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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest
farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron
Hays of RON for Thursday September 8, 2011 A
service of Producers Cooperative Oil Mill, Midwest Farm Shows and KIS
Futures!
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-- Updated with Correct Final Planting Dates - OSU's Dr. Kim Anderson
says Producers Need to Document Everything
-- Lesser Prairie Chicken on the Endangered Species Menu Could Result
in Upset Stomach Feelings in Oklahoma Economy
-- Oklahoma Pork Council Helps Donate Over 7,000 Pounds of Sausage to
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
-- American Farmers and Ranchers Announces Opposition to Castor Bean
Production
-- Branded Beef Programs Changing the Industry Business
-- Septemberfest to Feature Oklahoma Farming Heritage
-- Tweeting with the Senator- and Other Tidbits for a Thursday
-- 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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Updated with Correct Final Planting Dates - OSU's Dr. Kim Anderson says Producers Need to Document Everything ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a story
sent out yesterday in this email- Dr. Kim Anderson spoke of the final date
that you could plant wheat in the state of Oklahoma and stay within the
Crop insurance full coverage window as being November first. There are
actually three final planting dates for the state- October 31st for the
two westernmost counties in the Panhandle (Texas and Cimarron), November
15 for ten northwestern Oklahoma Counties and the balance of the state has
a final planting date of November 30. All 77 counties have a signup
deadline for Crop Insurance of September 30.We have a map that shows the insurance signup deadline, planting deadline and acreage reporting deadline for the entire region- it's found in the story link below. There is also a small window of late planting period where a producer can still plant wheat, and get a reduction in their guarantee. In every case- be sure and communicate with your Crop Insurance agent to verify dates and other requirements for valid coverage- as Dr. Anderson told us, it's important that you are very careful in documenting every move you make with this crop because there is a higher probability than normal that you could be looking for a crop insurance settlement and/or government disaster assistance- IF ANY is available for the 2012 crop year. According to Danny Geis with the High Plains Crop Insurance group, "crop insurance agents are waiting on ruling from RMA about the canola planting. If dry conditions persist, and a producer plants canola, and it does not come up by the middle of October, producer may be able to go in and then plant wheat on that same acreage, as a second crop. Still waiting on ruling." | |
Lesser Prairie Chicken on the Endangered Species Menu Could Result in Upset Stomach Feelings in Oklahoma Economy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first of
two Oklahoma forums featuring the Director of the US Fish and Wildlife
Service was held in Woodward Wednesday evening, as Dan Ashe came at the
invitation of Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe to discuss the possible
endangerment listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken in the southern Great
Plains. Ashe heard from state officials, utilities and other wind farm
interests, oil and gas companies and farmers and ranchers- all raising
concerns about the devastating impact that such a listing could
bring.Ashe will hear similar stories in Edmond THIS morning as he appears at the University of Central Oklahoma in a second forum on the same subject. Several key themes emerged as the meeting unfolded on Wednesday night-
including: The State of Oklahoma has a plan- and is asking the Feds for two years
to give it a chance to work as efforts being made to get the tempermental
little bird to multiply. In response, Ashe called the Oklahoma proposal a
"good faith effort" but added that once the process gets underway- he has
to follow a timeline that is mandated within the law or he and the FWS
could face court action by environmental activists. Click here for more on the Lesser Prairie Chicken Forum held Wednesday evening in Woodward | |
Oklahoma Pork Council Helps Donate Over 7,000 Pounds of Sausage to Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to the
Oklahoma Pork Council, Seaboard Foods and M2P2 Pork, $750 and more than
7,000 pounds of sausage, pork tenderloin, turkey breast and bacon were
donated to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. Blue and Gold Sausage
Company of Jones, Okla., agreed to process all of the pork into the
sausage to be donated at no charge. This donation will provide more than 38,000 meals to hungry families, seniors and children in central and western Oklahoma. "I anticipate that this donation is the beginning of a long-standing
partnership with the Regional Food Bank," said Roy Lee Lindsey, Jr.,
Oklahoma Pork Council executive director. "In this tough economic time,
the work the Food Bank does is increasingly important and the pork
industry is pleased to support them in this way." "In a state where agriculture is a major economic driver it is sad that
600,000 Oklahomans are at risk of going hungry each day," said Bill
Barnes, OPC president and pork producer from Hennessey, Okla. "We take our
job of feeding the world seriously and it has to start by helping those
here at home. Giving the product we work so hard to produce is one example
of how we are committed to helping fellow Oklahomans." Click here for more on this donation to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma | |
American Farmers and Ranchers Announces Opposition to Castor Bean Production ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In response to
recent discussions regarding castor bean production, American Farmers
& Ranchers announced its official opposition to the commercial
production of castor beans in Oklahoma.
