Wheat Variety Trials, Reconciliation Bill & New World Screwworm
Sunday, July 20, 2025
This week on SUNUP:
- Amy Hagerman, OSU Extension agricultural policy specialist, discusses the Reconciliation Bill and what changes are coming for agricultural producers.
- Amanda Silva, OSU Extension small grains specialist, looks back at the challenges wheat producers faced as harvest wraps up before discussing the OSU wheat variety trial results for this season.
- In the Mesonet Weather Report, Emma Safranek, OSU Mesonet agricultural meteorologist, gives a tour of the Mesonet website and shows how to access and use the tools available.
- Viewers are invited to the next Rancher’s Thursday Lunchtime Series, which kicks off July 24 at noon. Discussion centers around grazing management practices at work around Oklahoma.
- Derrell Peel, OSU Extension livestock marketing specialist, discusses heifer retention and how the lack of herd rebuilding is impacting the market.
- In Cow-Calf Corner, Mark Johnson, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist, explains when you should pull bulls from your herd.
- Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur discusses the response to the New World screwworm closures at the Mexico/U.S. Border.
- Finally, Ryan DeSantis, OSU Extension forestry specialist, has information on how flooding can cause uprooting issues for some Oklahoma trees.
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