Dec 13
Associate Farm Editor, Reagan Calk, is talking with the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission Trey Lam, about what the OCC has in store for 2023, including an update on emergency drought relief funds. “We really have a lot of exciting projects and programs going on,” Lam said. “One of our main focus areas …
Dec 12
Farm Director, KC Sheperd, attended the 11th annual All-American Beef Battalion benefit in the Oklahoma National Stockyards, where a calf is auctioned off each year to raise funds to aid military service members and their families through the AABB. The calf auctioned at this year’s benefit was donated by 3C Cattle Feeders and the Clyde …
Dec 12
The U.S. Meat Export Federations strategic planning conference took place last month in Oklahoma City, where they named Dean Meyer the new Chairman. Meyer is a corn, soybean, and livestock producer from Rock Rapids, Iowa. Farm Director KC Sheperd caught up with Meyer, who said the conference provided great information that brings something to everyone …
Dec 12
State Climatologist Gary McManus says a storm system is approaching from the West, “That system will drag a cold front through the state that will not only help propagate storms eastward through the state but also bring us back down to actual winter!” McManus says we will see the coldest weather around the Christmas Holiday, …
Dec 09
USDA on Friday lowered export demand for corn by 75 million bushels (mb), raising ending stocks in the process. They also dropped corn export demand to 2.075 billion bushels (bb), down 75 mb from November. That raised ending stocks to 1.257 bb. USDA released the monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) for December …
Dec 08
At the 2022 Tulsa Farm Show, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, visited with John Riles with Midwest Farm Shows. Hays and Riles talk about how far the show has come, as Riles’ family began the show 29 years ago. For the 29th year, the Tulsa Farm Show is being held at Expo Square’s …
Dec 08
According to the Oklahoma Mesonet, the state sees a couple more chances of rainfall into the weekend and early next week. In Oklahoma, exceptional drought is up just slightly from last week’s 19.77 and is now at 19.88. Extreme drought or worse is unchanged from last week at 64.01 percent. Severe drought or worse is …
Dec 07
October exports of U.S. pork were the largest in more than a year and beef export volume also increased from a year ago, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Pork exports reached 238,198 metric tons (mt) in October, up 5% from a year ago and the …
Dec 07
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, visited with Bayer WestBred’s Jeff Koscelny about wheat seed varieties at Bayer WestBred. Because 2022 was a tough year for anyone producing seed in the wheat industry, Koscelny said many of WestBred’s seed suppliers planted optional acres to ensure they there was enough supply. “We have done a …
Dec 07
At the Governor’s Mansion on December 6, the Oklahoma State University, NOC and Tuttle FFA livestock judging teams were all recognized for winning national championships this year. KC Sheperd, Farm Director, attended the event and got the chance to visit with Ag Secretary Blayne Arthur, and the Northern Oklahoma College livestock judging coach Jennifer Bedwell, …
