Jun 26
– Families celebrating the 4th of July holiday will continue to find stubbornly high prices at the grocery store. An Independence Day cookout will cost $71.22 for 10 guests this year, based on the 2024 American Farm Bureau Federation annual marketbasket survey. The grocery bill is up 5% from 2023, and almost 30% from just …
Jun 26
It’s a wide ranging conversation that Radio Oklahoma Ag Network’s senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays has with the Executive Vice President of the OCA, Michael Kelsey. The start by talking about the 2024 Oklahoma legislative session- offering a good time to review it all now that the dust has settled from all the …
Jun 26
On today’s Cow-Calf Corner, Kellie Curry Raper, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist in the Department of Agricultural Economics writes about reputation when buying and selling cattle. “Reputation cattle” is a term you’ll hear often when cattle prices are discussed. In a survey of Oklahoma cattle buyers, 64% said that seller reputation played a …
Jun 26
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking information from the public on procedures for quantifying, reporting, and verifying the effect of climate-smart farming practices on the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with U.S.-grown biofuel feedstock crops. The input is being collected through a Request for Information to establish voluntary standards for biofuel feedstocks grown with practices …
Jun 26
AAA projects that more than 600,000 Oklahomans will travel a distance of 50 miles or more over the Independence Day Weekend*, up 5.2% over last year and setting a new record for the holiday. For the first time, AAA looked at the entire July 4th week, plus the Saturday before and the Sunday after the …
Jun 26
On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, the National Wheat Foundation and Maryland wheat grower Eric Spates, hosted a wheat farm tour for congressional staff and USDA employees. The attendees had the opportunity to explore the farm, witness the wheat harvesting process, and listen to speakers who specialize in the agriculture industry. The discussions centered around crucial …
Jun 26
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Jun 26
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Tuesday additional updates to the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act) rules at an event with Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter. The “Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets” proposed rule is meant to strengthen P&S Act enforcement by creating a framework to assess “unfair practices” claims by …
Jun 25
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced its “Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets” proposed rule that would attempt to change the legal standard that parties must demonstrate harm to competition and make it easier to sue and win under the Packers and Stockyards Act (PSA). In response to the announcement of …
Jun 25
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on USDA’s release of the Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets proposed rule, intended to improve fairness and competition in the livestock, meat and poultry sectors. This is the fourth rule issued by USDA to address fairness and competitiveness in livestock markets under the Packers and Stockyards …
