Dec 04
Last week’s cattle harvest was curtailed with the Thanksgiving holiday, yielding just 528,000 head on the heels of the prior week’s inflated total of 631,000 head. Fed cattle values posted a sharp recovery last week to just under $190/cwt., a $3/cwt—improvement on the prior week. Prices have been rangebound since late September, trading between $184 …
Dec 04
Today, Dec. 4, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized amendments to the regulations that govern the Agency’s review of new chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to ensure that new per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals with potential for human exposure are always subject to the …
Dec 04
Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) hailed the issuance of a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Corporate Transparency Act from being enforced on January 1, 2025. This ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas protects millions of family farmers and ranchers from onerous reporting requirements imposed by the Financial …
Dec 04
This Presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation, …
Dec 04
Agricultural producers of perishable commodities including fruits, vegetables and floriculture can now get funding for controlled atmosphere storage through Farm Storage Facility Loans (FSFL) offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA). Controlled atmosphere storage regulates the concentrations of oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen in a storage room to increase the …
Dec 04
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming …
Dec 04
Receipts for the last 12 months through September total $16.95B, a decrease of $115.6M, or 0.7%, when comparing revenue from the previous year. Total revenue for October 2024 equal $1.387B and decreased over October 2023 by $16.2M or 1.2%. and reflecting a modest change from grocery tax cut going forward.Gross Production Tax or “GPT” totals …
Dec 04
Today the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) honored Buttonwillow Warehouse Company (BWC) with its Retailer of the Year award in front of more than 600 attendees during the 2024 ARA Conference & Expo. “I’m honored to accept this award on behalf of the entire team at Buttonwillow Warehouse Company,” says BWC Chief Operating Officer Clay Houchin. “Our company’s …
Dec 04
After the conclusion of the GROWN event, Oklahoma Farm Report’s Stevie White got the details of the event firsthand from its organizers Sheri Glazier, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist at Dirt Road Dietitian, and Krystal Dunham, president of the Oklahoma Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The event’s mission was to help close the gap in understanding that registered …
Dec 04
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new round of investments totaling more than $194 million to support local economic development plans and projects in Rural Partners Network (RPN) communities and other neighboring communities across 14 states and Puerto Rico. USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Dr. Basil Gooden highlighted today’s announcement at the Rural Local …
