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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 pleased to have American Farmers & Ranchers Mutual Insurance Company as a regular sponsor of our daily update- click here to go to their AFR web site to learn more about their efforts to serve rural America!

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"It is an honor to continue in this leadership role of the Agriculture Committee where I have served since I was first elected to Congress. As a lifelong farmer from a diverse, agricultural state, I have lived the real world challenges farmers and ranchers face across the country. I will continue to be a strong voice for production agriculture and rural America.

"Oversight is a primary responsibility of Congress and we must fulfill that duty to the American people. We will hold oversight hearings of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has demonstrated a fondness for overreaching regulations that defy Congressional intent and threaten production agriculture and rural economies.

"And, I will work to make sure we write a market-oriented, fiscally responsible farm bill that will provide America's farmers and ranchers with the necessary tools and certainty they need to produce the safest, most affordable, most abundant food, fiber, feed and fuel supply in the history of the world," said Rep. Frank D. Lucas.

"We are optimistic about the 112th Congress for a whole host of reasons. Specifically, our confidence in Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) to represent the interests of rural America and those who provide safe and affordable beef for a growing global population gives us reason to expect commonsense reform to many misguided decisions this administration has put forth.

"Under the leadership of Rep. Lucas, we expect the Environmental Protection Agency, USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration and other departments within this administration to be held accountable for regulations that will stymie the success of innovative and creative cattle producers who are the very best stewards of the land."

Even as the Republican Screening Committee put their stamp of approval on Congressman Lucas, the Oklahoma lawmaker was making an appearance on the NCBA TV Production, Cattlemen to Cattlemen. We have a part of that conversation to share with you on today's Beef Buzz- Lucas and his comments about the GIPSA Rule that USDA continues to work on. Click on the LINK below to hear his comments from that TV production of Tuesday evening.

Click here for our Beef Buzz- featuring comments from Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas and his thots on the GIPSA Rule for Livestock Marketing.

Of interest to the Oklahoma Ag Community, the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, Ron Justice of Chickasha, becomes the Vice Chair of that Committee but the Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee for Natural Resources. Taking the Chairmanship of the Senate Ag Committee for the coming year is Senator Eddie Fields of Wynona. Senator David Myers of Ponca City assumes the Chairmanship of the full Appropriations Committee. Former OSU President Jim Halligan takes the Chairmanship of the Appropriations Subcommittee for Education and Woodward Senator Bryce Marlatt will be Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee for General Government and Transportation- meaning he will have a lot of input about rural road and bridge issues. Of course, the announcement earlier that Senator Mike Schulz of Altus will serve as the Senate Majority Leader means that the Majority Leader slot in both the Senate and the House in Oklahoma City are people that know and understand agriculture about as well as anyone in the state legislature. The House Majority Leader, of course, is Dale Dewitt of Braman.

Click on the LINK below for the full list of Senate Committee Chairmanships- as announced on Wednesday by Senator Bingman.

Click here for the full Oklahoma Senate Listing of Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs for 2011-2012.

We invite you to stop by and say howdy at the Radio Oklahoma booth- I will be around most of the day Friday in our booth- and Ed Richards will be holding court on Saturday. We invite you to pick up an extra copy of the RON VALUE BOOK that includes several valuable coupons- and sign up to register for the Texas Road House Giftcards we will be giving away at the conclusion of this year's show.

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Click here to read more on this year's Farm Show- we have an audio conversation with John Sampson and we have a link to the full schedule of the 2010 show.

NCBA Executive Director of Legislative Affairs Kristina Butts says - food safety knows no size. We are disappointed House leadership included it in the CR without allowing an up or down vote on a bill as - robust and sweeping - as the food safety bill. She says - we believe these issues deserve the due diligence of Congress.

Despite their opposition- Congress moved quickly in this direction, as the House included the procedurally delayed Food Safety Enhancement Act Wednesday as part of the $1.1 trillion Continuing Resolution (CR) aimed at funding the federal government through Sept. 30. Passed 212-206 on a largely party-line vote, the CR bill if passed by the Senate would freeze 2011 discretionary appropriations at the current level, cutting the administration request by $45.9 billion.

Click here for more on this vote and how it might get the Food Safety Bill Across the Finish Line and signed into law by President Obama

According to Agri-Pulse, Many of the concepts under discussion appear to come from the National Organic Action Plan adopted by organic advocates earlier this year. The goal of the NOAP is to - establish organic as the foundation for food and agricultural production systems across the United States.

Max Holtzman, Secretary Vilsack's advisor on biotechnology policy, told representatives of the American Farm Bureau Federation, corn, cotton, rice, soybean and sugarbeet growers - that a compensation fund was one of many options under consideration. Beyond that, they say, he was not very forthcoming.

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Click here for more details on the outstanding set of bulls that will be available Saturday in Durant.

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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.