Oklahoma's Latest Farm
And Ranch News
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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday, July 31, 2020
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Show Dramatic Improvement For Oklahoma
- OSU's Kim Anderson Says to Stay Competitive We've Gotta Keep Costs Low and Quality High
- Marathon Live Cattle Committee Meeting At NCBA Summer Conference Yields Compromise on Price Discovery Policy
- Oklahoma Pig Farmers Provide 2,600 Pounds of Meat to Food Bank
- Soy Checkoff Farmer-Leaders Set Strong Course for the Future of U.S. Soy
- A Legacy of Commitment – Finding a Connection Through the Wheat Fields
- This Weeks Ag in the Classroom, Pecans! Delicious and Nutritious!
- National State Departments of Ag Disappointed with Senate Coronavirus Relief Package When It Comes to Ag
- Check Our Marketlinks Further Down in the Email- Sponsored by OKC West in El Reno
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Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Show Dramatic Improvement For Oklahoma
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Dramatic improvement in the Oklahoma drought map on the latest U.S. Drought Monitor update was the result of heavy rain in central and northern Oklahoma the past several days.
Abnormal dryness and moderate to extreme drought contracted, especially in central Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. Unfortunately, abnormal dryness expanded in parts of eastern Oklahoma.
It was also a case of the “haves” and “have nots” for neighboring areas as more than two inches of rain fell over parts of Nebraska and Kansas while parts of Colorado had an inch or more or rain. But little to no rain fell in a few scattered areas of Kansas across Nebraska and Colorado.
The wet weather resulted in contraction of abnormal dryness and moderate to extreme drought across Kansas and parts of Colorado.
For those of you following the weekly crop progress reports, pasture and range conditions across the Rocky Mountains and West have been mostly poor to very poor. The southwest monsoons sparked some showers over New Mexico but most of the West received little to no rain.
Severe to extreme drought expanded in New Mexico.
Today for Oklahoma almost 40 percent of the state is free from any abnormal dryness or drought conditions. This is not as positive as a year ago when more than 81 percent of the state was drought free, but it is almost five points better than last week.
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OSU's Kim Anderson Says to Stay Competitive We've Gotta Keep Costs Low and Quality High
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Oklahoma State University Extension Grains Market Analyst
Dr. Kim Anderson
talks about what is going on in the Wheat Markets weekly on SUNUP.
This week Dr. Anderson is talking about the U.S. dollar and the decline. Anderson said it could be a positive aspect because there's about a 10% decrease. Anderson said that means that corn, soybeans, and wheat are 10% cheaper out in the world market and that makes the U.S. more competitive, so he says from an agriculture standpoint that is a positive.
Dr. Anderson said when it comes to advice for farmers for the end of the summer, "I think farmers have got to realize that farmers around the world are going to get more competitive. There's more competition from around the world, our producers should expect more competition. We've got to keep our cost low, and our quality high."
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Marathon Live Cattle Committee Meeting At NCBA Summer Conference Yields Compromise on Price Discovery Policy
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After a six-hour marathon meeting of the NCBA’s live cattle committee Wednesday it was obvious more price discovery for the fed cattle market is an absolute necessity. I attended that committee meeting during the NCBA summer business conference in Denver and talked with
Mike Deering
, executive director of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association.
There were two distinct sides divided along the lines of wanting a legislative regulatory solution or a voluntary market driven concept for more robust price discovery.
Deering, along with others from Iowa, Nebraska and Texas, supports a legislative regulatory solution because the voluntary market driven approach has not worked.
We were really trying to put some teeth in the policy, Deering said, in order to give NCBA direction to purse a mandatory effort to get robust price discovery.
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We invite you to listen to us on great radio stations across the region on the Radio Oklahoma Ag Network weekdays-
if you missed this morning's Farm News - or you are in an area where you can't hear it- click below for this morning's Farm news from
Ron Hays and KC Sheperd on RON.
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Oklahoma Pig Farmers Provide 2,600 Pounds of Meat to Food Bank
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Pig farmers faced many obstacles due to COVID-19. But that did not keep them from supporting their state when so many other Oklahomans faced great needs.
When pork processing plants across the country had to operate at a reduced capacity, pigs were stuck on farms longer than usual. okPORK staff began to search for local processing plants that were available to process pork for donation to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State University Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center answered that call and Prestage Farms of Oklahoma had pigs to donate.
“The reality that we have people in our great country who go hungry on a daily basis is tragic,” said
Greg Stephens, general manager for Prestage Farms of Oklahoma. “Any entity or individual that has resources to help alleviate this situation should feel morally obligated to help in any way possible.”
