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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON for Monday September 8,
2008! A
service of American Farmers & Ranchers, Johnston Enterprises and KIS
Futures!
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-- Shooting for 100,000 acres of Canola to be Planted This Fall
-- USDA Signs Off on COOL Affidavit Developed by Industry
Consensus
-- Congrats to Mike, Joe Neal and Clem!
-- Deere Experiencing Dramatic Increase in Ag Equipment Demand
-- Seaboard's Guymon Plant May Be Delisted by Mexico
-- Harvesting Corn Gives Elton Regier His Moment in the Spotlight (at
least this week)
-- SURE Deadline a Week From Tomorrow
-- Looking at our Agricultural Markets...
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Shooting for 100,000 acres of Canola to be Planted This Fall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 2008
window to plant winter canola is now officially here- and from now until
about the first week of October, many wheat producers are looking at
putting at least a few acres into winter canola in 2008 for the 2009
harvest season. We talked with Gene Neuens with Plains Oilseed Products
(POP) about how many acres might be going into canola this season- and he
says that while we only saw about 25,000 acres this past season- the
expectation is that we could see three or four times that here this fall-
75,000 to 100,000 acres is realistic.
Neuens acknowledges that we have had a learning curve on how to handle this crop- and more and more producers are starting to feel comfortable enough to include some acres of canola in their fall planting mix.Perhaps the biggest learning curve of this past growing season came at harvest- as it is now pretty well agreed that laying the canola over- then coming back in and harvesting it allows the producer to minimize shatter loss. Gene was our guest this past Saturday morning on our In the Field Segment on KWTV News9- and we also did an audio conversation with him as well- which we have on our website as our beginning of the week Ag Perspectives Podcast- the link to that page is below- jump to that page and take a listen. Click here to go the Gene Neuens interview on our website- WWW.OklahomaFarmReport.Com | |
USDA Signs Off on COOL Affidavit Developed by Industry Consensus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Livestock
Industry Leaders met with USDA's Bruce Knight on Friday afternoon and
Knight has signaled to the livestock industry that USDA intends to accept
for usage the Affidavits developed by the consensus within the livestock
industry to certify country of origin under the soon to be implemented
Mandatory COOL regulations.
Bill Bullard of R-Calf was one of those at that meeting on Friday in Washington. Bullard said Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Bruce Knight said USDA intends to accept the recommendations from the industry. Others were at that meeting with Knight as well- and we have more on the outcome of the meeting, a nice summary page from the Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers, and a link to that interview we did at the end of last week with Burton Eller of NCBA. All of this is found on our latest coverage of this story on our website- WWW.OklahomaFarmReport.Com. | |
Congrats to Mike, Joe Neal and Clem! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are
speaking of the three Distinguished Service Alumni honorees just announced
by Oklahoma State University's Division of Agriculture. The purpose of the
distinguished alumnus award program is to recognize and honor Oklahoma
State University CASNR graduates who have contributed significantly to
society, and whose accomplishments have brought distinctive credit to
DASNR. Dr. Robert Whitson, Vice President and Dean of the Division of
Agriculture, is pleased to announce the selection of the following 2008
DASNR Distinguished Alumnus Award winners:
Joe Neal Hampton serves as President and CEO of the Oklahoma Grain and Feed Association, Executive Vice President of the Oklahoma Seed Trade Association and President and CEO of the Oklahoma Agribusiness Retailers Association. He obtained his B.S. (1971) and M.S. (1975) in Agricultural Economics. Mr. Hampton is recognized as a leader of distinction not only within the agricultural community, but also on the state and national legislative stage. Mike Kubicek is the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Peanut Commission. Mike obtained his B.S. (1970) and his M.S. (1972) in Agronomy and has devoted his life's work to Oklahoma agriculture and Oklahoma State University. The success Mike has had as the leader of the peanut industry in Oklahoma has elevated him to the national and international stage of commodity research, production and marketing. Clem Rogers McSpadden (presented posthumously) graduated from
the Department of Animal Science (B.S. 1948) and was widely recognized as
a person of integrity, and accomplishment and received recognition at the
local, state, national and international level. Clem served in the
Oklahoma state senator for 18 years and was elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives. Clem was also known as 'the voice of rodeo'; he was one
of the sport's legendary announcers for more than half a
century. | |
Deere Experiencing Dramatic Increase in Ag Equipment Demand ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ High commodity
prices have encouraged a lot of demand for the things that Deere and
Company make. Overall, the company saw a 35% increase in ag equipment
sales in the third quarter of this year- and while the 4th quarter results
won't announced for several more weeks- another 29% increase is being
suggested.
