Jun 15
On Wednesday, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee passed its agriculture appropriations bill for 2024. The $17.8 billion spending package, which proposes annual funding levels for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), follows the March release of the Biden administration’s budget for the same year. While the package included spending cuts for multiple USDA programs, House …
Jun 15
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is making investments that will create new and better markets for agricultural producers and food businesses in 19 states across rural America. “The Biden-Harris Administration and USDA are standing up for America’s farmers and ranchers by expanding processing capacity, creating fairer markets, more …
Jun 15
Farm Director, KC Sheperd, is talking with the vice president and dean of the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Dr. Thomas Coon, about his upcoming retirement. Looking back on his career over the years, Coon talked about the journey that led him to Oklahoma State University. “I was on the faculty at the …
Jun 15
The National Corn Growers Association’s Corn Board has elected Ken Hartman Jr. to become the organization’s next first vice president for the new fiscal year, which begins October 1, 2023. Hartman is a fifth-generation farmer who operates a grain farm along with his wife, Anita, daughter, Amanda, and mother, Joann in Waterloo, Illinois. Together, they …
Jun 15
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) to introduce the Pay Less at the Pump Act to lower energy prices for American families by repealing the $10.5 billion “Superfund Tax” on American energy production. “As I predicted, the so-called ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ was just a front for progressives to slip through Congress many …
Jun 15
The American Farm Bureau Federation submitted multiple recommended reforms of Federal Milk Marketing Orders today to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and encouraged the department to move forward with a long-overdue hearing on federal milk pricing. The goal is to modernize milk pricing, protect dairy farmers from unfair treatment and ensure consumers have access to …
Jun 15
To view the Oklahoma Drought Map, click here. According to the latest Oklahoma drought monitor, Exceptional drought is unchanged from last week at 1.45 percent. Extreme drought or worse has improved from last week’s 9 percent and is now at 5.85 percent. Severe drought or worse has improved significantly from last week, moving from 35.72 percent …
Jun 15
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with South Dakota rancher and animal agriculture advocate, Amanda Radke about the threats animal rights groups pose to agriculture. At the Livestock Marketing Association’s annual convention, Radke gave a presentation about how to tackle these issues and stay protected in the livestock industry. “These animal rights …
Jun 15
–American Agri-Women (AAW) members can apply now for the “AAW’s Road to Influence” personal and leadership development program. The group is making history with this unique program that is for women only, from across the nation, from a variety of backgrounds in farming, agribusiness, ranching, forestry and the food industry. AAW’s President Heather Hampton+Knodle said, …
Jun 15
One year ago today, the Oklahoma gas price average reached $4.67 per gallon, setting an all-time record high. Gas prices in the state have dropped 31% since last year, with today’s gas price average sitting at $3.21 per gallon. This year, recession fears due to high inflation, somewhat curbed by ten straight Federal Reserve interest …
