Oct 05
Managing market volatility and navigating dry field conditions remain front and center as Oklahoma ranchers and agricultural producers head into a pivotal second week of October. With key supply data on the horizon and planting deadlines quickly approaching across the Southern Plains, operators are closely tracking five primary market drivers. 1. Friday’s October WASDE and …
Oct 05
AI-driven camera grading technology is giving beef producers new opportunities to collect data on carcass quality and use that information to make breeding and management decisions. In todays beef buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays features comments from Dr. Logan Johnson, assistant professor of food science at Oklahoma State University, who spoke with …
Oct 05
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Oct 02
USDA is increasing funding for its regenerative agriculture pilot program to $1 billion for fiscal year 2027, following strong producer interest during the program’s first year. USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce spoke with Associate Farm Reporter Carli Davenport about the increased investment, what USDA learned during the pilot’s first year and …
Oct 02
Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today announced it will host the 2026 Komen OKC MORE THAN PINK Walk bringing together survivors, those living with metastatic breast cancer, families and supporters for a day of purpose and action. The event, taking place on Saturday, October 31, 2026, will raise critical funds to …
Oct 02
In our last segment, we discussed the dangerously thin cash cattle market. Today, we’ll explain how unpriced formula contracts helped drive that market to such a low level, and how to restore competition. The negotiated cash market is where producers and packers bargain directly over price. Those transactions also establish benchmarks used to price cattle …
Oct 02
Wildfire mitigation and soil water retention remain high priorities across the state, prompting the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to expand programs targeting invasive species and infrastructure resilience. Farm Director KC Sheperd recently sat down with Trey Lam, executive director of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, to discuss the ongoing efforts to manage invasive red cedars, mitigate wildfire …
Oct 02
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Missouri cattle producer and Hereford breeder Glen Klippenstein, one of the cattlemen involved in the early development of the Beef Checkoff. Klippenstein was recently recognized with the Beef Checkoff Visionary Award for his work helping establish the program in the 1980s. Looking …
Oct 02
Last year, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Natural Grocers v. Rollins that portions of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (Standard) be set aside and sent back to a lower court. After being directed by the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law, USDA established the Standard in a 2018 Final Rule for the …
