~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest
farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron
Hays of RON for Tuesday May 24, 2011 A
service of Johnston Enterprises, P & K Equipment/ P & K Wind
Energy and American Farmers & Ranchers Mutual Insurance
Company!
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-- Our Prayers Go Out to Folks in the Joplin Area As Cleanup
Begins
-- Winter Wheat Crop Ratings Remain Poor to Very Poor- Corn Planting
Passes Three Fourths Done Mark
-- Canola TV - Gene Neuens Discusses the Variety of Contracts
Available this Crop Season to Help Merchandise Your Canola
-- Mexican Cattle Flood into Southern Plains Feedlots as US Supplies
Dwindle
-- New tools being used to take down animal agriculture
-- National Farmers Union says completion of the Farm Bill in 2012 is
necessary
-- Oklahoma Pork Council teams up with Oklahoma Blood Institute for
annual blood drive
-- 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 an annual sponsor on our daily email
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Our Prayers Go Out to Folks in the Joplin Area As Cleanup Begins ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We talk about
Joplin every week- as the Joplin Regional Stockyards is one of the
premiere cattle markets in the entire country- and they sell cattle on
Mondays- which means that they were open for business yesterday in the
aftermath of the deadly storms that destroyed much of the community of
Joplin proper.
The stockyards sits a few miles out of town- east on I-44 but the people who work there and the cattle producers who bring cattle to the market were impacted with the devastation that Sunday afternoon brought to this town just over the state line from Oklahoma. The USDA Market News Reporter captured the mood at the stockyards on Monday- and how cattle producers rallied around one worker at the yards that lost everything. The weekly reporter wrote "The mood at the stockyards today was very somber as a life- taking tornado struck Joplin Sunday evening, causing total destruction and numerous deaths. Buyers helped one family that was connected to the stockyards as they auctioned a heifer several times over to raise money for the family as they lost everything but their lives in the tornado. The generosity of everyone raised 10,000 dollars for the family, which cried with appreciation." Oklahoma Beef Council member Richard Gebhard pointed out the posting to
us from within the Monday market report- and Scott Dewald of the Oklahoma
Cattlemen's Association responded to Richard's email to several folks "And
that is the way we do things in cattle country." | |
Winter Wheat Crop Ratings Remain Poor to Very Poor- Corn Planting Passes Three Fourths Done Mark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The latest
Oklahoma Crop Weather Update issued on Monday afternoon talks about some
improvement in the soil moisture ratings for the state. "Although there
was some damage caused by last week's storms, the much needed rain brought
the state a step closer toward easing the drought conditions in some
areas. Topsoil and subsoil moisture conditions improved significantly as a
result of the rain and ten percent of topsoil and four percent of subsoil
were rated surplus. There were 5.0 days suitable for field work."
The wheat crop remains 80% poor to very poor for the second week in a row as farmer wait for many fields to dry out before they pull a combine intoi them. A limited percentage of the crop has been harvested to date in Oklahoma. South, Texas has 76% of the wheat crop in poor to very poor shape, while the Kansas crop has slipped to 55% poor to very poor. Meanwhile, Canola in the mature stage reached 77 percent complete by week's end, up 12 points from the previous week. Nationally, corn and soybean planting has gotten closer to being caught
up. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported today that 79 percent of
the nation's 2011 corn crop has been planted, as growers are working hard
to catch up. The percentage of acres planted now falls just 8 percentage
points below the five-year average. In some of the major corn states, such
as Iowa, Illinois, Kansas and Missouri, planting has surpassed the
five-year average mark, and growers in Iowa are virtually finished
planting their prospective 13.9 million acres. | |
Canola TV - Gene Neuens Discusses the Variety of Contracts Available this Crop Season to Help Merchandise Your Canola ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this newest
episode of Canola TV, Gene Neuens with Producers Cooperative Oil Mill
explains the variety of contracts available to canola producers as they
gear up for the marketing of their crop, not only in this crop season, but
also in future crop years.
