U.S. Government Reopens, Cotton Harvest & Replacement Heifers
Thursday, November 13, 2025
This week on SUNUP:
- Amy Hagerman, OSU Extension agricultural policy specialist, discusses the reopening of the U.S. Government and the impacts the extended Farm Bill programs will have on Oklahoma producers.
- SUNUP previews the upcomingRancher's Thursday Lunch Time Series.
- SUNUP travels toJackson County to meet with Clint Abernathy, a cotton producer who, after several challenging growing years, finally has a crop to harvest. We also talk withJenny Dudak, OSU Extension cotton specialist.
- In theMesonet weather report,Emma White, OSU Extension Mesonet agricultural meteorologist, discusses the recent cold spell before looking at the average rainfall for November. State climatologist Gary McManus says drought is expanding.
- In Market Monitor,John Michael Riley, OSU agricultural economist, has information on the latest trade news, cotton prices and the anticipation of the next WASDE report.
- In Cow-Calf Corner,Mark Johnson, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist, begins his new SUNUP series onreplacement heifers and the important role they will play in the cattle markets in the future.
- Finally, SUNUP learns what makes Robert Hodgen a2025 Distinguished Alumnus of the Ferguson College of Agriculture.
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