This week on SUNUP: Topics include spring cattle management, dystocia and herd selection strategies, the spread of the Asian longhorned tick in Oklahoma, preferred quail habitat, and a behind-the-scenes look at the Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory.
This week on SUNUP: OSU Extension specialists cover key agricultural topics across Oklahoma, including soil erosion prevention, recent rainfall updates, spring cattle management, fuel prices and wheat conditions, marbling selection in beef herds, and land recovery after wildfire. Plus, learn about upcoming events like the Wheat and Forages Field Day in Chickasha and the Small Flock Poultry Workshop in El Reno.
This week on SUNUP, Oklahoma State University Extension specialists discuss the spread of the Asian longhorned tick in Oklahoma, recent rainfall totals across the state, and preview an upcoming small flock poultry workshop, along with insights on declining cattle slaughter, beef quality considerations, and the status of the lesser prairie-chicken following its removal from the endangered species list.
This week on SUNUP, Oklahoma State University Extension specialists discuss avian influenza prevention, worsening drought with possible rain, cattle market recovery, wildlife-friendly winter land management, bull leasing versus buying costs, and wildfire protection tips, along with the program’s annual viewer survey.
Learn more about active wildfires, feeding needs during wildfires, disposing needs, the importance of mental health during wildfires, how drought is affecting wheat and canola crops, the ongoing drought conditions and freeze branding on cattle.
This week on SUNUP, OSU Extension specialists cover key agricultural topics across Oklahoma. Discussions include canola and camelina crop potential, drought conditions after recent snowfall, and the continued decline of the U.S. cattle herd. Experts also explain falling wheat prices, share the history of chocolate ahead of Valentine’s Day, offer tips to prevent cattle theft, and highlight the importance of timely wheat fertilization.
This week’s SUNUP focuses on the real cost of raising a cow, featuring Dave Lalman’s in-depth series on feed expenses, herd performance differences, cost calculations and long-term efficiency strategies to help cattle producers improve profitability.
This week’s SUNUP episode focuses on OSU weed science research, weather and drought outlooks, grain marketing updates, beef cattle profitability and highlights a 2025 Ferguson College of Agriculture Distinguished Alumnus.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on wheat and canola updates, the cost to raise a cow, Mesonet weather report, price disruption in the markets, deer movement, cattle genotype, selection and mating and the upcoming Statewide Pesticide Zoom.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on evaluating beef-cattle economics with Dr. Mark Johnson, exploring Mesonet weather instruments with Emma White, revisiting a Pittsburg County 4-H alum's growing holiday project and celebrating Tom and Rhonda Coon as the 2025 OSU Agriculture Champions, with added coverage of the 2025 Winter Crops School.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on programming resources available to Oklahoma producers, when to blanket horses, the dry fall season, food safety tips for the holidays, replacement heifers and additional highlights.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on the impacts of the government reopening and extended Farm Bill programs, previews the Rancher's Thursday Lunchtime Series, highlights a long-awaited cotton harvest in Jackson County, reviews recent weather and drought expansion, covers key market updates, begins a new series on replacement heifers, and spotlights 2025 Distinguished Alumnus Robert Hodgen.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on strong summer crop performance, the impacts of the government shutdown on agriculture, weather updates on soil moisture and drought, steady cattle markets, selecting quality replacement heifers, and upcoming OQBN sale dates.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on protecting poultry from avian influenza, managing cow supplementation costs, and Oklahoma's windy weather. Plus, updates on drought relief, farm stress resources, the U.S.–China soybean trade deal, and a spotlight on Distinguished Alumnus Bill Clymer.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on Oklahoma agriculture, from winter wheat planting updates and fall armyworm scouting to the cost of raising a cow with an emphasis on feed, a cooler weekend and worsening dryness in the Mesonet Weather Report, upcoming OSU Extension programs for ranchers and beginning vegetable growers, crop market declines and their impact on state prices, follow-up on carcass weights, quality grades and consumer demand, and a profile of Distinguished Alumna Shannon Angle.