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Featured
Story:
Bob
Stallman Says "See Ya" as He Winds Down His 16
Years as President of the American Farm
Bureau
Farmers and ranchers need to adopt technology
and they need to stand up for their rights. But
most of all, they need to share their
stories, American Farm Bureau Federation President
Bob Stallman told members at
the American Farm Bureau Federation's 97th Annual
Convention and IDEAg Trade
Show.
Stallman's address - his last after
16 years as the head of the nation's largest farm
organization - echoed the challenges farmers and
ranchers face when government oversteps the limits
of the law. He reminded attendees that the
organization's struggle to overturn the
Environmental Protection Agency's latest, flawed
water policies was not yet
over.
"You know, if we're going to let the
federal government dictate where we can and cannot
farm-or cut trees, or build homes, or otherwise
use the land for any productive, economic
activity, then this is not the Land of Liberty,"
Stallman told attendees. "It is not the country
that our forefathers envisioned-nor is it a
country that will be able to feed itself for very
long."
The outgoing President was relaxed
and backed away from most policy specifics in his
final address to the membership- hitting only at
the need to Ditch the Rule and work to stop the
Obama Administration's WOTUS Clean Water
Rule.
Stallman
pointed out to the audience that his last act
as President of the organization would happen
Tuesday afternoon when he announced who
the delegates select as the next
President of the general farm
organization.
Our Top Ag Story this
morning features the
Stallman address- we have the audio of the speech
and the hard copy as well- click here to jump to
our top story on the website this morning
featuring a smiling Bob Stallman saying See
Ya.
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USDA's
Vilsack Does Q&A in Orlando with Farm Bureau
Members- And Covers Coast to Coast Ag
Issues
For
the second year in a row, the US Secretary of
Agriculture, Tom Vilsack,
appeared in a casual setting on the Trade Show
floor of the American Farm Bureau Convention- and
took almost a full hour of questions- and
interacted with farmers and ranchers from
California to Oklahoma and Texas and
Vermont- and several more stops across the
US.
The
Oklahoma question came from former Oklahoma Farm
Bureau President Mike Spradling-
who asked the Secretary a question about a
possible Pecan Checkoff- which the Secretary
promised he would find out more details on- and
get back to him on- quickly dispatching one of his
staffers over to where Spradling was sitting to
get contact information to follow up. AFBF
President Bob Stallman, hosting
the Town Hall, laughed and called that "good
customer service."
Things
got more serious on a couple of issues- a Texas
Cotton farmer asked the Secretary for a status
update on if USDA was going to respond in a
positive way to the Cotton industry request that
cottonseed be declared an oilseed- which would
allow cotton producers to participate in the
federal farm program safety net- after cotton
fiber was excluded from the programs in the 2014
to appease Brazil after the South American country
had won a WTO case saying our cotton subsidy
program had harmed their farmers.
The
Secretary offered a three or four minute answer-
which boiled down to "probably not" unless
Congress gets involved and tweaks the 2014 Farm
Law to provide legal authority to the Secretary to
do so.
The
Secretary also had a dialogue with the Montana
rancher, showing genuine worry about what the
Federal government might do to folks like himself-
pointing to the problems in Oregon where ranchers
did a controlled burn that got onto federal land
and ended up in jail as a result.
You
can watch a replay of the Town Hall and you can
also listen to the News Conference with Mr.
Vilsack where he went into detail on these issues
and more- click here and jump to our
story online at OklahomaFarmReport.Com.
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Oklahoma
AG Believes WOTUS May Remain Tied Up in Federal
Court For the Balance of the Obama
Presidency
The
state of Oklahoma's Attorney General was the
featured speaker at the 2016 Farm and Ranch Forum
hosted by the American Farmers and Ranchers in
Enid on Friday. Oklahoma AG Scott
Pruitt offered an update on his part of
the national challenge that has been made against
the Environmental Proection Agency over their
Waters of the US Rule. He told the group he is
hopeful that the litigation will prevent the Obama
Administration from being able to fully implement
WOTUS before the end of the President's second
term in early 2017.
Pruitt
was one of several AGs that filed lawsuits against
EPA after the agency published the final rule on
the Waters of the US in late
August.
Pruitt
believes that the Sixth Circuit stay for the
entire country will remain in place for a
considerable amount of time. telling us after his
presentation that "It will stay in effect while
the case is pending and litigated." In October,
the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati
ruled that Oklahoma and the other states proved
they were likely to succeed on the merits of their
various lawsuits challenging the rule. Pruitt is
confident the stay will remain in effect until the
Obama Administration leaves
office..
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Physician
and Rancher Commends 2015 Dietary Guidelines for
Reaffirming Role of Lean
Beef
Dr.
Richard Thorpe is a physician and Texas
cattle producer. He is very pleased with the
outcome of the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans released Thursday by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. A year ago, he had concerns
that there might not be a recommendation for lean
meats in the dietary guidelines. He's very
satisfied to see that lean meat was included in
the new dietary guidelines. "We really
want to commend both Secretary
Vilsack and Secretary
Burwell for looking at the latest
nutritional evidence," Thorpe said. "There was a
lot of scientific research that was left out of
that first draft, that was not available to the
scientists on that committee and as a result of
that beef was left out. But, they allowed the most
recent and latest research to be placed in their
consideration and with this it's been a total
turnaround. It has reaffirmed the
role of lean beef in a healthy diet, so we're
really excited." The advisory committee
wanted to include sustainability as one of the
criteria for protein to receive consideration in
the dietary guidelines. Thorpe said that's really
not relevant and this wasn't the right platform to
discuss sustainability. He said the committee was
made of nutritional scientists that weren't
equipped to address sustainability. NCBA and other
groups laid down their cases and sustainability
was removed for consideration. In
looking at the new dietary guidelines, one key
phrase used is "healthy eating patterns". The
recommendations include lean meat in those eating
patterns. Click here for the
complete report entitled Dietary Guidelines for
Americans 2015-2020. I featured Thorpe
on the Beef Buzz feature. Click or tap here to
listen to today's Beef Buzz.
