Category: Ag News

Senate education leaders congratulate Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, National Teacher of the Year finalist

Senate Education Committee and Appropriations Subcommittee chairman Adam Pugh, along with Education Committee vice chair Sen. Ally Seifried and Education Appropriations Subcommittee vice chair Sen. Kristen Thompson, extended congratulations Friday to 2022 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Rebecka Peterson, who has been named a finalist for the 2023 National Teacher of the Year by the …

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Premiums Built Into Cattle Market Due to Low Numbers Going Forward

KC Sheperd, Farm Director, is back talking with Bob Rodenberger, a partner with Stockman Oklahoma Livestock Marketing, as he gives the latest on the cattle markets.  The cold weather this week brought in conditions that made it hard to travel, so Rodenberger said there were lower numbers of cattle running through auctions this week, and …

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ASA & Crop Insurance Coalition Urge Administration, Congress to Protect Crop Insurance

ASA and more than 60 members of the Crop Insurance Coalition are urging Congress and the administration to oppose harmful cuts to the federal crop insurance program during the upcoming fiscal year 2024 budget and appropriations processes. The federal crop insurance program is administered through USDA’s Risk Management Agency. Federal crop insurance is structured so …

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USDA Deputy Secretary Shares Updates at Cattle Industry Convention

Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) welcomed U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Dr. Jewel H. Bronaugh to the 2023 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show. “We appreciate the working relationship NCBA has with Deputy Secretary Bronaugh, especially as our focus turns to reauthorization of critical components of the Farm Bill like …

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Feeder Steers Mostly Steady, Steer and Heifer Calves Mostly Steady at Woodward Livestock Auction

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 04:39:28 CST

Woodward Livestock Auction        
Thu Feb 2, 2023

AUCTION
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Feeder Steers Mostly Steady, Steer and Heifer Calves Mostly Steady at Woodward Livestock Auction

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 04:39:28 CST

Woodward Livestock Auction        
Thu Feb 2, 2023

AUCTION
This Week              &nbs…

Thompson Announces Subcommittee Chairs and Jurisdiction for the 118th Congress

Today, Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, announced subcommittee Chairs and jurisdiction for the 118th Congress:   “I’m excited to welcome this talented slate of subcommittee Chairs for the 118th Congress. Their expertise and partnership are essential to fulfilling this Committee’s mandate of delivering certainty and prosperity to American agriculture …

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Kim Anderson Hopes for Timely Rains to Push Along This Year’s Wheat Crop

This Week on SUNUP is Oklahoma State University Extension grain market economist Kim Anderson. During this week’s edition, Anderson talks about what the commodity markets are looking like one month into the new year. “In Oklahoma, our wheat is 34 percent poor to very poor, 39 percent fair and good to excellent is only 17 percent, …

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Oklahoma Cash Grains Report for February 2, 2023

Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act Reintroduced in 118th Congress

Today, Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) reintroduced the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act.  The bill would establish minimum levels of fed cattle purchases made through approved pricing mechanisms, which includes negotiated cash, negotiated grid, at a stockyard, and through trading systems that multiple buyers and sellers regularly …

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