Dec 28
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with the Executive Vice President of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, Michael Kelsey, as Kelsey gives a year in review for OCA and talks about what is coming up for 2024. Overall, Kelsey said 2023 has been a year of challenges and opportunities. In all of his …
Dec 28
To view the latest Oklahoma drought map, CLICK HERE. As we wind up 2023- there is zero amount of extreme or exceptional drought to be found in Oklahoma. Severe drought now stands at 3.08 percent of the state versus 4.49% a week ago and at 80.92 percent at the end of 2022. Moderate drought 21.64% this …
Dec 28
Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Intern, Maci Carter, is visiting with the Chairman of the 2023 U.S. Meat Export Federation 2024 Executive Committee, Randy Spronk, about how USMEF works to promote animal proteins around the globe. “We go into international countries, and we market U.S protein- beef, pork, and lamb,” Spronk said. “It is a really …
Dec 28
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talked in recent days with the Director of Producer Engagement Kara Lee about the Certified Angus Beef Ranch to Table program that was established in 2023- and is expected to gain momentum in 2024. Lee says “We really see the Ranch to Table line extension as a producer …
Dec 28
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Dec 28
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 …
Dec 28
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has a cooperative agreement with Oklahoma under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). Through this agreement, USDA and Oklahoma are working together to offer over $6.3 million in competitive grant funding for projects designed to build resilience across the middle of …
Dec 28
AgriThority is a global group based in Kansas City- and they have come up with ten trends for the new year that they believe could be a part of agriculture in the US and around the world. As we close out 2023, we are looking toward what the new year will bring for the agriculture …
