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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.
Let's Check the
Markets!
Today's
First Look:
Ron
on RON Markets as heard on K101
mornings
with cash and futures reviewed- includes where the Cash
Cattle market stands, the latest Feeder Cattle Markets
Etc.
Okla
Cash Grain:
Daily
Oklahoma Cash Grain Prices- as
reported by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture.
Canola
Prices:
Current
cash price for Canola is $11.82 per bushel-
2012
New Crop contracts for Canola are now available at
$11.98 per bushel- delivered to local
participating elevators that are working with PCOM.
Futures
Wrap:
Our
Daily Market Wrapup from the Radio
Oklahoma Network with Ed Richards and Tom Leffler-
analyzing the Futures Markets from the previous Day.
KCBT
Recap:
Previous Day's Wheat Market
Recap-Two Pager from the Kansas City Board of Trade
looks at all three U.S. Wheat Futures Exchanges with
extra info on Hard Red Winter Wheat and the why of that
day's market.
Feeder
Cattle Recap:
The
National Daily Feeder & Stocker
Cattle Summary- as prepared by USDA.
Slaughter
Cattle Recap:
The
National Daily Slaughter Cattle
Summary- as prepared by the USDA.
TCFA
Feedlot Recap:
Finally,
here is the Daily Volume and Price Summary from
the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.
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Oklahoma's
Latest Farm and Ranch News
Your
Update from Ron Hays of RON
Monday,
October 31, 2011
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Howdy
Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
-- Welcome
to a brand new look for your daily farm and ranch
news
update!
--An
Orange Letter Day Last Friday at OSU for Three
Alumnus of OSU Honored by the
University
-- New Battleground State for Ag
Interests Vs HSUS- North Dakota?
-- Offer
Vision for Farm Programs and Policy
-- OSU Researcher Looking for Ethanol From
Eastern Redcedar Trees
-- Monsanto Helping Oklahoma Farmers Grow
Their Rural Communities
-- Oklahoma's 30 Day Weather Outlooks Shows
Relief of Drought Conditions
-- 2012 Farm Bill Ideas- AND Coverage
today from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association
Convention in
Amarillo!
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Featured Story:
Welcome
to a brand new look for your daily farm and ranch
news update!
A
little over five years ago, I began putting
together some of the top stories of that day- and
sending them to a small list of farmer and rancher
friends each weekday morning. The feedback I
got from those folks was very positive- so much so
that the daily farm and ranch news concept
was born- and has become a staple of what we do
each day as a part of our plan to touch as many
folks in agriculture as we can with the power of
information. Since 2006- we have posted more
than 1,200 of these daily emails- almost all of
them have looked very much the same- until this
morning.
Today-
with some help from the designers at Constant
Contact and our Ag New Media Director here at the
Radio Oklahoma Network- Karolyn
Bolay- we take the wraps off of what we
hope is a more readable and usable email that will
continue to land in your electronic mail box each
morning.
Let
me point out a few features of our new look-
first, a lot of things remain the
same- we have at the top of the email-
the headlines of the stories we have for you that
day. You can still take a quick look at
those headlines and decide if there is something
you want to check out further. Our stories
will be the same as they have in the past-
complete with links for more information back on
our website or other spots on the
internet.
You
may have some blank spots where graphics should
be- and if you right click over those
blank areas- it should give you the option of
loading pictures- accept that option and you will
get the full effect of all the features our emails
will offer!
What
is different is that we now have a left
hand column. In that left hand
column- you will see the logos of our
sponsors- you can click on any of those
logos to learn more about the folks who keep this
coming your way on a daily basis- I think the
lineup of sponsors that support us is even more
impressive when you see the logos in that column
compared to just reading the names and a bit of
information we have given you about them.
You
will also see links to join the mailing list (if
you have this email forwarded to you for example)
as well as links to our Twitter account, Facebook
page, YouTube Channel and Flickr Sets of
pictures. We have some of our key
"links" that go back to our website- www.OklahomaFarmreport.Com - and
then we have the Daily Markets. This is the
information that has always been at the bottom of
the email in the past. NOW- it's on the left
hand side and I think easier to locate and click
onto then ever before!
