May 12
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) was joined by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) to introduce the Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act, which would support financially vulnerable rural hospitals facing risk of closure. “It is not sustainable or safe for patients in rural Oklahoma and around the nation to be forced to drive hours to get to their …
May 12
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 runs this week were steady. Normally runs in May are up around 10,000 head, Rodenberger said, but the shortage of wheat to graze has impacted those numbers. …
May 12
OSU provides extensive support for wheat producers through the Small Grains and Wheat Improvement Team programs. This site is designed to serve as a resource for anyone interested in small grains production in the Southern Great Plains. Oklahoma farmers sow approximately 4 million acres of winter wheat each year, making wheat Oklahoma’s largest cash crop. …
May 12
While in Washington, D.C., for Washington Watch, the National Association of Farm Broadcasters group had the chance to visit with Congressman Brad Finstad. Farm Director KC Sheperd is featuring comments from the Minnesota Republican talking about his priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill, as a farmer himself. “One of the things that I just keep …
May 12
Acting State Conservationist for the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Oklahoma, Tina Jerome is announcing a sign-up for the Organic Transition Initiative (OTI) through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). This Oklahoma NRCS sign-up follows a recent national announcement detailing the USDA’s multi-agency approach to assist producers beginning …
May 12
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member David Scott, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, and Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member John Boozman, released the following statement today following a meeting at the White House about the 2023 Farm Bill: “Today, the four leaders of the Agriculture Committees had a conversation …
May 12
U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) introduced the Tribal Police Department Parity Act to eliminate burdensome regulation and streamline Tribal police department access to duty weapons. Under current law, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) places an undue burden on Indian Tribes while exempting state and local entities from the same bureaucracy. U.S. …
May 12
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
May 11
Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled to uphold California’s Proposition 12, which mandates a variety of animal production standards and would specifically ban the in-state sale of pork from hogs not raised in accordance with the California law, even if those hogs were raised in other states. Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15), Chairman of the House …
