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First Look:
Ron
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with cash and futures reviewed- includes where the Cash
Cattle market stands, the latest Feeder Cattle Markets
Etc.
Okla
Cash Grain:
Daily
Oklahoma Cash Grain Prices- as reported
by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture.
Canola
Prices:
Cash
price for canola was $10.79 per bushel- based
on delivery to the Northern AG elevator in Yukon
yesterday. The full listing of cash canola bids at
country points in Oklahoma can now be found in the daily
Oklahoma Cash Grain report- linked above.
Futures
Wrap:
Our
Daily Market Wrapup from the Radio
Oklahoma Network with Ed Richards and Tom Leffler-
analyzing the Futures Markets from the previous Day.
KCBT
Recap:
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
Hard Red Winter Wheat and the why of that day's
market.
Feeder
Cattle Recap:
The
National Daily Feeder & Stocker
Cattle Summary- as prepared by USDA.
Slaughter
Cattle Recap:
The
National Daily Slaughter Cattle
Summary- as prepared by the USDA.
TCFA
Feedlot Recap:
Finally,
here is the Daily Volume and Price Summary from
the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.
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Oklahoma's
Latest Farm and Ranch News
Your
Update from Ron Hays of RON
Thursday,
September 27,
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Howdy
Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
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Featured Story:
Lake
Levels Dropping; Drought Worsens In Southwest
Oklahoma
The
hottest temperatures of summer may be behind us,
but the drought in western and southwestern
Oklahoma is far from over. Lake levels continued
to drop throughout September in much of the
state.
Tom
Buchanan, District Manager of the
Lugert-Altus Irrigation District, and Oklahoma
Farm Bureau Board Member, says conditions for
farmers in his district are dire.
No irrigation water was released
from Altus-Lugert this year- that's the first time
that has happened since the district was set up in
1946.
"We're in our second,
maybe our third year of an extended
drought. We are in the grips of
it. And it's tightening its noose. It's very
tough. Of the 46,000 acres in the irrigation
district, the Lugert-Altus Irrigation District,
there might be about 500 that could possibly be
harvested.
"The local
economies are starting to feel the effects of
that. The producers of the area are starting to
wonder 'When are we going to get enough inflow?
When are we going to get those significant rains
again?'"
Buchanan reports that
cotton harvest will be minimal in southwest
Oklahoma in the irrigated areas. He said there is
some pivot-irrigated acreage in Tillman and Harmon
counties that will yield some
cotton.
Click here to read more or to catch
our full interview with Tom
Buchanan.
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OSU
Report Outlines New Federal Pasture and Forage
Insurance
Program
A
report published by the Oklahoma State University
Department of Agriculture Economics examines the
new federal Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF)
insurance program. Authored by Extension
economists Jody Campiche and
J.J. Jones, the report describes
the program and walks producers through an online
decision tool to determine the financial
ramifications of insuring their forage crops under
this program.
PRF is a pilot
federal crop insurance program that provides
insurance protection for forage produced for
grazing or harvested for hay. The program is
administered by the USDA Risk Management Agency
(RMA) and sold through private crop insurance
companies. Private crop insurance companies
directly insure producers and their crops, and
then RMA reinsures the companies against a portion
of the losses they may
suffer.
Due to
difficulties quantifying price and yield for
forage crops, particularly for grazing, standard
crop insurance products are generally not an
option. This product is similar to group risk
insurance and provides area-wide coverage. For
Oklahoma and the majority of the United States,
the program is based on a rainfall index. PRF
insures producers based on the average rainfall in
their geographic area instead of the producers'
individual farm. Producers receive an indemnity
payment when rainfall in their area falls below
the normal historical
level.
You'll find more about the PRF
program by clicking here.
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DuPont
Pioneer Advances 34 New Soybean Varieties for 2013
Planting
New
soybean varieties from DuPont Pioneer face the
toughest challenge in the final year of research
testing. During this research stage, soybean
varieties are placed in IMPACT™ (Intensively
Managed Product Advancement Characterization and
Training) trials on growers' farms to ensure
product performance is up to the high standards
set by Pioneer. Recently, 34 Pioneer® brand
soybean varieties passed final scrutiny from the
Pioneer research and development, field sales and
agronomy technology service teams and will be
commercially available to producers for planting
in 2013.
