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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.
We have a
new market feature on a daily basis- each afternoon we
are posting a recap of that day's markets as analyzed by
Justin Lewis of KIS futures- click
here for the report posted yesterday afternoon
around 3:30 PM.
Okla
Cash Grain:
Daily
Oklahoma Cash Grain Prices- as reported
by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture.
Canola
Prices:
Cash price for canola was
$9.01 per bushel- based on delivery to the Northern AG
elevator in Yukon yesterday. The full listing of cash
canola bids at country points in Oklahoma can now be
found in the daily Oklahoma Cash Grain report- linked
above.
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.
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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Tuesday, October 29,
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Howdy
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Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
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Featured
Story:
Greetings
from the 2013 National FFA Convention and Expo-
It's a REALLY Big Show!
It's a
return this week to Louisville, Kentucky for the
National FFA- after a multi-year run in downtown
Indianapolis. The meeting has grown since
the last time it was in Louisville- as they are
expecting more than 56,000 members, advisors and
guests during the four day convention between now
and Saturday afternoon.
The
impact on the Louisville area is immense- this
event will have a forty million dollar impact on
the local economy- their second largest single
convention has an impact of $14 million. FFA
members that stay close to the convention
epicenter are fortunate- there will be some
staying out sixty miles from the State Fairgrounds
as well as from the various downtown venues.
Oklahoma
will be well represented at the meeting- over a
thousand FFA members from the state will be here
to compete, be honored or simply take in the
sights of thousands of Blue and God jackets from
every state in the union.
One
Oklahoma FFA member that is already competing is
immediate past President of the
organization- Brandon
Baumgarten. Brandon has been
involved in the National FFA Officer interview
process since Sunday- and we will know if Brandon
has a shot at being a national officer or not when
the number of candidates is cut in half
tonight. Click here for our earlier interview
with Brandon about his FFA journey from his
Greenhand beginnings to his efforts here in
Louisville.
Also-
we invite you to check out our Blue-Green Gazette
section of our website- click here to do so- we have
stories this morning about the National Chapter
recognition and a look at who's got talent- all of
our coverage here in the email, on the web and on
radio is courtesy of the Oklahoma FFA Alumni
Association and the Oklahoma FFA Association- click here for the state FFA website
to learn more about one of the leading state
FFA Associations in the nation-
Oklahoma!
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NACD
Outlines Farm Bill
Priorities
National
Association of Conservation Districts (NACD)
President Earl Garber sent a
letter to Farm Bill Conferees outlining the
association's priorities for the Farm Bill.
"Our nation's farmers and landowners
deserve to have long-term certainty to effectively
and efficiently manage their land, resources and
businesses for the years ahead," stated Garber.
"Locally-led conservation is critical for
America's long-term environmental and economic
stability. Not only do Farm Bill conservation
programs play a key role in supporting clean air,
clean water and productive soils, they also help
producers avoid unnecessary regulation and promote
our nation's long-term economic and food
security."
NACD strongly supports the
passage of a five-year Farm Bill. Among
their key priorities:
-- Senate budget for
Title II. These cuts are fair and justifiable, and
we are doing our part to contribute to our
nation's deficit reduction. Cuts beyond the Senate
version will hurt the very viability of the
programs in the Title.
-- Tying
conservation compliance to crop insurance (while
opposing AGI limitations or premium assistance
reductions to crop insurance) as part of our broad
coalition agreement.
You can read more of
NACD's priorities and find a link to their full
letter by clicking
here.
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Winter
Wheat, Canola Planting Nearly Complete; Crops in
Mostly Good Condition Across Oklahoma, Kansas,
Texas
Wheat
planting in Oklahoma was reported at 90 percent
complete in the latest USDA Crop Progress and
Condition report. Seventy-three percent was
reported to have emerged by Sunday. Planting
of winter canola was listed as nearly complete
with 91 percent emerged by week's end, five points
ahead of last year. Both winter crops were
rated in mostly good condition. (Click here for the full Oklahoma
report.)
In
Kansas, the winter wheat crop was 94 percent
planted, slightly ahead of the five-year-average
of 90 percent. Seventy-four percent of the
crop had emerged, and 59 percent was rated in good
to excellent condition. Corn harvest by the
end of the week was 81 percent complete, but near
the five-year average of 78 percent. (You
can read the full Kansas report by clicking here.)
Wheat
fields were reported in good condition across
Texas, with small grain seeding slowed somewhat by
rains in the Blacklands and East Texas.
Seventy-five percent of the state's wheat crop was
planted by the end of last week, up from 69
percent the week before and nearly on par with the
state's five-year average of 78 percent.
Forty-five percent of the crop was listed in good
to excellent condition. (The Texas report is
available by clicking here.)
