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Crop Producers
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General
- Preparation
- Articles
- Prepare Your Farm or Ranch before Drought Strikes (USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service)
- Conditions & Developments
- Articles
- World of Wheat: A blog about small grains in the southern Great Plains ("Too little, too late?")
- Scientists developing hardier animals, plants: Researchers want breeds, crops that survive drought, heat (article by David Pitt, AP, in the August 9, 2012 issue of The Detroit News)
- Adjusting to a Dry Cycle? (by Robert L. Woods)
- What Will It Take to Break A Drought? (by Robert L. Woods)
- Will Grasshoppers Hop into Drought Stressed Crops? (Michelle Buchanan)
- Drought Disasters (May 2011 issue of "Mesonet Connection")
- Drought in Northeast Oklahoma ("Timely Topics" article by Bob Woods)
- Oklahoma Crop Progress and Condition Reports (USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service)
- Soil & Resource Management
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Conservation Tillage allows more water to enter the soil, leading to increased soil moisture, less soil erosion, and better water quality in the surrounding watershed.
(Dr. Jason Warren - Plant & Soil Sciences)
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- Saline and Sodic Seep Renovation A potential Positive Impact of Drought ("Down and Dirty with NPK" blog post by Dr. Jason Warren, OSU Soil and Water Conservation State Extension Specialist)
- The Basics of Irrigation Water with a Focus on Small-Scale Irrigation (December 2013 "Timely Topics" article by Brian C. Pugh)
- "Think before plowing" advised (SW Farm Press article by Clay Pope)
- Planning Winter Forage and Pasture Options during Drought Conditions ("Oklahoma Forages" Newsletter)
- Have a Plan for the 2011-2012 Winter Wheat and Canola Crop (May 2011 Plant & Soil Sciences Extension News article by Brian Arnall)
- Thinking about No-Till? (May 2011 Plant & Soil Sciences Extension News article by Randy Taylor)
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Crops (by type)
- Corn
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Soil moisture sensors and infrared canopy temperature sensors monitor corn water stress and performance under customary and dryland irrigation.
(Dr. Saleh Taghvaeian - Biosystems & Ag Engineering) - Drought Damage Corn Plants for Cattle (Beef Extension article by Chris Richards and Dave Lalman, Animal Science)
- How Does Extreme Heat Affect Corn? (by Robert L. Woods)
- Local Corn—Is Aflatoxin A Real Problem? (by Kent C. Barnes)
- Aflatoxin in baled corn (AgriLIFE, TAMU)
- Stressed Corn Could Have Aflatoxin Issues (article by Greg Highfill in the Summer 2011 edition of Timely Topics)
- Harvesting and Feeding Drought-stressed Corn (South Dakota State University)
- Making Silage from Drought-damaged Corn (University of Missouri)
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- Cotton
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Sensors monitor salt accumulation to determine how much precipitation is enough to keep salinity below dangerous levels.
(Dr. Saleh Taghvaeian - Biosystems & Ag Engineering)
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- Forage Quality (toxicity & drought-stress)
- Test forage before cutting to avoid nitrate toxicity challenges (6/27/2012 news article by Donald Stotts, Ag Comm. Services)
- Hay Purchasing Guidelines (April 2011 Plant & Soil Sciences Extension News article by Dr. Daren Redfearn)
- Sorghum
- False chinch bug threat may target sorghum, soybean fields (news article by Donald Stotts, Ag Comm. Services)
- Soybeans
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False chinch bug threat may target sorghum, soybean fields (news article by Donald Stotts, Ag Comm. Services)
- Evaluating the potential of my soybean crop that hasn’t been cut for hay (September 2011 Plant & Soil Sciences Extension News article by Chad Godsey and Daren Redfearn)
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False chinch bug threat may target sorghum, soybean fields (news article by Donald Stotts, Ag Comm. Services)
- Wheat
- OSU releases new wheat variety in time for fall planting (by Leilana McKindra, Agricultural Communications Services, 7/29/2015)
- Army cutworms reported in some Oklahoma wheat fields (World of Wheat blog contribution by Dr. Tom A. Royer, OSU Extension Entomologist)
- World of Wheat: A blog about small grains in the southern Great Plains
- - Check with crop insurance provider prior to drilling mud application
- Too little, too late?
- Don’t overgraze no-till
- It’s all about tillers and tiller survival
- How dry is it? - Grasshopper Control in Winter Wheat (and Canola) (September 2012 Plant & Soil Sciences Extension News article by Tom Royer)
- Environmental causes of white heads in wheat (May 2012 Plant & Soil Sciences Extension News article by Jeff Edwards)
- Oklahoma State University Wheat Improvement Team constantly enhancing crop varieties (news article by Donald Stotts, Ag Comm. Services)
Economics
