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Tolle told us that while there is up to $99 million available to Oklahoma producers, probably not all of that end up coming to farmers in the program. In an email, she says "This number is assuming that all farms will trigger and meet all eligibility conditions (which will not happen - for one thing just because the state triggers that does not mean the farm will trigger). This number includes only crops that the state trigger has been calculated - Wheat, Corn, Oats."
"These payments are an important part of the farm safety net because they help protect the farmers who provide America and the world with a reliable stream of food and commodities by buffering them from the effects of revenue declines," Tolle said.

We were in Stillwater for the OSU Ag Rural Outlook Conference- so when word came Friday morning of this release of money by USDA for the 2009 ACRE program, we called and stopped by the State FSA Office on campus- and talked with Francie about this long awaited word on what was expected to be a huge payday for Oklahoma wheat farmers. Click on the LINK below for more on this story and a chance to hear our conversation with Francie Tolle. Oklahoma ended up with just over 2.5 million acres of wheat base signed up in ACRE- and the final state average price for an ACRE payment for Oklahoma is $46.85 per acre.

If you go back to August 2009, we talked to several folks, including OSU Ag Economists Dr. Michael Dicks and Dr. Jody Campiche- we were making several assumptions at that time of what might happen if a large number of wheat farmers in the state signed up. Click here for that story from August 2009 with the computations from Dr. Dicks (The link in the story to one we did with Hope Pjesky earlier does not work- sorry)
The final acres that Oklahoma farmers are getting money on are not quite as many as we guestimated last August- but that was based on a best case signup scenario. Some farmers were not able to signup for various reasons- including the reluctance of some landlords of giving up a part of the Direct Payment to jump to the this brand new program. Still, the number of acres signed up- and the money coming here this month will be a major economic infusion for the state.

Click here for our conversation with State FSA Director Francie Tolle and the release of the 2009 ACRE Payments

The Oklahoma Conservation Commission (OCC) serves as the lead technical agency for the nonpoint source program in Oklahoma. Working in collaboration with the state's local conservation districts and other agencies, OCC's Water Quality Division, led by Shanon Phillips, has been helping landowners install practices on their land to reduce the impact of nonpoint source pollution for over two decades. These practices include, among others, installing fencing to reduce livestock impacts to streams, converting from conventional tillage to no-till to reduce soil erosion, and upgrading septic systems to prevent leaking sewage from polluting nearby waters. Practices are installed on a cost-share basis, with the landowner contributing a certain percentage of the cost, and state and federal funds paying the rest.

With nine success stories posted on the EPA website and an additional ten stories pending, Oklahoma is among the best performing states in the nation and helped the region exceed its yearly goal for documented water quality improvement.
Click on the LINK below to read more about these efforts of the Oklahoma Conservation community to improve water quality in the state.

Click here for more on this success story of clean water clean up across Oklahoma.

Henderson's boss, Tom Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, has opposed the Fed's monetary policy actions and expressed concern that the risks of additional securities purchases outweighed the benefits.
Henderson told attendees at the Outlook Conference that two things are certain to happen as a result of Quantitative Easing. The first is higher inflation and the second is a pushing down of the value of the US Dollar.

Click on the LINK below for more on Henderson's appearance at the OSU Rural Outlook Conference- and a chance to hear our Q&A with this Economist with the Federal Reserve bank that serves the heartland- including Oklahoma.

Click here for more on the appearance of Jason Henderson

Conference participants heard perspectives on beef sustainability from several countries, including Africa, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Europe and the United States, followed by a day-long series of small group discussions on the key issues of biodiversity, greenhouse gases, energy, food safety, labor, land use, nutrition and water. Much of the conversation focused on a need for using accepted and defined terminology; resolving gaps in sound science; use of technology throughout the supply chain; understanding consumer expectations; implications of state and federal regulatory and legislative mandates; and a need for open communication among all stakeholders.

The Immediate Past Chairman of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Mike Engler with Cactus Feeders, participated in the conference and called it "Interesting and thought provoking." However, he adds that "like many of these discussions the devil will be in the details about the great diversity of global beef production practices that are considered sustainable. What is sustainable in the U.S. will not necessarily be sustainable or even achievable in other countries."

Click here for the website that has been established for this Conference and the expected follow through by the major players that are key sponsors.

She said she hopes to be named to the Agriculture Committee, which she deemed "extremely important to South Dakota." Noem said she feels she could play a valuable role on the committee because "I've actually lived it."
In a teleconference with reporters, she adds "We want to hit the ground running. We need to get our spending, our federal budget, under control. Our economy is struggling."

This lady sounds like many of our young farmers we find here in Oklahoma. From her campaign website- "Kristi, 38, lives with her husband, Bryon, and three children, Kassidy, Kennedy, and Booker, on a ranch near Castlewood, where the family raises Angus cattle and also shows Quarter Horses. Kristi actively farmed with her family for 17 years, owned and operated a hunting operation, and helped manage the family restaurant."

Click here to read more about her plans now that she has helped the GOP Take Back the US House.

"No questions will be asked of participants," said Charles Luper, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service associate with the Oklahoma State University Pesticide Safety Education Program. Luper said the intent of the collection service is not to prosecute participants for illegal management practices but to reduce potential health and environmental concerns by removing unwanted pesticides from storage. "We've had 24 pesticide collections since 2007 with a total of 518,588 pounds of pesticide material collected," he said. Click here for more details about these November collection points and the ongoing Pesticide Disposal program.

The Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association have established a new series of meetings for their members that they are calling Fall Gatherings. Two of these events were held in October and were highly successful- and two more are planned for this week- one Tuesday on the Stuart Ranch in Waurika and the other in Checotah Thursday at the Rafter R Ranch. They each will feature a chuckwagon style dinner and a program that will feature several topics from animal health to the latest rules and regs on truck weights in the state. Click here to jump to our calendar listing on our website, which offers some more details and contact information if you would like to attend.

According to Kevin Hafner of Express Ranches, there will be some top notch females that can improve your herd. Kevin writes about the offering "will have 250 bred heifers, all bred to Express low Birth Weight Bulls. All are spring calvers, and will be sold in 3 to 5 head drafts with pen roll available.
Also there will be 75-100 head of spring bred cows. All again bred to our bulls and sold in uniform age and preg drafts."

Express also has their annual Express Select Sale at the Apache Livestock Auction this coming Thursday during the regular Apache sale. In Cooperation with the Stockman-Oklahoma Marketing Inc, Express is offering an exclusive sale date for "Express Genetics." Selling will be yearlings to calves, all Express sired.

Call Express Ranches for more information- that number is 405-350-0044 or 1-800-664-3977.

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.

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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.