Mar 07
Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, today released the following statement on the passing of Tom Love, who founded the family owned and operated network of Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores. “The city of Oklahoma City and state of Oklahoma would look drastically different without the philanthropy and generosity of Tom Love and …
Mar 07
The American Soybean Association congratulates the regional winners of the 2023 Conservation Legacy Award. • Terry & Lori Dabbs, Stuttgart, Arkansas (South Region) • Tom Perlick, Washburn, Wisconsin (Upper Midwest Region) • Michael Vittetoe, Washington, Iowa (Midwest Region) • Les Seiler, Fayette, Ohio (Northeast Region) The award winners will be recognized at the annual ASA …
Mar 07
Noble Research Institute staff share four things they’d never do again — so you can learn from them. Since transitioning our ranches to a management style that focuses on soil health and profitability, we’ve aimed to be fully transparent. We want to show you the challenges, the lessons we’ve learned and the victories along the way. We …
Mar 07
Mark Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist, offers herd health advice as part of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner” published electronically by Dr. Peel, Mark Johnson, and Paul Beck. Today, Johnson is talking about the failure to expel the placenta after parturition. Retention of fetal membranes, or retained …
Mar 07
Editor’s note- Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays was at Day One of the 2023 International Livestock Congress in Houston where the total focus was on the impact of ESG to Beef cattle. Over the next several Beef Buzz reports, Hays will explore what was discussed at the Congress as it relates to Cattle …
Mar 07
House Committee on Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) brought the Committee to Oklahoma and held its second field hearing on the State of the American Economy: The Heartland. The hearing took place on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, in Yukon, Oklahoma. “During our first official hearing of the 118th Congress, the Ways and Means Committee …
Mar 07
By Mandy Gross Oklahoma State University is building a new home for OSU Agriculture and providing hard hat tours to those who want to learn more about the construction process and see progress up close and personal. The hard hat tours are popular as construction continues on the New Frontiers Agricultural Hall, said Randy Raper, …
Mar 07
The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dipped 5 points to a reading of 125 in February. Farmers’ perspectives regarding both current conditions on their farms and their expectations for the future also weakened. The Index of Current Conditions fell 2 points to 134 and the Index of Future Expectations declined 6 points to 121. …
Mar 07
It’s Election Day for voters across the state! All voters have a state question on the ballot. Some voters also have county questions and local propositions to decide. Polls will be open until 7 p.m. tonight. You can find your polling place and view a sample ballot at https://oklahoma.gov/elections/ovp.html. The election list is available on the …
Mar 07
Growth Energy, the nation’s leading biofuels trade association, again today called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rely on the best available science in its assessment of the environmental impacts of ethanol production and of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). In response to a call for comments on EPA’s Third Triennial Report on …
