In the final days of the legislative session, the Senate and House passed additional reforms to Oklahoma’s medical marijuana industry through Senate Bills 437 and 813. Sen. Jessica Garvin, R-Duncan, and her House authors released the following statements Friday. If signed by the governor, SB 437 would go into effect immediately while SB 813 would …
Category: Ag News
May 26
Application Period Now Open for Regional Conservation Partnership Program
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced the availability of $500 million in funding to advance partner-driven solutions to conservation on agricultural land through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). RCPP leverages a voluntary approach to conservation that expands the reach of conservation efforts and climate-smart agriculture through public-private partnerships. Increased funding for …
May 26
Pork Producers Celebrate SCOTUS Ruling on WOTUS
What happened: This week’s historic Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision to define the limits of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority under the Clean Water Act is a tremendous victory for America’s pork producers. For nearly two decades, NPPC played a lead role in fighting against attempts to expand the federal government’s power over private land. The …
May 26
Drummond, 23-state coalition oppose Biden Administration’s unlawful immigration policy
Attorney General Gentner Drummond has joined an amicus brief led by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares in the case of Florida v. Mayorkas, supporting the State of Florida’s lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s unlawful immigration policy that is creating a dangerous crisis on our southern border. Rather than detaining illegal immigrants as the law requires, the …
May 26
The First Step is Giving Darn: Mental Health on the Farm, With Jeff Ditzenberger and Dr. Josie Rudolphi
In honor of Mental Health Month, we talk with a former grower who uses his past struggles with suicide to help others today. The suicide rate among farmers is three and a half times higher than the general population. It’s a shocking statistic. We’re losing good people, but we don’t have to. From weather to …
May 26
Ethics Must Continue to Play a Big Role as Quality of Beef Industry Increases
At the 2023 Cattlemen’s Conference, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays talked with Jirl Buck of Buck Cattle Co. about integrity in the beef industry and positive growth due to new technologies. Buck grew up on a small cow-calf operation, mainly producing Limousin cattle, and running yearlings on grass in the summer. His family …
May 26
Ranking Member David Scott Exhorts President Biden to Stand Strong and Reject Republican Efforts to Take Food Away from Low-Income Americans
“By standing firm, President Biden can send a powerful message that fighting poverty should never be compromised for political gain,” said Ranking Member David Scott. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member David Scott today released the below statement as the White House continues debt limit negotiations with House Republicans who have been pushing to take food …
May 26
Supreme Court Ends Significant Nexus in WOTUS as Cattlemen Cheer
On May 24, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of landowner rights in the Sackett v. EPA ruling over the scope of the EPA’s regulatory authority regarding what waters constitute a Waters of the United States. Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Chief Counsel, Mary-Thomas Hart, …
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