Extension

This week on SUNUP:

• Amanda De Oliveira Silva, OSU Extension grain marketing specialist, says the recent cold weather has kept much of the wheat crop from reaching first hollow stem, but snow helped insulate many grain-only productions from freeze damage. Dr. Silva also shares her research on wheat grazing study.
• Barry Whitworth, OSU Extension state veterinarian, has information when it comes to safety when buying chickens and eggs with avian influenza impacting the poultry industry.
• State climatologist Gary McManus says rain chances return in a few days, but a dry pattern is likely this spring.
• John Michael Riley, OSU agricultural economist, explains how the markets reacted to the recent cold snap.
• Mark Johnson, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist, discusses calving in extreme temperatures.
• Finally, Ty Gregson, OSU Extension assistant opioid and substance misuse specialist, explains how seasonal depression can set in and introduces OSU Extension tools available to combat the issue.

 

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