Castor beans contain the toxin ricin, which is fatal if consumed, inhaled or injected. Ricin has been used as a weapon worldwide since the 1940s. The terrorist group Al Qaeda has been reported to be seeking castor beans because of their ricin content. If found in wheat, soybeans or other food grains, as little as two castor beans in a 2.2 pound sample would cause the entire field, truck or elevator to be condemned, as well as create a negative perception of all grains in the region. Due to the extremely dangerous nature of castor beans and the disastrous effects commercial production could have on the state's grain, livestock and wildlife sectors, American Farmers & Ranchers will seek strict legislation prohibiting castor bean production in Oklahoma. | |
Branded Beef Programs Changing the Industry Business ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma
seedstock producer(and Class One Alum of OALP!), John Pfieffer, talks
about the impact that branded beef programs have had on his business and
the beef industry as a whole in a recent video released by Certified Angus
Beef and the American Angus Association. Pfieffer says his breeding
program is built around all of his customers, from commercial cow-calf
producers to consumers.
Pfieffer says that in his breeding program, the end product traits they are looking for are carcasses that will be around 700 to 900 pounds, will have a yield grade of 1 or 2, and will have a high grade of marbling, which will allow the carcass to be either high choice or move into the prime grade. Pfieffer says this is so that they will hit a higher quality market. As the CAB program has grown and people are beginning to see the demand for the CAB product, Pfieffer says producers have become a lot more concerned with buying cattle that would grade higher and produce a more desirable carcass. Click on the LINK below to watch the rest of John Pfieffer's interview. Click here to watch the latest CAB video with Oklahoma producer John Pfieffer | |
Septemberfest to Feature Oklahoma Farming Heritage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you ever
milked a cow or made your own butter? Can you rope a steer or spin wool?
Chances are most Oklahomans don't have a clue how to perform these skills
that were part of daily life on the farm a century ago. This Saturday,
Sept. 10, you'll have a chance to try out all of the fun of farming
without getting stuck doing chores. Septemberfest is the annual celebration that invites everyone in the state to come to the Oklahoma Governor's Mansion, 820 NE 23rd St. in Oklahoma City, for a day of fun and discovery. The free family event is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Arts and crafts, health and safety and cultural performances await visitors to booths and stages on the lawn of the Governor's Mansion. Entertainment will be provided throughout the day on the stage in front of the mansion, and you just might get to meet Governor Fallin. By far the largest area is the Agricultural Venue. Two dozen vendors will make farming fun with a petting zoo, Clydesdale horses, a hay maze and a giant combine. Take a ride around the grounds on a trained ox or climb into an open carriage pulled by horses. For faster transportation, find a seat in the tractor-pulled barrel train operated by Orr Family Farm. See the action in a demonstration beehive, make watermelon salsa, rope a dummy steer, and plant a garden or a tree. Click here for more information on the upcoming annual Septemberfest | |
Tweeting with the Senator- and Other Tidbits for a Thursday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We got a
"shout out" from Senator Jim Inhofe via his staff at the Woodward meeting
last night about the Lesser Prairie Chicken. Toward the end of the Forum,
it was mentioned again that Senator Inhofe, who arranged to have US Fish
and Wildlife Director Dan Ashe come to Oklahoma for these encounters with
folks that would be affected by a listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken,
was sorry that he could not be at the meeting and that they had received a
couple of emails from the Senator in Washington during the meeting- and
that he was following our play by play of the action on Twitter. Always
nice to have a US Senator following your tweets!
Next Monday- USDA will be issuing their latest Crop Production forecasts for spring planted crops- as well as their monthly supply demand data- most experts believe the US corn and soybean crops are getting smaller- and we will see if USDA agrees Monday morning. Several forecasts for the US corn crop now stand at 12.2 to 12.4 billion bushels- well under the more than 13 billion bushels that was being discussed at the start of the crop year. Supplies of the feed grain will be tight enough that some price rationing will be part of the reality that the livestock industry and others that use corn face in the coming year. Finally, as we write this- the National Drought Monitor is about ready to be seen for this week- it's available after 7 AM central time on Thursdays. Last week, just over 69% of Oklahoma was at the worst drought level of D4 or exceptional drought. It seems to me that we could easily see that number edge over into the 70% level this morning. Click here to go and see what the numbers actually are as they are released from the weather wizards. | |
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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 $13.28
per bushel, while the 2012 New Crop contracts for Canola are now available
are $13.22 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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