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Monday, October 12, 2015
Columbus
Day
2015
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Featured
Story:
Sixth
Circuit Judicial Court Shuts Down EPA and the Army
Corps Nationwide in Implementing
WOTUS
Citing
a substantial possibility of success on the merits
of their claims and casting suspicion on the
rulemaking process, the Sixth Judicial
Circuit Court of Appeals, based in
Cincinnati, ordered that the EPA and
Army Corps' "Waters of the United States" rule be
stayed nationwide until the Court can determine
jurisdiction over the many pending
lawsuits. A three judge panel for the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Judicial Circuit
voted 2-1 to stay implementation over concern that
burden to state and federal government, as well as
private parties and the public in general, from
the implementation of the WOTUS rule outweighed
any harm to the agencies in keeping the status
quo. Reaction to this ruling that became
public this past Friday morning was immediate- as
most agricultural groups and many public officials
cheered the decision. One of those public
officials was Oklahoma Attorney General Scott
Pruitt who offered in a statement:
"The WOTUS rule is a devastating blow to private
property rights and is an unlawful power grab by
the EPA over virtually all bodies of water in the
United States. Oklahoma and other states, as well
as several private-sector groups, are challenging
this unlawful rule. Until those legal challenges
are settled, it's entirely appropriate that the
federal courts block implementation of the WOTUS
rule. T his is certainly a win for
Oklahoma, but the legal fight moves forward as we
work diligently to roll back
WOTUS."
Oklahoma Senator
Jim Inhofe, the Chairman of the
Environment and Public Works Committee- with
oversight of EPA as part of his responsibilities-
also calls the stay a win for everyone that could
be impacted by WOTUS. Inhofe says that EPA
doubled down on their power grip during the rule
making process- saying "The EPA and Army Corps
admitted in February before Congress that the
proposed rule was flawed and ambiguous, yet the
agencies continued forward and finalized the rule
in May. Instead of fixing the overreach,
EPA made it broader." Click here for the
complete release from his
office.
The first group
that offered comments on the ruling was the
National Cattlemen's Beef
Association- we have audio comments with
their environmental Counsel Scott
Yager on our website- who talked about
the ruling raising the prospect that the plantiffs
have a good chance of beating EPA and the Army
Corps on the merits of their lawsuits- click here to take a
listen. Other reaction that we have posted
on Oklahoma Farm Report includes (click on the
name to see these comments): Oklahoma Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau-
(there is a link to the court order here) National Corn Growers
AssociationNational Pork
ProducersTSCRAOne
group not happy with the halt in implementation is
the Natural Resource Defense Council. In a
release that is available here,
Jon Devine, senior attorney in
the Water Program for the group says "Every major
rule delivered by the EPA is guaranteed to face
legal challenges, so today's preliminary decision
is disappointing but not a surprise. We look
forward to making the case in court about the
critical public interests at stake. The Clean
Water Rule is key to ensuring clean drinking water
for one-in-three Americans and protecting
essential buffers against flooding. We are
confident the courts will find that these are
needed safeguards and reject claims that the rule
protects too many water bodies from
pollution."
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Oklahoma
Canola Production Rebounds in 2015- USDA Report
Also Shows Oklahoma Milo and Cotton Uptick in
Production
The
USDA October Crop Production report offers
important information for Oklahoma crop producers-
as it provides an official review of the
winter canola crop that was
harvested back in June of this year. And, the 2015
harvest provided a major rebound for canola
production in the state, after the drought
devastated harvest of 2014. USDA
reports that 125,000 acres of
canola was harvested this year,
compared to 155,000 acres in 2014. The yield per
acre jumped 241% in 2015 compared to 2014- as the
yield per acre improved to 1,500 pounds per acre
this season- from 620 pounds in 2014. Total
Oklahoma canola production rebounded to 187.5
million pounds compared to 96.1 million pounds in
2014. The 2013 canola crop in Oklahoma totaled
208.6 million pounds. The October Crop
Production Report primarily focuses on spring
planted crops- and for Oklahoma producers, it
shows that 2015 has been a good year in producing
cotton and milo. With the rains
in the spring and early summer, Oklahoma cotton
production is pegged at 285 thousand bales, same
as was reported in September and six percent above
production in 2014. The grain
sorghum crop nationally is predicted to
be 32% bigger than in 2014- and that's based on
1.2 million more acres planted this year versus
last. Oklahoma farmers participated in that
plantings uptick for 2015- increasing milo acres
from 310,000 to 400,000 this season- and the total
production of grain sorghum in the state is rising
27% to 22 million bushels. Click here to read
more about the summer crops produced in
Oklahoma and reported in this October Crop
Production report from USDA- we have the numbers
for Peanuts, Pecans, Soybeans, Corn and Alfalfa in
addition to what we have already mentioned.
