oklahoma agriculture

The spring planting season is getting started for many Midwest farmers. Federal data suggests that fewer acres will be planted in soybeans than last year, in part because of the U.S. trade war with China.

The United States has imposed a blanket 10% tariff on nearly all imports and a 145% tariff on most imports from China. Here is what these moves could mean for Oklahoma agriculture.

Ninety years this week, Oklahomans were met with a large wall of rolling black dust and sand, a day now known as "Black Sunday."

Thousands of Oklahomans got payments from a Biden-era program to help address generations of farm lending discrimination. Now, the Trump Administration wants to end programs that could be labeled as DEI. Some Oklahoma programs have already seen funding freezes.

Oklahoma voters could be casting ballots on a constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana for people over 21.

The state House of Representatives considered and passed at least 10 energy bills on March 26 and 27.

A bill banning lab-grown meat passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives and is on the way to the Oklahoma Senate.

The department announced enrollment for the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program opened this week.

The cancellation of two programs will affect more than $1 billion in expected funding this year. Food advocates worry the cuts are coming when other federal food programs are at risk.

Farmers, politicians and agriculture experts are raising alarm about the impact of potential tariffs on Canadian potash, a key mineral needed for fertilizer.