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Monday, October 26,
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Special
UPDATE...
IARC
Declares Processed Meats and Red Meats as Cancer
Hazards- Meat Industry Calls That Baloney
The
International Agency for Research on
Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the
World Health Organization, has selectively
evaluated research that has looked at the
carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and
processed meat.
After reviewing some of
the scientific literature on the subject, a
Working Group of 22 experts from 10 countries
convened by the IARC Monographs Programme
classified the consumption of red meat as
probably carcinogenic to humans (Group
2A), based on "limited evidence that the
consumption of red meat causes cancer in humans
and strong mechanistic evidence supporting a
carcinogenic effect. This association was observed
mainly for colorectal cancer, but associations
were also seen for pancreatic cancer and prostate
cancer."
Processed meat was
classified as carcinogenic to humans
(Group 1), based on sufficient evidence in humans
that the consumption of processed meat causes
colorectal cancer. The experts concluded that each
50 gram portion of processed meat eaten daily
increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18%. "
For an individual, the risk of developing
colorectal cancer because of their consumption of
processed meat remains small, but this risk
increases with the amount of meat consumed , "
says Dr Kurt Straif, Head of the
IARC Monographs Programme."
Reaction to the
expected release of this report at noon Paris,
France time this morning had been planned and was
quick in coming.
The North American
Meat Institute (NAMI) said a vote by an
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
Monograph panel classifying red and processed meat
as cancer "hazards" defies both common sense and
numerous studies showing no correlation between
meat and cancer and many more studies showing the
many health benefits of balanced diets that
include meat. Scientific evidence shows cancer is
a complex disease not caused by single foods and
that a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle choices
are essential to good health.
"It was
clear sitting in the IARC meeting that many of the
panelists were aiming for a specific result
despite old, weak, inconsistent, self-reported
intake data, said Betsy Booren,
Ph.D., NAMI Vice President of Scientific Affairs.
"They tortured the data to ensure a specific
outcome."
"Red and processed meat are
among 940 agents reviewed by IARC and found to
pose some level of theoretical 'hazard.' Only one
substance, a chemical in yoga pants, has been
declared by IARC not to cause cancer," said Dr.
Booren.
Read more from Dr. Booren by clicking
here.
Also weighing in was the National
Cattlemen's Beef Association's Dr. Shalene
McNeill.
McNeill observed the
process of the IARC in France and says that "An
international committee assigned to review all of
the available evidence on red meat and cancer risk
were divided on their opinion whether to label red
meat a "probable" cause of cancer. After
seven days of deliberation in Lyon, France, IARC
was unable to reach a consensus agreement from a
group of 22 experts in the field of cancer
research, something that IARC has proudly
highlighted they strive for and typically achieve.
In this case, they had to settle for "majority"
agreement."
"Cancer is a complex
disease that even the best and brightest minds
don't fully understand," says McNeill, PhD, RD.
"Billions of dollars have been spent on studies
all over the world and no single food has ever
been proven to cause or cure cancer. The opinion
by the IARC committee to list red meat as a
probable carcinogen does not change that fact. The
available scientific evidence simply does not
support a causal relationship between red or
processed meat and any type of
cancer."
Read
more of the NCBA statement released immediately
after the IARC report was published in France- it is available here.
We will have more reaction as
the day wears on- and that will be included in
tomorrow's email
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 Oklahoma
Agriculture Launches Statewide Campaign for State
Question 777
Oklahoma's
agricultural groups have begun to roll out efforts
to educate the public about State Question
777. This is known as the "Right to Farm"
Constitutional Amendment that will be voted on by
Oklahomans in November 2016. Oklahoma Farm
Bureau President Tom
Buchanan said every farm group in the
state is 100 percent behind the effort. The first
phase is educating urban neighbors about why the
amendment is needed. He said there is no
constitutional authority that really gives
Oklahomans the right to farm and ranch and he
believes it's time to protect the state's second
largest economic impact driver in the state -
agriculture.
State Question 777
provides broad protection to the state's
agricultural producers. Buchanan said the
legislation provides the same protection to a
small farmer, as a large one. He said it also
protects crop producers, just the same as an
animal producer. Whether a farmer
grows cotton in southwestern Oklahoma or produce
for a farmers market in the state's urban areas,
Buchanan said passage of this state question will
be of great benefit.
"We feel this
reaches across the broad spectrum that allows
Oklahoma agriculture to continue to prosper, not
only today but into the future," Buchanan said.
