Category: Ag News
Jun 20
Despite Rain Delays, Wheat Harvest Shows Strong Yields
The 2025 wheat harvest season is proving to be a mixed bag for custom harvesters, with persistent rain and high humidity creating challenges, but overall yields and crop quality are holding strong in many areas. Paul Paplow of U.S. Custom Harvesters, currently operating out of Kiowa, Kansas, provided an update to Farm Director KC Sheperd …
Jun 20
Applications are open for OKFB’s Capitol Camp
Oklahoma Farm Bureau is now accepting applications for Capitol Camp, set for Sept. 3-4, 2025, at the Oklahoma state Capitol in Oklahoma City. Capitol Camp is an immersive two-day legislative experience for incoming high school juniors and seniors to learn about Oklahoma’s legislative process and how bills become law through a mock legislature held on …
Jun 20
Growth Energy Applauds Court Ruling Upholding RFS Set against Oil Industry Challenge
Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, issued the following statement in response to a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that rejected an attempt by oil industry interests to undermine the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a program that requires refiners to include a certain amount of …
Jun 20
How Is the U.S. Winter Wheat Harvest Going?
The country’s winter wheat harvest is well underway, according to the most recent USDA Crop Progress report. As of June 15, nine of the top 18 winter-wheat-growing states had begun to harvest the crop. Overall, 10% of the nation’s crop has been harvested, behind the average of 16%. All but two states were behind their …
Jun 20
Investing in the Next Generation of Leaders: Oklahoma Electric Cooperative Youth Tour
Oklahoma’s electric cooperatives sponsor Washington D.C. trip for local high schoolers Sixty-nine highschoolers from across rural Oklahoma towns returned from a weeklong, all-expenses-paid trip to Washington D.C. sponsored by local electric cooperatives in Oklahoma. In following a longtime tradition that spans decades, the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC) which represents 30 co-ops in Oklahoma …
Jun 20
From Fields to Fortune: Agritourism’s Expanding Economic Footprint
Agritourism, a burgeoning sector blending agriculture and tourism, is proving to be a significant economic and social opportunity for family farms and their communities. This diverse industry continues to expand, offering a wide range of experiences tailored to individual farm situations and products. Rod Bain of Agriculture USDA recently spoke with Audrey Comerford of Oregon …
Jun 20
Cattlemen Urged to Review LRP Agent Options Before June 30th Deadline
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talks with Clay Burtrum of Farm Data Services in Stillwater about an important deadline coming up at the end of this month for LRP and Crop Insurance users. This time of year is when cattlemen and women can change LRP or crop insurance agents. Burtrum elaborated, “We entered into the …
Jun 20
Day 2, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
This is day 2 of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, Kansas Grain and Feed Association and the Kansas Cooperative Council. Harvest was off to a rapid start in southwest Kansas on Thursday with temperatures topping out about 100 degrees. There will be …
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