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Oklahoma's
Latest Farm and Ranch News
Your
Update from Ron Hays of RON
Thursday,
March 7,
2013 |
Howdy
Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
-- AFR/OFU Revises Horse Slaughter
Policy to Include State-Inspected Facilities ( Jump to Story)
-- Sorghum Checkoff Invests $3.4 Million
to Enhance Sorghum's Genetic Potential ( Jump to Story)
-- Angus Revises Approach to
Age-and-Source Verification
-- Wheat Prices Slide Due to Big Indian
Crop, Continuing Precipitation, Kim Anderson Says
( Jump to Story)
-- DuPont Pioneer Research Investment
Yields 132 New Products for 2013 Season ( Jump to Story)
-- Proper Nutrition for Heifers Most
Important as Breeding Season Approaches ( Jump to Story)
-- Strong Lineup of Speakers Set for
First Ever Texoma Cattlemens Conference ( Jump
to
Story)
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Featured Story:
AFR/OFU
Revises Horse Slaughter Policy to Include
State-Inspected
Facilities
American
Farmers & Ranchers/Oklahoma Farmers Union
(AFR/OFU) recently adopted new policy regarding
horse slaughter in Oklahoma. The issue arose after
analysis of House Bill 1999 by Rep. Skye
McNiel.
Existing organization
policy on horse slaughter in Oklahoma was examined
during the organization's 108th annual state
convention Feb. 22-23. After discussion, 850
AFR/OFU member-delegates unanimously adopted a
modified policy on the controversial issue.
AFR/OFU members had previously adopted
policy that supported USDA-inspected facilities,
as most prior debate on the issue had been at the
federal level. Rep. McNiel's 2013 legislative
proposal provides for state-inspected facilities,
which present a broader range of potential options
for farmers, ranchers and business
owners.
Official AFR/OFU policy now states,
"We support the appropriate harvesting of equine
in properly inspected facilities."
"State-inspected horse slaughter is an
all-encompassing solution for the current issue of
unwanted horses in Oklahoma," said AFR President
Terry Detrick. "This bill
benefits our state's rural citizens, business
owners and agriculturalists, and provides for the
humane harvesting of unwanted horses. We commend
Rep. McNiel and our state legislators for
supporting economic development in the state of
Oklahoma."
Click here to read
more.
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Sorghum
Checkoff Invests $3.4 Million to Enhance Sorghum's
Genetic
Potential
The
Sorghum Checkoff board of directors Feb. 26
approved funding of $3.4 million in significant
investments to private and public research to
enhance sorghum's genetic potential.
Grain
attributes, new hybrid development, branding and
better management traits are included among the
major areas of focus these funded projects will
address. The projects approved at the board's
meeting during Commodity Classic last week total
$3.4 million over a five-year time frame. These
projects represent a unique commitment that will
compliment annual efforts made by the Sorghum
Checkoff.
"The United Sorghum Checkoff
Program remains committed to improving sorghum as
a sustainable, profitable and competitive crop,"
said Sorghum Checkoff Chairman Stewart
Weaver, a producer from Edmondson, Ark.
"There is great momentum in the sorghum industry,
and we look forward to announcing more details
about this investment in the coming
weeks."
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Angus
Revises Approach to Age-and-Source
Verification
The
Japanese export market has been topping beef
industry headlines in recent months. The country's
decision to revise import guidelines to include
cattle less than 30 months of age is positive news
for U.S. beef demand, but it also brings about
changes to age-and-source verification
programs.
"There are still benefits
associated with verifying information on your calf
crop," says Ginette Kurtz,
AngusSource quality manager. "In previous years
that focus was age; however, our program must
shift to reflect current market
demands."
To better serve the producers
using registered Angus bulls, AngusSource and
Gateway will take on a new approach to providing
documented age, source and genetic information on
Angus-influenced cattle. The Association is
transitioning the age-and-source programs with the
goal to provide in-house verification standards
for cattle to qualify for AngusSource. While still
continuing to verify the age, source and genetics
with the same confidence the industry has come to
trust and value.
You
can read more by clicking
here.
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Southern
Plains Moisture and Big Wheat Crop in India Add Up
to Lower US Wheat Prices
Wheat
prices have dropped significantly in the past week
and OSU Grain Marketing Specialist Kim
Anderson spoke with SUNUP anchor
Lyndall Stout about the factors
impacting grain prices.
