Mar 20
The National Sorghum Foundation (NSF) and BASF are pleased to announce the award of two joint scholarships to Max Harman from Michigan State University and Breely Huguley from Texas Tech University. Each winner will be awarded $2,500 to be applied during the 2022-2023 academic year. “The National Sorghum Foundation is proud to once again partner …
Mar 20
Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, offers his economic analysis of the beef cattle industry as part of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner” published electronically by Dr. Peel and Mark Johnson. Today, Dr. Peel talks about the USDA Cattle on Feed Report. The latest USDA Cattle on …
Mar 20
In this episode of Beef Buzz, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking about the latest cattle on feed numbers, and features input from DTN Livestock Analyst ShayLe Stewart on the report. The cattle on feed number as of March is at 96 percent of a year ago, which is down four percentage …
Mar 20
WOTUS Rule Takes Effect Today in 48 States Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) expressed strong disappointment in a decision by the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas to deny a nationwide preliminary injunction that would have halted the Biden administration’s harmful Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule from taking …
Mar 20
CHS Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSCP), the nation’s leading agribusiness cooperative, today announced the appointment of Sarah Bovim as vice president, government affairs. Bovim brings over 17 years of experience to CHS, leading government affairs and public policy for Whirlpool Corporation and Albertsons Companies, one of the largest U.S. food and drug retailers. Before working in the …
Mar 20
By Alisa Boswell-Gore Researchers at land-grant institutions in the southern region of the United States are working hard to stop more than $1 billion in economic damages each year. Around 9 million feral hogs have been reported in 35 states. Feral hogs were almost unheard of in Oklahoma 40 years ago but can now be …
Mar 20
At its annual Executive Leadership Conference (ELC), Growth Energy, the nation’s leading biofuels trade association, awarded member Kelly Nieuwenhuis with its highest honor, America’s Fuel Award. America’s Fuel Award is presented to an individual who has gone above and beyond the call of duty as a champion for the renewable fuels industry. Growth Energy CEO …
Mar 20
The American Farm Bureau Federation urges Congress to pass newly-introduced legislation to freeze the flawed 2023 Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR), which distorts labor costs for farmers across the country who hire nearly 400,000 employees through the H-2A program. The bipartisan Farm Operations Support Act, introduced by Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), …
Mar 20
Last week, two banks were in the process of collapsing, and state and federal regulators took them over. On Sunday, the Federal Reserve Bank announced more liberal lending to all banks to help them weather the decline in the prices of bonds they hold as bank reserves. On Monday, President Biden announced an unprecedented bailout …
Mar 20
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
