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Boyles says that we have gotten dry in most of the areas that have had interest in canola- and we badly need a good rain to get some fields emerged- and allow farmers to finish up planting acres were the ground got too dry.

We talked with Mark on Thursday morning- and he provides us with a good overview of where we are in getting this 2011 winter canola crop into the ground. Click on the LINK below to jump to our webstory about the status of getting canola planted- and there you can listen to our conversation with Mark Boyles.

Click here for more on the planting of the 2011 Winter Canola Crop in Oklahoma

We'll tell you about the four Grand Champions in our next story- but wanted to give you the FLICKR link for the pictures we took last night. These are good looking kids that you will want to go take a look at- and at this same link- we will be adding pictures from the Premium Sale of the Top Animals later in the day on Friday.

Click here for our Flickr Set of Pictures of the Night of Champions at the Tulsa State Fair

The Grand Champion Market Barrow is owned and was shown by Carli Newby of Lindsay FFA- Carli had the best Hampshire pig in the contest and best hod overall. Reserve Grand Champion Steer was shown by Taylor Fort of the Elgin FFA for his Crossbred Champion. Click here for the full rundown of the Barrow show at this year's Tulsa State Fair.

The very best market lamb at this year's Tulsa State Fair is owned by Cooper Newcomb of the Merritt FFA- Cooper's Grand Champion was first the Champion Hampshire Market Lamb. We have more details on the Market Lamb show- click here to jump to that story found in our Blue Green Gazette on our website. We apologize for limited info on the Market Lamb winners- the lamb show went right up to the start of the Night of Champions- so information was slow in coming out to us media types.

We wrap up our listing of Grand Champions by introducing you to Brandi Maddox of the Hennessey FFA, owner of the Grand Champion Meat Goat. Mercedes Hardin of Hennessey had the Reserve Grand Champion. Both came out of the heaviest weight class in this year's show. Click here to jump to our story about the Meat Goat show at this year's Tulsa State Fair.

CSP is offered in all 50 states, District of Columbia, and the Pacific and Caribbean areas and provides many conservation benefits including improvement of water and soil quality, wildlife habitat enhancement and adoption of conservation activities that address the effects of climate change. The program offers payments to producers who maintain a high level of conservation on their land and who agree to adopt higher levels of stewardship. Eligible lands include cropland, pastureland, rangeland and nonindustrial forestland.

A CSP self-screening checklist is available to help producers determine if CSP is suitable for their operation. The checklist highlights basic information about CSP eligibility requirements, contract obligations and potential payments. It is available from local NRCS offices or online.

Click here for more details about this extension and how you can investigate participation in the CDP program

As part of a three-year, $3 million scholarship program with the American Veterinary Medical Foundation, Pfizer recently announced the 2011 call for scholarship applications from students at U.S. colleges of veterinary medicine. The scholarships will focus on meeting ongoing needs of the veterinary profession, including strengthening diversity and increasing the number of large-animal veterinarians to serve in mixed or rural practices. To assist veterinary students, Pfizer also just launched www.VetStudentConnect.com, a new portal for students to apply for Pfizer scholarships and learn about other assistance programs.

The current U.S. business model for veterinarians is rapidly changing. Few veterinary medicine students are willing to venture into rural practices, particularly in food-animal medicine. More veterinarians than ever before are facing debt loads that may stay with them for a lifetime. The American Veterinary Medical Association recently estimated that the average veterinary student debt upon graduation totals $120,000. There are dwindling dollars being allocated to important research programs that address animal disease, and there also is a growing lack of diversity in the profession that needs immediate attention.

Click here to learn more about the Pfizer efforts to support Veterinarians that will go back out and work in the large animal arena.

Two reports have just come out as we write this- the October first Crop Production Report- which will give us further direction when it comes to the size of the spring planted crops here in the US. I would call the USDA corn number a BULLISH surprise- as they have lowered with the national corn crop number down to 12.7 billion bushels. The second report that will come out from the Economic Research Service from USDA- is the monthly Supply Demand data. It helps put crop numbers into the dynamic of how much we sold and used in both the domestic as well as the international market. It is also the report that last month generated some of the controversy that Kim Anderson is referring to. Click here for TODAYs Supply Demand numbers released as of 7:30 this morning.

Click on the LINK below to jump to our story with Dr. Anderson and his take on the grain markets this week- you can wait and see it on Saturday- or you can click on the LINK below and hear it now. We also have the rundown of what will be on SUNUP this weekend.

Click here for more on the corn versus wheat market with Kim Anderson from OSU

Keith Grissom has another great set of cattle with some of the best blood lines that can be found in today's Angus breed. The sale will also include several lots from Pfeiffer Angus Farms out of Mulhall, Oklahoma- again with some great genetics backing up each and every lot.

Click on the LINK below to jump straight to the sale catalog that can be found on the National Cattle website. If you want to call for more information about the set of cattle to be offered- give Keith and Janet Grisson a call at 405-382-7678 or you can call Eddie or Ruth Sims at National Cattle- 580-492-4590.

Click here for the sale catalog that can be viewed online for the Blackjack Angus Sale on October 16

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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.