Category: Ag News

Feb 25

Senator Hamilton’s Bills Unanimously Approved by Senate Committees

Two measures authored by Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, were unanimously approved by Senate Committees. The Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee unanimously approved Senate Bill 96 on Monday. The measure requires cell-cultured meats or insect-protein food products to be labeled as such. “This legislation fosters transparency and promotes informed consent by requiring clear labeling of food …

Feb 25

Secretary Rollins Tours Egg Laying Facility, Hosts Avian Flu Roundtable in Texas

Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins met with poultry farmers and industry leaders as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ongoing response to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Secretary Rollins toured a Cal-Maine Foods egg-laying facility in Bogata, Texas before traveling to Mount Pleasant, Texas, where she hosted a farmer roundtable focused on …

Feb 25

Scotty and Jo Herriman Receive Oklahoma Leopold Conservation Award

Scotty and Jo Herriman of South Coffeyville have been selected as the recipients of the Oklahoma Leopold Conservation Award®. The $10,000 award honors farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners who go above and beyond in their management of soil health, water quality, and wildlife habitat on working land. The Herrimans, farmers from Nowata County, were revealed as …

Feb 25

Mark Johnson: Temperature Variation and Baby Calf Health

Mark Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist, offers herd health advice as part of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner,” published electronically by Dr. Derrell Peel, Johnson, and Paul Beck. Today, Johnson discusses calf health as it relates to temperature variation. After the extremely cold temperatures across Oklahoma over …

Feb 25

February Cattle on Feed

The February Cattle on Feed report was released this past Friday afternoon and reported 11.7 million head of cattle in feedlots on February 1st. This was a 0.7 percent decrease from February 1, 2024. Marketings were up 1.4 percent year-over-year. There were no big surprises in the report relative to pre-report expectations, but there were …

Feb 25

Tuesday Preopening Market Update with Dave Lanning

RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.

Feb 25

Feeder Steers and Heifers Higher at Joplin Regional Stockyards on Monday

Feb 25

Feeder Steers and Heifers Mostly Higher, Stocker Steers and Heifers Mostly Higher, Steer Calves and Heifer Calves Higher at Oklahoma National Stockyards on Monday

Feb 25

Monday Found OALP Stopping at Canola Cooperative Operative in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya

We continue to share comments from the Director of the Oklahoma Ag Leadership Program Edmond Bonjour as Class XXI travels across parts of Kenya for their International Capstone study experience. “Monday morning saw the OALP visiting the Mountain Oil Canola Factory which produces oil under the brand name Pure Mountain. The factory is owned by …