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Here's your morning farm news headlines from the Director of Farm Programming for the Radio Oklahoma Network, Ron Hays. We salute our longest running email sponsor- Midwest Farm Shows, producer of the annual Tulsa Farm Show scheduled for December 11-13 here in 2008, as well as the springtime Southern Plains Farm Show in Oklahoma City. Check out details of both of these exciting shows at the official website of Midwest Farm Shows by clicking here.

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Although it is very early in the 2008 season, Lingle says he is seeing very good quality cotton and top yields. "We know of some dryland cotton that is yielding a bale to the acre of lint cotton."
Meanwhile, Mike Berry, manager of the Cotton Growers Cooperative gin at Altus, says his facility has ginned 2,200 bales to date; all of it from the local irrigation district. "We are getting irrigated cotton yields of 2.8 bale per acre of lint cotton," Berry said.

We have more on this story on our website- click on the link below to read more. Our thanks to Vic at NTOK cotton for assistance with this update.

Click here for more on the 2009 Bumper Cotton Crop Now Coming in to Oklahoma's Cotton Gins.

Tracy believes that for the major grains, it appears the new lows in recent days may hold around the old highs. he adds that the current futures reflect prices that are below the cost of production for wheat- and won't encourage any shift to wheat acres in the days to come.

We have Alan's comments in St. Louis on our website as one of our Ag Perspectives Podcasts- and we have the link below that will allow you to click and listen to his report on where we stand with wheat in this uncertain time.

Click here to listen to Alan Tracy of US Wheat with an Industry Update.

Agritourism is one of the headliners at this year's event, with Jane Eckert, of Eckert AgriMarketing, scheduled to speak on three different topics over the two day event. On day one- this morning- Jane will address Top Ten Ways to Grow Your Business as she looks at successful strategies used by Agritourism ventures around the country. That seminar is set for 10 AM this morning.

This afternoon at 3 PM, she will head up another workshop, this time on Sowing Seeds for Profits- Right On the Ranch. The on Tuesday, Eckert will address Cultivating Agritourism: Making Your Region Ripe for Revenue. We have the full agenda for the two day conference linked below- it gives you more details of Jane Eckert's seminars as well as the other sessions that could be of real interest to agritourism efforts here in the state.

Click here for the agenda on the Governor's Conference on Tourism.

While US Beef sales to South Korea have grown since the market reopened earlier in 2008, two recent developments have thrown major roadblocks into the path of rapid expansion. Those external issues include a series of continuing food safety-related issues - ranging from melamine in Chinese dairy products to dioxin in Chilean pork - that collectively are diminishing South Korea's confidence in imported foods, and a dramatic decline in the value of the South Korean currency, the won, which is causing a sharp drop in the international purchasing power of South Koreans.

By far the biggest evidence of continued market reticence is the absence of U.S. beef from the shelves of large discount retail chains. Despite the availability from importers and distributors of a range of both chilled and frozen U.S. beef cuts, key large discounters have not yet announced plans to restart U.S. beef sales.
"The challenges ahead for the U.S. beef and pork industries here are not small ones," said Seng. "The recent series of food safety issues involving foreign food imports has compounded fears in South Korea that were raised during this summer's public protests against U.S. beef. And the global economic turmoil has dramatically reduced the value of both the won and the Australian dollar, crimping U.S. competitiveness. We will be addressing these and other issues with our members at the USMEF board meeting in November."

Read more on the current situation in South Korea for both US Beef and Pork

They are called "utility" tractors- but the revamped line of John Deere Five Series tractors could find a place on about any farm or ranch operation in the country. This lineup of tractors range from 45 to 105 horsepower, and Deere has elected to offer both ends of the spectrum with their new lineup. On the budget end, they are offering several models that are very basic but offer the John Deere pedigree to a tractor buyer at what the company officials told us this last week would be a very attractive price point. At the other end of the price line- you have their "5M" tractors, which offer lots of bells and whistles and the price to match.

While at this media examination of these new John Deere Products, we visited with Rex Edmunds who is the Division Marketing Manager for the Five Series Tractors- we have that audio and more on our time in Florida on a story today found on our website- and linked below.

Clcik here for more on the Five Series Tractors Now Being Offered by John Deere

Proposition 2 is being watched closely by many sectors of agriculture, including the dairy, poultry and pork industries. If, Proposition 2 passes this November in California it could have strong implications across the nation. It could mean the end to several present day procedures in the way certain livestock are grown.

On Tuesday, Illinois pork producer Matt Kellogg and his father John will discuss California's Proposition 2 on the Oprah Winfrey program. On the same show, discussing the same issue will be the president of the Humane Society of the United States, Wayne Pacelle. This program could go a long way in developing perceptions of the issue across the nation.
Check your local listings to get exact air times where you live.

Jot Hartley of the Spur Ranch writes in the Sale Catalog "The sale this year is being held on a SATURDAY to enable those with other jobs to have a chance to attend. A special feature to this sale is the progeny of SPUR SUCCESS 2801. This is the best and deepest set of SUCCESS sons that we have ever offered for sale! Over 30 sons of SUCCESS will sell."

We have more information linked below, and will have the sale catalog up and available later today or tomorrow for this upcoming event. When the catalog becomes available on line- our calendar item at the link below will have the correct link to then jump straight to that catalog. Check with us later today to check the status of the catalog. You can also call Jot Hartley at 918-244-0934 with any questions about the offering available on the 25th.

Click here for more on the World Series Sale at Spur Ranch in Vinita.

We also invite you to check out our website at the link below to check out an archive of these daily emails, audio reports and top farm news story links from around the globe.

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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- One Pager From Country Hedging- looks at all three US Wheat Futures Exchanges 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.