Category: Ag News

Fourth Cattlemen’s Congress Sees Tremendous Success with International Presence

At the 2024 Cattlemen’s Congress, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, had the chance to talk about a review of the show with Cattlemen’s Congress consultant, Erin Dorsey. Before her time with Cattlemen’s Congress, Dorsey worked with the National Western Livestock Show. “We have grown, we have progressed, we got our schedule down pretty …

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Precision Planting Launches New Planting System

Annual Winter Conference introduces farmers to new CornerStone Planting System; announces Panorama is now available for purchase as well as additional product updates. Precision Planting today revealed their newest product, a fully custom, factory-built planting system called CornerStone. The CornerStone Planting System, which comes fully built with everything but the planter bar and is integrated …

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United Soybean Board’s Philip Good Says it is an Exciting Time to be a Soybean Farmer

Farm Director, KC Sheperd is talking with the treasurer of the United Soybean Board, Philip Good, about the soybean industry. Good is also an author at U.S. Soy, and raises soybeans, corn, cotton, cattle and catfish with his son near Macon, Mississippi. “One of the things I am excited about is how much production has …

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BASF introduces new FiberMax and Stoneville seed varieties for the 2024 season

BASF is further expanding its FiberMax® and Stoneville® cotton seed industry-leading portfolio with the addition of four new varieties for the 2024 growing season. With these strong additions, the FiberMax and Stoneville cotton seed portfolio includes a total of 18 varieties. All new varieties feature Axant™ Flex herbicide tolerance technology, cotton’s first quad-stacked herbicide trait**.  “The addition of …

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Beltway Beef Podcast: Catching Up With Copenhaver: Updates on NCBA Grassroots Policy, Congress, and CattleCon

Each week, Beltway Beef brings you the latest policy news affecting the U.S. cattle and beef industry. Hear from subject-matter experts, producers, and industry leaders on the topics that impact the business viability of farms and ranches across the country. On this episode, we are joined by NCBA Policy Division Chair Gene Copenhaver, a Virginia …

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John Deere Announces Strategic Partnership with SpaceX to Expand Rural Connectivity

Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) announced it has entered into an agreement with SpaceX to provide cutting-edge satellite communications (SATCOM) service to farmers. Utilizing the industry-leading Starlink network, this solution will allow farmers facing rural connectivity challenges to fully leverage precision agriculture technologies. This partnership, an industry first, will enable John Deere customers to be more productive, profitable, and sustainable in …

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Managing Cows in Severe Cold Weather

Mark Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist, offers herd health advice as part of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner,” published electronically by Dr. Peel, Mark Johnson, and Paul Beck. Today, Johnson talks about cow management in the cold winter months. Winter has arrived in Oklahoma. Hopefully all your …

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Tuesday Preopening Market Update with Dave Lanning

RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.

OSU Livestock Judging Team Adds National Western Title to Cattlemen’s Congress Win From Earlier this Month

For the second time in January- the Oklahoma State University Livestock Judging Team was named the Champion Team at the 2024 National Western Stock Show. Earlier in January- they were named the Champions at the 2024 Jarold Callahan Memorial Livestock Judging Contest at the Cattlemen’s Congress. Click here for our story from Congress about the …

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Individuals Can Earn While They Learn in the RCIS Apprenticeship Program

Farm Director, KC Sheperd, is talking with the head of sales and service at the Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS), Jeff Bahr. Bahr talks about what producers need to be aware of in 2024 and the RCIS Apprenticeship Program. RCIS is a crop insurance provider, insuring farms across the country. RCIS works directly with crop …

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