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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Brent Bolen Named to State of Okla Commission to Respond to Supreme Court Ruling
- Crop Progress Report Shows Pasture And Range Conditions Are Drought Stressed
- Inhofe Legislation at the Center of the Pork Industry's Ask of Congress as New COVID Aid is Crafted
- Boxed Beef Prices Sag Under Growing Supply and Summer Doldrums
- Legendary Nebraska Angus Breeder Bill Rishel Uses The Past To Predict the Future
- Double-crop Weed Management Made Easy
- Bits and Pieces- VSV Blowing Up in Northeastern Oklahoma, Congrats Austin Rose of PCOM and Denim Ball Cancelled- 2021 Date Set
- Check Our MarketLinks in the Lower Part of the Email- Including Monday Auction Barn Reports
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Governor Stitt Forms Commission to Advise State of Oklahoma Following US Supreme Court Ruling
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One of the newest members of the Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture,
Brent Bolen
, is being tapped to be a rural voice on a very large stage. Here's a portion of the release from the Governor's office from yesterday afternoon.
Governor Kevin Stitt t
oday issued Executive Order 2020-24, announcing the formation of The Oklahoma Commission on Cooperative Sovereignty to address concerns and make recommendations to the State and the U.S. Congress in light of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in McGirt v. Oklahoma and Sharp v. Murphy.
“We know that there is a lot of unpredictability right now,” said Gov. Stitt. “We are committed to working with all Oklahomans, Tribal and non-Tribal, to create a practical and sustainable path forward. This commission is the first step.”
The commission will advise the Governor on civil, criminal and regulatory concerns, and will be composed of leaders from various spheres including law, government and business. Gov. Stitt has named
Larry Nichols
, co-founder of Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy, as chair of the commission. Other members include former U.S. Sen.
Don Nickle
s, former U.S. Rep.
J.C. Watts,
Oklahoma Sen.
Julie Daniels
, Oklahoma Rep.
Mark Lepak
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Alan Armstrong
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Brent Bolen
,
Suzie Brewste
r,
Harold Hamm a
nd
Joe Robson.
Bolen, representing the southeast district, is no stranger to supporting Oklahoma agriculture, as he and his family are chicken, cattle and hay producers. His company, Bolen Farms, is a contract poultry producer for Tyson Foods in McCurtain County and operates multiple poultry broiler houses.
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Oklahoma AgCredit
is a cooperative, owned by the members we serve. This ensures our customers’ needs come first. Our profit can only be used in two ways – retained to build our financial strength or passed on to members through our Patronage Program.
Patronage is like an interest rebate and it basically reduces our members cost of borrowing. We have returned more than $53 million to our members since 1997.
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U.S. Crop Conditions Mostly Unchanged In USDA Crop Progress Report, But Pastures And Ranges Are Drought Stressed
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The summer doldrums have arrived evidenced by virtually little to no change in the condition of the nation’s major crops from last week.
One area starting to gain some attention is the condition of the nation’s pasture and ranges as the overall rating sits at just 35 percent in the good to excellent category this week.
Continued dry conditions in the western and Rocky Mountain states as well as the High Plains is keeping the ratings low.
While New Mexico and Texas have larger percentages in poor to very poor pasture range ratings than good to excellent-
Oklahoma pasture and range conditions are rated 37 percent good to excellent, versus 35 percent poor to very poor.
Check out the National Crop Progress Numbers as well as the Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas reports as well by clicking on the link below.
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Inhofe Legislation at the Center of the Pork Industry's Ask of Congress as New COVID Help is Crafted
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U.S. hog farmers continue to face an unprecedented emergency as a result of COVID-related challenges, with an estimated two million hogs still backed-up on farms according to an analysis by
Dr. Steve Meyer
, an economist with Kerns & Associates. At a press briefing today, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) described the damage exacted on hog farmers and urged Congress to act swiftly to preserve their livelihoods.
Dr. Meyer said U.S. hog farmers face massive losses due to multiple COVID-19 crisis-related factors, which have turned profit potential for 2020 from robust to disastrous. According to his analysis, based on lean hog futures prices on March 1 and July 10 and actual hog prices in the interim, potential 2020 revenue from hog sales has been reduced by roughly $4.7 billion.
“This is, by far, the worst financial disaster ever for American hog farmers, who were already in a weakened financial position due to two years of trade retaliation” said Dr. Meyer.
Earlier this month, Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) introduced the RELIEF for Producers Act of 2020
, providing compensation for farmers who are forced to euthanize or donate animals that can’t be processed into the food supply as a result of COVID-19, among other provisions. NPPC strongly supports this legislation.
Learn more about what the NPPC is hoping Congress will do- and get a feel of the backlog of hogs that continues to build out in the major hog states by reading and listening to our report- the audio from the News Briefing of yesterday afternoon that features comments from
Steve Meyer and Nick Giordano.
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Our Oklahoma Farm Report Team!!!!
Ron Hays, Senior Farm Director and Editor
KC Sheperd, Associate Farm Director and Editor
Dave Lanning, Markets and Production
Sam Knipp, Farm News Editor
Pam Arterburn, Calendar and Template Manager
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Boxed Beef Prices Sag Under Growing Supply and Summer Doldrums
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Mondays,
Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, offers his economic analysis of the beef cattle industry. This analysis is a part of the weekly series known as the "Cow Calf Corner" published electronically by Dr. Peel and Dr. Glenn Selk. Today, Dr. Peel talks about how Boxed beef prices sag under growing supply and summer doldrums.
