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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest
farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron
Hays of RON for Wednesday October 19, 2011 A
service of Johnston Enterprises, P & K Equipment/ P & K Wind
Energy and American Farmers & Ranchers Mutual Insurance
Company!
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-- From Woodward, Oklahoma to the Stage in Conseco Fieldhouse in
Indy- Riley Pagett is Ready
-- President Obama to Sign Korea, Panama, Colombia Free Trade
Agreements This Week
-- National Ag Statistics Service Cuts Agricultural Estimation
Programs
-- OSU's Dr. Glenn Selk says Knowing Hay Quality Affects
Supplementation Strategy
-- Pioneer Hi-Bred says Fall Soil Testing Can Maximize Yields and
Profitability
-- Former OSU Professor says Insurance is an Effective Within-Year
Price Safety Net but Fails Across Years
-- More School Land Auctions Today- And Blue and Gold Bits and
Pieces
-- 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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farm news offers some bits from the full Riley Pagett interview that you
can check out in our first story below. | |
From Woodward, Oklahoma to the Stage in Conseco Fieldhouse in Indy- Riley Pagett is Ready ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first
convention sessions start later today here in Indianapolis for the 84th
annual convention of the National FFA Association- and the young man who
will be gaveling the 50,000 convention goers into session will be Oklahoma
FFA member Riley Pagett. He is one of the six national officers serving
this year- and Riley Pagett has had a busy 362 days of his year of service
as National President of the group. Pagett is an agricultural
communications major at Oklahoma State University after graduating from
Woodward High School. His college career will resume in January in
Stillwater, after taking a one year break to be a full time representative
of the National FFA organization.
After several hours of practice on the stage at Conseco Field House in downtown Indy on Tuesday afternoon- Riley sat down and talked with us about his year as President, getting ready for this meeting, and how losing two years ago in his quest to be a national officer made him focus on who he was and why he wanted to serve as a national officer- helped him decide it was worth the time to try again- was picked as the Oklahoma rep for a second year in a row last summer (2010) and heard his name called this past October here in Indianapolis. We also talked about his expectations for this week- as he wears the blue and gold jacket for the final few times as a member of the FFA. Click on the LINK below to jump over to the interview that we did with Riley on Tuesday- our coverage of the 2011 National convention is sponsored in part by the Oklahoma FFA Association and the Oklahoma FFA Alumni Association. We will be updating via Twitter today from the convention- we will be
following our National Prepared Public Speaking contestant from Oklahoma-
Kaylen Baker of Yukon as well as Kyle Hilbert from Depew, who is the
Extemp Representative from Oklahoma this year. They both speak this
morning and we will let you know how they do via our Twitter updates. Click
here for our Ron_on_RON feed. | |
President Obama to Sign Korea, Panama, Colombia Free Trade Agreements This Week ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Friday,
October 21st, President Obama will sign the Korea, Panama and Colombia
Free Trade Agreements and the renewal of Trade Adjustment Assistance for
workers in the Oval Office before making remarks in the Rose Garden.
In his remarks, President Obama will underscore that these trade agreements will significantly boost American exports, support tens of thousands of American jobs and protect labor rights, the environment and intellectual property. President Obama will be joined in the Rose Garden by business and labor leaders as well as workers who will benefit from these bills. | |
National Ag Statistics Service Cuts Agricultural Estimation Programs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In light of
funding reductions in fiscal year (FY) 2011 and the likelihood of
additional reductions in FY 2012, NASS conducted deliberate reviews of all
programs against mission- and user-based criteria, aimed at finding cost
savings and forward-thinking business efficiencies so that key timely,
accurate and useful data remains available in service to agriculture. As a
result, the agency is discontinuing or reducing a wide range of
agricultural survey programs. The decision to eliminate or reduce these reports was not made lightly, but it was nevertheless necessary, given the funding situation. Because of the timing of the agency's survey work during the coming year, these decisions are necessary now. A few of these programs are: Annual Reports on Farm Numbers, Land in Farms and Livestock Operations
- Eliminate Recognizing the importance of NASS's data products and services to U.S. agriculture, NASS will make available similar data either less frequently or within the every 5-year Census of Agriculture. The next census will be conducted beginning January 2013 to reflect activities in the 2012 calendar year. Click here to see the rest of the programs that will be cut by NASS | |
OSU's Dr. Glenn Selk says Knowing Hay Quality Affects Supplementation Strategy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Producers have
purchased hay from unknown sources or have harvested hay that usually they
would have left for deferred grazing because of the drought. According to
Dr. Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus Extension Animal
Scientist, meeting the supplemental protein needs for the cows and
replacement heifers consuming that forage will be a challenge this fall
and winter. Protein is a vital nutrient for the ruminant because protein is necessary for the multiplication of and the feed digestion by the microbes in the rumen. The microbial population in the rumen of cows is largely responsible for digesting cellulose in standing or harvested forages. Higher quality forages are more readily digested in the rumen and have higher rate of passage through the digestive tract of the cow than do lower quality roughages. Therefore the cow can consume more of the high quality forage on a daily basis and receives more total digestible nutrients (TDN) from each pound of feed consumed. If adequate protein is available to cows consuming lower quality roughages, then the rate of passage and the digestibility is improved compared to cows that are inadequately supplemented while consuming the same low quality forage. Producers may be surprised to know the large differences in protein supplement needed to meet the cow's requirement depending on the quality of forage that makes up the majority of the diet. Click here for more from Dr. Selk on hay quality and supplementation | |
Pioneer Hi-Bred says Fall Soil Testing Can Maximize Yields and Profitability ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fall provides
growers a chance to get a head start on soil testing and nutrient
applications, say experts at Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business.
