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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
$7.65 per bushel- based on delivery to the Oklahoma City
elevator 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 Leslie Smith 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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Wednesday,
November 5,
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Featured
Story:
Lucas,
Lankford and Inhofe Ride the Red Tide that Lifts
All Statewide GOP Candidates to
Victory
Tuesday
evening proved to be a really good night for the
Grand Old Party- and one of those celebrating in
Oklahoma was the Chairman of the House Ag
Committee, Frank Lucas. After
spending the great majority of his time over the
past two years in bringing home a 2014 Farm Bill,
his constituents in the third Congressional
District rewarded him with biggest reelection
margin given any of the Republicans in the
Oklahoma Congressional delegation.
Lucas defeated Frankie
Robbins by almost one hundred thousand
votes- with 79% of the votes cast for Incumbent
Lucas in his race.
Moments
after the media was declaring Lucas the winner- we
talked with him at the State Republican
Watchparty- click here to get his take on
work still to be done in the Ag Committee, how a
Pat Roberts as Senate Ag
Committee Chair changes the dynamic and what is
ahead for him as he looks at the Chairmanship of
the Financial Services Committee.
Oklahoma
voters had two US Senate races to consider on
Tuesday- and Senior Senator Jim
Inhofe and new Senator Elect
James Lankford bought won with
68% of the popular vote in their respective
races.
Inhofe
told the supporters who had gathered last night
that with the GOP securing a majority in the
Senate- it would no longer be Barbara Boxer of
California chairing the Environment and Public
Works Committee- but "it will be ME!"
Senator
Elect Lankford told us that it is all about
serving people as he and I reflected on his rapid
rise from being in charge of the world's largest
Youth Camp at Falls Creek to hearing God's call to
run for Congress and now becoming the Junior
Senator from Oklahoma. He looks forward to
the challenge and you can hear our comments from
Tuesday night by clicking here.
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A
Laundry List of Ag Implications from the Tuesday
Elections
Where
do we start when it comes to the Tuesday
elections? There are a ton of things
important to farmers, ranchers and folks living in
rural Oklahoma and rural America.
I
guess you start at the top- which is the changing
of the guard in the US Senate. As we write
this- the GOP has picked up seven seats- the
eighth is very close to being called in
Alaska which would give the party 53 seats
in the upper body of our Congress.
That
gives the majority to the Republicans and that
changes the conversation in the Senate and means
that those bills that have come from the House and
have died- will have a chance to finally be seen
and heard on the Senate floor.
It
also means that Senator Jim
Inhofe will be the Chairman of the
Environment and Public Works Committee- while
Kansas Senator Pat Roberts is
likely going to become the Chair of the Senate Ag
Committee- and two ladies are shoved to the
minority as a result- Barbara
Boxer and Debbie
Stabenow.
Two
State Questions were on the ballot in
Colorado and Oregon that had to do with Food
Labeling. In Colorado, the voters told the
GMO haters NO in a big way- Question 105 loses as
sixty seven percent of the electorate voted it
down. The Oregon question is not yet
decided- the NO votes are ahead but not by
alot- 51% of the voters say NO with 80% of the
vote counted.
In
the US House- Congressman Mike
Conaway won his reelection bid in the
11th District of Texas with ease (90% of the
vote)- he has been regarded as the most likely
person to become the next Chairman of the House Ag
Committee as Frank Lucas terms out for that
leadership role.
The
other name mentioned has been Steve
King of Iowa- he also secured another two
years with ease- 62% of the voters in his district
in Iowa gave him two more years in DC.
There
were a total of seven State Commissioners of Ag
that were up for election- the Republicans won all
seven of those races. Details are here.
While
we are on that subject- I saw Jim
Reese, the Oklahoma Ag Commissioner last
night. I asked him about his continued
service for Governor Fallin in her second term- he
said it was her call- but that he is
willing.
More
tidbits to add- but we will save them for
tomorrow.
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2020
National Pork Board Strategic Plan Focused on
People, Pigs and Planet
Following
more than a year of planning and development, the
National Pork Board Monday
released its new strategic plan
focused on anticipating and managing the changing
world facing U.S. pork producers now and in the
future. The plan, to be implemented starting in
January 2015, will be in place through 2020 to
guide the organization. Rooted in collaboration
between industry and supply chain partners, the
new National Pork Board vision is to elevate U.S.
pork as the global protein of choice by
continuously and cooperatively working to do
what's right for people, pigs and the planet.
"It's a plan sharply focused on a
vision for the future of America's pork producers.
It defines in clear, customer-centered language a
set of objectives focused on results," said
Dale Norton, Pork Checkoff
president and a pork producer from Bronson, Mich.
"Our task force, which included pork producers and
representatives from allied industries, defined a
commitment to leverage industry and supply chain
collaboration to achieve the vision."
During 2014, the task force met
several times, analyzing and discussing economic
forecasts and research collected from pork
producers, protein processors, foodservice
operators, retailers and consumers. Unlike the
previous strategic plan, this new effort is more
customer-centric, with a commitment to
transparency and continuous improvement.
The
National Pork Board has aimed for greater
transparency and collaboration with a whole
new focus. Click here to read more about the
three distinct goals to connect with consumers and
have dialogue about U.S. pig
farming.
