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Brief OA Pukblicatioln of athe Okhlahomao Wheatm Commissioan Wheat Winter 2011 Taiwan Goodwill Mission to Purchase Oklahoma Wheat A d e l e g a t i o n o f R e p u b l i c o f C h i n a (Taiwan) wheat trade o f f i c i a l s w e r e i n Oklahoma this past September to sign a Joint Communiqué for the intent to purchase U.S. wheat in the upcoming marketing year. The Taiwan Flour Millers Association (TFMA ) intends to purchase a total of 1.7 million metric tons (equivalent to 62.5 million bushels) of wheat during 2011 and 2012. The purchase will amount to an estimated $484.5 million of U.S. and Oklahoma Wheat. Governor Mary Fallin and Secretary of Agriculture Jim Reese met with the 2011 Agricultural Trade G o o d w i l l Mi s s i o n delegation in the Blue Room of the State Capitol. The Governor, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission, Mike Schulte and TFMA Executive Director Oklahoma State University Wheat Improvement Team Constantly Enhancing Crop Varieties Drought resistance, disease resistance, producing both quality and quantity: all are desired traits of new wheat varieties produced on behalf of producers and related agribusiness operators by the Oklahoma State University Wheat Improvement Team (WIT). “Access to genetically improved cultivars with marketable grain quality that stand the best chance of weathering Oklahoma’s often-harsh growing conditions is the lifeblood of the state’s wheat industry,” said Brett Carver, WIT leader and holder of OSU’s wheat genetics chair. “It’s no small challenge.” Point in fact: Wheat and other “general crops” such as soybeans, cotton and hay accounted for approximately $905 million in lost agricultural production from Oklahoma’s excessive and historic 2011 drought. Wheat harvested in Oklahoma totaled 166.5 million bushels in 2008, 77 million bushels in 2009, 120.9 million bushels in 2010 and 74.8 million bushels in 2011. “It’s been quite a roller-coaster ride for our state wheat producers, and not the fun kind; they need to plant the best adapted crop for their area, which underscores the importance of the work being conducted by our WIT researchers,” said Clarence Watson, associate director of the statewide Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station system. Watson pointed out that the continued improvement of wheat cultivars is more heavily dependent than other crops on public research like that done at the nation’s land-grant universities. Three of the top four wheat varieties planted in Oklahoma for the 2011 crop year were developed by WIT scientists: Endurance, the most popular variety with 18.9 percent of total wheat acres planted; Duster, the second-most popular variety with 16.6 percent; and OK-Bullet, the fourth-most planted variety accounting for 7.2 percent of total acres. Continued on page 3 Continued on page 3 Signing the agreement is I-Tsung Chen, Executive Director Taiwan Flour Mills Association and Mike Schulte, Executive Director Oklahoma Wheat Commission. Watching closely is Joseph Chen, Director General Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Houston; Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin. Winter-2011.indd 1 11/21/2011 12:05:13 PM Oklahoma Wheat Brief Page 2 From the Chairman This publication was printed by Quality Printing and issued by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission as authorized by 70 O.S. 1981, § 14-104, as amended. 9,000 copies have been prepared and distributed at a cost of $1,897. Copies have been deposited with the Publications Clearinghouse of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. The Oklahoma Wheat Commission promotes greater utilization of wheat in domestic and international markets through research, market development and public education. Oklahoma producers fund such efforts through a 1½ cent per bushel checkoff. Board of Commissioners Tom Stephens, District 2 Chairman Guymon (580) 338 - 7977 Tom Glazier, District 3 Vice Chairman Loyal (405) 729 - 4429 Don Schieber, District 5 Sec./Treas. Ponca City (580) 363 - 1950 Kenneth Failes, District 1 Member Cherokee (580) 596 - 6168 Staff Oklahoma Wheat Brief is published quarterly by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission 3800 N. Classen Blvd., Suite C40 Oklahoma City, OK 73118 Phone: (405) 608-4350 Fax: (405) 848-0372 e-mail: Oklahoma Wheat Commission at work for Oklahoma’s wheat producers. Mike Schulte...............Executive Director Fonda Gentry.............Business Manager Amanda Stierwalt.....Director of Marketing Communications Tom Stephens, Chairman Sincerely, Hello Again! With fall planting over it looks like we have the possibility of having a wheat crop in most regions of the state, if we can continue to get timely rains. As I write this article on November 16, 2011, the crop outlook seems to be more positive for 2012 than what we first thought a few months ago. I know getting the crop out has not been easy for most producers. It seems we had early plantings that finally got the right rains to bring up decent stands and then we have