Jun 17
U.S. Crop Progress: Winter wheat harvested reached 27 percent, up 14 percentage points from the previous year and up 13 points from the five-year average. Winter wheat conditions rated 49 percent good to excellent, 34 percent fair and 17 percent poor to very poor. Last week’s conditions rated 47 percent good to excellent, 34 percent …
Jun 17
Bayer aims to launch ten blockbuster products in the next ten years to support farmers worldwide, the company announced at its 2024 Crop Science innovation update in Chicago. Each blockbuster is expected to contribute more than 500 million euros of the over 32-billion-euros peak sales potential in the R&D pipeline – unparalleled across the global …
Jun 17
Below is the latest wheat harvest report from the Oklahoma Wheat Commission, released on Monday, June 17, 2024: Oklahoma wheat harvest continues to move along in all areas of the state. Minor cutting continues in parts of Southwest Oklahoma down by Walters, Altus and Duke where rain hindered harvest in select areas. Elevator locations reporting …
Jun 17
From the mid-seventeenth century till the early twentieth century, Indian boarding schools were used as a tool to assimilate Native American children away from their rich culture. Yet, for far too long, the history, policies, and devastating impacts of these schools have been unknown. As an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma and …
Jun 17
Responding to the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit challenging House Bill 4156, Attorney General Gentner Drummond contends the Biden Administration’s opposition amounts to “speculative assumptions about how HB 4156 will be implemented, spurious legal conclusions about the law’s underpinnings, and fundamental misconceptions about a state’s sovereign rights and duties in a federalist system of government.” …
Jun 17
At the 2024 LMA Convention and World Livestock Auctioneer Championship in OKC over the weekend, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays had the chance to talk with former WLAC champion Charly Cummings about marketing different types of beef cattle, technology in the cattle marketing industry, and more. After winning the championship, Cummings said he had the …
Jun 17
Nutrien Ag Solutions announces the acquisition of Suncor Energy’s AgroScience assets, which consists of several patented and patent pending technologies in the area of biocontrol. The acquisition is aligned with Nutrien Ag Solutions’ strategy to invest in novel, patented, and effective biocontrol technologies through its Loveland Products business. The proprietary technology for use in the …
Jun 17
.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is making new clean energy investments in Colorado through the Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program as part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda. The selected applications total more than $81 million in partially forgivable loans from the Inflation Reduction Act—the largest investment in …
