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Grain report- linked above.
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analyzing the Futures Markets from the previous Day.
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Previous Day's Wheat Market Recap-Two
Pager from the Kansas City Board of Trade looks at all
three U.S. Wheat Futures Exchanges with extra info on
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Feeder
Cattle Recap:
The
National Daily Feeder & Stocker
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Slaughter
Cattle Recap:
The
National Daily Slaughter Cattle
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TCFA
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Finally,
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Oklahoma's
Latest Farm and Ranch News
Your
Update from Ron Hays of RON
Wednesday,
September 19,
2012 |
Howdy
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
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The
possible expiration of the 2008 Farm Bill without
a replacement is a real concern for organizations
that promote U.S. agricultural products overseas.
The expiration of the current bill at the end of
September will mean a lapse in funding for the
Market Access Program.
Phil
Seng is the president and chief executive
officer of the U.S. Meat Export Federation, an
organization that has made use of MAP funds to
successfully promote beef, pork, and lamb sales to
new markets. He says the U.S. is one of the
world's largest agricultural exporters with about
$141 billion dollars worth of sales abroad last
year. He says the Obama administration has spoken
about doubling those exports and the MAP program
is necessary to achieve that goal.
"It's
critical to the viability of U.S. agriculture and
critical to the success of agriculture as we go
forward."
Seng says the dollars provided by
the various checkoff programs are matched by the
MAP dollars which multiplies their
effectiveness.
If those matching funds
lapse along with the farm bill at the end of the
month, Seng worries that there will be damage to
U.S. exports. He is joined in his concerns by the
U.S. Feed Grains Council, and U.S. Wheat
Associates. Seng says Congress will need to
reauthorize the program's funding either by
passing the 2012 Farm Bill or authorizing a
separate appropriation to keep exports on
track.
Phil Seng joins us on the latest
Beef Buzz. Click here to listen to more of
Phil's comments.
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It is great to have as a regular
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agriculture across Oklahoma and around the world
since 1893. Service was the foundation upon
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Midwest Farm
Shows is our longest running sponsor
of the daily farm and ranch email- and they are
busy getting ready for want to thank everyone
for supporting and attending
the Southern Plains Farm Show
this spring. The attention now
turns to this coming December's Tulsa Farm
Show- the dates for 2012 are December 6
through the 8th. Click here for the Tulsa Farm Show
website for more details about this tremendous
all indoor farm show at Expo Square in Tulsa.
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Oklahomans
Fare Well in 2013 World Livestock Auctioneer
Championship
Qualifier
Several
Oklahoma contestants--and others with Oklahoma
connections--fared well in the first qualifying
competition for the 2013 World Livestock
Auctioneer Championship. Blaine Lotz of
Edna, Kansas took first place on Sept. 15 at Mid
America Stockyards in Bristow, Okla. Defeating 21
contestants, Lotz qualified for the WLAC for
the second consecutive year. He is sponsored
by South Coffeyville Stockyard, South Coffeyville,
Okla. and Fredonia Livestock Auction, Fredonia,
Kan.
Ashley
Noland, Amarillo, Texas was the Reserve Champion
of the day, sponsored by Hollis Commission,
Hollis, Okla. and Elk City Livestock Auction, Elk
City, Okla. Runner-up Champion was Tracy
Sullivan, Prague, Okla., sponsored by
Southern Oklahoma Livestock Auction, Ada, Okla.,
Woodward Livestock Auction, Woodward, Okla. and
Holdenville Livestock Market, Holdenville,
Okla.
Seven additional contestants rounded
out the top 10: Mike Godberson, Pawnee,
Okla.; Andrew McDowell, Vandalia, Ill.;
Justin Mebane, Bakersfield, Calif.; Jay Romine,
Mt. Washington, Ky.; Jason Santomaso, Sterling,
Colo.; Russle Sleep, Bedford, Iowa; and Preston
Smith, Dodge City, Kan.
These top ten
auctioneers have earned their places in the
semi-finals at the 2013 World Livestock Auctioneer
Championship, hosted by Montgomery Stockyards,
LLC, in Montgomery, Ala., on June
14-15.
Click here to read more.
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NACD
Applauds NRCS-FWS Agreement to Extend Regulatory
Certainty
National
Association of Conservation Districts (NACD)
President Gene Schmidt applauded
the recent agreement between the Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (FWS) to extend wildlife
conservation efforts on working agricultural
lands.
"Producers who are doing the right
thing for the land deserve to have long-term
regulatory certainty," said Schmidt. "This
historic agreement provides the predictability
producers and landowners need to plan ahead and
make wise decisions when it comes to the health of
their businesses and the health of their
land."
The agreement, announced Sept. 17,
will provide long-term regulatory predictability
for up to 30 years to farmers, ranchers and forest
landowners participating in the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW)
Initiative.
