Oklahoma agriculture

In an effort to improve the state's soil health, the Oklahoma Conservation Commission is paying up to $40,000 to farmers and ranchers to employ regenerative agriculture techniques.

A recent survey shows farm income and borrowing power for crop producers are weak across the Great Plains, but the cattle industry has improved farm finances in some places, including Oklahoma.

A study led by Sen. Mary Boren (D-Norman) included representatives from the renewable energy industry, a nonprofit and Oklahoma State University.

Guymon's Mesa Water Project is expected to deliver its first drops to the city in October of next year.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country.

Oklahoma officials say a Jones producer was killed on July 11 after sustaining injuries from two water buffaloes he bought the day before.

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

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which oversees utilities and the oil and gas industry, will be challenged with historically high electricity demand in the coming years, they said.

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.