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Agriculture Secretary Jim Reese Focusing on the Positive of Drought 2011

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:49:02 CDT

Agriculture Secretary Jim Reese Focusing on the Positive of Drought 2011 Oklahoma Agriculture Secretary Jim Reese spoke on Tuesday at the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Drought Summit meeting focusing on the losses in agriculture across the state of Oklahoma. Despite the losses across the state, Reese says he is choosing to focus on the positives of the drought.


Reese stressed the importance of remaining optimistic about recovering from the drought, saying while this has been a historic drought with historic heat, it has also been a year with historic prices and historic consumer demand for agricultural products. However, Reese says this will more than likely be a year with a historic amount of agricultural production loss.


Secretary Reese, with the help of the National Agriculture Statistics Service, presented the total losses so far for hay in the state at $294 million. The loss for cotton is $136 million, while wheat loss came in at $122 million. The overall crop loss approaches $1 billion for the 2011 year. However, Radio Oklahoma Network has been told that the Oklahoma State University Agricultural Economics department is also working on some drought numbers for loss as well. These numbers will be available in a few weeks.


Reese also presented the loss when it comes to cattle for the past year. The number of cattle sold from January 1 to July 31 has increased by 45,757 head, a total of 5% increase. This comes up to a total loss of $1 billion for cattle in Oklahoma as well. The total amount of loss then for Oklahoma is roughly $2 billion for 2011. Reese says that while this is $2 billion lost in agricultural product that does not translate to $2 billion lost to Oklahoma producers.


Click on the LISTEN bar below to listen to Farm Director Ron Hays and Secretary Jim Reese's comments on the drought, discusses the loss numbers and what they mean to Oklahoma producers, as well as, ways for producers to bounce back from the drought of 2011.



   




   

Ron Hays and Secretary Reese discuss the drought losses for Oklahoma
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