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Category: Ag News
May 19
Oklahoma and Texas RD Host Rural Mental Health Summit
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Oklahoma State Director, Kenneth Corn, and Texas State Director, Lillian Salerno, will host the Inaugural Texoma Rural Mental Health Summit May 23 at 9 a.m. in the Choctaw Nation Headquarters in Durant, Okla. This free summit will focus on the unique geographical challenges and solutions for the ongoing …
May 19
House T&I Committee Considers Legislation Related to Supply Chain Issues
On Tuesday, May 23, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will consider over 15 individual pieces of legislation related to supply chain issues. Several provisions within Rep. Dusty Johnson’s (R-SD) SHIP IT Act—legislation that ASA endorsed—will be under consideration. Bills include: Specifically looking at the weight exemption pilot program, increasing weight limits remains a top …
May 18
Abandoned Fields and Low Yields Result in Prediction of 178 Million Bushel Kansas Wheat Crop
The 2023 Wheat Quality Council’s Hard Winter Wheat Tour across Kansas wrapped up on May 18. During the three days of wheat scouting, tour participants traveled six routes from Manhattan to Colby to Wichita and back to Manhattan. This year’s tour hosted 106 people from 22 U.S. states plus Mexico, Canada and Colombia, in 27 vehicles …
May 18
Oklahoma’s Best Beef Competition Receives Statewide Award
The Oklahoma Main Street Center announced the winners of the program’s annual statewide awards competition. Finalists were recognized and the winners announced during the 33rd annual Main Street Awards Banquet, May 2nd, in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma’s Best Beef Competition was a finalist for ‘Creative New Event’ and won the award for ‘Premier Special Event …
May 18
Beltway Beef Podcast: Animal Rights Activists Attack the Beef Checkoff
Each week, Beltway Beef brings you the latest policy news affecting the U.S. cattle and beef industry. Hear from subject-matter experts, producers, and industry leaders on the topics that impact the business viability of farms and ranches across the country. On this episode, NCBA CEO Colin Woodall joins to discuss the animal rights activist groups …
May 18
Kim Anderson Talks Overview of Global Hard Red Winter Wheat
This Week on SUNUP is Oklahoma State University Extension grain market economist Kim Anderson. During this week’s edition, Anderson talks about the wheat crop all over the world. This time last week, Anderson said the USDA released the May WASDE report, and NASS released the 2024 crop production report. The news concentrated on the hard …
May 18
Updates to Mississippi River Infrastructure, Key to Corn Growers, Begin North of St. Louis
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a groundbreaking ceremony today marking the beginning of repairs to a lock and dam on the Upper Mississippi River that is crucial to the shipment of corn and other commodities. Lock and Dam 25, which is almost 50 miles North of St. Louis, has not been extensively repaired …
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