Category: Ag News
Jul 25
Growth Energy to USDA: Give Farmers Flexibility on Climate Smart Ag
Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, responded this week to a request for information (RFI) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) about how the agency should account for the impact climate smart agriculture (CSA) practices have on lowering the carbon intensity of bioethanol production. “While our biorefineries are focused on a range …
Jul 25
Clean Fuels Submits Detailed Technical Response to USDA’s Climate Smart Ag Request for Information
Clean Fuels applauds Secretary Vilsack’s recognition that timely guidance is crucial Today, Clean Fuels Alliance America submitted a highly detailed, technical response to USDA’s Request for Information on climate smart agriculture practices for biofuel feedstocks. While USDA’s analysis of climate smart agriculture will have impacts beyond the §45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit, Clean Fuels emphasized …
Jul 25
Extension Project Introduces Telehealth Access to Rural Libraries
A telehealth project initiated by the Oklahoma State University Department of Agricultural Economics is helping improve health care services in four rural Oklahoma communities. Brian Whitacre, OSU Extension specialist for rural economic development, led the effort to secure grant money to build telehealth booths or rooms in the libraries of Atoka, Broken Bow, Hinton and Okemah. Computers, cameras, screens …
Jul 25
EPA Releases Draft Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Insecticides
Today, July 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its draft Insecticide Strategy for public comment, another milestone in the agency’s work to adopt early, practical protections for federally endangered and threatened (listed) species. The draft strategy identifies protections that EPA will consider when it registers a new insecticide or reevaluates an existing one. In …
Jul 25
Service Oklahoma Selects a Vendor for All-New Driver License System of Record
Service Oklahoma is proud announce that FAST Enterprises has been chosen as the vendor for the state’s all-new driver license system of record. This new system will better align Service Oklahoma’s business practices and technology and meet the demands of the driver license system of record. Thales Group and IDEMIA have also been selected as …
Jul 25
OSU’s Derrell Peel Revisits His 4-3-2 Prediction of a Year Ago
At the 2024 OCA Convention, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is back talking with Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Dr. Derrell Peel about his 4-3-2 prediction from a year ago. At the 2023 Convention, Peel talked about 4-3-2 cattle prices, meaning $4 stocker calves, $3 yearlings, and $2 fat cattle. In …
Jul 25
Dickerson receives Tom Wells Junior Herdsman Scholarship
Jayce Dickerson describes a herdsman as someone who can “talk cattle” confidently, puts in the work at home and is willing to share their knowledge with others. He proved to exemplify these qualities himself, as he was named the 2024 Junior Herdsman of the Year during the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS), July 5, in …
Jul 25
USDA Announces the 2024 Class of USDA 1890 National Scholars
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces 91 scholarships awarded through the USDA 1890 National Scholars Program, one of the Department’s efforts to develop the next generation of diverse food and agriculture professionals. The USDA 1890 National Scholars Program is a partnership between USDA and the 19 historically Black land-grant universities that were established …
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