"Our goal is to
provide a full complement of soybeans that yield
consistently for farmers year after year," says
Don Schafer, DuPont Pioneer senior soybean
marketing manager. "The Pioneer research, sales
and agronomy teams dig hard to analyze the local
disease and agronomic challenges throughout
soybean-growing areas and develop products and
traits to address those challenges within each
region."
The final year of
soybean variety testing provides one more
opportunity to gather a significant amount of data
from many locations before releasing products to
producers.
"This final
evaluation on growers' farms helps us develop a
profile of where the product fits on each acre for
our customers," Schafer says.
Click here to read more.
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Claims
Filing Period Opens for Hispanic and Women Farmers
and Ranchers Who Claim Past USDA
Discrimination
Agriculture
Secretary Tom Vilsack announced
that Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who
allege discrimination by the USDA in past decades
can file claims between September 24, 2012 and
March 25, 2013.
"Hispanic and
women farmers who believe they have faced
discriminatory practices from the USDA must file a
claim by March 25, 2013 in order to have a chance
to receive a cash payment or loan forgiveness,"
said Secretary Vilsack. "The opening of this
claims process is part of USDA's ongoing efforts
to correct the wrongs of the past and ensure fair
treatment to all current and future
customers."
The process offers
a voluntary alternative to litigation for each
Hispanic or female farmer and rancher who can
prove that USDA denied their applications for loan
or loan servicing assistance for discriminatory
reasons for certain time periods between 1981 and
2000.
You can read more by clicking
here.
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Selk
Says Following BQA Guidelines Critical When
Culling Cows
In
the latest Cow-Calf newsletter from the OSU
Extenstion Service, animal scientist Glenn
Selk says that it is vital that cattle
producers use Beef Quality Assurance guidelines
when culling cows.
Many cow
herds have already been culled deeply due to the
drought of the last two summers. However, spring
calving herds may still need to be examined for a
few non-productive cows that should be removed
before winter. October and November are typical
months for calf weaning, pregnancy checking of
cows, and cow
culling.
On
very rare occasions violative residues of
pharmaceutical products have been found in carcass
tissues of cull beef cows. Violations of drug
residue regulations can result in expensive fines
(or even worse, jail time) for the rancher and a
"black-eye" for the entire beef industry. It is
vital that cow calf producers have a close working
relationship with a large animal veterinarian in
their area. If a cow has an infection or disease
that must be treated, her owner should closely
follow the veterinarian's directions, and also
read the label of the product used. Most of these
medications will require that the producer keep
the treated animal for the label-directed
withdrawal time.
You can read more of Glenn Selk's
recommendations by clicking here.
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Oklahoma
Among States to Receive USDA Rural Health and
Safety Grants
Oklahoma
is one of 25 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico to receive USDA grants to improve the quality
of life in rural communities, said Agriculture
Secretary Tom
Vilsack.
"The Obama
administration is committed to helping eligible
rural communities obtain reliable emergency
equipment and provided vital services," said
Vilsack. These projects will help rural
communities, protect the safety of residents and
create a framework for job creation and economic
growth."
The more than $5
million in funding announced will support 127
projects through USDA Rural Development's
Community Facilities Program. The town of Antlers
(Okla.) Hospital Authority will receive $48,812 to
purchase a food service delivery vehicle to extend
the hospital's nutritional services beyond the
present facility.
You
will find more of this story and a link to the
full list of recipients on our webpage. Click here to go
there.
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Rainfall
Piles Up in Some Locales- More Coming as We Head
Into the Weekend
Many
Oklahoma farmers and ranchers have received some
good rainfall totals- and more seems to be on the
way. Alan Crone with the News on
6 in Tulsa writes in his Thursday morning blog
"Some flood issues may occur across south central
OK where significant rainfall occurred yesterday
afternoon and where some hefty thunderstorms are
located this morning.
We
have a pair of maps this morning that we have
posted on our website- one is the rainfall totals
from the last three days for the state- some of
the heaviest rains have tracked along Interstate
40- from 2.15 inches in Weatherford to 3.4 inches
of rainfall in Okemah (the highest total in this
statewide snapshot).
The
other map we have is a looking forward projection
of rainfall across the country- and it shows for
Oklahoma up to two inches of rainfall a
possibility across portions of the state between
now and Sunday.
Click here to check out those
maps and some commentary from weather guy
deluxe Alan Crone of the News on 6 in Tulsa.
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