Oklahoma crop outlook remains favorable despite wet soils
Oklahoma farmers report adequate top and subsoil moisture with 95 percent adequate or better. Wheat is mostly good but lodging from rains slows maturity while harvest begins in many areas as soils firm. Oats barley and corn show solid progress with good condition overall and sorghum plantings near average. Cotton planting encounters replanting needs amid wet conditions.
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Oklahoma Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Oklahoma Extension Service
North Central
Cotton
Tillman
Panhandle
Beef promotion referendum hinges on cattle producers nationwide
Oklahoma Farm Bureau president Jim Lockett says the fate of a proposed USDA beef research and information order rests with beef cattle producers, feeders, and dairymen who must register to vote from July 5 to 15. Voters may register June 6–17 at ASCS offices and vote in person or by mail.
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Jim Lockett
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Lockett
American Farm Bureau Federation
AFBF
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
USDA
Congress
Beef Development Task Force
BDT
Farm commodity prices rise again pressuring family budgets
The Agriculture Department reports a 2 percent rise in raw farm product prices from April 15 to May 15, marking the sixth straight monthly increase and a 2 percent rise from a year earlier. Meat prices jump while poultry and eggs fall. potatoes surge 20 percent amid broad gains in fruit and other staples.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Consumers to pay more for beef and pork this year
The Agriculture Department predicts higher retail meat prices this year with beef and pork costs rising in the summer and again into fall. Lower cattle herds and shifting supplies may limit beef while pork and broilers stay ample, keeping overall meat output steady.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Omaha
Pork industry faces sulfa drug residues in hog meat
Federal tests show about 9.4 percent of hogs slaughtered in the first quarter contained unsafe sulfa levels in pork products. Most violations involved sulfamethazine with residues found mainly in livers and kidneys, prompting calls for stricter on farm handling and withdrawal periods.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
USDA
Department
Food Safety and Quality Service
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