Category: Ag News
Aug 24
New AG opinion from Drummond: Farmers don’t need highway escort to haul equipment
Attorney General Gentner Drummond today issued an opinion protecting farmers from being cited for not having a highway escort when they haul equipment between fields. The opinion, A.G. 2026-11, clarifies state law concerning oversized vehicles. Oklahoma law generally requires a vehicle wider than 12 feet to be accompanied by an escort vehicle while traveling on …
Aug 24
Crop Progress: Oklahoma Pasture Conditions Plunge as Drought Persists
In the latest Crop Progress report from USDA, the U.S. corn crop is rated 57% Good to Excellent this week, down 3 points from last week. Soybean crop conditions are rated 60% good to excellent this week, down 1 point from last week. The U.S. cotton crop is rated 37% good to excellent this week, …
Aug 24
TSCRA comments on phased reopening, calls for continued vigilance
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association President Stephen Diebel today issued the following statement after the United States Department of Agriculture resumed live cattle imports at the port of entry in Douglas, Arizona: “Our members need continuity in commerce, but they also need confidence that every reasonable safeguard is in place to reduce the risk …
Aug 24
USDA Announces Harvest to Hallways Initiative to Invest in Child Nutrition Programs
Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced sweeping new efforts to strengthen school meals by connecting more American farmers with local schools, investing in school kitchen infrastructure, and giving states and school districts new tools to serve healthier, more nutrient-dense meals to America’s …
Aug 24
U.S.-Canada Trade Talks Collapse as 50% Section 338 Tariffs Take Effect, Threatening Agricultural Supply Chains
A week of intensive, line-by-line trade negotiations between the United States and Canada ended without an agreement on Friday night, triggering steep 50% U.S. tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian goods over the weekend. The new duties took effect at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, prompting Canadian officials to prepare dollar-for-dollar retaliatory measures scheduled to …
Aug 24
OSU hits record high full-time and online enrollment
Oklahoma State University is welcoming 37,411 students across the OSU System this fall, thanks to all-time highs in full-time student, online, and Native American enrollment and the university’s strongest Oklahoma resident enrollment in over four decades. As students return to the system’s five campuses statewide for another academic year, OSU has reached a record of …
Aug 24
Late August Heat Wave Pushes Oklahoma Temperatures to Potential Year-to-Date Highs
Late August is delivering some of the most intense temperatures of the season across Oklahoma, with the potential to mark the hottest day of the year so far. According to State Climatologist Gary McManus, anyone assuming late August cannot rival the brutal conditions seen earlier in the month only needs to look at the history …
Aug 24
U.S. Needs New Drought Assessment Framework as Droughts Become More Severe and Unpredictable
Droughts in the United States are becoming more intense and unpredictable, and the nation needs to develop a new drought assessment framework to better understand and address them, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The report urges the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the interagency National Integrated Drought Information …
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