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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest
farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron
Hays of RON for Wednesday, October 12, 2011 A
service of Producers Cooperative Oil Mill, Midwest Farm Shows and KIS
Futures!
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-- Winter Canola Acres Planted for 2012 Crop Likely Tops 2011
Plantings
-- Oklahoma Crop Weather Update - Beneficial Rains Offer Hope for
Fall Planting
-- FTA Votes Likely This Morning- All Three Deals Expected to
Pass
-- Producers Need to Keep an Eye on Hay Supplies
-- Schoool Land Commission Annual Fall Auctions Kick Off Next
Week
-- Global Meat Production and Consumption Continue to Rise
-- Beef Buzzing, SPCCing and Fall Gathering
-- 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
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
website- go there by clicking here. We invite you to listen to us on great radio stations across the
region on the Radio Oklahoma Network weekdays- if you missed this
morning's Farm News - or you are in an area where you can't hear it- click
here for this morning's Farm news from Ron Hays on RON. | |
Winter Canola Acres Planted for 2012 Crop Likely Tops 2011 Plantings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The window of
opportunity for planting winter canola within the deadline for full crop
insurance has just passed on Oct. 10. However, according to Heath Sanders,
Agronomist with Producers Cooperative Oil Mill, those wishing to still get
their winter canola in the ground still have time to obtain crop insurance
with a reduction.
If producers get their winter canola planted and in the ground by Oct. 15, they can still meet the requirements of crop insurance, however, they will have to take the crop insurance with a reduction. Sanders says, depending on the fall and weather conditions, producers can still plant a little bit later and will still be alright. Sanders adds that some producers across the state that were lucky enough to receive some timely rains already have winter canola up and out of the ground. Many producers lacked a lot of underground moisture but had enough moisture to dust in their winter canola, much like wheat. As we look further into the year, Sanders says he expects there to be more acres of canola planted this year than last. Sanders says with the current price of canola compared to wheat, many new growers planting, and an increase in interest in canola, there is likely to be many more acres. Click here to listen to our canola update with Heath Sanders | |
Oklahoma Crop Weather Update - Beneficial Rains Offer Hope for Fall Planting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the latest
Crop Weather Update, the recent rainfall played a significant role in
helping with fall planting saying - "The week began warm, dry and windy
and several small fires were reported during the week. Severe wind gusts
upwards of 60 mph and sustained winds of more than 45 mph were recorded in
the Panhandle Thursday and Friday, further depleting soil moisture. The
weekend rains reduced fire danger as well as providing needed moisture for
the western two thirds of the state. The state averaged 1.29 inches of
rain with the Central, South Central and Southwest Districts averaging
over two inches. Ringling, in Jefferson County, received a total of 4.31
inches of rain, the highest for the week, while eastern Oklahoma and areas
of the Panhandle were left out of the generous rain totals. The
precipitation was especially beneficial to those who had planted wheat or
canola into dry seedbeds, and will allow other producers to plant in the
coming weeks."
When it comes to our fall-planted crops - "Planting continued for all
small grains in anticipation of the weekend rainfall. Seedbed preparation
for wheat ground was 86 percent complete by week's end, nine points behind
normal. Planting reached 47 percent complete, up 17 points from the
previous week, but still 16 points behind normal. Wheat emerged was 14
percent complete, 22 points behind the five-year average. Canola seedbed
preparation reached 94 percent complete by the end of the week, while
planting reached 67 percent, an increase of 19 points from the week
before. Eight percent of canola had emerged by Sunday, 26 points behind
last year. Seedbed preparation for rye was 83 percent complete, 16 points
behind normal, and planting reached 46 percent by Sunday, 41 points behind
normal. One fifth of the rye had emerged by the end of the week. Seedbed
preparation for oat ground was 68 percent complete, and planting reached
18 percent by the end of the week, 14 points behind the five-year
average. Despite changes across the state when it comes to crops, hay cutting continued to show little progress last week. Third cuttings of alfalfa were 54 percent complete, and only six percent of the state had completed a fourth cutting, compared to 99 percent this week last year. A second cutting of other hay reached 52 percent complete by Sunday, 28 points behind the five-year average. Click here for the complete Crop Weather Update from October 11, 2011 | |
FTA Votes Likely This Morning- All Three Deals Expected to Pass ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If all goes as
expected - the free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama
will be approved by both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate by mid-day today
(Wednesday). Passage is expected to be swift. Tuesday afternoon the
remaining committees approved the enabling legislation permitting floor
debate to begin and a final vote.
The U.S. House was expected to begin debate on the agreements Tuesday evening and take a final vote Wednesday. The U.S. Senate is expected debate the agreements today (Wednesday) before taking a final vote. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley believes the agreements would have broad bipartisan support in the Senate - predicting 65 to 70 votes. Passage of the Free Trade Agreements between the United States and South Korea, Colombia and Panama would end nearly five years of foot dragging over the pacts- mostly by the Obama Administration. The bills were hung up over worker rights and safety in Colombia, and concerns over U.S. workers who might lose their jobs as a result of less-expensive goods from the trading nations. As for U.S. workers, the Senate previously passed a Trade Adjustment Assistance bill. The House is expected to pass TAA with the FTAs. | |
Producers Need to Keep an Eye on Hay Supplies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As we await
the latest USDA projections of grain and livestock supplies into 2012, it
is important to keep your eye on that 'other' cattle feed supply - hay. It
is a particularly sensitive topic for cow-calf operators as they prepare
for the winter months. Producers in Texas, Oklahoma and surrounding states
have suffered one of the worst drought years on record, a year that caused
significant liquidation of the beef cow herd in these states and offset
some of the gains in cow numbers in other areas. When looking at potential
profit calculations, this should have been a herd rebuilding year for US
cow-calf producers. All that went out of the window when key production
areas received less than two inches of water all summer long.
