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Oklahoma's
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Your
Update from Ron Hays of RON
Friday, December 28,
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
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Featured
Story:
EPA
Administrator Lisa Jackson Calling It Quits in
Early 2013
The
Obama administration's chief environmental
watchdog, EPA Administrator Lisa
Jackson, is stepping down after a nearly
four-year tenure marked by high-profile brawls
over global warming pollution, the Keystone XL oil
pipeline, new controls on coal-fired plants, Farm
Dust and Clean Water regulations that could
cripple modern ag production in the US.
Jackson constantly found herself caught
between administration pledges to solve
controversial environmental problems and steady
resistance from Republicans and industrial and
agricultural groups who complained that the
agency's rules destroyed jobs and made it harder
for American companies to compete internationally.
"I will leave the EPA confident the
ship is sailing in the right direction, and ready
in my own life for new challenges, time with my
family and by new opportunities to make a
difference," she said in a statement. Jackson gave
no exact date for her departure, but will leave
after Obama's State of the Union address in late
January.
Read
more about the departure planned by Jackson by clicking here and look down to
the second story in this email for reaction to her
decision.
You
may notice in our second story that I do
not have any official reaction from the livestock
industry on word from Lisa Jackson that she is
quitting- that's because there does not seem to be
any- I guess the lesson I learned from my Mom that
"If you don't have anything nice to say- keep your
mouth shut" is being applied here. I did
notice one livestock industry official speaking
for himself on social media- making reference to
the email alias scandal where Jackson apparently
used the name Richard Windsor in cyberspace in the
so called war on coal. The comment that from
person was "good riddance."
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Ethanol
Advocates Praise Lisa Jackson While Senator Inhofe
Calls Her a "Truth Teller"
Growth Energy, the Renewable Fuels Association and
the National Corn Growers all had
nice things to say about the outgoing EPA
Administrator Lisa Jackson.
In each case, they were appreciative of her
support of renewable fuels, her agency's moving
E15 forward and their defense of the Renewable
Fuel Standard as several states earlier this year
called on EPA to do a waiver because of a short
corn crop here in 2012. Click on the name of each
group listed above to see their comments about Ms.
Jackson.
We
also have her official statement and the statement
then released by the White House from
President Obama- click here to read those
statements.
And
then there is the ranking minority member of the
Environment and Public Works Committee,
Oklahoma's Senior Senator, Jim
Inhofe. Senator Inhofe states:
"Lisa
Jackson and I disagreed on many issues and
regulations while she headed the EPA, however, I
have always appreciated her receptivity to my
concerns, her accessibility and her honesty. She
was one of the few at the EPA that was honest with
me. She stated that the endangerment finding would
be based on the U.N. IPCC, a science which was
totally discredited in Climategate. She also had
the courage to answer honestly when I asked her if
passing Cap-and-Trade in the United States would
lower world wide CO2 emission, and of course she
answered no. While so many other Obama
Administration appointees don't tell the truth,
she did, and I hope that is not the reason for her
departure."
For
Senator Inhofe, hope springs eternal- he adds that
he is hopeful that the Obama Administration might
change course on environmental issues as they name
a replacement for Lisa Jackson. Read all of the
Inhofe statement and his fears of a Regulatory
Cliff that may be facing us in 2013- click here for that.
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Looking
Back at 2012- Pork Producers Fight High Grain
Prices as Well as HSUS
Looking
back at 2012- we had the chance to sit down and
discuss the past twelve months and how the the US
and Oklahoma pork industry has fared with
Roy Lee Lindsey, Executive
Director of the Oklahoma Pork Council. Top of mind
for pork producers has been the struggle much of
the year with high feed grain costs. Lindsey says
that most hogs were making money as 2012 began,
but when drought showed up in the US corn belt
this past spring and summer- grain prices
skyrocketed- and that ended any hope of being
profitable for the balance of the year.
2013
shows an opportunity to be better from a profit
perspective, if it rains in the US corn belt and
grain prices ease from 2012 levels. Long term-
Lindsey believes that prospects are good for US
pork production with strong pork exports
continuing to lead the way. He points out that
exports are especially important for Oklahoma with
the Seaboard Plant in Guymon the leading export
processing plant in the US to destinations like
Japan and Korea.
We
also talked about a variety of other issues with
Roy Lee- including a discussion with him about the
battle between animal agriculture and the HSUS. Click here to read more as well as
the chance to listen to our full conversation.
