Candace Krebs

2 weeks ago | enidnews.com | Candace Krebs

DRUMMOND, Okla. — Last year Jeff Boedeker harvested 75-bushel-to-the-acre wheat in Garfield County, where the average is around 34. Even fields that were pounded by a hailstorm so intense it left dimples in the ground and put $4,000 worth of damage on a pickup in 15 seconds, yielded 60 to 65 bushels. kAmw6 2EEC:3FE6D C6DF=ED =:<6 E9:D E@ 8@@5 7F?52>6?E2=Di 7665:?8 E96 4C@A H92E :E ?665D[ :?G6DE:?8 :? 8@@5 D665 86?6E:4D 2?5 >2E49:?8 E96 G2C:6EJ E@ E96 6?G:C@?>6?E 2?5 D@:= EJA6]k^Am kAm“%96?

2 weeks ago | chickashanews.com | Candace Krebs

DRUMMOND, Okla. — Last year Jeff Boedeker harvested 75-bushel-to-the-acre wheat in Garfield County, where the average is around 34. Even fields that were pounded by a hailstorm so intense it left dimples in the ground and put $4,000 worth of damage on a pickup in 15 seconds, yielded 60 to 65 bushels. kAmw6 2EEC:3FE6D C6DF=ED =:<6 E9:D E@ 8@@5 7F?52>6?E2=Di 7665:?8 E96 4C@A H92E :E ?665D[ :?G6DE:?8 :? 8@@5 D665 86?6E:4D 2?5 >2E49:?8 E96 G2C:6EJ E@ E96 6?G:C@?>6?E 2?5 D@:= EJA6]k^Am kAm“%96?

3 weeks ago | farmtalknews.com | Candace Krebs

Jeff Boedeker, left, and son Jack fill a spray rig with fertilizer-herbicide mix to apply to a nearby field. “In farming, there was one of two ways you could go,” Jeff said as he reflected back over his farming career. “Either you could have a full-time job in town, and put the minimum amount of time and money into the farm. Or you had to go all-in. That means continually taking on more acres, more risk, more debt.” They buy in bulk when they can and forward-contract essentials like fuel.

1 month ago | farmtalknews.com | Candace Krebs

Brad Erker, executive director of Colorado Wheat, traveled to Oklahoma to speak to OGI members about seed production protocols, licensing and stewardship agreements associated with growing CoAxium wheat, which contains a trait for herbicide tolerance developed at Colorado State, and how a similar system might be useful for commercializing other technologies in the future.

1 month ago | meadvilletribune.com | Candace Krebs

Bob Schrock was one of the first farmers in the Southern Plains to add winter canola to his dryland crop rotation, but he had another claim to fame. “How many farmers you know can surf?” he asked following one of his many speaking engagements at the Southern Plains Canola Conference. kAmpE E96 E:>6[ E96 z:@H2[ z2?D2D[ 72C>6C H2D A:@?66C:?8 2 ?6H 4C@A 2D 2 7@F?5:?8 3@2C5 >6>36C H:E9 E96 vC62E !=2:?D r2?@=2 pDD@4:2E:@?] w6 H2D 2=D@ DA6?5:?8 92=7 E96 J62C :?