Four Washita County Schools, Cordell, Sentinel, Burns Flat-Dill City and Canute, were represented at the Washita County Junior Livestock Show with 65 exhibitors on Monday, Feb. 21st.

Burns Flat-Dill City FFA Chapter Officers Back row: Colin Walters (Sentinel), Luke Schneberger (President), Trevor Teague (Vice President) Front row: Evan Donaldson (Secretary), Jolene Thompson (Treasurer), Evely Veloz (Reporter) Canute FFA Chapter Officers Front Center-Jake Estes Middle-Rook Walker, Jacey Conner, Meliah Sutton Back-Tiger Gilliespie, Colt Randall, Mr. Jeff Conner Cordell FFA Chapter Officers Keegan Holt (Secretary) Aubbri Johnston (Vice President) Cheyann Edison (Reporter) Carlie Banks (Treasurer) Mckenna Wedel (President) Thomas Reimer (Sentinel) Sentinel FFA Chapter Officers Jacob Baker (President) Blade Baldonado (Vice President) Luke Rozell (Secretary) Hunter Brashears (Treasurer) Karlee Callahan (Reporter) Sentinel FFA members not pictured: Bradyn Green, Carson Hogue, Reymundo Perales, David Acuna, Reed Shields, Mckinsey Gilbert, Colton Horn, Ryder Callahan, Juan Leyva, Zada Baker, Teague Farris, Drew Smith.

Future Farmers of America (FFA) is much more than an elective interest in school. It is a source to be applied to one’s life that will benefit and provide one with the necessary knowledge and experience to not only be successful but to thrive independently.

This year’s Washita County Junior Livestock show will be held February 20th through 21st at the Washita County Activity Center. Judges will be Spencer Scotten, Livestock and Tim White, Broilers.

Washita County Farm Bureau was recognized with the Six-Star Presidential Award, the highest award the county can receive, for its efforts to further agriculture and rural Oklahoma during Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s 80th Annual Meeting held in November in Norman, Oklahoma.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its winter outlook for the next few months, and another La Nina weather pattern of warmer and drier conditions is likely to occur in Oklahoma.

Drivers need to pay more attention to deer crossing Oklahoma roads while the animals are listening to other instincts this time of year, said Dwayne Elmore, Oklahoma State University Extension wildlife management specialist.

As part of their ongoing commitment to agriculture and their surrounding community, the Men of the Pi Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho (AGR) Fraternity at Oklahoma State University (OSU) are once again sponsoring the “Heart of a Champion” livestock show for special needs students during their annual Winter Bonanza Expo Livestock Show in Stillwater, Oklahoma, December 3rd through the 5th.

High commodity prices continue to present opportunities for profits despite soaring fertilizer prices, said AgriLife Extension grain Market Economist Mark Welch, Bryan-College Station Producers may feel sticker shock when pricing nitrogen fertilizer, he said, but higher prices for crops like wheat and corn put those input costs in perspective.

Oklahoma-based technology companies LandScout, AgBoost and SmartStock recently announced a partnership to integrate their agricultural software platforms. The alliance was formed to benefit cattle ranchers and livestock producers both statewide and across the nation.