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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- and Jim Apel reports
on the next day's opening electronic futures trade- click
here for the report posted yesterday afternoon
around 5:30 PM.
Okla
Cash Grain:
Daily
Oklahoma Cash Grain Prices- as reported
by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture.
Canola
Prices:
Cash price for canola was
$11.02 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.
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
Thursday, March 28,
2013 |
Howdy
Neighbors!
Here is your daily Oklahoma farm and ranch
news update.
-- Coalition
Urges U.S., Other Countries To Welcome Japan Into
TPP (Jump to
Story)
-- KC Barnes of
Porter FFA Tops AFR-OFU Ag Achievement Contest at
Oklahoma Youth Expo (Jump
to Story)
-- NCBA President
Scott George Says Increasing Beef Checkoff a 'Real
Challenge' (Jump to Story)
-- Canola TV: Oklahoma
Farmers Beginning to Benefit From Research Funded
by Oilseed Checkoff (Jump
to Story)
-- Preconditioning
Enhances Herd Profitability for
Producers
(Jump to Story)
-- 2013 BIF Symposium
Scheduled for June 12-15 in Oklahoma City (Jump to Story)
-- What Does Today Look
Like? (Jump to
Story)
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Featured Story:
Coalition
Urges U.S., Other Countries To Welcome Japan Into
TPP
A
coalition of food and agricultural organizations
and companies today urged the United States and
other countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
(TPP) negotiations to quickly welcome Japan into
the trade talks.
Japan recently announced
its intention to join the TPP negotiations, which
currently include Australia, Brunei, Canada,
Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru,
Singapore, the United States and Vietnam.
In a letter sent to President Obama, the
coalition of 75 food and agricultural
organizations and companies said the inclusion of
Japan in the trade talks would generate enormous
interest and support in U.S. agriculture.
"The addition of Japan to the negotiations
will exponentially increase the importance of the
TPP to U.S. farmers and ranchers, processors and
exporters as well as other sectors of the U.S.
economy," said the coalition. 'Furthermore, it
will spur interest in the TPP among other
countries in Asia and Latin America."
Click here for more on this
story.
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turns to next month's Southern
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City. The dates are April
18-20, 2013. Click here for the Southern Plains
Farm Show website for more
details about this tremendous farm show at the
Oklahoma City Fairgrounds. AND- We do want
to make our annual request for anyone that has a
horse that has some attitude problems or needs
some gentle horse training- give me a
call at 405-841-3675 and leave me details about
your horse- we will consider your horse to be one
to be trained in the sessions with Scott Daily
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Show. You will need to be able to get your horse
to the State Fair Grounds in OKC on those
dates.
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Farm Report are happy to have
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Oklahoma. WinField has two Answer Plot locations
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in Apache and the other in Kingfisher. Click here for more information
on CROPLAN®
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KC
Barnes of Porter FFA Tops AFR-OFU Ag Achievement
Contest at Oklahoma Youth
Expo
American
Farmers & Ranchers/Oklahoma Farmers Union
(AFR/OFU) has announced the top ten finalists in
the 2013 AFR/OFU Agricultural Achievement Contest.
This year's contest was held at State Fair Park in
Oklahoma City March 19-23, with an awards
presentation March 26. The contest is a joint
effort between AFR/OFU and the Oklahoma Youth
Expo.
The annual contest recognizes
outstanding youth in Oklahoma who display
exceptional showmanship skills and possess
extensive knowledge of the livestock industry,
including production, management, processing and
end product utilization. Each year, AFR/OFU
presents $5,000 in prizes to the top ten finalists
in the competition.
The 2013 AFR/OFU Youth
Agricultural Achievement Award winners were
K.C. Barnes, of the Porter FFA
Chapter, in first place; Katie
Lippoldt, Kingfisher FFA, second place;
Tanner Miller, Mulhall-Orlando
FFA, third place; Gatlin Squires,
Kingfisher FFA, fourth place; Denton
Lowe, Amber-Pocasset, fifth place;
Cassi Allread, Union City FFA,
sixth place; Abbey Chrz, Morrison
FFA, seventh place; Amber Cox,
Morrison FFA, eighth place; Chance
Brooks, Coweta FFA, ninth place;
Natalie Hofschulte, Wyandotte
FFA, tenth place.
