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“We Nailed It!”” That was the first word from Dr. Derrell Peel of OSU on the latest USDA Cattle on Feed Report- perhaps the biggest news from the report is confirmation that we still have a bunch of heifers on feed- more than any other January On Feed Report in recent memory.

United States Cattle on Feed Up 2 Percent Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.9 million head on January 1, 2024. The inventory was 2 percent above January 1, 2023.

The inventory included 7.20 million steers and steer calves, up 2 percent from the previous year. This group accounted for 60 percent of the total inventory. Heifers and heifer calves accounted for 4.74 million head, up 2 percent from 2023.

Placements in feedlots during December totaled 1.70 million head, 4 percent below 2022. Net placements were 1.64 million head.

Marketings of fed cattle during December totaled 1.73 million head, 1 percent below 2022.

The post In Our Latest Ag Perspectives Podcast- Ron Hays Talks January 2024 Cattle on Feed with Dr. Derrell Peel of OSU first appeared on Oklahoma Farm Report.

Today’s Ag Perspective’s Podcast features a conversation that Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays had with former USDA Secretary of Ag Ann Veneman had about the first case of BSE that was found in the US in December 2003. In the mid-1990s, thousands of cattle in the United Kingdom (UK) were affected by an …

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The post On Today’s Ag Perspectives Podcast- Former USDA Secretary Ann Veneman Looks Back on The Cow That Stole Christmas first appeared on Oklahoma Farm Report.

Everyone in the US Beef Cattle Industry were getting ready for a good Christmas back in 2003- until the USDA Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman held a news conference on December 23, 2003 to announce a “a presumptive positive” test result for BSE in a cow found in the state of Washington. That first case …

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The post On Today’s Ag Perspectives Podcast- The Cow That Stole Christmas- Don Close and Ron Hays Look 20 Years Back first appeared on Oklahoma Farm Report.

Recovery continues for Oklahoma Congressman and former Chair of the House Ag Committee Frank Lucas. On August fourth- the Congressman/rancher discovered a stray bull on the ranch that he and his wife Lynda operate in Roger Mills County. That bull took dead aim for the former Chair of the House Ag Committee- “putting him up …

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The post On Today’s Ag Perspectives Podcast, Congressman Frank Lucas Talks About 2023 Farm Bill Developments- and His Recent Bull Encounter first appeared on Oklahoma Farm Report.

On our latest Ag Perspectives Podcast, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, had the chance to catch up with Congressman Frank Lucas and talk about the 2023 Farm Bill. Lucas is the former Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee and now serves as the current senior member of the House Agriculture Committee. “We are …

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The post On Today’s Ag Perspectives Podcast- Ron Hays talks 2023 Farm Bill, WOTUS and More with Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas first appeared on Oklahoma Farm Report.