the later plantings that are finally starting to look better. It is amazing but in most areas of the state producers were trying to bring this crop up on less than 6/10ths to one inch of moisture. We certainly have a lot to be thankful for with our drought tolerant releases from Oklahoma State University. Fortunately we have had some more rains to keep the crop sustained but sub-moisture continues to be a major concern for everyone this coming season! On the trade front President Obama has signed three long awaited trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. The President has submitted these agreements to Congress and they currently have broad bipartisan support. These agreements will be important to the Oklahoma wheat producer, although this process will still take some time before they go into effect. The agreements must now go through an implementation process to activate them, known as entering force. As recently as 2007/2008, 70 percent of Colombia’s total annual wheat imports came from the U.S. farmer. U.S. sales have fallen since then to a low of 46 percent of total imports. At the same time Canada negotiated and ratified an FTA with Colombia that entered into force in August, allowing Canadian wheat to enter Colombia duty free. Since June, Canadian wheat exports to Colombia have doubled versus last year while U.S. wheat exports have fallen 20 percent. It will be important for the U.S. Colombia FTA to be implemented quickly to get our tariffs to zero and put us back on equal footing with Canadian wheat. The FTAs with Panama and South Korea also eliminate duties and allow us to be in better positions to expand our export markets. The U.S. continues to be the world’s largest wheat exporter offering customers around the globe a reliable, high quality supply of all six wheat classes. In the 2010/2011 marketing year, ended May 31, 2011, the U.S. exported nearly 1.3 billion bushels of wheat valued at $10.3 billion, supporting thousands of jobs and economic benefits across the country. As we continue to develop, maintain, and expand international markets to enhance the profitability of Oklahoma and U.S. Wheat--it seems our work is never done! The activities we support with marketing programs at a national level with U.S. Wheat Associates would not be possible without your producer support. We continue to pursue an aggressive trade agenda since each year we typically send about one half of our crop overseas. As always the Oklahoma Wheat Commission looks forward to working in partnership with you and appreciates the producer support that funds our continued work for increased wheat marketing. okwheat@wheat.state.ok.us Debbie Wedel.............Executive Secretary Winter-2011.indd 2 11/21/2011 12:05:13 PM Oklahoma Wheat Brief Page 3 Wheat Improvement (continued from page 1) Jagger, an older variety developed by Kansas State University and a longtime favorite amongst Oklahoma producers, fell to third place in 2011, accounting for 10 percent of total planted wheat acres. Jagger accounted for 40.8 percent of Oklahoma wheat acres in 2007. In 2011, two new OSU developed wheat varieties were made available: Garrison and Ruby Lee. In 2011-2012, these new releases can be viewed in the OSU Wheat Variety Trials conducted by WIT scientist Jeff Edwards. G a r r i s o n h a s s t a t e w i d e a d a p t a b i l i t y a n d p r o d u c e d consistently good yields over a 5-year test period. It has excellent tolerance to acidic soils and matures relatively late and thus misses early spring freezes. Garrison has good tolerance to fusarium head blight, a disease that can hurt grain yields grown in a wheat-corn crop rotation. The variety is considered to be a replacement for Endurance with better disease resistance, test weight and good protein. Ruby Lee also has statewide adaptability plus superior yield potential and outstanding milling and baking characteristics. It produces a high test weight and large kernel size, is earlier to mature than Endurance and is an excellent fall forage-producing variety. In a normal year, Oklahoma producers plant about 2.5 million acres of “dual-purpose wheat,” which are used for livestock grazing during the fall and winter months and then are harvested for grain by early summer. “Ruby Lee is an alternative to the high-production levels of Billings where soils have a pH level more than 5.5, with better cold tolerance and dual-purpose yields,” Carver said. Carver and his fellow wheat breeders with OSU’s Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources were concerned that drought conditions would make data scarce this year for many varieties. Instead, the team members’ thoughts about many varieties’ drought tolerance were confirmed. “Many of the varieties that have Duster in their parentage continued to shine, combining relatively good drought tolerance with strong disease resistance,” he said. “But as great as these varieties are, we can do better. That is the land-grant university mission. It’s who we are and what we do.” This article is published on Oklahoma State University’s Division of Agriculture