May 10
USDA on Friday released the May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, which includes the first detailed forecast for the 2024-25 corn and soybean crops. USDA forecasts that farmers this spring will plant what will become a 14.86-billion-bushel corn crop and a 4.45-billion-bushel soybean crop. Farm Director KC Sheperd met with Allendale’s Rich …
May 10
The senior member of the US House Ag Committee is relieved to see movement in the House and the Senate on the respective Committee 2024 Farm Bill proposals. In talking with Oklahoma Farm Report’s Ron Hays, Lucas indicated “right now what we have seen from both Chairman Thompson in the House and Chairwoman Stabenow in …
May 10
Bob Rodenberger of Stockman’s Livestock Auction in Apache discussed the current state of the cattle market with Farm Director KC Sheperd, emphasizing the favorable conditions for a specific age group of steers and advising risk management strategies. Rodenberger says the market still looks pretty strong: “This is still a good market. We were selling eight—or …
May 10
The U.S. has a long, successful history of preventing, containing and eradicating foreign animal diseases from the U.S. cattle herd. This success was accomplished through decades of cooperation between the Department of Agriculture and America’s cattle producers. But two decades ago, the USDA attempted to force America’s cattle producers to register their premises with the …
May 10
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for four positions on the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production. USDA will accept nominations from May 7, 2024, to July 7, 2024. The 12-member Committee, which first convened in March 2022, is part of USDA’s efforts to increase support for urban agriculture and innovative production. …
May 10
On Thursday, USDA, EPA, and FDA jointly released a plan to modernize the U.S. federal regulatory system for products of biotechnology. This long-awaited plan was welcomed by ASA and comes as a positive next step for implementing a 2022 Executive Order from the administration that aims to advance the use of biotechnology and the bioeconomy. …
May 10
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today issued a statement following his support of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill: “Oklahoma has a rich aviation history and has a unique relationship with the FAA through the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (MMAC). For more than 70 years, Oklahoma City has provided vital services, research, and training for …
May 10
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
May 10
Before selecting counsel to represent the Treasurer, the first request was to Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s office. After offering the case to the AG, he was informed by Trebor Worthen, Chief of Staff to the AG, that he was declining to take case, but would recommend outside counsel. The Treasurer again personally approached Drummond to …
May 10
Expressing extreme disappointment with state Treasurer Todd Russ and the treasurer’s hand-picked legal counsel, Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced today he is firing the outside attorney and removing Russ from any decision-making authority in the lawsuit defending Oklahoma’s anti-ESG (environmental, social and governance) law. Drummond’s actions come on the heels of an Oklahoma County District …
