May 18
NPPC applauds the introduction of the Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance and Rapid Response Act of 2023. The legislation reauthorizes animal disease prevention and management programs. “We appreciate Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Representatives Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN) and Don …
May 18
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through a cooperative agreement with USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), has awarded $16 million in subgrants funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to 36 projects aimed at testing innovative outreach strategies to increase participation and equity in …
May 18
Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) announced support for H.R. 3419/S. 1666, the Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2023. This bipartisan and bicameral legislation would continue making critical investments in foreign animal disease response programs currently overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The bill was introduced in the …
May 18
Associate Farm Editor, Reagan Calk, is visiting with the Vice President of Government Affairs at the American Seed Trade Association, Janae Brady, about a seed industry update and 2023 farm bill priorities. Brady first talked about the importance of intellectual property protection to innovation. “Intellectual property is really key for our plant breeders to be …
May 18
An Oklahoma State University researcher recently traveled to Namibia, located in southwest Africa, to establish a relationship with the University of Namibia in hopes of combating one of the world’s most problematic parasites. “I’ve wanted to get back to Namibia ever since I arrived here,” said Bruce Noden, OSU associate professor of medical and veterinary …
May 18
National Dam Safety Awareness Day occurs on May 31st of each year to commemorate the failure of the South Fork Dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1889. The dam failure resulted in the loss of more than 2,200 lives and was the worst dam failure in the history of the United States. The collapse of the South …
May 18
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is visiting with Oklahoma State University’s Morgan Pfeiffer about the National Beef Quality Audit. The National Beef Quality Audit (NBQA) is a comprehensive survey that evaluates beef industry efforts to improve beef quality. Conducted every five years since 1991, the checkoff-funded Audit assesses progress the industry makes on …
May 18
To view the Oklahoma Drought Map, click here. According to the latest Oklahoma Drought Map, Exceptional drought has decreased from last week’s 10.09 percent and is now at 8.88 percent. Extreme drought or worse has also improved this week, as it decreased from 33.10 percent last week to 30.67 percent this week. Severe drought or worse …
May 18
Today, the Agriculture Energy Coalition (AgEC) voiced opposition to proposed cuts to crucial agriculture programs in draft fiscal year 2024 appropriations for Agriculture and Rural Development, which will be marked up this morning by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture. The draft bill would slash agriculture, nutrition and rural development program funding by more than a …
