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Category: Ag News
Mar 11
Oklahoma Cattlemen Calls “Product of USA” Labeling Announcement Welcome News
Earlier on Monday, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack unveiled the finalization of a rule to align the voluntary “Product of USA” label claim with consumer understanding of what the claim means. That announcement came at the 122nd Annual Meeting of the National Farmers Union. Just a year earlier at their 121st Annual Meeting, the Secretary announced details …
Mar 11
AFR’s Scott Blubaugh Applauds New Voluntary “Product of USA” Labeling
Scott Blubaugh, President of the AFR Farm Cooperative, was in the audience as US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced at the 122nd Annual Convention of the National Farmers Union in Scottsdale, Arizona details of the finalized rule for the “Product of USA” label. “We welcome and applaud the new voluntary USDA rule that will …
Mar 11
NCBA Statement on “Product of USA” Final Rule
Today, NCBA Executive Director of Government Affairs Kent Bacus released the following statement on the USDA’s finalized rule on the “Product of USA” label: “NCBA has been committed to finding solutions to this problem ever since a producer-led NCBA working group raised the alarm, years ago, that imported beef could be mislabeled as a Product of …
Mar 11
OSU Wheat Genetics Dominate Commercial Markets Despite Outdated Infrastructure
By Gail Ellis In February 2021, a round of sub-zero temperatures crippled the 60-year-old greenhouse facility at the OSU Agronomy Research Station, nearly destroying OSU’s internationally-acclaimed wheat breeding program. Faculty, staff and student workers at the OSU Agronomy Farm worked around the clock to salvage what they could of the young and vulnerable wheat plants …
Mar 11
Winter Wheat Conditions See Minimal Changes in the Southern Plains Since Last Week
According to the latest Oklahoma Crop Progress and Condition Report released on March 11, 2024, winter wheat jointing reached 7 percent, down 2 points from the previous year and up one point from the five-year average. Conditions rated 65 percent good to excellent, 28 percent fair and 7 percent poor to very poor. Last week’s conditions rated 65 …
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