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Wilson
Says Feedlots Remain Cautiously Optimistic
The
year of 2014 has proven to be a year where
feedlots have made money. Looking down the road
the outlook is a lot less certain. Texas Cattle
Feeders Association Chief Executive Officer and
President Ross Wilson about the
mood of the industry. He said the mood of the
cattle industry in general is optimistic.
"It's good in the cattle feeding
business these days, we have had a good past year
but there is also a lot of apprehension, because
as of all your listeners know, volatility has just
been incredible," Wilson said. "We're at
historically high prices in all segments, calves,
stockers, feeders. Fed cattle traded for a record
this week at $1.70 a pound or $170 a hundred
weight, so that's good. A lot of it as you know is
supply driven and that is the flip side of that
equation is that we're needing more numbers, we're
needing more cows, calves, feeders going into the
feedyards and we will get there as you know people
are beginning to retain heifers, not as quickly as
we would like to see in this part of the
world."
In the three state TCFA
membership region of Oklahoma, Texas and New
Mexico, drought continues to weigh heavily on the
minds of cattle producers. Wilson said if the
region can continue to receive moisture so pasture
conditions can hold along with grow winter wheat
pasture. He said producers have a positive outlook
but remain apprehensive.
We
have spotlighted our conversation with Ross as a
Beef Buzz. You can hear our visit with Ross
by clicking here and you will learn
more about the challenges with competition for
railroad cars and how that impacts the movement of
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Selk
Address Cow Age and Cow Productivity
Glenn
Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus
Extension Animal Scientist, writes in the latest
Cow-Calf Newsletter.
Strong cattle
prices have encourage ranchers to keep any cow
that might have a live calf to sell at the next
weaning period. If rainfall allows forage growth
to be adequate, keeping an older cow to have
another calf to wean next year is
tempting.
At cow culling time,
producers often face some tough decisions. Optimum
culling of the herd often seems to require a sharp
crystal ball that could see into the future. Is
she good for another year? Will she keep enough
body condition through the winter to rebreed next
year? Is her mouth sound so that she can harvest
forage and be nutritionally strong enough to
reproduce and raise a big calf? At what age do
cows usually start to become less productive?
There is great variability in the
longevity of beef cows. Breed may have some
influence. Region of the country and soil type may
affect how long the teeth remain sound and allow
the cow to consume roughages such as pasture and
hay. Click here to read about some
research that shows how productivity changes
over the life of the beef cows.
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What
is the 2014 Crop Bringing in Addition to High
Yields?
While
experts are forecasting a record-plus year for
yields, an abundant harvest does not always
indicate a problem-free crop to feed to livestock.
Preliminary data conducted by
Alltech's 37+TM Mycotoxin
Analysis Program is now showing there might be
more than meets the eye in the
fields.
Late season rains have slowed
harvest across the Midwest. As of Oct. 27, the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
estimated the corn harvest at 46 percent, a 15
percent increase from last week, but 19 percent
behind the five-year average. Corn conditions were
estimated by the USDA at 74 percent "good" or
"excellent" condition, 19 percent was considered
"fair" and only 7 percent was considered
"poor".
While these initial condition
ratings look favorable, experts warn that seasonal
conditions still might have taken a toll on the
crop and left behind some masked
mycotoxins.
"Cool, wet weather can be a
precursor for mold growth and can lead to possible
mycotoxin issues," said Dr. Max
Hawkins, nutritionist with Alltech's
Mycotoxin Management Team. "Fusarium graminareum
can produce a variety of mycotoxins and prefers
high moisture and temperatures from 59 to 85
degrees Fahrenheit. This year's growing season was
cool and wet and the harvest season has also been
delayed by wet weather."
An
early indication of the Fusarium issue was found
in the wheat crop. Click here to read more issues
found in corn silage samples and samples
taken from corn that was stressed and damaged
by weather events.
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This N That - Craig Westfahl of
Okeene FFA is Wheat Champ, Big Iron
Wednesday and What a
Rain!
Craig
Westfahl, son of Owen and Kerry Westfahl,
was named the overall grand champion award showing
his Ruby Lee variety in the 2014 Oklahoma 4-H/FFA
Junior Wheat Show last night in Stillwater.
Westfahl placed 2nd in production and milling and
6th in baking, earning him the title of 1st place
among the FFA, FFA champion, and overall grand
champion of the 4-H and FFA Junior Wheat Show.
Westfahl is from the Okeene FFA chapter.
The
top 4-H entry was also Ruby Lee- developed by
Dr. Brett Carver and his Wheat
Breeding Team at OSU- and was shown by
Damon Fisher of
Lomega.
Our
own Leslie Smith was there and we
will have a complete story featuring the top
winners on our website later
today.
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It's
Wednesday- and that means the Big
Iron folks will be busy closing out
this week's auction items- all 305
of them- starting at 10 AM central
time.
Click Here for the complete
rundown of what is being sold on this no reserve
online sale this week.
If
you'd like more information on buying and selling
with Big Iron, call District
Manager Mike Wolfe at
580-320-2718 and he can give you the full
scoop. You can also reach
Mike via email by clicking or tapping
here.
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The
rainfall map we showed you yesterday
morning was really good- the one that shows the
rain as it spread during the day yesterday is even
better- and sets much of Oklahoma up with
excellent moisture in the soil profile as slide
towards colder weather which may arrive as early
as next Tuesday or Wednesday.
Here's
the map showing several places above two inches
and dozens with more than an inch of gentle
soaking rainfall:
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