The Biden-Harris Administration today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing more than $43 million to expand innovative uses of wood, including as a construction material in commercial buildings, as an energy source, and in manufacturing and processing input for wood products used in framing homes, making paper products and more. Made possible …
Category: Ag News
Jun 09
Livestock Marketing Association Announces 2023 Scholarship Recipients
Five students have been selected to receive $2,500 scholarships from the Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) Scholarship Program. The official announcement of the recipients occurred today during the 2023 LMA Annual Convention and World Livestock Auctioneer Championship (WLAC). The 2023 LMA Scholarship recipients are Schyler Angell, Paris, Mo.; Kylee Dodd, Indiahoma, Okla.; Faith Geistweidt, Fredericksburg, …
Jun 09
Oklahoma Winter Wheat Production Forecasted 22.6 Percent Below 2022
U.S. winter wheat production is forecast at 1.14 billion bushels, up 1 percent from the May 1 forecast and up 3 percent from 2022. As of June 1, the United States yield is forecast at 44.9 bushels per acre, up 0.2 bushels from last month but down 2.1 bushels from last year’s average yield of …
Jun 09
Angus Foundation seeks donations for silent auction
Auction during the 2023 NJAS to raise funds for Angus education, youth and research. The Angus Foundation will host its annual silent auction during the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS) in Grand Island, Nebraska. Proceeds from the silent auction grow the Angus Fund, which provides unrestricted support for the Foundation’s education, youth and research …
Jun 09
Cole Congratulates 2023 OK-04 Academy Appointees
Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) today announced the names of four high school students from the Fourth District of Oklahoma who received and accepted appointments to one of the United States military service academies. The United States service academies provide for the undergraduate education and training of commissioned officers for the United States Armed Forces. The …
Jun 09
USDA Seeks Public Comment on Updated Greenhouse Gas Quantification Methods Report
Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces the deployment of a tool to assist industry and small disadvantaged entities in identifying potential opportunities for selling their products and services to USDA. USDA’s Procurement Forecast lists the types of anticipated solicitations that small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned businesses, HUBZone businesses, service-disabled veterans, and other businesses may …
Jun 09
USDA Seeks Public Comment on Updated Greenhouse Gas Quantification Methods Report
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published a notice in the Federal Register seeking public comment on an update to the report titled Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry: Methods for Entity Scale Inventory.The report provides farmers, ranchers and forest landowners with methods and tools to assess the greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint …
Jun 09
A Restoration Tale: Ruminants Small and Large Help Regenerate Depleted Prairie
See how a researcher and his family restored soil health, native grasses and diverse forages to abused and neglected land. Today, herds of sheep, goats and now bison continue the process as they graze under regenerative management. When Kevin Lynch bought a dilapidated dairy farm in southern Oklahoma in 2011 it epitomized the need for …
Jun 09
LMA Works to Find Long-Term Solutions to Issues in Livestock Marketing
At the annual Livestock Marketing Association meeting, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, caught up with the vice president of government and industry affairs at the LMA, Chelsea Good, about industry conversations regarding livestock marketing. “Our government affairs committee worked with Congress really hard over the years to get a dealer statutory trust passed …
Jun 09
Demand For Inventory Creates Tremendous Cattle Market
KC Sheperd, Farm Director, is back talking with Bob Rodenberger, a partner with Stockman Oklahoma Livestock Marketing, as he gives the latest on the cattle markets. Rodenberger said the cattle markets are better than ever at the moment. “There is nothing negative about the market,” Rodenberger said. “It is positive. Old school- I am nervous …
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