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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday, December 11, 2020
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- We Give a Ham- and Challenge the OALP Advisory Board in the Name of Class X Alum Roy Lee Lindsey
- USDA Lowers Soybean Ending Stocks in December WASDE--Allendale's Rich Nelson Gives Analysis on the Latest Numbers
- Cattlemen's Congress Livestock Show to Crown First-Ever Supreme Champions For Open Class Heifer And Bull
- Oklahoma Ag Department Has Free Livestock Electronic Ear Tags Available
- New Report Assesses Impact of COVID-19 on Consumer Behaviors
- Planters Co-operative Joins Comark Equity Alliance
- More Ag Groups Cheer Tom Vilsack As USDA Secretary Nominee
- Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Shows Intensified Drought Out West, Little Change For Oklahoma
- Kim Anderson Says- Hey- Ya Ready for a Wheat Price Tumble?
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We #GiveAHam and Challenge the OALP Advisory Board in the Name of Class X Alum Roy Lee Lindsey
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On Thursday afternoon, I accepted the challenge of #GiveAHam from Michael Kelsey and gave two hams to the Jesus House.
And- as Chair of the Oklahoma Ag Leadership Program Advisory Board, I challenged the members of the board to #GiveAHam in honor of Roy Lee Lindsey as he prepares to leave the state for North Carolina.
I Challenged the following 8 Board Members to #GiveAHam - OSU DASNR's Cheryl DeVuyst and Damona Doye, Class XIII Alum Edmond Bonjour, Class 15 Alum Todd Love, Class XI Alum Clay Burtrum, Class IX Alum Paul Jackson, Class VI Alum Jay Vaughn and Class I Alum Don Scheiber-
From all of us on the OALP Advisory Board- we salute Class X Alum Roy Lee Lindsey for the tremendous job he has done for Oklahoma's Pork Producers- and for ALL of Oklahoma Agriculture! Godspeed Roy Lee!
You can watch our video below:
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USDA Lowers Soybean Ending Stocks in December WASDE--Allendale's Rich Nelson Gives Analysis on the Latest Numbers
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The December World Agricultural Supply and Demands came out today and Allendale's Rich Nelson said this report was a little bit disappointing, "On the Corn side of things USDA did leave ending stocks unchanged at 1.702 billion bushels from last month, that was more or less expected, for the most part, keep in mind USDA did lower the Argentine corn crop just a small amount, about 1 million tons due to the early dryness. And as far as the soybean side, this is where the disappointment really hits in. USDA did lower stocks from 190 million bushels to now 175, but the drop in stocks came from the increased domestic crush, not the hot button issue as far as exports."
SOYBEANS
Production for the 2020-21 marketing year was left unchanged at 4.17 billion bushels (bb) with a national average yield of 50.7 bushels per acre (bpa). All demand categories, except for crush, were unchanged. The forecast for domestic crush was increased by 15 mb "on strong crush margins and record early season crush." If realized, the domestic ending stocks forecast of 175 mb would be the lowest since the 2013-14 marketing year.
USDA increased the average farm gate price by 15 cents to $10.55 per bushel.
Global ending stocks for 2020-21 declined by less than a million metric tons (mmt) to 85.64 mmt. USDA said higher soybean crop estimates in Canada and Uruguay offset lower production in Argentina, which was trimmed by 1 mmt on lower harvest area. USDA anticipated Argentina will produce 50 mmt of soybeans, while Brazil will grow 133 mmt, which is unchanged from last month. The estimate of China's import needs -- 100 mmt -- was unchanged from last month.
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Cattlemen's Congress Livestock Show to Crown First-Ever Supreme Champions For Open Class Heifer And Bull
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The first-ever Cattlemen’s Congress, Jan. 2-17 at the Oklahoma City fairgrounds could drop a $50 million economic impact on the city, said Tyler Norvell, executive director of the Oklahoma Youth Expo, and board member for the new show.
The Cattlemen’s Congress was organized to take the place of the 2021 National Western Livestock Show in Denver which was canceled due to the pandemic.
It’s the best of the best, the national championship of cattle breeds, Norvell said.
The show will bring purebred cattle producers from around the country to Oklahoma City and Norvell is excited about crowning a national champion in both the breeding heifer and bull categories.
One thing we’re doing that’s never been done before, to my knowledge, is we are going to pick a supreme overall open class breeding heifer and open class breeding bull, Norvell said.
This is modeled after the Canadian Western Agribition beef show in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Norvell said this has never happened in an open class show in this country and if you have ever watched a video of the selection process at the Canadian show, it is awesome.
The grand drive for supreme champion happens at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13 in the Jim Norick Arena.
The barns will be buzzing with activity throughout the 15-day event.
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For our farmers who have either- always have had cotton on their farms- or those who have more recently have added the fiber crop to their operations- we have a new daily report starting to be heard on several of our Radio Stations- It's Called Cotton Talk- and we appreciate the Oklahoma Cotton Council for their support in making this a reality.
Click on the Button below to listen to our most recent report
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Oklahoma Ag Department Has Free Livestock Electronic Ear Tags Available
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Livestock producers can now receive free electronic ear tags through the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, said Dr. Rod Hall, state veterinarian.
We have free electronic ear tags available for producers and veterinarians to use in breeding or replacement cattle, Hall said.
Dr. Hall said the Agriculture Department is receiving the tags from USDA and we are able to send them to veterinarians and producers with only a small shipping fee.
The person, clinic, or ranch/farm ordering the tags must have a Premises ID.
The USDA is concerned about tracing livestock in the case of a disease outbreak, Hall said.
To make our traceability more efficient they are promoting new electronic ear tags to replace the old metal tags, he said.