"With harvest ending, now is an optimum time for soil testing to reveal any potential nutrient deficiencies," says Keith Diedrick, Pioneer area agronomist in west central Indiana. "Growers can work to increase the nutrient profiles of their fields, spread the workload and prepare for spring." When agronomists assess poor-growing crops, the first questions usually revolve around basic nutrient availability, especially nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. Knowing which nutrients are out of balance is the first step in improving conditions for crops. "Soil tests are a good tool to measure existing nutrient levels available to crops," says Diedrick. "The results provide you with a good idea of what may be going on in your fields." Click here for more from Pioneer Hi-Bred on soil testing this fall | |
Former OSU Professor says Insurance is an Effective Within-Year Price Safety Net but Fails Across Years ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Daryll Ray
of University of Tennessee, former professor at Oklahoma State University,
released the following analysis of the Lugar Revenue Insurance Plan
concerning the Conservation Reserve Program and other environmental
quality incentive programs. "In early October, Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana, author of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in 1985 and Chair of the "Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee in 1996" when Freedom to Farm was adopted, announced the introduction of a farm bill proposal that would save "$40 billion in USDA Cuts to Help Meet Federal Deficit Reduction Goals." The bill was co-sponsored by Rep. Marlin Stutzman, also of Indiana. According to a Lugar Press release: "The Rural Economic Farm and Ranch Sustainability and Hunger Act (REFRESH) would reform farm programs, cutting $16 billion, a 24.5 percent reduction. Conservation programs would be updated and streamlined for a savings of $11.3 billion, a 17.6 percent reduction. Nutrition program eligibility loopholes would be closed saving $13.9 billion, only a 2 percent reduction. Roughly two-thirds of the savings would come from farm and conservation programs, and a third from nutrition programs, which represent three-fourths of the USDA budget." In introducing the bill, Lugar said, "This bill provides good farm and nutrition policy and saves $40 billion. Farm Bill politics has long frustrated reform efforts by myself and others. The current urgency to meet our deficit reduction targets gives us the chance to make smart changes. We offer our bill as a thoughtful option for consideration by the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, as well as the Congressional Deficit Reduction 'Super' Committee charged with making real federal spending cuts by the end of the year." Click here for more from Dr. Ray on the Lugar Revenue Insurance Plan | |
More School Land Auctions Today- And Blue and Gold Bits and Pieces ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The
Commissioners of the Land Office annual fall auctions are now underway and
the fourth of the auctions being held this month happens today in
Woodward.. 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. Click
here for the Land Commission website to see the full listing of leases
that are available
One young man that represented Oklahoma well here in Indy this week
already is Stephen Tillinghast- he is the Oklahoma National Officer
Candidate. Stephen will not be in the final consideration for a national
office- as he did not hear his name called to be a par of the second round
of officer interviews that start this morning. We do want to remind you that all of the convention sessions will be available on the internet- Alltech is underwriting that for the FFA organization- click here to jump over to the site where you can see that starting later today- RFD-TV is doing live coverage from some of the sessions as well. | |
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 $12.14
per bushel- as of the close of business yesterday, while the 2012 New Crop
contracts for Canola are now available are $12.08 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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