Aug 05
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Donnie Robertson, vice president of Express Ranches, about the remarkable legacy of one of the nation’s top seedstock operations after the Funk family announced plans to disperse the ranch’s beef cattle operation. When discussing elite seedstock programs in the U.S., Express Ranches …
Aug 05
Records. Win-Loss records. Personal best records. Guiness World Records for…well, for.nearly anything. Fun fact: My Arizona cousin once held the Guiness World Record for producing the World’s Heaviest Chile Pepper and held that record for several years. He has since been dethroned, but still…. We humans love a good “record” story. But we don’t always …
Aug 05
Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), Public Lands Council (PLC), and Wisconsin Cattlemen’s Association (WCA) urged the Senate to pass S. 1306 and thanked Senator Ron Johnson R-Wis., for elevating this critical issue on behalf of livestock producers. The legislation would reissue the 2020 rule delisting gray wolves in the lower 48 states returning …
Aug 05
National Sorghum Producers today called on members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry to preserve permanent nationwide, year-round E15 language in the Agricultural Act of 2026 and advance the Farm Bill. The updated Senate proposal would permanently remove the summertime regulatory barrier restricting sales of E15, a fuel blend containing 15% …
Aug 05
Lee Seunghyun writes in Southern Ag today: The first forecast of corn yields by the USDA is expected to be released with the Crop Production report on August 12, 2026. However, most southern corn has passed through silking, the crop’s most critical yield-determining period. One can then look at the USDA Crop Progress and Condition Layers current condition ratings …
Aug 05
Oklahoma crop disease concerns this growing season are being driven less by foliar diseases and more by problems developing below the soil surface, according to OSU Extension Pathologist Dr. Maira Duffeck. Speaking with Oklahoma Farm Report intern Presley Strickland during Oklahoma State University’s Summer Demo Day, Duffeck said drought conditions have shifted the disease challenges …
Aug 05
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