The latest data from the USDA crop progress report shows that 96% of pastures and ranges in Texas are currently in poor or very poor state and 93% of pastures in Oklahoma are also rated in a similar condition. Coming into the fall, cow-calf operators rely on grass, hay and winter wheat grazing to help carry their cattle over the winter months. The dismal state of pastures has forced producers to increasingly rely on hay to fill their needs but that turned into a very expensive proposition as hay values spiked in August and September. Alfalfa prices in September were quoted at $196/ton, 67% higher than the same month a year ago while prices for all other hay were quoted at $128/ton, 34% over last year's levels. Many producers in the Southern Plains saw the writing on the wall and accelerated their cow marketings as soon as it was viable to do so, without waiting for the normal start of the fall cow run. Cow slaughter rose sharply in September and cow slaughter plants ran full Saturday schedules. Cow slaughter has tempered somewhat in recent days but the spike in hay prices and limited winter wheat grazing will further limit feed availability going into the winter. Click here for a link to the complete Daily Livestock Report | |
Schoool Land Commission Annual Fall Auctions Kick Off Next Week ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The
Commissioners of the Land Office annual fall auctions are about to get
underway. The lands, used by farmers, ranchers and hunters, are leased to
the highest bidder for a five year lease. The money made through these
auctions goes to benefit Oklahoma's Kindergarten through 12th grade
schools and colleges.The Oklahoma School Land Commission is offering 513 tracts of land across 32 Oklahoma counties for lease through these public auctions. The counties included in the land auctions are Beaver, Cimarron, Texas, Harper, Ellis, Woodward, Major, Woods, Kiowa, Beckham, Caddo, Washita, Harmon, Comanche, Stephens, Cotton, Tillman, Jackson, Kay, Garfield, Alfalfa, Grant, Blaine, Kingfisher, Pawnee, Payne, Logan, Noble, Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma and Pottawatomie. We recently talked with Harry Birdwell, Secretary of the Oklahoma
School Land Commission about these auctions and how they benefit the
education system. Click
here to listen to our conversation with Birdwell over these upcoming
auctions. The full legal description of the land up for lease is available by
logging on to the Land Office website, which
you can find by clicking here.You can also call 405-521-4000 or
1-888-355-2637. | |
Global Meat Production and Consumption Continue to Rise ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Global meat
production and consumption have increased rapidly in recent decades, with
harmful effects on the environment and public health as well as on the
economy, according to research done by Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing
the Planet project for Vital Signs Online. Worldwide meat production has
tripled over the last four decades and increased 20 percent in just the
last 10 years. Meanwhile, industrial countries are consuming growing
amounts of meat, nearly double the quantity than in developing countries.
"Much of the vigorous growth in meat production is due to the rise of industrial animal agriculture, or factory farming," said Danielle Nierenberg, Worldwatch senior researcher and director of Nourishing the Planet. "Factory farms pollute the environment through the heavy use of inputs such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers used for feed production." Large-scale meat production also has serious implications for the world's climate. Animal waste releases methane and nitrous oxide, greenhouse gases that are 25 and 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide, respectively. "The world's supersized appetite for meat is among the biggest reasons greenhouse gas emissions are still growing rapidly," said Worldwatch President Robert Engelman. "Yet properly managed and scaled meat production----like the kind pursued by small-scale pastoralists on dry grasslands----could actually sequester carbon dioxide. It's largely a matter of rethinking meat at both ends of the production-consumption trail." Click here for more information from Worldwatch Institute on meat production and consumption | |
Beef Buzzing, SPCCing and Fall Gathering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yesterday, we
mentioned our Tuesday Beef Buzz with Dr. Derrell Peel but neglected to
give you the link from our website to jump over to listen to that
conversation on the cash cattle market here as we begin the 4th quarter of
the year. So- here tis- click
and take a listen. AND- while you are at it, you may want to also
check out the Wednesday Beef Buzz, also with Dr. Peel, as we focus today
on the Feeder Cattle markets and on winter forage hopes, boosted with the
rains of this past weekend. Click
here for our Wednesday edition of the Beef Buzz.
In our SPCC story yesterday- the webstory that we directed you to had a bad link for a time when it came to taking you to FarmSPCC.Com. You can either jump straight there if you would like- or click here and go and take a listen to our conversation with Caitlin Adams on this regulation that is less than a month from being enforced- WITH FINES- by the EPA. Finally- the friendly folks at the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association have three locations left for their 2011 edition of the Fall Gatherings for cattle producers. The next gathering is tomorrow night- October 13- in Lahoma at CNB Polled Herefords, with a pair of Gatherings set for next week- October 18th at Coyote Hills Ranch, Chattanooga, OK and then October 20 at Ratcliff Ranch, Vinita, OK. Click on the name of each Ranch for details for that particular Gathering- or call 405-235-4391. | |
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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 $12.04
per bushel, while the 2012 New Crop contracts for Canola are now available
are $12.11 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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