This week's SUNUP episode focuses on wheat and canola updates, the cost to raise a cow, Mesonet weather report, price disruption in the markets, deer movement, cattle genotype, selection and mating and the upcoming Statewide Pesticide Zoom.
Grow fresh, nutritious sprouts at home all winter with easy jar methods. Discover how to sprout alfalfa, broccoli, radish and more for a continuous supply of healthy greens.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on evaluating beef-cattle economics with Dr. Mark Johnson, exploring Mesonet weather instruments with Emma White, revisiting a Pittsburg County 4-H alum's growing holiday project and celebrating Tom and Rhonda Coon as the 2025 OSU Agriculture Champions, with added coverage of the 2025 Winter Crops School.
Sprouts are easy-to-grow young plants packed with nutrients, offering a fresh, flavorful way to enjoy beans, grains and leafy seeds year-round, even during cold weather.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on programming resources available to Oklahoma producers, when to blanket horses, the dry fall season, food safety tips for the holidays, replacement heifers and additional highlights.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on the impacts of the government reopening and extended Farm Bill programs, previews the Rancher's Thursday Lunchtime Series, highlights a long-awaited cotton harvest in Jackson County, reviews recent weather and drought expansion, covers key market updates, begins a new series on replacement heifers, and spotlights 2025 Distinguished Alumnus Robert Hodgen.
Explore the truth behind recent political allegations of market manipulation in the beef industry. Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, explains why beef packers—despite accusations—are facing record losses, not exercising market power. Learn how supply shortages, industry concentration and economic fundamentals shape cattle prices and beef markets, and why dismantling packing infrastructure could harm producers and consumers for years.
