Category: Ag News
May 15
NCGA Launches Annual Yield Contest
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) proudly kicked off the 61st annual Yield Contest today. For six decades, this landmark event has celebrated the ingenuity, resilience, and drive of America’s corn growers—those who continuously push the limits of what’s possible in modern agriculture. “What began as a modest competition has evolved into a cornerstone of our industry,” said …
May 15
Oklahoma Braces for Weekend of Severe Weather After Quiet Spell
State Climatologist Gary McManus is urging Oklahomans to remain highly weather aware this weekend as a significant shift in the atmospheric pattern is expected to bring much-needed rain, but also the potential for severe storms. “The good news is we’re finally gonna get some rain,” McManus stated in his latest weather briefing. “The bad news …
May 15
National Farmers Union Foundation Announces 2025 Annual Scholarship Award Recipients
National Farmers Union Foundation (NFUF) today announced this year’s recipients of its prestigious annual scholarship awards. Patrick Olson, a member of South Dakota Farmers Union (SDFU), has been awarded the Hubert K. & JoAnn Seymour Scholarship. The $2,000 award is given in honor of the Seymours’ lifelong dedication to Farmers Union and family farming. Hubert …
May 15
Scouts Predict a 53 Bushel Per Acre as Kansas Wheat Tour Concludes
The Wheat Quality Council’s 67th Annual Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Thursday, May 15, in Manhattan, Kansas. After three days, scouting 449 fields across the state and some into neighboring Nebraska and Oklahoma, the total weighted average yield for hard winter wheat was estimated at 53.0 bushels per acre (bpa), a nearly 14% increase from …
May 15
Attorney General’s Office busts three illegal marijuana operations in Cleveland County
The Office of the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF), in coordination with multiple law enforcement agencies, recently seized almost 65 pounds of processed marijuana and nearly 29,000 plants at three illegal marijuana farms in Cleveland County. Two Chinese nationals, Ruibin Wu and Xihai Yin, were arrested on charges including aggravated manufacturing, possession of …
May 15
Senate Confirms Sean Donahue as President Trump’s EPA General Counsel
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Sean Donahue to serve as the General Counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Appointed by President Donald J. Trump, Sean Donahue will work in this new role to advance the agency’s core mission of protecting human health and the environment and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s Powering the Great …
May 15
Livestock Markets and Dealers Support Efforts to Prevent New World Screwworm
Livestock markets and dealers strongly support recent efforts to stop the spread of the New World Screwworm (NWS) into the U.S. The introduction of the bipartisan and bicameral Strengthening Tactics to Obstruct the Population of Screwworms (STOP Screwworms) Act, which would authorize funds for and direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to begin construction on …
May 15
NCBA CEO Believes New World Screwworms will Cross Into the U.S. by Late Summer
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays has checked in with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association CEO Colin Woodall for a New World Screwworm update after the May 11th closure of the US-Mexican border to Mexican cattle entering the US because of concerns about the spread of New World Screwworms further into Mexico. The closure announced …
May 15
Nominations now being Accepted for the Texas Environmental Stewardship Award Program
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, in partnership with the Texas Grazing Lands Coalition, announced that nominations are officially open for the Texas Environmental Stewardship Award Program. This annual award honors Texas cattle raisers who demonstrate outstanding commitment to conservation and land stewardship. It recognizes individuals who lead by example in implementing sustainable practices that …
Ron salutes our daily email sponsors!
