From: Ron Hays [ron@oklahomafarmreport.ccsend.com] on behalf of Ron Hays [ron@oklahomafarmreport.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 6:18 AM
To: ron@oklahomafarmreport.com
Subject: Oklahoma's Farm News Update
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Oklahoma's latest farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON for Wednesday January 27, 2010
A service of Johnston Enterprises, P & K Equipment/ P & K Wind Energy and American Farmers & Ranchers Mutual Insurance Company!
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-- Watch Out- Mother Nature Looking to Be Nasty Last Half of This Week
-- Conservation Tillage Event Postponed into February
-- Also on the Bubble- The 2010 Oklahoma Pork Congress
-- Happening Today- the Oklahoma Soy Expo
-- Can NCBA Leave San Antonio More Relevant in Efforts to Meet the Challenges of the Beef Industry?
-- Sandbur Control Now on the Label of Prowl H20
-- Let's Check the Markets!

Howdy Neighbors!

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Watch Out- Mother Nature Looking to Be Nasty Last Half of This Week
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It appears that much colder air will arrive in northwestern Oklahoma by the middle of today (Wednesday) and from there, things will be getting colder and then damper through Friday midday. In looking at what the National Weather Service is saying, as well as touching base with the News9 Weather Team, led by Gary England, this seems to be shaping up as a very serious weather event. With apologies for the all caps- here is what the National Weather Service is saying about the main impacts that could roll across much of Oklahoma.

For Central and Western Oklahoma and Northern Texas- "FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AND ELEVATED SURFACES DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS SOUTH OF STILLWATER, EL RENO, HOBART, ALTUS AND QUANAH.

IN PARTICULAR, AREAS SOUTH OF SEMINOLE, PAULS VALLEY, WALTERS AND SEYMOUR MAY SEE 1/4 TO 3/4 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. SLEET AND SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. FARTHER NORTH. GREATER SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR FROM WEST CENTRAL TO NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WHERE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED."

For northeastern Oklahoma late Thursday into Friday-
"6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED TO THE NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44 WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW AREA, WITH THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS NEAR A LINE FROM OKEMAH TO FAYETTEVILLE."

Click on the link below for our weather page at www.Oklahomafarmreport.com. From there, you can check out the weather updates from Gary England and his crew at News9 for central and western Oklahoma, while Travis Meyer and the News on 6 weather team will be offering lots of weather data for east central and northeastern Oklahoma. Also on our weather page- we have links for the National Weather Service as well as the Oklahoma Mesonet.

Click here for the Weather Page found on our website, WWW.OklahomaFarmReport.Com


Conservation Tillage Event Postponed into February
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One early casualty is the No Till Conservation Workshop planned for this Thursday. Jeff Bedwell sent us this email "Because of the distance that many of you will be traveling and the likelihood of a very strong Winter Storm affecting the area on Wednesday night and Thursday making driving and foot travel very dangerous, We have made the decision to postpone the 5th annual Conservation Tillage 101 Workshop until Thursday February 11, 2010.

We have the agenda of the workshop as it was going to happen on Thursday- Jeff says that a few of the speaker slots may change around some- but that for the most part, the program will remain intact for the 11th. Click on the link below for that agenda for the Conservation Tillage Workshop planned in Garfield County.

Click here for the agenda of the now rescheduled Conservation Tillage Workshop in Enid


Also on the Bubble- The 2010 Oklahoma Pork Congress
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The 2010 Oklahoma Pork Congress is planned for this Friday at the Express Events Center in northwest Oklahoma City- but the winter storm taking aim on Oklahoma may change all of that.

Here's the message now on the Oklahoma Pork Council webpage about the event- "OPC staff and board of directors are monitoring the winter weather system that is approaching and may bring hazardous conditions to Oklahoma on Thursday and Friday. No later than 9 a.m. Thursday morning, we will make a decision about holding Oklahoma Pork Congress on Friday, Jan. 29 as planned, starting the event late on Jan. 29, or holding it on a later date. "

We will monitor that for you and we will do a story on that decision when it is made on our website- and will "tweet" it as well for those that follow us on Twitter.

