Category: Ag News
Dec 16
USDA Creates Economic Opportunities for Underserved Rural People Across Oklahoma with $378,000 Investment
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Oklahoma State Director Kenneth Corn announced today that USDA is investing more than $378,000 to expand access to housing, equip schools with necessary transportation, and fund city infrastructure. In total, USDA is investing more than $102 million across 263 projects across the United States which will create economic …
Dec 16
March Cotton Futures Had a Week of Two-Sided Trading Ranges
March cotton futures had a week of two-sided trading ranges, but overall remained relatively unchanged for the week ending Thursday, December 15. After last week’s bearish WASDE report, downward pressure on prices started the week. On Tuesday, macroeconomic data took over and cotton prices reversed and touched the limit before settling with triple digit gains. …
Dec 16
NCGA Podcast Episode: Newly Elected Rep from Illinois Angles for Farm Issues and Bipartisanship, with Rep-Elect Nikki Budzinski
With roots in farm country, one Congressional freshman says she wants to find common ground in Washington. When she is sworn in on January 3, 2023, Congresswoman-Elect Nikki Budzinski will be tasked with representing the interests of farmers in a vast swath of the state, all the way from Champaign to Springfield to just north …
Dec 16
OSU’s Dr. Rosslyn Biggs Says Cold Weather Demands Cattle Herd Care
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is featuring comments from Oklahoma State University Extension Veterinary Specialist, Dr. Rosslyn Biggs, talking about taking care of cattle during the cold weather. “Now is the time to really start those preparations for that cold weather,” Biggs said. Although many areas received some rainfall last week and this …
Dec 16
National Sorghum Producers’ Craig Meeker Looking Forward to Utilizing Climate-Smart Ag Grant to Help Sorghum Farmers
At the National Association of Farm Broadcasters convention in Kansas City, Farm Director KC Sheperd visited with National Sorghum Producers board of directors Chairman Craig Meeker, about the Climate-Smart Ag Grant received by NSP and what they would like to see in the 2023 Farm Bill. “National Sorghum Producers is excited to talk about the …
Dec 16
Bob Rodenberger Advises Producers to Consider Future Factors when Buying Heifers
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. Rodenberger said the cattle market this week was excellent. “We are selling cattle, I’d say, 20 dollars higher than a year ago- stockers and feeders,” Rodenberger said. “Killing cow …
Dec 16
OSU multi-state drone project receives national award
By Alisa Boswell-Gore A multi-state collaborative project studying the use of unmanned aircraft systems in agriculture was recently awarded the 2022 National Excellence in Multi-state Research Award. The award, allocated by the Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors, recognizes a collaborative research project among multiple institutions for demonstrating high standards of scientific quality, research …
Dec 16
Court Hears Oral Arguments in Soy, Cotton Dicamba Lawsuit
Last Thursday, ASA and Plains Cotton Growers, Inc., argued before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on American Soybean Association v. EPA (D.C. Cir. 20-1441). The two groups urged the court to clarify jurisdictional rules under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and to require the Environmental Protection Agency to use the best available …
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