Sep 13
At the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture 2023 Annual Meeting in Cheyenne, Wyoming, exemplary employees of state departments of agriculture will be honored for their service, communication, and administration on behalf of their state. “We are proud to recognize public servants in our state agriculture departments each year through the NASDA Honor Awards,” NASDA …
Sep 13
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Sep 13
On Friday, Sept. 15, the OSU Alumni Association will be honoring six graduates with the Distinguished Alumni Award. One of those honorees is Terry Stuart Forst, the general manager of the Stuart Ranch—Oklahoma’s oldest ranch under continuous family ownership- which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2018. Forst graduated from OSU in 1976 with a bachelor’s …
Sep 12
NMPF’s Regulatory Affairs Director, along with an Olympic athlete (and dairy farmer), told the government’s Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee how dairy is a critical component of diet that should be considered in light of its full range of benefits in comments made today before the panel. Miquela Hanselman from NMPF, and Elle St. Pierre, a …
Sep 12
Associate Farm Editor, Reagan Calk, had the chance to visit with Oklahoma State Statistician for the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Troy Marshall, about the highlights from the latest USDA Crop Production Report released on September 12, 2023. Marshall said this year is the 161st year of the crop production report. “September is the second …
Sep 12
Wade Leist, Boyne City, Michigan, qualifies for the 2024 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship and was named champion at the qualifying event in Torrington, Wyoming. The event, hosted by Torrington Livestock Markets, on Sept. 11 was the first of three qualifying events building up to the 2024 WLAC Championship. Thirty-six contestants from across the U.S. and Canada …
Sep 12
NMPF’s Regulatory Affairs Director, along with an Olympic athlete (and dairy farmer), told the government’s Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee how dairy is a critical component of diet that should be considered in light of its full range of benefits in comments made today before the panel. Miquela Hanselman from NMPF, and Elle St. Pierre, a …
Sep 12
Today, the Missouri Corn Growers Association (MCGA) thanked members of Missouri’s congressional delegation and state industry partners for their support of the Next Generation Fuels Act. A top priority for the corn industry, the legislation aims to transition gasoline vehicles to low-carbon, higher-octane fuel, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and take advantage of higher ethanol …
