Why you want them, how to know what you’ve got and how to get more. Cattle. Sheep. Goats. When ranchers think about the creatures living on their land, their minds probably go to the livestock. But there’s a whole host of other species in residence — and how many are present could indicate the health …
Category: Ag News
Mar 29
R.A. Brown’s Tucker Brown Emphasizes Creating a Positive Image for Beef Consumers
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back visiting with beef advocate and sixth-generation cattle rancher from Throckmorton, Texas, Tucker Brown, about how he advocates for the beef industry by educating and entertaining consumers. Brown is active in his family’s operation, the R.A. Brown Ranch, and is on the Leadership Development Committee at the …
Mar 29
CAB Insider: Seasonal Quality Grade Highs Likely Already Posted
In early March, the fed cattle market topped out at just over $165/cwt. before pulling back to an average around $164/cwt., where prices have become stagnant for a few weeks. Live cattle contract prices on the CME have been unsettled, to put it mildly. It is likely that the unrest surrounding financial institutions, coupled with …
Mar 29
Factors Affecting Calf Prices in 2021-2022 from Superior Livestock Auction Data
Weekly, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition Specialist Paul Beck offers his expertise on the beef cattle industry. This is a part of the weekly series known as the “Cow-Calf Corner.” Today, he talks about factors affecting calf prices. There are some management and health programs that consistently increase sale price of beef calves. …
Mar 29
Defined:Be It Bank or Beverage, Choices Matter
While we’ll leave fuller explanations for the turmoil financial institutions such as Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and others to those with more expertise, it’s clear that good-old-fashioned poor choices played a role. It turns out that betting heavily on low-interest government debt when that government is hiking interest rates to fight inflation might not …
Mar 29
Cole Announces 2023 Art Competition for OK-04
The office of Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) is now accepting entries from high school students in the Fourth Congressional District for An Artistic Discovery, the annual Congressional Art Competition. The winning artist’s work will be displayed for one year in the Cannon Tunnel of the U.S. Capitol. Sponsored by the Congressional Institute, this nationwide competition …
Mar 29
Biden Administration’s USDA Leaving Ag Producers to Weather the Storm Alone
Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined his colleagues on the House Agriculture Committee for a hearing with United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack. Lucas questioned Secretary Vilsack on USDA’s administration of the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) and how the Agency’s adjusted coverage negatively impacts farmers and ranchers across the United States. USDA changed the eligibly …
Mar 29
USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub and Partners to host Sustainable Farming in a Changing Climate Seminar on April 29 for Producers in Clearview, Oklahoma
The seminar will focus on tools to help small and medium sized as well as underserved producers. As part of their ongoing commitment to help production agriculture in Oklahoma and the Southern Plains region of the United States, the USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub (Climate Hub), in partnership with the City of Clearview, Langston University, …
Mar 29
Dairy Up Close Reaches the Rockies
Dairy MAX expands its mini-video docuseries, Dairy Up Close, to feature a Colorado dairy farm family. Real. Transparent. Sustainable. Community. These are just a few of the words we hear daily that matter most to today’s consumers, especially when it pertains to foods and beverages. Knowing the importance of these few words to today’s consumer, …
Mar 29
FAPC to host an artisan and grain workshop on May 17
By Kirsten Hollansworth Renee Albers-Nelson, baking and milling specialist with the Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center at Oklahoma State University, is set to host All You Knead to Know, an artisan and grain workshop, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 17 at FAPC. Anyone from a chef to a farmer, as …
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