Mar 06
Farm Director KC Sheperd is talking with Oklahoma Certified Beef Association board member and producer, Brad Brainard, about Oklahoma Certified Beef. “Oklahoma Certified Beef is a great program in which we are trying to bring the dollars that are generated by Oklahoma livestock and keep them in Oklahoma,” Brainard said. “The program is Oklahoma bred, …
Mar 06
The Farmers Union Foundation Inc. board of directors met Monday, March 4 to authorize the Foundation to expend up to $10,000 to purchase barbed wire supplies for Western Oklahoma counties impacted by wildfires including Harper, Ellis and Roger Mills Counties. The approved match funds can be matched by members, non-members, local and county organizations, or …
Mar 06
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Board unanimously selected Joe Echelle as the next OTA executive director at its monthly meeting Tuesday. The appointment came after an executive session to discuss the resignation of OTA Executive Director Tim Gatz after an Attorney General’s opinion last week about a state prohibition on dual office holding. Gatz briefly addressed …
Mar 06
After Monday’s announcement of a second rule to interpret the hundred year old Packers and Stockyards Act from the Biden Administration, 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 how these changes will impact the beef industry and its …
Mar 06
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s PowerXchange annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas that USDA is moving forward on clean energy investments in 23 states to reduce pollution and strengthen rural America’s power grid. Today’s …
Mar 06
Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15), delivered the following opening remarks at today’s full committee hearing to receive testimony from Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Benham. Remarks as prepared for delivery: Before I begin my opening statement, I would like to take a moment to remember Mike Gill, …
Mar 06
Statewide Discussion: Elevated afternoon relative humidity values today will offer very good opportunity for initial attack and the expectation that new wildfire occurrence will be stalled. With the reduction in fire danger and some early green up in areas, prescribed fire and controlled burning was noticeably more prevalent on the landscape yesterday and likely again …
Mar 06
The number of H-2A workers in the country increased by more than four times since 2005 (Figure 1). In the last two years, over 370,000 H-2A positions were certified each year. Each worker was employed for an average of six months. Despite such growth, the program supplies only 10 percent of the farm sector’s labor needs. This is …
Mar 06
How to send help to families and communities impacted by devastating wildfires in Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska, and where to receive help. Our hearts are with the ranching families and agricultural communities affected by the devastating Smokehouse Creek Fire and other wildfires in Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. We understand how deeply farmers and ranchers care …
Mar 06
The dairy checkoff hosted more than 100 national and international health and wellness experts for a two-day scientific conference addressing the dairy matrix, the concept of exploring the unique nutrient, non-nutrient and molecular compositions of dairy foods. The farmer-funded National Dairy Council (NDC) organized the meeting, titled “Undercover Nutrition: A Symposium Decrypting Food and Dairy …
