Feb 05
At CattleCon 2025 held in San Antonio, Texas, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talked with the outgoing President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Mark Eisele. Coverage of CattleCon 2025 is powered by Farm Data Services of Stillwater, Oklahoma. Eisele is happy to have given his time and resources for the advancement of NCBA …
Feb 05
Congratulations to our own Ron Hays, right, Radio Oklahoma Ag Network, for being honored this morning at #CattleCon with the Greg Henderson Memorial Excellence in Agricultural Journalism Award. Dustin Johansen, Farm Journal Media, presented the award. Henderson was an award-winning journalist and revered voice for the beef industry. (pic and article courtesy of NAFB)
Feb 05
The Fort Worth Stock Show Limousin Level I Medal of Excellence Show was held on Saturday, February 1, 2025, in Fort Worth, Texas. Judge, Donnie Robertson, Okla. sorted through an exceptional set of females and bulls. The Grand Champion Limousin Female was SC Libby 550L ET exhibited by Carter Kornegay, Tulsa, Okla. She is a 3/22/2023, 50% Lim-Flex female sired …
Feb 05
Today, in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to immediately rename its Gulf of Mexico Division to the Gulf of America Division (GAD). “The Gulf of America is a flourishing economic resource critical to our nation’s economy. This body of water …
Feb 05
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Rob Larew today testified in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry to detail the current economic situation that family farmers and ranchers are facing. President Larew emphasized the urgent need for a strong, fully funded farm bill in 2025 with policies to strengthen the farm …
Feb 05
Sen. Kristen Thompson, R-Edmond, has filed legislation to support Oklahoma agriculture producers through an initiative to get locally sourced produce and other food into K-12 schools. Thompson’s Senate Bill 985 would allow the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry to continue its highly successful Oklahoma Local Food for Schools program. This program would incentivize school districts to partner with local farmers, producers and meat processors to …
Feb 05
Applications for Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s 2025 Oklahoma Grassroots Rural & Ag Business Accelerators program year are now open until April 4 for rural Oklahoma and agricultural innovators looking to develop their enterprises and deepen their business understanding. The program offers two distinct pipelines for rural Oklahoma innovators who are looking to develop their ideas, build …
Feb 05
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) announced today that Downey Ranch in Wamego, Kansas, is the 2024 Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) National winner. The award, which annually recognizes the outstanding stewardship practices and conservation achievements of cattle producers, was presented to Barb Downey and her husband, Joe Carpenter, during CattleCon 2025 in San Antonio. …
Feb 05
Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, applauded the release of data today showing that U.S. exports of ethanol set a new record in 2024. In total, the U.S. exported 1.9 billion gallons of ethanol worth $4.3 billion in 2024, exceeding the previous record for volume set in 2018, and the previous record for …
Feb 05
The president of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) told members of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee today that supporting corn competitiveness will help growers as they face high input costs and low commodity prices. The remarks came as the committee fielded testimony from national ag leaders on the state of the farm economy. “Despite …
