Dec 06
Oklahoma Farm Bureau members are encouraged to check and verify the listed broadband internet service available in their areas on a coverage map recently released by the Federal Communications Commission. The Oklahoma Broadband Office is encouraging all Oklahomans to check the services available at their address for accuracy to ensure the state will receive the …
Dec 05
State Climatologist Gary McManus says we are 20 days away from Christmas and that there is a chance that SOMEONE in the US will see some Snow this Christmas. Still, probably NOT in Oklahoma, “Most places in Oklahoma have what could aptly be termed “negligible” odds for a white Christmas. We see zilch for not …
Dec 04
District winners gathered at Oklahoma State University’s Student Union this weekend to compete for state scholarship prizes in the 77th Annual AFR speech contest. Farm Director KC Sheperd was asked to be one of the judges and caught up with AFR President Scott Blubaugh to talk about this year’s competition: “This is our state championship …
Dec 02
State Climatologist Gary McManus says December is presenting a strange weather pattern with lots of chances for rain “Over the next week or so with lots of moisture wrapping around high pressure in South Texas and swinging up this way from the SW.” McManus says don’t get your hopes up for snow, though, “There won’t …
Nov 28
Warmer weather is headed our way this week, according to State Climatologist Gary McManus. He says,” It’s gonna get nice and warm, relatively speaking, on Tuesday, then really cold Tuesday night and Wednesday then warms up again by the weekend. It’s the classic Oklahoma temperature roller coaster, just in time for December.” McManus says this …
Nov 23
Not much has changed hay volume continues to lower. As we look at the drought, we continue to see more hay coming into Oklahoma and being traded compared to trading our own Oklahoma hay crop. As we look at the Oklahoma Mesonet Drought Monitor, we are at 22.3 percent in exceptional drought, 64.5 percent in …
Nov 22
Winter is coming and hay inventories are low. Given the current situation, it can come as a relief to just find hay to purchase. In 2022 many of us in Oklahoma find ourselves making hay purchases from out of state that are not the typical harvested forages we use in Oklahoma. Regardless of the hay …
Nov 21
Welcome rains have fallen across the state in recent weeks, but much of Oklahoma is still in a drought. Oklahoma State University Extension has rounded up the following drought relief funding channels that are currently available to producers and noted some of the most important drought policies in effect during this challenging season. Water availability …
Nov 21
Its been chilly since the cold front blew in back on November 10th. According to State Climatologist Gary McManus, “This is the most serious below-normal period we’ve seen in the state since…well, we haven’t seen anything like this in the state since probably Feb. 2021” McManus said we have seen periods where we were colder, …
Nov 15
Sen. Blake “Cowboy” Stephens, R-Tahlequah, is urging farmers and ranchers to report the number of black vultures killed on their property. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects black vultures, meaning Oklahomans can only take up to five birds a year with a sub-permit, but Stephens said this is a growing problem, and the current limits …
