Jan 02
At the 2024 Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, had the chance to catch up with the Executive Vice President of the American Hereford Association, Jack Ward, about the year 2023 for the Hereford breed. “Our fiscal year ends in August, and so we came out of that year …
Jan 02
Sometimes I swear we sound like a broken record, and on some issues that broken record has been singing for two decades now. There’s something to be said about being persistent, uncompromising, unwavering, and willing to continue to tackle the fight at hand. This year we’ve had some setbacks and standstills as we do each …
Jan 02
Dairy Management Inc., which manages the national dairy checkoff program, recently announced significant outcomes in 2023 on behalf of America’s dairy farmers and importers. “This past year, we built on our collective successes while defining the next chapter of the checkoff’s history,” said Barbara O’Brien, president and CEO of Dairy Management Inc. and the Innovation …
Jan 02
Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Intern Maci Carter is visiting with CHS Agronomy product manager Tim Swanson about some of the latest innovations and opportunities in crop protection and nutrition. CHS Agronomy supplies crop nutrients, crop protection, and specialized agronomy products and services to agricultural cooperatives and retailers across North America. “Nitrogen stabilizers are really starting …
Jan 02
Three carbon projects initiated in 2021 and 2022 have issued nearly $3 million in carbon-asset payments to U.S. dairy farmers who used Agolin® Ruminant to create verified emissions reductions. A verified emissions reduction is a carbon asset that can be used as an offset or within a value chain. It represents 1 tonne of greenhouse …
Jan 02
ATTENTION CATTLEMEN and WOMEN! You won’t want to miss this great opportunity! Make sure to RSVP by Monday, January 15th, to secure your spot! Call our office if you have any questions. 4 County Beef Seminar coming up Wednesday, January 17th, from 9 am to 12 pm at the Custer County Fairgrounds, 1738 US Hwy …
Jan 02
The latest report from the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Barometer indicates that U.S. farmers’ inflation expectations have subsided while overall producer sentiment changed little. The December barometer recorded a reading of 114, just one point lower than in November. Both sub-indices of the barometer, the Index of Current Conditions and the Index of Future …
Jan 02
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with Grant Crawford of Merck Animal Health about the value of deworming. Dr. Crawford is an Associate Director for Cattle Technical Services at Merck. “If you look at all of the different animal health technologies available for cattle, the one that provides the biggest return for …
Jan 02
The 11th annual Red River Crops Conference for producers in southwestern Oklahoma and the Texas Rolling Plains regions will be held on Jan. 17-18 in Altus, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service collaborate each year to offer the event, alternating hosting duties between the two states. The conference will …
Jan 02
On today’s Cow-Calf Corner, Paul Vining, OSU Extension OQBN Coordinator, talks about the importance of vaccinations. In beef calf preconditioning programs, the importance of vaccinations to minimize respiratory illness, related to bovine respiratory disease (BRD), cannot be overstated. The Oklahoma Quality Beef Network (OQBN) Vac-45 program mandates that calves receive two vaccinations against respiratory pathogens, …
