The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) awarded Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senator Boozman (R-AR), and Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA 15) with its 2025 Wheat Advocate award. The Wheat Advocate Award honors members of Congress who demonstrate outstanding leadership and commitment to policies that strengthen the U.S. wheat industry and …
Category: Ag News
Feb 13
Ag Secretary Blayne Arthur Highlights Youth, Drought Readiness, and Research at OGI Meeting
Agricultural education and connecting consumers to production agriculture were front and center during a conversation with Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur and Farm Director KC Sheperd at the OGI Wheat meeting. Arthur emphasized the importance of exposing the next generation—and the general public—to modern agriculture, noting that Oklahoma has “the best 4-H and FFA …
Feb 13
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 12
Ag Groups and Leaders React to Poultry Settlement
Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Stacy Simunek issued the following statement after Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced a settlement between the State of Oklahoma, Tyson and Cargill in the decades-long State of Oklahoma v. Tyson Foods, Inc., et al., lawsuit regarding the application of chicken litter in the Illinois River Watershed. “Oklahoma Farm Bureau members …
Feb 12
New OSU Wheat Variety Wyatt Combines Yield Potential and Strong Management Fit
New OSU Wheat Variety Wyatt Combines Yield Potential and Strong Management Fit The Oklahoma State University wheat breeding program marked a milestone moment as Dr. Brett Carver unveiled a new hard red winter wheat variety during a conversation with Ron Hays. Speaking at the annual meeting of Oklahoma Genetics Incorporated in Oklahoma City, Carver described …
Feb 12
Wyoming Rancher Testifies in Support of Grasslands Grazing Act
Today, Association of National Grasslands President, Public Lands Council (PLC) Board Member, and Wyoming rancher, Ty Checketts, testified in Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forestry and Mining, in support of S.2787 the Grasslands Grazing Act of 2025. The Senate bill was introduced by Sen. Barrasso (R-WY) and the House companion bill …
Feb 12
Drummond Strikes Deal with Tyson, Cargill in Landmark Poultry Pollution Case
According to a news release from Oklahoma Attorney General Genter Drummond, he has announced today a breakthrough in Oklahoma’s 20-year poultry litter pollution litigation, securing settlements totaling more than $25 million from Tyson Foods and Cargill. The settlements mark a turning point in one of the state’s most significant environmental cases. “For over two …
Feb 12
Senator Mullin Surprises Oklahoma Students: “You’re going to the U.S. Air Force Academy!”
This week,U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, had the honor of notifying young Oklahomans of their appointments to one of the five prestigious U.S. Service Academies. In a video shared across his social media, Senator Mullin—recently appointed to the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors—called Byrch, a high school senior …
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