Sciences and Natural Resources Website, written by Donald Stotts, Agricultural Communications Specialist. I-Tsung Chen co-signed the Joint Communiqué. In 2010 Taiwan ranked the sixth largest market for U.S. agricultural products, the seventh largest market for U.S. wheat, and the world’s second largest consumer of U.S. agricultural products per capita. Taiwan has organized seven agricultural trade missions since 1998. Much of this wheat they are looking to purchase is hard red winter wheat originating from the Southern Plains. TFMA imports wheat on behalf of all 26 Taiwanese flour mills and has purchased about 450 million bushels of U.S. wheat worth more than $2.5 billion since 1998. That represents about 80 percent of its imported wheat needs. On average over the past five years, Taiwan has imported about 33 million bushels (910,000 metric tons) of U.S. wheat each year. The Taiwanese are looking more into the use of hard red winter wheat with high proteins and strong gluten flour for breads, rolls and frozen dough products, to make traditional Chinese flour foods and noodles. Soft white imports, including western white, help meet growing demand for cake, cookie and pastry flours. Oklahoma Wheat Commission Executive Director, Mike Schulte said, “We have been happy to host the trade organization that is facilitating the delegations visit.” According to Schulte, “U.S. Wheat Taiwan Country Director Ron Lu and his Taipei-based staff have an excellent working relationship with TFMA and the Taiwan baking industry. Just like in the United States, interest in using whole grains for bread and noodle consumption is growing. Our goal in the future will be to provide technical assistance and education to millers and bakers to help them produce high quality whole wheat products made from Oklahoma hard red winter wheat.” In fact, Taiwan’s government has asked U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) to help establish national standards for whole wheat flour and baked goods, and asked TFMA and USW to help design a program encouraging Taiwan consumers to eat whole wheat products daily. The activities of USW are made possible by producer checkoff dollars managed by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and 18 other state wheat commissions and through cost-share funding provided by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. Taiwan Goodwill Mission (cont. from page 1) Winter-2011.indd 3 11/21/2011 12:05:14 PM Oklahoma Wheat Brief Page 4 Oklahoma State Fair Wheatheart Bread Baking Contest The contest is an annual event sponsored by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission held at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds during the Oklahoma State Fair. This year the contest was held on September 25th, 2011. There were 128 participants from 42 counties, all champion or reserve champion winners at the county bread baking contests. Top bread bakers in the state were awarded. The contest consists of 12 classes, 6 in the senior division and 6 in the junior division. Senior division classes include white bread, whole grain bread, dinner rolls, other wheat breads, sweet breads and machine breads. Junior division classes include white bread, dinner rolls, other wheat breads, sweet breads, specialty shapes and machine breads. Two judges for each division are provided. The judging criteria consists of appearance, texture, crumb and flavor. Appearance is defined by a symmetrically, well shaped, uniform size with an evenly round top loaf. A golden brown color with a smooth tender crust. Rolls should be attractively shaped, plump, all the same size, golden brown and a bit lighter on the sides than the top. Texture should be moderately fine and even grained, soft, free from crumbliness, free from dryness or doughiness and category met this criteria, making them the Oklahoma Wheat Commission outstanding bread winners. Karsten Blevins, from Kay County placed first in the specialty shapes category of the junior division. His entry of Sagmont Bread topped the other specialty shaped breads in the class, also winning him the title of Grand Champion for the junior division with this outstanding specialty loaf. State champions in the junior divisions include: Nikki Morris, Dewey County, white bread; Spencer Riley, Jackson County, other wheat bread; Jacob Hinkle, Grady County, sweet breads; Sheyanne McGlothin, Caddo County, dinner rolls; and Brenna Morris, Dewey County, bread machine. Renee Howard, placed first in the white bread category of the senior division. Her entry of Country White Bread topped the other white breads in the class, also winning her the title of Grand Champion with this outstanding loaf of bread. State champions in the senior divisions include: Betty Stejskal, Canadian County, dinner rolls; Edwina Olsen, Garfield County, sweet breads; Nancy Barth, Harper County, whole grain bread; Travis Bowman, Ellis County, other wheat breads and Donna Jones, Canadian County, bread machine. free from large air bubbles in loaf. Rolls should be crisp, tender and have a thin crust. Crumb must be