The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has announced its 2025 List of Critical Minerals, adding 10 new minerals, including phosphate and potash – two essential fertilizer components. “ASA thanks the Trump Administration for taking an important step to address rising farm production costs. As we look toward the next planting season, soybean farmers are concerned about …
Category: Ag News
Nov 06
Roll of Victory winners awarded at the 2025 Angus Convention
Angus cattle carry the tradition of excellence in the show ring, displayed across the country year after year. The American Angus Association® created the Roll of Victory (ROV) Show Program in 1984 to recognize show-winning animals, their sires, dams, breeders and owners on a per year basis. The ROV Show Heifer of the Year, EXAR …
Nov 06
Texas Tech Scientists Develop Novel Acceleration Technique for Crop Creation
A team of plant biotechnologists led by Gunvant Patil at Texas Tech University has developed a groundbreaking method that could dramatically speed up the development of regeneration process and gene-edited crops. The method would allow scientists to bypass one of the most time-consuming and technically challenging steps in plant biotechnology – tissue culture. The study, published this week in Molecular …
Nov 06
ARA Applauds the Department of the Interior on Potash and Phosphate Critical Minerals List Inclusion
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) today thanks the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and DOI Secretary Doug Burgum for recognizing the importance of potash and phosphate by adding both to the nation’s Critical Minerals List. “These designations are a major step forward for American agriculture and supply chain resilience,” said ARA President & CEO …
Nov 06
NCBA Supports Legislation to Expand Local Beef Sales
Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) announced continued support for the Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions (DIRECT) Act. This legislation introduced by Sens. Roger Marshall (R-KS), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) would increase marketing opportunities for smaller meat processors and give consumers more options to buy local beef. “The cattle business …
Nov 06
Thrive or Just Survive?
Beef imports into the United States market have exploded over the past two years, and no one in the industry wants to say anything about it. Beef imports for the entire eight-year period from 2015 through 2022 averaged 266 million pounds per month, but for the two-year period from 2023 through February of this year, …
Nov 06
AFIA Cohosts “Feeding the Future” Panel at COP30
AFIA is cohosting a panel on the sustainability efforts from the animal feed sector at COP30 in Belem, Brazil, on Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. GMT-3.The “Feeding the Future” panel will convene global feed leaders to examine climate action throughout the animal feed sector and discuss how the industry supports a sustainable animal protein industry.The …
Nov 06
Anderson County man indicted for multiple counts of cattle theft
An Anderson County man has been indicted on three counts of cattle theft following an investigation led by Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) Special Ranger Darrell Bobbitt. On Nov. 8, 2024, Special Ranger Bobbitt initiated an investigation into the theft of cattle in Anderson County. Evidence gathered during the investigation led to a …
Nov 06
Senator James Lankford Talks Shutdown, Ag Bill Delay, and Beef Price Strategy
Today, in a Zoom interview from Washington, D.C., Farm Director KC Sheperd, along with Oklahoma Senator James Lankford, announced a “possible end in sight” to the ongoing government shutdown, while sharply criticizing the Democratic strategy he claims caused the stalemate. Lankford Talks Shutdown, Ag Bill Delay, and Beef Price Strategy Lankford alleged the shutdown was …
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