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Special needs children compete to win at All For One Livestock Show

The LeFlore County Show grew in participation and support during its second year.
A young girl with brown hair and clear-framed glasses sits in her wheelchair holding the lead rope to a white goat's halter. She is wearing a blue shirt, blue jeans and leopard print cowboy boots. A teenage girl with a brown hair braid in a blue shirt and blue jeans pushes the little girl's wheelchair. A teenage boy in jeans and a rusty-colored orange shirt walks alongside the goat. They are walking in a show ring of wood chips, and there is a blurred view of the crowd sitting in the stands.
Minnie Lou Bradley talks 70 years of ranching progress in OSU Extension webinar

Mon, Nov 18, 2024

OSU alumna and celebrated rancher reflects on her time as a female collegiate livestock judging competitor in the 1950s and building her 70-year-old ranch.

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Hot and dry is the new normal as drought returns to impact Oklahoma agriculture

Mon, Oct 28, 2024

Many areas of Oklahoma are currently in drought, affecting cattle and crop operations.

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Calving Season – The Stakes are High

Tue, Oct 22, 2024

Calving is a major event in a farm’s calendar. Dystocia (a difficult birth) and neonatal infection are the leading causes of calf loss, and preparation and adequate care before, during, and after birth are key to the success of any calving season

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Asian longhorned tick identified in Oklahoma

Tue, Sep 10, 2024

Originally from eastern Asia, the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, has successfully established itself in Australia, New Zealand, several Pacific Region island nations, and now the United States. Detection of the tick in 2017 on a sheep in New Jersey was thought to be the first recognition of the tick in the United States, however, upon further analysis the tick was found in samples from as early as 2010.

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