tender to the touch, moist, silky and elastic in quality. Flavor is desired to have a pleasingly well baked flavor, with nut like or wheat like taste, yet free from undesirable flavor; such as yeast or other ingredients. The top candidates in each Renee Howard receives title of Grand Champion in Senior Division for her Country White Bread at the 2011 Wheatheart Show. Pictured from left to right; Secretary/ Treasurer of OWC, Don Schieber, Ponca City; Renee Howard; OWC board member Kenneth Failes, Cherokee and Executive Director of the OWC, Mike Schulte. Karsten Blevins receives title of Grand Champion in Junior Division for his Sagmont Bread at the 2011 Wheatheart Show sponsored by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission. Pictured are Karsten Blevins and Executive Director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission, Mike Schulte. Winter-2011.indd 4 11/21/2011 12:05:16 PM Oklahoma 4-H/FFA Junior Wheat Show Oklahoma Wheat Brief Page 5 Students were awarded for their accomplishments at the Oklahoma 4-H/FFA Wheat S h o w Q u a l i t y I m p r o v e m e n t Program and State 4-H/FFA Junior W h e a t S h o w t h a t w a s h e l d o n S e p t e m b e r 1st, 2011, at the Oklahoma State University Alumni Center. According to Kim Anderson, O k l a h o m a C o o p e r a t i v e Extension Service grain marketing specialist; “Participating students learn what it takes to produce milling quality wheat.” He also stated that “The purpose of this program is to promote the production of quality wheat and teach 4-H and FFA youth about wheat production, marketing, and management.” Piper Wray, daughter of Ronnie and Tammie Wray, was awarded the o v e r a l l g r a n d champion award f o r t h e s e c o n d consecutive year showing her Overley variety. Wray placed 2nd in production and visual, 2nd in milling and baking, e a r n i n g h e r t h e title of 1st place among the FFA, F FA c h a m p i o n , and overall grand champion of the 4-H and FFA Junior Wheat Show. Wray, a member of the Lomega FFA chapter, received $3,000 in scholarship money for her accomplishments with her Overley variety. Dylan Chaney, son of Scott and Jennifer Chaney and Barbara Chaney, placed 1st overall in the 4-H division while showing his Duster variety. Chaney placed 14th in production and visual, 1st in milling and baking, earning him the title of 4-H champion. Chaney, a member of the Garber 4-H club in Garfield County, received $3,000 in scholarship money for his accomplishments w i t h h i s D u s t e r variety. In all, $16,000 in scholarship money was awarded at the banquet. Scholarships are funded by Check-o f f d o l l a r s a n d awarded to the top five 4-H and top five FFA entries. The contest is sponsored by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission, Oklahoma Wheat Research Foundation, Oklahoma Genetics Incorporated and Oklahoma State University. “ T h e O k l a h o m a W h e a t Commission is glad to reward the hard work of those who entered the Oklahoma 4-H and FFA Junior Wheat Show. It is always rewarding to watch these students work hard at raising a good quality wheat product. They will be our future to staying competitive in the world wheat marketplace; so giving them incentives to grow and learn is extremely important,” said Mike Schulte, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission. Overall grand champion for the second consecutive year is Piper Wray. Pictured from left to right: Ronnie Wray; Brandon Brown, FFA Instructor; Tammie Wray; Jim Reese, Secretary of Agriculture; Piper Wray; Dr. Robert Whitson, Dean of OSU’s Division of Ag Sciences and Natural Resources; and Joshua Conaway, Northwest District FFA Vice-President. Overall 4-H Champion honors in the 2011 4-H/FFA Junior Wheat show went to Dylan Chaney. Pictured from left to right; Scott Chaney; Jennifer Chaney; Barbara Chaney; Dylan Chaney; Jim Reese, Secretary of Agriculture; and Dr. Robert Whitson, Dean of OSU’s Division of Ag Sciences and Natural Resources. Winter-2011.indd 5 11/21/2011 12:05:18 PM Oklahoma Wheat Commission 3800 N. Classen Blvd., Suite C40 Oklahoma City, OK 73118 Oklahoma Wheat Brief Page 6 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID OK Wheat Commission OklahomaWheat Brief Can You Help? In an attempt to maintain an up-to- date mailing list, the Oklahoma Wheat Commission staff asks if you have an address change, corrections or subscription cancellations, please send an e-mail to Amanda.Stierwalt@wheat. state.ok.us. Simply send an e-mail with your changes so we can put them into the data base. In order to communicate with you in the most efficient manner possible we ask if you are interested in receiving future editions of the Oklahoma Wheat Brief or other wheat industry updates through e - m a i l , p l e a s e l e t u s k n o w b y e-mailing us at okwheat@wheat.state. ok.us. Everyone here at the Oklahoma Wheat Commission sincerely thanks you in advance for your contribution. Upcoming Events * December 10th, 2011 - Oklahoma Wheat Growers Convention; Express Event Center, Oklahoma City, OK * January 13th-14th, 2012 - KNID Enid Farm Show; Enid, OK * January 26th-29th, 2012 - National U.S. Wheat Associates Winter Meeting; Washington, DC * February 9th-11th, 2012 - Oklahoma Crop Improvement Annual Meeting; Embassy Suites-Meridian Ave; Oklahoma City, OK * February 17th-18th, 2012 - American Farmers and Ranchers Annual Convention; Embassy Suites; Norman, OK Winter-2011.indd 6 11/21/2011 12:05:19 PM
