Nov 27
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with the Livestock Marketing Association’s vice president of government industry and affairs, Chelsea Good. Hays and Good talk about the policy that LMA has been focusing on. On the top of that list is the Farm Bill. “The 2023 Farm Bill efforts are now 2024 Farm …
Nov 27
– Today, the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) and the Soil Health Institute (SHI) published a new report that shows the environmental and economic benefits of soil health management systems in the Delaware River Watershed. The study was supported by a grant from the William Penn Foundation. “It is important for farmers to have …
Nov 27
At the recent National Association of Farm Broadcasters Convention in Kansas City, Associate Farm Editor, Reagan Calk, had the chance to talk with the President and CEO of the American Seed Trade Association, Andy LaVigne. “Our members produce conventional, biotech, and organic seed,” LaVigne said. “Anything planted- pretty much our members are producing.” LaVigne …
Nov 27
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Nov 24
In a setback for U.S. dairy industry, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute settlement panel upheld Canada’s dairy quota administration practices. Today the panel announced that Canada was not obligated to make further changes. An earlier panel ruled in January 2022 that Canada had improperly restricted access to its market for U.S. dairy products. In response, …
Nov 24
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson and Ranking Member David Scott today released the following statement after the USMCA dispute settlement panel issued its finding regarding Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quota (TRQ) allocation measures in favor of Canada: “We are disappointed in today’s announcement and the decision of the dispute panel. It is critical the U.S. encourage and enforce USMCA, …
Nov 24
Today’s ruling by a U.S-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute panel allowing Canada to restrict the dairy access that the United States negotiated for in the USMCA pact weakens the agreement’s value to the US dairy industry, according to the National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council. An earlier panel ruled in January 2022 …
Nov 24
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back visiting with Oklahoma State University livestock market economist, Derrell Peel about beef cow herd numbers. In January of 2023, the beef cow herd number issued by the USDA was at 28.9 million head. This number is a 4 percent drop compared to January of 2022. Looking …
Nov 24
At the recent National Association of Broadcaster’s convention, Farm Director KC Sheperd had the chance to visit with the American Farm Bureau Federation Vice President of Communications, Terri Moore. Sheperd and Moore talk about the Farm Dog of the Year contest and the Ag Innovation Challenge. Moore said the Farm Dog of the Year contest …