The Choice boxed beef price dropped to $200.47/cwt. last Friday, July 17, 2020; the lowest Choice boxed beef price since December 2017. Both supply and demand factors are at work pushing wholesale beef prices lower.
Estimated beef production last week was 538.4 million pounds, 2.1 percent larger than the same week last year. Estimated cattle slaughter last week was 650,000 head, down slightly from 655,400 last year. The latest carcass weights have steer carcasses averaging 896 pounds, up 35 pounds year over year and heifer carcasses at 826 pounds, 34 pounds above the same time last year. Heavy fed cattle backed up in feedlots prevented the normal seasonal decline in carcass weights in April, May and June. In 2019, steer carcass weights declined from 896 pounds at the beginning of the year to a seasonal low of 842 pounds by the first week of June; a drop of 50 pounds. This year steer carcass weights were 896 pounds in June, down 16 pounds from 912 pounds at the beginning of the year. The lowest weekly steer carcass weight this year was 886 pounds in April before weights moved counterseasonally higher in May and June.
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Legendary Nebraska Angus Breeder Bill Rishel Uses The Past To Predict the Future
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It’s been said that in order to know where you’re going you must know where you have been. With that in mind,
Bill Rishel, legendary angus breeder from North Platte, Neb., and a speaker at the recent Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) virtual symposium, reviewed the past to predict the future.
On today’s Beef Buzz, we hear the first of several segments on how Rishel thinks the future will evolve for the beef industry.
Rishel said it is necessary to look back to recognize “paradigm shifts” when new ideas become accepted over traditional ways.
If there is one thing you take with you from this conference is the message to embrace change when there is obvious economic merit and long-term sustainability involved, he said.
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Double-crop Weed Management Made Easy
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Size matters when it comes to many postemergence herbicides and effective weed control in double-cropping systems, Oklahoma State University experts said.
“Once weeds become too large or crops reach particular growth stages, many weed control options are no longer viable as they may injure the crop or will not completely control target weeds,” said
Misha Manuchehri,
OSU Extension small grains and canola weed specialist.
For example, when using a synthetic auxin plant hormone such as 2,4-D, control is most effective when weed height is about the length of a credit card. Control greatly decreases once weeds grow beyond that height.
Other issues with large weeds include:
• Crops likely will already have been negatively affected by the ever-growing weeds that have outcompeted them for available soil nutrient and water resources.
• Preemergence herbicide options may be limited because of the diversity in crops present within the system.
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Bits and Pieces- VSV Blowing Up in Northeast Oklahoma, Congrats Austin Rose of PCOM and Denim Ball Cancelled- 2021 Date Set
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The latest word from our State Vet,
Dr. Rod Hall
, is
Vesicular Stomatitis is continuing to spread. Dr. Hall writes in a Monday afternoon email "
We have confirmed the disease in Washington, Craig,
Osage, and Ottawa Counties and have multiple suspect cases all across northeastern Oklahoma.
"Please pay particular attention and be on the alert for suspect cases and continue to report them to us
."
We will be following up and will have a fuller report in our next Email.
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Congrats to the CEO and Manager of PCOM,
Austin Rose
, for being named as Co-Op Manager of the Year by Triangle Insurance in recent days- Here's Austin receiving the Award from Triangle President and CEO
John Berg.
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Staying in the cotton patch- the
Oklahoma Cotton Council
did their best to have their annual fundraiser Denim Ball this year- the Ball was originally was set for spring- then moved to August and now the Cotton Council says "We are deeply saddened and disheartened to announce that we will not be having this year's 2020 Denim Ball.
"With the rise of Covid-19 cases, we believe it is in the best interest and safety of our producers, their families, and other attendees to cancel.
"We do have some good news though...we have shifted our focus to the 2021 Denim Ball and already have a date and location set!
"Go ahead and mark your calendars for April 10th at the Skirvin Hilton in OKC!"
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Today's First Look:
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.
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Wholesale Boxed Beef had a good Monday- Choice Beef was up $1.27 to $201.74 while Select Beef jumped up $1.28 to $191.59.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Oklahoma National Stockyards
had 8,000 head on Monday-
Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly 1.00-6.00 higher. Steer calves traded unevenly steady on very limited comparable receipts. Heifer calves sold 2.00-8.00 higher on a very light test.
Click b
elow
for the complete closing report.
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Joplin Regional Stockyards had 4,145 cattle on Monday.
Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves and yearlings 2.00 to 5.00 higher.
Click below
to check the full report.
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Each afternoon we are posting a recap of that day's markets as analyzed by
Justin Lewis of KIS futures
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click below
for the latest update on the Livestock and Grain Futures Trade..
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Okla Cash Grain:
Daily Oklahom
a
Cash Grain Prices- as reported by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture
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The report available after the close of the Futures Trade for that day.
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Episode 41 features a conversation with Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Rodd Moesel as he and yours truly talk about the continuing challenges of COVID-19 and some of the priorities of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau- today and in the days ahead.
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