Category: Ag News
Sep 11
Beef Promotion Operating Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2024 Checkoff Plan of Work
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) will invest approximately $38 million into programs of beef promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing, and producer communications during fiscal 2024, subject to USDA approval. In action at the end of its September 6-7 meeting in Denver, Colorado, the Beef Promotion Operating Committee (BPOC) approved Checkoff funding for …
Sep 11
Childhood obesity continues to grow nationwide
By Trisha Gedon The number of children who are overweight or obese is a major public health concern. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity helps shed light on this issue by sponsoring National Childhood Obesity Month in September. The United States is the highest-ranked country in the …
Sep 11
New podcast provides modern management resources to cattle raisers
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association today announced the launch of the School for Successful Ranching Podcast, a limited six-part educational podcast exploring modern best management practices for animal health, nutrition, pasture and wildlife management, genetics and more. Leveraging key principles in Beef Quality Assurance, the podcast features ranchers discussing the challenges and benefits of …
Sep 11
Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Foundation Women’s Seminar Planned for September 21 in Stillwater
Associate Farm Editor, Reagan Calk, had the chance to talk with the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Foundation, Mariah Reimer, about the upcoming Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Foundation Women’s Seminar. Open to women of all ages, the event is set for 9 a.m. on September 21st at the Oklahoma State University Alumni Center in Click Hall. …
Sep 11
Certified Angus Beef Launches Direct-to-Consumer Program
Could your freezer beef carry the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB) brand logo? Perhaps. With the launch of a new program, Angus farmers and ranchers have the option to market their beef directly to consumers as CAB product. Ranch to Table, a direct partnership program between CAB and cattle operations using Angus genetics, allows ranchers …
Sep 11
NASDA Foundation Welcomes NASDA’s Next Generation Class of 2023 Including OSU’s Sarah Curley
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Foundation welcomes NASDA’s Next Generation class of 2023, featuring 13 students from 10 states. The NASDA Next Generation class of 2023 will network with commissioners, secretaries and directors of agriculture, industry leaders, and stakeholders at the NASDA Annual Meeting. The purpose of NASDA Next Generation is to advance our future leaders’ understanding …
Sep 11
Cooler Temps with Rain Chances this Week
Waking up to cooler temps across the state was a welcome relief! According to State Climatologist Gary McManus, there is no sign of another summer-like heat wave, and it is starting to look more like fall, “Remember, even if we do see another prolonged spate of above normal temperatures, the high temperatures won’t be to …
Sep 11
Beef Promotion Operating Committee for Beef Checkoff Selects Projects for 2024 Fiscal Year
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays is talking with the Chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and Oklahoma Rancher, Jimmy Taylor. Hays and Taylor talk about the Beef Promotion Operating Committee meeting that took place in Denver on September 6 through 7. The twenty members of the Operating Committee have zeroed in on the distribution …
Sep 11
Congressman Josh Brecheen Issues Statement on 22nd Anniversary of 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
Congressman Josh Brecheen issued the following statement to mark the 22nd anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. “Twenty-two years ago, America changed forever, as nearly 3,000 innocent men and women were tragically killed in a cowardly terrorist attack that shook our nation to its core. Today, I join Americans across the country in solemnly …
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