Mar 06
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative that the United States is requesting technical consultations with Mexico under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) Chapter of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). These consultations regard certain Mexican measures concerning products of agricultural …
Mar 06
Farm and ranch families from across the nation donated 25.3 million pounds of food and raised more than $1 million to help fight hunger in 2022 through Farm Bureau’s “Harvest for All” program. Combined, the monetary and food donations totaled the equivalent of 31.1 million meals. Criteria for tracking Harvest for All donations included dollars …
Mar 06
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a proposed rulemaking to close the “Product of the U.S.A.” loophole that meatpackers use to purposefully mask the identify of their comingled beef products. Under current regulations, imported beef product can be brought into the US., undergo a “significant transformation,” – which can be as insignificant as trimming or rewrapping …
Mar 06
he U.S. Trade Representative today initiated a technical consultation with Mexico, a move that puts the U.S. one step away from filing a full dispute settlement under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement over the aggressive steps Mexico has taken to ban biotech corn. Mexico is a top market for corn, the number one agricultural export from the …
Mar 06
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) unwillingness to limit dairy terms to true dairy products makes passage of the DAIRY PRIDE Act more necessary than ever, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-WI, said in a Dairy Defined podcast released today. “They’re going to continue to allow mislabeled imitation products to be on the market,” Baldwin said. …
Mar 06
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the Oklahoma Tribal Conservation Advisory Council (OTCAC) will partner together for a free conservation workshop on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. The “Conserving Pollinators in Oklahoma’s Gardens, Farms and Ranches” workshop will meet in person this year. Join the agencies to discuss the importance of Pollinators, Sustainable Soils, …
Mar 06
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 cattle markets. For the first time in several years it appears …
Mar 06
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released a proposed rule with new regulatory requirements to better align the voluntary “Product of USA” label claim with consumer understanding of what the claim means. The proposed rule allows the voluntary “Product of USA” or “Made in the USA” label claim to be used on meat, poultry …
Mar 06
Farm Director, KC Sheperd, is visiting with Mary Chris Barth about the Beaver County Free Fair and Cimmaron Territorial Celebration combined event coming up on August 20th through the 26th. Barth is on the fair board in Beaver County and gives Sheperd a run-down of what the week will look like. “The panhandle, ‘no man’s …
Mar 06
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) unwillingness to limit dairy terms to true dairy products makes passage of the DAIRY PRIDE Act more necessary than ever, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-WI, said in a Dairy Defined podcast released today. “They’re going to continue to allow mislabeled imitation products to be on the market,” Baldwin said. …
