Jul 28
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today voted to support final passage of the Senate’s annual National Defense Authorization Act, which supports Oklahoma’s military installations and bolsters our national defense initiatives. The bill passed the Senate in a vote of 86 to 11. The Senate bill is separate from the House version passed last week and will …
Jul 28
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Jul 27
In their weekly grain market conversation, OSU’s Grain Market Economist Dr. Kim Anderson tells SUNUP’s Lyndall Stout that the latest escalation by Russia against Ukraine’s major grain export port, Odessa, has caused a lot of volatility in the global wheat market. Almost thirty percent of total wheat exports globally historically come from Russia and Ukraine- …
Jul 27
Representatives Josh Brecheen and Eric Burlison (R-MO) introduced two bills aimed at reining in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) spending—commonly referred to as food stamps—and getting Americans back to work. “Under President Biden, food stamp spending has increased by more than 27% in just two years—the largest increase in the program’s history. This increase in …
Jul 27
Attorney General Gentner Drummond made the following remarks after the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals today granted Oklahoma’s request to stay the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) disapproval of Oklahoma’s Good Neighbor plan on ozone emissions. Drummond filed a lawsuit against the EPA in March after that agency rejected the state implementation plan that Oklahoma …
Jul 27
Texas ranch honored as Outstanding Seedstock Producer of the Year in Calgary, CA. When Bob McClaren took over his grandfather’s cattle operation, he had one goal: to make sure commercial cattlemen could experience more success. Unexpectedly, this would also lead him and 44 Farms down a path to rapid expansion of their seedstock operation and …
Jul 27
Today, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association member and Missouri cattle producer Charlie Besher testified before the House Natural Resources Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee in support of the Black Vulture Relief Act. Besher, the chairman of NCBA’s Property Rights and Environmental Management Committee, shared how predatory black vultures take a toll on cattle producers’ livestock and livelihoods. …