Click here for the Oklahoma Pork Council website if you want to check the status of the Oklahoma Pork Congress later today or tonight.


Happening Today- the Oklahoma Soy Expo
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One event that apparently is going ahead as scheduled in Oklahoma today is the 2010 Oklahoma Soy Expo, being held for the first time I can recall outside of northeast Oklahoma. This year's event is happening today on campus at Oklahoma State University

Click on the link below to see the actual agenda for today's program.

Click here for more on the Oklahoma Soy Expo that is going on today at the Wes Watkins Center on the OSU Campus in Stillwater.


Can NCBA Leave San Antonio More Relevant in Efforts to Meet the Challenges of the Beef Industry?
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The 2010 Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show is starting to show some signs of life here in downtown San Antonio- and as cattle producers gather from all over the United States, several key issues are on the minds of producers as they arrive. One of the topics that has generated a lot of interest is really an internal one- the future structure of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.

On today's Beef Buzz, we hear from one of the officers of the NCBA, Bill Donald, Vice President of the group, who is a cattle producer from Montana. Donald says this convention is where NCBA will "take the next step" on governance goals as outlined by the task force that's been working on the issue for the past 18 months. They'll report here at the convention and a vote will be taken on it Saturday. Bill says it will make them "more inclusive, more efficient and more effective" in representing producers across the country. It's a major step in the ongoing evolution of the organization.

We will be reporting the balance of this week from San Antonio and you can follow us here each morning on this email update, on our website at WWW.OklahomaFarmReport.Com, on our Twitter account Ron on RON as well as on our great radio stations across the state on the Radio Oklahoma Network. By the way, the Twitter updates will show up on the right hand side of our web pages- so you can go there and see where we are in San Antonio at that point in time. It's like a mini blog that we will be doing on the run.

Click here for today's Beef Buzz, as we begin coverage from San Antonio and the Cattle Industry Convention.


Sandbur Control Now on the Label of Prowl H20
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Oklahoma agriculture officials no longer have to request an exemption to allow farmers and ranchers to use the herbicide, Prowl H2O (Pendimethalin) to control sandbur infestations. The Environmental Protection Agency has allowed the chemical's label to list sandbur control as a permitted use.

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry has asked for and received exemptions to use the product for the past two years.

Prowl H2O is a selective herbicide for controlling sandbur as it germinates and producers have a very narrow window of opportunity to treat their Bermuda pastures and meadows for this weed. The chemical is only effective when applied to dormant grasses. Also, producers are not allowed to graze livestock on treated acres for 45 days after application and they must wait at least 60 days to harvest grasses for hay.


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Let's Check the Markets!
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We've had requests to include Canola prices for your convenience here- and we will be doing so on a regular basis. Current cash price for Canola is $7.20 per bushel, while the 2010 New Crop contracts for Canola are now available are $7.40 per bushel- delivered to local participating elevators that are working with PCOM.

Here are some links we will leave in place on an ongoing basis- Click on the name of the report to go to that link:
Our Daily Market Wrapup from the Radio Oklahoma Network with Ed Richards and Tom Leffler- analyzing the Futures Markets from the previous Day-
Ron on RON Markets as heard on K101 mornings with cash and futures reviewed- includes where the Cash Cattle market stands, the latest Feeder Cattle Markets Etc.
Previous Day's Wheat Market Recap- Two Pager From The Kansas City Board of Trade looks at all three US Wheat Futures Exchanges with extra info on Hard Red Winter Wheat and the why of that day's market.
Daily Oklahoma Cash Grain Prices- As Reported by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture. <
The National Daily Feeder & Stocker Cattle Summary- as prepared by USDA.
The National Daily Slaughter Cattle Summary- as prepared by USDA.
Finally, Here is the Daily Volume and Price Summary from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.



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