Jan 12
At the 2024 Cattlemen’s Congress, Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Intern, Maci Carter had a chance to visit with one of the vendor’s, Randy Baker and Dwayne Baudino of Showstring USA Embroidery. Showstring USA is out of Frederick, Oklahoma and attends many shows, mostly around the state of Oklahoma. They do mostly embroidery and carry lots …
Jan 12
The USDA released the Winter Wheat Seedings report which contained estimates of 2024 winter wheat planted acres. Pryor to the report, market analysts estimated 2024 hard red winter (HRW) wheat planted acres 2.4% lower (25.1 million acres (ma) vs. 25.7 ma) than was planted for the 2023 crop. Soft red winter wheat planted acres were …
Jan 12
After considering the forecast for the upcoming days and the dangerous temperatures approaching, there will be no sales on Monday at ONSY, Joplin, or Tulsa as everyone prepares for the cold temps and winter weather. Also OKC West will not sell cattle on Monday or Tuesday but will have a single day where all cattle …
Jan 12
On January 12, 2024, USDA NASS released the Annual Crop Production Summary for 2023. To view the full report, CLICK HERE. U.S. Crop Production 2023 Summary: Corn for grain production in 2023 was estimated at a record high 15.3 billion bushels, up 12 percent from the 2022 estimate. The average yield in the United States …
Jan 12
Today, Congressman Frank Lucas’s (OK-03) Pressure Regulatory Organizations To End Chinese Threats to Taiwan Act, or the PROTECT Taiwan Act, passed on the House floor. Currently, under the Taiwan Relations Act, the President is required to notify Congress if China poses an immediate threat to Taiwan’s security. If this notification is triggered, H.R. 803 states that it …
Jan 12
Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the statement below following passage of H.J. Res. 98 in the U.S. House of Representatives. The resolution would address the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) effort to redefine the joint employer rule. If allowed to take effect, the rule will upend the franchise business model that has empowered entrepreneurship and …
Jan 12
Today, the GROWMARK and CHSBoards of Directors are pleased to announce that they have jointly agreed to conduct an exploratory process over the coming months to identify opportunities for the two cooperatives to further collaborate to better serve owners, customers and the cooperative system into the future. The two farmer-owned cooperatives have had a long-standing …
Jan 12
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is back talking with Brangus breeder and former president of the International Brangus Breed Association, Allen Goode. Today’s Brangus, Goode said, is all about maximizing genetic potential. “The industry today is really about what is under the hide, and being able to measure that, tell the story about …
Jan 12
Farm Director KC Sheperd is back talking with Bob Rodenberger, a partner with Stockman Oklahoma Livestock, as he gives the latest on the cattle markets. “Monday, we had a little over 14,000,” Rodenberger said. “The market was good; a little sluggish. A lot of it was due to the weather up north of us. People were …
Jan 12
Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced today that his office will be monitoring natural gas supply and marketing activity during the frigid weather expected over the next few days. With bone-chilling temperatures in the forecast, Drummond said he wants to ensure Oklahomans are not exploited as they were during Winter Storm Uri. “I am committed to protecting ratepayers …
