Aug 24
Oklahoma State University is welcoming 37,411 students across the OSU System this fall, thanks to all-time highs in full-time student, online, and Native American enrollment and the university’s strongest Oklahoma resident enrollment in over four decades. As students return to the system’s five campuses statewide for another academic year, OSU has reached a record of …
Aug 24
Late August is delivering some of the most intense temperatures of the season across Oklahoma, with the potential to mark the hottest day of the year so far. According to State Climatologist Gary McManus, anyone assuming late August cannot rival the brutal conditions seen earlier in the month only needs to look at the history …
Aug 24
Droughts in the United States are becoming more intense and unpredictable, and the nation needs to develop a new drought assessment framework to better understand and address them, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The report urges the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the interagency National Integrated Drought Information …
Aug 24
Today, the Farm Credit Administration announced the departure of Board Member Glen Smith following his Senate confirmation as under secretary of rural development for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Smith was appointed to the FCA board by President Donald Trump in 2017 and later served as the agency’s board chairman and CEO from 2019 to …
Aug 24
Oklahoma voters will head to the polls Tuesday, August 25, for the state’s Runoff Primary Election, with several statewide offices, congressional and legislative races and two state questions on the ballot. Polls across Oklahoma will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Voters who are in line by 7 p.m. will be allowed to …
Aug 24
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Don Close of Terrain, who says the latest USDA Cattle on Feed report contained some encouraging signs for the cattle market, particularly the lower-than-expected placement number. Placements Below Trade Expectations Close says he was pleased with the report because placements came in …
Aug 24
A panel of veteran agricultural leaders held a comprehensive media briefing to formally launch Restore American Agriculture, an initiative aimed at breaking congressional gridlock, restoring long-term bipartisan alliances, and directly addressing the worsening economic crisis across rural America. The group—responsible for coordinating recent bipartisan letters signed by dozens of agricultural figures to the House and …
Aug 24
Change has shaped Jeremy Visser’s life from the beginning – and it’s often opened the door to something better. “There are opportunities if you are willing to change and willing to adapt,” he said. Visser is a fourth-generation Northwest Dairyman’s Association dairy farmer whose family’s dairy story began when the first and second generations came …
Aug 24
Brian Mills writes in Southern Ag Today: Row crop farmers are price takers with little to no influence on the price the market sets for their goods. Therefore, managing costs and yield is very important to maintaining profitability. It is a difficult balance meeting each crop’s basic fundamental needs, such as water or fertilizer, while …
Aug 24
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) expressed their strong appreciation to the Trump Administration for its continued focus on using all available trade tools to resolve outstanding U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dairy market access issues with Canada. With a 50 percent tariff on certain Canadian imports taking effect on Saturday, …