The old metal tags work well but we know there is about a 30 percent error rate when someone writes the number down manually and transfers that to the records, Hall said.
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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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New Report Assesses Impact of COVID-19 on Consumer Behaviors
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The number of consumers who say they intend to eat beef at least weekly increased from 67 percent to 72 percent compared to 2019 and consumer positive perceptions of beef reached 70 percent for the first time, <> according to a new report released by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, that examines the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on consumer attitudes, behaviors, and perceptions.
“The impact of the pandemic has been transformative in every corner of our economy,” said Buck Wehrbein, 2020 NCBA Federation Division Chair. “The good news is that consumers are choosing beef more often as they adapt to cooking more at home.”
The report outlines what consumer behaviors have changed, what behaviors may be permanent and how the beef industry has and continues to respond. With support from the 44 state beef councils and the Beef Checkoff program, current market and consumer research provides insight into the past year and helps inform programming and response in order to keep beef as the top protein choice for consumers.
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Planters Co-operative Joins Comark Equity Alliance
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Comark Equity Alliance (CEA) the region’s most innovative grain marketing, logistics, and risk management company, is proud to announce the addition of its twenty-ninth member-owner, Planters Co-operative Association (PCA). PCA brings eleven-grain receiving locations and an additional 10 million bushels of storage to CEA, thus increasing the company to 181 locations with a total capacity of just over 165 million bushels.
“CEA’s associates and member-owners are extremely pleased that PCA has agreed to join our group,“ said CEA President Alan Woodard. “They not only add additional space, but new origination, marketing, and arbitrage opportunities.”
PCA General Manager Jeremy Gifford commented, “This alliance will enable PCA to improve our grain marketing abilities, increase product offerings and help our members better prepare for the future.”
Comark Equity Alliance, LLC is one of the largest federally licensed grain companies in the United States. The company was formed in August 2017 following the merger of Equity Marketing Alliance and CoMark Grain Marketing LLC.
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More Ag Groups Cheer Tom Vilsack As USDA Secretary Nominee
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The Public Lands Council (PLC) released the following statement in response to the expected nomination of Tom Vilsack as the next U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary:
"Livestock producers have a long history of working with Former Secretary Vilsack at the Department of Agriculture. Few have the breadth and depth of experience he has in facing issues confronting multiple sectors of our industry. This experience will serve him well as the country and our producers work to recover from the unexpected challenges brought by 2020," said PLC President Niels Hansen.
“We congratulate Tom Vilsack on his nomination. As both the former governor of Iowa, the top pork-producing state in the country, and the former USDA secretary, he understands how critical a vibrant American farm sector is to the rural and overall U.S. economy, and the importance of keeping consumers supplied with an affordable source of nutritious protein."
"After eight years leading USDA, Tom Vilsack has the necessary qualifications and experience to steer the agency through these turbulent times. He must use his impressive set of skills to implement and enforce rules that protect farmers from anticompetitive practices, enact meaningful structural reforms that balance supply with demand, restore competition to agricultural markets, strengthen local and regional food systems, advance racial equity in agriculture, and mitigate the threat of climate change."
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Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Shows Intensified Drought Out West, Little Change For Oklahoma
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Intensified drought conditions took over the headlines for the west again as the central and southern Plains experienced a calm, dry week according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map.
Statewide snow water content readings in California currently sit at 36 percent of the historical average for this time of year.
Some areas of the Mojave Desert experiencing the driest period on record. Pretty hard to get much drier than the Mojave Desert!
Elsewhere in the country on this week’s map, areas of drought intensified and expanded in central Texas and the Panhandle.
These areas have experienced 6-month precipitation deficits of 6 to more than 8 inches.
For Oklahoma, there is not much change in this week’s drought map, showing only a slight improvement from 57.15 percent of the state experiencing drought conditions to 56.95 percent this week.
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Kim Anderson Says- Hey- Ya Ready for a Wheat Price Tumble?
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This week on SUNUP, Dr. Kim Anderson talks about the possible establishment of a down trend in price. Dr. Anderson says we are very close to seeing that, "You can even call it a downtrend, I would probably call it a sideways pattern. Over the last couple of weeks, yes we got the downtrend we've got the pattern at support at $5.30, we got resistance at $5.80 on that Kansas City March contract.
"Our prices are real close to that $5.30- if we break through that, then we will for sure have established a downtrend. If you want to convert that March contract over to the July 21 contract just add about nine or 10 cents to that. We've got Oklahoma cash prices now around $5, you know that's significantly lower than they were a couple weeks ago, and forward contract for this next harvest delivery about $5.30."
Click on the button to hear Dr. Anderson's comments- and to see the full lineup for this weekend's SUNUP from OSU's Ag Communications team.
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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 continue to go lower- Choice Beef was $3.67 lower while Select Beef was also down by $3.18.
Click on the Button below for the latest report from USDA Market News
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Weekly Cattle Auction Reports
The buttons below allow you to check out the weekly Cattle Auctions in the region that we post on our website and here in our daily email update-
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Each afternoon we are posting a recap of that day's markets as analyzed by Justin Lewis of KIS futures - click below for the latest update on the Livestock and Grain Futures Trade..
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Okla Cash Grain:
Daily Oklahoma Cash Grain Prices- as reported by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture- 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
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Host Ron Hays travels the Road to Rural Prosperity with mixed feelings as he talks with Roy Lee Lindsey of OkPork- who has just announced his resignation as Executive Director as the head of the group representing hog farmers in Oklahoma- as he prepares to take a similar position with the North Carolina Pork Council- North Carolina the second largest pork state in the US.
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