Farm & Ranch – Oklahoma Farm & Ranch

USDA ANNOUNCES SPECIAL IMPORT QUOTA #16 FOR UPLAND COTTON

August 15, 2018 0

The Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation today announced a special import quota for upland cotton that permits importation of a quantity of upland cotton equal to one week’s domestic mill use. The quota will […]

USDA to Realign ERS with Chief Economist, Relocate ERS & NIFA Outside DC

August 15, 2018 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced further reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), intended to improve customer service, strengthen offices and programs, and save taxpayer dollars. The Economic Research Service (ERS), […]

Deadline Approaches for Continuous Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment

August 14, 2018 0

Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Richard Fordyce reminded producers today that the deadline to sign up for enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. “Any agricultural producer that has eligible […]

U.S. Poultry Gains New Market Access in Morocc

August 13, 2018 0

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced on Aug. 7 that the government of Morocco has agreed to allow commercial imports of U.S. poultry meat and products into Morocco […]

The Longhorns

July 18, 2018 0

By Ralph Chain We started raising Longhorns in 1964. We bought our first Longhorns in the Centennial Drive, a celebration of the 100-year drive from Texas to Dodge City, Kan. We bought two cows and […]

New World Screwworm

July 14, 2018 0

By Barry Whitworth, DVM In October 2016 the United States Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of screwworms in the Florida Keys. The initial case was found in a Key deer. In January 2017 the […]

OACD Leadership Class

July 11, 2018 0

By Chris Cox Social movements are a lot like agricultural operations. An idea, much like a seed, has to be nurtured, cultivated and grown into something that people can believe in and grasp. Movements, again […]

CARE

June 25, 2018 0

Conservation & Agriculture Reach Everyone By Sarah Blaney Oklahoma is home to more than 18,000 Native American, African-American, Hispanic-American and Asian-American farmers and ranchers. The majority of the minority producers in Oklahoma are Native-American and […]

Specialty Crops

June 15, 2018 0

By Everett Brazil, III Oklahoma has a variety of crops grown throughout the state, which includes cotton, corn, wheat, sorghum, soybeans and canola. They have long proven themselves as viable for production on the Southern […]

The Fires Raged On

June 12, 2018 0

By Ddee Haynes It had been more than two months since any moisture fell in western Oklahoma. The winds were fierce for weeks and the lack of moisture caused the grass and forage to become […]