~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest
farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron
Hays of RON for Wednesday June 8, 2011 A
service of Producers Cooperative Oil Mill, Midwest Farm Shows and KIS
Futures!
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-- Canola TV - Heath Sanders Talks Harvest 2011
-- Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Blows Past the Half Done Mark as Hot Dry
Conditions Prevail
-- OSU Extension Provides Multiple Ways to Control Weeds in
Sesame
-- Tips for Working Cattle in Summertime Heat by OSU's Glenn
Selk
-- Duster Continues to Impress in Wheat Test Plots Across Oklahoma
for 2011
-- Second District Congessman Dan Boren Won't Run in 2012
-- Matt Gard Honored on Completing Term as Area I Conservation
Commissioner
-- 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 proud to have KIS Futures as a regular sponsor of our daily email update. KIS Futures provides Oklahoma Farmers & Ranchers with futures & options hedging services in the livestock and grain markets- Click here for the free market quote page they provide us for our website or call them at 1-800-256-2555- and their IPHONE App, which provides all electronic futures quotes is available at the App Store- click here for the KIS Futures App for your Iphone. We are also excited to have as one of our sponsors for the daily email
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Canola TV - Heath Sanders Talks Harvest 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In our newest
edition of Canola TV, Ron Hays heads to the field and talks harvest with
Heath Sanders of PCOM. Harvest has begun for the 2011 crop season across
Oklahoma and it has had some challenges, says Sanders. Many of the late
rains that many Oklahomans experienced caused a majority of canola fields
to begin regrowing. Despite these challenges, Sanders says the yields are
still holding strong for canola.
USDA reported that half of the canola in Oklahoma had been harvested as of the beginning of this week. Click on the LINK below to enjoy our visit with Heath Sanders about the
harvest season for 2011- as well as what to expect for yields across the
state of Oklahoma. Click here for the latest edition of Canola TV as we talk harvest with Heath Sanders. | |
Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Blows Past the Half Done Mark as Hot Dry Conditions Prevail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wheat harvest
continues to expand northward with the hot dry weather pattern that has
dominated the southern Great Plains since before Memorial Day. We have
been getting reports from a lot of different sources- including you
directly via email and even via Facebook. From Facebook,. we have received
a report of a producer in Perry that cut Duster wheat that yielded 39
bushels and had a test weight of 65.7/bu.
We also have reports we have consolidated this morning from the Oklahoma Grain and Feed Association, the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and the Kansas Wheat Alliance. The Wheat Commission report shows harvest expanding into the Panhandle with indications of just starting yesterday in the Hooker area. One of the more impressive reports for the 2011 crop comes from Burlington- again from the Wheat Commission- "Harvest for this area expects to run about a week longer. Showing test weights of 60 pounds or better. Moisture coming in around 9 - 10 percent. Yields averaging around 40 bushels per acre." Click on the LINK below to read all of the reports from across Oklahoma into southern Kansas. AND- we would love to hear your specifics on wheat and canola harvest for 2011- and pictures are always appreciated as well! Send them to ron@oklahomafarmreport.com. | |
OSU Extension Provides Multiple Ways to Control Weeds in Sesame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sesame is an
increasingly popular option for Oklahoma producers looking for a
rotational crop that can handle hot, dry summers. Currently, herbicide
options for sesame production are limited. However, through a combination
of herbicides and a vigorous, competitive crop, it is possible to produce
high-quality sesame.
Preplant and burndown weed control | |
Tips for Working Cattle in Summertime Heat by OSU's Glenn Selk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Understanding
and avoiding heat stress in cattle can be a valuable management tool for
summertime in Oklahoma. According to the 1997 Oklahoma Climatological
Survey most areas of Oklahoma have 10 or more days each year above 100
degrees and 70 or more days with high temperatures above 90 degrees
Fahrenheit. This means that most cow calf operations will be working
cattle on days when heat stress to cattle is possible. Cattle have an
upper critical temperature approximately 20 degrees cooler than humans.
