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Here's your morning farm news headlines from the Director of Farm Programming for the Radio Oklahoma Network, Ron Hays. We are proud to welcome Big Iron Unreserved Online Auctions as our newest sponsor of the daily Email. Their next auction is Wednesday, August 25 (TOMORROW)- featuring Low Hour, Farmer Owned Equipment. Click here for their website to learn more about their Online Farm Equipment Auctions.

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A little earlier on Thursday- the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the National Pork Producers Council will host a news briefing and panel discussion focusing on USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration's proposed rule on livestock marketing. Two panels of experts will be available to discuss the impact of the proposed GIPSA Rule. Both NCBA and the NPPC have expressed grave concerns about the bulk of the GIPSA rule, saying the threat of litigation that would be a consequence of the rule would unravel much of the value added infrastructure now seen in the pork and beef industry.

We will be covering both of those events, as well as the USDA-DOJ workshop on Friday on the campus of Colorado State University in Ft. Collins. It's our understanding that we will have wifi capability in the meeting room- which will allow us to provide web stories and audio during the day Friday from the workshop. We will be tweeting as well from this gathering which could draw several thousand livestock producers from all across the country.

Remember- anytime you want to go back and read the GIPSA rule that was proposed back in June- we have a graphic link to that rule on our website, www.OklahomaFarmReport.Com- the graphic simply says- Read the Rule and can be found on the left hand side of any page on our website.

Click here for an earlier interview that we had with Congressman Frank Lucas and his thoughts on the GIPSA Proposed Rule- he calls it a power grab by the agency.

Wheat seedbed preparation was 37 percent complete by week's end, seven points ahead of normal. For our spring planted crops- "Although there was some rainfall last week, more precipitation is needed to help field crops across the State. Corn dent reached 88 percent complete, 37 points above the previous year. Fifty-four percent of corn had matured by Sunday. Sorghum headed reached 85 percent complete, 18 points ahead of the five-year average. Sorghum coloring reached 46 percent complete, 17 points ahead of normal. Eight percent of sorghum reached the mature stage of development by Sunday, one point ahead of normal. Soybeans blooming were at 90 percent by week's end, eight points ahead of the five-year average. Sixty-two percent of soybeans were setting pods by week's end, up eight points from the week prior, and three points ahead of the five-year average. Eighty-two percent of peanuts were setting pods by Sunday, eight points behind normal. Ninety-six percent of the cotton crop was setting bolls by week's end, 12 points ahead of normal."

Click on the LINK below for the rest of the weekly report for the state of Oklahoma- as issued by NASS on Monday afternoon.

Click here for the August 23rd Oklahoma Crop Weather Update

Discussion topics were wide-ranging, including the farm bill process, crop insurance, Clean Water Act permitting and other environmental regulation issues.
Peterson repeated comments that he would like to mark-up the 2012 Farm Bill next May or June and have it to President Barack Obama by the winter.
He said he is exploring concepts that would take money out of the direct payment program and use it to increase the amount of crop insurance coverage producers can reasonably carry. He also reiterated plans to streamline ACRE and SURE to reduce redundancy in farm programs.

Eric Younggren has written more on this encounter with the Chairman of the House Ag Committee on a blog that he uses to describe life as a wheat farmer in northern Minnesota. Click on the LINK below to check it out.

Click here for more on the Colin Peterson visit to Minnesota wheat country.

ODAFF has employed two soil scientists who have developed 863 (AWMP) plans for land owners over the past six years. Due to state budget cuts the funding for these two positions was no longer available. Therefore, The Poultry Federation, a non-profit group that supports the poultry industry in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma has stepped forward with a $43,000 grant to keep these scientists in place.
"Those of us who work in the poultry industry are serious about our responsibility as environmental stewards and we value ODAFF's efforts to make sure poultry litter is properly used," said Marvin Childers, president of The Poultry Federation.

Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Terry Peach tells us "We appreciate The Poultry Federation's willingness to help us retain these important soil scientist positions. This is another example of how government and industry can work together to support responsible agricultural practices in our great state."

Click here for more on this story from the Poultry Federation website

The introduction of non-tannin grain sorghum in Egypt would expand the market basket of products available for import to that country. USGC expects import duties to be eliminated while the trial is taking place, but not before an educational foundation for non-tannin grain sorghum is provided. Grown commercially only in the United States, non-tannin sorghum is preferred for poultry feed because it does not inhibit the digestion of tryptophan, an essential amino acid in poultry.

Egyptian buyers will visit the United States in October, and as the trials in Egypt begin. The Council will run workshops, conferences and seminars as part of its educational efforts there. Trial results will be given in Egyptian seminars in February. USGC hopes to use this experience in opening the Egyptian market for distiller's dried grains with solubles and corn gluten.

"Any cotton that has had adequate moisture this period seems to have set a large amount of fruit in a short time. Even though our dryland acres have not flourished in August as compared to July, most of those acres still have a good fruit set with above average yield potential.
"The fields where cotton was planted behind a harvested wheat crop have taken the hardest hit from the recent hot, dry weather. Those acres will require significant rain in August to maintain decent yield potential. Typically, between Aug. 20-Sept. 1 is when we reach our "physiological cutout" in Oklahoma. This cutout term refers to the physical condition when the plant reaches the stage when it only has four nodes of growth (branches) above its highest first position white flower. At this time, a well-loaded plant will stop production of additional fruiting branches and focus on supplying the physiological needs of the bolls already on the plant.

Read more of Shane Osborne's assessment of the 2010 Oklahoma cotton crop by clicking on the LINK below.

Click here for more about the potential for an above average cotton crop in Oklahoma here in 2010

Owner Chip Carroll writes about the 2010 sale "We are extremely blessed to be offering you some of our very best this year. Let me be frank with you. Some of the top cows in the Angus breed will sell at the Sonrise in this sale. We look forward to seeing you here, but if you are unable to make it, we are broadcasting the sale on DVAuction.com."

Click on the LINK below for our Calendar listing for this tremendous sale of top Angus genetics. For more information by phone, call the ranch office at 918-371-7400.

Click here for more details about the 2010 Production Sale of Sonrise Ranches in Oolagah

We also invite you to check out our website at the link below to check out an archive of these daily emails, audio reports and top farm news story links from around the globe.

Click here to check out WWW.OklahomaFarmReport.Com

Here are some links we will leave in place on an ongoing basis- Click on the name of the report to go to that link:
Our Daily Market Wrapup from the Radio Oklahoma Network with Ed Richards and Tom Leffler- analyzing the Futures Markets from the previous Day-
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.
Previous Day's Wheat Market Recap- Two Pager From The Kansas City Board of Trade looks at all three US Wheat Futures Exchanges with extra info on Hard Red Winter Wheat and the why of that day's market.
Daily Oklahoma Cash Grain Prices- As Reported by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture. <
The National Daily Feeder & Stocker Cattle Summary- as prepared by USDA.
The National Daily Slaughter Cattle Summary- as prepared by USDA.
Finally, Here is the Daily Volume and Price Summary from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.