Dec 21
Dairy MAX‘s award-winning, interactive Dairy Discovery Zone exhibit (DDZ) has successfully completed its 2023 tour. This year, the DDZ marked new milestones by debuting at the Greeley Stampede in Colorado, the State Fair of Oklahoma and the Heart O’ Texas Fair and Rodeo, alongside continued appearances at the Colorado State Fair, New Mexico State Fair …
Dec 21
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Dec 20
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with Mike Schulte of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission about the closed rail crossings on the Mexican border putting wheat exports at risk. “We do have two rail crossings that have now closed across the borders in the Southern Plains…,” Schulte said. U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and …
Dec 20
Food chain – from farm to fork – urged to prepare for activism in 2024 including “open rescue,” legislative campaigns, and pressure to drop meat from the menu. The Animal Agriculture Alliance has concluded the release of reports from four prominent animal rights extremist conferences held throughout 2023. The conferences included: Direct Action Everywhere’s Animal …
Dec 20
Live Cattle futures began a recovery from their oversold position beginning Friday, December 8. The uptrend has added $6.20/cwt. to the current December contract and $5.73/cwt. to the February 2024 contract, which has settled slighly lower the past three days. Despite confirmation that futures had finally found a bottom, cash fed cattle prices continued to …
Dec 20
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) applauds the sustained reductions in nutrient losses reaching the Gulf of Mexico and the resulting reductions in the average size of the hypoxic zone, as recently documented in the 2023 Report to Congress by the Hypoxia Task Force (HTF). NCGA commends growers for the practical conservation steps and measures they have voluntarily …
Dec 20
As we reach the conclusion of Congressman Brecheen’s first year in office, here are some of the top legislative highlights of the year in case you might have missed it. Top Amendments: Top Bills Introduced: Top Committee Activity: 2. Participated in the 16-hour markup and helped pass out of the Homeland Security Committee H.R.2, the …