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on wheat nutrient management, the Rural Economic Outlook Conference, challenges with U.S. crops and early heifer pregnancy checks.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on agricultural policy updates, cattle production costs, Mesonet tools for wheat producers, drought conditions, livestock health and markets, and upcoming events like the Cowboy Stampede and Livestock and Range Field Day.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on timely fall management, from scouting graze-out wheat for fall armyworms and attending the Peanut & Cotton Field Day (Sept. 18, Ft. Cobb) and Cotton Field Day (Sept. 25, Altus), to August rainfall and expanding southwest drought in the Mesonet report, fall weaning tips, Canada–U.S. beef trade insights, the 7% body condition score rule in Cow-Calf Corner, and a pecan crop update noting scab concerns.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on managing fall armyworms in wheat, the rise in pecan scab and sending samples to OSU's diagnostic lab, an invite to Cotton Field Day in Altus on Sept. 25, Oklahoma wheat planting and emergence weather outlook, analysis of the September WASDE report, estimating winter hay needs for cattle, and a wheat grinding demonstration and crop discussion from Agtropolis at the Oklahoma State Fair.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on cost-effective cattle management, including supplementation for growing calves, expected beef yield, restoring pastures to bermudagrass, and when to market calves amid high prices; it also covers foot rot signs in Vet Scripts, previews OSU Agriculture's Peanut and Cotton Field Days (Sept. 18, Ft. Cobb; Sept. 25, Altus), and profiles an Oklahoma County producer carrying on a family farm legacy.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on practical updates for producers, including JC Hobbs on tax implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a preview of the Sept. 18 Peanut & Cotton Field Day in Ft. Cobb, Mesonet insights from Emma White and Gary McManus on rainfall-boosted soil moisture and lingering cool weather, Derrell Peel on still-climbing beef prices, Vet Scripts with Barry Whitworth on spotting pinkeye, Cow-Calf Corner with Mark Johnson and King Ranch CEO Robert Hodgen on information asymmetry in the cattle industry, and Tyler Mason's tips for Oklahoma watermelon production and ripeness.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on rabies awareness and vaccination for pets and select livestock; previews the 2025 Panhandle Crops Field Day and the next Rancher's Thursday Lunchtime series; explains Mesonet percent available water maps and notes emerging drought in north central Oklahoma; shares where to find 2025 OSU wheat variety trial results; weighs retaining calves amid high prices; offers tips on using native weeds for wildlife forage and valuing hay bales; spotlights a beginning farmer continuing a family legacy in Oklahoma County; and honors the life of trailblazing rancher Minnie Lou Bradley.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on Oklahoma agriculture, with new OSU Extension cotton specialist Jenny Dudak reporting on crop conditions and variety trials; a Mesonet explainer on the "corn sweet" phenomenon; economist John Michael Riley on WASDE-related corn market changes; details on the Rancher's Thursday Lunchtime Series; Mark Turner on rabies in wildlife and how to protect yourself; Mark Johnson on current replacement heifer values; and Paul Beck on timing calf marketing to capitalize on high cattle prices.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on creep feeding, fall armyworms, late-July heat and an outlook for a warmer, drier August, how Iowa corn conditions are influencing Oklahoma prices, a preview of the Rancher's Thursday Lunchtime Series, expected beef yield from a 1,200-pound steer and the 75th anniversary of Oklahoma Foundation Seed Stocks.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on crop and livestock conditions in Kay County, including how local corn is withstanding extreme heat, rising insect pressure in summer crops, delayed wheat harvests, weather and drought outlooks, beef market trends, and an upcoming agriculture conference.
This week's SUNUP episode focuses on key updates for Oklahoma's agricultural producers, including the latest federal policy changes, wheat harvest challenges, market trends, weather tools, grazing management, herd management decisions, border biosecurity, and the impact of flooding on local trees.
