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.

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We have a full list of the winners from Saturday at the link below- but the final winner announced on Saturday afternoon is noteworthy in that Ashton Mese of Kingfisher won the Tournament of Champions, making her a five time State Champion in this AFR contest. The Kingfisher senior was a state winner last year- and became eligible to compete in the Tournament of Champions as a result.

In addition to the list of winners that we have linked below in all of the categories and age divisions- from Novice to the Senior division- we also have a conversation with Terry Detrick on that page. We talked with Terry about the contest, but also spent time talking about the 2009-2010 policy process that is now underway by the general farm organization. You can hear that conversation by going to the link below as you go to review the list of winners from Saturday.

Click here for the list of winners from the 65th Annual AFR Contest in Stillwater this past Saturday.

As folks arrive and register, there will be coffee and cinnamon rolls courtesy of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission. Greetings from Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Terry Peach will begin their morning session around 9 AM. Shortly after that, the group will hear from Congressman Frank Lucas, Ranking Member of the House Ag Committee and the Third District Congressman for Oklahoma. The Congressman will be speaking in that 10 AM hour.

We have more on the OWGA meeting- including an audio conversation that we had with Tim this past Friday. We review the speakers and some of the policy issues that will be top of mind this Saturday at the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association.

Click here for more on the OWGA meeting with comments from Tim Bartram.

In their letter to Ambassador Kirk, the two cotton producer leaders told Kirk that he and his team demonstrated a keen understanding of the fundamental issue before the countries that were attempting to negotiate a Doha Round agreement. That premise is -- there is simply not enough additional market access into developing country markets in the existing negotiating texts, and without significant gains in agricultural market access, it is impossible for U.S. agriculture to find any benefit to a Doha Round.

In a speech Friday to the Texas Cotton Producers meeting in Lubbock, NCC Vice President Craig Brown said the letter noted Smith's visit with Kirk in April when Smith, a Floydada, Tex., producer, emphasized the significant changes that have occurred in the world cotton market since 2005. Those changes demonstrate clearly that the United States and West Africa have both suffered from production increases, market barriers, and new subsidies instituted by the three fastest growing cotton economies -- Brazil, India and China.

Click here to read more about the National Cotton Council's encouragement offered to USTR Ron Kirk

We also talked about Monsanto's investment in winter canola in the southern plains, which he describes as a learning experience for the Company, as well as for farmers that have elected to give winter canola a try as a rotational crop on their farm. Ihrig believes that a lot of progress has been made and that the significant jump in acres from the 2009 growing season to the crop that will be harvested in 2010 is a testament to potential that farmers see in this oilseed crop.

Our conversation with Rob is a Podcast on our website- and we have it linked for you below. Click on the link and go and take a listen to where we are in canola production to this point- and where this key figure in the Monsanto canola business plan sees us going.

Click here for our conversation with Rob Ihrig of Monsanto on Winter Canola.

"That sets up the situation in late 2009. Beef production is decreasing and projected to continue decreasing for a couple more years. Several macroeconomic indicators suggest that the worst of the recession is behind us and that we should see recovery that leads to improved beef demand in the next few months. The timing is, of course, uncertain."

Peel does explain what he sees is the tie between the cow calf man's situation and basketball. "What does all this have to do with basketball? Basketball is full of transitions from defense to offensive and vice versa. The key to transitioning into offense is anticipating it and how you play out the final stages of the defensive phase. This is similar to the situation for cow-calf producers. Cattle industry expansion begins with cow herd expansion and cow-calf producers have an opportunity now to think about positioning themselves to be ahead of the game when it comes time to be on the offense."

All of Derrell's comments on these transitions can be read by clicking on the link below- go and check it out.

Click here for more of the everchanging cow calf situation- and some ideas on how to handle them by OSU's Derrell Peel.

Bullard contends that misguided ideas like Cap and Trade have the ability to hurt "independent cattle producers" and that Uncle Sam should be figuring out ways to help these people prosper. Bullard says that if this segment of the economy has money in their pocket, they will invest in environmentally beneficial conservation programs that can reduce runoff of nutrients into streams, lower dust levels and even reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Bullard, on our Monday Beef Buzz, also says he is pleased that the Obama Administration has recognized there is an "anti competition" problem in the livestock sector- and is holding fact finding hearings to address the subject.
Click on the link below for our Beef Buzz with Bullard to see how he brings most issues back around to the chance for the independent cattle producer to gain an advantage.

Click here for the Monday Beef Buzz with Bill Bullard of R-Calf USA

Brad Tipton of Canadian County has a really good looking wheat production meeting planned today in El Reno- hurry if you are headed that direction. On Tuesday, The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers have a "ranch" gathering in Duncan for members and non members alike- it starts at 5:30 on Tuesday evening- details on our calendar page and of course, the big event of the week is the annual Tulsa Farm Show this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Quik Trip Center at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds. We hope to say howdy to many of you at this year's event.

Click on the Calendar link below- and we are going to start adding events for 2010 this week on our calendar- so be checking it for events in the days ahead. And of course, if you have an event we need to add, be sure to let me know and we will get it listed.

Click here for the Calendar Page from our website, OklahomaFarmReport.Com.

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.

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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.