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Foreign interests keep buying US acreage with focus on Southwest

01/26/22 6:35 AM By Noah Wicks

Foreign holdings of U.S. land increased by 2.4 million acres in 2020, with 40% of the growth occurring in just three states, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado, according to a new Agriculture Department report. But these holdings are still a relatively small share of U.S. farmland.

Census data reveals population decline in ag-heavy counties

09/01/21 6:23 AM By Noah Wicks

Many of the top agricultural counties in the United States are consistently losing population, except in those with processing facilities, according to an Agri-Pulse analysis of 2020 census data.

Devastating winter storm leaves lasting impact on some producers

02/24/21 6:22 AM By Ben Nuelle

The citrus industry in Texas is expected to lose hundreds of millions of dollars due to last week’s winter storm, but other sectors say it may take weeks before economic impacts are fully known.

Wild spring weather: Disastrous for farmers in the Southwest and Upper Midwest

04/17/18 11:16 AM By Sandra Cowherd

Mother Nature is taking a toll on farmers and ranchers, with wildfires in Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona and harsh wintry conditions in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Sentence handed down in Oklahoma beef checkoff embezzlement case

01/10/18 6:27 AM By Spencer Chase

A former employee of an Oklahoma accounting firm has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison and is ordered to pay back $2.3 million she embezzled from the Oklahoma Beef Council over the course of seven years.

Oklahoma producers vote down beef checkoff increase

11/15/17 6:21 AM By Spencer Chase

Oklahoma beef producers voted 2,506-1,998 (56 percent to 44 percent) against increasing the state’s beef checkoff.

Grazing extended for areas ravaged by wildfire

06/20/17 4:32 PM By Agri-Pulse staff

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2017 - USDA granted a 90-day extension of emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program lands for areas of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas affected by recent wildfires.

(Photo: Bo Rader, The Wichita Eagle, Kansas.com)

Wildfires take toll on humans, livestock in central US

03/08/17 5:00 PM By Daniel Enoch

WASHINGTON, March 8, 2017 – Ranchers in the central U.S. are trying to assess the damage from wildfires that roared across more than a million acres of prime cattle country since the weekend, mostly in Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado. At least six people were killed and the livestock losses could reach into the millions of dollars.

Dems block committee vote on EPA nominee Pruitt

01/31/17 5:00 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2017 - Democrats slowed down the confirmation of Scott Pruitt to be EPA administrator by boycotting a scheduled vote by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Dec. 27, 2024: Newsmakers year in review

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