Click here to read more about the
AFR/OFU Agricultural Achievement
Contest.
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NCBA
President Scott George Says Increasing Beef
Checkoff a 'Real Challenge'
When
the dollar-per-head beef checkoff started 27 years
ago, it sounded like a lot of money. Half of the
money stayed in the state, half the money went to
the national program. The funds went toward
research, promotions, and advertising.
As
the years have passed, the dollar-per-head
collection has remained the same. There was no
escalator clause. As the value of the dollar has
decreased due to inflation over the last 27 years,
so has the purchasing power of the beef checkoff
dollars.
According to Scott
George, president of the National
Cattlemen's Beef Association, it's time to come up
with a solution to this dilemma.
"As far as
addressing consumers' concerns, we need those
checkoff dollars. We have fewer cattle, fewer
turns of the cattle-they're not turning over as
often-and the buying power of the dollar has
decreased so much over the last 27 years since
this checkoff has been in force. Everyone, I
think, recognizes that there needs to be an
increase in this. And nobody wants to step out and
say, 'Yeah, we'll do it.' But without the industry
being united, in this effort, it's probably not
going to go anywhere, and that's the problem."
Scott
joins me on the latest Beef Buzz. Click here to listen or to read
more of this story.
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Canola
TV: Oklahoma Farmers Beginning to Benefit From
Research Funded by Oilseed
Checkoff
As more and more producers
across the state plant more and more acres of
canola, an increasing stream of checkoff dollars
is flowing into the Oklahoma Oilseed
Commission.
In the latest edition of Canola
TV, Dr. Ron Sholar, executive
director of the commission, says the state-based
organization to help spearhead the development and
expansion of the industry in the
state
Even
though the checkoff is relatively young, Sholar
says there are a number of success stories that
are benefiting producers.
"Well, not
surprisingly, after a decade of being in this
business, we're trying to find out what varieties
are going to work best here in Oklahoma. Will it
be the open pollinated? Will it be the hybrids?
Will it e those that are resistant or tolerant of
certain herbicides? Will it be those that are
conventional? And our folks at Oklahoma State
University are providing those answers through the
checkoff funding. We're also doing research on
soil fertility. We can try and extrapolate what we
know of soil fertility from other crops, but
that's not really good enough. We need to look at
canola itself."
You can read more or watch
this episode of Canola TV by clicking
here.
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Preconditioning
Enhances Herd Profitability for
Producers
In
the second part of his series on enhancing
profitability, Gant Mourer,
Oklahoma State University Beef Value Enhancement
Specialist, writes in the Cow-Calf Newsletter
about the value of preconditing:
Nutrition is second to none in a
successful and profitable preconditioning program
and can make up almost 70% of the preconditioning
budget. Producer's main objective should be to
optimize health and condition of cattle while
increasing gain at lower costs. They should also
be cautious to getting cattle too "fleshy" while
preconditioning. A "fleshy" calf that is destined
to go on to low quality forage after precondition
will lose much of the gain that was achieved
during preconditioning. Buyers know this and are
also not willing to pay for an overly fleshy calf.
However, if the calf will be going directly to
high quality forage or to a grower yard and
maintain a positive energy balance high rate of
gain is justified (Lalman et al. 2010).
Recent increases in feed cost make
preconditioning more of a challenge to producers.
Feed and hay prices coupled with record setting
calf prices make it tempting for producers to sell
directly off the cow and they are leaving money on
the table when they do so. Controlling feed costs
by forward contracting, using bi-products or using
standing forage such as winter wheat or rye aids
in the financial success of any feeding situation.
