Feb 08
USDA on Wednesday released its February Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports. Farm Director, KC Sheperd, caught up with Allendale’s Rich Nelson and talked about the numbers in this latest WASDE report. “For the most part, USDA gave us kind of what that trade was expecting here in today’s discussion,” …
Feb 08
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has joined a coalition of 21 states, led by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, urgently calling on President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to designate Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) under federal law. The designation would free up much-needed resources to confront the deadly opioid …
Feb 08
The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) awarded Rep. David Scott (D-GA-13) with its 2022 Wheat Leader of the Year Award for his work as Chair of the House Agriculture Committee during the 117th Congress. NAWG President Nicole Berg presented the award to Rep. Scott during a recent visit to Washington, DC. “We appreciate all …
Feb 08
Chairman Rouzer and Ranking Member Napolitano, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Garrett Hawkins and I serve as President of Missouri Farm Bureau (MOFB). I am a fifth-generation farmer from Appleton City, Missouri, and the third generation in my family to own and operate the farm on which we live …
Feb 08
Business deals help bring $800+ million in capital to state, impact 2,100 Oklahoma jobs Infinity Capital Partners has surpassed $1 billion in completed transactions since its founding in 2016, highlighting the rapid increase in capital investments for local businesses in recent years. More than $800 million of the capital involved in Infinity’s closed transactions was …
Feb 08
Weekly, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition Specialist Paul Beck offers his expertise on the beef cattle industry. This is a part of the weekly series known as the “Cow-Calf Corner.” Today, he talks about effects of monensin supplementation in beef cows. This year we are all searching for alternatives that can get our …
Feb 08
Associate Farm Editor, Reagan Calk, is visiting with Charles Yates, attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation and attorney in the Sackett v. EPA case about the timeline leading up to Biden’s recent WOTUS rule as it relates to the Sackett decision which will be made in 2023. The Sackett story begins in April of 2007 when …
Feb 08
Tonight, President Joseph Biden delivered his second State of the Union remarks to Congress. NAWG CEO, Chandler Goule, provide the following statement in response: “While the President addressed many issues of importance to the American people – like inflation, food prices, and food security – we are eager to hear more about agricultural and trade-related …
Feb 08
Hay trade picked up these past weeks due to most of the state receiving sleet and freezing weather. Weare beginning to see hay sold from farmers and ranchers out of leftover inventory. As we look at the Oklahoma Mesonet Drought Monitor, we are at 10.17 percent in exceptional drought, 55.71 percent in an extreme drought, …
Feb 08
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