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OSU Extension honors Heart of Extension award winners

OSU Extension recognizes three administrative support specialists with the Heart of Extension award.
OSU Extension honors Heart of Extension award winners
Plant disease control possible through tree pruning

Wed, Jan 17, 2018

DURANT, Oklahoma – Homeowners and landowners looking over their property should take quick action if their trees and shrubs are observed to have wilted branches or dieback.

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Pittsburg County 4-H Educator Gregory Owen honored by Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

STILLWATER, Oklahoma – Gregory Owen of the Pittsburg County Extension Office received one of the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service's most prestigious honors on Jan. 10 when he was named a 2018 recipient of the statewide organization's

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Custer County’s Radonna Sawatzky named 2018 Distinguished Educator recipient by Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

STILLWATER, Oklahoma – "For us, it's personal" says the highly accurate testament of the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, whose county educators live and work in the counties and communities they serve; and Custer County Extension Educator

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Pesticide applicator CEUs available through Jan. 17-18 Red River Crops Conference in Altus

Wed, Jan 10, 2018

ALTUS, Oklahoma – Agricultural pesticide applicators in southwestern Oklahoma and the Texas Rolling Plains region can pick up needed continuing education credits by participating in the Red River Crops Conference Jan. 17-18 in Altus.

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Set your 2018 holiday budget now

Tue, Jan 9, 2018

STILLWATER, Okla. – The Christmas tree may still be standing in the living room. The gifts you received might not be put away. There may even be holiday meal leftovers still in the refrigerator.

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Time to begin early evening feeding of cows

Tue, Jan 9, 2018

STILLWATER, Oklahoma – Cow-calf producers who ensure adequate supervision at calving can have a significant effect on reducing calf mortality, always important but increasingly so with the higher price of live calves at sale time.

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Cattle producer profitability likely to be squeezed in 2018

Tue, Jan 9, 2018

STILLWATER, Oklahoma – Continued growth in beef production in 2018 is likely to pressure cattle and beef prices, with domestic and international beef demand being critical factors affecting prices.

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Spring-planted oats may be viable option for forage

Mon, Jan 8, 2018

PURCELL, Oklahoma – Producers in central Oklahoma who do not have sufficient wheat pasture, annual ryegrass or fescue pastures may want to determine if spring-planted oats are an option.

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Cow-calf producers should start obtaining colostrum now

Thu, Dec 21, 2017

STILLWATER, Oklahoma – Cow-calf operators should start locating, obtaining and storing several doses of colostrum or colostrum replacer sure to come in handy before the first heifers start to go into labor this spring.

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Clary recognized for completion of Food Systems Leadership Institute Executive Leadership Program

Thu, Dec 21, 2017

STILLWATER, Okla. – Already a proven university leader, Cynda Clary, associate dean in Oklahoma State University's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, is always trying to improve.

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