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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest
farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron
Hays of RON for Thursday May 19, 2011 A
service of Producers Cooperative Oil Mill, Midwest Farm Shows and Oklahoma
Mineral Buyers. Com
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-- ACRE Program could be a viable option for the 2011 crop year
-- Canola Swathing is underway in Canadian County
-- Tyson Executive Sees Improving Meat Demand in at Least the Short
Term
-- Lawmakers Tell USDA's Vilsack- Start Over on GIPSA Marketing
Rule!
-- Senator Coburn Bails on the Gang of Six as Deficit Reduction Talks
Flounder
-- EHV Confined to Western United States- Horse Industry Nervously
Watching Disease Spread
-- OSU Botanical Garden Grand Opening Coming June 18
-- 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 also excited to have as one of our sponsors for the daily email
Producers Cooperative Oil Mill, with 64 years of progress through
producer ownership. Call Brandon Winters at 405-232-7555 for more
information on the oilseed crops they handle, including sunflowers and
canola- and remember they post closing market prices for canola and
sunflowers on the PCOM
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ACRE Program could be a viable option for the 2011 crop year ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 2011 ACRE
program may be an attractive option for Oklahoma wheat producers. The
deadline to enroll in the ACRE program for the 2011 crop year is June 1,
2011. The ACRE program was established in the 2008 Farm Bill to protect
against short term declines in revenue by protecting against both price
and yield risk. For ACRE payments to be made, both a state and farm level
trigger must be met. For the state trigger to be met, the state ACRE
revenue guarantee must be greater than the actual state revenue. For the
farm trigger to be met, the farm ACRE revenue guarantee must be greater
than the actual farm revenue. Once both triggers are met, a producer
enrolled in ACRE is eligible for an ACRE payment. Farm Director Ron Hays
talked with Dr. Jody Campiche, Assistant Professor and Extension Economist
at Oklahoma State University, about the opportunity and possibility for
farmers to become involved in the ACRE program and receiving payments for
their crops in the 2011 growing se ason.
Producers who select the ACRE program will not be eligible for counter?cyclical payments (CCP) and will receive a 20 percent reduction in direct payments (DP) and a 30 percent reduction in marketing loans. Producers must enroll all base acres on a farm, but do not have to enroll all farms in ACRE. Producers can enroll in ACRE in any year between 2009?2012, but once enrolled, must remain in ACRE for the remainder of the period the 2008 farm legislation is in effect. Producers who did not enroll in the ACRE program for the 2009 or 2010 crop year will need to enroll in the ACRE program by the June 1 deadline to be eligible for the 2011 ACRE program. You can hear the full conversation that we had with Dr. Jody Campiche and the opportunities AND risks that she sees within the ACRE program if you decide to sign up for it for the first time here in 2011- click on the LINK below to get to our full webstory at www.OklahomaFarmReport.Com. Click here to listen to the pluses and minuses of ACRE for 2011 with Dr. Jody Campiche of OSU | |
Canola Swathing is underway in Canadian County ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 2011
Canola harvest is underway- and thanks to Brad Tipton, OSU Extension
Agricultural Agent for Canadian County, we have some pictures to share
with you of the swathing underway this week in his county. Tipton tells us that these two 150 acre winter canola fields, located south of El Reno, are being swathed with a 36' John Deere draper header. The draper header in these images has a swathing option (rear trapdoor) for making windrows. This combine is pulling a Koenders swather roller, which is made in Canada and sells for around $3,500. It was initially designed for harvesting beer barley in north America and Canada. However, it works extremely well for harvesting our winter canola by pushing the canola stalks down into the canola stubble for stabilization and anchoring the crop. Tipton explains that in the photos we have at the LINK below you will see a combine that is pulling a Koenders swather roller, which is made in Canada and sells for around $3,500. It was initially designed for harvesting beer barley in north America and Canada. However, it works extremely well for harvesting our winter canola by pushing the canola stalks down into the canola stubble for stabilization and anchoring the crop. The Koenders swather roller is attached to the combine using a 'farmer fabricated' hitch designed to pull the roller off to the side but directly over the windrowed canola flowing out of the draper header. Click here for the canola harvest pictures and to learn more about canola swathing in Candian County | |
Tyson Executive Sees Improving Meat Demand in at Least the Short Term ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ According to
reports from the website Meatingplace.Com, a Tyson Foods executive
believes that meat demand may not plunge as anticipated following what he
described as a period of adjustment this after we have seen protein demand
actually on the rise in recent weeks and higher prices being
anticipated.Noel White, Tyson's senior group vice president of fresh meats, told an audience at the BMP Capital Markets Farm to Market Conference in New York at the beginning of this week that one would expect demand to fall with rising prices, that historically hasn't been the case. "There's always a period of adjustment with higher price levels," White
said. "In this case, it's not just one protein that's going to cost more,
but all of the proteins will be moving higher in price through the rest of
2011 and into 2012." Click here to read the rest of the story on Tyson and thoughts on improving the meat demand | |
Lawmakers Tell USDA's Vilsack- Start Over on GIPSA Marketing Rule! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack received a letter
from 147 members of the U.S. House of Representatives today, May 18, 2011,
regarding USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration's
(GIPSA) proposed rule on livestock and poultry marketing. You can see a
full copy of the letter by clicking on the LINK at the bottom of this
story. Click
here for our addendum on the web that gives you the complete list by state
of which lawmakers signed onto the letter.
