A guide outlining essential tips for safely operating string trimmers, edgers, and leaf blowers, including clearing debris beforehand, protecting people, pets, plants and property, wearing protective gear and watching traffic, managing cords on electric models, keeping clippings off roads and out of storm drains, and maintaining equipment by cleaning intakes and plastic parts without solvents.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on practical updates for producers, including JC Hobbs on tax implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a preview of the Sept. 18 Peanut & Cotton Field Day in Ft. Cobb, Mesonet insights from Emma White and Gary McManus on rainfall-boosted soil moisture and lingering cool weather, Derrell Peel on still-climbing beef prices, Vet Scripts with Barry Whitworth on spotting pinkeye, Cow-Calf Corner with Mark Johnson and King Ranch CEO Robert Hodgen on information asymmetry in the cattle industry, and Tyler Mason's tips for Oklahoma watermelon production and ripeness.
A guide outlining essential tips for safely operating string trimmers, edgers, and leaf blowers, including clearing debris beforehand, protecting people, pets, plants and property, wearing protective gear and watching traffic, managing cords on electric models, keeping clippings off roads and out of storm drains, and maintaining equipment by cleaning intakes and plastic parts without solvents.
A guide outlining essential tips for safe lawnmower use, including age guidelines, pre-mowing yard checks, forward-only mowing and proper blade-flap use, handling thick grass clogs safely, slope strategies for push vs. riding mowers and cord awareness for electric models.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on rabies awareness and vaccination for pets and select livestock; previews the 2025 Panhandle Crops Field Day and the next Rancher's Thursday Lunchtime series; explains Mesonet percent available water maps and notes emerging drought in north central Oklahoma; shares where to find 2025 OSU wheat variety trial results; weighs retaining calves amid high prices; offers tips on using native weeds for wildlife forage and valuing hay bales; spotlights a beginning farmer continuing a family legacy in Oklahoma County; and honors the life of trailblazing rancher Minnie Lou Bradley.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on Oklahoma agriculture, with new OSU Extension cotton specialist Jenny Dudak reporting on crop conditions and variety trials; a Mesonet explainer on the "corn sweet" phenomenon; economist John Michael Riley on WASDE-related corn market changes; details on the Rancher's Thursday Lunchtime Series; Mark Turner on rabies in wildlife and how to protect yourself; Mark Johnson on current replacement heifer values; and Paul Beck on timing calf marketing to capitalize on high cattle prices.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on creep feeding, fall armyworms, late-July heat and an outlook for a warmer, drier August, how Iowa corn conditions are influencing Oklahoma prices, a preview of the Rancher's Thursday Lunchtime Series, expected beef yield from a 1,200-pound steer and the 75th anniversary of Oklahoma Foundation Seed Stocks.
