Wildfire Recovery Efforts, Bradford Pear Trees & Livestock Markets
Saturday, March 23, 2024
This week on SUNUP:
- SUNUP meets up with OSU Agriculture Vice President and Dean Jayson Lusk shortly after he lands at the small airport at Gage in western Oklahoma. Lusk talks with OSU Extension County Educators Dana Bay and Loren Sizelove, as well as Ellis County Emergency Management Director Riley Latta, about the recent wildfires that devastated more than one million acres in Oklahoma and Texas. Special thanks to the OSU Aviation program for making the trip possible on short notice.
- Mark Johnson, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist, discusses production efficiency for cattle.
- Derrell Peel, OSU Extension livestock marketing, looks at the inventory numbers in the 2022 Ag Census.
- Kim Anderson, OSU Extension grain marketing specialist, says the forward contract price for wheat, corn, soybean and cotton is the best predictor for what harvest prices will be.
- Ryan DeSantis, OSU Extension forestry specialist, explains why the Bradford pear tree is such a nuisance.
- Finally, SUNUP heads to the Oklahoma Youth Expo to meet with some participants and Jim Rhodes, OSU Extension west district 4-H program specialist, to see what makes this event so special!
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