The letter, signed by all five members of the Oklahoma Congressional delegation as well 142 other members of the US Congress, calls on the USDA to consider starting over om the so called "GIPSA Rule." The Congressmen write "Withdrawing the June 22, 2010 proposed rule and re-proposing a revised rule once the Department completes its economic analysis would allow the stakebolders the opportunity they deserve to comment on what we hope will be substantial changes to the proposal more consistent with the intent of Congress outlined in the 2008 farm bill." Both the National Pork Producers Council and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association were quick to issue media statements praising the demands of these 147 lawmakers- saying its time that USDA pay attention to the concerns of so many in the US livestock business. | |
Senator Coburn Bails on the Gang of Six as Deficit Reduction Talks Flounder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The so-called
Gang of Six met as the Gang of Five after Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn
stepped aside - expressing pessimism over the prospects of reaching a
bipartisan deficit reduction agreement. The biggest problem is entitlement
spending. Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss says he regrets that Coburn has
decided it's time to pull out of the talks. Still - Chambliss says the
group will continue to get together because there are still ideas. But in
the end - he says it's not going to be a proposal by five of us - it's got
to be six of us.According to Coburn spokesman John Hart, Senator Coburn "still hopes the Senate will, on a bipartisan basis, pass a long-term deficit reduction package this year. He looks forward to working with anyone who is interested in putting forward a plan that is specific, balanced and comprehensive." As a result of Coburn's departure - the debt reduction spotlight now falls squarely on negotiations being brokered by Vice President Joe Biden. The Biden deal appears to be focusing on short-term results. Finance Chairman Max Baucus of Montana - a member of the Biden-led working group - says the talks have the right mix of executive and legislative participants to produce a viable plan. Illinois Senator Mark Steven predicts there will be multiple debt limit votes. His guess is that Congress probably couldn't consider anything more than one-trillion dollars. But Baucus says he will not want to see an incremental approach. It is believed that if Senator Coburn returns to the Gang of Six - work on the federal deficit would better move forward. | |
EHV Confined to Western United States- Horse Industry Nervously Watching Disease Spread ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Animal Health
officials nationwide are currently investigating the possible spread of
the neurologic form of Equine Herpes Virus 1 (EHV-1) disease, which has
been detected in horses that participated in the National Cutting Horse
Association Western National Championships in Ogden, Utah from April 29 -
May 8. EHV-1 is a viral disease of equine which does not affect humans.
The neurologic form of the disease can manifest itself as hind limb
weakness, tremors, recumbency or other nervous system type symptoms which
may be preceded by fever or respiratory signs. The disease is most
commonly spread by aerosol transmission and can result in death of the
affected animal.
Texas Animal Health Officials are currently investigating approximately 20 horses in Texas that were reported to have attended the event. All horses known to have attended the event are under movement restrictions. Texas has only one confirmed clinical case of neurologic EHV-1 so far, which was a horse originating from New Mexico that sought treatment at a vet clinic in West Texas earlier this week. The horse has since been returned to New Mexico and is now quarantined on its premises of origin. A number of other states have also reported clinical cases in horses that attended the event. Texas veterinarians and TAHC officials will continue to monitor all exposed horses closely and it is possible that new cases will be diagnosed. "Strict adherence to the imposed movement restrictions and practicing good biosecurity procedures by the involved horse owners will be the key to limiting the scope of this situation," stated Dr. Dee Ellis, Texas State Veterinarian. The state of Oklahoma has suffered about the only economic casualty to
date- the Breeders Invitational Cutting Horse event has been canceled here
in the last couple weeks of May- it had been scheduled to be held at the
Tulsa State Fairgrounds. Click here for more on this unfolding story of Equine HerpesVirus in the western horse population. | |
OSU Botanical Garden Grand Opening Coming June 18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of the
best kept secrets in Stillwater soon will be much easier to find. The
Botanic Garden at Oklahoma State University will officially open the new
entrance off of State Highway 51 west of town June 18. The grand opening
will be held in conjunction with the 10th Annual GardenFest, slated 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.This project has been several years in the making, said Dale Maronek, head of the department of horticulture and landscape architecture at Oklahoma State University. "We developed a master plan for the garden in 2004 and we are now
seeing that original plan, and much more, come to fruition," Maronek said.
"This new entrance off the main road into Stillwater will provide a new
gateway to our community. The garden truly is a shining example of the
land grant mission of integrating research, Extension and teaching, and it
serves as an educational and recreational resource to the
community." Click here to read more about the OSU Botanic Garden and the grand opening | |
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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 $11.36
per bushel, while the 2011 New Crop contracts for Canola are now available
are $11.36 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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