Mar 21
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is visiting with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Chief Counsel Mary-Thomas Hart, about the latest on WOTUS (Waters of the U.S.). The NCBA has 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 …
Mar 21
There is a new blog post out at the Southern Plains Perspective. Read Below! This past week, the USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub had a booth at the 3I farm show in Dodge City, Kansas. I was there with my Daughter Madeleine manning the booth (say Hi Maddy). Madeleine assisting at the USDA Climate Southern …
Mar 21
The full Senate approved legislation Monday to address environmental concerns related to marijuana grows. Sen. Joe Newhouse, R- Tulsa, is the author of Senate Bill 808, which authorizes the executive director of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to order licensees to cease and desist operations if the director finds that an environmental emergency exists. “Oklahomans …
Mar 21
BASF’s 2022 Stoneville® Legacy Club™, which celebrates growers’ high yield achievements with Stoneville cotton, saw yet another record enrollment with 179 applicants. Thirty-four individuals qualified by harvesting yields in the top 10% of their states. T&D Kohlleppel Farms of LaCoste, Texas, recorded the highest yield for 2022 at 2,694 lbs/A. Ten growers reported yields topping 2,000 …
Mar 21
Attorney General Gentner Drummond praised state legislators today for approving a trio of measures aimed at addressing the rise of illegal marijuana grow operations in Oklahoma. The bills have passed their legislative chamber of origin and are now headed for the opposite chamber. “Oklahoma’s illegal marijuana grow operations pose a serious threat to public safety, …
Mar 21
The Collaborative Sorghum Marketing Transformation Program (cSmart) today announced the launch of the first-ever venture capital platform dedicated exclusively to attracting capital for companies, projects and innovations that create opportunities for sorghum farmers. “The number of opportunities to add value to sorghum farmers by attracting capital to our industry is truly unprecedented,” cSmart board director …
Mar 21
In celebration of National Agriculture Day, Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack shares some comments about the great contributions America’s producers have made to the nation and the world in providing a reliable source of food, fuel, and fiber. “We are a food-secure nation,” Vilsack said. “Very few nations on Earth have the opportunity to basically say …
Mar 21
The National Bison Association (NBA) is encouraging members of the U.S. Senate and House Agriculture Committees to include farm bill policies that will foster continued growth in the bison business. See the NBA’s Farm Bill priorities here. As the Agriculture Committees progress on the development of the 2023 Farm Bill, the National Bison Association this …
Mar 21
Today, in comments delivered during a public hearing hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Growth Energy, the nation’s leading biofuels trade association, urged EPA to finalize its proposal to implement the request of eight midwestern Governors to “opt-out” of the one-psi Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) waiver, as well as to issue an emergency …
Mar 21
Families, educators and anyone wanting to follow in the footsteps of farmers and ranchers can now pull on their boots for another exciting agricultural adventure with the latest publication from Feeding Minds Press, the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture’s publishing venture. “Farm Boots” tells the story of several farm families as they work and …
