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Oklahoma Emergency Preparedness Site

Living in Oklahoma often means dealing with natural disasters. Check out these insights, tips and strategies from OSU experts on ways to keep you and your family prepared and safe in the event of an emergency.

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National Weather Service: Climate Outlooks Serving Agriculture

Farming or ranching can be a risky business. When production and markets come together just right, producers can breathe a little easier. While extreme, localiz...

Meteorology Tornadoes Weather & Climate Weather & Disaster Preparedness Wildfire Recovery Wildfires

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Tracking Drought Using Soil Moisture Information

An overview and examples of how indicators and indices based on soil moisture can be used in tracking agricultural droughts.

Drought Weather & Disaster Preparedness

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Wildfire: Preparing the Ranch and Farm

Preparation and preventative concepts for wildfire on the ranch and farm.

Weather & Disaster Preparedness Wildfire Prevention Wildfires

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Management After Wildfire

The information needed for proper land management practices that can be used by landowners to implement after experiencing a wildfire on their property.

Fire Ecology Fire Effects on Plants & Soils Prescribed Fire Rangeland Management Weather & Disaster Preparedness Wildfire Recovery Wildfires

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USDA Program Recordkeeping Requirements

The requirements for recordkeeping to aid producers in choosing government farm programs.

Budgets & Recordkeeping Business Planning & Management Farm & Ranch Finances Natural Disaster Recovery Weather & Disaster Preparedness

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Farm and Ranch Stress Test

A generalized glossary of terms relating to farm financial stress and how they are used to indicate a farms financial position.

Business Planning & Management Farm & Ranch Finances Financial Statements Natural Disaster Recovery Weather & Disaster Preparedness

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Limit Feeding Concentrate Diets to Beef Cows as an Alternative to Feeding Hay

An explanation to limit feeding of beef cows, some management tips to keep the herd healthy and alternatives to corn in limit feeding.