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Feeder
Cattle Recap:
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Slaughter
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Oklahoma's
Latest Farm and Ranch News
Your
Update from Ron Hays of RON
Wednesday, August 29,
2012 |
Howdy
Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
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Featured Story:
New
Research Shows Cattle Producers Doing the Right
Thing
Results
from the 2012 National Beef Quality Audit show
that beef producers are overwhelmingly doing
what's right says Jason Ahola, a
Colorado State University professor who helped
author this year's study. In the second part of a
two-part Beef Buzz, Ahola says producers have some
surprising reasons for implementing quality
assurance practices.
"You would think most
producers would say 'I do it because I make more
money,' but that was third on the list by a long
shot. Only about a third of producers said that.
The vast majority of producers--over 80-some,
90-some percent-said 'We do it because it's the
right thing to do' and/or 'I do it because I'm
committed to continuous improvement.'
"They recognize there's probably money on
the table for them doing these things that they're
not getting because our beef system is so diverse
and large. But they are still saying 'It's
important for us to do those things to assure the
consumer and maybe someday that money will trickle
back more than it has today, but in the meantime,
we'll continue doing that because we're
committed.'"
Ahola says the surveys show
animal well-being was a very high priority on
producers' lists. Healthcare and vaccinations play
an important part in maintaining quality, but
producers said they more highly value stockmanship
and good animal handling skills. They say they
think low-stress handling techniques make a world
of difference to keep quality high.
Click here for Part I of our
interview with Jason and you can hear Part II by clicking
here.
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Eighth
Governor Asks for RFS Waiver; Ethanol Industry
Takes its Case to
Governors
Another
governor asks the EPA for a waiver of the
Renewable Fuel Standard and ethanol industry
groups write to the governors explaining why
waivers are unnecessary.
Governor Bob
McDonnell of Virginia is the latest state
chief executive to request a waiver. McDonnell
said the waiver would provide relief to poultry
farmers who are a key industry in his state.
Poultry groups were quick to praise McDonnell's
move. McDonnell is the eighth governor to ask the
EPA to waive its ethanol mandate. To read more
about Gov. McDonnell's request and the response
from poultry organizations, click here.
The
leadership of Growth Energy, a coalition of
ethanol producers, wrote a letter to the governors
explaining their position on the issue. The letter
explained belief of ethanol producers that waiving
the mandate would not have a
significant impact on corn prices and
that market factors, speculation and Mother Nature
are the true culprits of increased commodity
prices. You can read more from Growth Energy and
its letter to the governors by clicking
here.
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Forage
Analysis Can be a Useful Tool to Dispel Doubts
About Hay Quality, Selk Says
In
the latest Cow-Calf Corner of the OSU Extension
newsletter, animal scientist emeritus
Glenn Selk says 2012 is a good
year to test questionable forage for adequate
protein and energy content.
Oklahoma
producers find themselves out of their "comfort
zone" as they go into the winter of 2012. Many
have inadequate forage
supplies. Therefore, if they were
fortunate to find another source of hay to
purchase, they may have forage of unknown quality
and nutritive value.
Forage analysis can
be a useful tool to remove some of the mystery
concerning the hay that producers will feed this
winter. The high cost of protein and energy
supplements are further fuel to this advice.
Testing the grass hays this year for protein and
energy content will help the producer design
winter supplementation programs most appropriate
for the forage supply that is available. It is
hard to think of any year when forage testing was
more important.
You
can read more about the advantages of forage
analysis by clicking here.
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State
Department of Agriculture Grant Proves Grape
Industry Impact
Oklahoma
has more than 62 wineries, up from just three
wineries in 2000 when State Question 688
established winery tasting rooms. The state ranks
31st in wine production and produces an average of
4,000 cases of wine per year.
There are
approximately 139 commercial vineyards operating
439 acres of bearing-age grape vines. Demand for
Oklahoma-grown grapes far exceeds the current
supply. This relatively young industry is valued
at $98.5 million in economic impact to the state
and supports 840 full-time equivalent jobs. These
are just some of the findings of a recent study of
2010 data conducted by Frank, Rimerman and Co.,
LLP recognized as the leading research source on
the US wine industry.