While Deere and Company's 2009 sales outlook won't be released until November - spokesperson Susan Karlix says early orders in the U.S. and Canada are up dramatically from year-ago levels. For example, orders already in for the 8000 series tractors mean that if you walked into a John Deere Dealership and wanted to buy an 8000 series model- you could be waiting for that tractor to arrive next July. We have an audio report that features comments from Deere spokeswomen Karlix- we have that report linked below- to be found on our website, www.OklahomaFarmReport.Com Click here for more on the Big Green Line of John Deere Keeping that Company in the Black. | |
Seaboard's Guymon Plant May Be Delisted by Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mexican
officials contacted Seaboard Foods this past week to inform the company it
is considering delisting its Guymon, Oklahoma pork processing plant due to
what a Seaboard spokesman called "minor issues with quality."
Meatingplace.com quotes company spokesperson David Eaheart as saying the company is currently not shipping product to Mexico, awaiting a final decision. Seaboard was first advised the plant could be delisted some days ago, but last Thursday night was informed by Mexican officials that the decision was on hold. "So now we are waiting to see what happens," said Eaheart. Seaboard ships a variety of fresh pork products, including ham muscle products, to Mexico. USDA officials indicated on Friday that they have no information on the Guymon plant being delisted. Apparently unrelated to this, Mexico voluntarily has suspended exports of meat and processed poultry product to the United States while the government implements corrective actions to its food safety system. This suspension came after USDA conducted their routine audit and found deficiencies that they have detailed to Mexican officials- and those shortcomings are being addressed by the Mexican meat processors involved. | |
Harvesting Corn Gives Elton Regier His Moment in the Spotlight (at least this week) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some of you
have already seen this report- but wanted to share it with everyone on our
daily email. It's an interesting piece on not so much the harvest of the
2008 corn crop in north central Oklahoma- but rather the explanation to a
mostly non farm audience of the extremely high input costs farmers are
facing as we harvest- and what may be ahead as we plant wheat this fall
and think about planting spring crops in 2009.
The location of the story is the Goodson Ranch in Kay County- Tom Cannon was the farmer quoted on fertilizer costs for wheat for this coming growing season- while Elton Regier operated the combine for the corn crop- with the harvest equipment owned by our old roommate from OALP days, Don Schieber. It's a good piece put together by the Tulsa World reporter- and it shows how not just farming is changing- but also how the major newspapers are trying to reinvent themselves with video and share that stage with the TV folks on the internet. Newspapers in general are struggling- it was reported last week that the Daily Oklahoman is planning on large personnel cutbacks before the end of the year with buyouts and/or layoffs. This video not only tells the farm story- but it also is a reminder that the general media is changing- I am thankful that I am working for a Company that is giving me the resources to reach you and others like you via this email- via the internet- via our network of radio stations and even on TV Saturday mornings. | |
SURE Deadline a Week From Tomorrow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The "SURE"
DEADLINE APPROACHES with September 16 being the time for farmers to sign
up for insurance coverage for 2008 uninsured crops to maintain eligibility
under the new permanent disaster program known as the Supplemental Revenue
Assistance Payments (SURE) program.
Art Barnaby, a risk management specialist with Kansas State University, says farmers should check their USDA Farm Service Agency office to make sure all of their crops are covered with either crop insurance option. Farmers must pay the required fees of catastrophic coverage (CAT) or the Noninsured Crop Assistance Program (NAP) for any crops not insured or covered by NAP. A one-time exemption for this year allows farmers to pay the $100 CAT or NAP fee to maintain eligibility for a SURE payment, if they suffer qualifying crop losses. Normally, these fees need to be declared in the spring for crops like corn and soybeans, but the new farm law provides a one-time exemption for this year. K-State's Barnaby says he realizes that it's another expense- but a small one- that offers a safety net in case weather turns against you between now and harvest. Click here for more on SURE in a special audio interview with Art Barnaby | |
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Looking at our Agricultural Markets... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Friday
Woodward Livestock Market saw 5100 cattle sold- with steer yearlings
called steady to a dollar higher- and steer claves steady. Five to six
hundred pound steer calves sold for $108 to $118.50, with seven to eight
hundred pound steer yearlings going for $111 to $115.25. Here's the link
for the Friday auction from Woodward- it should be updated with the
September fifth data by around 8 AM. Our Monday morning reports on the
Radio Oklahoma Network have the most updated market information- like the
Woodward report on Monday morning instead of first reporting it Monday
midday. We also update our listeners on the overnight electronic trade
from the Chicago, Kansas City and New York markets. Our friends at the
other network record their Monday morning report the middle of the
afternoon on Friday.
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: | |
God Bless! You can reach us at the following: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: ron@oklahomafarmreport.com
phone: 405-473-6144
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