Feb 10
Today, the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) announced the winners of the 2024 Photo and Poster Contests during the association’s 79th Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT. The photo contest, open to amateur photographers in both youth and adult divisions, attracted entries of images reflecting the themes of “Agriculture and Conservation Across America,” …
Feb 10
USDA and HHS are requesting public comments on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) scientific report submitted as part of the departments’ 2025 update to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The deadline to submit comments is 11:59 p.m. ET / 8:59 p.m. PT TONIGHT. This is your final opportunity to shape the dietary guidelines, which will …
Feb 10
The noon sun beats down on Kendall Christensen as she crouches in a field outside Stillwater to look at the grass around her feet. Tufts of big bluestem, little bluestem, switchgrass and Indiangrass blanket the ground. “This was previously farmed and then converted back to native range,” she said. “We wanted to see if there …
Feb 10
The Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) has announced the application process for the 41st Annual OCA Ranch Rodeo is open. OCA invites interested teams to submit an application for the event to be held at the Lazy E Arena on August 15 & 16. The Annual OCA Ranch Rodeo will feature twelve Oklahoma ranch teams competing in …
Feb 10
While attending CattleCon 2025, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays had the chance to visit Corteva Pasture and Range Management Field Scientist Sam Ingram. Oklahoma Farm Report’s coverage of CattleCon 2025 is powered by Farm Data Services of Stillwater. Corteva is the market leader in pasture and range management products and keeps a pipeline flowing …
Feb 10
A new white paper, released by Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI) on Jan. 28 with support from the Angus Foundation, discusses the future of phenotyping and expansion of data collection into the commercial sector. Written by Troy Rowan, assistant professor of beef cattle genomics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the paper examines industry research and …
Feb 10
Largely driven by a surge in disaster and economic government assistance, USDA’s latest farm income forecast projects a significant but misleading rebound in net farm income for 2025, rising to $180.1 billion — a $41 billion (29.5%) increase over 2024 and following two years of sharp declines. USDA also adjusted its 2024 estimate downward in this update, now …
Feb 10
Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, offers his 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, Dr. Peel discusses the 2025 prospects for herd growth. The latest Cattle report …
Feb 10
Every year the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Foreign Agricultural Service and other USDA agencies publish hundreds of reports to meet information needs for dozens of agricultural products. For wheat, USDA NASS releases a variety of reports, including: The reports marked with asterisks offer critical economic indicators. They are market-movers widely used in agribusiness and analyses, including decision-making by …
Feb 10
At the NCBA’s CattleCon 2025, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, continued his conversation with Senior Protein Analyst for Terrain, Don Close. In part one of their talk, they discussed the 2024 Cattle Inventory Report. Today, they are focused on today’s beef consumers. Coverage of CattleCon 2025 is powered by Farm Data Services of Stillwater, …
