Category: Ag News
Jun 02
Failure to Extend Tax Cuts Could Cost Farmers Billions
If Congress fails to extend current tax provisions, America’s farmers and ranchers will be forced to pay $9 billion more in federal taxes every year. Tax relief enacted by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is set to expire at the end of this year, which would lead to tax increases for almost …
Jun 02
Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom Pork Council Grant Winners
The next cycle of the AITC-Ok Pork Council Grants will open on August 1, 2025 with a deadline of September 15, 2025. Let these two winners inspire you to propose your on idea! We cannot thank the Oklahoma Pork Council enough for their support of Oklahoma teachers in their endeavors to teach students about agriculture! Up first, Jeanie …
Jun 02
Winter Wheat Harvest has begun in Oklahoma, according to Latest Crop Progress Report
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. …
Jun 02
Omkar Joshi receives Ferguson College of Agriculture Excellence in Graduate Student Advising and Mentoring Award
Omkar Joshi, associate professor in Oklahoma State University’s Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, is the 2025 recipient of the Excellence in Graduate Student Advising and Mentoring Award. Since joining the Ferguson College of Agriculture faculty in 2016, Joshi has advised and mentored 16 graduate students, two post-doctoral students and has assisted in advising several undergraduate students. …
Jun 02
2025 Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Starts in Southwest and Parts of Central Oklahoma
Oklahoma wheat harvest has started in multiple locations with several locations reporting taking in wheat over this past weekend. While harvest is getting a week later start than usual in Southwest Oklahoma, it appears earlier maturing varieties are set for cutting if producers can get over the ground. All locations in this report are considered …
Jun 02
USMEF Offices Collaborate to Find New Markets for Products Typically Exported to China
As China placed steep retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) offices from around the globe worked together to find new markets for U.S. beef and pork products that traditionally have been purchased by Chinese buyers. An appellate court is weighing the legality of some U.S. tariffs, but China’s retaliatory duties on U.S. pork and …
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