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Category: Ag News
Jan 29
TSCRA applauds Governor Abbott’s disaster declaration for potential NWS threat
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association President Carl Ray Polk Jr. released the following statement after Governor Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster declaration for the potential New World screwworm threat: “Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association applauds Gov. Abbott and his team as they ensure Texas is prepared to respond to a potential incursion …
Jan 29
Oklahoma educators can now apply to receive accurate agriculture books by June 10 through OKFB’s Bushels for Books program
Oklahoma educators can now apply for a chance to receive a package of accurate agriculture books through Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s Bushels for Books program. The program is a collaborative effort between the OKFB Women’s Leadership Committee and the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture with the goal of placing books in Oklahoma classrooms and schools to help …
Jan 29
Council Responds to Agreement with El Salvador
According to a press release issued by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the United States has signed another agreement on reciprocal trade, this one with El Salvador. USTR Jamieson Greer and El Salvador’s Minister of Economy Maria Luisa Hayem signed the agreement that, according to a USTR fact sheet, commits El Salvador …
Jan 29
CoBank data reveals farmers were aggressive sellers of soybeans in fall 2025
U.S. farmers were aggressive sellers of soybeans last fall as prices climbed after trade relations eased between the U.S. and China. With higher prices and a swifter pace of sales, commercial ownership of soybeans rose sharply while use of delayed pricing programs and basis contracts fell. Meanwhile, corn and wheat markets saw the opposite trend …
Jan 29
NAWG Elects New Officers with Jamie Kress as President
Today, the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) elected Jamie Kress as President during their 2026 Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Jamie and her husband Cory own and operate an 8,500-acre dryland farm in the Rockland Valley of eastern Idaho. Their farm is comprised primarily of winter and spring wheat, along with a variety of …
Jan 29
OSU campus workshops help home food producers navigate Oklahoma’s Homemade Food Freedom Act
The Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center located on the Oklahoma State University campus, is offering a series of workshops this spring to support home-based and small-scale food producers, entrepreneurs and industry professionals across Oklahoma. Among this quarter’s offerings is the Homemade Food Freedom Act Workshop, which addresses one of the most common questions FAPC receives …
Jan 29
Chairmen Thompson, Hill Applaud Advancement of CLARITY Act
Today, House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) and House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statements after the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry advanced the CLARITY Act, a digital asset market structure bill: Chairman Thompson said, “I want to congratulate Chairman Boozman and the entire Senate …
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