be able to
continue to stay in business and do what they have
to do and pay the bills that they have to pay
around town.
"As
we look forward to 2013, particularly for the
Oklahoma panhandle, the expansion of the sorghum
silage insurance program there under irrigation is
a very positive thing. And in some of those areas
where we have water declines, there's a lot of
interest by the feedyards and dairies of moving to
sorghum silage and this will certainly give
producers some insurance coverage there that will
help them to continue to move in that
direction."
He
also says the recent approval of sorghum as a feed
stock for advanced biofuels opens up greater
marketing opportunities for sorghum producers.
You can read more and catch our
lengthy conversation with Tim Lust by clicking
here.
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Heath
Sanders Advises Canola Producers to Have Patience,
Canola is
Resilient
As
this year's drought-stressed canola crop goes into
winter dormancy, PCOM's Heath
Sanders advises canola producers who saw
a much hardier-looking crop at this time last year
to avoid the temptation to throw in the towel. He
spoke with us for the latest edition of Canola TV.
He says in his survey of fields across the state
he's seeing a mixed bag.
"We've got some
big canola. We've got some smaller canola. We've
got canola still coming up. Very erratic rainfall
that we received. We're still seeing those same
conditions. And so wherever we've had a little bit
of moisture, the canola looks really good. We've
been very mild this fall and so we've had a lot of
growing conditions and we just need that moisture
to get our canola to a bigger size."
He
said that lack of moisture is a big, big concern.
What the crop really needs right now, he says, is
rain-just a little bit. Even a small amount of
rain would be enough to improve chances of getting
it through the winter in good shape, he said.
"If you could get the canola up to a good
stage, a good size right now, really, this is an
OK time for it to be dry because we need the
moisture in the spring in order for
reproduction. When we have very
small canola, it's extremely dry, and we get very
cold, I'm a little concerned. But canola has that
ability to thin itself out. The strongest survive.
And we're just going to have to wait and see what
we have."
Click here for more from Heath
Sanders.
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Peel
Says 'Demographic Cliff' Brings Challenges and
Opportunities to Rebuilding the Cow
Herd
In
the third part of a series on rebuilding the
nation's cow herd, Derrell S.
Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension
Livestock Marketing Specialist, writes in the
latest Cow-Calf Newsletter about the demographic
and economic forces that have to be considered in
that process.
Like
farmers of all types, cattle producers have been
aging as a group for many years. USDA data from
2011 indicates that among the 654,000 cattle farms
in the country, 37 percent are operated by
producers 65 years of age or older and another 29
percent are operated by producers aged 55-64.
Together these two age groups operate 64 percent
of land used for cattle production. This includes
118.4 million acres by the 65+ producers, 66
percent of which are the full owners of their
farms. In many cases there are no family heirs
interested or able to take over the operation.
These demographics suggest that a
significant amount of asset turnover is inevitable
in the next decade. In the meantime, older cattle
producers, like many farmers, often don't really
retire and exit the industry but rather tend to
"retire in place" by remaining on the farm and
gradually scaling back their operations. Older
producers, on average more financially secure, can
afford to cut back by reducing cattle numbers or
switching to less labor intensive enterprises
according to their health situation and labor
ability. The latest USDA data confirms that cattle
producers over 65 years of age have a per farm
value of production that is 43 percent less (25
percent less on a per acre equivalent basis)
compared to the average value of production of all
cattle farms. In the most recent data, average
farm size for these older producers has dropped to
roughly 75 percent of the average of all cattle
farms. Previous data had indicated that farm size
for the older producers was only 8-10 percent less
than average. It is possible that asset turnover
in the cattle industry has accelerated
recently.
Click here for more of Derrell Peel's
analysis and for links to Parts 1 and 2 of this
series on rebuilding the nation's cow
herd.
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EWG
Calls for One-Year Farm Bill Extension, No
'Secret' Farm Bill
The
Environmental Working Group joined with several
groups to call on lawmakers to stop a secret farm
bill from being attached to any legislation
designed to straighten out the nation's finances.
Scott Faber, EWG's vice president
of government affairs released the following
statement:
"Our groups may not agree on
many things. But, we are united in our view that
it would unconscionable for our nation's leaders
to bypass the House and attach a $1 trillion farm
bill to legislation designed to right the nation's
finances.