The Oklahoma Grape
Industry Council (OGIC), a nonprofit representing
90 percent of the state's commercial grape and
wine industry, used a Specialty Crop Block Grant
from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food
and Forestry to study the economic impact of
vineyards and wineries in Oklahoma.
Click here to read more about the
grape industry's impact in Oklahoma.
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National
Crop Insurance Services Sponsors Drought Photo
Contest to Raise Awareness of Farmers' Plight
A
couple of generations ago, photographers
commissioned by the Farm Services Administration
fanned out across the country to document the Dust
Bowl and the Great Depression. Such devastating
weather-related events can affect people all
across the globe and those images recorded by the
likes of Dorothea Lange and Arthur Rothstein still
speak to us to this day.
The current
drought blanketing the United States has the
potential to be such a life-changing event. In an
attempt to raise awareness about the severity of
the situation, and the importance of strong farm
policy in a time like this, the National Crop
Insurance Services (NCIS)-a coalition of the
nation's crop insurance companies-has taken to
Facebook and Twitter to host a 90-day photo
contest, featuring real drought photos.
The
group has asked farmers and ranchers from across
the country to submit photos portraying the
severity of the consequences these unpredictable
weather conditions can impose on our nation's farm
families. They don't have to be pretty-just
real.
At the close of the contest, the top
three photos will be ranked and awarded prizes,
including a new iPad and a $500 Visa gift
card.
For more information on the contest
and how to enter, click here.
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CEO
Tim Lust Believes Drop Dead Deadline on 2012 Farm
Bill is End of the Calendar Year- Not September
Tim
Lust of the National Sorghum Producers
says no one should be surprised with the impasse
over the 2012 farm debate that has developed ahead
of the 2012 November elections. Lust told us that
"if you had done this radio interview a year ago,
you would have predicted all of this" referring to
the geographic and commodity differences in what
is wanted and needed in ther 2012 farm bill- along
with the difficulties in getting political
interest in moving a bill just ahead of the
general elections this fall.
Lust
seems to be content with the idea of trying to
finish the 2012 farm bill process in a lame duck
session- after the November elections. He does
stress the need to get it done before the end of
the calendar year. The prospect of having to start
over with a new Congress in 2013 is not one that
Lust or many other farm group leaders want to
face.
Besides the farm policy process-
we also talked about the 2012 grain sorghum crop
nationally- prospects for more acres next year for
sorghum and of course, ethanol. Click here to jump over to our
webpage and check out our full conversation with
Tim Lust that we had on Tuesday evening at the
Great Plains Sorghum Conference in Manhattan,
Ks.
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Beef
Cattle Conferences Target Challenges,
Profitable Management Strategies
A
pair of livestock conferences coordinated by the
OSU Cooperative Extension Service will bring
cattle producers up-to-date on the latest
management, health, and economic
issues.
The
Wheatland Stocker Conference is
scheduled for today at the Cherokee Strip
Conference Center at 123 E. Main in Enid. The
conference begins at 8:30 a.m. and will run until
the middle of the afternoon. It will feature
presentations on the economic outlook, managing
health and performance in high-risk cattle, OSU's
new wheat varieties, and getting the most out of
supplementation programs. For more information, click
here.
Meanwhile,
experts from Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and
Oklahoma will be on hand at the Five State
Beef Conference next week in
Woodward.
The one-day event begins at 2:30
p.m. and runs until 7 p.m. September 4th at the
High Plains Technology Center in
Woodward.
Conference topics include:
Evaluating Alternative and Non-Conventional Feed
Sources, Evaluation of Feeding Systems for
Maintaining Cattle, Traits and Tools for Retention
and Replacement of Females, Managing Range
Resources During and Recovering from Drought, and
Trends and Changes Impacting Livestock
Economics. Click here for more
information. Our friend Dana
Bay is helping put this event on- and she
needs your RSVP by this Friday to get a meal count
for next Tuesday- check out the program and
register! |
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