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Looking
at the National Numbers- Minor Changes Seen From
September in October Crop Production and WASDE
USDA Reports
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued its
latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand
Estimates (WASDE) and crop production reports
Friday morning, and the agency forecast U.S. corn
production would reach 13.56 billion bushels in
2015, well ahead of analysts' estimates for 13.46
billion bushels. For the crop year ending in
August 2016, the USDA forecasts a U.S. corn
stockpile of 1.56 billion bushels, down from a
stockpile of 1.73 billion bushels this past
August. Alan Brugler,
who operates his own marketing and consulting
firm, told AgWeb that incorporating the Farm
Service Agency's data on acreage, which was
released last month, was the main adjustment in
this report. "The FSA acreage is the main
influence here," Brugler said. "They did about
what we expected. They cut the corn acreage by
400,000 acres." USDA upped the average
bushels per acre to 168 bushels- and that
surprised many analysts- and the half bushel per
acre increase from the September report offset
some of production that was lost because of the
acreage being trimmed. Radio Oklahoma
Ag Network's Leslie Smith talked
with Tom Leffler after the report
was issued- and he says that he felt the reduction
in soybean acres was the most surprising number of
the Crop Production report- as USDA trimmed the
number of soybean acres to be harvested by 1.1
million acres. He agrees with Brugler that the
acres dropped in the US corn crop was more in line
with what was being expected. You can
hear Leffler's comments- and read lots more
details about both the Crop Production numbers
released and the WASDE report as well- click or tap here for
the complete story. Details we feature include the
grain sorghum crop, cotton crop and the WASDE
details on beef and pork production. By the
way- in looking at other ag web sites- virtually
no one ever bothers to give you the actual links
to the reports from Uncle Sam- we do regularly in
the reports that we publish on the Oklahoma Farm
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Oklahoma
School Land Lease Auctions Set to Begin October
19th in Beaver County- We Visit with Harry
Birdwell
The
33nd annual School Land Trust lease auctions will
begin October 19, 2015 in Beaver County and
conclude November 2, 2015 in Stillwater. This
year's fall lease auctions will include a total of
464 tracts in 33 counties. "Each October,
state school land is leased for agricultural
farming and grazing, as well as for recreational
use" said Harry Birdwell,
Secretary of the Commissioners of the Land Office.
"Some leases are suitable for agricultural use and
others are ideal for hunting, fishing or other
personal enjoyment uses." This past Friday-
we talked with Birdwell about the legacy of the
School Land Commission that stretches back to
statehood- with the land that the Commissioners
oversee found in what was Oklahoma Territory. He
told us his desire since becoming the Secretary
has been to make sure the land is adequately
maintained so that it will be a valuable resource
to generate money for education a century from now
and more. We have details of all the
auctions coming up on our website story- and the
audio of the conversation that we had with Harry
about the School Land Commission and the land and
resources they manage. Click here to read and to
listen.
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Veterinarian
Don Coover Says Pregnancy Management Key to
Profitability
We
are continuing a mini series of Beef Buzz reports
today that are spotlighting Dr. Don
Coover, a veterinarian from Southeastern
Kansas that runs SEK Genetics- he was a seminar
speaker at the recent Heart of America Farm Show-
and spent some time with us in explaining one of
his passions in working with beef cattle producer
clients- making sure they understand how to make
sure their beef cows are carrying a calf out of
every breeding season. "If you don't have a
calf on the ground, that somebody feels is
desirable to buy, you're not getting anywhere with
it," Coover said. Dr. Coover spends a lot
of time working with producers on their herd
genetics, but equally important is time spent on
pregnancy management. He often evaluates what
producers are doing to get their cattle bred. This
involves making sure each cow is bred, stays
pregnant, and making sure there is no pregnancy
wastage. Coover also looks for diseases in the
herd that need to be eradicated or controlled.
