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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest
farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron
Hays of RON for Friday June 24, 2011 A
service of Producers Cooperative Oil Mill, Midwest Farm Shows and KIS
Futures!
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-- Western Third of Oklahoma Now in Exceptional Drought
-- Wheat Harvest Progress- Oklahoma-98%, Texas- 85% and Kansas 49%
Done
-- Canola TV - Part 3 with Jeff Scott Discussing the Benefits of
Canola as a Rotational Crop
-- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says G-20 Action Plan is a
Significant Achievement Addressing Food Security and Food Prices
-- Chairman Frank Lucas Highlights Efforts Made by House Ag
Committee
-- Oklahoma Ag Leadership Encounter Wrapping Up Week in Brazil
-- OSU's Dr. Kim Anderson Talks Canola and Wheat Prices- and we have
your SUNUP Preview
-- 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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Western Third of Oklahoma Now in Exceptional Drought ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's
Billion dollar drought continues. All the heat and wind we have seen in
June has taken its toll in the western half of the state, and the drought
we've been mired in since last fall continues to intensify and persist.
Exceptional drought, the worst such designation in the U.S. Drought
Monitor's intensity scale, increased from 10 percent of the state last
week to 33 percent this week. The new map released Thursday morning shows
the ugly details. (you can see it by clicking on the LINK below)In addition to the widespread D4 drought covering virtually the entire western third of Oklahoma, D3 (extreme) and D2 (severe) drought also shifted back to the east. The state missed out on a substantial amount of its normal rainfall during the last 30 days. According to data from the Oklahoma Mesonet, the May 24-June 22 statewide average rainfall total of 1.24 inches ranks as the driest such period dating back to 1921. Southwestern and south central Oklahoma suffered through similar rankings for the last 30 days, receiving a scant 12 percent of normal rainfall over that period. The tremendous early summer heat exacerbated the drought impacts and allowed for its eastward progress. The statewide average temperature for the month thus far stands at 82.7 degrees, which would be high enough to rank as the third warmest June on record for Oklahoma. Number one on June's warmest list goes to 1953 at 84.6 degrees, with 1911 coming in second at 83.3 degrees. During that period, high temperatures across the state averaged 95.7 degrees, 8.6 degrees above normal. The average high temperature in southwestern Oklahoma came in at 100.9 degrees. Unfortunately, there is no relief in sight- in talking to our weather friends at both News9 in Oklahoma City and News on 6 in Tulsa, the heat is parking right on top of us- and won't be going away for the balance of June. Click here for the seven day snapshot of temps courtesy of one of our Twitter friends who works for KOTV and snagged this from KWTV News9. OUCH! Click here to read more on the severe drought conditions across western Oklahoma | |
Wheat Harvest Progress- Oklahoma-98%, Texas- 85% and Kansas 49% Done ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ According to
the latest Hard Red Winter Wheat harvest update coming from Mark Hodges,
Executive Director of Plains Grains, Inc, harvest "slowed this week by
cool wet weather and green wheat. Some losses were reported during the
past week from severe storms dumping hail in parts of southwest/south
central/southeastern Kansas and eastern Colorado. Wheat is now being
harvested in north central and northeast Kansas while northwest Kansas
continues to be significantly slower to mature due to cooler and wetter
weather over the past several weeks."
