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Farm Health Guardian merges with NoveTechnologies, improving on-farm pork and poultry biosecurity options.

Increasing awareness of animal health and welfare, growing demand for high-quality animal feed, and expanding livestock sector contribute to market growth.

Don’t wait. Get to know your local veterinarian now and establish a veterinarian-client-patient relationship if you expect to treat livestock in the future, as over-the-counter livestock antibiotics will soon require a prescription.

Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, offers his economic analysis of the beef cattle industry as part of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner” published electronically by Dr. Peel and Mark Johnson. Today, Dr. Peel talks about the beef cattle markets.

She envisions her new job as an opportunity to build relationships with cattle producers, UF/IFAS Extension agents and research faculty.

“I learned a lot and today showed me there are things I’m doing right. That feels good.”

Dry conditions are expected for the next couple weeks in our area. Haymakers, take advantage of this extended window of opportunity for harvest! After first cutting, consider applying some fertilizer to give grass a good boost for second cutting. Nitrogen in the form of urea will require at least a half inch of rainfall within

More than 800 million trees have been cut down in the Amazon rainforest in just six years to feed the world’s appetite for Brazilian beef, despite dire warnings about the forest’s importance in fighting the climate crisis.

Recent rainfall across Oklahoma has chipped away at drought-stricken areas, bringing some relief to cattle ranchers. But full recovery is still a ways away, said Derrell Peel, an extension livestock marketing specialist for Oklahoma State University. With dried-up ponds and little to no forage, the drought has forced some ranchers to sell their livestock early

winter hay feeding sites where hay rings are used can often be a source to develop stable flies through the summer if moisture is present.