Category: Ag News
Mar 13
Lankford Demands Biden Admin Increase Agricultural Exports
Senators James Lankford (R-OK), John Thune (R-SD), John Boozman (R-AR), and Mike Crapo (R-ID) urged US Trade Representative Katherine Tai and US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to increase US agricultural exports and improve the competitiveness of US products abroad. “We expect trade to fluctuate in response to macroeconomic factors and market conditions,” wrote …
Mar 13
Enjoy an Oklahoma Onion Burger and Support Wildfire Recovery Efforts
Travel the Oklahoma Onion Burger Trail from March 15 through March 28 and $1 for every digital check-in at any Oklahoma Onion Burger Trail location will go to organizations helping Oklahoma farmers and ranchers recovering from recent wildfires in Northwest Oklahoma. If you haven’t signed up for your Oklahoma Onion Burger trail digital pass, head …
Mar 13
Farm Bureau Continues to Help Fight Hunger Through Harvest for All Program
Farm and ranch families from across the nation donated 31 million pounds of food and raised $425,879 to help fight hunger and assist in other community service outreach in 2023 through Farm Bureau’s “Harvest for All” program. Combined, the monetary and food donations totaled the equivalent of 26 million meals. Criteria for tracking Harvest for …
Mar 13
Commissioner Sid Miller Announces Over 800K in Donations for Texas Panhandle Wildfire Relief
Donations will go directly to Texas farmers and ranchers through TDA’s STAR Fund Today, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is pleased to announce that the State of Texas Agriculture Relief (STAR) Fund has received an overwhelming response, with over 1,600 individual donations totaling over $800,000 to support relief efforts for Texas farmers and ranchers devastated …
Mar 13
Purina Animal Nutrition is offering $20,000 in scholarships
Purina Animal Nutrition, along with the Land O’Lakes Foundation, has opened its scholarship program designed to assist students with experience in agriculture and livestock production in pursuing their passions and furthering their educations. Now, along with undergraduate students, current high school seniors who have experience raising and caring for small or large livestock, equine and/or …
Mar 13
Farming in Germany and How it differs from Oklahoma Farming with Franz-Josef Berg
Farm Director KC Sheperd had the chance to talk with a German farmer, Franz-Josef Berg, about the differences between German farming and farming in Oklahoma. Berg is the father-in-law of David Misener, the President of U.S. Custom Harvesters, and has had the opportunity over the years to visit David and his daughter at their own …
Mar 13
Agricultural Producers to Conserve Land through Climate-Smart Easements as part of President’s Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest about $138 million of financial assistance from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act—the largest climate investment in history—in 138 new climate-smart conservation easements, through which farmers and ranchers are conserving wetlands, grasslands and prime farmlands. These selected Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) projects are part of a broad …
Mar 13
Drummond praises legislation to strengthen openness in government
Midway through Sunshine Week, which is observed nationwide each year to celebrate openness and transparency in government, Attorney General Gentner Drummond is highlighting several bills this state legislative session that he said would greatly improve governmental transparency. He commended state legislators for a trio of bills aimed at strengthening openness in government. “Government cannot be …
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