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E 2020 Payne County Cattle-
i man’s Banquet
2 The Payne County Cattle
.i Producers Association Okla-
': homa Cattleman’s Associa-
i tion would like toinvite you
i to attend the annual steak
: dinner and trade show of the
; Payne County Cattle Produc-
; ers on Thursday, October 29,
2020 at the Payne County
‘ Expo center. Our dinner
; and trade show will be held
in the Expo Hall located on
the northwest comer of the
Expo Center.
The trade show booths will
be set up by 5:00 pm. with
Performance Contest begin-
ning at 3:00 pm. followed
by Stocker Contest and the
: meal at 7:00 pm. You are
encouraged to bring your
:. spouse or guests. Dinner
tickets are $20 .00 per person.
The annual membership fee
is $100.00 and should be
paid at the time your reserva—
tions are made for the dinner
unless you have already paid
your dues to the Oklahoma
Cattleman’s Association
(OCA). If you do not know
your OCA membership
renewal date, you can con-
tact OCA at 405-235-4391.
Please return your dues and
r reservation form by October
‘23rd, to the Payne County
OSU Extension Center, 315
W. 6th Suite 103, Stillwater,
OK 74074. Your tickets will
be waiting at the door.
,The Performance Contest
will be held in conjunc—
L tion with our annual meet—
?zing; We:;will be. hosting the
:v_23rd annual “Haskell Cudd
"" Stdcker Calf and Replace-
ment Heifer Contest.” This
year’s contest will have 3
divisions: Stocker Calves;
Commercial Replacement
Heifers and Registered
Replacement Heifers. Still-
water Milling is sponsoring
$100, $75, and $50 valued
: prizes to the lst, 2nd & 3rd
place pen of three spring born
stocker calves andlst, 2nd
A & 3rd place pen of 3 spring
born replacement heifers.
6 The stocker calf pens will be
: judged on market potential.
The 27th recipient of the
, county Cattlemen’s Hall of
Fame will be honored during
the evening. We would wel-
: come any item that you, as
i a producer, would like to
donate to the silent auction
portion of our program this
year. If’ you would like to
i participate with a donation
v, please contact the Payne
: County Extension office at
f (405) 747-8320.
K Perspective Trade Show
Participants:
‘ The Trade Show booth
participants will exhibit in
, conjunction with the Cattle
i Producers Annual Banquet.
We are requesting display
booths be set up by 3:00 pm.
The space available will be
approximately 10 feet X 10
feet. Producers are invited
to begin arriving at 3:00 pm.
to participate in the, cattle
producers’ contests and visit.
Your cost for a booth space
is $75.00 and includes one
ticket for the steak dinner.
Additional dinner tickets
can be purchased for $20.00
and by making reservations.
The membership of the
county association is invited
along with their spouse or
guests. If you would like
to participate in the prize
drawing, please notify the
Payne County Extension
Office, of your plans when
you set up your booth. If
your business would like to
become a member of Payne
County Cattle Producers and
OCA the associate member
dues are $250.00, individ-
ual membership dues are
$ 100.00. If interested, please
contact our office at 405-747-
8320.
La Nifia Pattern Grips
Southern Plains
Oklahoma is experiencing
one of the driest stretches
of weather we have experi-
enced in quite a while. Most
of the western and part of the
northem counties are already
in some type of drought
declaration. Looking at both
the short-term and long-term
weather forecast, drought
is expected to expand and ,
worsen in the coming weeks.
Part of the expected drier
thannormal conditionsis
likely relatedftd the current
La Nifia pattern. This is
the cold phase of the El
Nifio/Southem Oscillation
(ENSO) and occurs when
sea surface temperatures
drop below average across
the eastern Equatorial Pacific
Ocean. As with its warm
phase ENSO counterpart,
El Nifio, this disruption of
sea surface temperatures
and atmospheric circulation
can impact weather patterns
across the globe, including
those in the Southern Plains.
ENSO is a naturally varying
climate pattern and its dif-
ferent phases can persist for
seVeral seasons or several
years. In addition to the
warm and cold phases, there
is also a neutral state in which
the ocean and atmospheric
conditions are within their
long-term averages.
During La Nifia, the jet
stream meanders farther to
the north and the Pacific
moisture inflows tends to
decrease, leaving the south-
ern tier of the United States
‘ with fewer storm systems.
The impacts most common
in Oklahoma are above
normal temperatures and
below normal precipitation.
