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2 months ago | 
oregonlive.com | Janet Eastman |OSU Extension
Thinking of starting a pollinator garden? Experts suggest growing a variety of native plants that provide year-round nectar and pollen to butterflies, moths, bees, wasps and hummingbirds. It’s best to have a range of flower colors, shapes and sizes. Larger plants can also provide shelter.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
chickashanews.com | OSU Extension
Seasoned and novice pecan growers are invited to participate in the Oklahoma Pecan Management Program’s free 2025 Pecan Pest Management Workshop. The event is slated from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 20 at the Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The workshop is free to attend, but registration is required by Feb. 17. Private pesticide applicators, including those with categories 1A and 10 licenses, can earn up to five continuing education units.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
feedlotmagazine.com | OSU Extension
Erik Steffens Cull cows represent nearly 20% of the revenue to a cow-calf beef operation. Since 2022 cull prices for lean, high yielding cows have been at historical highs. This is in large part due to the severe drought in the western U.S. spanning from 2021-2022. Although cows represent a large portion of the beef supply and are more valuable than ever, the 2022 National Beef Quality Audit revealed that cow condition and quality had been on a decline.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
oregonlive.com | OSU Extension
Snipping some cuttings from the garden this time of year will produce your own private nursery of plants by spring. Whether you plant the results of your “snip and stick” project or give them away, propagating by cuttings can be a rewarding process. Although some sources of information can be intimidating, Neil Bell, a horticulturist for Oregon State University Extension Service, has good news. “I do lots of them at home,” he said. “I don’t use a greenhouse or even bottom heat.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
chickashanews.com | Gail Ellis |OSU Extension
The Oklahoma State University Beef Extension team featured OSU distinguished alumna Minnie Lou Bradley in a Rancher’s Thursday Lunchtime Series webinar in October. Bradley was the first woman to graduate with a bachelor’s degree from OSU’s Department of Animal Husbandry (later named Animal and Food Sciences) in 1953.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
chickashanews.com | Gail Ellis |OSU Extension
David Lalman, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle specialist, is the recipient of the 2024 Southern Region Individual Excellence in Extension Award for impactful integrated beef Extension programs. He was recognized during an awards ceremony at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities on Nov. 10.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
woodwardnews.net | Alisa Boswell-Gore |OSU Extension
STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University recently has received a $719,000 United States Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant to help new farmers and ranchers get their start in Oklahoma. The average age of an agricultural producer in the U.S. today is 58, and the number of family farms in the U.S. is decreasing. The Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Program is critical to establishing the next generation of producers.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
chickashanews.com | Alisa Boswell-Gore |OSU Extension
STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University recently has received a $719,000 United States Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant to help new farmers and ranchers get their start in Oklahoma. The average age of an agricultural producer in the U.S. today is 58, and the number of family farms in the U.S. is decreasing. The Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Program is critical to establishing the next generation of producers.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
chickashanews.com | OSU Extension
A trip to the grocery store leaves many consumers in sticker shock as food prices continue to rise. Food prices in the United States rose by 25% from 2019 to 2023, said Dr. Bailey Norwood, professor in the Oklahoma State University Department of Agricultural Economics. “In the past 20 years, retail food price inflation has been about 2.5% per year,” Norwood said.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
oregonlive.com | OSU Extension
CORVALLIS – If your compost pile at home isn’t getting hot, don’t worry. That heap of yard debris and kitchen waste may be far from steamy, but it will break down eventually. That eases the burden on your local landfill or recycling center and provides a nutrient-rich product with ample benefits for your garden. Cool, slow composting is an easy method for people who don’t have the time or desire to tend to a hot compost pile.
