Garvin County Ag News

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1 Garvin County Ag News Volume 1, Issue 1 February 15, 2017 Annual Ca*le Producer Associa on Mee ng & Banquet Set Veterinary Feed Directive to be discussed Dr. Barry Whitworth The Garvin County Ca3le Producer Associa4on in coopera4on with the Garvin County Coopera4ve Extension Service will hold their annual mee4ng and banquet Thursday, February 23, 2017, 6:30 p.m. at the Fair Grounds in Pauls Valley. As of January 1, 2017, the Food and Drug Administra4on (FDA) requires a Veterinary Feed Direc4ve (VFD) for all medically important an4microbials administered in feed and a veterinary prescrip4on for all medically important an4microbials administered in water. Dr. Barry Whitworth, Oklahoma State University Area Food and Animal Quality Health Specialist, will review the Veterinary Feed Direc4ve and answer your ques4ons. Entertainer Jim Garling of Guthrie will perform, incorpora4ng western cowboy music and Oklahoma history. Garling performs at music fes4vals across the na4on and has been a featured ar4st at the Na4onal Cowboy and Western Museum. Jim Garling A steak meal will be served, as well as door prizes offered. The annual membership fee of $25 includes the cost of a meal for two. Addi4onal guests $10 each. Garvin County Coopera ve Extension Service Address 201 W. Grant Avenue Room 7, Courthouse Pauls Valley, OK Phone melissa.koesler@okstate.edu Website Social Media Facebook: Garvin County Extension Garvin County 4-H In this issue Annual Ca*le Producer Associa on Mee ng & Banquet First Hollow Stem Grazing and Harvest Market Update Agriculture Resources SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2017 * 6:30 P.M. McClain County Fairgrounds, Purcell 4-H/FFA Junior Livestock Show Schedule Agriculture Lab Services

2 Garvin County Ag News First Hollow Stem: A Cri cal Wheat Growth Stage for Dual-purpose Producers Oklahoma Coopera ve Extension Service Fact Sheet PSS-2147 by Jeff Edwards, Small Grains Extension Specialist and Gerald Horn, Beef Ca3le Nutri4onist Oklahoma farmers sow approximately six million acres of wheat annually. Anywhere from 40 percent to 60 percent of these acres are grazed by ca3le during the winter. Producers wishing to graze wheat and subsequently harvest grain must decide when to remove ca3le from wheat pasture. Grazing too long will reduce wheat yields, but removing ca3le too early will reduce profit poten4al of the stocker ca3le enterprise. Finding the correct balance between these two factors has been the subject of inves4ga4on for decades. As early as the 1930s, Kansas State University researchers published Extension bulle4ns indica4ng that ca3le should be removed from wheat pasture by join4ng. Oklahoma State University researchers inves4gated the issue further in the early 1990s and found that if profitability of the overall wheat stocker ca3le enterprise was the primary goal, removing ca3le from wheat pasture by join4ng was too late. They iden4fied first hollow stem as the op4mal wheat growth stage for removing ca3le from wheat pasture. The purpose of this fact sheet is to explain why first hollow stem is the best 4me to remove ca3le from wheat pasture, provide details on how to iden4fy first hollow stem, and discuss some of the environmental and physiological factors that determine when first hollow stem occurs. Importance of First Hollow Stem Wheat intended for grazing is generally sown in early September. Due to this earlier-than-op4mal sowing date, grazed wheat will generally yield less than nongrazed wheat sown in mid-october. Since dual-purpose wheat producers are already dealing with reduced yield poten4al, as compared to a grain-only system, it is extremely important to protect the yield poten4al present by removing ca3le from wheat pasture prior to first hollow stem. Studies conducted at the Wheat Pasture Research Unit near Marshall during the early 1990s and at S4llwater during the 2003 and 2005 crop years have shown that grazing past first hollow stem decreases grain yield by as much as five per-cent per day or as li3le as one percent per day. The amount of green leaf area leh aher grazing, for example, will significantly impact wheat recovery aher grazing. Green leaf 4ssue is the factory that powers wheat growth. The more green leaf 4ssue leh at grazing termina4on, the greater the yield poten4al. So wheat pasture that is not grazed as hard or that was not grazed during muddy condi4ons will recover from grazing more quickly than wheat that is grazed short or stomped into the ground. Cool, wet condi4ons aher ca3le removal are favorable for wheat recovery. These environmental condi4ons allow the wheat plant extra 4me to regain some of the vegeta4ve growth lost to grazing prior to switching to reproduc4ve mode. So an addi4onal two weeks of grazing past first hollow stem could cost the producer as li3le as 14 percent or as much as 58 percent of original yield poten4al. In most circumstances, the addi4onal ca3le weight gain from graz-ing past first hollow stem would not be sufficient to offset the loss in grain yield. To determine the economic impact of grazing past first hollow stem on your farm, consult the Oklahoma Grazeout Decision Maker program available at h3p://agecon.okstate.edu/faculty/publica4ons/3443.xlsm. This factsheet in its en4rety may be accessed via our website on the Fact Sheets link. Search for PSS You may also contact the Extension office for a copy. 2