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Corn
Harvest Proceeds; Growers Producing Excellent
Crop
In
its weekly report on crop progress, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture reported that the corn
harvest is only three percentage points under the
five-year average and the crop condition is
improving, with nearly two-thirds in good or
excellent condition.
"Corn growers are on
pace to bring in an excellent crop this fall,
despite many challenges earlier in the season,"
said NCGA President Martin
Barbre, a corn farmers in southern
Illinois. "We're excited about the prospect of
rebuilding the supply after 2012, but at the same
time we know that lower prices will put the
squeeze on farmers who have had to deal with
increased costs in raising their
crop."
According to the USDA report, 59
percent of the crop has been harvested in the top
corn states. The five-year average is 62 percent,
and at this time last year, harvest was nearly
complete, at 91 percent. Crop condition was
reported at 62 percent good or excellent, 25
percent fair, and 13 percent poor or very
poor.
Click here for more of this story
and for a link to the latest USDA Crop Progress
report.
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Replacement
Heifer Demand Impacting the Feeder Heifer
Market
Derrell
S. Peel, Oklahoma State University
Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, writes
in the latest Cow-Calf
Newsletter:
There are indications that
heifer retention is increasing this fall, although
definitive data are not yet available. The delayed
October Cattle on Feed report, due out October 31,
is expected to show a deeper decrease in heifers
on feed. Heifers on feed dropped sharply in the
last half of 2012 then increased relatively in the
first half of 2013. By July of this year, heifers
on feed were still down year over year, but down
only 3.5 percent compared to a 9.5 percent
decrease on January 1, 2013. It appeared that more
heifers entered feedlots in the first half of the
year. This is further indicated by the fact that
heifer slaughter has been higher by 2.7 percent
since July after being down 3.7 percent, year over
year, in the first half of the year. This bulge in
heifer slaughter should be nearly finished and
decreasing heifer slaughter is expected for the
remainder of the year.
Meanwhile, auction
market reports indicate that replacement heifer
demand is picking up. A partial check of auction
reports from around the country for the last week
indicates at least ten markets where replacement
heifers are noted in the feeder heifer auction
summaries. The majority of these reports are in
Nebraska and South Dakota but also in several
other states as well. Heifers denoted as
replacements are bringing significantly higher
prices than uncommented feeder heifers of the same
weight and class.
Click here for more.
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Oklahoma
Farm Bureau Disappointed with Water Resources
Board Ruling
Oklahoma
Farm Bureau commented today that private property
rights of landowners in five southern counties
were restricted last Wednesday when seven of nine
members on the Oklahoma Water Resources Board
voted to reduce the maximum annual yield for
landowners overlying the Arbuckle Simpson Aquifer
from two acre feet of water per year to 0.2 acre
feet per year.
"When a landowner purchases
property he's virtually purchasing a bundle of
sticks or a bundle of private property rights,"
said LeeAnna Covington, director
of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Legal Foundation.
"Each time a decision of this magnitude is made,
it removes a stick from the originally purchased
bundle."
After several years of litigation
concerning water usage in the Arbuckle Simpson
Aquifer, landowners in the area are still unsure
how the .2 acre feet measurement was determined.
You can read more of this story by clicking here.
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Ready
for Wednesday- Lucas Just Wants to Get Ag Policy
Right
on
Wednesday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman
Frank Lucas will chair the first
meeting of the farm bill conference committee.
Committee members have the difficult task of
reconciling a House bill that cuts 39-billion
dollars from food stamps over the next 10 years
and 60-billion dollars overall - with a Senate
bill that cuts 4.5-billion dollars from food
stamps and 24.5-billion dollars overall.
Lucas
does have a proposal for cutting food stamps that
he insists can be made without keeping anyone who
really needs assistance from receiving it. Mainly
by eliminating what is called categorical
qualification from the program - his proposal
would cut about 20-billion dollars from food
stamps.
Lucas
also favors continuing the move away from direct
cash payments to producers in favor of federally
subsidized crop and livestock insurance. No matter
what anyone else might say - Lucas says ag support
is necessary to assure reasonably priced food
supplies and he understands what happens if
Congress gets the policy wrong. He points to the
Depression of the 20s and 30s and what he
describes as an ag and energy depression that
occurred in the 80s.
Lucas
says he's going to try to make sure Congress
doesn't make the policy mistakes of the 70s and
80s or 20s and 30s.
The
Tulsa World's Randy Krehbiel has
an interesting feature on Frank Lucas and his Farm
Bill efforts. The writer says that the farm
bill is the culmination of Lucas' nearly 20 years
in Congress, and in some ways his entire life's
experience. Click here to read the full
article.
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