Jul 10
Last week, Representative Ashley Hinson (R-IA) introduced House companion legislation to Senator Roger Marshall’s (R-KS) Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act. The bill would preempt state regulation of the factory farm and agribusiness industry, including for animal welfare, consumer protection labeling, and food safety. The bill was introduced in the wake of the Supreme Court …
Jul 10
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with the Oklahoma Wheat Commission Executive Director, Mike Schulte, about the upcoming 2023 Junior Wheat Show. “We have had a little bit of a shorter timeline, probably for students to get their samples clean, ready and submitted, but the visual portion of the Junior Wheat Show …
Jul 10
This WeekPump prices barely budged over the past week, despite the expected demand surge due to the July 4 holiday. AAA predicted that more than 43 million people would hit the road to celebrate the nation’s birthday. Despite the record number, the national average for a gallon of gas drifted two cents lower since last …
Jul 10
It’s the difference between “Water, animal-free whey protein (from fermentation), sunflower oil, sugar, less than 1% of: vitamin A, vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), vitamin D2, riboflavin, citrus fiber, salt, dipotassium phosphate, acacia, gellan gum, mixed tocopherols (antioxidant), calcium potassium phosphate citrate, natural flavor,” … and this: We’ve warned FDA of the problems resulting from this fabrication, …
Jul 10
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with the Cargill Beef Sustainability Lead, Nick Hardcastle, about consumers’ desire for a high-quality beef product. “It has pretty much shown over the past few years, we have increased grade year-over-year through Covid, and demand has flourished, in all honesty,” Hardcastle said. Consumers have a taste …
Jul 10
By Alisa Boswell-Gore Oklahoma State University Ag Research experts are studying the population size of shad fish in Arkansas reservoirs to help maintain bass fishing for anglers. OSU graduate student Joe Dittmer and Dan Shoup, professor in the OSU Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, are using hydroacoustics technology to sample shad populations, which …
Jul 10
The term “rut” is often used to describe a boring, monotonous routine or a trench worn in the ground by a wheel. However, if you hang around much in white-tailed deer hunting circles, chances are that it means something completely different. Many people use the term rut only in reference to the peak of the …
Jul 10
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Jul 09
From June 5-8, Texas A&M University in Bryan-College Station was the site of the largest gathering of 4-H members and supporters in the country. More than 1,580 high school-level 4-H members attended the Texas 4-H Roundup, touted as the pinnacle annual event for the Texas 4-H program. About 2,000 parents, volunteers, donors and other supporters also attended. …
Jul 09
The 2023 hard red winter wheat harvest has been one for the record books in the southern great plains- and not particularly in a good way. Oklahoma Farm Report’s Ron Hays talked this past Friday with Oklahoma Wheat Commission Executive Director Mike Schulte about the OWC’s final harvest report of the season released last Thursday- …
