Jan 09
Farm Director, KC Sheperd, is talking with Oklahoma State Climatologist, Gary McManus, about weather coming into the state this week. “We just had our fourth warmest December on record, and usually that spells trouble,” McManus said. “If we ever have a warm December, usually the hammer is going to come down in January or February.” …
Jan 09
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation honors Oklahoma rancher Susan Bergen as its 2023 Landowner Conservationist of the Year. Bergen owns and manages cattle on 12,777 acres of tallgrass and mixed-grass prairie distributed over three tracts in portions of Cleveland, Johnston, Pontotoc, and McClain counties. The core of her ranching operation is an 11,500 acre …
Jan 09
Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is featuring commentary from Radio Oklahoma Ag Intern, Maci Carter’s interviews with various breed executives, including American Simmental Association’s Luke Bowman and American Salers Association’s Sherry Doubet. Bowman is in the outreach department of the American Simmental Association and works primarily with SimGenetics. “We might be the biggest breed …
Jan 09
Information about applying for Radio Oklahoma Ag Network’s 2024 summer internship can be found at the bottom of the page. The National Association of Farm Broadcasters has featured an article spotlighting our very own Maci Carter! Read below: My radio internship has changed my life. My name is Maci Carter, and I’m originally from Marion, …
Jan 09
Quietly, on September 29, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission, at the request of the New York Stock Exchange, proposed a rule to create a new type of company called a Natural Asset Company (NAC). According to the proposed rule, a NAC would “hold the rights to ecological performance,” giving these companies license to control …
Jan 09
Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuels trade association, this week filed two petitions for rehearing with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the Court’s 2023 decision on small refinery exemptions (SREs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS allows small refiners to request exemptions from the program’s fuel blending obligations if they can …
Jan 09
KK Strategies is excited to announce the launch of its new agricultural project based in the province of Phetchaburi in Thailand near Hua Hin. The project comprises of a mixture of different products with varying harvest time frames in order to maximize the projects yield generation. KK Strategies have kept specific details on the mixture …
Jan 09
January 9, 2024 — Dairy producers and veterinarians can confidently implement mastitis treatment protocols against mastitis cases caused by Gram-negative bacteria with Spectramast® LC (ceftiofur hydrochloride) Sterile Suspension from Zoetis. Research from the University of California, Davis — published online in the Journal of Dairy Science (published in press Nov. 2, 2023) — showed that treatment …
Jan 09
Attorney General Gentner Drummond will testify Wednesday to the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee as part of that panel’s impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The action comes in the wake of Mayorkas’ failure to secure the nation’s southwest border. Drummond was invited to testify due to his focus of ridding …
