Oklahoma's Latest Farm
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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday, February 19, 2021
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch news update.
- OSU's Kim Anderson Says Grain Markets in a Sideways Pattern Currently
- Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Shows No Change in Oklahoma Status
- Technology, Innovative Farming Practices Advance Wheat Farm Sustainability
- BQA Program Gives Consumers Confidence in Beef Producers- So Says Former CBB Chair Kim Brackett
- Tips and Help for Well Owners During Severe Cold Weather
- Advocacy Group Focused on Protecting Animals And Our Food Supply
- COVID-19 Update: USDA, FDA Underscore Current Epidemiologic and Scientific Information
- Oklahoma Senate Totally Agrees- Make Cattlemen's Congress "Perpetual"
- More Farm News Headlines to Check Out on Our Website- See Below
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OSU's Kim Anderson Says Grain Markets in a Sideways Pattern Currently |
Oklahoma State University Extension Grains Market Analyst Dr. Kim Anderson talks about what is going on in the Wheat Markets weekly on SUNUP.
With all the cold weather we have had in Oklahoma Dr. Anderson says the grain markets and commodities are in a sideways pattern, "You look at wheat since mid-January, that KC/May contract sideways, from $6.10 to $6.50. The current prices around midrange in that, converting that to cash its a minus 25 cents in Northern Oklahoma to minus 35 cents in Perrington and Southern Oklahoma.
Corn prices, we have the May contract of $5.20 to $5.70. Cash is 16 Cents below that in Northern Oklahoma and 44 cents above that in Perrington/Panhandle area. Soybeans on the May contract, trading between $13 and $14 on a sideways pattern. Minus 45 cents in Northern Oklahoma, and Minus $1.05 in Southern Oklahoma and the Panhandle area." Anderson says wheat, corn, soybeans and cotton production is expected to increase in 2021, but price expectations may not reflect it.
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Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Shows No Change in Oklahoma Status |
Persistent brutal cold and snow dominated the latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map and while no one welcomed the frigid temperatures, the snowstorms in the west brought added moisture to the mountain snow packs.
The basin Snow Water Equivalents (SWE) increased throughout the West as many basins were still below normal as of Feb. 16, especially in the southern Rockies.
For Oklahoma, the drought map remains unchanged from a week ago with only a small pocket of extreme drought (D3) hanging on in Harmon County in southwest Oklahoma.
Statewide, the total area experiencing no dry or drought conditions remains at 72.70 percent this week.
There was some modest improvement in drought conditions in the central and northern High Plains.
Western Kansas and southwest Nebraska remain locked into Extreme Drought (D3), with some smaller areas in northwest Iowa also showing D3.
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Technology, Innovative Farming Practices Advance Wheat Farm Sustainability |
Shelbi Knisley, USW Director of Trade Policy writes In the latest issue of USwheat.org, on technology in farming.
Across the United States, farmers are producing more and better quality wheat using fewer natural resources, including land. According to an American Farm Bureau Federation report, in 2018, about 8 million fewer acres (3.24 million hectares) were needed to produce the same amount of wheat as in 1990.
With the Biden Administration establishing clear policy goals to fight climate change and reward conservation, it is more important than ever to share the success stories of how U.S. wheat farmers have employed sustainable practices for many years to protect their land and make a positive impact on the environment.
U.S. farmers are more economical and sustainable today by implementing agronomic practices and investing in technologies, research, and development. Technology plays an important role in making U.S. agriculture sustainable. When breeding techniques and advanced technologies are used to produce high-yielding, high-quality wheat varieties, it contributes to preserving the land’s natural resources through water and soil nutrient conservation that work in harmony with local conditions.
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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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BQA Program Gives Consumers Confidence in Beef Producers, Says Idaho Rancher And Former CBB Chair Kim Brackett |
Consumers today trust the cattle producer but want to be able to verify that trust with science-based facts.
Enter the Beef Quality Assurance program.
Kim Brackett, Idaho rancher, former chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and chairman of the long-range planning committee for the beef cattle industry, said the industry relies on programs such as the BQA to build trust with consumers.
I think the society we’re living in now our consumers want to trust, but verify, Brackett said.
It helps them knowing the BQA is science-based, best management practices all the way through the supply chain, she said.
