Extension

This week on SUNUP: 

• Rosslyn Biggs, DVM, OSU Extension beef cattle specialist, discusses rabies in Oklahoma and explains why it’s essential for pets and certain livestock to have updated vaccines to combat this deadly virus.
• SUNUP previews the upcoming 2025 Panhandle Crops Field Day.
• In the Mesonet Weather Report, Emma White, OSU Extension Mesonet agricultural meteorologist, explains what the percent available water maps actually measure. State climatologist Gary McManus says the drought is showing up in north central Oklahoma.
• SUNUP has information on finding the 2025 OSU wheat variety trial results online as planting season approaches.
• Derrell Peel, OSU Extension livestock marketing specialist, discusses whether it would be beneficial to retain any calves given the high prices in the calf market.
• SUNUP previews the next Rancher’s Thursday Lunchtime series.
• In Naturally Speaking, Mark Turner, OSU Extension wildlife specialist, has tips for using native weeds for wildlife forage options.
• In Cow-Calf Corner, Mark Johnson, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist, explains how much a bale of hay is worth this year.
• SUNUP travels to Oklahoma County to meet a producer who decided to carry on the legacy of the family farm. Josh Campbell, OSU Extension beginning farmer and rancher specialist, tells us how the operation got off the ground and shares information about the program.
• Finally, we remember the life and legacy of Minnie Lou Bradley, a highly-regarded rancher and the first woman to graduate with an animal husbandry degree from OSU.

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