Category: Ag News
May 29
USDA Announces Enrollment Period and Payment Rates for Specialty Crop Farmers
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced payment rates and the enrollment period for the Assistance for Specialty Crops Farmers (ASCF) program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will issue $1.625 billion in payments to eligible specialty crop producers in response to elevated input costs and market disruptions resulting from foreign competitors engaging …
May 29
How Consumer Demand and Quality Helped Drive Beef’s Remarkable Turnaround
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays features comments from livestock industry consultant Dr. Nevil Speer, who spoke during the spring conference of the US Meat Export Federation in Oklahoma City about how the beef business transformed itself from years of stagnation into one of agriculture’s strongest consumer-driven success stories. From …
May 29
Broadening Broadband: Rural Oklahoma Libraries Offer Lifeline for Internet Connectivity
The digital divide remains a significant challenge for many rural areas, but a long-standing program in Oklahoma is successfully bridging the gap. Through a strategic partnership between Oklahoma State University Extension and rural Oklahoma libraries, local communities are finding new ways to access the modern digital world. In a recent interview, Radio Oklahoma Ag Network …
May 29
May 31st is National Dam Safety Awareness Day
May 31 is National Dam Safety Awareness Day, a time to recognize the critical role dams play in protecting lives, supporting communities, and strengthening our water infrastructure. Across Oklahoma, more than 4,700 dams provide essential benefits, including: As dams across the state continue to age, maintaining and rehabilitating these structures becomes increasingly important. Changing development …
May 29
Samantha Ayoub on Specialty Crop Labor: “A Stable Workforce Is Critical to Our Food Supply”
Labor challenges in the specialty crop sector are continuing to draw attention, and Samantha Ayoub recently sat down with Oklahoma Farm Report’s Maci Carter to discuss the growing urgency of workforce stability for fruit and vegetable producers. Ayoub emphasized just how essential a reliable labor force is to keeping fresh produce moving from farm to …
May 29
USDA Details New Base Acre Allocation Process for ARC and PLC Programs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to implement a major expansion of the federal farm safety net by adding up to 30 million new base acres to the Agricultural Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs. Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce explains that this update, authorized under the One Big …
May 29
TPWD withdraws proposed amendments after TSCRA and landowner pushback
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association President Stephen Diebel submitted a letter to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Chairman Paul Foster in response to the Department’s proposed amendments on mandatory harvest reporting requirements for mountain lions in Texas. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department has retracted the proposed amendments due to stakeholder opposition. “Texas Parks & …
May 29
Klobuchar, Colleagues Raise Concerns about Food Safety and Inspection Service Reorganization
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, is leading 19 of her colleagues in raising strong concerns about the plan to reorganize the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “We write with serious concern regarding the announced reorganization of the Food …
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