- The Senate Thursday evening passed by unanimous consent a bill designed to help California and other Western states through one of the region’s worst droughts on record.
- The American Soybean Association welcomed the passage by the Senate of the conference report of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA).
- Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) announced a collaboration with Smithfield Foods and its livestock production subsidiary, Murphy-Brown LLC, that will help farmers optimize fertilizer application to grain grown for animal feed.
- Oklahoma farmers and ranchers now have one more highly-respected NAFB member delivering their news and information, as 2012 Horizon Award honoree Leslie Smith joined the Radio Oklahoma Network May 15.