Category: Ag News

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 09:30:21 CDT

Farmers National Company is pleased to announce that Chace Daley has joined as senior vice president of energy, based in Tulsa, Okla.

Chace has 14 years of oil and gas experience in private practice and leading oil and gas companies, guiding more than $1.6 billion in oil and gas transactions. Chace served as vice president of land and general counsel of Sage Natural Resources in Tulsa, Okla., where he managed all land, division order, and legal functions of the company and organically built high-value leasehold positions and drilling inventory. Prior to Sage, Chace served as lead in-house counsel for all operational facets of Samson Resources Company in Tulsa, Okla., across 14 states. Prior to Samson, Chace served as an attorney at Hall Estill, P.C.

Chace received his MBA, with a focus in energy, from the University of Tulsa; his J.D. from Washington and Lee School of Law; and his BSBA. from the University of Missouri.

In his new role, Chace will lead Farmers National Company’s Energy business, including oil and gas asset management, leasing, sales, and renewable energy. “Chace is a dynamic leader, adept at building honest and trusting relationships with clients, peers, and direct reports. He is an experienced land and legal executive who will bring operational skills and strategic perspective to help our business continue to grow.” said Clayton Becker, President.

“Farmers National Company has a legacy of high performance and leadership across the land, energy and specialty asset management that is self-evident from the breadth of its services, the loyalty of its customer base and the unmatched skill and experience of its people,” said Daley. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to join this company that is well-positioned to meet the ever-evolving needs of property managers everywhere. In particular, I look forward to leading our team of energy experts as we walk side-by-side with our customers to tackle the challenges and opportunities presented by the sourcing of our domestic and global energy needs today.”

Farmers National Company, an employee-owned company, is one of the largest independent oil and gas management firms in the country. Located in the heart of the nation’s oil and gas production region, the company’s industry experts include Certified Professional Landmen, Registered Professional Landmen, Certified Mineral Managers, Certified Lease and Title Analysts, accountants and geologists. Additional services provided by the company include Farm and Ranch Management, Real Estate Sales, Appraisals, Insurance, Consultations, Hunting Lease Network, Forest Management, and FNC Ag Stock. For more information, visit the Farmers National Company website at www.FarmersNational.com.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 08:06:22 CDT

Sen. Blake “Cowboy” Stephens held an interim study Monday to look into the significant harm done to livestock and property by predatory birds. Stephens, R-Tahlequah, said the most destructive is …

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 05:18:36 CDT

OKC West, El Reno Cow and Bull Market

Monday, October 10, 2022

Receipts

This week 1,044
Last Week 1,359
Year Ago 575

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls …

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 03:11:55 CDT

Joplin Regional Stockyards
Mon Oct 10, 2022

AUCTION
This Week             4,972
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Tue, 11 Oct 2022 03:09:01 CDT

Oklahoma National Stockyards
Mon Oct 10, 2022

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This Week                 9,400
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Mon, 10 Oct 2022 15:07:08 CDT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture are now putting the Daily Cash Grain Report into a PDF format – we are saving that PDF and archiving them for today’s specific report. To see today’s update, click on the PDF report link at the bottom of this story.

In addition to the PDF of the daily report, you can also listen to the Cash Grain Report by calling 405-621-5533. Push 2 for the grain report.

Click here: 04325_OklaCashGrain10102022.pdf

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 15:05:49 CDT

Thousands of Oklahoma families have used Oklahoma’s new open transfer law to send students to the public schools that best meet their needs.

Nearly 11,000 transfer requests have been made since the open transfer law took effect this year, with more than 8,400 transfers approved, according to State Department of Education data.

“In less than a year, Oklahoma is already seeing big success with open transfer,” said House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka. “Open transfer is equitably benefitting families in all parts of the state, regardless of geography or income level, without harming public school budgets. I appreciate all the work legislators, parents, school officials and others did to collaborate on a consensus law that is successfully giving families the choices they asked for within their child’s education.”

McCall added: “Oklahoma’s open transfer law is what parental choice done right looks like. We are now one of the best states in the country for parental choice that works, thanks to open transfer.”

Oklahoma’s open transfer law went into effect Jan. 1, 2022, and allows students to transfer to any public school district in the state. The law was authored by McCall and co-authored by several House Republicans through Senate Bill 783 in the first regular session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature in 2021, after being first proposed in a bill by McCall, House Bill 2074, that was advanced by the House that session, as well.

Preliminary data shows transfers requested to hundreds of districts across the entire state, in urban, suburban and rural areas. On average, about three of every four transfer requests were approved. Nearly 90% of transfer denials were due to district capacity limits, while the remainder were due to student behavior, attendance or documentation issues.

“Parental choice within the public school system is very popular under the open transfer law because Oklahoma loves our public schools,” said Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, chair of the House Education Committee. “As a former school teacher, I am very pleased to see parents using choice to improve their children’s educational opportunities and outcomes within Oklahoma’s public school system.”

Before the law was passed, families could not transfer openly among districts unless the receiving district had a transfer option, which many did not. The pandemic exacerbated the problem when some schools went online only, causing complications for many families.

“Family desire for open transfer was clearly not isolated to the pandemic, given the thousands of transfer requests made post-pandemic. There are a variety of reasons parents are transferring their children, but what’s most important is families now have more options available within the public school system,” said Rep. Brad Boles, R-Marlow, a former school board member who presented the open transfer legislation in the House. “School districts are also exercising appropriate local control through capacity limits and other measures to maintain quality within districts. This is the balanced, fair approach we sought when bringing all parties together to craft this law, and I’m pleased the early statewide results have been positive.”

Under the law, school districts must regularly provide the State Department of Education with data on transfers requests, approvals and denials. The Office of Educational Quality and Accountability then audits a portion of the data annually to ensure compliance with state open transfer laws and local open transfer policies set by school boards.