Jun 20
Agritourism, a burgeoning sector blending agriculture and tourism, is proving to be a significant economic and social opportunity for family farms and their communities. This diverse industry continues to expand, offering a wide range of experiences tailored to individual farm situations and products. Rod Bain of Agriculture USDA recently spoke with Audrey Comerford of Oregon …
Jun 20
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talks with Clay Burtrum of Farm Data Services in Stillwater about an important deadline coming up at the end of this month for LRP and Crop Insurance users. This time of year is when cattlemen and women can change LRP or crop insurance agents. Burtrum elaborated, “We entered into the …
Jun 20
This is day 2 of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, Kansas Grain and Feed Association and the Kansas Cooperative Council. Harvest was off to a rapid start in southwest Kansas on Thursday with temperatures topping out about 100 degrees. There will be …
Jun 20
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Jun 19
National Agriculture in the Classroom and CoBank have selected Heather Buckmaster, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Beef Council, as the recipient of the 2025 Partnership in Agricultural Literacy (PAL) Award. This award, sponsored by CoBank, celebrates the best in agricultural literacy efforts, recognizing individuals, organizations, programs, and events that embody innovation and advancement in agricultural …
Jun 19
American Agri-Women (AAW) is proud to announce that Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) and Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-3) have been named the recipients of the 2025 Champion of Agriculture Award. The awards were presented during AAW’s annual Fly-In and Congressional Reception held in Washington, D.C.. The Champion of Agriculture Award, established by AAW in 2010, …
Jun 19
A federal district judge ruled late Tuesday that the State of Oklahoma has sufficiently proven there has not been any substantive change in poultry litter pollution of the Illinois River Watershed (IRW) following trial. The ruling by Oklahoma Northern District Judge Gregory Frizzell included the finding that phosphorus from poultry waste continues to be a …
Jun 19
Earlier this week, Judge Gregory Frizzell denied the December 2024 argument from the poultry lawyers on that data used for the pollution claim in the 2010 trial was no longer valid, and ordered the two sides to either come to a settlement agreement or wait until his final ruling. On Thursday, The following Statement from …
Jun 19
PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE, DIVERSIFICATION, AND STRATEGY May portfolio yielded 3.67%, up from 3.30% last year, with a weighted average maturity of 795 days. Total assets under management of $17.7 billion, up $1.3 billion in comparison to May 2024. Total portfolio contained 66.4% in U.S. Treasurys, 1.7% in U.S. government agencies, 11.4% in mortgage-backed securities, 19.4% money market mutual funds, …
