Getting roasted turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, green bean casserole and pie on the table this Thanksgiving is going to cost consumers more than it did in 2021. Rodney Holcomb, Oklahoma State University Extension food economics specialist, said consumers can expect to pay 35%-45% more for their turkey this year, which typically is the …
Category: Ag News
Nov 08
Cold Front Headed Towards the State
A big Cool Front will hit the state on Friday, bringing cooler temperatures and a drastic change to our weather pattern. State Climatologist Gary McManus says as we see Record highs today, we could be seeing record lows that are still pretty high for November. The State will be pretty mild through Thursday, but then …
Nov 08
American Angus Association Concludes a strong Fiscal year
The American Angus Association® concluded a successful fiscal year, packed with member-wide comradery and industry-leading advances. The year marked the eighth-consecutive year of more than 304,000 registrations, with an additional 141,385 recorded transfers. The fiscal year, which concluded September 30, tallied a grand total of 22,488 regular and junior memberships combined.“Angus breeders have completed a …
Nov 08
Global Spending Power Playing Large Role in U.S. Beef Exports
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is visiting with the president and CEO of the United States Meat Export Federation, Dan Halstrom, talking about the latest on U.S. beef export numbers. “The September numbers just came out, and we were down a little bit on beef, but still, a 900-million-dollar month, which it wasn’t …
Nov 08
The CaRPE Tool™ Gives State and Federal Policy Makers the Opportunity to ‘Seize the Carbon’: Reducing Carbon Emissions Through Agriculture
– American Farmland Trust today released its updated CaRPE Tool™ and the first of a series of briefs to help states estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction opportunities from the implementation of climate-smart cropland and grazing land management practices. The tool and state-specific briefs, which summarize the carbon benefits of climate-smart practices and provide state …
Nov 08
Mineral Supplementation May Be of Extra Benefit this Year
On today’s Cow-Calf Corner, Parker Henley, Oklahoma State University Extension Specialist, and Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist give insight on the benefits of mineral supplementation. There are several reasons, in a non-drought year, that most people consider Oklahoma the greatest state for raising beef cattle. One of those reasons …
Nov 08
It’s Election Day!
It’s Election Day for voters in all 77 counties across the state! Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. State and federal elections are on the ballot, as well as judicial races and judicial retention questions. Some voters may also have local elections to decide. Sample ballots are available in the OK …
Nov 08
Feeder Steers and Heifers Higher at Joplin Regional Stockyards on Monday
Tue, 08 Nov 2022 03:25:26 CST
Joplin Regional Stockyards
Mon Nov 7, 2022
AUCTION
This Week 7,555
Last Reported &nbs…
Nov 08
Feeder Steers and Steer Calves Unevenly Steady, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves Steady to Higher at Oklahoma National Stockyards on Monday
Tue, 08 Nov 2022 03:22:12 CST
Oklahoma National Stockyards
Mon Nov 7, 2022
AUCTION
This Week 11,000
Last Reported &…
Nov 07
As Oklahoma Wheat Plantings Wrap Up, Ratings of Good to Excellent Conditions Increase
Nationwide Winter Wheat: Winter wheat planted in the U.S. reached 92 percent, up 2 percentage points from the previous year and the average. Winter wheat emerged reached 73 percent, even with the previous year and down 1 point from the average. Winter wheat conditions for the states reported rated 30 percent good to excellent, 36 …