A 60-year-old Stuart, Okla. man was arrested Jan. 8, by Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Rangers Cody Hyde and Gavin Gatrell. Darrel Bernard Morris faces 83 felony charges of larceny of livestock for unlawfully selling cattle owned by his employer. The investigation began in December 2024 after Special Ranger Hyde received evidence and …
Category: Ag News
Jan 22
Lucas to Chair Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity
Today, the House Financial Services Committee held its organizational meeting for the 119th Congress. Congressman Lucas was placed on the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions. Lucas was also named the chair of the Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity. …
Jan 22
Oklahoma City Ranks Among Top 13 Filmmaking Centers in North America
Oklahoma City has been listed as No. 13 on MovieMaker Magazine’s 2025 list of “The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker” in the U.S. and Canada. This recognition coincides with the Oklahoma Film & Music Office’s official designation of Oklahoma City as a film-friendly city last week. Mayor David Holt celebrated the …
Jan 22
K-State’s Dr. Bob Weaber Explains EPDs and Selection Indexes
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is talking with Dr. Bob Weaber of Kansas State University about EPDs and indexes. Dr. Weaber consults with the North American Limousin Foundation about their genetic activity. He has found that putting EPD data into indexes is a good way for a breed to reach its improvement goals. …
Jan 22
State Election Board Conducts Routine Voter List Maintenance
The State Election Board completed its routine, statutorily mandated, biennial voter list maintenance on Friday, January 17 and Tuesday, January 21. The process removed 129,680 inactive voter registrations and 2,242 duplicate voter registrations from Oklahoma’s voter rolls. The removal of inactive and duplicate voter registrations is a thorough, multi-step process the State Election Board is …
Jan 22
U.S. Wheat Associates Board Elects Officers for 2025/26 Term
The U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) board of directors elected new officers for the organization’s 2025/26 fiscal year (July to June) at their meeting January 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Mike Carstensen of Almira, Wash., was newly elected as the organization’s next Secretary-Treasurer and will take office July in 2025. At the July board meeting in …
Jan 22
Future of Cotton Production: Strategies to Address the Loss of Dicamba with OSU’s Jenny Dudak
Following the 2025 Beltwide Cotton Conference in New Orleans, Farm Director KC Sheperd caught up with the new OSU Cotton specialist Jenny Dudak for a rundown on what was discussed. The three days of individual reports, panel discussions, hands-on workshops, and seminars were designed to provide attendees with the information needed to help producers make …
Jan 22
R-CALF USA on Fixing the Market
The following is an Op-Ed by R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) recently issued advance notice of proposed rulemaking titled Price Discovery and Competition in Markets for Fed Cattle is intended to resolve a very serious and chronic problem in the cattle industry’s fed cattle market. That problem is that a super …
Jan 22
Greeneye Technology Precision Spraying System Now Available for Cotton
Greeneye Technology, the pioneer of precision spraying technology that is proven to reduce non-residual herbicide use in farming by an average of 87%, today announces the expansion of its cutting-edge system to include cotton crops. This advancement follows extensive research and development field trials conducted last year to tailor the Greeneye system for cotton, building …
Jan 22
Paul Beck on Feeding Ionophores to Beef Cows
Weekly, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition Specialist Paul Beck offers his expertise on the beef cattle industry. This is part of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner,” published electronically by Dr. Derrell Peel, Mark Johnson, and Beck. Today, he discusses feeding ionophores to beef cows. Forage and supplemental feed costs …
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