Meristem® Crop Performance patented Bio-Capsule Technology™ offers complete seed-fluency delivery system, eliminating the need for liquid soybean seed treatment and seed treatment systems. Planting naked, early soybeans can be scary. For Justin Huisinga of Piatt County, Illinois, the 2025 harvest was on the line, along with 150 years of his family’s legacy on the land. …
Category: Ag News
Jun 10
Mark Z. Johnson: Cow-Calf Sector of Beef Production
Mark Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist, offers herd health advice as part of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner,” published electronically by Dr. Derrell Peel, Johnson, and Paul Beck. Today, Johnson discusses the importance of the cow-calf sector to beef production. Cattle production is the most important U.S. …
Jun 10
Tuesday Preopening Market Update with Dave Lanning
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Jun 10
A Little More Insight on Meat Trade
A Little More Insight on Meat TradeOver the last 2 months, the rapidly changing tariff environment has had livestock market analysts anxiously awaiting USDA trade data releases. The latest monthly trade data from the USDA was published on June 6th. It included meat and livestock exports and imports for April 2025. Trade is interesting because …
Jun 09
EPA Proposes to Approve Texas’ Application to Administer Class VI Underground Injection Well Program
Keeping promise to fast track UIC permitting, expand cooperative federalism and bolster energy dominanceToday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its proposed approval of Texas’ request to administer permitting under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) for Class VI underground injection wells in the state. This action recognizes that Texas is best positioned to protect …
Jun 09
Oklahoma’s Wheat Harvest Falls Well Behind Five-Year Average: Down 18 Percentage Points
SPECIAL NOTE: As of May 30, 2025, NASS no longer generates publications tailored specifically to individual states or regions. There is no impact on state-level data as it will continue to be available in the national releases and through NASS’s public online database, Quick Stats. All NASS reports are available to the public at nass.usda.gov. US …
Jun 09
CAB Sets Sales Records, Sees Historically High Brand Acceptance Rates
As the cattle cycle turns, the nuances of record-low herd numbers and economic challenges have been at the pinnacle of conversations in cattle country. But conversations at the meat case? They’ve turned to rising beef prices. For Certified Angus Beef (CAB), supply and demand are instrumental pieces of the business—and this spring, business was good. …













