~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON for Monday January 12, 2009
A
service of Producers Cooperative Oil Mill, Midwest Farm Shows and Johnston
Enterprises!
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-- Farm Bureau- Ready To Roll Up Their Sleeves and Work With Our New
President
-- Lori Peterson of Oklahoma Farm Bureau Expects Delegates to Get
Policy Lined Up to Deal with New Administration
-- Oklahoma Wheat Grower Jimmie Musick of Sentinel to Participate in
WOLF
-- Kisling One of Hundreds of Bush Appointees Resigning as of Next
Tuesday
-- World Ag Expo to Showcase Ten Most Innovative Products for
Agriculture in 2009
-- Looking at the Calendar- Lots to Do This Week
-- Crop Numbers Galore This Morning
-- Let's Check the Markets!
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Farm Bureau- Ready To Roll Up Their Sleeves and Work With Our New President ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inside his
annual address to members of the American Farm Bureau, AFBF President Bob
Stallman offered a direct message to the President Elect of the United
States, Barack Obama.
Stallman told the delegates directly and soon to be President Obama indirectly that "We, the farmers and ranchers of Farm Bureau are ready to roll up our sleeves and move forward. We feed the nation and no matter which national priority, the economy, energy, immigration, trade, environment that you choose to pursue, we are ready to hit the ground running." Besides his communication with President Elect Obama, Stallman also spoke of the need for freedom in this country for farmers to pursure their dreams. He says that means having the freedom to succeed as well as the freedom to walk close to the edge of the clift and take on greater risk. He also spent time in talking about the recent farm bill debate-
congratulaing Farm Bureau members for being a part of the process but
added that now we have to make sure that implementation goes as it should.
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Lori Peterson of Oklahoma Farm Bureau Expects Delegates to Get Policy Lined Up to Deal with New Administration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The delegates
here at the American Farm Bureau convention in San Antonio begin their
work on Tuesday morning, as they work on developing the policy book for
the grass roots organization in the coming year. Lori Peterson is Vice
President for Public Policy for Oklahoma Farm Bureau- and she has been
working through what will come up from the Resolutions Committee for the
delegates to consider staring tomorrow morning.
Peterson tells us that she thinks a good number of issues that will come up will be getting policy in place in anticipation of what the AFBF thinks could develop at the national level as the Obama Administration gets up and running this spring and summer. There will likely be discussion on things like the Death Tax, the Environment, Immigration and more. We have a conversation that we had with Lori on Sunday afternoon late from here in San Antonio on this subject- and we run through several of the key issues that she sees being discussed by the delegate body starting Tuesday. Click on the link below and take a listen. Click here for our conversation with Lori from the AFBF meeting in San Antonio | |
Oklahoma Wheat Grower Jimmie Musick of Sentinel to Participate in WOLF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The National
Association of Wheat Growers is pleased to announce the class for the 2009
Wheat Organization Leaders of the Future, or WOLF, program. WOLF is
designed as an advanced leadership program for state wheat grower leaders
who will soon become part of the NAWG Board of Directors. The program
focuses on the responsibilities of Board members, governance, media
relations and lobbying. The 2009 program will take place immediately
preceeding the NAWG and U.S. Wheat Associates winter meetings, to be held
in Washington, D.C., in February.
"It's always exciting to see a new crop of wheat leaders rising up to the national level," said Daren Coppock, NAWG's chief executive officer, on the announcement. "This is a wonderful program we are happy to partner with Bayer CropScience to offer our state directors every year." There are a total of 11 wheat producers from across the country that will be a part of the 2009 WOLF program, including Jimmie Musick who farms in the Sentinel area in Washita County. | |
Kisling One of Hundreds of Bush Appointees Resigning as of Next Tuesday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Friday,
Brent Kisling announced his resignation as USDA Rural Development state
director. Kisling's resignation will be effective on January 20, 2009 at
12:00 p.m. Appointed in 2001 as a part of the George W. Bush
Administration, Kisling has served Oklahoma overseeing Rural Development's
mission to provide technical and financial resources to rural areas.
During his tenure, USDA Rural Development administered over 50 different
federal programs while investing over $2.5 billion in projects throughout
rural Oklahoma.
"I have been honored to serve President George W. Bush for the past 8 years as well as the rural residents of Oklahoma," said Mr. Kisling about his resignation. "I believe that there are more opportunities for success in rural Oklahoma than we have seen in the history of our state. I am proud of everything our community leaders have accomplished in the last several years." USDA Rural Development's mission is to increase economic opportunity and improve the quality of life for rural residents. Nationwide, Rural Development has invested more than $90 billion since 2001 for equity and technical assistance to finance and foster growth in homeownership, business development, and critical community and technology infrastructure. More than 1.7 million jobs have been created or saved through these investments. | |
World Ag Expo to Showcase Ten Most Innovative Products for Agriculture in 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 2009
Top-10 New Products will be unveiled during Media Day at the World Ag Expo
on February 9th, during World Ag Expo's Media Day. The Top-10 new
products, selected by a panel of agribusiness professionals, stood out
from those nominated by exhibiting companies.
"World Ag Expo is the place for the newest and most innovative agriculture technology," said 2009 Chairman Paul Simon. "We are proud to have the opportunity to award these fine new products and applaud the companies for their forward thinking and innovation." One of the products in the top ten comes from one of our sponsors who we salute for their innovation. Bayer Animal Health offers Quick Bayt, a new spray-on house fly bait product, which can be used with granular scatter fly baits, takes control of house flies in livestock facilities to a new, higher level. We have the link below to the full list of all the products, complete with links for more information from the companies making these products. It's almost like making the trip to Tulare, California without having to pay the airfare. Click here for the Ten Most Innovative Products of 2009 as being spotlighted at the World Ag Expo | |
Looking at the Calendar- Lots to Do This Week ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As we continue
today here in San Antonio covering the American Farm Bureau Federation
2009 Convention, there are a bunch of things that will be happening of
importance to Oklahoma farmers and ranchers the balance of this month. We
continue to add things to the calendar listings found on our website,
WWW.OklahomaFarmReport.Com and we would encourage you to go to the link
below to check through what is ahead.
Later this aftermoon, we will be heading for the Mile High City of Denver and the 2009 National Western Stock Show- always a tremendous livestock event and we look forward to covering the International Livestock Congress that is scheduled for tomorrow. Later this week, we will be heading to the Panhandle, weather
permitting, for the Guymon Ag Days celebration Friday evening and Saturday
morning at the Texas County Fairgrounds. Click here for our Calendar found at WWW.OklahomaFarmReport.Com | |
Crop Numbers Galore This Morning ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Farmers across
the Midwest are expected to follow, more closely than normal, this Monday
morning's commodity supply and demand report. That report will include the
latest balance sheets for supplies, prices, exports and other uses for
several crops - including corn and soybeans.
It will also include winter wheat seeding numbers for the 2009 US winter wheat crop. USDA Outlook Board Chairman Gerald Bange says changing petroleum prices and a weakening economy have had their affects. A big question remains about the impact on ethanol and biodiesel. Bange believes that question should be answered in this morning's January report. The reports will be out from USDA at 7:30 AM central time- we will have info on these reports by 9 AM or so on our website front page- go there to get those updates. | |
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Let's Check the Markets! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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God Bless! You can reach us at the following: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: ron@oklahomafarmreport.com
phone: 405-473-6144
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