Cattle during preconditioning cannot remain
stagnant; they must gain during preconditioning to
add value. Value of gain in some instances this
fall was hovering around $1.25/lbs, for 450 lbs
cattle entering in to a preconditioning program.
This number may seem high, however, in this
particular example the sale price used was derived
from cattle that had been through a verified
health program and marketed through the Oklahoma
Quality Beef Network (OQBN) on the 17th of
November. So marketing plays an enormous roll in
enhancing profitability in a preconditioning
program.
You can read more by clicking here.
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2013
BIF Symposium Scheduled for June 12-15 in Oklahoma
City
Oklahoma State University
(OSU), in collaboration with the Beef Improvement
Federation (BIF), will host the 45th Annual BIF
Research Symposium and Meeting June 12-15 at the
Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center in
Oklahoma City.
Themed "Where Profit and
Progress Intersect," this year's program will
bring together industry professionals, producers
and researchers to discuss current issues facing
the beef industry. Among those issues, speakers
will tackle the crossbreeding vs. straightbreeding
debate, as well as using genetic tools to address
environmental challenges and cow herd
efficiency.
The schedule boasts an array of
speakers, socials and tours that promise to be
exciting and informative. Special features include
an Oklahoma Welcome Reception Wednesday evening,
June 12, and a night out at the National Western
Heritage Museum and Cowboy Hall of Fame Thursday,
June 13.
Click here for
more.
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What
Does Today Look Like?
Well-
today is shaping up as a busy one for your humble
farm broadcaster/webcaaster/email
writer/twit. Actually- it goes back to last
night- our church still does a Wednesday night
prayer meeting- not a Bible Study- but structured
prayer time- and one of the things that has been
off and on our list for awhile has been rain- and
we spent some time talking about the need for
spring rains and lifting that need up to the Lord.
I know many of you are continuing to pray for rain
daily.
This
morning as we have been getting our morning farm
and ranch news together for the radio, for TV and
for this email- we are reminded that Uncle
Sam will have several reports out later
today that could have a lot of impact on farmers
and ranchers- but also on consumers- and that was
the direction we talked about on News9 and the
News on 6 this morning- the fact that
the most acres of corn since 1936 coupled
with a decent growing season could mean cheaper
grain prices- which means cheaper feed prices for
livestock and perhaps some relief in meat
prices in the grocery store- at least for
chicken and pork. There is also a Hogs
and Pigs Quarterly report out this afternoon-
and it could show some increases in pork
supplies in the months ahead- again- potentially a
consumer friendly development. We will be
reporting on those reports- watch our website and
this email tomorrow morning for more details.
Once
we get all of our chores done when it comes
to reporting the farm news of the morning- we
will hop in the buggy and head for Enid and
Canola College. I am hoping
to get my bachelor's degree in Canola one of these
days- and this excellent conference will
be another step along the way. The
program doesn't start until 9:30- so I may have
time to get everything done- Yea! Click here for the agenda of
Canola College for today in Enid.
Later
this afternoon- we will have Calf Fries and
Good-byes on our mind as we will travel from Enid
to Midwest City for the Cattle Industry's
farewell to long time Executive Vice
President of the OCA- Scott
Dewald. I consider Scott to be a
great friend- and I will miss him being in
that role at the OCA like crazy. He has a
great opportunity to do some wonderful things
for rural Oklahoma with REI- so we will
be one of many that will be wishing him well in a
reception this afternoon at the Reed Center.
Somewhere
in the middle of everything else- we are
hoping for word from Governor Mary
Fallin that she has signed the Horse
Slaughter Bill- HB1999. A spokesman
for her office informed us that the bill has
arrived in their office- they have five days to
sign or veto the measure- and that spokesman
said that she may well make the decision to sign
or not before today is out. I sure hope
so- the noise from the opposition will only
get louder and louder if she delays.
After
of all of that- we get back home and
will hopefully have a moment or two to consider
this uniquely Christian holiday dead ahead- I
look forward to sharing a word or two about
that in our Good Friday email.
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