Roy Lee will also be our guest this Saturday
morning for our In The Field segment that is seen
on KWTV News9 at about 6:40 AM.
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Oklahoma
Ending 2012 With 95 Percent Extreme to Exceptional
Drought
Oklahoma
will ring in 2013 with 37% of the state covered by
Exceptional (D4) drought, up 3% from last week and
34% from this time last year. The amount of
Extreme (D3) to Exceptional drought is also up
slightly from last week to 95%. That matches the
extent from the height of the current back in
September. Just over 27% of the state was in
Extreme to Exceptional Drought at the beginning of
calendar year 2012.
The good news is that
the state was just blanketed with snow, which
should provide a nice dose of moisture for those
folks that got a bit more. The Mesonet rainfall
map is a bit slow on the amounts, since it only
measures liquid moisture (and therefore the snow
has to melt before it will register). The radar
estimated overlay, however, shows that much of
southern Oklahoma received from a quarter-inch to
more than two inches of liquid equivalent from the
snow (much of it fell as rain down in the
southeast).
You
can read more about our drought situation- see a
video that Craig Day at News on 6
produced on drought conditions in Pawnee County as
well take a look at the latest Drought Monitor
graphic released Thursday morning- all of that can be had by clicking
here.
By
the way- the most amazing stat that Gary McManus
offered up in his update on the Drought situation
was about the Hooker mesonet station.
Hooker has received a total of 19 inches
of rain TOTAL over the last two years!
Brothers and Sisters- that's Biblically
Dry!
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Ag
Futurist Dr. Lowell Catlett to Keynote Cattlemen's
College in Tampa
Cattlemen
and women planning to attend the 20th anniversary
of Cattlemen's College can expect an innovative
and educational program during the sessions which
will take place Feb. 5-6 in Tampa, Fla. Sponsored
by Pfizer Animal Health, the 2013 edition of
Cattlemen's College offers a wide range of
informative, one of a kind hands-on workshops and
classes designed for cattle operations of every
size and sector.
All Cattlemen's
College attendees should look forward to the
keynote address on Feb. 6, which will be given by
internationally respected futurist Dr.
Lowell Catlett, who will educate the
audience with his predictions for the long range
outlook for the agricultural industry and factors
that influence profitability and sustainability of
beef cattle production. Catlett is a regent's
professor in agricultural economics, agricultural
business and extension economics, and is the Dean
of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and
Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State
University (NMSU). His areas of expertise include
marketing economics, futures markets and
production economics.
Catlett
is with us for our latest Beef Buzz- you can hear
his thoughts about the future of the beef business
and get a hint of what he will be saying in Tampa
by clicking here.
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SUNUP
2012 Finale
Tomorrow
morning will be the final SUNUP for 2012 on OETA-
and here is a rundown of their special end of the
year program:
Their
year-end economic roundtable recaps 2012 and looks
ahead to 2013 trends with Larry
Sanders, Kim Anderson
and Derrell Peel.
In
Shop Stop, Randy Taylor and
Wayne Kiner show viewers helpful
smartphone apps to use in the shop.
In
Cow-Calf Corner, Glenn Selk
discusses ways to improve a herd's market
value.
Dwayne
Elmore has tips on managing a forest area
to attract wildlife, in Naturally
Speaking.
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Looking
Ahead to Next Week
We
will have a final email for 2012 on Monday
morning- December 31st- and in that
update- we will look at 2012 from several
different angles.
After
a day off for New Year's Day- we will return with
our first email for the new year on January 2,
2013. Among other things- we will be
highlighting some of the big events coming up in
January.
As
far as the markets go- our Ag Futures will trade
for a half day on the 31st- then take New Year's
Eve evening off as well as all day January first.
Auction
barns have been closed over most iof the second
half of December- and they will start cranking
back up next week- one of the first to reopen for
the new year is the Stockman Oklahoma Apache
Market on Thursday January 3rd- and then Woodward
will have their first sale of the year on Friday
January 4th. The following week will find
everyone selling cattle on their normal days.
As
the old year winds down- let me say thank you for
your tremendous support- we appreciate
your interest in what we write up on a daily
basis- and it is our hope that it is of value to
you in whatever role you may have in agriculture
here in our state or across the country. We
always appreciate your feedback- it helps us do a
better job for you- and remember, if you have an
event that we need to include in our calendar
listings and tell our email family about- PLEASE
email it to me- I always love to hear from you.
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