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Peel adds that This report should alleviate some of the growing concerns about feedlot supplies but the fact remains that feedlot marketings will increase in the next quarter as the July - October increase in placements work their way through feedlots. However, the larger November marketings pulls cattle off the front end and the lower placement number should set a stronger tone for fed cattle markets heading into the second quarter of the year.

You can click on the link below for Dr. Peel's thoughts- as well as a link to an audio overview of the COF report from Tom Leffler of Leffler Commodities. We also have a link there for the full report from NASS at the USDA website.

Click here for more on the December Cattle on Feed Numbers from USDA

Vilsack says of the report from Dr. Glauber "the results of his full economic analysis shows that agriculture will benefit from energy and climate legislation if it includes a robust carbon offsets program and other helpful provisions. The costs of such legislation will be modest while returns from offsets will increase over-time and result in positive net income for agriculture."

Vilsack goes on to question the accuracy of a report issued by Texas A&M known as the FASOM report that says that production agriculture as we know it would be substantially changed because of the push by the law to have land owners take farm land out of production and plant trees. Vilsack says that he has talked to Glauber and concludes " I don't believe the results related to afforestation forecast by the FASOM model are necessarily an accurate depiction of the impacts of climate legislation."
Click on the link below to read Vilsack's comments and we have a link to the Executive Summary from Glauber's office- and we have Republican reaction to Vilsack's statement as well- as you can imagine- they are not very complimentary of the Secretary.

Click here for the full statement from USDA's Tom Vilsack .

Lucas and Chambliss told Ms. Jackson "Recent comments by Department of Agriculture Secretary Vilsack raise concerns with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) analysis of H.R. 2454. Specifically, Secretary Vilsack indicates the agriculture and forestry model utilized by your agency, the Forest and Agricultural Sector Optimization Model (FASOM) is not "current" and "complete."

The letter reminded the EPA Administrator that the analysis offered by her agency was cited many times in the House debate and thus far in the Senate debate that if it is not accurate, it does a disservice to the whole process. "Moving forward with flawed studies will only result in bad policy and legislation."
Click on the link below for the complete letter sent by Congressman Lucas and Senator Chambliss to Lisa Jackson of the EPA.

Click here for more on the letter from Frank Lucas and Saxby Chambliss to EPA's Lisa Jackson

Speaking to the management of the crop during the winter and coming spring months, Sanders reminded farmers canola is a crop that benefits from careful management. "If you have a field of canola that is growing well now," he said. "Be sure to keep a watchful eye for disease and insect problems. As we go into the spring, you need to be walking your fields on a diagonal pattern, looking for aphid infestations. As you walk your fields, stop and examine the underside of the canola leaves and look for any aphids." Sanders said aphid populations in each field can be very localized. "It isn't unusual for aphids to be absent from one part of a field and then walk a short distance and discover a large bunch of them in another part of the same field," he said.

We have more from Sanders on the aphids as well as fertility needs of canola- click on the link below for the rest of that story. Our thanks to Vic Schoonover who is working with PCOM for providing us an update from that meeting last week in Frederick.

Click here for more on the status of the 2010 Winter Canola Crop.

The Conservation Cost-Share Program year 12 approved Dec. 7 will extend through June 30, 2011. The board of directors at each of Oklahoma's 87 local conservation districts selects from a state-approved list the conservation practices they feel will best address the highest priority problems affecting renewable natural resources in their area. Examples of approved practices include brush management to control invasive plant species like eastern redcedar or to improve or restore native wildlife habitat. Brush management may also be used to protect life and property from wildfire hazard. Ponds, terraces and water diversions are practices that help control soil erosion and improve water quality. In Critical Area Planting, vegetation is planted on highly erodible soil to reduce damage from sediment and runoff to downstream areas. Fencing is a practice used to exclude livestock from areas that should be protected from grazing such as tree plantings, wildlife areas or cropland.

Click on the link below for more on these monies apporoved by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission earlier this month.

Click here for more on the Oklahoma Conservation Commission Cost Share Money story.

One form of the vaccine is comprised of cells of a strain of E. coli O157:H7 that lacks a gene called hha. A second form of the vaccine contains an E. coli strain that lacks both hha and a second gene, sepB. In both vaccines the E. coli strain produces a large quantity of immunogenic proteins, which trigger the immune system response that prevents E. coli O157:H7 from successfully colonizing in cattle intestines.

Preliminary tests involved immunizing 3-month-old Holstein calves with a placebo or either form of the vaccine. Six weeks later, the animals received a dose of E. coli O157:H7 and for the next 18 days their manure was tested for evidence of the microbe. Calves that received either vaccine had reduced or non-detectable levels of E. coli in their manure "within only a few days after being inoculated with the bacteria," the scientists found.
Click on the link below to read more from the USDA release on this research- and they have links there for additional details as well.

Click here for more on this research looking for vaccines to battle E-Coli

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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.