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Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture, Terry Peach, said Bathurst represents the type of farmer and leader best deserving of the recognition. "Mr. Bathurst and a handful of his peers had the vision nearly 50 years ago to see that agricultural marketing and promotion would be necessary to compete in a global economy," he said. "The actions they took back in the mid 1960s set the stage to help make Oklahoma a leading exporter of wheat to markets such as Mexico and Cuba."

The newly inducted Agricultural Hall of Famer offered the same advice to farmers and ranchers he said he received many years ago, don't spend all of your time on a tractor. "Spend part of your time in the political arena and get active about the issues," Bathurst said. "I followed that advice and it was one of the best things I ever did."

We have more on Elmore on our website- including a quick conversation that we had with Elmore after the awards ceremony on Tuesday afternoon. Click on the link below for that story.

Click here for more on Elmore Bathurst, the 12th Inductee into the Oklahoma Ag Hall of Fame

"We are really excited about Mrs. Harmon receiving the award this year because she is such an enthusiastic young teacher," said Dana Bessinger, AITC coordinator. "She's the kind of teacher we like to have teaching kids about agriculture by incorporating it into their lesson plans."

A parent of three sons, Harmon is also active in 4-H activities and has a good rapport with local agricultural producers and other parents, she adds. This has made it possible to bring some real hands-on agricultural activities to school.

More on Audrey- including an audio conversation that we had with her on Ag Day can be had by clicking here.

If you are a parent, a grandparent, a teacher or volunteer that is working with young people who have plans to show at future events- or if you are a show animal breeder- you might want to listen to have in your mind what these gentlemen are thinking about their species.

We have all three of these interviews on the Blue Green Gazette pages- click on the link below and you can listen to Warren Beeler talk hogs, Kevin Berry talk lambs and Jack Ward talk steers- those three stories are in the"All Youth News" listing just under the three top stories on the Grand Champions of the 2009 event.

Click here for the Blue Green Gazette of the OklahomaFarmReport.Com

Coinciding with the Conservation Day activities, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service , the Oklahoma Conservation Commission and the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts will conduct a joint press conference at the Oklahoma State Capitol to formally announce the first installment of funding for conservation work in Oklahoma from the recently passed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. That happens this morning at 10 AM- and we will have coverage of this event later today on the website- and on the radio tomorrow morning as well as in this email.

More details on all the Conservation awards and more that will be handed out this afternoon at the State Capitol can be had by clicking on the link below.

Click here for more on the Conservation Day Celebration at the State Capitol

Stallman pointed out that - farmers and ranchers and the veterinarians they work with use antibiotics carefully, judiciously and according to label instructions, primarily to treat, prevent and control disease in our flocks and herds. He told members of Congress that by opposing the bills, they would - protect the professional judgment of veterinarians and livestock producers in providing safe and healthful meat products - for consumers.

Stallman said more than 40 years of antibiotic use in farm animals proves that such use does not pose a public health threat. In fact, Stallman said - recent government data shows the potential that it might occur is declining. Bacteria survival through food processing and handling is decreasing, food-borne illness is down, development of antibiotic resistant bacteria in animals is stable and resistant food-borne bacteria in humans are declining.

"Dave White's extensive experience working with the NRCS and at the local, state and national levels is exactly what we need during this time of economic uncertainty and renewal," said Vilsack. "Dave's expertise and advice will be particularly valuable as we implement the 2008 Farm Bill and work to achieve President Obama's goals for renewing America and combating global climate change."

"Dave White's extensive experience working with the NRCS and at the local, state and national levels is exactly what we need during this time of economic uncertainty and renewal," said Vilsack. "Dave's expertise and advice will be particularly valuable as we implement the 2008 Farm Bill and work to achieve President Obama's goals for renewing America and combating global climate change."

The bulls that will be featured include 137 Angus, 15 Hereford and 6 Simmental. The sale day phone is 405-624-1181.

Click on the link below to jump to our page on this sale in our Calendar section- it has the links to both the regular website of OBI, as well as the sale catalog for tomorrow's sale.

Click here for more on the OBI Performance Tested Bull sale

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.

Click here to check out WWW.OklahomaFarmReport.Com

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.