Jan 08
Dr. David Fang, geneticist for USDA-ARS at the Cotton Fiber Bioscience Research Unit in New Orleans, is the 2023 Cotton Genetics Research Award recipient. The announcement was made today during the 2024 Beltwide Cotton Improvement Conference, which convened as part of the National Cotton Council-coordinated 2024 Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Fort Worth. Fang, who was …
Jan 08
“We had a lot going on in 2023,” Micah Brown, staff attorney for the National Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas, told American Farmland Owner. Brown reflected on what states have done to restrict foreign land ownership in the United States for certain countries. But what’s next? And what role could the U.S. …
Jan 08
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed an executive order extending reduced tariff rates on imported pork for the third consecutive year. The in-quota duty is to remain at 15%, while the out-of-quota rate is 25%. In May 2021, in response to a shortage of pork caused by African swine fever (ASF), the Philippines lowered its import …
Jan 08
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Jan 06
The Shows in the Jim Norick Arena were paused at noon on Saturday as Cattlemen’s Congress paid tribute to Jarold Callahan. Board Member Tyler Norvell told the exhibitors and those that were in the stands that it was appropriate to stop for a few moments midday Saturday to salute the late Callahan as it was …
Jan 06
Express Ranches of Oklahoma purchases bred heifer Yon Sarah K1233 at the National Angus Bull Sale in Oklahoma City. Express Ranches of Yukon, Oklahoma, purchased the Angus Foundation Heifer Package on Jan. 5 for $52,500 to continue the legacy of the Angus breed. The package, donated by Yon Family Farms of Ridge Spring, South Carolina, …
Jan 05
At the 2024 Cattlemen’s Congress, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, caught up with the CEO of the American Angus Association, Mark McCully, and talked about the state of the Angus industry and the fourth year of Cattlemen’s Congress. “We are four years in, and it has really matured into a fantastic event,” McCully …
Jan 05
After a five-day suspension in late December, U.S. Customs and Border Protection resumed operations at the international railway crossing bridges in Eagle Pass and El Paso, Texas. These critical rail arteries, essential for shipping grain into Mexico, were temporarily closed to redirect CBP resources for efficiently processing an influx of migrants entering the U.S. at …
