Category: Ag News
Jul 10
NCGA Urges Advocates and Allies to Ask Congress to Advance Farm Bill
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) launched a campaign today that encourages advocates and allies to contact their congressional delegation about the importance of passing a bipartisan, comprehensive farm bill in 2023 that will support and protect the corn industry. NCGA president, Tom Haag, noted the importance of this opportunity and the need for corn growers …
Jul 10
Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates Muscogee Creek Tribal Lands in Oklahoma as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Qualifying Winter Storms
Non-Tribal Contiguous Lands and Counties Also Eligible; Designation Applies to 18 Counties This Presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of …
Jul 10
Beef and Cattle Trade Responds to Cattle Market Conditions
Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, offers his economic analysis of the beef cattle industry as part of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner” published electronically by Dr. Peel and Mark Johnson. Today, Dr. Peel talks about the latest cattle market trends and conditions. Cattle and beef markets are undergoing …
Jul 10
Pecan growers invited to free crop thinning demo
By Gail Ellis The Oklahoma Pecan Management Program will host two pecan crop thinning demonstrations to help growers improve the quality of this year’s harvest and next season’s return crop. Demonstrations will be held July 27, 4-5:30 p.m. in Madill, and August 8, 4-5:30 p.m. in Perkins. “The high yields we’re expecting this fall can …
Jul 10
Performance Livestock Analytics Secures Investment from Builders VC, Separates from Zoetis to Fuel Growth
Performance Livestock Analytics (PLA), a leader in data analytics solutions for livestock producers, is excited to announce its separation from Zoetis. The newly independent PLA business is led by its original founders, Dane Kuper and Dustin Balsley, and with financial investment from Builders VC. The strategic decision for PLA to separate from Zoetis is a …
Jul 10
Oklahoma Counties Designated as Natural Disaster Areas per the Federal Emergency Management Agency
This Presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation, …
Jul 10
MCEP Allows Cotton Belt Leaders to Tour Idaho Agriculture
Farmers from eight states in the southern half of the nation toured agricultural production and processing operations in Idaho on June 25-30 as part of the National Cotton Council’s Multi-Commodity Education Program (MCEP). Launched in 2006, the program is coordinated by NCC’s Member Services, and commodity association leadership. It is supported by The Cotton Foundation …
Jul 10
Investing in Future Generations: United Sorghum Checkoff Program Unveils Curriculum for Grades Kindergarten through 12th
The United Sorghum Checkoff Program launched its first Farm-to-School Curriculum, an agricultural education initiative that aims to integrate the science and production of sorghum, in addition to its nutritional value, into classrooms across the United States. “We are thrilled to provide teachers with comprehensive materials that incorporate various aspects of sorghum into subjects from STEM …
Jul 10
Managing Weeds Organically on a Wholesale Radish Farm in Texas
Shakera and Juan Raygoza went from a small vegetable CSA to running a wholesale radish farm in the suburbs of Edinburg, Texas. The use of a basket weeder has proven essential to the success of their newer operation, because it offers efficient weed control on a larger scale. In these videos the Raygozas talk about …
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