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Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Foundation’s Hally Parks Talks Upcoming OCA Convention and Trade Show
Wed Jun 26th, 2024 9:27:34 CDT
Listen to Hally Parks talk about the upcoming OCA Convention and Trade Show and the Lasting Legacy Campaign. Farm Director KC Sheperd recently had the chance to talk with the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Foundation Events and Constituent Relations Consultant Hally Parks about the 72nd Annual OCA Convention and Trade Show set for July 19-20 at the Embassy ...
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Cost of Summer Cookout Reaches Record High
Wed Jun 26th, 2024 8:15:37 CDT
– Families celebrating the 4th of July holiday will continue to find stubbornly high prices at the grocery store. An Independence Day cookout will cost $71.22 for 10 guests this year, based on the 2024 American Farm Bureau Federation annual marketbasket survey. The grocery bill is up 5% from 2023, and almost 30% from just five ...
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National Farmers Union Cheers USDA Plan on Updating Packers & Stockyards Act
Wed Jun 26th, 2024 5:31:14 CDT
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Tuesday additional updates to the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act) rules at an event with Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter. The “Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets” proposed rule is meant to strengthen P&S Act enforcement by creating a framework to assess “unfair practices” claims ...
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NCBA’s Ethan Lane Sees USDA’s Packers and Stockyards Rule as an Attack on Producer Profitability Wed Jun 26th, 2024 10:36:40 CDT
Listen to Ron Hays talk with Ethan Lane about USDA’s new Packers and Stockyards rule. Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with the Vice President of Governmental Affairs at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Ethan Lane about USDA’s proposed rule to clarify unfair practices in the livestock, meat, and poultry industries. As NCBA reviews this ...
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