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 OQBN. The Oklahoma Quality Beef Network (OQBN) is a joint project of the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension …
Category: Ag News
Sep 19
As USDA Sees Record Interest in Conservation and Clean Energy Programs, Swift Implementation of Inflation Reduction Act Funding Continues
On the heels of the first anniversary of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has seen record interest in the conservation and clean energy programs that received funding from the law. As a key part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the Inflation Reduction Act is the nation’s largest-ever …
Sep 19
Tuesday Preopening Market Update with Dave Lanning
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Sep 19
HUGE Dip in Pasture Range Ratings in Oklahoma This Week as Summer Ends
The lingering drought as summer slips into fall here in 2023 is reflected best in the Pasture & Range ratings across the middle part of the US- especially here in the southern plains. Oklahoma saw another big drop in the good to excellent ratings in the Crop Progress report released on Monday– dropping from 34% a …
Sep 18
Southern Plains Wheat Plantings Run Behind Last Year’s Pace
Both the corn and soybean harvests are running slightly ahead of the average pace, according to USDA NASS’ weekly Crop Progress report released Monday. In Oklahoma, rainfall averaged 1.26 inches. According to the September 12th US Drought Monitor Report, drought conditions were rated 62 percent abnormally dry to exceptional drought, down 38 points from last …





















