Extension

This Week on SUNUP

• Christi Evans, OSU Extension food safety specialist and registered dietitians, discusses food safety amid the cyclosporiasis outbreak and offers tips on washing produce to lower your risk.

• Amanda Silva, OSU Extension small grains specialist, outlines the Wheat Improvement Team’s new wheat variety testing results. The program delivers timely information to producers on currently available wheat cultivars that are well adapted to Oklahoma.
• In the Mesonet Weather Report, state climatologist Gary McManus discusses the recent high heat index values and dew point temperatures, as well as the drought monitor and the 90-day outlooks for precipitation, temperatures and drought.

• Todd Hubbs, OSU Extension crop marketing specialist, looks at the factors behind the recent price rally for hard red winter wheat. He also analyzes the corn and soybean markets.
• In Cow-Calf Corner, Mark Johnson, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist, offers guidance on the best ways to manage cattle in the summer heat.

• In the Beginning Farmers and Ranchers segment, Dave Lalman, OSU Extension beef cattle specialist, shows the correct way to lock a gate.

• State 4-H Roundup participants tell SUNUP viewers what Oklahoma 4-H means to them.

• Small Vegetable Production Systems Field Day
  • Aug. 25, 9 a.m., OSU Student Farm, Stillwater

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