Category: Ag News
Dec 02
Senate Pro Tem Treat Announces GOP Committee Leadership, Committee Assignments
Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat today announced Republican committee leadership roles and assignments for the upcoming the 59th Oklahoma Legislature that begins in February. “I have full faith in these individuals to develop ideas to advance our state,” Pro Tem Treat said. “I appreciate their willingness to accept these positions on behalf of their …
Dec 02
Lankford, Inhofe, Cruz Want to Give Additional National Recognition to Route 66
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) was joined by Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) to introduce a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate Route 66 as a National Historic Trail. Importantly, this bill incorporates important safeguards to ensure no future potential harm to energy development projects occur as a result …
Dec 02
Texas auctioneer wins World Livestock Auctioneer Championship qualifier
Andy Baumeister of Goldthwaite, Texas, was named champion at the 2023 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship (WLAC) qualifying event at Longview Livestock in Longview, Texas. A total of 30 contestants competed for a top ten placing, granting them a spot in the 2023 WLAC semifinals at Arcadia Stockyard in Arcadia, Fla. “As a kid, I was …
Dec 02
Angus Foundation offers elite genetics in five January sales
Offerings will sell at Cattlemen’s Congress and the National Western Stock Show. The Angus Foundation announced its plans to offer four elite heifer pregnancies, along with the Angus Foundation Heifer Package, in January 2023. The pregnancies will sell in Oklahoma City during Cattlemen’s Congress at the Bases Loaded, Denim and Diamonds, and Angus at the …
Dec 02
Mike Schulte and Kim Anderson Talk Value of 4-H and FFA Junior Wheat Show
Associate Farm Editor, Reagan Calk, attended the 2022 Oklahoma 4-H/FFA Junior Wheat Show Awards, where the top 25 students from both 4-H and FFA were recognized. Following the awards ceremony, Reagan visited with Mike Schulte with the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and OSU’s Dr. Kim Anderson about the event. Anderson said the first year he was …
Dec 02
AFBF Applauds Bipartisan Effort to Keep Economy Moving
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on President Biden’s signing of legislation to avert a disastrous rail strike. “AFBF applauds Congress and President Biden for working together to avert a rail strike. High diesel prices, a truck driver shortage, and low water levels on the Mississippi River have already made shipping conditions …
Dec 02
Cole Announces 2023 Military Academy Nominees
Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) announced the names of high school students from the Fourth District of Oklahoma that he has nominated for potential appointment to one of America’s military academies. The United States service academies provide for the undergraduate education and training of commissioned officers for the United States Armed Forces. The academies that receive …
Dec 02
Clean Fuels Says RFS Proposal for 2023 and Beyond Woefully Underestimates Biomass-based Diesel
Today, Clean Fuels Alliance America criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2023 and beyond for undercutting investments in biodiesel and renewable diesel capacity. The minor increases for biomass-based diesel volumes in 2023, 2024 and 2025 are below the industry’s existing production and ignore the clean fuels industry’s significant investments in …
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