Mar 16
Each year at the Oklahoma Youth Expo, legislators have the opportunity to be paired with a showman and compete with other legislator/exhibitor pairs for the top showman. This opportunity allows legislators to connect with the future of the agriculture industry and be part of the Oklahoma Youth Expo experience. Following the Legislative Showmanship Competition at …
Mar 13
Farm Director, KC Sheperd, caught up with the owner of Ag Youth Magazine, Larry Peck at the Oklahoma Youth Expo and talked about the magazine’s last run. Larry Peck and his wife Mary Peck started the Ag Youth Magazine 35 years ago. After countless impressions on Oklahoma’s youth, Peck and his wife have decided to …
Mar 13
Statewide Discussion: While areas generally east of I-44 received wetting rains through last week, the rest of Oklahoma did not fare so well. The absence of wetting amounts continues to build with a specific note in the Panhandle and far northwestern Oklahoma, where a 4-6 month separation has become alarming. Significant fire danger is not …
Mar 08
USDA released its latest Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports on Wednesday, March 8. As expected by the grain trade, USDA on Wednesday lowered corn export demand 75 million bushels (mb) and also bumped up ending stocks for the crop by 75 mb as well. USDA trimmed soybean ending stocks …
Mar 07
Major Ag Groups within Oklahoma were a driving force in the success of the NO vote that prevailed in the statewide special ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana. Unofficial results show that all 77 counties voted no- with Oklahoma County the last of the counties that have ended up with the a no vote-with a …
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 06
This week marked the first major deadline for the 2023 Legislative Session. Thursday was the final day for all bills except budget bills to be passed out of their assigned committee from their chamber of origin. While numbers are not yet finalized, there are around 1,000 bills and joint resolutions left alive after the Thursday …
Mar 06
Farm Director, KC Sheperd, is visiting with Mary Chris Barth about the Beaver County Free Fair and Cimmaron Territorial Celebration combined event coming up on August 20th through the 26th. Barth is on the fair board in Beaver County and gives Sheperd a run-down of what the week will look like. “The panhandle, ‘no man’s …
Mar 05
Statewide Discussion: Temperature will again push to well-above normal Sunday afternoon accompanied by a dryline expanding into the Panhandle, northwestern and far western counties. Above-normal temperatures, low relative humidity and gusty winds will bring critical to near-critical fire weather into the area. While winds will be gusty across most of Oklahoma on Sunday, the critical …
Mar 03
At the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts’ 85th Annual Meeting, Farm Director, KC Sheperd, had the chance to visit with NRCS State Conservationist, Stacy Riley, talking about the locally-led conservation process and why it matters for communities throughout the state. Locally led conservation consists of a series of phases that involve community stakeholders in natural …
