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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON for Wednesday October 8,
2008! A
service of Johnston Enterprises, National Livestock Credit and American
Farmers & Ranchers!
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-- The McCain Ag Team is Revealed
-- Time To Be Thinking Entries for the Oklahoma Youth Expo Now.
-- A $12 Billion Dollar Disease- The Impact of Mad Cow on US Cattle
Business
-- Derrell Peel Beef Buzzing With Us Midweek- Watch Out for the Price
Break at 550 pounds
-- Land Owners Beware of Carbon Credits Fine Print.
-- Bits and Pieces- What a View
-- Two Sales in One Day- the Star Lake Herefords Bull and Female
Sales Are Set
-- Looking at our Agricultural Markets...
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The McCain Ag Team is Revealed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today
McCain-Palin 2008 announced the leadership of the McCain-Palin Farm &
Ranch Team and released a statement on John McCain's vision for
agriculture and rural prosperity. This distinguished team of elected
officials and leaders in agriculture share a common goal with John McCain:
to provide the leadership necessary to create prosperity in America's
rural heartland. It is an interesting mix of individuals from across the
country- but no one on the Steering Committee for the Arizona Republican
is from the state of Oklahoma.
"If you look at the issues that I think are important to agriculture and rural America -- energy, trade, taxes, judges that the next president is likely to appoint, and national security -- John McCain trumps his opponent on every issue," said Charlie Kruse, a fourth- generation farmer from Drexel, Missouri, and Co- Chair of the McCain-Palin Farm & Ranch Team National Steering Committee. Kruse serves as President of the Missouri Farm Bureau, but his comments are his and not that of the organization, according to the McCain news release. Besides Kruse, the other co-chairs are either politicians or former USDA officials. The Senators that are being Co-chairs include Sam Brownback of Kansas, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Chuck Grassley of Iowa. Two Congressmen are Co-chairs- top Republican of the House Ag Committee Bob Goodlatte as well as Adam Putnam of Florida. The USDA alums are former Ag Secretary Jon Block and former Deputy USDA Secretary Jim Moseley. | |
Time To Be Thinking Entries for the Oklahoma Youth Expo Now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We had the
chance to preview the 2009 Oklahoma Youth expo with Jeramy Rich, Executive
Director of the OYE while we were in Tulsa this past week. The dates for
the 2009 OYE (they are back on Oklahoma's spring break week) are March
13-23, 2009. 2009 marks the 95th year of this great event. Since 1915
Oklahoma youth and their families have been making this event a tradition
in their lives; a pinnacle to a year of hard work and through the years
making this event not only the World's Largest Junior Livestock Show but
an event which highlights the world's best and brightest young people.
It's hard to believe- but it is already time for the nomination of many of the animals that will be showing at the Youth Expo next March. For the Steers, Sheep and Goats- the nominations are due this month. In the case of hogs, they will be due in December. We have details of that- as well as the audio of the conversation that we had with Jeramy when we caught up with him at the Premium Sale of the Tulsa State Fair. Click on the link below to jump to this story. Click here for more on the Oklahoma Youth Expo from www.OklahomaFarmReport.Com | |
A $12 Billion Dollar Disease- The Impact of Mad Cow on US Cattle Business ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The
International Trade Commission (ITC) released a report today estimating
that trade restrictions resulting from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
(BSE) cost the cattle industry $11 billion from 2004 to 2007.
Farm-gate sales of cattle and calves during the period between 2004 and 2007 were $195.5 billion, so the $11 billion in losses estimated by the ITC translates to 5.6 percent of cattle producers' income. The report also estimated that tariffs and tariff-rate quota (TRQ) restrictions cost the industry another $6.3 billion from 2004 to 2007. NCBA Chief Economist Gregg Doud praised the thoroughness of the report, saying, "This illustrates the many economic consequences resulting from global tariff and non-tariff trade barriers. Trade restrictions continue to hurt our industry, costing cattle producers considerable amounts in lost sales." Doud continued, "I appreciate the foresight shown by Senator Max Baucus in commissioning this study. The analysis helps demonstrate why opening markets is so important." We have more on this report- as well as a link to the full report on our website. Click below on the link we have provided. | |
Derrell Peel Beef Buzzing With Us Midweek- Watch Out for the Price Break at 550 pounds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Wednesday
edition of the Beef Buzz as heard on the Radio Oklahoma Network features
comments with Derrell Peel, Extension Livestock Market Economist at OSU.
