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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron Hays of RON for Friday August 7, 2009
A
service of Producers Cooperative Oil Mill, Midwest Farm Shows and KIS
Futures!
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-- If I offered you $42.42, would you take it?????
-- Conservation Stewardship Signup Begins Monday at NRCS
Offices
-- A Look Back at the 2008 Southern Plains Beef Symposium
-- Dairymax Out Beating the Dairy Drum This Tax Free Weekend
-- Kim Anderson Talking Grain Markets- and Previewing USDA Crop
Production Numbers Coming Wednesday
-- Abundant Calendar Items for remainder of August
-- Let's Check the Markets!
Howdy Neighbors! Here's your morning farm news headlines from the Director of Farm Programming for the Radio Oklahoma Network, Ron Hays. We are proud to have KIS Futures as a regular sponsor of our daily email update. KIS Futures provides Oklahoma Farmers & Ranchers with futures & options hedging services in the livestock and grain markets- Click here for the free market quote page they provide us for our website or call them at 1-800-256-2555. We are also excited to have as one of our sponsors for the daily email
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If I offered you $42.42, would you take it????? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We asked
several questions of Dr. Michael Dicks and the ag policy folks at Oklahoma
State University regarding the value of ACRE to wheat farmers, as well as
on a more macro basis- the value if we get substantial signup in Oklahoma
to the rural economy of the state. Dr. Dicks and Jody Campiche responded
to us- and answered the first of our questions- about the value of acre to
a farm that has wheat base acres.
The answers provided are astounding! If a farmer with a 1000 wheat base acres signs up for ACRE- you will be in the program for the rest of the life of the farm bill- 2009 through 2012. In 2009 ALONE- Uncle Sam will write a check on those 1,000 wheat base acres for $52,418- a combination of the Direct Payment and the ACRE payment. Only $10,000 of that money is the Direct Payment- the rest is ACRE money. You NET $42,423 MORE for those 1,000 wheat base acres by simply getting in and signing your name on the ACRE contract. We got details on this from both Dr. Michael Dicks and his colleague
Jody Campiche. Their responses are linked below and found back on our
website. I urge you to read these details and act upon them. This is a
HISTORIC opportunity to pick up found money that you have already
qualified for- not one single additional hour out on the tractor or in the
combine or in the truck is required. IF YOU ARE A WHEAT FARMER AND HAVE
NOT SIGNED UP- GO TO YOUR LOCAL FSA OFFICE- RUN, DO NOT WALK! This weekend- We are planning on having Francie Tolle, the new head of the state FSA office as our guest on our Saturday morning TV segment seen on News9, KWTV. We will talk with here about ACRE signup and how to get everything in order to make this happen between now and next Friday, close of business at your local FSA office. Click here to study the numbers crunched by OSU's Michael Dicks and Jody Campiche on ACRE | |
Conservation Stewardship Signup Begins Monday at NRCS Offices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Agriculture
Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced Thursday that the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin continuous sign-up for the new
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) on August 10 with the first signup
period cutoff scheduled for September 30. CSP is a voluntary program that
encourages agricultural and forestry producers to maintain existing
conservation activities and adopt additional ones on their operations.
"This program will help the Nation's agricultural and forestry producers reach greater levels of conservation performance, which will help protect our land and water," Merrigan said. "The conservation benefits derived from maintaining and enhancing natural resources will improve the quality of soil and water, assist in addressing global climate change, and encourage environmentally responsible energy production." This program has been called the Conservation Security Program previously- and has also been called the "green payments" program- a program that has been used to reward what you have done to this point on your land when if comes to conservation. We have more details on our website about the CSP signup that begins this coming Monday, August 14. | |
A Look Back at the 2008 Southern Plains Beef Symposium ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In honor of
the 19th annual Southern Plains Beef Symposium that happens this weekend
in Ardmore (all day Saturday), we are jumping back to 2008 and last year's
event. You can jump to this story and listen to this Beef Buzz of a year
ago by clicking on the link below.
It will take creativity and cattle producers who are willing to be innovators to make it through the challenges facing the cattle industry in this day and age. That was the message last August from Ranch Manager Yates Adcock of the Middle Creek Ranch in Dustin, Oklahoma- one of those who were speaking at the 2008 Southern Plains Beef Symposium in Ardmore. Jumping back to 2009- we do remind you that you can register on site for this year's Southern Plains Beef Symposium- we hope to see you there- we will once again be moderating the morning session of what is one of the best one day cattle conferences found anywhere in the country. Click here for a Beef Buzz from the past- a visit with Yates Adcock of the Middle Creek Ranch | |
Dairymax Out Beating the Dairy Drum This Tax Free Weekend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ McDonald's and
Dairy MAX have teamed up to offer shoppers a free nutrient rich snack on
the first day of the tax-free weekend. Shoppers who visit the McDonald's
location of 14001 North Pennsylvania in Oklahoma City will receive coupons
for a new McCafe Specialty Coffees for adults and for free low-fat ice
cream cones for kids between 10 a.m. and noon on Friday, August 7 while
supplies last.
During a live radio remote with an Oklahoma City radio station, listeners will learn how dairy farmers have teamed up with McDonald's to help make it easy to choose nutrient rich foods away from home. "American's only consume about half of the dairy servings they need," said Susan Allen, program coordinator for Dairy MAX. "The new McCafe specialty coffees can help because they are up to 80% milk. It's a delicious way to get an extra dairy serving in your diet." Oklahoma's newly crowned dairy princess Kristen Meyer from Okarche will
be on hand to talk to consumers about the nutritional value of 3 servings
of dairy per day and dairy farming practices today. McDonald's
representatives tell us that, while it varies from store to store, they
use 6 to 12 additional gallons of milk per day with the launch of the
McCafe Specialty Coffees, a boost to dairy farming families across the
nation, like Kristen's. | |
Kim Anderson Talking Grain Markets- and Previewing USDA Crop Production Numbers Coming Wednesday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have the
weekly segment that features Dr. Kim Anderson of OSU on SUNUP- this week
talking about this coming week's Crop Production report that will be out
on Wednesday. Kim also spends some time with host Clinton Griffiths
talking about the current wheat market.
We also have the lineup on this week's SUNUP- partially a rerun due to the fundraising activities of OETA this weekend. The segments with Dr. Anderson, as well as Glenn Selk are fresh and very timely. Click on the link below and take a listen to Dr. Anderson, as well as get that lineup to see Clinton Griffiths and company on SUNUP. Click here for the latest on the grain markets with Dr. Kim Anderson | |
Abundant Calendar Items for remainder of August ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have dozens
of events going on between now and the end of the month of August- and we
invite you to check out what is going on across the state by clicking on
our link below.
We also remind you that if you have an event that we need to add to our calendar- for August or for later in the year- we want to hear from you! Drop us an email and we will get those items added in. Click here for our calendar page as found on WWW.OklahomaFarmReport.Com | |
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Let's Check the Markets! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stockman's
Livestock in Apache sold a total of 1,577 cattle on Thursday- yearlings
steady to $2 lower, while calves were steady to $2 higher. Seven to eight
weights had a good test in the Medium and Large Frame 1 category- and sold
from $99 to $102.75. Click
here for the complete price rundown from Apache- as assembled by the
Market News folks from USDA.
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: | |
God Bless! You can reach us at the following: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: ron@oklahomafarmreport.com
phone: 405-473-6144
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