Aug 11
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, had the chance to talk with Bray Haven about the 2024 Cattlemen’s Congress, coming up on December 30, 2023, through January 11, 2024. Coming up on year four of Cattlemen’s Congress, Haven talks with Hays about what to expect in 2024. “I think we are really continuing our …
Aug 11
The National Pork Board halls are somber this week, mourning the sudden loss of our cherished colleague Kara Behlke Ungerman. Kara’s absence is deeply felt by all of us who had the privilege to work alongside her. She passed unexpectedly on August 4, just after bringing a beautiful baby boy into this world. Our heartfelt …
Aug 11
In the second quarter of 2023, drought was a big concern for corn growers. Despite drought concerns throughout the growing season, the U.S. is on track for record corn production, as of the July projections. While earlier in the season many were expecting corn yields to drop further from the initial trend yield projections, that …
Aug 11
This week, ASA led coalition comments raising “grave concern” with EPA’s vulnerable species pilot project proposed under the Endangered Species Act. The comment letter, which drew 206 signers, expressed multiple ways in which grower and other pesticide user operations potentially would be subject to irreparable harm should the pilot take effect as proposed. The comments …
Aug 11
Self-propelled combine sales continued to increase in the U.S., while total farm tractor unit sales in the U.S. and Canada declined in July, according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Overall unit sales of U.S. combines climbed 10.6 percent compared to July 2022, while sales of tractors declined 5.2 percent in the same month in 2022, driven largely …
Aug 11
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Aug 10
Lower oil and gas collections for July push Gross Receipts to the state Treasury down, State Treasurer Todd Russ announced. When comparing this July to last July, the totals reveal a drop of $61.1 million or 4.4 percent. The monthly comparison also shows the Gross Production Taxes from energy production fell from $187.2 million to …
Aug 10
This Week on SUNUP is Oklahoma State University Extension grain market economist Kim Anderson. During this week’s edition, Anderson talks about the latest in the global wheat markets. In summary, Anderson said Russia’s actions to close the grain corridor for Ukraine have caused an increase in wheat prices. Ukraine retaliated against Russia, Anderson said, and is …
