Category: Ag News
Mar 30
Cow Calf Corner Dr. Derrell Peel: A Look Inside Beef Imports
Beef imports increased 18.0 percent year over year in 2025. Total beef imports have increased sharply due to declining U.S. beef production and high prices as the current market developed. Total beef imports are up 61.4 percent since 2022. A variety of beef products are imported from a number of different countries. Much of the …
Mar 30
Purple Wave Auctioning Restored 1968 John Deere 4020 Tractor For Local FFA Chapter
Purple Wave Auction is proud to support the Alva, Okla. FFA chapter with their 1968 John Deere 4020 restoration project, auctioning the tractor on April 15 and donating 100 percent of the buyer’s premium back to the Alva FFA Chapter. For Alva FFA, inklings of a tractor restoration project started after the chapter welcomed a new …
Mar 30
Congress Commemorates the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
Last week, both the House and Senate introduced resolutions supporting the 2026 International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) sponsored by Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Jim Costa (D-CA). The Public Lands Council (PLC) supports these resolutions to honor the conservation work of ranchers, researchers, rangeland conservationists, …
Mar 30
Ranch Group Engages in White House Meetings, Presses Cattle Industry Reforms
R-CALF USA leadership traveled to Washington, D.C., last week for a series of meetings and events with administration officials and members of Congress. During its time in Washington, R-CALF USA met with administration officials and congressional offices to discuss issues impacting U.S. cattle producers, including mandatory country-of-origin labeling, competition in cattle markets, beef checkoff reform …
Mar 30
OKFB members share agriculture story during 2026 Washington, D.C., Summit
More than 50 Oklahoma Farm Bureau members descended on Washington, D.C., to share the story of agriculture during OKFB’s 2026 Washington, D.C., Summit, March 23-26. Members kicked off the trip on Monday evening with a reception and a spectacular view of the Potomac River, where they were joined by several legislative staffers from Oklahoma’s congressional …
Mar 30
Senate Republicans Unanimously Elect Lonnie Paxton as Pro Tem-Designate
Senate Republicans have chosen Senate President Pro Tempore Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, to continue leading the upper chamber for the 61st Oklahoma Legislature. Pro Tem Paxton ran unopposed for the leadership position, receiving unanimous support from his Republican colleagues to serve as Pro Tem-designate. “It has been an honor and privilege to lead the Senate,” Pro Tem …
Mar 30
Klobuchar, Shaheen, Colleagues Raise Concerns to USDA on Data Quality
Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee are leading all 10 Democrats on the Senate Agriculture Committee in raising concerns to the U.S. Department …
Mar 30
Ranking Member Angie Craig, Waters, Warren, Klobuchar Exhort Trump Administration to Clamp Down on Insider Trading Using Prediction Markets
House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) led a bicameral letter with Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), encouraging them to clamp down on insider trading by federal …
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