Category: Ag News
Jun 27
New Holland And Bluewhite Announce Strategic Business Partnership
New Holland, a brand of CNH (NYSE: CNH), and Bluewhite, a leading autonomous technology company enabling AI-driven autonomous farming, announced today a multi-phase partnership to collaborate on distribution, manufacturing and integration of Bluewhite’s autonomous solutions for New Holland tractors in North America. This partnership will enable New Holland tractors to operate fully autonomously in orchards, …
Jun 27
USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected in 8 Oklahoma Counties by Recent Natural Disasters
Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses. Examples of property commonly affected include essential farm buildings, fixtures to real estate, equipment, livestock, perennial crops, fruit …
Jun 27
This Week’s Oklahoma Drought Monitor Sees Decreases in Some Categories
To view the latest Oklahoma drought map, CLICK HERE. According to the latest Oklahoma drought monitor report, exceptional drought and extreme drought remain at zero percent, unchanged from the start of the calendar year. Severe drought or worse is now at 1.03 percent, slightly down from last week’s 1.20 percent. Moderate drought or worse is now at 20.48 percent, slightly down from last week’s …
Jun 27
Lance Zimmerman says Heifer Retention is the Next Step in Stabilizing Cattle Markets
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is visiting with senior beef and cattle market research analyst at Rabo AgriFinance, Lance Zimmerman, about midterm movement in the beef markets. He said that although April and May retail prices were just short of $8 per pound, a record high, beef demand has held up exceptionally well. …
Jun 27
Star-Spangled Grilling and Smoking Food Safety Practices Everyone Needs to Know
On July Fourth, the aroma of barbecue will fill the air as the festivities bring together family and friends to celebrate with quintessential American cooking pastimes: grilling and smoking. Food is the biggest staple when it comes to celebrating Independence Day, aside from the fireworks. Whether you’re sizzling burgers on the grill or slow-cooking ribs …
Jun 27
Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 24 Oklahoma Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
This Presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation, or …
Jun 27
Dangerous Heat Conditions on Tap for this Weekend
Even though it is Summer in Oklahoma, extreme heat has settled in much earlier than we had hoped. According to State Climatologist Gary McManus, “There’s a natural order of things in weather and climate that even Mother Nature tends to follow here in Oklahoma. Not always, of course. That’s where we get extremes. Extremes, like …
Jun 27
USDA to Begin Accepting Applications for Expanded Emergency Livestock Assistance Program to Help Dairy Producers Offset Milk Loss Due to H5N1
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin accepting applications starting on Monday, July 1 through its updated Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) to provide financial assistance to eligible dairy producers who incur milk losses due to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, also known as H5N1infection in their dairy herds. USDA’s …
Jun 27
Understanding the Growing U.S. Agricultural Trade Deficit: The Fall in Exports
The recent (May 2024) trade outlook report published by the Economic Research Service and Foreign Agricultural Service – agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) – is projecting the highest agricultural trade deficit on record for fiscal year (FY) 2024 (October – September). The FY2024 forecast have U.S. agricultural exports at $170.5 billion, unchanged …
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