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Full text | Brief OA Pukblicatioln of athe Okhlahomao Wheatm Commissioan Wheat Winter 2011 Taiwan Goodwill Mission to Purchase Oklahoma Wheat A d e l e g a t i o n o f R e p u b l i c o f C h i n a (Taiwan) wheat trade o f f i c i a l s w e r e i n Oklahoma this past September to sign a Joint Communiqué for the intent to purchase U.S. wheat in the upcoming marketing year. The Taiwan Flour Millers Association (TFMA ) intends to purchase a total of 1.7 million metric tons (equivalent to 62.5 million bushels) of wheat during 2011 and 2012. The purchase will amount to an estimated $484.5 million of U.S. and Oklahoma Wheat. Governor Mary Fallin and Secretary of Agriculture Jim Reese met with the 2011 Agricultural Trade G o o d w i l l Mi s s i o n delegation in the Blue Room of the State Capitol. The Governor, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission, Mike Schulte and TFMA Executive Director Oklahoma State University Wheat Improvement Team Constantly Enhancing Crop Varieties Drought resistance, disease resistance, producing both quality and quantity: all are desired traits of new wheat varieties produced on behalf of producers and related agribusiness operators by the Oklahoma State University Wheat Improvement Team (WIT). “Access to genetically improved cultivars with marketable grain quality that stand the best chance of weathering Oklahoma’s often-harsh growing conditions is the lifeblood of the state’s wheat industry,” said Brett Carver, WIT leader and holder of OSU’s wheat genetics chair. “It’s no small challenge.” Point in fact: Wheat and other “general crops” such as soybeans, cotton and hay accounted for approximately $905 million in lost agricultural production from Oklahoma’s excessive and historic 2011 drought. Wheat harvested in Oklahoma totaled 166.5 million bushels in 2008, 77 million bushels in 2009, 120.9 million bushels in 2010 and 74.8 million bushels in 2011. “It’s been quite a roller-coaster ride for our state wheat producers, and not the fun kind; they need to plant the best adapted crop for their area, which underscores the importance of the work being conducted by our WIT researchers,” said Clarence Watson, associate director of the statewide Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station system. Watson pointed out that the continued improvement of wheat cultivars is more heavily dependent than other crops on public research like that done at the nation’s land-grant universities. Three of the top four wheat varieties planted in Oklahoma for the 2011 crop year were developed by WIT scientists: Endurance, the most popular variety with 18.9 percent of total wheat acres planted; Duster, the second-most popular variety with 16.6 percent; and OK-Bullet, the fourth-most planted variety accounting for 7.2 percent of total acres. Continued on page 3 Continued on page 3 Signing the agreement is I-Tsung Chen, Executive Director Taiwan Flour Mills Association and Mike Schulte, Executive Director Oklahoma Wheat Commission. Watching closely is Joseph Chen, Director General Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Houston; Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin. Winter-2011.indd 1 11/21/2011 12:05:13 PM Oklahoma Wheat Brief Page 2 From the Chairman This publication was printed by Quality Printing and issued by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission as authorized by 70 O.S. 1981, § 14-104, as amended. 9,000 copies have been prepared and distributed at a cost of $1,897. Copies have been deposited with the Publications Clearinghouse of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. The Oklahoma Wheat Commission promotes greater utilization of wheat in domestic and international markets through research, market development and public education. Oklahoma producers fund such efforts through a 1½ cent per bushel checkoff. Board of Commissioners Tom Stephens, District 2 Chairman Guymon (580) 338 - 7977 Tom Glazier, District 3 Vice Chairman Loyal (405) 729 - 4429 Don Schieber, District 5 Sec./Treas. Ponca City (580) 363 - 1950 Kenneth Failes, District 1 Member Cherokee (580) 596 - 6168 Staff Oklahoma Wheat Brief is published quarterly by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission 3800 N. Classen Blvd., Suite C40 Oklahoma City, OK 73118 Phone: (405) 608-4350 Fax: (405) 848-0372 e-mail: Oklahoma Wheat Commission at work for Oklahoma’s wheat producers. Mike Schulte...............Executive Director Fonda Gentry.............Business Manager Amanda Stierwalt.....Director of Marketing Communications Tom Stephens, Chairman Sincerely, Hello Again! With fall planting over it looks like we have the possibility of having a