Jun 27
Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Intern Maci Carter had the chance to visit with Dr. David Lalman, an OSU Extension Beef Cattle Specialist. Dr. Lalman and Carter discussed hardware disease with debris from the storm, other storm concerns, electricity battles within cattle production, and how to handle the heat as a producer this summer. “Hardware disease …
Jun 15
One year ago today, the Oklahoma gas price average reached $4.67 per gallon, setting an all-time record high. Gas prices in the state have dropped 31% since last year, with today’s gas price average sitting at $3.21 per gallon. This year, recession fears due to high inflation, somewhat curbed by ten straight Federal Reserve interest …
Jun 12
The Week For the first time since 2021, domestic gasoline demand was over 9 million barrels daily for a third straight week. Yet despite the robust numbers, pump prices barely budged as the low cost of oil is countering a spike for now. The national average for a gallon of gas dipped two cents since …
Jun 08
Associate Farm Editor, Reagan Calk, had the chance to visit with the head of Sorghum United, Nate Blum, about innovations in the sorghum industry and the Global Sorghum Conference taking place this week in France. With around 70 active members on every continent, Blum describes Sorghum United as a grassroots organization that involves each part …
May 28
The Oklahoma House of Representatives today approved the final appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2024, which begins July 1, fulfilling their constitutional duty to pass a balanced budget. The FY24 legislatively-appropriated budget is $12,866,390,628. House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, said the budget includes a historic investment into K-12 education, the largest increase to higher education …
May 28
In the final days of the legislative session, the Senate and House passed additional reforms to Oklahoma’s medical marijuana industry through Senate Bills 437 and 813. Sen. Jessica Garvin, R-Duncan, and her House authors released the following statements Friday. If signed by the governor, SB 437 would go into effect immediately while SB 813 would …
May 03
The Oklahoma Emergency Drought Commission will meet on May 8 at 10:00 Am at the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Building in the board room. There will be an opportunity for public comment. Oklahoma’s Emergency Drought Commission, enabled through passage of Enrolled House Bill 1923 in 2013, provides funding for drought mitigation and related projects in Oklahoma in …
Apr 27
Senator James Lankford (R-OK), lead Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, today held a hearing entitled, “Examining the Effects of Increased Migration on Communities Along the Southern Border.” Witnesses at today’s hearing included Chief of Police for McAlester, OK, Kevin Hearod; Mayor of Yuma, AZ, Douglas …
Apr 13
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved two measures protecting the integrity of Oklahoma’s election process Tuesday. Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, is the Senate principal author of House Bill 2052 and HB 2056. Oklahoma is currently authorized to enter into a multistate voter list maintenance organization, such as the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) but has not …
Apr 11
Statewide Discussion: Storms yesterday evening in parts of western and northcentral Oklahoma, bringing both rain and hail, yielded wetting isolated wetting amounts while outside of individual storm cells amounts of less than 0.10” was realized in the band of storms. Northwestern and Panhandle counties remain very dry with separation from a wetting event ranging from …
