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Jul 30
Congress Heads Home- House Ag Appropriations Deal Left Hanging in Limbo
While the US Senate was able to finish the National Defense Appropriations Bill before leaving for the August Congressional recess- the House was unable to get the Appropriations for agriculture complete before they left town at the end of this past week for six weeks for their version of an August recess. House Conservatives wanted …
Jul 27
OKFB hosts third-annual communications conference for FFA members
Oklahoma Farm Bureau hosted nearly 120 Oklahoma FFA Members at the organization’s 2023 FFA Communications Conference Tuesday, July 25, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Edmond. The one-day conference connected FFA members with communications skills and concepts that will help them share their events, activities and stories throughout the coming school year. Students participated in …
Jul 10
US Wheat Associates Harvest Update for July 7, 2023
The HRW harvest has nearly wrapped up in Texas and Oklahoma, while weather events continue to slow progress in Kansas. Harvest continues to progress in the SRW growing region with little to no change in data. Rain is needed in the HRS and northern durum growing regions for optimal crop development. In the Pacific Northwest, …
Jul 09
Wheat Harvest All But Done as Final Acres May Not be Harvested Due to July Rains
The 2023 hard red winter wheat harvest has been one for the record books in the southern great plains- and not particularly in a good way. Oklahoma Farm Report’s Ron Hays talked this past Friday with Oklahoma Wheat Commission Executive Director Mike Schulte about the OWC’s final harvest report of the season released last Thursday- …
Jul 04
Dr. Sara Place Sees Cattle Feeders As An Integral Part of the Climate Solution
Today’s beef buzz is featuring a “best of” edition, as Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is visiting with Colorado State University Feedlot Systems Specialist, Dr. Sara Place, about how cattle feeders can be part of the climate solution. Most recently, Sara has been the Chief Sustainability Officer at Elanco Animal Health, and prior …
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