Extension

This week on SUNUP:

• Brett Carver, OSU wheat genetics chair, discusses the OSU Wheat Improvement Team's recent purple wheat release, OSU-P92. The variety has three times the anthocyanins, the same food pigments found in pomegranates and blueberries, as traditional hard red winter wheat. Dr. Carver explains why this new breed of wheat could be a healthier option for consumers.
• With the recent severe weather, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist Mark Johnson discusses how hardware disease can affect cattle.
• In the Mesonet Weather Report, state climatologist Gary McManus analyzes recent rainfall and shows how much the state received.
• In Livestock Marketing, Derrell Peel, OSU Extension livestock marketing specialist, says boxed beef prices are expected to increase this spring and gives context on how uncertainty in the world can impact the markets.
• In Cow-Calf Corner, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist Mark Johnson explains why temperature regulation is so important for calves this time of year.
• SUNUP previews the upcoming Rancher’s Thursday Lunchtime Series, as well as the upcoming OSU Agriculture Field Day at Chickasha. 
• Finally, Dave Lalman, OSU Extension beef cattle specialist, takes SUNUP behind the scenes at the Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Lab with lab coordinator Kendal Henderson.

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