May 11
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins on Sunday announced the suspension of live cattle, horse, and bison imports through U.S. ports of entry along the southern border due to the continued and rapid northward spread of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Mexico, effective immediately. NWS has been recently detected in remote farms with minimal …
May 10
The following is an Op-Ed by Congresswoman Stephanie Bice. Reconciliation is a serious priority of both the White House and Congress this year. It is a legislative package containing numerous provisions championed by President Trump and Congressional Republicans. Despite all the buzz, the term reconciliation is often misunderstood. Simply put, it’s a statutory process meant to streamline budget-related legislation under specific guidelines. The process was created by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 …
May 10
This week, PLC is celebrating a step forward with BLM’s withdrawal of PIM 2025-004, a Permanent Instructional Memorandum entitled: Setting Priorities for Review and Processing of Grazing Authorizations and Related Livestock Grazing Monitoring, and Incorporating Thresholds and Responses into Grazing Permits/leases. In December 2024, the BLM implemented a series of memoranda related to program implementation in …
May 10
Today, Congresswoman Bice joined President Donald J. Trump at the White House as he signed her legislation H.J.Resolution 24, into law. The resolution permanently nullifies restrictive Biden-era regulations on walk-in coolers and freezers, which placed significant financial strain on small businesses and highlighted blatant federal overreach. “Today is a victory for America’s small businesses,” said Congresswoman …
May 10
Oklahoma Farm Report’s Ron Hays sat down and talked about the status of the 2025 Oklahoma Hard Red Winter Wheat Crop with the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission, Mike Schulte. Schulte reviews what he has seen in recent weeks as he has traveled across the wheat belt in the state- and he explains …
May 10
The Oklahoma Wheat Commission (OWC) will hold an election to fill the District 5 board seat opening. The election will be held Wednesday, May 14, 2025, commencing at 1:00 p.m. at the Pioneer Technology Center in Ponca City- (Conference Center B, 2101 N. Ash, Ponca City, OK 74601.) District 5, encompasses all counties east of …
May 09
Groups representing farmers across the United States have filed a brief encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case on labeling for glyphosate and other pesticides. The groups, which represent a broad swath of agriculture and cover more than 300 million acres, argue glyphosate is a “once-in-a-century” herbicide given its effectiveness at controlling an array of …
May 09
Representatives of American Farmers & Ranchers (AFR) Cooperative joined more than 100 farmers from across the country to lobby Congress for a new farm bill during National Farmers Union’s (NFU) Week of Action May 5-9. “We went to Washington to convince Congress we need a new farm bill,” said AFR Cooperative President Scott Blubaugh. “We’re …
