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Producers interested in learning how to maximize their canola crop should plan now to attend one of two Oklahoma-Kansas Winter Canola Conferences taking place July 29 in Enid and July 30 in Altus. “Think of the conferences as one-stop shopping, wherein a participant can get the latest science-proven information about what it takes to raise the most successful canola crop possible relative to local conditions,” said Rick Nelson, Garfield County Extension agricultural educator. There is no charge to attend either of the conferences being put on by cooperating partners Oklahoma State University Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Kansas […]

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) committee, today praised the agreement reached by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) that will allow local fire and law enforcement agencies to continue receiving surplus military equipment: “I applaud the DOD and EPA for coming to an agreement on a 25-year-old rule that the Department of Defense (DOD) recently decided to start enforcing to the detriment of a program supporting Oklahoma’s local fire departments and their ability to fight wildfires. […]

Oklahoma’s Statewide Women in Agriculture and Small Business Conference will take place Aug. 7-8 at the Moore-Norman Technology Center. “The focus of the two-day conference is to assist women and producers to successfully manage risk for their agricultural enterprises or small businesses,” said Damona Doye, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension farm management specialist. Cost is $50 per participant if registering by Aug. 1 and $60 thereafter. Registration includes two breakfasts, two lunches, all refreshment breaks, conference materials and an optional post-conference training Aug. 8 from 2-5 p.m. on farm transitions and estate planning. Registration forms and additional information are available […]

Rural fire departments across Oklahoma and the nation will be devastated by an agreement between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which stops making available excess DoD vehicles that are critical to rural fire departments’ ability to fight wildland fires. Through two long-standing federal excess property programs, Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) and Firefighter Property program (FPP), Oklahoma Forestry Services has been able to assist rural fire departments by providing no-cost military trucks that are then re-manufactured into wildland engines and water tenders through its Rural Fire Assistance Program. Without access to the vehicles and […]

Clean Line Energy is planning a series of office hour meetings to allow Oklahoma community members and landowners to learn more and ask questions about the Plains & Eastern Clean Line. They will also have the opportunity to meet with project representatives. The Plains & Eastern Clean Line is an electric transmission line project that will deliver low-cost renewable energy from the Oklahoma Panhandle to Arkansas, Tennessee and other markets. The project represents an approximately $2 billion investment. Plains & Eastern Clean Line will increase revenue for all counties and communities hosting the transmission line for decades. Clean Line Energy […]

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the appointment of seven members to serve on the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Grain Inspection Advisory Committee. The appointees will serve a 3-year term. Among those named to a new 3-year term is Major County Farm Bureau member, Fairview, Oklahoma, farmer and crop insurance agent Jessica Wilcox. “I am pleased that these individuals have agreed to serve on the Grain Inspection Advisory Committee,” said Vilsack. “They bring a great deal of knowledge and experience to this committee.” The new members are: Scott E. Averhoff, owner/operator, Scott Averhoff dba SARA Farms, Waxahachie, Texas; Marvin […]