"The time to pass a farm
bill has come and gone. Congress should pass a
fiscally responsible one-year extension of farm
and food programs and allow the House to debate
the future of farm subsidies.
You can read more of the EWG
statement by clicking
here.
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Russia
Demands US Meat Be Certified Ractopamine- Free
Which Could Halt Meat Exports to That
Country
Russia
has notified Washington that all U.S. beef and
pork exports must be certified as
ractopamine-free, USDA officials confirmed to
Meatingplace.
The move would effectively
halt U.S. beef and pork exports to Russia because
the agency does not have a testing and
certification program in place for the
leanness-enhancing feed additive.
United
States Agriculture Secretary Tom
Vilsack and United States Trade
Representative Ron Kirk today
issued the following statement in response to
Russia's new requirements that U.S. beef and pork
exports to Russia be tested and certified free of
the feed additive ractopamine:
"The United
States is very concerned that Russia has taken
these actions, which appear to be inconsistent
with its obligations as a member of the World
Trade Organization. The United States calls on
Russia to suspend these new measures and restore
market access for U.S. beef and pork products. The
United States sought, and Russia committed as part
of its WTO accession package, to ensure that it
adhered rigorously to WTO requirements and that it
would use international standards unless it had a
risk assessment to justify use of a more stringent
standard. Especially in light of its commitment to
use international standards, this is an important
opportunity for Russia to demonstrate that it
takes its WTO commitments
seriously."
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Studies
Reveal Proper Cow Nutrition Prior to Calving Pays
Big Dividends
Don't
put your cow herd on "coast." Nutrition in the
months before calving can determine the calves'
future performance.
Rick
Rasby of the University of Nebraska says,
"The idea behind fetal programming is: Can
you manipulate the fetus while it's still in utero
in the cow by nutrition?"
Research at the
University of Nebraska and other universities
across the country says, "yes."
"Some of
the early work we would have done here would
indicate that when cows were grazing winter range
and were supplemented, as compared to those cows
that were grazing winter range and were not
supplemented, those steer progeny, those male
progeny, from those females that were
supplemented, if you carry them on into the
feedlot, is that they had a heavier hot-carcass
weight as compared to those male progeny whose
dams were not supplemented, to the tune of about
62 pounds."
That same study found that
offspring of the supplemented cows graded 86
percent choice compared to 71 percent in the
non-supplemented group. Premium-choice dropped 18
points without the added protein.
You can read more of this story or
see a video version of it on our website.
Click here to go
there.
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Finally-
A Big Thank You to Oklahoma Ag
Educators
At
the end of November, the National
Association of Agricultural Educators
held their annual meeting over in Atlanta- I had
hoped to be there but family issues made that
impossible. Earlier in the year- I was able to
attend the state level conference in Oklahoma
City- where Oklahoma Ag Ed teachers presented me
with what they call their "Cooperation"
award. I was told at the time that they had
submitted my name to be considered for a similar
honor at the national level- and at that meeting
in Atlanta on November 30- my name was called out
as one of six national honorees for their 2012
"Outstanding Cooperation" award.
I
have a tremendous amount of respect and
appreciation for what was once called the Vo-Ag
teacher- my dad was one during part of my growing
up years. I am biased- but I believe they
invest themselves into the lives of their students
moreso than almost any other secondary education
teacher. Besides the time in the classroom- they
are there with them working on projects, preparing
for judging and speech and show competitions- and
teaching the value of hard work, being prepared
and how to win with class and lose with
dignity. Hanging out with the guys (only
guys way back then) at the State Fair in the show
barn- I wanted to be just like those guys who wore
the Blue and Gold jackets that were a part of my
Dad's FFA chapter. Later, two of the
teachers I admired and loved the most were my Ag
teachers- they worked us hard- got my butt busted
more than once- and we had fun as we worked in the
community, went to contests and oh those trips to
Kansas City and the National Convention of the
Future Farmers- they are etched forever in my
memory bank.
Ag
Ed teachers are repeating that story over and over
even today (minus the butt busting for the most
part)- and I count this as one of my highest
honors to be saluted by them. I offer my thanks to
the men and ladies who aspire to inspire their
students in Ag Ed and FFA.
Click here for the news release
which tells a little more about the award that was
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