Mar 27
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with OKC West Auctioneer Jon Cooper, who shares insight on the strong cattle market at OKC West and what’s driving higher prices across the region. For many of you, Jon is a familiar face and voice at the world’s Largest Junior Livestock Show, …
Mar 27
More than 23% of agricultural cooperatives are more than 100 years old and 77% are more than 50 years old. Part of the clientele for those cooperatives are young producers. Almost 300,000 farmers (9% of the total) are under 35 years of age. This small but growing segment of the farm population often has limited …
Mar 27
The spring planting season is officially underway, setting the foundation for the year’s peanut crop. In a recent interview with associate farm reporter Carli Davenport, BASF representative Adam Hixon emphasized that this year’s unusual weather patterns make early planning and proactive management more important than ever for growers across the region. “It’s really a good …
Mar 27
Fire danger remains the primary concern for Oklahomans today as a powerful cold front has pushed through the state, bringing intense post-frontal winds that are challenging control lines on numerous active wildfires. A Red Flag Warning is in effect through this evening for most of central and western Oklahoma, where wind gusts could reach as …
Mar 27
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Mar 26
The OSU Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center continues to advance its modernization efforts with new equipment investments, expanded technical expertise and facility enhancements designed to strengthen service to Oklahoma’s food and agricultural industries. Recent additions to the FAPC pilot plant include a bowl chopper, a 21-needle injector, a tumbler, a grinder/mixer and …
Mar 26
U.S. farmer competitiveness in the global marketplace, the cost-price squeeze of inputs and commodity prices, and market consolidation and corporate power, were top of mind concerns for most individuals responding to a recent survey conducted by the Southern Cotton Ginners Association of attendees to the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show. The survey was just one …
