Feb 24
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is visiting with the President of Certified Angus Beef, John Stika, about CAB continuing to build trust with beef consumers and build on their brand. “It (2022) was the second-best year we ever had in our history, and so we feel really fortunate,” Stika said. “The cattle industry …
Feb 24
By Trisha Gedon Growing vegetables sounds like fun, and who doesn’t like pretty flowers in the landscape – but where does a beginning gardener start to cultivate a green thumb? David Hillock, Oklahoma State University Extension consumer horticulturist, said there are things novice gardeners need to keep in mind before turning over the first shovelful …
Feb 24
– Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) led more than a dozen Senators to push for an extension of a policy that allows rural hospitals to continue delivering quality care to their communities. In a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the Senators …
Feb 24
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Feb 23
This Week on SUNUP is Oklahoma State University Extension grain market economist Kim Anderson. During this week’s edition, Anderson talks about planted acreage estimates and the grain markets. The big talk in the markets this week, Anderson said, is the war in Russia and Ukraine. There are export agreements coming up in March, Anderson said, …
Feb 23
Representatives Tom Cole, Chairman of the House Rules Committee (R-OK), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Ami Bera (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific, released the following statement announcing their introduction of H.R. 1135, the Countering Economic Coercion Act of 2023, which …
Feb 23
At the 118th American Farmers and Ranchers state convention in Norman, Oklahoma, Farm Director, KC Sheperd had the chance to visit with Megan Williams, Associate Economist and Manager in the Regional Affairs department at the Kansas City Fed’s Oklahoma City Branch office. Sheperd and Williams talk about higher interest rates and Oklahoma’s economy. The economy is continuing to …
