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Ticks, Lesser Prairie-Chicken & Livestock Markets

Thursday, April 9, 2026

This week on SUNUP:

  • Jonathan Cammack, OSU Extension livestock entomologist, discusses Asian longhorned tick movement and where in Oklahoma the tick will likely be found.
  • In the Mesonet Weather Report, state climatologist Gary McManus analyzes how much rain the state received the past month.
  • SUNUP previews the upcoming Small Flock Poultry workshop.
  • In Livestock Marketing, Derrell Peel, OSU Extension livestock marketing specialist, explains why all cattle slaughter is down.
  • In Cow-Calf Corner, Mark Johnson, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist, discusses beef quality.
  • Finally, Mark Turner, OSU Extension wildlife specialist, says the lesser prairie-chicken was recently delisted from the Endangered Species List, but that doesn’t mean populations are thriving.

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