Aug 24
To view the Oklahoma Drought Map, click here. According to the latest Oklahoma Drought Monitor, exceptional drought remains at zero percent, unchanged for the past few weeks. Extreme drought or worse has worsened just slightly from last week, moving from last week’s 1.60 percent to this week’s 1.69 percent. Severe drought or worse has worsened, moving …
Aug 24
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster is back talking with Donnell Brown of the R.A. Brown Ranch. For a part three, Hays and Brown look at the challenges and the opportunities in the beef cattle business. “I think the consumer is going to demand us to be more sustainable, whether that is greenhouse gasses- cattle do …
Aug 24
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai today announced the appointment of 130 new private-sector representatives to serve on seven agricultural trade advisory committees that represent the diversity of U.S. agriculture. The new group of advisors will join the 70 existing committee members whose terms have not expired. Complete rosters …
Aug 24
Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), the planning and management organization that oversees the national dairy checkoff program on behalf of America’s dairy farmers and importers, has posted its 2022 annual report at www.usdairy.com/for-farmers/resources. The report provides checkoff funders and other members of the dairy community an audited financial report and highlights from 2022 focused on strategies …
Aug 24
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Aug 23
Following the U.S FDA’s announcement of Jim Jones as Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture CEO Ted McKinney released the following statement: “NASDA congratulates Jim Jones on being selected to serve as U.S. FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. We look forward to seeing his leadership and depth of …
Aug 23
Farming is truly a special walk of life. As the saying goes, “Man – despite artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and accomplishments, owes his existence to a 6-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.” Farmers tap into biology, using soil, sun, water and nutrients that have existed for millions of years to produce …
