A Living Legacy
Longhorns made an indelible imprint on the 19th-century Western landscape. Between 1866 and 1890, more than 10 million cattle were driven on the Chisholm and other trails out of Texas. In his classic 1941 book […]
Farm & Ranch
Sixth-generation rancher Clay Forst to serve as Area IV Commissioner of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission
By Bryan Painter Fact is more than 150 years of tradition run through the Caddo, Okla., operation of the Stuart Ranch. Plus, the Chisholm Trail runs through the painting-perfect pastures of the family’s Waurika ranch […]
Anthrax at the Farm Level
Barry Whitworth, DVM Area Food/Animal Quality and Health Specialist for Eastern Oklahoma Recently, several areas of Oklahoma have experienced record flooding. On rare occasions in Oklahoma, the disease anthrax has been associated with abnormally wet […]
Oklahoma’s Creek County Ag Tour going strong for 76 years.
Thursday, May 16, 2019 marked the 76th Annual Creek County Ag Tour. The tour started during the WWII era, in the year 1943. The goal of the Creek County Conservation District back in 1943 was […]
An Interesting Year for the Oklahoma Climate
By Everett Brazil III The Southern Great Plains has seen a cool, wet spring, driven by El Nino conditions that led to record rainfall in May and hampering wheat harvest and crop planting. While the […]
New Paraquat Requirements
By Everett Brazile III Paraquat has long been used as a broad-spectrum herbicide, as it attacks a variety of weeds across the state. Applicators using the herbicide will now have to follow additional requirements for […]
Oklahoma Conservation deeply rooted and getting stronger according to U.S. Census of Agriculture
By Bryan Painter The recently released 2017 U.S. Census of Agriculture detailed in part that less and less of Oklahoma’s soil is whisked away by its powerful winds. A good anchor will do that. “The […]
From Tree to Table
It began in the mid-1980s when, alongside their father Len, Justin and Jared Miller began to grow and harvest pecans. As their knowledge of the industry grew, the brothers worked to evolve and expand the […]
Biosecurity at the Farm Level
Barry Whitworth, DVM Area Food/Animal Quality and Health Specialist for Eastern Oklahoma Recent events such as African Swine Fever in China, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea at the Oklahoma Youth Expo and Virulent Newcastle Disease in California […]
Downer Cows
By Barry Whitworth, DVM Area Food/Animal Quality and Health Specialist for Eastern Oklahoma Most cattle producers at some point will have to deal with a downer cow. The experience is often frustrating for a variety […]