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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON for Tuesday August 21,
2007! A
service of Farm Credit of East Central Oklahoma & Midwest Farm
Shows
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-- Monster Rains From Erin Swamp Farmland and Pastures along with
Roads and Towns.
-- Cotton Crop Field Reports from the Northern Front Lines!
-- Break the Genetic Code- Graze Wheat Longer!!!
-- The New Advertising Strategy for the Beef Industry- more with Kim
Essex!
-- Wheatland Stocker Conference is Tomorrow in Enid
-- Today is Deadline for Early Registration for National Food Safety
Conference Slated for Next Month in OKC.
-- Crop Weather Update Available from Monday Afternoon
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Monster Rains From Erin Swamp Farmland and Pastures along with Roads and Towns. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The rainfall
totals that swept in with the leftovers of Tropical Storm Erin were
amazing and approached ten inches of rain west of Oklahoma City in the
central part of the state. One of the highest totals recorded by the
Mesonet seems to be Ft. Cobb, with over nine inches of rain recorded.
We have a link below of a graphic that shows where the rains fell Saturday and Sunday, causing flooding, likely crop loss and a lot of misery here in mid August. The Governor inspected some of the hardest hit areas on Monday-
Kingfisher, Blaine and Caddo Counties. His office issued the following
statement on Monday afternoon- "Gov. Brad Henry today declared a state of
emergency in 24 Oklahoma counties hit hard over the weekend by the
remnants of Tropical Storm Erin. High winds and flooding have caused
severe damage in many communities around the state. Today's disaster
declaration is the first step toward seeking federal assistance. In
addition, Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management officials are in the
midst of preliminary damage assessments to determine the extent of
damages. " Click here for the rainfall totals of the Rainfall from Erin that struck Oklahoma August 18-19. | |
Cotton Crop Field Reports from the Northern Front Lines! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our thanks to
Vic Schoonover and NTOK as Vic has a couple of cotton crop updates for us-
one from fellow OALP Class One Alum Dick Cooper out of Liberal, Kansas who
works for Plains Cotton Cooperative and the second from Monte Kahle, Great
Plains Cotton Gin manager, Blackwell, Ok,
Dick Cooper reports "Our crop in general is two weeks behind average. This is not a concern for us from Central Kansas (Pratt) to the east which is mostly dryland. Crop maturity is a major concern in southwest Kansas where we get 300 less heat units in an average year than eastern Kansas. We will need an exceptionally good September in terms of heat units as well as a later than normal freeze for this crop out here to mature. Other than that, our crop looks excellent in most areas. We are in our 14th day of plus 100 degree weather and some areas in Crowley, Sumner and Harper counties are definitely showing stress. Insects of all kinds have been a problem in eastern areas but control appears to be effective. We have had very little abandonment on what we planted. Our biggest problem was not getting the crop in the ground. We lost 30,000 acres of production due to the continued rain in May and June. Thousands of acres of wheat were never harvested in this area which prevented us from having any double crop cotton. We are estimating 80 percent or more of our cotton acres are in Flex varieties, particularly 1572, and weed control is the best we have ever seen. I had a report from Gene Latham, Winfield, Ks., that the cotton acres in Lahoma, Hennessey, Canton and Fairview, Ok., are in very good shape. Again, we missed getting a lot of cotton planted in these new areas due to excessive rain at planting time. In summary, corn prices took half of our irrigated acres base (30,000 acres) and the inability to plant took at least another 30,000 acres. What acres we do have look better than average." From Blackwell, Monte Kahle tells us "In Kay Co., Oklahoma, cotton looks real good. Irrigated yields are estimated at two bales per acre and dryland cotton at 5-600 pounds per acre. While struggling from the heat, the cotton fruit load is heavy now. We are down 1,000 acres due to too much rain in Kay Co. and down by Covington, Ok. One of our producers there planted three times and did not get a stand. I'm not aware of any serious aphid damage in our area. Plenty of Roundup Ready Flex varieties have been planted in our areas in Kansas and Oklahoma. Our Kansas customers have reduced cotton acreage of about 3,000 acres. This is two-thirds due to corn/milo production and one-third due to excessive rain. The Kansas cotton looks particularly good in Sumner and Cowley Counties." | |
Break the Genetic Code- Graze Wheat Longer!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Liuling Yan
only joined Oklahoma State University's Division of Agricultural Sciences
and Natural Resources last year, but that move is already helping the
southern Great Plains states make major breakthroughs in wheat
improvement. Yan is a world-class scientist with impressive
accomplishments in the development and application of molecular genetics
tools and techniques, said David R. Porter, head of OSU's department of
plant and soil sciences. "Dr. Yan takes genetic improvement to a new level
to produce improved wheat varieties, and that is certain to help Oklahoma
producers be competitive in the world market," Porter said. "We're very
pleased that he is a member of our department and the Division's Wheat
Improvement Team." Yan and his research group, working in collaboration
with Brett Carver, OSU Regents professor of wheat genetics and breeding,
recently discovered a genome region that has a significant effect on the
development process of winter wheat. A DNA marker for this genomic region
has been developed to select lines for biomass production that can be
utilized as forage or as a supplemental biofuel feedstock. "This exciting
find was achieved based on the genetic segregation of flowering time in a
population generated from a cross between two winter cultivars, Jagger - a
typical early flowering wheat variety - and 2174, a late-flowering wheat
variety," Porter said. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science
and Technology recently awarded $90,000 for two years to support Yan's
work in the cloning of this gene that is so beneficial to the dual purpose
wheat in Oklahoma. (OCAST hands out money when you can show economic
benefit to Oklahoma in general- and adding value to our wheat crop does
just exactly that!)
