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Oklahoma State extension specialists share strategies for producers to consider after a wildfire.

Strong winds, above-average warmth and months of worsening dryness created a “perfect recipe” for wildfires across the Southern Plains, scorching pasture and farmland — with little moisture relief in the forecast.

The way you show up for your team on the farm shapes how work gets done and the kind of environment your crew experiences every day.

Here are resources for those looking to donate to ranchers recovering from recent wildfires in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

CattleFax has opened its 2025 Cow-Calf Survey for beef producers to benchmark profitability and industry trends. Participants can win one of three $700 vouchers by completing the survey by March 31.

With 86% of North American feed ingredient samples testing above the risk threshold for mycotoxins, livestock may face stacked biological stress.

Brad Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the USDA Cattle on Feed report was providing some support. The on feed number came in at 98% of a year ago, placements were at 95% which was below trade estimates and marketings were at 87%.

The beef industry has evolved and consequently, so are the drivers to the industry’s economics.

Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the cattle market is also awaiting cash direction.