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Momentum
Continued for U.S. Pork Exports in November; Beef
Exports Also Rebound
U.S.
pork exports continued to gain momentum in
November while beef exports also showed signs of a
rebound, according to data released by USDA and
compiled by the U.S. Meat Export
Federation (USMEF).
November
exports of U.S. pork were up 8 percent from a year
ago to 181,678 metric tons (mt), the largest
volume since May. Pork export value was $452.6
million, down 13 percent from a year ago but up
slightly from October. As has been the case in
recent months, pork muscle cut export volume was
up significantly year-over-year (148,740 mt, up 19
percent) while variety meat exports declined 23
percent to 32,938 mt. (As USMEF has previously
noted, year-over-year comparisons for pork variety
meat may not be entirely accurate due to issues
with 2014 data for Japan.*)
For the
first 11 months of 2015, pork exports were down 3
percent from a year ago in volume to 1.94 million
mt and 17 percent lower in value at $5.11 billion.
January-November exports accounted for 24 percent
of total production and 21 percent for muscle cuts
only - down from 27 percent and 22 percent,
respectively, in 2014. Export value per head
slaughtered averaged $48.61, down 23 percent
year-over-year.
November beef exports
totaled 95,799 mt, down 1 percent from a year ago
but the largest volume since June, while export
value fell 17 percent to $519.7 million. For
January through November, beef exports were down
11 percent from a year ago in both volume (973,028
mt) and value ($5.8 billion). January-November
exports accounted for 13 percent of total
production and 10 percent for muscle cuts only -
each down one percentage point from a year ago.
Export value per head of fed slaughter averaged
$279.12, down 6 percent year-over-year.
To
read more about beef and pork exports that
have gained momentum, click or tap
here.
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Second
Suspect Arrested In Missouri for Theft of Baby
Calf in Oklahoma
A
second suspect, Robbie Don Ellis,
24, of Claremore, Okla., was arrested on a felony
warrant in Nevada, MO on Dec. 26, 2015 after
stealing a baby calf from a Rogers County, Okla.
rancher. Texas and Southwestern
Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA)
Special Ranger John Cummings led
the investigation and TSCRA Special Ranger
Bart Perrier assisted.
According to Cummings, the
investigation began on Oct. 21, 2015 when a baby
calf was consigned at the Vinita, Okla. livestock
auction. The employees at the livestock auction
said they became suspicious when a malnourished
new-born calf was unloaded from inside the cab of
a pickup driven by Ellis and the other suspect,
Jenny Lynn Davis, 36, of
Claremore, Okla. Click or tap here to
read more about the investigation.
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AFBF
Honors Two Former Senators and Talking Farm Bureau
Presidential
Politics
For more than three decades, Johanns served
America's farmers and ranchers tirelessly as
Nebraska governor, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture,
and U.S. senator. Johanns' unfailing dedication to
the interests of farmers and ranchers has
protected and enhanced the cause of agriculture
across the country.
Accepting the award, Johanns talked about
working with AFBF president Bob Stallman numerous
times during his public career on many issues. "In
this years that I've known him, I never walked out
of a meeting and asked myself 'I wonder where Bob
really stands on that issue," he said.
Saxby Chambliss served the
state of Georgia in both the House of
Representatives and the U.S. Senate for 20 years.
As chairman and ranking member of the Senate
Agriculture Committee, he was a key author on four
farm bills, crafting market-oriented programs and
securing a valid safety net for farmers and
ranchers through updated commodity titles and
federal crop insurance.
Chambliss thanked Farm Bureau members on both
the state and national level for helping him
advocate for agriculture in Congress. "Each and
every one of you represent the best there is about
agriculture," he said. "You are one of the very
few things I miss about not being (in
Congress)." **********
We are
a little more than twenty four hours away from
knowing who will be the next President of the
American Farm Bureau. In talking to a variety of
Farm Bureau members as well as members of the
media- it really seems to boil down to a two man
race for President- even though there are four
candidates running.
Most
of the conversation I have heard centers on past
Indiana State President Don
Villwock and current Georgia Farm Bureau
President Zippy Duvall. Bob
Stallman is retiring and that means no incumbent
and a wide open race.
One
farm broadcaster friend who covers Indiana
agriculture says that the Indiana folks fell
really good about where their candidate stands
right now- and the Georgia folks also seem to be
really upbeat as well.
Once
the President's race is decided- the delegates
will wrap up the annual business session by
selecting their Vice President- and Oklahoma's
Tom Buchanan is making a
run as one of four candidates for that position as
well. It is also a wide open race and I would
think that Tom's success will rest partially on
who becomes the next President of AFBF.
Anything
is possible- but it would be my guess that the
delegates may prefer to have a Veep in a different
geographical area of the country compared to their
President.
That
could prove to very beneficial to our Oklahoma
Farm Bureau President if the Georgia President
becomes the next AFBF President- that could make
it difficult for the Florida President to be
successful in his push to be the next Vice
President of the organization.
From
what I can tell- frontrunners for the number two
job includes the Florida and Oklahoma
Presidents.
The
delegate session starts first thing Tuesday
morning- all resolutions work will be done and
then the delegates will move to the
elections.
We'll
be here in Orlando- and will be tweeting and
posting as things unfold.
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