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The impacts are normally
strongest from late fall
through early spring although
not every La Nifia produces
the typical impacts.
Scientists expect the La
Nifia conditions observed to
continue through at least the
winter months. Strength of
the La Nifia event does seem
to matter, with the moderate
and strong episodes pro-
ducing the most significant
impacts. Forecasters indicate
that duringthe peak Novem-
ber—January season of this
year the pattern should stay
in the borderline moderate
category. Unfortunately
for Oklahoma, moderate
La Nifia’s have resulted in
historically drier conditions
than either the strong or weak
categories.
While there can still be
strong arctic fronts, La Nifia
episodes typically result in
warmer than average tem-
peratures across the majority
of Oklahoma. Far western
Oklahoma and the Oklahoma
panhandle have the greatest
chances of experiencing tem—
peratures above the long-term
average but often the entire
state sees Warmer winters.
Another undesirable com—
ponent of the La Nifia pattern
is the likelihood of experi-
encing increased chances
of severe weather events in
the spring, especially in the
central and eastern portions
of the state. This potentially
could include more strong
thunderstorms with hail and
tornadoes. r
The EN SO weather pattern
is just one of several that can
impact the weather of Okla-
homa, but it is the most easily
predictable. Other patterns
such as the Artic and the
North Atlantic Oscillations
could line up and change our
winter moisture outcomes
more favorably.
CFAP-2 Program Offers
Assistance to Farmers
The, USDA has announced
another round of Coronavirus
Food Assistance Program
payments through CFAP-2.
This round of payments will
assist farmers with losses to
2020 commodities to include
row crops, wool, livestock,
specialty livestock, dairy,
specialty crops, floriculture
and nursery crops, aquacul-
‘ture, broilers and eggs and
tobacco.
Sign up started on Sep-
tember 21, 2020 and will
continue until December 1 l,
2020. Interested producers
should contact your county
FSA office to determine their
preference for sign-up. For
more details on the program,
producers are encouraged to
visit farmers .gov/cfap to get
further details. If you would
like to call with questions,
there is a call center that can
be reached at.877-508-8364.
This is a separate program
from the initial CFAP pro-
gram so producers will have
to fill out a separate applica-
tion. Details are still emerg-
ing, but for now CFAP-2
will pay on 2020 crop year
acres and livestock. This will
include fall crops planted
in 2019 and harvested in
2020 like wheat and spring
planted crops harvested in
the fall of 2020 like com,
milo and soybeans. Live-
stock are also included in
the new round of payments.
The highest inventory of
non-breeding cattle, sheep
and swine owned between
April 16,2020 and August
31, 2020 are eligible. This
means any animal that has
not had offspring or is not a
breeding bull is eligible.
Payment rates are fairly
straightforward for livestock,
but are more complex for
crops. Crops are broken
down into price trigger com-
modities and flat-rate crops.
Price trigger commodities
suffered a five-percent or
greater national price decline.
Flat-rate crops either did
not experience that large of
a decline or data was not
available to calculate the
decline. The price trigger
row crop payment will be
the greater of eligible acres
multiplied by the payment
rate of $15/acre, or eligible
acres of the crop multiplied
by a nationwide crop mar-
keting percentage, multiplied
by a crop-specific payment
rate, and then by the produc-
er’s weighted 2020 Actual
Production History (APH)
approved yield.
In other words, producers
will receive at least $15/acre
on eligible crop acres. Flat-
rate crops will be paid a $15/
acre flat rate.
Livestock payments will be
made at $55/head for cattle,
$27/head for sheep and $23/
head for swine. Remember
that this payment is based
on the highest inventory
of non-breeding livestock
between April 16, 2020 and
August 31,2020.
For more information on
application or other crops
please contact your local
FSA office, visit farmers.
gov/cfap or call the CFAP 2
call center at 877-508—8364.
Oklahoma State Univer-
sity, US. Department of
Agriculture, State and local
governments cooperating.
Oklahoma Cooperative
Extension Services offers its
programs to all eligible per-
sons regardless of race, color,
national origin, gender, age,
religion, disability, or status
as a veteran and is an equal
opportunity employer
Lack of moisture threatens
winter grazing
Most of westem Oklahoma
has received little or no mois-
ture in the past two to three
weeks advancing drought
conditions once again. From
the worst levels 'in early
July, drought conditions in
Oklahoma had generally
improved until mid-Septem-
ber. In the past two weeks,
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the Drought Monitor map
for Oklahoma shows condi-
tions once again deteriorat-
ing. The Drought Monitor
includes a Drought Severity
& Coverage Index(DSCI),
which provides an indication
of how severe, and Wide?
spread drought conditions are
based on the Drought Mon-
itor categories. The DSCI
for Oklahoma was highest
(indicating worse drought
conditions) at 143 in early
July. The DSCI improved
to 55 by mid-September and
has increased again to 64 in
the latest Drought Monitor.