wheat crop in most regions of the state, if we can continue to get timely rains. As I write this article on November 16, 2011, the crop outlook seems to be more positive for 2012 than what we first thought a few months ago. I know getting the crop out has not been easy for most producers. It seems we had early plantings that finally got the right rains to bring up decent stands and then we have the later plantings that are finally starting to look better. It is amazing but in most areas of the state producers were trying to bring this crop up on less than 6/10ths to one inch of moisture. We certainly have a lot to be thankful for with our drought tolerant releases from Oklahoma State University. Fortunately we have had some more rains to keep the crop sustained but sub-moisture continues to be a major concern for everyone this coming season! On the trade front President Obama has signed three long awaited trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. The President has submitted these agreements to Congress and they currently have broad bipartisan support. These agreements will be important to the Oklahoma wheat producer, although this process will still take some time before they go into effect. The agreements must now go through an implementation process to activate them, known as entering force. As recently as 2007/2008, 70 percent of Colombia’s total annual wheat imports came from the U.S. farmer. U.S. sales have fallen since then to a low of 46 percent of total imports. At the same time Canada negotiated and ratified an FTA with Colombia that entered into force in August, allowing Canadian wheat to enter Colombia duty free. Since June, Canadian wheat exports to Colombia have doubled versus last year while U.S. wheat exports have fallen 20 percent. It will be important for the U.S. Colombia FTA to be implemented quickly to get our tariffs to zero and put us back on equal footing with Canadian wheat. The FTAs with Panama and South Korea also eliminate duties and allow us to be in better positions to expand our export markets. The U.S. continues to be the world’s largest wheat exporter offering customers around the globe a reliable, high quality supply of all six wheat classes. In the 2010/2011 marketing year, ended May 31, 2011, the U.S. exported nearly 1.3 billion bushels of wheat valued at $10.3 billion, supporting thousands of jobs and economic benefits across the country. As we continue to develop, maintain, and expand international markets to enhance the profitability of Oklahoma and U.S. Wheat--it seems our work is never done! The activities we support with marketing programs at a national level with U.S. Wheat Associates would not be possible without your producer support. We continue to pursue an aggressive trade agenda since each year we typically send about one half of our crop overseas. As always the Oklahoma Wheat Commission looks forward to working in partnership with you and appreciates the producer support that funds our continued work for increased wheat marketing. okwheat@wheat.state.ok.us Debbie Wedel.............Executive Secretary Winter-2011.indd 2 11/21/2011 12:05:13 PM Oklahoma Wheat Brief Page 3 Wheat Improvement (continued from page 1) Jagger, an older variety developed by Kansas State University and a longtime favorite amongst Oklahoma producers, fell to third place in 2011, accounting for 10 percent of total planted wheat acres. Jagger accounted for 40.8 percent of Oklahoma wheat acres in 2007. In 2011, two new OSU developed wheat varieties were made available: Garrison and Ruby Lee. In 2011-2012, these new releases can be viewed in the OSU Wheat Variety Trials conducted by WIT scientist Jeff Edwards. G a r r i s o n h a s s t a t e w i d e a d a p t a b i l i t y a n d p r o d u c e d consistently good yields over a 5-year test period. It has excellent tolerance to acidic soils and matures relatively late and thus misses early spring freezes. Garrison has good tolerance to fusarium head blight, a disease that can hurt grain yields grown in a wheat-corn crop rotation. The variety is considered to be a replacement for Endurance with better disease resistance, test weight and good protein. Ruby Lee also has statewide adaptability plus superior yield potential and outstanding milling and baking characteristics. It produces a high test weight and large kernel size, is earlier to mature than Endurance and is an excellent fall forage-producing variety. In a normal year, Oklahoma producers plant about 2.5 million acres of “dual-purpose wheat,” which are used for livestock grazing during the fall and winter months and then are harvested for grain by early summer. “Ruby Lee is an alternative to the high-production levels of Billings where soils have a pH level more than 5.5, with better cold tolerance and dual-purpose yields,” Carver said. Carver and his fellow wheat breeders with OSU’s Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources were concerned that drought conditions would make data scarce this year for many varieties. Instead, the team members’ thoughts about many varieties’ drought