Texas is now estimated to be 85% complete with harvest with mainly irrigated acres in the Panhandle north of Amarillo remaining to be cut. Oklahoma is 98% complete with harvest; most of the remaining 2% is in the Panhandle and mainly irrigated acres. Colorado should get into the full swing of harvest south of I-70 over the next week with favorable cutting weather. Yields have generally been as expected in Texas and in the southwestern part of Oklahoma, but have been slightly better than expected as harvest moved into the northern half of Oklahoma and southern Kansas. (Kansas, by the way, is about half way done at 49% complete, according to this Plains Grains report from Mark Hodges.) The quality of the 2011 crop remains outstanding- and there are now some early numbers from samples that have been analyzed by the grain lab in Manhattan, Kansas. Click on the LINK below and check out quality details and more from this latest review of the 2011 harvest, courtesy of Plains Grains. Click here for the latest harvest update from Plains Grains detailing progress of the HRW crop. | |
Canola TV - Part 3 with Jeff Scott Discussing the Benefits of Canola as a Rotational Crop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In part three
of Canola TV with Jeff Scott, Ron Hays talks about the benefits Scott has
discovered while using winter canola as a rotational crop with wheat in
northern Oklahoma. Scott says he has a desire to learn new things in
farming and canola has helped him to become a farmer. Scott also says
canola has turned his crop around and has made an increase in his
profitability and yields with his wheat.Scott also uses no-till farming, which he says canola is an excellent tool for because it can be chopped and spread out evenly on the field to help protect the soil. Click on the LINK below to listen to the discussion between Ron Hays and Jeff Scott on the benefits of growing canola as a rotational crop with wheat in northern Oklahoma. Click here to watch Jeff Scott on the latest edition of Canola TV | |
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says G-20 Action Plan is a Significant Achievement Addressing Food Security and Food Prices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Agriculture
Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement today on the G-20
Action Plan to address food security and food price
volatility:"The consensus reached today by the G-20 Agricultural Ministers marks an historic union of resolve in combating the pressing challenges of hunger and food price volatility confronting our world with greater regularity. Together, the G-20 nations are committed to increasing agricultural production through use of improved practices and technologies and a commitment to new and expanded research and development. To that end, we support the launch of an International Research Initiative for Wheat Improvement to help nations coordinate research efforts on this crucial staple crop. "Moreover, we recognize the need for participation in global
agricultural monitoring systems and early warning systems to improve crop
production projections and weather forecasting, and we call upon
international organizations to create links between existing global,
regional and national systems. The need for market transparency and
consistency with science-based rule-making systems among our nations and
the international community is stronger than ever. Purposefully then, we
support establishing the groundwork for an international agricultural
market information system, or AMIS, that if fully supported and utilized,
will mitigate volatility and reduce market distorting signals by promoting
greater shared understanding of food production and price
information. Click here to read more on G-20 Action Plan from Secretary Vilsack | |
Chairman Frank Lucas Highlights Efforts Made by House Ag Committee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today, the
House Agriculture Committee approved its activity report for the first
quarter of the 112th Congress as required by House Rule XI, clause d(1).
During the business meeting, Chairman Frank Lucas highlighted the
committee's efforts on behalf of America's farmers, ranchers, and rural
constituents. Some of the highlights include the committee approving two
key pieces of legislation to improve economic growth, fulfilling its
oversight responsibility with numerous hearings, and preparing for the
important task of writing the next farm bill.Some of the text of Chairman Lucas's opening statement is
below: Click here to read the rest of Chairman Lucas's statement on the efforts of the House Ag Committee | |
Oklahoma Ag Leadership Encounter Wrapping Up Week in Brazil ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Oklahoma
Ag Leadership Encounter Class of 2010-2011 wraps up their year long
training program this week as they conclude a week of studying the
agriculture and culture of Brazil. Mike Spradling, President of the
Oklahoma Farm Bureau, is traveling with the OALE group and we talked with
Spradling and members of the class about what they have seen in Brazil
this week.
One of the aspects of Brazilian rural life that really grabbed the attention of these agricultural students from Oklahoma State University was the private property rights issue of squatters that live on many of the farming operations. We have their reaction to this common practice in Brazil in the audio report that we have as a part of our webstory you can LINK to below. Members of the current class, which has organized last fall and wraps up their time together with this trip include Megan Bryant, Jeff Eder, Carson Horn, Kaylee Krebs, Garrett Knebel, Kaitlyn Lingus, Seth Menefee, Amy Peel, Ryan Ramseyer and Carly Schnaithman. Riley Pagett of Woodward was also a part of the class, but had to drop out because of his duties as National President of the FFA that began last winter. | |
OSU's Dr. Kim Anderson Talks Canola and Wheat Prices- and we have your SUNUP Preview ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grain
Marketing Extension Economist from Oklahoma State University, Dr. Kim
Anderson, with most of canola harvest being completed, says canola prices
are relatively good right now for Oklahoma at $12.00 per bushel, falling
only slightly from $12.50 from early June. Wheat prices have taken a hit
over the past couple of weeks, falling to around $7.30 per bushel.
However, Anderson says this is still a relatively good wheat price. The value of the wheat crop looks better than expected with a predicted $585 million crop for Oklahoma this year,which is just five percent less than the value of much larger 2010 crop. Anderson's suggestion to producers is to follow their plan concerning marketing their crop and do not second guess the market. Click on the LINK below to listen to Dave Deken and Dr. Kim Anderson discuss more on current canola prices and Anderson's perspective on the dramatic drop in wheat prices, as well as the market value of this year's wheat crop. Click here for more from Dr. Kim Anderson and your SUNUP preview | |
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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 $11.82
per bushel, while the 2011 New Crop contracts for Canola are now available
are $11.82 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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