We
appreciate your patronage down through the years-
and I hope that this new look will help our daily
information more valuable to you than ever
before. If you have comments about what we
do- about this new look or about our content-
please email me and let me hear from you- just click here and drop
me a note- I am always happy to hear from you.
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Sponsor
Spotlight
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.
It
is also great to have as an annual sponsor on our
daily email Johnston Enterprises- proud to
be serving agriculture across Oklahoma and around
the world since 1893. One of the great success
stories of the Johnston brand is Wrangler
Bermudagrass- the most widely planted true
cold-tolerant seeded forage bermudagrass in the
United States. For more on Johnston Enterprises-
click here for their
brand new
website! |
An
Orange Letter Day Last Friday at OSU for Three Ag
Alumnus Honored by Oklahoma State
We
were pleased to be there on Friday in Stillwater
to help salute and honor three great Oklahoma ag
leaders who are all graduates of Oklahoma State
University's College of Agriculture. Terry Forst,
out of the Animal Science Department, Don Schieber
out of Plant and Soil Science and Scott Dewald out
of Ag Communications were spotlighted for their
impact on agriculture by Dean of Agriculture
Robert Whitson and his team within the Division of
Agriculture in Stillwater.
We
have a couple of stories on our website where you
can read more about these high achievers- and you
can click on the Flickr button in the LEFT HAND
Column of today's email to go and find the set of
pictures that we snapped on Friday at the three
receptions. Click here for our story that
features a quick conversation with OSU Dean Robert
Whitson- as we talked about all three Alums
that were recognized by the University.
And-
click here for our story that
spotlights the two honorees that have been big
contributors to the well being of the Oklahoma
Beef Cattle Industry- Scott Dewald and Terry
Forst. This webstory features an audio
Q&A with Dewald about the award and his time
on campus as an Ag Communications major- PLUS the
end of the interview includes his take on how the
cattle industry stands as we head for winter after
this exceptional drought we have been dealing with
most of 2011. |
New
Battleground State for Ag Vs HSUS- North Dakota?
The
North Dakota Farm Bureau is planning on getting a
vote on next year's general election ballot that
would put into their constitution the right for
farmers and ranchers to use modern production
practices- without being dictated to by out of
state activists.
The proposal would add to the
state constitution: "The right of farmers and
ranchers to engage in modern farming and ranching
practices shall be forever guaranteed in this
state. No law shall be enacted which abridges the
right of farmers and ranchers to employ
agricultural technology, modern livestock
production and ranching practices."
We have an AP article on this
effort up in North Dakota- Click here to jump over to read
more about the efforts by farmers in that
state- and some of the early reaction from the
HSUS folks. |
Farmers Offer Vision for Farm Programs
and Policy
In
a letter to Roll Call published this past week,
the National Corn Growers Association, American
Farmland Trust and the National Farmers Union
explain why maintaining a strong safety net for
growers remains important even as farm programs
face reform.
The
authors note that, while farmers support reform
that will help our nation during these difficult
economic circumstances, government support of a
farm safety net is necessary if American
agriculture is to remain robust.
"Failure
to adequately assist farmers and ranchers in
managing risks they have no other option to
protect themselves from will, at best, invite
dramatic consolidation of farms and, at worst,
make American citizens dependent upon foreign
countries for food just as we depend on others for
oil," the joint letter
notes.
Click here for the link to a copy
of the letter.
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OSU
Researcher Looking for Ethanol From Eastern
Redcedar Trees
The
nuisance of Eastern redcedar trees has been well
documented in Oklahoma and surrounding states
during the past several years. They are a fire
danger, an over-powering competitor for water
among surrounding plants and are incredibly
invasive.
However,
researchers at Oklahoma State University are
looking for a way to use this tree, which caused
an estimated economic loss of $447 million to
Oklahoma landowners nearly 10 years ago, as a
natural resource. This pesky species has done
nothing but grow and expand its coverage of land
over that time, so losses are much higher
now.
