Jun 01
It was another late night for Carson Holmes on the third floor of Legacy Hall on Oklahoma State University’s campus. Holmes, a sophomore landscape architecture student at OSU, was surrounded by crumpled-up piles of scratch paper. He’d spent the past three weeks tweaking his design, trying to nail down a final one he liked. “I remember Carson …
Jun 01
The U.S. cattle industry has been characterized by cycles of inventory and prices since the modern ranching industry developed in the late 1800s. There have been twelve cyclical inventory peaks in the last 129 years, with the first in 1890 and most recently in 2019 (Figure 1). Cycles have been persistent regardless of whether the …
Jun 01
Most individuals equate feeding horses to gain muscle or to achieve high performance with feeding protein. But there is much more to the protein equation than just how much is consumed in the diet. Muscle protein synthesis is regulated by a system called mTOR, which itself is activated by dietary amino acids, insulin and exercise, …
Jun 01
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays features comments from three leading beef economists — Dr. Derrell Peel, Don Close, and Nevil Speer — about one of the biggest questions facing the cattle business today: at what point, if any, will consumers back away from beef prices that continue climbing higher? …
Jun 01
Agricultural producers across Oklahoma will once again have the opportunity to gather, learn, and connect this summer as the Oklahoma Conservation Commission prepares for the fourth annual Crossroads Conference, returning to Enid after a year on the road. Associate Farm Reporter Carli Davenport recently spoke with Meg Greski of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission about the …
Jun 01
The 2026 NBHA Professional’s Choice Vegas Super Show, held May 29–31 at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas, experienced an isolated incident during the early morning hours of Saturday, May 30, involving the mistreatment of a limited number of equine athletes by an event competitor. The situation was addressed immediately in coordination with the …
Jun 01
Cover crops are plants typically grown by farmers to improve soil health, help with carbon sequestration, weed suppression, and reduce erosion. Unlike cash crops, cover crops are not intended to be sold for a profit, but rather, to serve as a natural complement to the production of cash crops (typically corn and soybeans). As such, …
Jun 01
R-Calf USA writes: We typically measure the current state of our livestock industries by comparing them to conditions that existed a bit over a generation ago, in 1980, and we evaluate the industry trends that have materialized since then. Several events occurred in the 1980s that profoundly influenced the trajectories of our livestock industries. In …
Jun 01
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
May 31
Speaking to a room of producers facing tight margins and regulatory bottlenecks, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin vowed to dismantle standard federal mandates on Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) systems. Zeldin made the remarks during a focused agricultural roundtable with Oklahoma farmers and ranchers on Saturday, May 30, emphasizing that current mitigation protocols are …