When humans are uncomfortable at 80 degrees and feel hot at 90 degrees,
cattle may well be in the danger zone for extreme heat stress. Humidity is
an additional stress or that intensifies the heat by making body heat
dissipation more difficult.
Over heating is sporadically encountered in cattle, but is really a
rare problem. High humidity contributes to the likelihood of heat stroke
or prostration because water evaporation from the oral and nasal cavities
is decreased, in spite of rapid panting. At an environmental temperature
of about 88 degrees, heat dissipation mechanisms such as sweating and
evaporative cooling must take place to prevent a rise in body temperature.
Sweat gland activity in cattle increases as the temperature goes above the
thermoneutral zone. Panting is an important heat regulatory device in
cattle. Click here for Glenn Selk's specific ways to manage cattle during summertime heat | |
Duster Continues to Impress in Wheat Test Plots Across Oklahoma for 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The OSU
developed variety Duster has placed at the top of the test reults in three
of the six locations reported thus far in 2011 by the OSU Wheat
Improvement Team. Dr. Jeff Edwards is continuing the practice started last
year of reporting the yield results of the test plots as they are
harvested across the state. Six have been posted as of early this morning,
with four locations showing Duster leading the variety pack.
Other OSU offspring, as developed by Dr. Brett Carver, are also showing strength as Endurance, Centerfield and Garrison have also been at the top of the lists in various locations. You can click on the LINK below for the OSU Wheat website- where there are links for each of the six locations to date- Frederick, Olustee, Apache, Elk City, Homestead and Kingfisher. | |
Second District Congessman Dan Boren Won't Run in 2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S.
Representative Dan Boren, who is Oklahoma's lone Democratic congressman,
announced Tuesday he will not seek a fifth term. Rep. Boren represents Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District. He was elected to the office in 2004. He currently serves on the House Resources Committee. He's also the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs as a part of that committee. Congressman Boren gave no hint of future political plans on Tuesday as he made the announcement. Here is the statement released by his office about the decision: "I have made the decision not to seek re-election next year for another
term in Congress. This is not an easy decision for me. It was based on the
demands of constant campaigning, and most importantly spending too much
time away from my family which includes two very young children.
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Matt Gard Honored on Completing Term as Area I Conservation Commissioner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matt Gard
attended his final meeting of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission as Area
I member on June 6, 2011. Former Lt. Gov. Jari Askins and state Rep. Joe
Dorman were among 20 people who attended a luncheon in Gard's honor
immediately following the meeting. Dorman presented Gard with a
Legislative Citation. Mike Thralls, OCC executive director, presented Gard
with a Conservation Commendation for his "five years of leadership and
dedicated service to the State of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Conservation
Commission as Area I Conservation Commissioner."
In February the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts honored
Gard with its President's Award. In presenting the award, Trey Lam,
outgoing OACD president, commended Gard for his courage and perseverance.
Gard suffered a tragic motorcycle accident in February 2010 that left him
partially paralyzed. Despite that personal tragedy and a rigorous
rehabilitation program, Gard missed only one Conservation Commission
meeting and continued his role of public service almost without missing a
beat, Lam said. Gard became a cooperator with the Major County Conservation District in 1989 and joined the board of directors in 1993. He has served on the OACD executive board as Area I director and vice president. A board member of the Fairview Chamber of Commerce for four years, he also served as vice president in 1997 and president in 1998. He has served as a member of the steering committee for the OSU Extension Program for Major and Dewey Counties and is a certified instructor for trap and archery under that program. He has served as a board member and president of both the Oklahoma Alfalfa Hay and Seed Association and the Major County Surface and Mineral Owners Association. He served as the director of the membership committee for the National Forage and Grasslands Council. He also serves on the Oklahoma Biofuels Advisory Board. | |
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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 $12.39
per bushel, while the 2011 New Crop contracts for Canola are now available
are $12.39 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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