The wheat genome contains 16 billion base pairs, the DNA building block: That is five times the size of the human genome and approximately 120 times the genome size of Arabidopsis, the first plant to have its entire genome sequenced and a baseline model used for studying plant biology. "Throw in the fact that wheat is a hexaploid species having three similar genomes and most people get lost in the science fairly quickly," said Mark Hodges, Oklahoma Wheat Commission executive director. "The bottom line is that what Dr. Yan does is not easy, and Oklahoma is very fortunate to have him working on improvement of the state's wheat crop." Yan has achieved acclaim as he has worked to clone the third gene that
accounts for vernalization in wheat. Since Yan's arrival in Oklahoma, he
has taken his PNAS-published research one step further, by discovering key
minute differences in the DNA of winter wheat varieties and their
initiation of reproductive development. "What this means to our wheat
breeding program, and to the Oklahoma wheat producer, is that we'll be
able to tell with much greater confidence if a new variety can be grazed
one to two weeks longer without sacrificing grain yield," Carver said.
Just one more week of grazing could put an additional $3 per acre to $4
per acre in the producer's pocket. "Yan's our man," Carver said. "Yan's
type of research fits Oklahoma's way of producing beef and wheat from one
crop like a golf club fits Tiger Woods' hands." | |
The New Advertising Strategy for the Beef Industry- more with Kim Essex! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's three
legs of a stool to make it a solid to put your weight on. That's also the
case in the new advertising focus for the beef industry in the coming
year. Essex says it is important to keep your advertising message "fresh"
so that you don't wear it out.
She says that they have come up with an equation of Passion PLUS Protein PLUS Strength Equals BEEF!!! She believes that this equation will help the beef checkoff reach today's consumers. You can hear this edition of the Beef Buzz with Kim Essex on radio stations across the Radio Oklahoma Network- and we also have it linked for you below for you to take a listen to as well. We have one more Beef Buzz with Kim tomorrow to help tie together some of the plans of the checkoff to reach the consumer by knowing the consumer. | |
Wheatland Stocker Conference is Tomorrow in Enid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just a quick
reminder that the 2007 Wheatland Stocker Conference is tomorrow in
downtown Enid. This all day cattle event will feature the national winner
of the Beef Backgrounder of the Year from 2006 as honored by Beef
Magazine, Tom Gallery of Bartlesville- as well as the cream of the crop
from Kansas State and Oklahoma State.
We have a link on our website on the calendar page for more information- we have the calendar page link below for you- and you will notice the deadline has passed for registration- but Greg Highfill says don't worry about that- go ahead and call and let them know you are coming and head that direction tomorrow morning. That number to call for Greg Highfill in the Area Office of OSU Extension in Enid is 580-237-7677. | |
Today is Deadline for Early Registration for National Food Safety Conference Slated for Next Month in OKC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Food industry
professionals are reminded that today is the deadline for the early
registration discount for the Food Industry Trends Conference to be held
Sept. 13-14 in Oklahoma City. The Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural
Products Center will host this new national food safety conference, to be
held at the Embassey Suites in Oklahoma City. More than 100 food industry
representatives are expected at the event, which will openly discuss new
food safety issues and solutions, as well as food traceability
technologies and regulatory issues driving those technologies. "FAPC
research and development focuses on food safety and effective pathogen
interventions from raw and cooked food products to minimize food safety
risks," said Chuck Willoughby, FAPC business and marketing relations
manager and conference chair. "We are pleased to offer a national
conference that will encourage discussion and collaboration about food
intervention strategies."
The two-day conference will feature three keynote sessions in which participants will hear from 13 national food industry leaders. Session topics include Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), changes in regulatory issues, the mediašs impact on food safety, epidemiological traceability, probiotics, raw and ready-to-eat meat and seafood processing, and leafy greens processing. David Acheson, Food and Drug Administration assistant commissioner for food protection, will discuss food safety regulatory issues. Yifen Wang, food safety expert for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, will discuss food traceability and identification technologies.Dr. Gary Smith of Colorado State will also adress the conference as well on risk assessment. Interested parties are encouraged to register now. Participants may register by phone at 405-744-6489 or online. Registration for the conference is $350 if done by close of business today- August 21- and $500 after today. Registration includes all conference activities, program materials and lunch on Sept. 13. | |
Crop Weather Update Available from Monday Afternoon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The latest
crop weather update does not reflect the heavy rains that fell in parts of
the state- see story number one in this email to check the graphic of
where the heaviest rain fell. The folks that compile the report rightly
are guessing that the rains- while excessive in some areas, will help the
spring planted crops where they fell and will help farmers, once the
ground dries out enough, have adequate soil moisture to plant any early
wheat they might want to plant to get a stand of wheat pasture this fall.
It does not show any corn being harvested as of yet- but we have one third of the crop now mature- so harvest will not be far behind. We have the full report linked for you below- take a look!!!! Click here for the latest Oklahoma Crop Weather Update as of August 20 | |
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