Neuens also discusses the 33 different locations available to producers that are accepting canola this year, making it more convenient than ever before for Oklahoma wheat farmers growing canola to deliver canola to PCOM here in 2011. Click on the LINK below to enjoy our visit with Gene Neuens about the
progress we have seen in establishing canola as a rotational crop for
winter wheat in the southern plains- as well as a discussion about
contracts and marketing canola for this crop season. Click here for more information on information on merchandising your canola crop. | |
Mexican Cattle Flood into Southern Plains Feedlots as US Supplies Dwindle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma State
University Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Derrell Peel offers
the following analysis of the cattle market in the aftermath of the Friday
Cattle on Feed Report that shows big April placements this year compared
to both 2010 and the five year average.
"For several months I have been anticipating that tight feeder supplies
would catch up with feedlots and feedlot placements would have to decrease
due to a lack of cattle. I still think that will happen but, I confess, I
continue to be amazed at the cattle industry's ability to wring out feeder
supplies to an extent unlike anything we have seen before. The May Cattle
on Feed report shows feedlot inventories up seven percent over this time
last year. However, it should be noted that the May 1 inventory is only
101.4 percent of the previous five year average and highlights the fact
that we are still comparing to a small year-ago value. Click here for the rest of Dr. Derrell Peel's analysis of the current cattle market | |
New tools being used to take down animal agriculture ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The idea of
animal rights and anti-agriculture organizations trying to take out animal
agriculture is not a new concept to many farmers and ranchers. However,
these animal rights and anti-agriculture organizations are using new tools
to take down animal agriculture, including the use of undercover video
usually showing some type of abuse on farms, which they produce in hopes
it will change the public opinion about agriculture.
Kay Johnson-Smith, Executive Director for the Animal Agriculture Alliance, says there are ways for farmers and ranchers to combat these videos, including producing their own videos and telling their story about agriculture. The Animal Agriculture Alliance has already begun the process of showing the public the truth about agriculture by producing videos, which are available on their website, as well as starting their own YouTube channel. Click on the LINK below to hear the rest of the story from Kay Johnson-Smith and find out what you can do to help promote agriculture. Click here for more information about the fight against anti-agriculture | |
National Farmers Union says completion of the Farm Bill in 2012 is necessary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ National
Farmers Union (NFU) led a coalition of seventeen organizations in sending
a letter to U.S. House of Representatives and Senate Agriculture Committee
leadership requesting that the next farm bill be completed in
2012."The difficulty associated with crafting such a comprehensive bill has led three consecutive farm bills (1995, 2002 and 2007) to be finished after the previous legislation expired," the letter said. "During this time of budget concerns and federal deficits, waiting until 2013 to complete the next farm bill would likely negatively impact the baseline needed to write a bill that would effectively deliver the programs under its jurisdiction." Several programs from the 2008 Farm Bill have spent less than
projected. The projected cost of the commodities program from 2008 to 2012
was $41.6 billion. The new projected total cost for those five years is
$32 billion. Click here for our story and links to see the copies of the letters sent to both bodies of Congress | |
Oklahoma Pork Council teams up with Oklahoma Blood Institute for annual blood drive ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many people
assume that if they are in the hospital and need blood, it will be
available. However, the need for blood is great and sometimes the supplies
get tight. This is especially true during the summer holidays when people
are traveling and don't have time to donate and the need increases because
of more accidents.
The Oklahoma Pork Council teams up with OBI each year to host a blood
drive. When asked why the Oklahoma Pork Council wanted to team up with
OBI, Brooke Clay, Oklahoma Pork Council Director of Promotions, said,
"Oklahoma pork producers love to give back to their community and this is
a way for producers across the state to give back to the whole state and
not just in one specific region." Click here to learn more about how you can donate during the Oklahoma Pork Council Blood Drive | |
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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 $11.47
per bushel- as of the close of trade Wednesday, while the 2011 New Crop
contracts for Canola are now available are $11.47 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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