Instead of asking “what’s in store” for crackers and cookies and other wheat-based snack foods in a post-COVID world, those in the U.S. wheat industry may want to ask the same question in a slightly modified way. What’s in the store? When COVID hit in 2020, international consumers had already been drawn to convenient foods that fit …
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Feb 17
ASA Submits Comments on EPA’s Endangered Species Act Work Plan
Nothing quite says “love is in the air” like 18 pages of discussion on reducing pesticide spray drift exposures for non-target species. That was the theme of comments ASA submitted Tuesday, Valentine’s Day, to an open docket on EPA’s Endangered Species Act Work Plan Update. The Work Plan Update proposes developing general ecological restrictions under …
Feb 17
Friday Preopening Market Update with Dave Lanning
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Feb 16
OKFB supports HB 2775 and HB 1935 to increase School funding
Oklahoma Farm Bureau is proud to support HB 2775 and HB 1935 by House Speaker Charles McCall to increase funding for public schools across the state of Oklahoma. These proposals would assist public school funding in a number of ways, including providing a teacher pay raise and increasing each school’s per-pupil funding through a $500 million total funding …
Feb 16
As Commodity Prices Stay Level, Kim Anderson Urges Producers to Focus on Production
This Week on SUNUP is Oklahoma State University Extension grain market economist Kim Anderson. During this week’s edition, Anderson talks about what is going on internationally, as there was not much movement with the crop prices this week. “There just wasn’t much in the market this week, but you look at Mexico, they talked about …
Feb 16
Beltway Beef Podcast: Inside an EPA Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee Meeting
Each week, Beltway Beef brings you the latest policy news affecting the U.S. cattle and beef industry. Hear from subject-matter experts, producers, and industry leaders on the topics that impact the business viability of farms and ranches across the country. On this episode, Iowa cattle producer Bill Couser joins to discuss his work on the …
Feb 16
Secretary Vilsack Awards Employees for Exceptional Service Supporting, Advancing U.S. Agriculture
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today presented the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) highest honor to 39 teams of distinguished employees who made the most significant accomplishments that support USDA’s mission, strategic goals, objectives and priorities. Vilsack also presented a Secretary’s Act of Valor Award to a team that risked injury to themselves by attempting lifesaving …




















