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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON for Thursday December 7,
2006 A
service of Midwest Farm Shows
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-- Three for Three with South Korea- Another beef shipment
rejected!
-- Tulsa Farm Show Opening Day!
-- Wheat Growers gear up to meet this Saturday in OKC!
-- Everybody loves to talk about the weather!!!
-- LAGP has reached the Audit Stage
-- NFU Disappointed- Not Surprised and Very Determined for
2007.
Howdy Neighbors! Here's your morning farm news headlines from the Director of Farm Programming for the Radio Oklahoma Network, Ron Hays. Our email this morning is a service of Midwest Farm Shows, featuring the Tulsa Farm Show December 7-9, 2006 and the Southern Plains Farm Show in Oklahoma City April 19-21, 2007. Check out details of both of these exciting shows at the official website of Midwest Farm Shows by clicking here. If you have received this by someone forwarding it to you, you are welcome to subscribe and get this weekday update sent to you directly by clicking here. | |
Three for Three with South Korea- Another beef shipment rejected! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This time it's
a ten ton shipment from an Iowa processing firm and the South Koreans
claim they found seven bone fragments that ranged in size from a tenth of
an inch to four tenths of an inch in length. As with the other shipments
that have suffered the same fate- this 20,000 pounds of safe US beef will
either be destroyed or returned at the company's expense.
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns met with reporters on this subject yesterday- and he says that the South Korean market is no more open today than it was on this date a year ago- despite the South Korean announcement that they were opening their market back in September of this year. It looks like it's back to government to government negotiations and it's unknown when these matters will finally be resolved. The South Korean government has gotten stupid on this one- and it's hard to back up when you are stuck in stupid. Our Beef Buzz today features Secretary Johanns and his statement to reporters- it's linked below. Click here for the Pearl Harbor Day version of the Beef Buzz! | |
Tulsa Farm Show Opening Day! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today is the
first of three days for the Tulsa Farm Show- and it looks like the weather
will be cold and crisp outside for this opening day- of course once you
park and get inside the massive Expo Square- you will be nice and warm and
facing an estimated $20 million worth of farm and ranch equipment. It's
really impressive as you step into the building and see such a full range
of equipment that matches up well with agriculture in the area that
surrounds Tulsa.
We will be busy both today and tomorrow with a special remote broadcast on KGGF Radio based in Coffeyville, Kansas and if you live in north central or anywhere in northeast Oklahoma- you can hear us from 11:05 to noon either day on their big 690 signal. Stop by and say howdy- we would love to get your feedback on how we can better serve the Oklahoma farm and ranch community with this email news update- our website and our radio reports on the Radio Oklahoma Network! | |
Wheat Growers gear up to meet this Saturday in OKC! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Oklahoma
Wheat Growers Association annual convention will be held on December 9,
2006 at the Express Event Center (8512 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City).
Start time that morning will be 10 am.
Speakers confirmed include Dr. Jeff Edwards OSU Small Grains Specialist, Dr Randy Taylor OSU Extension Engineer, and Jeanne Schneider USDA Meteorologist. Mark Hodges Executive Director Oklahoma Wheat Commission will give a report on the work of the Wheat Commission. Other reports will come from U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers. OWGA President and member of the NAWG Domestic Policy Committee Jeff Krehbiel will present NAWG’s proposal for the next Food Security Act. The Domestic Policy spent a year working on this proposal. Also confirmed to speak to the OWGA attendees is Congressman Frank Lucas who will continue to serve in 2007 on the House Ag Committee in Washington. OWGA will also take time that day to review their policy positions and have elections. If you want more information on their upcoming meeting- contact their Executive Director Tim Bartram at 580-234-3464. | |
Everybody loves to talk about the weather!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are one
of those that loves to talk about the weather- I would suggest you check
out the link below for the latest informational update from the folks who
manage the Oklahoma Mesonet. The Mesonet is a joint effort of OSU and OU-
and at the National Weather Center in Norman- you find a little bit of
Orange tucked away in the midst of Sooner Crimson.
Their latest news letter is out- and it shows how you can take a close look at current soil moisture and drought conditions on the Agweather news site found on the Oklahoma Mesonet. One thing for sure- you'll be the most "in the know" person at the coffee shop once you study up on the charts they point you to in this on line newsletter. Click here for that latest newsletter from the Oklahoma Mesonet that zeros in on Drought monitoring. | |
LAGP has reached the Audit Stage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture has now reached the audit stage in their
handling of the Livestock Assistance Grant Program that Oklahoma livestock
producers were able to sign up for in October and part of November. ODAFF
officials tell us they have pulled about five percent of the applications
to doublecheck for audit purposes- and they hope to be done with that in
the fairly near future.
The latest count with almost all of the applications now accounted for stands at 1,690,464 animal units that were a part of 13,635 applications. It's remarkable how we love to put things off- as almost one third of the animal units that were put in for this disaster assistance program came in on the final couple of days of the application process! The number of animal units is pretty close to what we have predicted might come into the program when it was announced back in September by Secretary Terry Peach. The six and half million dollars that makes up the block grant for this program will be divided over those animal units- and while the final number will be adjusted a little more- it's pretty close and will mean that for each animal unit you registered into the program- you will receive $3.84 The average application has been running around 120 animal units- it currently stands at 123 animal units on average per application and that would mean that an "average" application would receive about $472- all of this subject to the audit now underway. The ODAFF still hopes to have checks coming out before New Year's day. | |
NFU Disappointed- Not Surprised and Very Determined for 2007. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That pretty
well describes what Tom Buis, the President of the National Farmers Union
told us regarding his reaction to the death of Disaster Aid for
Agriculture in the Lame Duck. Buis was in Oklahoma City for the December
Board of Directors Meeting of the general farm group- hosted by their
largest state affiliate- the Oklahoma Farmers Union.
Buis is convinced that Democratic leaders will be willing to run and get passed Disaster Aid early in 2007- although he admits that it would likely be months before help would arrive in farm country. Besides Disaster Aid- Buis tells us that a lot of time at the Board Meeting was spent on strategy on the farm bill and developing what the NFU principles will be on the 2007 measure. Buis says he is hopeful that NFU will have their priorities in final form to promote to Congress and especially to the Ag Committees in the first few weeks of 2007. He does believe that we are several months away from getting a budget number for the House and Senate Ag Committees to base their proposals upon- so it's uncertain if Congress can meet the deadline of the end of September of 2007 for writing and passing new farm legislation. You can link below to our conversation with Tom Buis of NFU by clicking through. Click here to listen to Ron visit with Tom Buis of NFU on Disaster- Farm policy and more. | |
Our thanks to Midwest Farm Shows for their support of our daily Farm News Update. Go to their website at the link at the top of today's email for more information on either the Tulsa Farm Show or the Southern Plains Farm Show. 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. | |
God Bless! You can reach us at the following: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: ron@oklahomafarmreport.com
phone: 405-473-6144
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