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Lots of schools have closed across Oklahoma in anticipation of the winter blast of weather- in some cases for today and often for both today and tomorrow. It does appear that most of the precipitation associated with this storm will be out of the state by Friday afternoon- so it will move fairly quickly.

We reported by mid morning yesterday that the Okahoma Pork Congress has been postponed, with Roy Lee Lindsey saying that members were indicating to him t hey needed to stay closer to their operations and take care of their animals. He expects to be able to pick a "make good" date in the next week to ten days.

Click on the link below for our weather link at our website- the tools there include the Oklahoma Mesonet, the National Weather Service Interactive website as well as links to both KWTV News9 and KOTV News on 6. These folks will do a good job of helping you navigate the stormy conditions.

Click here for our weather page on our website- www.OklahomaFarmReport.Com

Colin Woodall is the Vice President for Legislative Affairs in Washington for the NCBA- and we asked him which issues would he put right at the top of the list, if he had to only work on one or two of them, based on the available resources he had allocated.
Woodall says that he would focus his time and attention on Antibiotics and Dust. He told us that an education campaign is underway and while resources are being used to work with members of Congress and their staffs on these two issues- they are so critical in the danger they pose to the future of the livestock industry, more probably needs to be done.

Click on the link below for the rest of this story- as well as the chance to hear our conversation that we had with Colin Woodall of the NCBA's Washington office.

Click here for Woodall's key issues facing the Cattle Industry in Washington

I have linked below the short posting they did with the Ambassadors and that includes an interview with all of the amabassadors- including Jackson. Click on the link below and take a listen.

They also want much stricter rules on CAFOs, a permanent federal ban on horse slaughter, establish animal welfare payments and make them a "green box" item in WTO lingo and the list goes on and on.

We have the full list for you to see yourself. There's a lot on there about wildlife and marine life- but several dozen items that would have real impact on animal agriculture if fully played out. Click on the link below and study up.

Click here for the HSUS Change Agenda for Animals

The panel cited the government's faltering response to the H1N1 flu epidemic as evidence of a lack of preparedness for a large-scale crisis, adding that the blame for the failures is shared by various administrations and branches of government. Former Senator Bob Graham co-chaired the panel with former Senator James Talent. They say - each of the last three administrations has been slow to recognize and respond to the biothreat.

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn offered as a commentary after the address "President Obama is right to be concerned about the size of our debt and the scope of our economic challenges. Unless Congress changes course quickly, future generations will inherit crushing debt, high unemployment and limited opportunities. We simply can't go on as we have and expect a robust recovery to take root. We've spent too many years borrowing money we don't have to spend on things we don't need." He added that the President can start the process of fiscal responsibility and must take leadership in this area.

The top Republican on the House Ag Committee, Congressman Frank Lucas, also offered some comments- "I was pleased to see President Obama chose to focus much of his first State of the Union address on our country's ailing economy. Although Oklahoma has fared better than the rest of the nation, much of our country is suffering through our current economic troubles and it is time that we concentrate on improving our economy, creating jobs, and reducing Americans' tax burden rather than a trillion- dollar government takeover of our health care system or a $600 billion energy tax. "

Click here for all of the Coburn, Lucas and Tom Cole comments about last night's State of the Union.

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We also invite you to check out our website at the link below to check out an archive of these daily emails, audio reports and top farm news story links from around the globe.

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Here are some links we will leave in place on an ongoing basis- Click on the name of the report to go to that link:
Our Daily Market Wrapup from the Radio Oklahoma Network with Ed Richards and Tom Leffler- analyzing the Futures Markets from the previous Day-
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.
Previous Day's Wheat Market Recap- Two Pager From The Kansas City Board of Trade looks at all three US Wheat Futures Exchanges with extra info on Hard Red Winter Wheat and the why of that day's market.
Daily Oklahoma Cash Grain Prices- As Reported by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture. <
The National Daily Feeder & Stocker Cattle Summary- as prepared by USDA.
The National Daily Slaughter Cattle Summary- as prepared by USDA.
Finally, Here is the Daily Volume and Price Summary from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.