Oct 13
Oklahoma Farm Bureau Treasurer and District 9 Director Jim Meek was recently elected to serve as chair of the Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board at the group’s regular meeting Tuesday, Oct. 10. The Okmulgee County rancher was elected by unanimous vote after having served as vice chair since the governing board’s inception in 2022, when he …
Oct 13
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Oct 12
This Week on SUNUP is Oklahoma State University Extension grain market economist Kim Anderson. During this week’s edition, Anderson talks about takeaways from the 2023 Rural Economic Outlook Conference, which took place on October 11 at Oklahoma State University. “It is almost impossible to predict price, but you have to estimate prices so that you …
Oct 12
Reproductive efficiency of a beef cow herd starts with the yearly diagnosis of pregnancy. Defining the breeding season and then removing females who did not conceive or do not fit the desired calving window, allows producers several advantages. Producers who utilize pregnancy detection options typically reduce expenses, decrease labor inputs, and sell a more uniform …
Oct 12
On October 12, 2023, USDA NASS released the October Crop Production report. Overall, corn production was down less than 1 percent from the September forecast, soybean production was down 1 percent, and cotton production was down 2 percent. For the U.S., all cotton production is forecast at 12.8 million 480-pound bales, down 2 percent from …
Oct 12
Following the release of the WASDE (World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates) report released on October 12, 2023, Farm Director KC Sheperd visited with Allendale’s Rich Nelson about the big takeaways from the report. “On the wheat side of things, we did see USDA incorporate those larger production numbers from the Small Grains Summary Report …
Oct 12
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back talking with Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Dr. Derrell Peel about cow number projections. Beef cow herd numbers declined through 2023, Peel said, and will be smaller as of January 1, 2024. “When you look at the slaughter numbers and work through the math, …