tolerance were confirmed. “Many of the varieties that have Duster in their parentage continued to shine, combining relatively good drought tolerance with strong disease resistance,” he said. “But as great as these varieties are, we can do better. That is the land-grant university mission. It’s who we are and what we do.” This article is published on Oklahoma State University’s Division of Agriculture Sciences and Natural Resources Website, written by Donald Stotts, Agricultural Communications Specialist. I-Tsung Chen co-signed the Joint Communiqué. In 2010 Taiwan ranked the sixth largest market for U.S. agricultural products, the seventh largest market for U.S. wheat, and the world’s second largest consumer of U.S. agricultural products per capita. Taiwan has organized seven agricultural trade missions since 1998. Much of this wheat they are looking to purchase is hard red winter wheat originating from the Southern Plains. TFMA imports wheat on behalf of all 26 Taiwanese flour mills and has purchased about 450 million bushels of U.S. wheat worth more than $2.5 billion since 1998. That represents about 80 percent of its imported wheat needs. On average over the past five years, Taiwan has imported about 33 million bushels (910,000 metric tons) of U.S. wheat each year. The Taiwanese are looking more into the use of hard red winter wheat with high proteins and strong gluten flour for breads, rolls and frozen dough products, to make traditional Chinese flour foods and noodles. Soft white imports, including western white, help meet growing demand for cake, cookie and pastry flours. Oklahoma Wheat Commission Executive Director, Mike Schulte said, “We have been happy to host the trade organization that is facilitating the delegations visit.” According to Schulte, “U.S. Wheat Taiwan Country Director Ron Lu and his Taipei-based staff have an excellent working relationship with TFMA and the Taiwan baking industry. Just like in the United States, interest in using whole grains for bread and noodle consumption is growing. Our goal in the future will be to provide technical assistance and education to millers and bakers to help them produce high quality whole wheat products made from Oklahoma hard red winter wheat.” In fact, Taiwan’s government has asked U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) to help establish national standards for whole wheat flour and baked goods, and asked TFMA and USW to help design a program encouraging Taiwan consumers to eat whole wheat products daily. The activities of USW are made possible by producer checkoff dollars managed by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and 18 other state wheat commissions and through cost-share funding provided by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. Taiwan Goodwill Mission (cont. from page 1) Winter-2011.indd 3 11/21/2011 12:05:14 PM Oklahoma Wheat Brief Page 4 Oklahoma State Fair Wheatheart Bread Baking Contest The contest is an annual event sponsored by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission held at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds during the Oklahoma State Fair. This year the contest was held on September 25th, 2011. There were 128 participants from 42 counties, all champion or reserve champion winners at the county bread baking contests. Top bread bakers in the state were awarded. The contest consists of 12 classes, 6 in the senior division and 6 in the junior division. Senior division classes include white bread, whole grain bread, dinner rolls, other wheat breads, sweet breads and machine breads. Junior division classes include white bread, dinner rolls, other wheat breads, sweet breads, specialty shapes and machine breads. Two judges for each division are provided. The judging criteria consists of appearance, texture, crumb and flavor. Appearance is defined by a symmetrically, well shaped, uniform size with an evenly round top loaf. A golden brown color with a smooth tender crust. Rolls should be attractively shaped, plump, all the same size, golden brown and a bit lighter on the sides than the top. Texture should be moderately fine and even grained, soft, free from crumbliness, free from dryness or doughiness and category met this criteria, making them the Oklahoma Wheat Commission outstanding bread winners. Karsten Blevins, from Kay County placed first in the specialty shapes category of the junior division. His entry of Sagmont Bread topped the other specialty shaped breads in the class, also winning him the title of Grand Champion for the junior division with this outstanding specialty loaf. State champions in the junior divisions include: Nikki Morris, Dewey County, white bread; Spencer Riley, Jackson County, other wheat bread; Jacob Hinkle, Grady County, sweet breads; Sheyanne McGlothin, Caddo County, dinner rolls; and Brenna Morris, Dewey County, bread machine. Renee Howard, placed first in the white bread category of the senior division. Her entry of Country White Bread topped the other white breads in the class, also winning her the title of Grand Champion with this outstanding loaf of