Mar 07
Help us help others! Our Aggie-X Agribusiness Club is collecting donations to help those impacted by the wildfires. Some club members are heading to West Texas on Friday to deliver donations as well as take part in the clubs annual trip! We our proud of our students service mindset. Dr. Shear is facilitating the donations …
Mar 07
Today, U.S. pork producers approved a resolution to enhance the country’s live swine traceability system during the 2024 National Pork Industry Forum hosted by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC). “Traceability is a priority for the industry and has been for decades,”said Lori Stevermer, incoming NPPC president and Minnesota pork producer. “These standards will improve …
Mar 07
House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) and Ranking Member David Scott (GA-13) released the following joint statement after the bipartisan Agricultural Labor Working Group (ALWG) released its final report. The final report is the product of a months-long effort to identify workforce issues faced by the nation’s agricultural producers and offer specific policy recommendations to address flaws within …
Mar 07
The Okmulgee County Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee is going to be hosting a YF&R Leadership Summit for anyone from across the state that is interested in joining, creating, building or strengthening their YF&R Committee. We will have presenters from across the state that have been part of successful YF&R committees in the past. The …
Mar 07
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is back talking with the Vice President of Governmental Affairs at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Ethan Lane, about the appropriation bills for this fiscal year 2024 that will impact beef cattle producers. “There is a lot of good stuff in there for the cattle industry,” Lane said. “There …
Mar 07
To view the latest Oklahoma drought map, CLICK HERE. According to the latest Oklahoma drought monitor report, exceptional drought remains at zero percent, unchanged from the start of the calendar year. Extreme drought or worse remains at zero percent, unchanged from the past ten weeks. Severe drought or worse is unchanged from the past three weeks at .19 percent. Moderate …
Mar 07
Between 2017 and 2022, the number of farms in the U.S. declined by 141,733 or 7%, according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, released on Feb. 13. Acres operated by farm operations during the same timeframe declined by 20.1 million (2.2%), a loss equivalent to an area about the size of Maine. Only 1.88% of acres …
Mar 07
The University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, a leading land-grant institution, recently found that replacing 40 pounds of synthetic nitrogen with Pivot Bio PROVEN® 40 can increase corn yields while reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizer. This recent study contributes to an esteemed collection of over 400 university-led and on-farm trial locations …
Mar 07
Springtime has arrived in Oklahoma and with that Severe Weather is also upon us. According to State Climatologist Gary McManus, “This doesn’t appear to be a high- or even medium-end severe weather event, but it is sorta our first of 2024,at least this broad of a threat. And the tornado threat is very low, but …
Mar 07
The dairy checkoff will showcase dairy innovation and its overall nutrition package to more than 70,000 people attending the country’s leading trade show in the natural, organic and healthy products industry. A Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) team will be onsite at the Natural Products Expo West event, March 12-16 in Anaheim, Calif., with the goal …
