Between Christmas and New Year’s- Oklahoma Farm Report’s Ron Hays talked with 2025 National Association of Farm Broadcasting President Jeff Nalley. Hays and Nalley have been farm broadcast colleagues for over thirty years- and they both share a love of pursuing the latest in agricultural policy news- where ever it can be found. They discuss …
Category: Ag News
Dec 27
Critical Farm Labor Visa Use Ticks Up
Positions certified for the use of seasonal agricultural visas – known as H-2A visas – grew in fiscal year 2024 (October 2023-September 2024) by less than 2% for the second year in a row, according to recently released Department of Labor data. There were, however, notable decreases in certified positions in top H-2A employer states. Rising costs and …
Dec 27
Sulfur’s Rising Importance in Crop Nutrition: Insights from Nutrien’s Dr. Alan Blaylock
Oklahoma Farm Report’s Maci Carter spoke with Dr. Alan Blaylock, a Senior Agronomist with Nutrien Premium Fertilizer Technologies, about an essential nutrient: sulfur. “We like to say it is the fourth major nutrient,” Dr. Blaylock shared. “People talk about nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, but we should also be talking about sulfur at the same time …
Dec 27
USW Crop Quality Seminars: Team Effort by U.S. Wheat Industry Benefits Customers Around the World
Two Dozen Countries Seven teams presented highlights of the 2024 U.S. wheat crop in two dozen countries as part of the annual series of USW Crop Quality Seminars that began in October and wrapped up earlier this month. Once again, success was the result of teamwork. Each crop quality team is carefully selected by USW’s …
Dec 27
Kenneth Corn Thanks President Biden for the Opportunity to Serve Oklahoma
Op-Ed by Kenneth Corn provided by USDA Oklahoma Rural Development Most of my adult life has been in service to the great State of Oklahoma, first, as an elected State House Member out of Poteau, Oklahoma; next, as a State Senator representing LeFlore and Sequoyah Counties; and then a seven-year stint as Anadarko’s city manager. …
Dec 27
Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report Puts Pressure on 2025 Prices
Though lower feed costs in 2024 have provided opportunities for profitability, hog producers have a long way to go to make up for their 2023 losses, when farrow-to-finish operations lost $31 per head. According to USDA’s most recent Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report, the inventory of all U.S. hogs and pigs was 75.8 million hogs, up 1% …
Dec 27
Port Labor Contract Dispute Already Disrupting Red Meat Exports
U.S. agriculture is bracing for a potential work stoppage at East and Gulf Coast ports that could greatly disrupt U.S. exports. Contract negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance broke down in mid-November over issues related to automation and have shown little progress over the past month. The two sides reached a …
Dec 27
LRS’s Dakota Moss Says Producers Must be Cautiously Optimistic With Their Cattle Operations
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays continues his conversation with Dakota Moss, Livestock Risk Services President, the first part of which was posted yesterday. Today, they are discussing the value of LRP as a risk management tool. Moss’s consistent advice to producers asking whether it is the right time to lock in LRP is …
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