IGP Short Course Provides Emerging Wheat Leaders and Staff with a Crash Course in Flour Milling: From the rolling hills of the Palouse to the trading desk in Kansas City, the day-to-day work of the U.S. wheat industry is a whirlwind of activity. For farmers, staffers and traders, the focus is often on the immediate …
Category: Ag News
Dec 24
Cash Grain Bids Across Oklahoma for December 23, 2025 Were Mixed
It was a mixed bag for Oklahoma grain bids as reported by the Oklahoma Department of Ag and USDA Market News- Wheat prices were up mostly 6 and 3/4 cents- ranging from $4.38 to $4.58 a bushel. Corn and Sorghum bids were a half cent higher while soybeans were down 1 and 3/4 cents.
Dec 23
Boxed Beef Collapse- Choice Falls $7.10 to $355.77
Choice Boxed Beef crashed on Tuesday- falling $7.10 to $355.77. Select Beef was also lower- dropping $1.10 to $349.59. The Choice/Select spread narrowed to $6.59 with 138 loads reported.
Dec 23
Dr. Glenn Selk Explains the Christmas Magic of Santa’s Reindeer
In this special holiday edition of your Beef Buzz, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays features retired Beef Cattle Specialist Dr. Glenn Selk who offers his explanation about how Santa’s Reindeer are the perfect for the jolly old man as he travels around the world on Christmas Eve. Dr. Selk says Reindeer are the …
Dec 23
Secretary Rollins & Congressional Ag Leaders to Speak at AFBF Convention
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Agriculture committees will all be featured speakers at the American Farm Bureau Convention. Secretary Rollins, who has led USDA through a pivotal first year of the Trump administration focused on the agriculture economy, trade and reducing costs for …
Dec 23
A Holiday Message from NCGA President Jed Bower
The work will keep for a week. Take a moment to celebrate the wins. A record crop was overshadowed by market concerns and uncertainty, and it seems like the roller coaster ride will continue into 2026. But through it all, NCGA’s volunteers and staff have been grinding it out on behalf of members, advancing a …
Dec 23
“Being the Neighbor”: Canute Community Surprises Farmer Battling Cancer with Cotton Harvest Help
Canute Community Surprises Farmer Battling Cancer with Cotton Harvest Help: In Western Oklahoma, the cotton harvest is usually a race against the clock and the weather. But this week at Green Acres Farm in Canute, the harvest became a race to help a friend. Farm Director KC Sheperd was on site as the local agricultural …
Dec 23
Terrain’s Q1 2026 Outlook
Terrain has published 9 reports in its Q1 2026 Outlook series, providing market intelligence for interest rates and a variety of agricultural segments and commodities. For many farmers and producers, 2025 was a year of lessons, ranging from what can cause wild price swings in beef and avocado markets, to how dependent our grain and oilseed markets are on export sales. In their …
Dec 23
OKFB disappointed by court’s findings in decades-long poultry lawsuit
The following statement was issued by Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Stacy Simunek following the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma’s judgment in the State of Oklahoma v. Tyson Foods, Inc., lawsuit, which outlined penalties for poultry companies and a 30-year remediation plan for the Illinois River watershed. “Oklahoma Farm Bureau members are …
Dec 23
BLM Sage Grouse Plans Utilize Latest Science and Stakeholder Input
Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released their updated greater sage grouse management plans, amending 77 separate land use plans across the West. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and Public Lands Council (PLC) originally submitted comments on these plans after each phase of revisions in 2015, 2019, and 2024, advising BLM leadership to …
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