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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON for Tuesday January 20,
2009 A
service of Producers Cooperative Oil Mill, Midwest Farm Shows and KIS
Futures!
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-- Let the Lawmaking Begin!
-- Pork Producers Furious Over EPA Move
-- Prohibition on Horse Shipping for Slaughter Bill Returning for
Another Try in 2009
-- Five Things Consumers Want When They Buy Beef
-- Oklahoma Wheat Commission Holding First Meeting in Their New
Location
-- Let's Check the Markets!
Howdy Neighbors! Here's your morning farm news headlines from the Director of Farm Programming for the Radio Oklahoma Network, Ron Hays. We are proud to have KIS Futures as a regular sponsor of our daily email update. KIS Futures provides Oklahoma Farmers & Ranchers with futures & options hedging services in the livestock and grain markets- Click here for the free market quote page they provide us for our website or call them at 1-800-256-2555. We are also excited to have as one of our sponsors for the daily email
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Let the Lawmaking Begin! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 2009
Oklahoma Legislative Session is beginning to take shape with the filing of
bills done in both the House and Senate at the Capital in Oklahoma City.
State House members filed a total of 1269 bills, while their Senate
counterparts filed 1240 bills for the 2009 Legislative session to
consider. Many of these measures are "shell bills" that are in place,
ready to be filled with legislation as the session unfolds. Other measures
are already intact proposals, covering everything from property rights to
one House measure requiring OETA to broadcast all State Football
Championship games on a statewide basis.
The American Farmers and Ranchers have done an initial sifting of the measures and we have links to their House and Senate measures they have initial interest in linked in our webstory that you can jump to by clicking on our link below. In that same story- we have audio with Lori Peterson of Oklahoma Farm Bureau on her take of the money issues that will be a part of the 2009 session- as well as some of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau priorities. Click here for info on the Oklahoma Legislative Session from both AFR and OFB | |
Pork Producers Furious Over EPA Move ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rules issued
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency require large livestock farms
to file reports on air emissions by first making phone calls to their
state and local emergency response authorities, then by filing written
notification of emission estimates. The National Pork Producers Council
has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the EPA's decision and
timing.
The guidelines for filing written estimates was not issued by EPA until 4:30 p.m. on January 16th - just 30 minutes before the end of the last business day before the filing deadline. As a result, NPPC says, farmers had just 30 minutes to understand and comply with the rules. NPPC also is alleging that EPA violated the due process rights of farmers by failing to develop an adequate system to accept the reports, making compliance with the law impossible. NPPC said, EPA told state officials not to accept reports and provided on its Web site false and out-of-data information on filing reports. Farmers that fail to comply will face penalties of 25-thousand dollars per day. The rule goes into effect today (Tuesday), the first day of the Obama administration. NPPC is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to enjoin EPA from enforcing the rule until the agency develops a system that will allow producers to comply. | |
Prohibition on Horse Shipping for Slaughter Bill Returning for Another Try in 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Griffin
Colleague at the News on 6 in Tulsa, Jennifer Loren, offers a nice piece
of work on the return in the new year of a bill that was moving last fall
in the US House until the House Ag Committee claimed oversight- was
awarded that by House leadership and that ended its advance in 2008. The
measure is entitled "The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act," which would
make it illegal to transport horses for slaughter in other countries where
slaughter is legal.
The News on 6 piece as found on their website(we have linked their
story below) talks of the Mid America Stockyards in Bristow, where
hundreds of horses are auctioned off every month. Meanwhile, there are a lot of folks who support the measure. "If you're a horse owner, you should care enough about the horse to find a way to euthanize that horse," said Steve Eberle with Oklahoma Animal Protection Association. If it passes, Eberle does not believe the bill will create a glut of unwanted horses. He believes it will force horse owners to be more responsible. | |
Five Things Consumers Want When They Buy Beef ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We continue
our visit with John Lundeen, Executive Vice President for Market Research
at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association on our Tuesday Beef Buzz. In
this part of our interview with Lundeen, who was one of the presenters at
the International Livestock Congress in Denver last week, we talk with him
about what considerations the consumer has in her (or his) mind as they
shop for dinner to serve their family.
Lundeen believes there are five factors- price, quality, safety of the product, convenience and positive health benefits that can result from eating this product. We explore these five areas with John Lundeen as he talks about the "choosy consumer" on our Beef Buzz. Click on the link below to get to our Tuesday Beef Buzz- the Beef Buzz a regular feature that is heard on great radio stations around Oklahoma on the Radio Oklahoma Network- and is also a regularly updated part of our website at www.OklahomaFarmReport.Com Click here for our Tuesday Beef Buzz on Consumer Expectations When They Buy Beef | |
Oklahoma Wheat Commission Holding First Meeting in Their New Location ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The January
Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission offers several changes from
previous meetings. The Wednesday morning gathering will be at their new
office location at 3800 Classen in Suite C40 in Oklahoma City, a couple of
miles away from their previous office home on 63rd street.
The other major change has to do with who will not be there as Executive Director. This will be the first meeting in several years that Mark Hodges will not be there in that role as the top hired hand of the group. We have the full agenda of the meeting linked within our calendar as found at WWW.OklahomaFarmReport.Com and that link to the full calendar is below- scroll down and click on the January 21st Oklahoma Wheat Commission listing for that agenda. Click here for the Calendar Page of WWW.OklahomaFarmReport.Com | |
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Let's Check the Markets! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was a good
sized run of approximately 12,000 head of cattle that were sold at the
Oklahoma National Stockyards yesterday. The market report writes "Feeder
cattle and calves mostly steady to 2.00 lower. The best demand was for
600-700 lb steers and these held mostly steady. After a lower start, calf
prices worked higher into the afternoon as demand and calf quality
improved. Several thin long weaned stockers available. Demand remains good
despite drought conditions. Feeder demand remains fairly good but not as
good as a couple weeks ago. Heavy runs continue due to large numbers of
heavy calves and yearlings being sold that normally would have come to
town last fall when prices were lower." Click
here for the rundown of prices at Oklahoma City for their Monday sale.
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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