Tue, Sep 19, 2017

STILLWATER, Oklahoma – Insights about trends and expectations regarding agriculture and rural economies will be the focus of the Rural Economic Outlook Conference taking place Oct. 20 on Oklahoma State University’s Stillwater campus.

Mon, Jul 31, 2017

STILLWATER, Okla. – A recent rally in the wheat marketplace was met with widespread enthusiasm by agricultural producers, and then it evaporated like early morning dew on a hot summer day.

Tue, Jul 25, 2017

STILLWATER, Okla. – Tick. Tick. Tick. The time is fast approaching when Oklahoma wheat producers will need to determine whether or not to grow dual-purpose wheat for grazing.

Tue, Jul 25, 2017

STILLWATER, Okla. – There is an old and very true adage about beef trade: What goes on over there has an effect on what goes on over here.

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

STILLWATER, Okla. – Beef and cattle markets have defied “economic gravity” by staying stronger, longer than most analysts expected this spring, but seasonal pressure has caused the markets to weaken and they likely will struggle for the next six weeks or so.

Wed, Jun 28, 2017

STILLWATER, Okla. – China agreeing to open its domestic market to U.S. beef has been in the news, but producers need to remember it is only the first step in an ongoing and lengthy process.

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

STILLWATER, Okla. – A forward thinking researcher along with a former Miss America turned television co-host will headline the slate of speakers at the 2017 Oklahoma Statewide Women in Agriculture and Small Business Conference set for Aug. 3-4 in Oklahoma City.

Tue, May 30, 2017

ENID, Okla. – Oklahoma farmers planting sorghum in June need to be aware that sugarcane aphid infestations before the boot stage can decimate their crop, underscoring the need to budget a corrective insecticide application before planting.

Wed, May 24, 2017

STILLWATER, Okla. – Markets have been buoyed by tighter than expected supplies of beef, stronger than expected domestic demand, continued strong beef exports and speculative support in live and feeder cattle futures contracts.

Fri, May 19, 2017

STILLWATER, Okla. – Call it pomp and circumstance, just with a Far East twist and Cowboy twang.

Tue, May 16, 2017

STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma cattle producers who received the Oklahoma State University Stocker Survey from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service recently but who have not returned it will soon be receiving a call from NASS to help them complete the survey.

Fri, May 12, 2017

STILLWATER, Okla. – Beef imports are often viewed as partially offsetting beef exports thus reducing the net value of beef trade; in reality both beef exports and imports add value to the U.S. beef industry.