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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 upcoming Rancher’s Thursday Lunch Time Series.
  • SUNUP travels to Jackson County to meet with Clint Abernathy, a cotton producer who, after several challenging growing years, finally has a crop to harvest. We also talk with Jenny Dudak, OSU Extension cotton specialist.
  • In the Mesonet 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 on replacement 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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