Oct 01
President Donald Trump made a campaign stop in Durant Thursday. Farm director KC Sheperd was at the event with the at capacity crowd with Trump telling a large crowd that he made the trip to Oklahoma because of his support for the state and its Republican candidates. Trump said the weather had forced him to …
Oct 01
Oklahomans gathered in Durant Thursday evening as President Trump made a campaign stop in southeastern Oklahoma. The event brought together several Oklahoma Republican candidates and officials ahead of Trump’s appearance, including Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, gubernatorial candidate Mike Mazzei, Congressman Josh Brecheen, U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Hern, lieutenant governor candidate T.W. Shannon and …
Sep 30
Oklahoma ranchers, farmers, and fairgoers heading to the annual Tulsa State Fair received special recognition ahead of opening day, as U.S. Senator James Lankford shared a message highlighting greetings sent to Oklahomans from former President Donald Trump. The Tulsa State Fair officially kicks off tomorrow, bringing together agricultural producers, youth exhibitors, livestock competitors, and families …
Sep 10
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays continues his conversation with Chandler Keys about President Donald Trump’s recent presidential orders involving the beef cattle industry, including a directive to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office to re-examine mandatory country-of-origin labeling, or MCOOL, and whether it could …
Sep 05
President Donald J. Trump signed two Executive Orders supporting America’s ranchers and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins made additional announcements protecting our nation’s cattle herd and providing transparency for consumers. American ranchers embody the ethos of our nation’s founding 250 years ago and should be provided with the tools to rebuild our Great …
Sep 01
Today, at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Data Modernization Plan to put Farmers First, reduce unnecessary burdens on producers, and improve the timeliness, accuracy, and usefulness of the agricultural data that informs decisions across American agriculture. Since USDA was …
Aug 31
Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the Ranchers First Initiative, a sweeping package of actions to continue rebuilding the Great American Beef Herd and put America’s ranchers back at the center of our nation’s food supply. Building on USDA’s October 2025 Plan to Fortify the American Beef Industry, the Trump Administration is …
Aug 31
In a bombshell announcement, President Trump declared that the United States has entered into the biggest oil deal in world history. At his direction, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth — working with Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodriguez and through a partnership with private business — secured majority U.S. control …
Aug 28
A new effort aimed at easing regulatory hurdles for independent livestock producers is taking shape after President Donald Trump took to social media to announce directives to draft legal documents granting farmers and ranchers the right to process their own food. In a post published to his social platform, Trump addressed longstanding producer frustrations regarding …
Aug 26
Following a beef industry roundtable in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur voiced strong concerns over recent federal market interventions, warning that abrupt policy shifts disrupt cattle operations and undermine market stability. Both leaders outlined key takeaways from the discussion with agricultural producers and discussed the mission of …