"It allows those future generation of
agriculturalists to be just as good for Oklahoma
as the past has been."
The grass-roots
effort is getting underway statewide. Buchanan
urges agricultural producers to stop by their
county Farm Bureau office to pick up material and
get involved. Members of other agricultural
organizations like the Oklahoma
Cattlemen's Association is also looking
for support in getting the message out. While
Buchanan is confident rural Oklahoma will support
State Question 777, he believes every rural
Oklahoman can do their part to reaching out to
family and friends that live in the state's urban
areas.
"We need to be talking to them
on-on-one and explaining to them why this good for
them... for them to vote yes and support this
issue," Buchanan said.
If approved by a
vote of the people in November 2016, State
Question 777 will amend the state constitution and
declare that the right to farm and ranch in this
state will be protected.
I sat
down with Buchanan to talk about State Question
777. Click or tap here to hear
our conversation.
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On
Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture
released the latest Cattle on Feed figures, as of
October first. Tom Leffler with
Leffler Commodities calls the on-feed and
marketing numbers in line with trade expectations,
while placements were two percent larger than
expected. The nation has 10.2 million head on
feed. The inventory was two percent above October
1, 2014. Leffler said this was 3.9 percent below
the five year average. "This is the
largest on feed number of the past three years and
today's on feed number is the eleventh time in the
past 12 months of year over year increases,"
Leffler said. The inventory included
6.93 million steers and steer calves, up seven
percent from the previous year. This group
accounted for 68 percent of the total inventory.
Heifers and heifer calves accounted for 3.29
million head, down seven percent from 2014.
October 1, 2015 heifers and heifer calves
inventory is the lowest percent of total October
inventory since the series began in
1996. Placements in feedlots during
September totaled 1.93 million head, four percent
below 2014. Net placements were 1.87 million head.
Placements are the lowest for September since the
series began in 1996. Leffler said this was only
the second time in September when placements were
below two million head. Even at this low level, he
said this was the largest monthly placement number
of the past ten months. Radio Oklahoma
Network's Leslie Smith interviewed Tom Leffler of
Leffler Commodities for his analysis. Click or tap here to
hear more about the cattle on feed report or
monthly cold storage report released from
USDA.
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Our
Coverage of National FFA Convention in Louisville
Kicks Off- In Case You Missed It- Our In The Field
Video with Gatlin Squires
Over
the next several days- we will be spending a lot
of our week in Louisville, Kentucky as the
88th National FFA Convention and
Expo cranks up. It's expected that
over 60,000 FFA members and guests will be a part
of the flood of Blue and Gold that will sweep
across the Louisville area- typically motels and
hotels are booked up to an hour or more away for
the event. We have several stories
up on our Blue Green Gazette
that is found on OklahomaFarmReport.Com about what
will be happening this year in Louisville- all of
our coverage is being sponsored in part by ITC,
your energy superhighway, by the Oklahoma FFA
Alumni Association and the Oklahoma FFA
Association. There are a couple of things
we wanted to point you to this morning- one of the
American Star Finalists from Oklahoma,
Gatlin Squires, was our TV guest
over this past weekend. We had expected to
spotlight Gatlin during our regular Saturday
morning airing of In the Field on KWTV, News9-
however, it did not air then- but did air on
Sunday morning on News9- and in case you missed
it- we have the video along with the off camera
interview we did with Gatlin as well- click here to check
out those interviews with one of the four
finalists in the Agri Science category. We
also have posted a story on the Blue Green Gazette
about setting up our photo album for the 2015
National Convention. Over the last few
years- we have been excited to have several of our
state officers of the Oklahoma FFA Association
take a camera for us and shoot the convention from
their perspective- click here to learn
more about that and to get the link for this
year's Flickr album as well as the 2014 album to
relive a little bit of last year's convention.
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School
Land Lease Auctions Today in Lawton,
Tuesday
in Burns Flat, Wednesday in
Enid
The
next wave of 2015 auctions of five year
leases of land owned by Oklahoma and managed by
the Commissioners of the Land
Office begin this morning.
Today leases
in Comanche, Stephens, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson
and Tillman Counties will be auctioned at the
Great Plains Tech Center in Lawton beginning at
10:00 a.m.
Kiowa, Beckham, Caddo, Roger
Mills, Washita and Custer County leases will be
auctioned at 10:00 a.m. at the Western Technology
Center in Burns Flat on October
27th.
