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Your Update from Ron Hays of RON for Friday February 25,
2011 A
service of Johnston Enterprises, P & K Equipment/ P & K Wind
Energy and American Farmers & Ranchers Mutual Insurance
Company!
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-- Former President Clinton Raises Noise Level on Food Vs Fuel
-- Did We Make a Dent in the Drought? Probably Not.
-- Kim's Wheat Market Strategy- and Your SUNUP Program Rundown for
This Weekend
-- Oklahoma Youth Expo Ready for an Eleven Day Run March 11-21
-- Jim Robb talking "Big Picture" in Canadian County Last Night
-- Stabenow Pitches Her Farm Bill Agenda at Outlook Forum
-- Today- Talking "Farm" in Weatherford, Clinton and Elk CIty
-- Let's Check the Markets!
Howdy Neighbors! 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! It is also great to have as a longstanding sponsor on our daily email
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of the Johnston brand is Wrangler Bermudagrass- the most widely planted
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here for their website that features their grain, ports and seed
business! We invite you to listen to us on great radio stations across the
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Former President Clinton Raises Noise Level on Food Vs Fuel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Thursday,
former President Bill Clinton warned that farmers shouldn't use too much
corn for ethanol. We must avoid food riots."If you produce more biofuels
and you produce less food, then that means food prices will be even higher
and we'll have more food riots," he told participants attending USDA's
Annual Outlook Forum.It's ironic that the former President's comments came shortly after Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told participants of the Outlook Forum that there was no reason to let up on biofuels production, because U.S. farmers "can do it all." As you might expect, there came quick reaction from several pro-ethanol groups. The National Corn Growers said in a statement attributed to their President that "The U.S. ethanol industry uses only three percent of the increasing global grain supply and is expected to return 1.2 billion bushels of corn livestock feed in the form of dried distillers grains and corn gluten feed this year alone." NCGA pointed the finger of blame towards high oil prices as the cause for higher food inflation. Growth Energy- the group that is headed up by Tom Buis- former NFU
President- also issued a statement and said that if anything we have a
surplus of food. "If there are hungry people in the world, it's not
because of production. In fact, overproduction in the United States has
helped put farmers in poorer nations out of business as cheap American
grain floods their markets. Ethanol consumes that surplus grain,
preventing it from being dumped overseas, and helps put farmers in other
nations back into business." | |
Did We Make a Dent in the Drought? Probably Not. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The rainfall
of late Wednesday into Thursday caught a good bit of the I-44 corridor-
with that section of the state received between 1-2 inches of rainfall. A
few localized areas had totals nearing the 3-inch mark.
According to Gary McManus, Associate State Climatologist at the
Oklahoma Climatological Survey. the rains plus the snow that was left on
the fields where it actually melted into the soil has made some headway in
the drought, especially in the areas where the larger rainfall totals were
reported. According to McManus- "Are there good chances of widespread relief? Not according to the Climate Prediction Center. They still indicate persistence/intensification/development of drought in the western two-thirds of the state." Click here for the total rainfall map for yesterday's rain event. | |
Kim's Wheat Market Strategy- and Your SUNUP Program Rundown for This Weekend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Commodity
Funds are apparently bailing out of the wheat markets- and that is one of
the key reasons why wheat prices have tumbled in recent trading sessions.
So says Grain Marketing Economist Dr. Kim Anderson of Oklahoma State
University's Department of Ag Economics.
On the SUNUP show that will be seen on Saturday morning on OETA, Anderson tells Dave Deken that there is some underlying support in the wheat market because of fears that some areas that are very dry in the hard red winter wheat belt will have difficulty producing at least an average crop. You can listen to Kim's comments ahead of the full SUNUP show on
Saturday morning by clicking on the LINK below where you can listen to
that conversation. By the way- Kim offers a specific price and a specific
date during harvest- listen in to hear that prediction! | |
Oklahoma Youth Expo Ready for an Eleven Day Run March 11-21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 2011
Oklahoma Youth Expo is set for March 11-21, 2011 at State Fair Park in
Oklahoma City. 2011 marks the 97th year of this great event. Since 1915
Oklahoma youth and their families have been making this event a tradition
in their lives; a pinnacle to a year of hard work and through the years
making this event not only the World's Largest Junior Livestock Show but
an event which highlights the world's best and brightest young people.