This results in a lot of testing for diseases like
Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) and Neosporosis. These
diseases can be very destructive to a herd. By
testing for those conditions, he said that can
help producers become a lot more
profitable. Click here to be able to
hear and read more from our Beef Buzz report-
our Beef Buzz series is heard on great radio
stations across the region on the Radio Oklahoma
Ag Network and we have a full archive of previous
Beef Buzzes on our Oklahoma Farm Report
website- lots of great beef industry information
is housed right there for your 24/7 listening
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American
Farmers & Ranchers sponsored the
Tulsa State Fair Commercial Cattle Grading Contest
last week. AFR continued their long standing
involvement in the contest- once again providing
scholarships and plaque awards for the event in
2015. To excel in the contest, participants
must employ their knowledge of high-quality cattle
traits to choose breeding and market animals that
will prove profitable in real-life production
situations. The contestants rank animals by
structural soundness of replacement heifers,
profitability of cull cows, market steer yield
potential and more. "Contestants' ability
to identify the best animals within their herd and
in purchasing situations ensures their success as
future cattle producers," said AFR President
Terry Detrick. "We are proud to
sponsor a competition that translates to real-life
situations and encourages Oklahoma's youth to
pursue careers in production
agriculture." High Placing FFA team this
year was the Oktaha FFA Chapter
( Grace Blackwell, Levi Hill, Mazie
Richards, Stetson Richards), while the
top 4-H team was Porter 4-H
( Tracy Criner, McKinzie Todd, Garrett
Todd, Kailey Guinn). We have more
on the contest and the top teams and individuals
listed in the Blue Green Gazette portion of our
website- click here for the
story on this year's
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Columbus
Sailed the Ocean Blue- So Some Folks Get a
Holiday!
Today-
Monday, October 12- is being celebrated as
Columbus Day and is one of two 'holiday midway
points' between Labor Day and Thanksgiving.
It's a day where the federal government
takes the day off, as do most Banks. The State of
Oklahoma will be open for business today- their
next holiday is Veteran's Day on November 11(a
Wednesday).
Up
until a couple of years ago- it was also a market
holiday- but both the the Equity markets(stock
market) and the Futures Markets are open as normal
today. There are only a few interest rate
futures contracts that are not trading today
within the CME family of futures- and that is
because banks are closed.
Also
open are the auction barns- we do expect to have a
report from today's Oklahoma National Stockyards
sale as traditionally at least one person from the
federal employees that are a part of the Oklahoma
City office will work and report on the Columbus
Day activities- Tina Colby of the
OKC office indicated in her Friday report
that the early estimate for today's sale is for a
run of 7,000 head of cattle.
What
we won't have that we usually report on a Monday-
are the Crop Progress and Crop-Weather Updates
this afternoon. Those reports this week come
out on Tuesday afternoon. Other reports that are
tied to a particular day of the week may be pushed
back by a day this week as well.
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Red
Flag Worries by Mid Morning for Southwestern Half
of Oklahoma If Columbus was
around today here in Oklahoma- he would have to be
spending a lot of his day holding onto his
hat. A cold front is rolling in that has no
moisture tied to it- and this system is bringing
significant fire danger with it most of today in
multiple Oklahoma and Texas Counties- here's the
Red Flag map that shows the
predicted problems headed for a lot of Oklahoma.
The National Weather Service has this to
say about the fire danger- "CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY FOR STRONG NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM
TEMPERATURES FOR THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF OKLAHOMA
AND ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS." Click here to read their
full message about fire danger as the wind
comes sweeping down the plains. As we get
ready to shoot this email out at 5:30 AM- the
northwest winds are howling with gusts 28 to 30
miles per hour in Beaver and Woodward Counties.
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