Mar 16
The Grand Drive of the 2023 Oklahoma Youth Expo concluded on Thursday evening with the selection of the Grand Champion Market Steer. The top steer was selected by judge Parker Henley, the Oklahoma State University Livestock Judging Team Coach, after he had evaluated steers in ten breeds and the crossbreds. The Grand Champion Market Steer …
Mar 16
The Grand Drive of the 2023 Oklahoma Youth Expo had the market lambs following the market goat Champion Drive- after over a thousand market lambs were looked at by judge Marvin Ensor of Texas. The Grand Champion Market Lamb for 2023 is the Champion Hampshire lamb- shown by Connor Anthony of Bethel FFA. Reserve Grand …
Mar 16
The Grand Drive of the 2023 Oklahoma Youth Expo had the market goats following the barrow drive- after over 650 market goats were looked at by judge Skylar Scotten of Missouri. The Grand Champion for 2023 is the Division 4 Champion- shown by Cara Cummins of the Hollis FFA. Reserve Grand Champion was the Division …
Mar 16
The Grand Drive of the 2023 Oklahoma Youth Expo kicked off with the Grand Champion Market Barrow selection- this after three days of showing over 2,200 barrows in Barn 6. The Grand Champion for 2023 is the Hampshire Champion- shown by Brigham Bunt of the Ringwood 4-H Club. Reserve Grand Champion was the Champion Dark …
Mar 16
Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its rejection of Oklahoma’s plan regarding ozone emissions. The petition to review the disapproval was filed March 2 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. In addition to disapproving Oklahoma’s state implementation plan (SIP) …
Mar 16
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced this week that they are awarding the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) with $445,396 in funding to advance the Secure Beef Supply Plan (SBS) in the event of a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in the U.S. “NCBA thanks USDA for awarding this critical …
Mar 16
By Gail Ellis Varying degrees of drought across the state have caused cool-season grasses to grow a little later than usual this year, and Oklahoma State University Extension specialists have received reports of bloat in calves grazing wheat and other small grain pastures. Growing conditions improved for these pastures, which have been grazed short this …
Mar 16
The National Corn Growers Association looks forward to seeing the next steps that will be taken as a part of the Farmers for Soil Health. NCGA is a founding member of FSH, which was awarded the $95 million grant from the USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program that makes this work possible. “This grant provides technical and financial …
