Category: Ag News
Jul 13
Crop Progress: Corn Holds Strong as Soybeans, Cotton and Pastures Continue to Struggle
In the latest Crop Progress report from USDA, the U.S. Corn Crop is rated 68% Good to Excellent this week, up 1 point from last week. Soybean crop conditions are 65% good to excellent this week up 1point from last week. The U.S. cotton crop is rated 44% good to excellent this week, down 2 …
Jul 13
OKFB Reacts To Poultry Settlement
Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Stacy Simunek released the following statement after the State of Oklahoma and 11 Arkansas-based poultry announced Monday, July 13, that a nearly $44 million settlement had been reached in the decades-long lawsuit regarding the application of chicken litter in the Illinois River Watershed. Oklahoma Farm Bureau members are pleased with the …
Jul 13
Poultry Companies and State of Oklahoma Agree to Deal Ending 21 Year Litigation
Attorney General Gentner Drummond today announced a nearly $44 million settlement resolving the State’s 21-year lawsuit against six companies over poultry litter pollution in the Illinois River Watershed. Oklahoma sued Tyson Foods, Cargill, George’s, Peterson Farms, Cal-Maine and Simmons Foods in 2005. A federal judge found the companies liable in December 2025, then rejected a …
Jul 13
Cheryl DeVuyst Highlights Producer Oversight of Beef Checkoff Investments
In today’s Beef Buzz, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Dr. Cheryl DeVuyst, chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion Board (CBB), about how cattle producers are overseeing investments of Beef Checkoff dollars during the Summer Cattle Industry Business Meeting in Denver. DeVuyst said the week began with training for the newest members …
Jul 13
OSU Turfgrass Going Global: Tahoma 31 Steals the Spotlight at FIFA World Cup
Oklahoma State University is once again making its mark on the world stage, and this time, it is under the feet of the world’s greatest athletes. Dr. Yanqi Wu, a Regents Professor of grass breeding and genetics at OSU, has spent decades developing high-performance turfgrass varieties that are now being featured in the FIFA World …
Jul 13
Livestock Marketing Association Names Leadership Committees for 2026–2028
The Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) announced the appointment of its leadership committees for the 2026–2028 term during the association’s Annual Convention in Deadwood, South Dakota. The appointments follow what was the largest Annual Convention turnout in LMA history, reflecting members’ commitment to working together on behalf of the livestock marketing industry and rural America. “LMA …
Jul 13
Cow Calf Corner Dr Derrell Peel: Beef Import Dynamics
Total beef imports for the first five months of 2026 are up 9.9 percent year over year. This is the smallest increase for the period since 2023 (Figure 1). For the month of May, beef imports were down 5.0 percent from one year ago, the first monthly year over year decrease since November 2025 and …
Jul 13
Dairy Defined Podcast: Dairy Farmers Advancing at the State Level
Even as regulatory and legislative challenges persist at all levels of state government, pro-dairy advocacy is making progress nationwide, two leaders in state dairy policies said in the latest Dairy Defined podcast. “Some farms are struggling. I don’t want to diminish what those farms are going through,” Allyson Jones-Brimmer, executive director of the Northeast Dairy …
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