One
of those researchers is Mark Wilkins, assistant
professor in the department of biosystems and
agricultural engineering, who is working on a
project to make ethanol from the cedar
trees.
Click here for more on this
reseach on Eastern redcedar trees.
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Monsanto
Helping Oklahoma Farmers Grow Their Rural
Communities
Monsanto
is working with local farmers across the country
to help give back to rural America. The "America's
Farmers Grow Communities" campaign is kicking off
to help farmers give back to non-profit
organizations in their local communities. Counties
across the country that have more than 30,000
acres of corn, cotton, soy and/or vegetables are
eligible to participate in the
campaign.
The
following counties are eligible counties in
Oklahoma to participate: Garfield, Grant, Jackson,
Kay, Leflore, Noble, Ottawa, Texas, Tillman and
Wagoner. Farmers in these counties have until
November 30 to enter to win $2,500 which will be
donated back to the non-profit organization in
their local community of their
choice.
Linda
Arnold, Monsanto Company Community Outreach Lead,
says the Monsanto Company has historically given
back to the communities where their employees
lived and worked but decided to expand this across
the U.S. after it was suggested by the farmers
themselves.
Click here to listen to our
conversation with Linda Arnold and for the link to
register for this campaign online.
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Oklahoma's
30 Day Weather Outlooks Shows Relief of Drought
Conditions
October
saw drought impacts improve with substantially
above normal rain amounts along the I-35 corridor
from the Red River to the Kansas border. Along
that path, Oklahoma Mesonet stations reported 4-7
inches of rain with widespread totals of 3-4
inches radiating outward. The heaviest rains fell
from Jefferson through eastern Kingfisher and
western Logan counties. Some parts of the state
were still significantly below normal after
missing a couple of the month's rain chances.
The
Oklahoma Panhandle had less than an inch for the
month, in general, but did see its first light
dusting of snow during the last week of October.
With the "haves" and "have nots" figured in, the
statewide average rainfall total through October
27 was 2.75 inches, or about a quarter inch below
normal. For much of western Oklahoma, totals were
1-4 inches above normal and for much of eastern
Oklahoma and the Panhandle, totals were near
normal to 4 inches below normal.
Combined
with September, the fall season remained dry
overall with an average rainfall total of 4.4
inches, more than 2 inches below normal. The
driest area of the state for this period was the
eastern half with deficits of 4-8
inches.
Click here to see the rest of the
30 day weather
outlook. |
2012 Farm Bill Ideas-
AND Coverage from Texas Cattle Feeders Convention
in Amarillo
Dr.
Keith Good is the editor of an online
newsletter called FarmPolicy.Com and he has
compiled a fairly complete rundown of current farm
bill proposals and recommendations that have
sprung up from farm groups, consumer advocacy
groups, lawmakers and even the Obama
Administration. As we approach the final
decisions being cobbled together by the staff and
the Leadership of the House and Senate Ag
Committees that will likely be forwarded to the
Super Committee this week- we thought you might
want to browse through some of the ideas that are
out there on this hurried up version of the 2012
Farm Bill Process- click here for Keith's List of
Farm Bill Ideas.
We
are in Amarillo this Monday morning-
ready to cover the day's activities at the
2011 Texas Cattle Feeders Association
Convention- they have a great program lined up for
today and tomorrow- including a farm policy
session planned for this morning featuring House
Ag Committee Chairman Frank
Lucas of Oklahoma and top Republican
on the Senate Ag Committee, Pat
Roberts of Kansas- Also on their
program are NCBA President Bill
Donald and CBB Chairman Wesley
Grau- We will be TWEETING from the
event this morning and we invite you to check
out our tweets- either on the right hand side of
our webpage- or by clicking here or on the Twitter
symbol up on the left hand column of today's
email! Our Tweets are like a mini blog of what
is happening from an event- hope you
will enjoy our "play by play" this morning
live and direct from the
TCFA.
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