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Scott Dewald told us Monday morning that they were making the decision to scrap their plans for meetings this week in Oklahoma City. OCA issued the following notice to their members "Please be advised that all Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, Oklahoma CattleWomen's Association, and OCA Cattlemen's Leadership Academy activities planned for Tuesday, February 8, and Wednesday, February 9, have been cancelled.
"Oklahoma ranchers are still cleaning up from the last winter storm and are preparing for the next storm slated to hit Oklahoma on Tuesday evening."

The snow event will start in northwest Oklahoma by early afternoon today- by 6 PM along I-44 and around 10 PM in southeastern Oklahoma. Except for the Panhandle, virtually all of the state will be in the zone that could receive 6 to 12 inches of snow- winds will be strong enough to push the white stuff around and cause lots of drifting again.

Our friend Chuck Tolle who farms in north central Oklahoma has put it well in a posting on Facebook this morning- "Ok, I guess last week was a practice run. It is once again game time. Extra hay, Extra care, Extra Clothes, and don't forget to check on the neighbors. It is going to get rough again."

Click here for our weather page on www.OklahomaFarmReport.Com where you can access News9 and news on 6 Weather- plus the Mesonet and the National Weather Service updates as well

We started with Korea- and talked about several of the issues related to this key consumer of pork. Roy Lee points out that Koreans consider pork their meat of choice- and the recent herd reductions in South Korea because of FMD has caused major heartburn in this key market for US pork- and a big opportunity for US Pork exports.

Besides Korea, we talked about the GIPSA rule and how it could impact how viable the Oklahoma pork industry may be in future years- based on what sort of rule that USDA might finally release.
We also discussed the just starting Oklahoma Legislative session, the state of the Oklahoma pork industry and ended with talk about where we are in the US on producing enough bushels of feed grains for the US livestock industry in the face of increasing ethanol demand.

The LINK below is to the Ag Perspectives Podcast with Roy Lee Lindsey that we conducted in recent days- Lindsey has a tremendous grasp of a wide variety of issues- political, trade, economic and production issues- and you will enjoy taking a few minutes to get his take on a bunch of issues- from the State Legislature to the future of the pork business in Oklahoma. Take a Listen.

Click here for today's Ag Perspective Podcast with Roy Lee Lindsey of the Oklahoma Pork Council.

She proposed some consolidation within state agencies, but left the Oklahoma Conservation Commission a stand alone group, pointing out the largest slice of the money spent by the Commission comes from Federal funds. Governor Fallin does propose saving money by moving the Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission in under the umbrella of the Conservation Commission.

Click on the LINK below for the full 248 page Executive Budget released by the Governor's office on Monday. Pages 21 through 33 are the specific background numbers and info for the Oklahoma Department of Ag and the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.

Click here for the first budget submitted by Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin

Lenz says that the question of how the consumer will respond to the record high cattle prices- and the higher beef prices that will follow. Lenz says that we will likely see less featuring of beef at the retail level- and that beef is at a significant premium over boneless chicken breasts- which means that the housewife may have a hard time picking up that package of steaks versus the package of chicken breasts as the price advantage will lie with the poultry.

The entire Cattlefax team was at the Cattle Industry Convention Trade Show this past week in Denver- which is where we caught up with Duane Lenz. You can hear a portion of our conversation with him on today's Beef Buzz, as aired on great radio stations across the region on the Radio Oklahoma Network. Beef Buzz shows are also up on our website- that's where you can jump to with our LINK below to catch today's report with Duane Lenz- and previous Beef Buzz reports are available to review there as well.

Click here for today's Beef Buzz as we talk retail beef prices with Duane Lenz of Cattlefax.

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* Double "D" Burger, two half-pound burgers served with choice of cheese; and

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Hooters operates about 450 locations in 44 states and 29 countries. We have a LINK below to the Hooters page that showcases the Burgers Monday campaign that officially started yesterday.

Click here to learn more about the Burgers Monday campaign at Hooters

Topics include Soil Response to Farming Practice Transition to No-Till, Tillage Concepts, Strip Tillage versus Conventional No-Till, Week Control Information and much more.

Contact Garfield County OSU Extension at 580-237-1228 or Garfield County Conservation District at 580-237-7880.

With the state no till conference being cancelled last week- folks throughout central and north central Oklahoma that want more information on limited tillage options for this crop year may find this all day session will be ideal.

Click here for more details about this Conservation Tillage event coming Thursday in Enid.

"The panel was created to give the freshman lawmaker grass-roots input on farming issues that he can take to Washington, D.C., when developing federal policy and legislation."
"There's clearly a concern that the voice of family farmers isn't being heard," said Gibson, R-Kinderhook, a member of the House Agriculture Committee. "We need to make sure their interests are upheld."

It's interesting to note that the commodities listed in the article were dairy, orchards and vegetables. Click on the LINK below to read more and see the video that is a part of this news story on this lawmaker's efforts to help family farmers in his district.

Click here for more on Republican Congressman Chris Gibson and his efforts to get ready for the 2012 farm bill debate.

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.