3 GARVIN COUNTY AG NEWS WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Trent Milacek, Area Ag Econ Specialist Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service The WASDE report on February 10, 2017 contained favorable news for wheat producers. Increased export expecta4ons and lower supplies in India and Kazakhstan are enough to move prices higher. Producers who are s4ll storing old crop wheat will have an opportunity to regain some storage expense next week. Prices rallied on Thursday and Friday sending March 2017 futures to $ to close out the week. In addi4on, new crop basis is approximately 5 to 10 cents less than old crop bids. The new crop July 2017 futures contract is trading at $4,84 4, which is 24 cents higher than the - Ipsum nearby March 17 bid. Combining the posi4ve spread with the basis improvement, there is approximately 29 cents of carry in the market. Including February, March, April, May, June and July brings the storage un4l new crop harvest to 24 cents. Another 6 cents added for interest costs brings the total cost of storage over that period to 30 cents. The 30 cent cost of storage is higher than the 29 cent carry in the market. However, the recent rally suggests that some producers may be able to afford storing wheat a li3le longer. Market rallies above $4.65 are good opportuni4es to move out old crop wheat. Futures prices above $5.00 would be outstanding but producers will have to wait and see if the market has the steam to make that kind of rally. At area terminals, this would equate to a cash price of $3.95 and $4.30 respec4vely. 3

4 GARVIN COUNTY AG NEWS 80th Annual Garvin County 4-H and FFA Invitational Junior Livestock Show February 27 - March 4, 2017 Fair Grounds * Pauls Valley, Oklahoma Schedule of Events Monday, Feb. 27 2:00-5:00 p.m. Cattle check in 2:00-4:00 p. m. Goats check in 4:00-6:00 p.m. Lambs check in Tuesday, February 28 8:00 a.m. Cattle Show 11:00 a.m. Goat Show Lamb Show Immediately following Goat Show - Ipsum Wednesday, March 1 11:00 a.m. All barrows & gilts must be in barn 1:00 p.m. Official weight-in & registration papers check Thursday, March 2 8:00 a.m. Gilt judging followed by barrow show Friday, March 3 All Animals may return to barn for Premium Sale 7:00 10:00 p.m. Exhibitors Dance Saturday, March 4 12:00 p.m. Free Barbecue Lunch 1:00 p.m. Premium Sale Begins Note: Animals not making the Premium Sale will be released following the showing of the species, and will be moved out before the barbecue. Access research-based informa4on: Ag, Business, Finance & Marke4ng Community & Rural Development Crops Gardening, Insects & Pest Management Livestock Natural Resources, Environment & Ecology Weather Extension Fact Sheets Garvin County Coopera ve Extension: Your county source for current events Addi onal Resources: Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Agriculture Food and Forestry Oklahoma Ca*lemen s Associa on h3p://okca3lemen.org/ Oklahoma State University, in compliance with Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order as amended, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Higher Education Act), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and other federal and state laws and regulations, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, genetic information, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, or status as a veteran, in any of its policies, practices or procedures. This provision includes, but is not limited to admissions, employment, financial aid, and educational services. The Director of Equal Opportunity, 408 Whitehurst, OSU, Stillwater, OK ; Phone ; eeo@okstate.edu has been designated to handle inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies: Director of Equal Opportunity. Any person (student, faculty, or staff) who believes that discriminatory practices have been engaged in based on gender may discuss his or her concerns and file informal or formal complaints of possible violations of Title IX with OSU s Title IX Coordinator Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director of Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. This publication is printed and issued by Oklahoma State University as authorized by the Vice President, Dean, and Director of the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and has been prepared and distributed at a cost of 000 cents per copy. 4

5 GARVIN COUNTY AG NEWS The Soil, Water and Forage Analy4cal Laboratory SWFAL was established by the Oklahoma Coopera4ve Extension Service to provide soil tes4ng, plant, animal waste and water analyses for the State of Oklahoma and anyone who needs agricultural tes4ng services. Interpreta4ons and recommenda4ons are made based on many years field calibra4ons conducted in Oklahoma. The Garvin County Coopera4ve Extension Service can assist you by providing informa4on and supplies needed in gathering samples as well as sending them to the lab on your behalf. The list provided details these and other tes4ng services provided with current pricing. Please contact the Extension office for more informa4on. 5

6 Garvin County Extension Office 201 W. Grant, Room 7, Courthouse Pauls Valley, OK