Nationally, the DSCI has
worsened since May and
currently stands at 148, with
the majority of drought con-
ditions in the western half of
the country.
La Nifia conditions have
developed this fall in the
Pacific OCean and are
expected to persist through
the winter. The presence of
La Nifia in the winter typ-
ically results in drier than
average conditions across
the southern US. As a-result,
the drought outlook for the
remainder of the year, pro-
vided by the Climate Pre-
diction Center, indicates
persistent drought in current
drought areas with drought
conditions expanding east-
ward into the central and
southern plains, including
much of Oklahoma. Current
Oklahoma weather forecasts
are consistent with these
broader indications with
scant precipitation prospects ‘
likely for the next two weeks.
Wheat pasture develop-
ment and growth is likely
to slow or even reverse if
forecast weather conditions
are realized. This, in turn,
may reduce stocker cattle
demand in the coming weeks.
On average, Oklahoma calf
prices are at or near the sea-
sonal low in the late Sep-
tember/early October period.
With larger fall runs of calves
expected in October and
November, the lack of wheat
pasture demand may add
additional seasonal pressure
to calf markets this fall. Lack
of wheat pasture or other for-
ages may change the timing
of calf and feeder cattle sales
this fall.
A feeder cattle price pattern
has developed this fall in
Oklahoma that is very typical
at this time of year. The price
slides across steer weights
are very different for feeder
cattle below 600 pounds
compared to cattle over 600
pounds. A larger price slide
for the lightweight cattle
means that the value of gain
is lower. For example, steer
prices last week (Oklahoma
combined auctions) showed
that the value of increasing
steer weight from 500 to 550
pounds increased animal
value by $30/head or $0 .60/
lb. value of gain. From 550
to 600 pounds, steer value
increased by $29/head or
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$0.58/lb. of gain. In contrast,
steers from 600-650 pounds
increased in value by $69/
head or a value of gain of
$1.37/lb. The same is true
for heavier weight feeder
animals. The same pattern is
true for heifers with the price
break occuning at about 550
pounds.
The current feeder price
patterns mean that producers
should consider the impli-
cations of current animal
weight, short-term weight
gain and timing as they eval-
uate fall marketing altema-
tives. In the current market
for example, the value of 50
to 100 pounds of gain will
be significantly lower for
steers less than 600 pounds
compared to steers over 600
pounds.
4-H NEWS
Operation Christmas Child
Brynn Stone, a Payne
County 4-H member, is host-
ing the annual “Operation
Christmas Child” commu-
nity service project. Oper-‘
ation Christmas Child is an
effort to collect shoeboxes
filled with toys, hygiene
items, and school supplies
for children around the world
affected by war, poverty,
natural disaster, famine, and
other diseases. Items that
are needed are toothpaste,
toothbrushes, small blankets,
shirts, hair bows, dolls, pen-
cils, erasers, rulers, markers,
crayons, stuffed animals, toy
cars/boats, clothes, watches,
bandanas, calculators, and
socks. Items needed no later
than October 29th to the
Payne County Extension
Office. We hope that you will
join Payne County 4—H in
their efforts to help the youth
across the world. The Payne
County Extension office is
located at 315 W. 6th Ave,
Stillwater Oklahoma, 74075 .
EXTENSION NEWS
There’s a Mouse in my
House
They typically live near
people throughout the year,
but with cooler weather aniv-
ing,many mice are looking to
move a little closer.
Mice scramble to locate
shelter before winter hits,
said Kevin Shelton, Okla-
homa State University Exten-
sion associate specialist and
coordinator of OSU’s Pesti-
cide Safety Education Pro-
“ e house mouse, also
known as Mus m’usculus,
primarily is nocturnal, but it
isn’t uncommon to see them
during the daylight hours,”
Shelton said. “They aren’t
welcome guests because
they are a nuisance and will
cause damage by chewing
on wiring and drywall in a
home. They also contaminate
food, grain and other stored
products. Damage is caused
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