Sep 12
Governor Kevin Stitt today announced three key strategic appointments to strengthen leadership, drive operational excellence, and reinforce governance across his administration as he concludes his final year and a half as Oklahoma’s 28th governor. “We successfully launched this administration by bringing a fresh set of eyes from Oklahoma’s business community, and we will finish the …
Sep 12
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Sep 11
Boxed beef values slid again Thursday, marking the sixth consecutive day of declines and the lowest level since August 15th. Over that stretch, the cutout has fallen $15.22. Choice cutouts dropped $4.85 to $400.79/cwt, while Select fell $3.73 to $379.95/cwt, narrowing the spread to $20.84. Total loads were lighter at 112, down from 136 yesterday. …
Sep 11
More than 100 pork producers from 20 states traveled to Washington, D.C., this week to call on Congress to deliver an urgent legislative fix to California’s Proposition 12, which is driving up costs for consumers, threatening small family farms, and disrupting interstate commerce. During their time on Capitol Hill, producers met with Members of Congress …
Sep 11
More than 260 agriculture organizations, representing constituencies in all fifty states and Puerto Rico, signed a letter urging Congress to further support America’s farmers and ranchers through the passage of a Farm Bill 2.0. The letter to leadership in both the House of Representatives and the Senate thanks them for their commitment to America’s farmers, ranchers and …
Sep 11
Today, the United States House of Representatives voted to pass Rep. Bice’s bill H.R. 3486, the Stop Illegal Entry Act, This legislation increases penalties for aliens who illegally enter or reenter the United States, seeking to discourage migrants from coming to the U.S. illegally and keeping criminal aliens who disregard federal immigration law out of American …
Sep 11
Associate Farm reporter Carli Davenport spoke with Dr. Amy Hagerman from Oklahoma State University, who explained how the new One Big, Beautiful Bill builds on the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. “Some of those provisions have been drawing down over time. Some of them are still at that level, but would have expired in …
