RON News Director Ken Johnson reports from the State Capitol
Category: Ag News
Mar 12
Meat Institute to USTR:Remove Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade andOpen New Markets
The Meat Institute today called for the removal of non-tariff barriers to trade and for access to new markets for meat and poultry products. The comments were submitted in response to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer’s request for comments on unfair trade practices and non-reciprocal trade arrangements. “The Meat Institute welcomes the opportunity …
Mar 12
NAFB Foundation Awards 2025 Student Internship Grants
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB), through its foundation, recently awarded 11 internship grants totaling $33,000 to member farm broadcasting stations and networks. The grants help provide students with on-the-job experience in agriculture broadcasting, from live reports covering agricultural events to a look outside the studio into the business model of a broadcast entity. …
Mar 12
USDA, HHS Share Update on Dietary Guidelines for Americans Process
Today, following the inaugural meeting of the Make America Healthy Again Commission, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced their continued work on the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Guidelines). The public comment period closed on February 10, 2025. The Department of Health …
Mar 12
Growth Energy Urges USTR to Tear Down U.S. Ethanol Export Barriers
Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, offered the Trump administration a list of foreign trade barriers that should be targeted for elimination by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). Growth Energy shared the information as part of comments filed in response to the America First Trade Policy Presidential Memorandum and the Presidential Memorandum on Reciprocal Trade and …
Mar 12
Bice Votes to Prevent a Government Shutdown and Support the Administration
Today, Congresswoman Bice supported H.R. 1968, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, which funds the federal government through September 30, 2025. This legislation is a clean continuing resolution (CR) which prevents a government shutdown and supports our troops, veterans, and CBP agents. The CR includes additional funding for our veterans’ healthcare and benefits, provides …
Mar 12
US Sales of Ag Tractors & Combines Decline in February 2025
According to recent data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), U.S. sales of Ag tractors and combines continue to decline in February 2025, in contrast to February of last year. U.S. sales of agricultural tractors declined 17.7% in February, while U.S. sales of combines dropped 48%. “While the recent decline in agricultural tractor and combine sales …
Mar 12
Congressman Brecheen Votes in Favor of the Continuing Resolution
Tonight, Congressman Brecheen voted in favor of the continuing resolution. “Tonight, I voted for the CR so we can continue President Trump’s agenda. This wasn’t the ideal situation, but with President Trump requesting it while he champions DOGE impounding funds (also applicable to this CR), this will greatly empower the process of cutting spending with …
Mar 12
Corn Growers, Congressional Champions Rally for Year-Round Ethanol Access
Corn grower leaders joined Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) and Congressional biofuels leaders at a press conference on Capitol Hill today to push for passage of legislation that would extend consumer access to fuels with 15% ethanol blends, known as E15 and Unleaded 88. “Eliminating barriers to high blends of ethanol would be good for farmers and the …
Mar 12
Oklahoma Quality Beef Network Sees Highest Premiums Yet During 2024
Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, teamed up with Kellie Curry Raper, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, for this economic analysis of the beef cattle industry as part of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner,” published electronically by Dr. Peel, Mark Johnson, and Paul Beck. Today, …
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