Oct 22
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Don Close of Terrain about the cattle market, recent disruptions affecting feedlots, and the outlook for rebuilding the U.S. beef cow herd. Despite ongoing uncertainty, Close says tight cattle supplies and strong consumer demand continue to support a positive market outlook. Cattle …
Oct 22
National FFA CEO Scott Stump says the organization’s mission of preparing young people for careers in agriculture remains as important as ever as FFA celebrates its 99th National Convention in Indianapolis. With membership reaching more than 1 million students, Stump says the organization is focused on expanding opportunities across the agriculture industry while preparing for …
Oct 22
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) today expressed strong support for the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA), legislation that will make long-sought reforms to our nation’s permitting laws and regulations and help unlock investment in new and expanded domestic fertilizer production. “Permitting reform is essential to strengthening America’s fertilizer supply chain and increasing …
Oct 22
Today, Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, announced the selection of eight fertilizer manufacturing projects to receive funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Fertilizer Investment & Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply (FIELDS) Program. The eight selected projects represent more than $1.34 billion in total proposed investment, including approximately $573 …
Oct 22
Op-Ed By USDA Rural Development Rural Business-Cooperative Services Administrator Gimmie Jo Jansonius I love October. The air is crisp and invigorating, apples and pumpkins are everywhere, and our country is as beautiful as ever. October isn’t just a pretty month. It’s also National Co-op Month and as the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural …
Oct 22
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the first detection of New World screwworm (NWS) in wildlife in the United States, identified in an elk in Pecos County, Texas. The elk was located on a game ranch and was officially reported after being harvested by a hunter. …
Oct 22
The Great Plains sky is hosting one of nature’s most extraordinary seasonal spectacles as millions of monarch butterflies travel southward. Navigating a journey of up to 2,000 miles from the northern United States and southern Canada down to the high-altitude fir forests of central Mexico, these winged travelers depend heavily on Oklahoma’s working lands, rangelands, …
Oct 22
The fed cattle trade showed increasing signs of bullishness last week. Values in the northern region, although quite variable, saw the top of the range in western Nebraska touch $227/cwt. Similarly, the Iowa/Minnesota report showed a range from $220 to $225/cwt., with the 5-area weekly average at $224/cwt. live and $352/cwt. dressed. Carcass weights are …
Oct 22
National Sorghum Producers (NSP) today thanked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins for USDA’s fiscal year 2027 international food assistance forecast, which includes 144,230 metric tons of U.S. sorghum, equivalent to approximately 5.7 million bushels, through Food for Peace. “We thank Secretary Rollins and her team for recognizing the important role sorghum farmers play in …
Oct 22
Visitors attending the Stockyards Stampede in Oklahoma City’s historic Stockyards City had an opportunity to learn more about dairy production and where their milk comes from, thanks to an educational exhibit from Southwest Dairy Farmers. Oklahoma Farm Report intern Haden Snelson spoke with Suzie Reece, Oklahoma mobile dairy classroom instructor for Southwest Dairy Farmers, about …
