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Category: Ag News
Oct 11
CAB Insider: Feedyard Insights Bring Focus to Profitability
Last week’s 628,000 head total inspected slaughter featured a bit of recovery from the prior week’s exceptionally small 612,000 head. Packers remain disciplined with production as fed cattle prices remain in a low to mid-$180’s trading range and boxed beef values continue to seek their fall price bottom. Focusing on fed cattle slaughter, the past …
Oct 11
CoBank Quarterly: High Interest Rates, Strong U.S. Dollar Taking an Oversized Toll on Agricultural and Rural Economies
2023 Farm Bill prospects dim with Congress mired in tense partisanship and upheaval The combination of high interest rates and a strong U.S. dollar is beginning to take a disproportionate toll on rural industries like agriculture, forest products, mining and manufacturing. Most international transactions are still conducted in dollars, and a strong dollar makes U.S. …
Oct 11
OKFB to host final mental wellbeing webinar Friday at noon
Oklahoma Farm Bureau is set to host the final Cultivating Healthy Minds webinar featuring Dr. Shannon Ferrell of Oklahoma State University Friday, Oct. 13 at noon on the Zoom webinar platform. The final webinar will be centered on resilience in agriculture, where Dr. Ferrell will explore the idea of “toxic grit” and offer tools farmers …
Oct 11
Former House Ag Committee Chief Economist Dives Into Current Farm Bill Status
At the 2023 Rural Economic Outlook Conference, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, caught up with Texas A&M’s Bart Fischer and talked about the next farm bill. Aside from his role as Research Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University, Fischer is also the former Chief …
Oct 11
Consumers Interested in What Their Animal Protein Consumes
As consumers continue to be conscientious about their food choices, a new survey from the United Soybean Board reveals valuable insights into consumer preferences and purchasing attitudes for animal protein, particularly pork products. According to the survey, 70% of respondents say that animal diet is extremely or very important to them when purchasing meat, up …
Oct 11
Cole Mourns Loss of Lieutenant General Donald E. “Gene” Kirkland
Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the passing of Lieutenant General Donald E. “Gene” Kirkland. “It is with great sadness in which I learned of the passing of my good friend and great American, General Gene Kirkland. The General and I became very good friends over the course of several tours at …
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