Today’s beef buzz features comments from NCBA president Colin Woodall and Ceo of Cattlefax Randy Blach as they reflect on President Trump’s comments on beef imports from Argentina. Beef industry leaders are voicing strong opposition to President Trump’s recent comments suggesting that importing more beef from Argentina could help lower prices for U.S. consumers. Colin …
Category: Ag News
Oct 22
AFT Celebrates Five Years of Soil Health Stewards Program
American Farmland Trust is celebrating the fifth year of its Soil Health Stewards program, a national effort to educate the agricultural land protection community that healthy soils drive productive farmland and viable farms and ranches. Soil Health Stewards is one of several initiatives offered through AFT’s National Agricultural Land Network (NALN), a national information and peer learning network building the capacity …
Oct 22
Global Ethanol Summit Continues With Panels On Ethanol’s Compatibility
The Global Ethanol Summit (GES) continues Tuesday emphasizing the theme “ethanol is compatible” with three panels and three flash talk sessions on biofuel uses including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), sustainable maritime fuel and other emerging markets. Ernest Moniz, founder and CEO of the EFI Foundation and former U.S. Secretary of Energy opened the day by …
Oct 22
MyLand Expands Washington Soil Health Initiative with $2.4M in New Funding
MyLand, a leading innovator in soil health, today announced an expansion of its collaboration with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, designed to accelerate the adoption of sustainable soil practices across Texas and beyond. The new phase of research will evaluate the effects and benefits of microalgae in a range of agriculture and natural resources production systems …
Oct 22
Ag Groups Continue To React To Trumps Beef Import Comments
AFR Opposes Proposal to Import Beef from Argentina Following President Trump’s comments late last week about expanding beef imports from Argentina to lower prices for American consumers, AFR Cooperative has been closely monitoring the discussion in hopes of hearing a reversal or explanation out of Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, no additional information has materialized from either …
Oct 22
Cow Calf Corner Paul Beck: Beyond Cheap Gain: Managing Stocker Calves for the Long-Run
Weekly, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition Specialist Paul Beck offers his expertise on the beef cattle industry. This is part of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner,” published electronically by Dr. Derrell Peel, Mark Johnson, and Beck. The stocker phase sits at the crossroads of beef production—linking the cow-calf sector …
Oct 22
Senator Mullin Visits Oklahoma Cadets at West Point
On Friday, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) visited the United States Military Academy at West Point where he met with Superintendent Lieutenant General Steven Gilland, toured various facilities, ate lunch with Oklahoma Cadets, and spoke to class SS465 – Terrorism: New Challenges. Each year, Senator Mullin has the privilege of nominating Oklahoma candidates for appointments to …
Oct 22
Wednesday 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.
Oct 22
USDA to Resume Farm Loan Payments Despite Shutdown, Secretary Rollins Announces
According to a post on X from US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, some of the functions of the USDA’s Farm Service Agency will be restored on Thursday. Secretary Rollins says “President Trump will not let the radical left Democrat shutdown impact critical USDA services while harvest is underway across the country. Thursday, USDA will …
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