Wheat Variety Trials, Chronic Wasting Disease & Livestock Markets
Thursday, June 8, 2023
This week on SUNUP:
- Brett Carver, OSU wheat genetics chair, continues his wheat variety discussion from the 2023 Wheat Field Day at Lahoma.
- Wes Lee, OSU Extension Mesonet agricultural coordinator, discusses how western Oklahoma benefited from the recent rains.
- Derrell Peel, OSU Extension livestock marketing specialist, explains how drought improvements have impacted beef prices.
- Kim Anderson, OSU Extension grain marketing specialist, looks back at how wheat prices have fluctuated from February until now.
- Mark Johnson, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist, talks with Frank Mitloehener, University of California-Davis Extension air quality specialist, about the positive impact the cattle industry can have on climate change.
- SUNUP has information about the first-ever confirmed case of chronic wasting disease in Oklahoma.
- Darren Scott, OSU food scientist, discusses the process of making vegetable oil.
- Finally, SUNUP takes a look at a special wheat herbicide trial that aims to keep weeds out of fields.
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