Category: Ag News

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:27:17 CDT

As temperatures begin to drop across the United States, Americans are becoming increasingly worried about affording to heat their homes in part due to the Biden Administration’s war on American energy….

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:08:54 CDT

The American Simmental Association (ASA) has joined forces with numerous industry partners to fund a Genetic Merit Pricing Task Force (GMP), focused on identifying and implementing methods and practices to i…

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:51:56 CDT

Mondays, Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, offers his economic analysis of the beef cattle industry. This analysis is a part of the weekly series known as …

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:47:17 CDT

For more than three decades cattle producers have simplified their recordkeeping with a handy pocket-sized booklet from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). The 2023 version of the Redbook…

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:32:54 CDT

This popular AFR event is held in the fall of each year and is available to both members and non-members. Students in grades 3th – 12th compete in their respective category at five district contests he…

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:52:06 CDT

The educational programs, workshops and seminars offered by the Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center keep food processors and entrepreneurs on the forefront of cutting-edge value-added proces…

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:21:47 CDT

Calls from corn grower leaders are growing louder for the United States Trade Representative to intervene in a trade dispute with Mexico over corn imports.

The response from corn growers comes as Mex…

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:12:09 CDT

Oklahoma Farm Bureau is excited to host leadership development sessions for all Farm Bureau members at our annual meeting Nov. 11-13 at the Embassy Suites and Convention Center in Norman.

Four sessions an…

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:07:36 CDT

Boldt currently works as director of breed improvement for the Red Angus Association of America (RAAA), and will balance both roles for the next eight months as he transitions to the full-time position with …

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:03:39 CDT

The 7 Day rain forecast looks positive across the state according to State Climatologist Gary McManus, “That 7-day forecast for rain shows the accumulations of two storm systems…the one hitting us right now through tomorrow, and again at the beginning of the weekend with another storm system down the road. “

McManus said Decent rain amounts have already started to show up across the state wit .49 in Hollis, .90 in Medicine park, 1.46 in Breckinridge, 1.41 in Hinton, and .78 in Medford.

McManus says if you haven’t gotten any rain yet, there’s still time for Rain to Spread NorthWest. The Weekend storm expected may be a bit more iffy as its at least 4-5 days out.

McManus says the seasons are finally changing, “With the current storm system moving through and it’s associated cold front, we will see a longer stretch of actual fall weather, not the “few days of fall followed by bursts of summer” we’ve gotten used to. The drought has gotten used to that as well, increasing in intensity with each stretch of unusual warmth. We had one brief interlude with fall last week, but now we get an extended period of highs mostly in the 60s and lows in the 40s.”

Keep in mind the Panhandle is under a freeze watch tomorrow morning, even though temps got to freezing in that area last week.

October 24 in Mesonet History*:
Record Maximum       96 F at GRA2 in 2003
Record Minimum       20 F at BEAV in 2005
Record Rainfall   6.72″ at MCAL in 2019
* – Mesonet History = since 1994