Amy Hagerman, Oklahoma State University Extension specialist for agriculture and food policy, recently released a livestock risk management handbook in partnership with Texas A&M University. The handbook contains a variety of financial programs and other resources for producers.
Oklahoma State University hosted a carcass management training in mid-May to teach animal production industry and U.S. Department of Agriculture professionals the basics of composting.
Gina Peek has accepted the offer to serve as associate dean, Extension engagement and continuing education; and assistant director, Oklahoma State University Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences.
The Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents is slated to approve Wade Thomason as the new department head of plant and soil sciences at its meeting in June. Thomason will begin his role on Aug. 1.
The unseasonably warm weather has a lot of producers wondering how it will affect their crop yields next year, and ornamental plants have already been spotted in bloom.