Oklahoma agriculture

On a bus tour, conservation advocates encourage producers to look at new practices to improve soil health.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a plan to prevent the spread of the New World screwworm this week.

For NPR’s Climate Solutions Week, KOSU and StateImpact are exploring how wind energy lets some Oklahomans live where and how they want. In the second story of that three-part series, we’ll look at what policymakers and economists are saying about Oklahoma’s growing wind sector.

In Oklahoma, wind energy accounted for about 42% of in-state electricity net generation in 2023 and economists estimate landowners across the state collectively get almost $100 million every year in payments. In the first story of a three-part series for NPR’s Climate Solutions Week, KOSU and StateImpact dive into the financial impact of the wind industry in rural spaces.

New World screwworms used to be a constant concern for ranchers, until they were eradicated from the U.S. in the 1960s. Now that they’re on their way back, those who remember dealing with them have warnings about their impact.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $1 billion dollars in disaster assistance to cover grazing losses from eligible drought and wildfire events in 2023 and 2024.

A bill requiring manufactured-protein food products to be labeled differently from meat has been signed into law.

Oklahoma State University is getting a $250 million dollar appropriation for the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Detections of new world screwworms, a flesh-eating maggot, have grown in recent years in South America. As the federal government works to prevent the pests’ spread, Oklahoma officials are rolling out a response.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled a couple of programs providing tribal governments, states, schools and food banks money to buy locally produced food. Some farmers involved in the projects are looking to pivot their operations.