According to the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Youth Expo, Jeramy Rich, entries of livestock have exceeded 14,000 head with 7,000 young people entering those animals from all 77 Oklahoma counties. He expects that the 2011 OYE will award appoximately $1.5 million to the young people involved- not just those showing livestock but also those involved in the speech contest, as well as leadership and academic competition. Our audio conversation with Jeramy is our top Ag News Story this
morning on our website and the LINK below will jump you there to take a
listen. Click here for our conversation with Jeramy Rich as we preview the 2011 Oklahoma Youth Expo | |
Jim Robb talking "Big Picture" in Canadian County Last Night ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jim Robb is
back on the job at the Livestock Market Information Center in Denver,
after a few months away from the Center in 2010- and he traveled to
central Oklahoma on Thursday to talk to the Canadian County Cattlemen's
Association in a special market outlook session planned by Brad Tipton,
Extension Ag Educator for Canadian County.
Robb was on the program with both OSU Livestock Market Economist Dr.
Derrell Peel as well as OSU Grain Market Economist Kim
Anderson. Our audio conversation with Jim is a Podcast and can be heard by
clicking on the LINK below to jump to our website. You can go to Itunes
and subscribe to one or all three of our Podcast series- Ag Perspectives
are interviews like this one with Jeramy Rich- the Morning Farm and Ranch
News is a daily Podcast you can check our and we also have our Beef Buzz
series going on up as a Podcast. Click here for our Podcast with Jim Robb of the Livestock Market Information Center | |
Stabenow Pitches Her Farm Bill Agenda at Outlook Forum ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Senate Ag
Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow addressed USDA's Outlook Forum
Thursday. She told those gathered the next farm bill will really be - a
Jobs Bill. It's not like the first Farm bill written in 1933, when the
country was in the grip of the Great Depression. Thankfully, today she
said, - our challenges are different. Agriculture looks different -- our
farmers are using GPS and you can monitor your irrigation systems over the
Internet. Commodity prices are at a record high. Today there are 5-billion
more mouths to feed than there were in 1933 - many of them depending on
American agriculture.
With all of this good news we are also facing very serious deficit and budget pressures, and our country needs to live within its means. Stabenow said, - we need to make the best use of our limited dollars, and make sure we're using them on programs and policies that work for production agriculture today. We need to - focus on principles, not programs. The Senator talked of the need for a functional farm safety net in the next bill. You can read more of what she told those at the USDA Outlook Conference by clicking on the LINK below. | |
Today- Talking "Farm" in Weatherford, Clinton and Elk CIty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This morning,
we are writing this update to you on the road in Weatherford, Oklahoma-
getting ready to head to the studios of Wright Wradio to be in studio and
on the air with Todd Brunner on news talk KCLI AM & FM around 7:50 AM-
then on with Vanessa on the Coyote- KWEY AM & FM shortly after 8 AM.
Tune in if you are in or around west central Oklahoma this morning,
At 10 AM- we will be on Main Street in Elk City at the Elk Citian newspaper- where they do a monthly public meeting with a special guest- they wanted to talk agriculture this month so I was asked to be there- will be talking about some of the stories here in today's Email as well as the farm bill efforts that are ahead of Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas and whatever else that is on the mind of those in attendance. Click here for a plug the newspaper gave for the event which gives you a little more information about the event- if you can make it out to say howedy- we would love to see you. TOMORROW- Saturday February 26 is the date for the Pollard Farms Spring Bull Sale- click here for our listing which includes a link for the catalog- Barry Pollar and his team would love to have you join them as they offer an outstanding set of cattle on Saturday! | |
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Let's Check the Markets! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We've had
requests to include Canola prices for your convenience here- and we will
be doing so on a regular basis. Current cash price for Canola is $9.20 per
bushel- as of the close of business yesterday, while the 2011 New Crop
contracts for Canola are now available are $10.15 per bushel- delivered to
local participating elevators that are working with PCOM.
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: | |
God Bless! You can reach us at the following: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: ron@oklahomafarmreport.com
phone: 405-473-6144
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