Dr. Peel tells us that cow-calf operators and stocker operators need to
pay close attention to the current market signals that we are seeing in
the prices of lighter cattle versus heavier stockers.
Peel says that if you decide to retain some calves past the 450 pound level- you need to be committed to carry them out to the seven to eight hundred pound area- otherwise you might get caught in a sharp price drop that is currently being seen around the 550 pound area. We have Dr. Peel's complete comments on our Wednesday Beef Buzz- and we have it on our Beef Buzz page at WWW.OklahomaFarmReport.Com. In fact, we have Dr. Peel's comments from the first three days of this week on that page on the Beef Buzz shows- so take a listen to some of his other comments as well. We have linked below the Beef Buzz page where you will see today's Beef Buzz featured at the top- and a full listing of all recent shows by date that follows. Click here for the Beef Buzz page found on WWW.OklahomaFarmReport.Com | |
Land Owners Beware of Carbon Credits Fine Print. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Farmers,
ranchers and other landowners should be careful when selling carbon
credits generated by practices on their land and should closely review the
terms of any carbon contract according to Clay Pope, Executive Director of
the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts (OACD). "Landowners
throughout Oklahoma are being approached by numerous groups and
individuals in search of carbon sequestration credits generated by land
management practices," Pope said. "While this is a great source of new
income for landowners, you should always look at the details of the
contract before you sign on the dotted line. The devil is always in the
details and no one wants to get locked in a bad deal that may limit their
ability for higher income in the future."
According to Pope, many landowners have contacted their local Conservation Districts after receiving letters offering up to $2 per metric ton of carbon for ten years or more for the purchase of the carbon sequestered through grass plantings, no-till crop production or tree plantings. While at first blush this may seem like a benefit to the producer, Pope said that carbon is a commodity that goes both up and down in price based on supply and demand and overall market trends. Sarah Love, Director of the Oklahoma Carbon Initiative (OCI) a division of OACD, agreed. She also said that other terms and conditions of Carbon contracts should be closely scrutinized before they are signed. "Some of the contracts that are out there were not written with Oklahoma in mind," Love said. "We have heard of provisions that could be construed as conflicting with oil leases, conservation plans and other activities on the land in question. Landowners should always read these things closely." According to Love, this concern on the nature of carbon contracts is one of the reasons why OACD created the carbon initiative. The goal of the initiative is to make sure landowners receive the most money possible for carbon sequestration, that carbon buyers get a good product for their money and that good stewardship of our natural resources is rewarded. They are currently involved only in helping landowners with carbon credits in the Canadian River wateshed, but have a goal of going statewide as early as the first of November. | |
Bits and Pieces- What a View ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's not
exactly Lake Altus that I can see this morning as I write this email to
you- I am overlooking the Sarasota Bay along the Gulf Coast of Florida-
getting ready later this morning to join some of my ag media colleagues in
checking out several lines of tractors that John Deere is touting as
utility tractors on larger farm operations, and as primary units in a
rural lifestyle situation or a smaller farm or ranch. I'll give you a
report from the field tomorrow morning- it's like big kids getting to play
with brand new toys.
Meanwhile, one of our long time colleagues is not here in Sarasota, but is busy nonetheless- as he will have a chance to visit with Presidential hopeful Barack Obama later today. We talked a little about some of the questions he hopes to pose to the Senator from Illinois- and we will be sharing that interview with you hopefully tomorrow. And- we want to remind you of the National Beef Ambassador Contest that will be underway later this week in Oklahoma City. We featured Sierra Simpson of Kremlin recently as the Oklahoma contestant- and we will be covering that event for you as it unfolds starting Friday. | |
Two Sales in One Day- the Star Lake Herefords Bull and Female Sales Are Set ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's your
chance to select some of the best Hereford genetics around for your cattle
operation on Sunday, October 19 at the Star Lake Cattle Ranch in Skiatook,
Oklahoma.
At 11 AM- it's the Star Lake Fall Celebration Female Sale, offering 20
fancy show heifers and over 60 pairs. These females will feature the
freshest genetics the ranch has to offer. Montie Soules of Star Lake Herefords is proud of the lineup of the
Range ready Bulls that will be offered, and he tells us "These are the
premium genetics of the Star Lake New Hereford and they carry the right
package of economic traits to help keep you in business. Star Lake bulls
from past bull sales have performed for our customers, and these will
too." | |
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