Jul 24
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Dr. Derrell Peel, about the latest USDA Cattle on Feed Report and the July 1 Cattle Inventory Report released on July 21, 2023. “The reports are telling us, basically, we are getting smaller on numbers, and numbers are getting …
Jul 22
The Oklahoma Department of Ag, Food, and Forestry had a board meeting on Friday at the 2023 Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association’s Annual Convention and Trade Show, open to all convention attendees. Following the meeting, Farm Director, KC Sheperd, caught up with Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur and talked about the meeting and more. “This is …
Jul 21
A select group of nine college students from across the country completed the Ag Voices of the Future program July 10-13 while in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the American Soybean Association and Valent U.S.A., the program gives students an inside look at how agricultural policies are made in the nation’s capital. The class was held …
Jul 21
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a series of investments that will increase market access and revenue streams for producers while strengthening the food system and giving consumers better access to locally grown foods and healthier choices. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small made the announcement in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as officials from …
Jul 21
At the 2023 Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association’s Annual Convention and Trade Show, Farm Director, KC Sheperd talked with Wes Lee from the Oklahoma Mesonet about an outlook for Oklahoma weather. While Oklahoma had some cooler temperatures this week, Lee said the week of July 24 may yield more triple-digit temperatures. “I believe the D4 drought has …
Jul 21
Post-Pasture Learning We would all love to identify that one bull that does it all — easy birth weight, his cattle all grow, and they all grade well and feed well,” says Lee Mayo, general manager of HRC Feed Yards, Scott City, Kan. “The only way to get the information needed to identify that bull …
Jul 21
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is featuring comments from the 2023 Beef Improvement Association annual meeting with a Beef Specialist at the University of Tennessee’s Genomics Center for the Advancement of Agriculture, Troy Rowan. Rowan’s research uses genomic and computational approaches to deliver tangible solutions to U.S. beef cattle producers while answering biological …
Jul 21
KC Sheperd, Farm Director, is back talking with Bob Rodenberger, a partner with Stockman Oklahoma Livestock Marketing, as he gives the latest on the cattle markets. “The numbers are a little lighter overall the state completely,” Rodenberger said. “Oklahoma City and El Reno have pretty much seen normal numbers to what they have seen a …
