Category: Ag News

John Riles of Midwest Farm Shows Looks Back on 29 Years of the Tulsa Farm Show

At the 2022 Tulsa Farm Show, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, visited with John Riles with Midwest Farm Shows. Hays and Riles talk about how far the show has come, as Riles’ family began the show 29 years ago. For the 29th year, the Tulsa Farm Show is being held at Expo Square’s …

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Get in the Game- Dairy MAX reaches Gen Z through innovative esports partnerships

Dairy has been a longtime partner of athletics due to the nutritional benefits of milk, yogurt, cheese, and other dairy products that help players perform their best. Since entering the virtual world of video games in 2021 as the Official Nutrition Partner of Complexity Gaming dairy’s digital game is stronger than ever. Staking its claim …

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Chairman David Scott Statement on Incoming House Agriculture Committee Chairman

House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott issued the following statement congratulating Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson on his selection to serve as next Chairman of House Agriculture Committee: “I want to congratulate my friend Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson on his selection by House Republicans to serve as Chairman of our great House Agriculture Committee,” said Chairman David Scott. It …

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LMA Pushes for 5-Year Reauthorization of Livestock Mandatory Reporting

Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back with Vice President, Government and Industry and Affairs at the Livestock Marketing Association, Chelsea Good, talking about the Livestock Mandatory Reporting. Livestock Mandatory Reporting was first passed into law by congress back in 1999. A final rule was put into place in December of 2000. Since …

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NSP Announces 2022 Sorghum Yield Contest Winners

National Sorghum Producers is proud to announce the winners of the 2022 Sorghum Yield Contest, including Bin Buster winner Winsome Farms, Brant & Amy Peterson from Stanton County, Kansas, with the top yield in the contest at 245.8 bushels per acre. “National Sorghum Producers congratulates the winners of the 2022 sorghum yield contest,” NSP Board …

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Opportunity to Make sure the broadband situation in your area is Accurately Depicted

For the first time, our national broadband map has been updated to include actual household and business locations, along with the list of internet providers that offer service to each location.   This map is important in that it will be used to help determine each state’s share of the Broadband Equity, Access Deployment’s $42.45 billion …

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Beef: The Gift of Flavor

As beef advocates we can all agree that beef is a classic centerpiece of the holiday season, and no matter how you ring in the season, or who you spend it with, beef is always a crowd-pleaser. As the holidays continue this month consumers are going to be looking for inspiration for their holiday table. …

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Latest Oklahoma Drought Monitor Report Shows Conditions Relatively Unchanged Since Last Week

According to the Oklahoma Mesonet, the state sees a couple more chances of rainfall into the weekend and early next week. In Oklahoma, exceptional drought is up just slightly from last week’s 19.77 and is now at 19.88. Extreme drought or worse is unchanged from last week at 64.01 percent. Severe drought or worse is …

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Timely Rains Help with Topsoil, but Subsoil still shows Deficits

Rain showers have been falling the past few days, and we have seen some pretty good rain totals across the state. Unfortunately, most of the Panhandle still missed out on the rain. State Climatologist Gary McManus said, “The Drought Monitor continues with way too much color on it, from the yellow (Abnormally Dry conditions…which is …

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Thompson Elected Chairman of House Agriculture Committee

Yesterday, the House Republican Steering Committee elected Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) as Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture for the 118th Congress. Mr. Thompson will be the first Chairman from Pennsylvania in nearly 170 years. After the vote, Mr. Thompson issued the following statement: “I am honored to lead the Committee on Agriculture and build on the accomplishments of the …

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