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, …
Jan 02
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Jan 01
An important financial consideration for any business is the costs they incur during the year. Ultimately, it affects the amount of profit or loss that will be realized by the business. There are certain “costs of doing business” known as overhead. These are things that an organization will have to pay for but are not …
Jan 01
Mark Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist, offers herd health advice as part of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner” published electronically by Dr. Peel, Mark Johnson, and Paul Beck. Today, Johnson talks about cattle grazing in Oklahoma. In the final crop progress report of 2023 at the end …
Jan 01
The state of Oklahoma received its first three made-in-Oklahoma electric vehicles from Canoo as an innovative part of the state’s ongoing fleet modernization initiative. At a combined cost of $119,850, these three Lifestyle Delivery Vehicles (LDVs) are the first of their kind in the state fleet, with one each assigned to the Office of Management …
Jan 01
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Oklahoma State Director, Kenneth Corn today announced that the Oklahoma State Office is now accepting Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Grant Applications. A REAP grant is designed to aid small businesses or farms in rural Oklahoma with energy efficiency improvements or renewable energy projects. Millions of dollars …
Dec 31
Cattlemen’s Congress is back for the fourth time at the OKC Fairgrounds- and is poised to once again be easily the largest beef cattle show in North America as it gets underway for its fourth show. The numbers are impressive- over 8,000 entries spread out over 25 beef breeds with shows happening daily December 30 …
