Lacey Vilhauer

They say milk does a body good and for professional runner and dairy farmer Elle Purrier St. Pierre, it has fueled her to a second Olympic Games in Paris, France.

The invasive Asian longhorned tick has been found in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, confirmed the presence of this non-native arachnid, which was found in Mayes County.

After two and half months of maternity leave, I have returned to my keyboard, and my byline will be appearing in High Plains Journal once again.

Kim Anderson, Oklahoma State University Extension grain market economist, retired July 31. Anderson, who grew up on a dairy in Muscogee, Oklahoma, accepted a job at OSU in crop marketing in 1982.

The term broody might not be an everyday word used in the average person's vocabulary, but for anyone who owns chickens it is a well-known poultry tendency.

By Lacey Vilhauer Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to be a concern for agriculture, especially after the virus was transmitted from wild birds to dairy cattle in March 2024.

The two Cattle U award winners both come from generations of experience in working with cattle.

The Oklahoma State University Agronomy Research Station is set to receive major renovations after a combined $6 million gift was allocated toward improving the facilities.

Beutler & Son Rodeo Company in Canute, Oklahoma, have lost over 40 horses used in their rodeo stock contracting business after feed containing monensin, was mistakenly fed to their horses.

Although this election year has been peppered with hot-button topics, such as immigration, gun control, abortion and economic progress, climate change is still a key talking point—and agriculture continues to be entwined with it.