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Soy Checkoff Farmer-Leaders Set Strong Course for the Future of U.S. Soy
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This week, the United Soybean Board’s (USB) 78 farmer-leaders approved new projects to increase innovation, resilience and profitability for U.S. soybean farmers in 2021 and beyond. USB Chair Jim Carroll III and USB CEO
Polly Ruhland discussed the impact of these investments to U.S. soybean farmers in a newly released video report from the meeting. The board considered several hundred proposals focused on increasing the value of U.S. soybeans and paving the way for new demand.
These projects range from promoting the sustainability of U.S. Soy as a market differentiator to reputation management strategies to enhance end-user perceptions of soy products, in addition to research that strengthens the resilience of soybean production, improves protein meal quality and develops new industrial uses for soybean oil, among a multitude of other topics. The proposals all share a common goal — maximizing profit opportunities for U.S. soybean farmers.
“The decisions made by farmers today will have a significant impact on the U.S. Soy industry for the next year and even the decade ahead,” said Jim Carroll III, USB Chair and soybean farmer from Arkansas. “Our farmer-leaders who participated represent more than 500,000 U.S. soybean farmers across the country, and I’m proud to say we have done our job to make sure their investments — and our own as farmers ourselves — were put to the best use possible for the greatest return.”
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U.S. Agriculture Praises Senate Letter Urging Administration to Make Greater Strides to Protect Common Food and Wine Terms
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A diverse range of farm and agricultural industries is praising a bipartisan Senate
letter
sent today to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue urging stronger international safeguards to protect U.S. exporters using common food and wine terms. Sens. John Thune (R-SD), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) led this effort that resulted in support from a total of 61 Senators.
The letter requests that the U.S. government enhance their common food name protections as a core policy objective in all trade-related discussions. This is a direct challenge to the European Union (EU)’s misuse of protections meant for valid geographical indications (GIs) to instead block American exports of common or generic food and wine terms, such as parmesan, feta, bologna or chateau. These unjustified trade barriers harm American farmers, limit choices for consumers and have put manufacturing jobs across an essential sector at risk.
Signers of the letter included several senators holding leadership positions on committees with jurisdiction over this issue, notably the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture. In addition, the letter also includes the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property.
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This Weeks Ag in the Classroom, Pecans! Delicious and Nutritious!
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Summertime is here and the kiddos are out of school with many parents are at home with their kiddos, wondering, "What do we do now?" Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom has come up with some excellent daily activities you can do with your kids and family.
Today we are featuring Delightful... Pecans! No matter how you pronounce the word PECAN, they are delicious and nutritious!
Pecans contain more than 19 vitamins and minerals, including Vitamin A, Vitamin E, folic acid, calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, several B vitamins, potassium and zinc.
Pecans contain compounds with antioxidant properties and can help fight the buildup of LDL cholesterol - low-density lipoprotein - the so-called bad cholesterol.
Pecans are heart-healthy, containing 87 percent unsaturated fatty acids - 62 percent monounsaturated and 25 percent polyunsaturated.
Pecans come in a variety of sizes - mammoth, extra large, large, medium, small and midget. They are sold as whole nuts, halves, pieces, granules or meal.
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National State Departments of Ag Disappointed with Senate Coronavirus Relief Package When It Comes to Ag
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Negotiations to finalize the next coronavirus relief package in Congress are far from the finish line, and so is aid for agriculture, according to the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.
The Senate Republican proposal includes a second round of $1,200 stimulus payments for individuals, extends additional unemployment payments by $200 a week through September, and includes substantial funding for schools and COVID-19 testing, and $20 billion for agriculture. The discretionary funding would support agricultural producers, growers and processors. Not included in the Republican plan is additional funding for food and nutrition programs or dedicated funding for state departments of agriculture to respond to COVID-19 impacts.
“The food and agriculture value chain cannot afford another round of band-aids for COVID-19 relief and recovery,” NASDA CEO
Dr. Barb Glenn
said. “This relief package falls short of meeting the needs of the food and agriculture community.”
“We will continue to press Congress for smart policymaking to guard against an uneven COVID-19 recovery that harms our food system and rural America,” Glenn said.
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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
Prices were higher on Thursday- Choice Beef was up 69 cents to $201.0 while Select Beef was $2.01 higher at $191.50.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Check out the auction barns
that we post through the week here in our Daily Email- click on the button of the market you are interested in.
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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
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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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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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The latest Episode features
Dr. Barry Pollard-
just selected as the winner of the 2020 Governor's Outstanding Achievement Award in Agriculture, making him the 23rd individual to be inducted into the Oklahoma Ag Hall of Fame. Host Ron Hays talked with Dr. Pollard after he had received the award at the 2020 Oklahoma Cattlemen's Convention in Tulsa on July 24th- and they talked about his service to Oklahoma Agriculture and Rural Oklahoma- as a Surgeon based in Enid, as an Agri-businessman operating a multi state John Deere Dealership and as a nationally known Angus Breeder.
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Radio Oklahoma Ag Network
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