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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma's latest
farm and ranch news
Your Update from Ron
Hays of RON for Thursday February 11, 2010 A
service of Producers Cooperative Oil Mill, Midwest Farm Shows and KIS
Futures!
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-- Katie Couric Part Deux- Denmark is Good- US is Bad.
-- Oklahoma is Ready, Willing and Able to Do More in Animal ID
-- HB 3202 Marches Toward the House Floor at the Oklahoma State
Capitol
-- Oklahoma Pork Congress rescheduled for March 25
-- Oklahoma Carbon Program Accepting Applications
-- Let's Check the Markets!
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Katie Couric Part Deux- Denmark is Good- US is Bad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Katie Couric
used another six minutes on Wednesday CBS Evening News to promote the idea
that antibiotics should not be allowed to be used as a production tool for
animal agriculture in this country. A good bit of the report last night
had to do with a visit to the country of Denmark where they no longer use
antibiotics to help promote growth in their swine. She found a farmer who
survived that government mandate and has increased his operation to where
they grow more than 30,000 pigs annually. Of course, he is just a pig
farmer, not a part of industrialized farming.
The problem is that the Danish move in this direction has not really
helped human health along the way. Dr. Lyle Vogel, Assistant Executive
Vice President of the AVMA in the summer of 2008 testified before a Senate
Committee about the moves in Denmark and pointed out the lack of results
in that country. In response to the Couric story- the CBS affiliate in Tulsa responded to an email from an Osage County rancher complaining of the unbalanced nature of the report and looked for the Oklahoma angle. They turned to Mike Spradling, President of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau and did a report from the Flying G Ranch in Tulsa County- Click here for that story put together by the News on 6. In addition, this morning, News9, KWTV in Oklahoma City talked with us about the story- and was also turning to Roy Lee Lindsey of the Oklahoma Pork Council for his reaction during their morning news. Click here for the Second Segment from CBS Evening News on Antibiotics in animal agriculture. | |
Oklahoma is Ready, Willing and Able to Do More in Animal ID ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oklahoma State
Veternarian Dr. Becky Brewer appears to be okay with the announcement last
week by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack that his agency is going to move away
from the NAIS concept for Animal ID- and embrace a more decentralized
approach.
The framework, announced last Friday at the National Association of
State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) Mid-Year meeting, provides the
basic tenets of an improved animal disease traceability capability in the
United States. USDA's efforts will: You can click on the link below for more on this conversation that we had with Dr. Brwer- it's being heard on our Beef Buzz report on great radio stations around the state that are a part of the Radio Oklahoma Network. Click here for more on the decentralized approach to Animal ID with State Vet Dr. Becky Brewer. | |
HB 3202 Marches Toward the House Floor at the Oklahoma State Capitol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HB 3202,
authored by Rep. Don Armes, would protect a livestock owner's right to
perform traditional animal husbandry practices as well as utilize equine
dentists, chiropractors and farriers at the discretion of the livestock
owner. According to the According to the blogsite, OkAgPolicy.org, this is
a priority issue for Oklahoma Farm Bureau this session. Last week, the
bill passed House Ag Committee chaired by Armes on an 11 to 3 vote. Those
legislators voting for the legislation where Reps. Don Armes, Dale DeWitt,
John Enns, Eddie Fields, Steve Kouplen, Leslie Osborn, Charles Ortega,
R.C. Pruett, Todd Russ, Mike Sanders, and Harold Wright. Legislators who
voted against the Farm Bureau-supported legislation were Reps. Brian
Renegar, Phil Richardson and Dennis Bailey.
There is a companion measure in the Senate- SB1999. The lead for that measure is Mike Schulz of Altus. It has also cleared the Senate Ag Committee with little opposition. It appears that the measure may be considered as early as next Tuesday
by the full House. On the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Facebook page- they are
calling on their members to flood the capitol on February 16- "OFB is
calling all members to the Capitol at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16 to
rally for private property rights. Join us in our efforts to protect the
rights to care for our livestock and hire whom we choose to care for our
livestock. Legislators need to hear from you!" Click here for more on HB3202 and our visit with Don Armes about the measure on Equine Dentistry. | |
Oklahoma Pork Congress rescheduled for March 25 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 2010
Oklahoma Pork Congress and Annual Meeting has been rescheduled for March
25. The event will be held at the Express Event Center in Oklahoma City.
Approximately 200 pork producers from across the state are expected to
attend. Due to a winter storm that brought ice and snow to most of
Oklahoma on January 28 and 29, the event was postponed from its original
date of January 29. "We apologize for the inconvenience of having to reschedule our event. We anticipate many pork producers will still be able to join us on March 25," said Roy Lee Lindsey Jr., executive director of the Oklahoma Pork Council. To get an accurate meal count, OPC is asking those who plan to attend to preregister by March 18. If you registered for the original date, we ask that you register again. There is no cost to attend Pork Congress. The registration form can be found at the Oklahoma Pork Council website- and we have it linked below. Producers will hear from the Oklahoma Pork Council, the National Pork
Board and the National Pork Producers Council about local and national
programs and issues. Bob Brown, a market analyst from Edmond, Okla., will
share with producers what he thinks will happen to the pork industry
economically in 2010. | |
Oklahoma Carbon Program Accepting Applications ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Oklahoma
Carbon Program is now accepting applications from aggregators and
verifiers of Oklahoma agricultural and forestry carbon offsets. Oil and
gas companies who want verification of downhole injection of carbon
dioxide are also invited to apply. Applications and details are available
on the Oklahoma Conservation Commission website, which we have linked
below in the full story on our website.
“There are definitely benefits from participating in this voluntary program,” said Stacy Hansen, Carbon Program director for the Conservation Commission. “For example, oil and gas companies can now get formal recognition with a certificate if they are capturing greenhouse gas emissions from a source and pumping them underground to recover oil,” she said. “Even though they may have been injecting underground for years, the program's third party verification of the carbon storage now provides companies the credibility that is necessary to claim the injected carbon dioxide as a carbon offset and trade it as a commodity.” One goal of Oklahoma's carbon program is to connect the interested
public with screened companies that handle carbon offset contracts. “We
will publish on our website the names of approved aggregators and
verifiers. We will also refer to them in program publications that are
distributed at events where the carbon program exhibits,” said Hansen,
noting that the program was promoted at 20 Oklahoma events reaching around
700 people in 2009. | |
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Let's Check the Markets! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We've had
requests to include Canola prices for your convenience here- and we will
be doing so on a regular basis. Current cash price for Canola is $7.55 per
bushel, while the 2010 New Crop contracts for Canola are now available are
$7.75 per bushel- delivered to local participating elevators that are
working with PCOM.
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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