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weekdays- if you missed this morning's Farm News - or
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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 $11.49 per bushel-
2012
New Crop contracts for Canola are now available at
$11.69 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
Wednesday,
November 2, 2011
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Howdy
Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update. Click on the Headline to jump to the
story within the email!
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Featured Story:
Feedlots
Face Prospect of More Pen Space Than Calves to
Place Into Them- Ross Wilson of TCFA
Where
are the cattle going to come from that will be
going into southern plains feedlots over the next
couple of years? That's a challenging question for
the beef cattle industry in Texas, Oklahoma, New
Mexico and into southwestern Kansas- and we
discussed that question and more with the
President of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association,
Ross Wilson. Wilson and his feedlot members
gathered this week for the 2011 Texas Cattle
Feeders Association in Amarillo. TCFA represents
feedlots in Texas, New Mexico and
Oklahoma.
Wilson
is our guest over the next few days on the Beef
Buzz- and he tells us in this part one of our
conversation that while feedlot profitability has
not been too bad in 2011- all eyes in this part of
the beef cattle business are focused longer term
into 2012 and 2013- concerned about the drought
and impact on the number of calves we will have
here in the southern plains the next couple of
years.
Click here for our midweek Beef Buzz
with this first segment of our conversation with
Ross Wilson- who believes the feedlot business
is tough enough to handle the challenges ahead-
but that to get to the other side of what is
almost certain to be a major supply problem- this
part of the beef cattle industry will have to be
very creative.
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Oklahoma
Farm Service Agency Announces 2012 DCP & ACRE
Signup Period
Francie
Tolle, executive director for Oklahoma Farm
Service Agency (FSA), announced that FSA County
Offices will begin enrollment for the 2012 Direct
and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) and the 2012
Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE)
Program on January 23, 2012.
Signup
for DCP and ACRE will continue through June 1,
2012. The DCP and ACRE programs do not provide for
an advance direct payment for the 2012 crop year.
Final payments will be issued after October 1,
2012.
The
Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program (DCP) provides
producers an income safety net in the form of
annual direct payments and counter-cyclical
payments when commodity prices fall below certain
levels.
Click here for more information on
the FSA DCP and ACRE
signups.
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U.N.
Population Report Emphasizes Need for Locally-Led
Conservation
The
United Nations' prediction that the world
population will soar to seven billion people this
week emphasizes the importance of locally-led
conservation.
"The
U.N.'s report underscores the critical need to
preserve and protect our natural-resource base for
today and for future generations," NACD President
Gene Schmidt said. "Healthy land and healthy water
are the foundation of a safe and secure food
supply."
America's
network of 3,000 conservation districts across the
country are working on the ground each and every
day with local farmers, ranchers and landowners to
protect our soil, water and air for future
generations.
Click here for more on this U.N.
Population Report.
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New
Online Lesser Prairie-Chicken Habitat Mapping Tool
Available
A
new online regional mapping tool - the Five-State Southern Great Plains
Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool (CHAT)
- will help protect the Lesser Prairie-Chicken
(LEPC), a candidate for federal protection, while
allowing energy projects to still be developed in
the Southern Great Plains. The collaborative
effort to develop this spatial planning tool,
funded through a Western Governors' Association
(WGA) grant, was led by the Oklahoma Department of
Wildlife Conservation and the Kansas Department of
Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.
The
tool will inform the pre-planning of large-scale
energy, transportation, and land-use projects in
sensitive LEPC habitat and also help state and
federal agencies and other organizations target
LEPC research and conservation
programs.
"The
PLJV partnership was instrumental in developing
this important tool for LEPC conservation," says
Richard Hatcher, Director of Oklahoma Department
of Wildlife Conservation.
Click here for more information on
this regional mapping
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Feedlots
Tours Used to Help Build Beef
Demand
David
Trowbridge with Gregory Feedlots, Inc. in Tabor,
Iowa, is taking a different approach to educating
chefs and others about the process cattle
typically go through in a feedlot. When people
visit the Trowbridge's feedlot, they receive a
workbook and a virtual calf before they begin the
journey.
Trowbridge
says they show the participants the basics of
genetics, management, diseases and how these can
affect the performance and profitability of the
cattle. Even though the participants see the final
value of the cattle in dollars, Trowbridge hopes
they will also see how cattle are treated in the
feedlots.
Participants
learn about the humane treatment of the animals
and how each animal is treated individually.
Trowbridge says overall, through this program,
they hope to help build the demand for
beef.
Click here to watch the Angus VNR
video with David Trowbridge.
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CropLife
America to Release New Report on Socio-Economic
Impact of Crop Protection
CropLife
America (CLA), the nation's leading organization
for the crop protection industry, will release the
results of a new report detailing the
socio-economic impact and spinoff effects of crop
protection products in U.S. agriculture.
Conducted
by economist Mark Goodwin (Mark Goodwin Consulting
Ltd.), the report finds that improved crop
production, due in part to the use of plant
science technologies, has led to the creation of
1.05 million jobs and a payroll of $33.9 billion
for U.S. workers.
The
report includes a state-by-state breakdown of the
economic value added through modern agriculture,
including jobs, wages and crop
output.
Click here for more information on
this report by CropLife
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Busy
Balance of the Week- Oklahoma Ag Expo, OCA
Quarterly Board Meeting and Totusek Lecture
Series- And the 2011 Rural Economic Outlook
Seminar
Today
and tomorrow, the Oklahoma Ag Expo is happening at
the renamed Clarion Hotel on I-40 and Meridian in
Oklahoma City- now it's called the Magnuson Hotel.
Same location and same facilities- new name. This
gathering of Agri-Business folks will look at agri
chemical rules and regs, new ag chemical products
and a variety of other subjects. Click here for their schedule for the
next couple of days- lots of folks involved in
crop agriculture are always a part of this
meeting.
This
Friday- the quarterly Board of Directors of the
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association will be gathering
at the Animal Science Arena in Stillwater- also
meeting will be the Oklahoma Cattlewomen.
This fall board meeting has been held in El Reno
at OKC West in recent years in conjunction with a
fall cattle sale- canceled this year because of
the drought.
They
are meeting in Stillwater to be on hand for the
2011 Totusek Lecture Series event at midday
Friday- as Dave Delaney of the King Ranch will be
offering his insights on this legendary Texas
ranch and where the cattle business may be headed
the next few years.
Also
on Friday- OSU is also hosting the annual Rural
Economic Outlook Conference- it's at the Conoco
Phillips Alumni Center on Campus in Stillwater-
featured speakers will include Dr. David Kohl of
Virginia Tech, House Ag Committee Chief Economist
Bart Fischer and several folks from the OSU Ag
Economics Department. Click here for the brochure that
tells more about this all day event.
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