Kay, Garfield, Alfalfa, Grant,
Kingfisher and Blaine Counties lease auctions will
be held on Wednesday, October 28 at the Chisholm
Trail Pavilion, at the Garfield Co. Fairgrounds in
Enid.
For
more information- you can call the Commission
office at (405) 521-4000 or 1-888-35-LANDS.
Details of each tract being offered can be seen
online at the CLO website- click here to jump
there. We
recently talked with Harry Birdwell about the
legacy of the School Land and how the money raised
is used for common education (and higher
education) in the state- click here to see our
TV conversation with Harry as well as a chance to
listen to our off camera audio interview as
well.
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Angus
Source Continues to Bring Premiums for Angus
Calves
Angus
Source is a cattle verification program
that's been around for more than a decade.
Ginette Gottswiller, Director of
Commercial Programs for Angus Source said the
program has proven its worth to cattle producers
since its inception in 2003. When the U.S.
discovered its first case of Bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) in 2005, Angus Source became
a Processed Verified Program (PVP) with
third-party verification. At that time, packers
were paying a premium for verified cattle. In
February 2013, she said that premium went away
when Japan changed its beef import restrictions to
30 months of age.
"Obviously, source
and age verification has still continued to be
prevalent in the beef cattle industry,"
Gottswiller said.
Angus Source is
dedication to the Angus breed. Gottswiller said
the program provides a premium for Angus cattle
because of the information being providing to
potential buyers. In having genetic verification,
she said they send out emails to buyers prior to
sale day.
"Giving them time to study
the genetic quality of those calves that are being
sold, so they don't have to make a snap 30 second
decision," Gottswiller said. "They've had the time
to do their homework, let's say and make a more
qualified decision on those calves."
I
also talk about Gottswiller about genetic
verification with the Angus Source program.
Click or tap here to
read more or to listen to what it takes to
participate in the program.
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Gov.
Fallin Praises Water for 2060 Advisory Council for
Final Water Efficiency
Recommendations
In the wake of Oklahoma's
worst drought in decades, Governor Mary
Fallin Friday praised Oklahoma's
Water for 2060 Advisory Council for its
diligent work to develop a blueprint for
drought-proofing Oklahoma.
The advisory
council's final report will help in achieving the
statewide goal of consuming no more fresh water in
2060 than was consumed in 2012. The advisory
council was charged with studying and recommending
appropriate water conservation practices,
incentives and educational programs to improve
efficiency of statewide water usage while
preserving Oklahoma's population growth and
economic development goals.
"I am
pleased to receive the advisory council's final
report and recommendations for encouraging prudent
water use measures across all of Oklahoma's major
water use sectors," said Fallin. "Oklahoma is
truly unique in setting such an ambitious goal for
water efficiency, conservation, recycling and
reuse. I look forward to reviewing the
recommendations put forward to determine our next
steps in ensuring that all Oklahomans have access
to fresh water resources for decades to come,
while at the same time promoting continued
economic development and improved quality of life
in our state."
Click here to read
about the 12 key recommendations to effectively promote water
efficiency efforts by all Oklahomans.
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This
N That- Congrats to Marathon Runner Jamie,
American Royal Champs and Tip of the Hat to Miss
Minnie Lou
Here's
Congrats this morning to Jamie
Cummings- AgriTourism Program
Administrator at the Oklahoma Department of
Agriculture- over this past weekend- she ran and
completed the Marine Marathon in Washington as a
part of Team Beef. We featured her run last
week as on the Beef Buzz- here's Jamie
after her 26.2 miles- still standing- in front of
the Iwo Jima Memorial just across the river from
Washington in Virginia.
********** While
no Oklahoma youth were able to claim any Grand
Champions out of the junior market show at the
2015 American Royal in Kansas City in recent days-
at least three Oklahoma barrow exhibitors had
breed champions- Hunter McKinnon
had the Champion Duroc, Addison
Hood showed the Champion Poland and
Rylee Simpson had the Champion
Spot. Click here to see the
Barrow Show results from the American Royal- a pig
from Illinois was the Grand Champion- and available here are the
unofficial show results from all of the junior
livestock competition at this year's American
Royal. ********** Over the next week or
so- we are planning to share with you the videos
from the OSU Night of Champions from a week ago-
this morning, we start with the video honoring OSU
Distinguished Ag Alum Minnie Lou
Bradley. Here's the video for you
to enjoy:
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