"I think the big
news is the moisture that we've received in the
hard red winter wheat area. Obviously, it's
improved the crop conditions, the wheat conditions
as they come out of dormancy. Also, if you'll look
at India, they're starting their harvest in the
next couple of weeks. Looking at a near-record
crop there. They've already got massive
carryovers. They're moving that out on the export
market. That's going to compete with our export
wheat. And you've got the Soviet Union's prices
coming down and they'll possibly move some wheat.
So, you've got several things going on right now
that's driving the nearby crop prices
down."
Anderson says farmers and traders
are keeping a keen eye on Oklahoma's weather. The
30-day forecast shows temperatures will be about
average. When you look out three or four months,
he says, forecasters are calling for temperatures
slightly higher than normal. He says hot, dry
winds after the wheat has reached the soft dough
stage could reduce production.
You
can read more or listen to Lyndall Stout's full
interview with Kim Anderson by clicking
here.
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DuPont
Pioneer Research Investment Yields 132 New
Products for 2013 Season
DuPont
Pioneer announced final advancements of 132 new
Pioneer brand corn products for 2013, including 36
new genetic platforms. These new products are
available to growers for their 2013
planting.
"Each of these products
exemplifies the 'right product for the right acre'
strategy to help growers across the U.S. address
their local agronomic challenges and continue to
maximize yield in the toughest growing
environments," says Bob Heimbaugh, North American
director of corn product evaluation.
The
expansive Pioneer product lineup includes 57 new
additions to the Optimum AcreMax family of
products - providing an innovative single-bag
integrated refuge. Of these products, 34 new corn
choices - including Optimum AcreMax 1, Optimum
AcreMax Xtra and Optimum AcreMax XTreme products -
feature insect protection from above and below
ground insect pests with the integrated refuge for
Corn Belt acres. Also available are 23 new Optimum
AcreMax products with dual mode-of-action for
above ground insect protection with a 95/5 percent
integrated blend which satisfies refuge
requirements in the Corn Belt.
You
can read more of this story on our webpage by clicking
here.
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Proper
Nutrition for Heifers Most Important as Breeding
Season Approaches
Glenn
Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus
Extension Animal Scientist, writes in the latest
Cow-Calf Newsletter:
As we get closer
to April and the breeding season for replacement
heifers that are destined for a spring calving
herd, proper nutritional management is more
important than ever. In a "normal" year, (with
fall rains and winter snows) cattle have been
removed from wheat pasture at this time to
maintain optimum grain yield. In most cases this
winter the heifers have been fed supplement and
hay. They will be turned in with the bulls or put
on a synchronization program to be bred in April.
In some cases this means that the heifers must be
moved from one location to another that is closer
to working facilities. The trick, of course, is to
not let those heifers go on a steep downslide in
body condition as we approach the breeding season.
Research has shown that if heifers (near the time
of reaching puberty) undergo a severe reduction in
dietary intake of protein and especially energy,
breeding success may be disappointing.
Oklahoma State University researchers have
studied the impact of short term energy
restriction on ovulation rates of cycling
replacement heifers. In this study, restricting
nutrient intake for 14 days prevented ovulation in
a large percentage of beef heifers without
altering visible body condition. Heifers should be
managed to avoid short-term nutrient restriction
to maintain normal estrous cycles.
Click here to read more from
Glenn
Selk.
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Strong
Lineup of Speakers Set for First Ever Texoma
Cattlemens Conference
In
an effort to answer some of the biggest questions
that cattle producers are facing today in the
southern plains, the Noble
Foundation is bringing together a world
class group of speakers that will make up their
inaugural 2013 Texoma Cattlemen's
Conference, Thursday, March 14, at the
Ardmore Convention Center. This year's theme is
Focus on Efficiency, with topics ranging from the
changing climate and regional weather forecasts to
managing the beef herd and streamlining ranch
operations to enhance efficiencies. The Noble
Foundation has invited national and regional
experts to this year's conference to speak on
these subjects and more.
The
lineup of topics to be covered ranges from weather
and the climate, dealing with recovering range and
pasture after the drought, cutting edge technology
for cattle producers, efficient and effective best
management practices for today's producer and an
economic perspective for today's beef cattle
business.
To
learn more about the speaker lineup- and for a
link over to the agenda and registration- click here.
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