May 24
Purebred and Commercial cattle industry leaders are gathering for the first industry “type” conference in a quarter of a century as they hope to assess the current status of the US Beef Cattle Industry- and discuss where to point the ship in the weeks and months and years ahead. The two day meeting will not …
May 23
Cargill RegenConnectTM is building on two years of success in North America by expanding to France, Germany, Poland and Romania and adding nine new states across the U.S. Cargill is leveraging its unique position in the supply chain to pioneer its award-winning regenerative agriculture program in Europe, which will see farmers in Germany, Poland, Romania, and …
May 23
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee and Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture’s Bushels for Books application is now available. The program provides accurate agriculture books to schools across the state. Pre-k to eighth-grade teachers can submit an application for their grade level or a school librarian can submit an application for books that span multiple …
May 23
The American Farm Bureau Federation signed two more memoranda of understanding with two agricultural equipment manufacturers, AGCO and Kubota, providing farmers and ranchers the right to repair their own farm equipment. The MOUs, which were negotiated independently with each manufacturer, follow similar agreements AFBF entered into with John Deere and CNH Industrial Brands earlier this …
May 23
At this year’s Lahoma Wheat Field Day, Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Intern, Maci Carter, had a chance to visit with Associate Professor and Extension Economist of Cropping Systems, Josh Lofton, about the benefits of implementing cover crops. “We’ve found that if growers are interested in it, they can fit it in their system and select …
May 23
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking about the 2022 National Beef Quality Audit with the Director and Endowed Chair of the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management, Dr. Clay Mathis. “These quality audits have been a great tool for our industry to be able to benchmark our progress, to help us build …
May 23
The National Bison Association (NBA), in cooperation with Cherokee Valley Bison Ranch and the Eastern Bison Association, will hold its fourth Regenerative Bison Ranching Field Day outside of Thornville, Ohio, on Saturday June 24th, in the six-workshop series funded by a grant from the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Education and Research (SARE) at the …
May 23
Minnesota farmer and past U.S. Grains Council (USGC) chairman Chad Willis has been selected to serve as the Council’s representative on MAIZALL’s board of directors. “I’m excited to get started and use my experiences as a farmer here in the U.S. to contribute to the important work that MAIZALL is doing,” Willis said. “Our collaboration …
