Mar 09
This Week on SUNUP is Oklahoma State University Extension grain market economist Kim Anderson. During this week’s edition, Anderson talks about the latest information in the grain markets. Anderson said it is 80 days until Oklahoma starts cutting wheat, and in 100 days, the harvest will be going ‘full blast.’ As of now, Anderson added, farmers …
Mar 09
Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), Vice Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget request submitted to Congress today. “President Biden’s budget request to Congress once again misses the mark,” said Cole. “In a divided government, he must come to the table to negotiate …
Mar 09
New Program Helps Fill the Need Caused by Damaged Grain Storage Facilities in Kentucky, Minnesota, and South Dakota Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that producers in counties affected by eligible disaster events in Kentucky, Minnesota, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, and Tennessee can apply for cost-share assistance through the Emergency Grain …
Mar 09
About 99% of farm bill outlays go to nutrition, crop insurance, commodities and conservation titles. The “Other” category makes up the remaining 1% of all projected outlays. Figure 1 provides the breakdown of all projected outlays as a percentage of total outlays under the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 farm bill, PL 115-334), including titles within …
Mar 09
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) will partner together for a free conservation workshop on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. The “Conserving Pollinators in Oklahoma’s Gardens, Farms and Ranches” workshop will meet in person this year. Join the agencies to discuss the importance of the basics of soil fertility, horticulture, grazing and …
Mar 09
Rep. Mike Dobrinski, R-Okeene, today advanced two bills in the House of Representatives. House Bill 2242 would require public utilities and municipally owned utility providers to waive the initial credit and deposit requirements for documented victims of domestic violence. Dobrinski said the measure is a constituent request modeled after a plan proposal by the City …
Mar 09
Following the release of the U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC’s) Corn Sustainability Assurance Protocol (CSAP) and Sustainable Corn Exports (SCE) web platform during its 20th International Marketing Conference and 63rd Annual Membership Meeting, Carlos Suarez, USGC manager of sustainability, policy and innovation, sat down with the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) to further discuss these …
Mar 09
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) presented the sixth-annual Davidson Prize to the top three innovative products, selected from the AE50 honorees on March 9th during Commodity Classic in Orlando, Fla. Winning entries included: “These three products deliver on solutions that truly represent the spirit …
