Dec 06
The United Soybean Board (USB) is pleased to announce that Lucas Lentsch will join the organization as its Chief Executive Officer starting January 1, 2024. Lentsch currently serves on the Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) leadership team, which manages the national dairy checkoff. USB’s board of farmer-leaders, representing more than 30 states, ratified the decision at …
Dec 06
Weekly cash fed cattle values have dontinued to deteriorate in the wake of the oversold Live Cattle futures. Our update two weeks ago featured the idea that the two latest Cattle on Feed reports had generated an overreaction in rapidly devalued futures prices. That condition only worsened beginning on the Friday after Thanksgiving through Monday …
Dec 06
The National Livestock Companies are pleased to announce their support, once again, for the All American Beef Battalion (AABB). On Monday, December 18th, the Oklahoma National Stockyards will auction a calf for the benefit of the AABB, along with National Livestock providing lunch for those in attendance. The AABB crew is bringing in their cooker …
Dec 06
Farm Director, KC Sheperd, is talking with the President and CEO of The Fertilizer Institute, Corey Rosenbusch, about an update on the fertilizer market and more. The market softened earlier in 2023, Rosenbusch said, and he sees the market to be in a more stable place going into the growing season. “We are watching what …
Dec 06
At the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Oklahoma Grassroots Rural and Ag Business Accelerators Demo Day, Associate Farm Editor Reagan Calk had the chance to visit with the owner of Cimarron Maltworks, Jeffrey Cole. The Oklahoma Grassroots Rural & Ag Business Accelerators program is a collaborative rural development initiative from the Oklahoma Farm Bureau and national and state-level …
Dec 06
Oklahoma State University 2020 winter wheat variety Butler’s Gold is growing more prominent on the commercial market, and researchers want to ensure that producers know when and how to plant it. “Wheat producers are interested in the late planting system,” said Amanda Silva, assistant professor and state Extension specialist for small grains. “There are producers …
Dec 06
Senators intent on blocking Bill C-234 re-introduced an already-defeated amendment hours after a separate amendment was voted down on Tuesday. It’s the latest move by senators aligned with the Liberal government to obstruct the private member’s bill that would remove the federal carbon levy from natural gas and propane used on farms. First, Senator Lucie …
Dec 06
(WASHINGTON) – Today, Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced legislation to immediately halt the Paraguayan beef imports and establish a working group to evaluate the threat to food safety and animal health posed by beef imported from Paraguay. U.S. Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) president Justin Tupper issued the following statement on the legislation: “The …
Dec 06
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back talking with the president of Angus Gentics, Inc. (AGI), Kelli Retallick-Riley, about genomic progress in the beef cattle industry. One of the things Angus Genetics is working on, Retallick-Riley said, is continuing to appreciate the value of the current database and find ways to yield more …