bread. State champions in the senior divisions include: Betty Stejskal, Canadian County, dinner rolls; Edwina Olsen, Garfield County, sweet breads; Nancy Barth, Harper County, whole grain bread; Travis Bowman, Ellis County, other wheat breads and Donna Jones, Canadian County, bread machine. free from large air bubbles in loaf. Rolls should be crisp, tender and have a thin crust. Crumb must be tender to the touch, moist, silky and elastic in quality. Flavor is desired to have a pleasingly well baked flavor, with nut like or wheat like taste, yet free from undesirable flavor; such as yeast or other ingredients. The top candidates in each Renee Howard receives title of Grand Champion in Senior Division for her Country White Bread at the 2011 Wheatheart Show. Pictured from left to right; Secretary/ Treasurer of OWC, Don Schieber, Ponca City; Renee Howard; OWC board member Kenneth Failes, Cherokee and Executive Director of the OWC, Mike Schulte. Karsten Blevins receives title of Grand Champion in Junior Division for his Sagmont Bread at the 2011 Wheatheart Show sponsored by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission. Pictured are Karsten Blevins and Executive Director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission, Mike Schulte. Winter-2011.indd 4 11/21/2011 12:05:16 PM Oklahoma 4-H/FFA Junior Wheat Show Oklahoma Wheat Brief Page 5 Students were awarded for their accomplishments at the Oklahoma 4-H/FFA Wheat S h o w Q u a l i t y I m p r o v e m e n t Program and State 4-H/FFA Junior W h e a t S h o w t h a t w a s h e l d o n S e p t e m b e r 1st, 2011, at the Oklahoma State University Alumni Center. According to Kim Anderson, O k l a h o m a C o o p e r a t i v e Extension Service grain marketing specialist; “Participating students learn what it takes to produce milling quality wheat.” He also stated that “The purpose of this program is to promote the production of quality wheat and teach 4-H and FFA youth about wheat production, marketing, and management.” Piper Wray, daughter of Ronnie and Tammie Wray, was awarded the o v e r a l l g r a n d champion award f o r t h e s e c o n d consecutive year showing her Overley variety. Wray placed 2nd in production and visual, 2nd in milling and baking, e a r n i n g h e r t h e title of 1st place among the FFA, F FA c h a m p i o n , and overall grand champion of the 4-H and FFA Junior Wheat Show. Wray, a member of the Lomega FFA chapter, received $3,000 in scholarship money for her accomplishments with her Overley variety. Dylan Chaney, son of Scott and Jennifer Chaney and Barbara Chaney, placed 1st overall in the 4-H division while showing his Duster variety. Chaney placed 14th in production and visual, 1st in milling and baking, earning him the title of 4-H champion. Chaney, a member of the Garber 4-H club in Garfield County, received $3,000 in scholarship money for his accomplishments w i t h h i s D u s t e r variety. In all, $16,000 in scholarship money was awarded at the banquet. Scholarships are funded by Check-o f f d o l l a r s a n d awarded to the top five 4-H and top five FFA entries. The contest is sponsored by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission, Oklahoma Wheat Research Foundation, Oklahoma Genetics Incorporated and Oklahoma State University. “ T h e O k l a h o m a W h e a t Commission is glad to reward the hard work of those who entered the Oklahoma 4-H and FFA Junior Wheat Show. It is always rewarding to watch these students work hard at raising a good quality wheat product. They will be our future to staying competitive in the world wheat marketplace; so giving them incentives to grow and learn is extremely important,” said Mike Schulte, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission. Overall grand champion for the second consecutive year is Piper Wray. Pictured from left to right: Ronnie Wray; Brandon Brown, FFA Instructor; Tammie Wray; Jim Reese, Secretary of Agriculture; Piper Wray; Dr. Robert Whitson, Dean of OSU’s Division of Ag Sciences and Natural Resources; and Joshua Conaway, Northwest District FFA Vice-President. Overall 4-H Champion honors in the 2011 4-H/FFA Junior Wheat show went to Dylan Chaney. Pictured from left to right; Scott Chaney; Jennifer Chaney; Barbara Chaney; Dylan Chaney; Jim Reese, Secretary of Agriculture; and Dr. Robert Whitson, Dean of OSU’s Division of Ag Sciences and Natural Resources. Winter-2011.indd 5 11/21/2011 12:05:18 PM Oklahoma Wheat Commission 3800 N. 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Upcoming Events * December 10th, 2011 - Oklahoma Wheat Growers Convention; Express Event Center, Oklahoma City, OK * January 13th-14th, 2012 - KNID Enid Farm Show; Enid, OK * January 26th-29th, 2012 - National U.S. Wheat Associates Winter Meeting; Washington, DC * February 9th-11th, 2012 - Oklahoma Crop Improvement Annual Meeting; Embassy Suites-Meridian Ave; Oklahoma City, OK * February 17th-18th, 2012 - American Farmers and Ranchers Annual Convention; Embassy Suites; Norman, OK Winter-2011.indd 6 11/21/2011 12:05:19 PM |
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