U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced last week the awarding of over $26 million to farmers and agricultural producers across the country through the USDA Value Added Producer Grant (VAPG) Program. Entities can use these grant funds to develop value-added agricultural products, conduct market research, and implement business and marketing strategies.
Speaking to the Republican Women’s Club of South Tulsa Monday morning, Joel Hollingsworth, owner of Smoke River Ranch in Strang, Oklahoma outlined his mission to create economically viable ranching models for the younger generation.
“I moved to Oklahoma to follow the call of God to be a part of a movement that’s happening not many people know about yet. Now that I’m here, I have met, and so has my wife Erin, so many people who have moved to Oklahoma to be a part of what I call a Christian forward movement for soil restoration and health restoration being born here,” Hollingsworth said. “We’ve got about five hundred head of cattle and Smoke River Ranch is basically my test bed for figuring out how we make ranching economically viable again.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) and the New Mexico State Livestock Board have finalized an agreement to enhance state meat and poultry food safety inspection through joining the State USDA Meat and Poultry Inspection (MPI) program.
New Mexico’s participation expands local inspection capacity, enhances food safety oversight, and boosts market access for small and very small meat and poultry processors while maintaining strong national standards. Oklahoma is already participating in the MPI Program.
For decades, Presidents have promised to cut prescription drug prices, but only President Donald J. Trump has delivered. Prescription drug prices have now recorded their sharpest annual drop in more than 60 years — and those lower prices now reach every Medicaid program in America.
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Tuesday launched AgInsights, a new data dissemination tool that will serve as a key component of NASS’s ongoing modernization strategy.
Designed to enhance currently used data products and services, the AgInsights application offers streamlined information dissemination, increased operational efficiency, and a more dynamic, interactive experience so producers have easier navigation and access to the latest agricultural data.