"The NRCS-FWS initiative
strikes a common-sense, workable balance between
gainful agriculture production and the protection
of sensitive wildlife habitat," Schmidt continued.
"Providing regulatory assurance will encourage
producers to make long-term investments in habitat
projects and other landscape scale conservation
practices on their land. These investments, in
turn, benefit all of us, through healthier air,
water and soil, and ultimately a safer and more
secure food
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Conditioning
is Everything When Growing Bred Replacement
Heifers, Selk Says
In
the latest Cow-Calf Newsletter, Glenn
Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus
Extension Animal Scientist, says particular
attention needs to be paid now to conditioning
bred heifers for optimal health.
Bred
replacement heifers that will calve in January and
February need to continue to grow and maintain
body condition. Ideally, two year old heifers
should be in a body condition score "6" at the
time that their first calf is born. This allows
them the best opportunity to provide adequate
colostrum to the baby, repair the reproductive
tract, return to heat cycles, rebreed on time for
next year, and continue normal body growth. From
now until calving time, the heifers will need to
be gaining about 1 pound per head per day,
assuming that they are in good body condition
coming out of summer.
Heifers will need
supplemental protein, if the major source of
forage in the diet is bermudagrass or native
pasture or grass hay. If the forage source is
adequate in quantity and average in quality (6 -
9% crude protein), heifers will need about 2
pounds of a high protein (38 - 44% CP) supplement
each day. This will probably need to be increased
with higher quality hay (such as alfalfa) or
additional energy feed (20% range cubes) as winter
weather adds additional nutrient requirements.
Soybean hulls or wheat-mids may also be used to
insure adequate energy intake of pregnant
heifers.
To read more of Glenn Selk's
recommendations, click here.
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National
Farm Safety and Health Week Puts Spotlight on
Family Farms
The
International Society for Agricultural Safety and
Health urges everyone involved in agriculture to
recognize National Farm Safety and Health Week
(September 16-22) and promote awareness of safety
solutions year round. This year's theme,
"Agricultural Safety and Health ... A Family
Affair," focuses on the family farm.
"Although farming in many regions is
moving toward larger operations, a great
percentage of the agricultural industry is still
based on the family unit," said ISASH President
George Cook, University of Vermont. "The
protection and well-being of farm family members
remains one of the guiding principles of ISASH."
Agriculture is more than seven times as
hazardous as other U.S. industries, with 621
fatalities in 2010, according to the Census of
Fatal Occupational Injury.
ISASH
approaches agricultural safety and health from
multiple perspectives. Its membership includes
engineers, educators, insurers, physicians,
nurses, veterinarians, statisticians,
communicators, business leaders and others who
contribute to a safer and healthier agricultural
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NCGA
Joins Effort to Oppose California's Biotech
Labeling Mandate
Citing
numerous concerns about a fundamentally flawed
ballot measure, the National Corn Growers
Association has joined a large and broad coalition
to oppose California Proposition 37, which, if
approved by voters in November, will require
labeling of some food products sold in that state
that contain genetically engineered ingredients.
"We have several good reasons to oppose
Prop. 37," said NCGA President Garry
Niemeyer. "First and foremost, while
requiring a specific label about genetic
modification, this added information says nothing
about food nutrition, dietary requirements or food
safety. And it does nothing to educate consumers
about what biotechnology really means. While some
tout this as a 'right to know' it actually will
lead to more confusion that will cost farmers,
consumers and California taxpayers at a time the
state and its citizens cannot afford
it."
In
addition, it is important to remember the benefits
of biotechnology. The World Health Organization,
the American Medical Association, and the National
Academy of Sciences and other similar institutions
have determined that food made with ingredients
derived from modern biotechnology is at least as
safe as, and in some cases safer than, food that
has not been made with such ingredients. And
biotechnology helps agriculture sustainability.
Farmers can grow more food per acre, using fewer
inputs like pesticides on a per-bushel
basis.
You can read more of this story on
our website by clicking here.
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OSU
Schedules Rural Economic Outlook Conference
November 9th
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.
"We'll
be examining key issues that may significantly
affect decisions made by agricultural lenders,
community and rural leaders, and people in similar
positions during the coming year," said
Damona Doye, OSU Cooperative
Extension farm management specialist.
"We're
especially pleased to have OSU Distinguished
Agriculture Alumnus Dick Crowder,
professor of international trade at Virginia Tech
University, on hand to provide insights about the
implications of globalization on Oklahoma and U.S.
agriculture, and Chad Wilkerson
of the Oklahoma City branch of the Kansas City
Federal Reserve Bank, who will lead a session on
The Fed and the economy in the United States and
Oklahoma," Doye said.
Click here for more information
on the conference and how you can register.
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