Brackett noted it helps them feel better about purchasing beef and almost gives them permission to put beef in their grocery cart.
The Idaho rancher pointed out recent consumer research studies involving the BQA program.
Researchers wanted to know if learning about BQA would alter any of their concerns, she said.
Consumer views were rated before and after learning about BQA.
Results showed their perceptions about the cattle industry improved by 26 percent after learning about BQA, she said.
The 2025 long range strategic plan shines a bright light on BQA which has a long record of success, Brackett 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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Tips and Help for Well Owners During Severe Cold Weather |
Helpful tips for well owners during the cold snap:
1. Ensure that your well house is insulated.
2. Place an incandescent bulb or heat lamp in the well house.
3. Wrap insulation or heat tape on exposed pipes.
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Advocacy Group Focused on Protecting Animals And Our Food Supply |
Protect The Harvest is an organization focused on preventing misinformation about animal agriculture while protecting our food supply, said Dale Ludwig, president of the Board of Directors for Protect The Harvest.
Ludwig was recently interviewed by Radio Oklahoma Agriculture Network Associate Farm Director and Editor KC Sheperd.
The organization is in its tenth year, Ludwig said, explaining that it was founded when HSUS and other animal welfare groups tried to enact legislation restricting animal breeding in Missouri.
What we’re trying to do is to inform, educate and protect farmers, ranchers, hunters, fisherman and people that need to eat while protecting our food supply and make sure there aren’t organizations out there trying to make life difficult, Ludwig said.
Since its founding ten years ago, it was basically just a struggle with HSUS but today there are about 39 other groups beside HSUS out there spreading misinformation, he said.
These organizations don’t have the best interests of animal agriculture in mind, he said.
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COVID-19 Update: USDA, FDA Underscore Current Epidemiologic and Scientific Information |
After more than a year since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared a global health emergency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to underscore that there is no credible evidence of food or food packaging associated with or as a likely source of viral transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus causing COVID-19.
Our confidence in the safety of the U.S. food supply remains steadfast. Consumers should be reassured that we continue to believe, based on our understanding of currently available reliable scientific information, and supported by overwhelming international scientific consensus, that the foods they eat and food packaging they touch are highly unlikely to spread SARS-CoV-2.
It’s particularly important to note that COVID-19 is a respiratory illness that is spread from person to person, unlike foodborne or gastrointestinal viruses, such as norovirus and hepatitis A that often make people ill through contaminated food. While there are relatively few reports of the virus being detected on food and packaging, most studies focus primarily on the detection of the virus’ genetic fingerprint rather than evidence of transmission of virus resulting in human infection. Given that the number of virus particles that could be theoretically picked up by touching a surface would be very small and the amount needed for infection via oral inhalation would be very high, the chances of infection by touching the surface of food packaging or eating food is considered to be extremely low.
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Oklahoma Senate Agrees- Make Cattlemen's Congress "Perpetual" |
All 47 Senators of the Oklahoma Senate were in agreement on Thursday as they passed unanimously SCR4, a Joint Resolution supporting Cattlemen's Congress to not be a one and done event- but rather a "perpetual" celebration of the cattle industry.
The House is expected to take up the Resolution, authored in that body by State Rep John Pfeiffer, and is expected to receive similar support in that body as well.
The resolution, available here, states in a series of "whereases" the success story of the 2021 Cattlemen's Congress that was held last month and concludes with this "Therefore" :
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 58TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:
THAT the Oklahoma Legislature encourages and invites the exhibitors, breed associations and partners to return to Oklahoma to begin a new tradition of a perpetual Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma.
Be watching for our Beef Buzz report in Monday's email as we get the response from one of the leaders of the Congress in our Beef Buzz that is airing on radio stations across the region today.
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More Farm News Headlines to Check Out on Our Website- Click the Buttons Below to Read More |
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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 higher- Choice Beef was up $1.34 and Select Beef was up $1.83 on Thursday, February 18, 2021
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- Woodward and other "end of week" auctions cancelled last week due to extreme cold and the markets that operate the first half of the week were shut down this week.
I would recommend that you call your contact at the Market that you normally work with before loading up cattle to take to that market- Woodward did hold a sale on Thursday and the very light results are available by clicking on their button below.
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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!!!!
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