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Category: Ag News
Mar 12
Record Entries as the 2025 OYE Begins Ten Day Run
The first day of the show has arrived, and the OKC Fairgrounds is buzzing with excitement as the Oklahoma Youth Expo is running parallel with the state high school basketball tournament. In the barns, OYE Executive Vice President Kass Newell tells Oklahoma Farm Report’s Ron Hays that her staff and team of more than a …
Mar 11
Ag In the Classroom Announces Fundraiser & Lisense Plate Contest
Get A New AITC T-Shirt! Deadline 03/17/2025 OK AGRICULTURE LICENSCE PLATE CONTEST ODAFF is excited to announce the Oklahoma Agriculture License Plate Contest! ALL talented Oklahoma-based artists, students and adults, are invited to participate in designing a new license plate that celebrates and promotes agriculture across our state. Please share this great opportunity with artists you …
Mar 11
Drummond urges Congress to ban Chinese AI platformon all government devices
Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging Congressional leaders to pass the “No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act.” The legislation will ban the use and download of the Chinese Communist Party’s artificial intelligence software on government devices. Drummond is part of a 21-state coalition that recently sent a letter to Congress, outlining the threat DeepSeek poses …
Mar 11
National Farmers Union Concludes 123rd Anniversary Convention
National Farmers Union (NFU) on Tuesday concluded the 123rd Anniversary Convention in Oklahoma City after the assembled delegates voted to finalize NFU’s 2025 policy priorities. NFU welcomed over 450 family farmers, ranchers and supporters to Oklahoma City for the three-day convention. “This is a challenging moment for family farmers. Rising costs, corporate consolidation and uncertainty …
Mar 11
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 11
Dr. Glynn Tonsor Reports Strong Beef Demand in 2024 but 2025 Demand is Less Certain
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays features comments from Kansas State University Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Glynn Tonsor, who talks about beef demand by looking at the lagging data directly from USDA. While there are no numbers yet for early 2025, all of the data for 2024 is in. According to Tonsor, domestic …
Mar 11
Ranking Member Angie Craig Statement on Trade War with Canada
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (D-MN-02) responded to President Trump’s order to double tariffs on all steel and aluminum from Canada from 25 percent to 50 percent. “There are times that tariffs can be strategic. This is not one of them. The Administration is ignoring the real and immediate economic impact its trade policy is having …
Mar 11
Watershed Restoration Act Passes House
Rep. Mike Dobrinski, R-Okeene, today passed a measure in the House that would expand a program to eradicate harmful trees and shrubs in certain watersheds statewide. House Bill 2162 would create the Terry Peach Watershed Restoration Act. The act would build on legislation enacted in 2023 that created a pilot program focused on the North Canadian …
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