In our last segment, we discussed the dangerously thin cash cattle market. Today, we’ll explain how unpriced formula contracts helped drive that market to such a low level, and how to restore competition. The negotiated cash market is where producers and packers bargain directly over price. Those transactions also establish benchmarks used to price cattle …
Category: Ag News
Oct 02
Oklahoma Conservation Commission Tackles Invasive Red Cedars and Flood Infrastructure
Wildfire mitigation and soil water retention remain high priorities across the state, prompting the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to expand programs targeting invasive species and infrastructure resilience. Farm Director KC Sheperd recently sat down with Trey Lam, executive director of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, to discuss the ongoing efforts to manage invasive red cedars, mitigate wildfire …
Oct 02
Beef Checkoff Pioneer Glen Klippenstein Reflects on Its Beginnings and Future
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Missouri cattle producer and Hereford breeder Glen Klippenstein, one of the cattlemen involved in the early development of the Beef Checkoff. Klippenstein was recently recognized with the Beef Checkoff Visionary Award for his work helping establish the program in the 1980s. Looking …
Oct 02
Update for National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard
Last year, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Natural Grocers v. Rollins that portions of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (Standard) be set aside and sent back to a lower court. After being directed by the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law, USDA established the Standard in a 2018 Final Rule for the …
Oct 02
Oklahoma Producers Weigh Grain Marketing Decisions Amid Tight Margins and Supply Pressures
Following the release of the USDA Small Grains Summary and Quarterly Grain Stocks report, Oklahoma wheat marketing decisions are top of mind for producers navigating tight margins and heavy global export competition. Farm Director KC Sheperd recently sat down with Oklahoma State University Extension crop marketing specialist Todd Hubbs to examine the numbers and discuss …
Oct 02
AFT Names Ben Kurtzman Director and Senior Advisor, National Agricultural Land Network
American Farmland Trust has named Ben Kurtzman as Director of the National Agricultural Land Network and Senior Advisor, where he will lead network development and programming to ensure that the NALN meets its goal of building capacity among agricultural land protection and planning professionals. Kurtzman previously served as AFT’s Director of Land Protection Projects. “I’m …
Oct 02
Boozman, Thompson Highlight $13.8 billion ARC/PLC Support Under Improved Farm Safety Net
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) and House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA-15) championed vital investments of $13.8 billion in the farm safety net improvements through the Working Families Tax Cuts that are now being administered by the Farm Service Agency. They issued the following statement …
Oct 02
Thompson, Boozman Statement on Enhanced Commodity Payments
House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) championed vital investments of $13.8 billion in the farm safety net improvements through the Working Families Tax Cuts that are now being administered by the Farm Service Agency. They issued the following statement as farm families …
Oct 02
Friday Preopening Market Update with Dave Lanning
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
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