The Southern Plains Podcast

In this special episode of the podcast we again visit with Victor Murphy with the National Weather Service in Ft. Worth, Texas about the current weather conditions in the Southern plains and the outlook for the coming months.

In this episode of the Southern Plains Podcast we visit with Dr. Karen Hickman, Director of the Environmental Science Program at Oklahoma State University and the Past-President of the Oklahoma Invasive Species Council.   We talk with Dr. Hickman about some of the challenges ag producers in the Southern Plains are facing from invasive plants in our changing climate.

In this episode of the podcast we visit with Earl Lewis, Chief Water Engineer with the Kansas Department of Agriculture about the drought emergency in his state and the challenges the region is facing in dealing with the current dry conditions.

In this episode of the podcast we talk to Dr. A.J. Tarpoff, Extension Veterinarian at Kansas State University about the weather conditions that caused the massive loss of cattle in Kansas feedlots last month and how cattle producers can better prepare for extreme weather events.

In this episode we again visit with Victor Murphy with the National Weather Service in Ft. Worth about the outlook for Oklahoma and Texas. 

In this episode we visit with the team of researchers at Oklahoma State University involved in the Prairie Project (a research, teaching and extension collaboration between Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and the University of Nebraska) about their work on grazing cattle and goats in a multi-species system, combined with patch burning, to help control woody invasive plants while increasing productivity...

In this special episode of the podcast we once again talk to Victor Murphy with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, Texas about the current conditions in the region and what the forecast has in store for us moving into the summer.

Can you help control soil erosion, better prepare for droughts and floods and reduce input costs all while increasing yields AND helping the environment?  In this episode of the podcast we talk to Blane Stacy with the Soil Health team at the Oklahoma Conservation Commission about the economics of soil health and what they found out when they asked that question.

In our latest podcast episode we visit with Mike Langston, Deputy Director of the South Central Climate Adaptation Center about their work to help communities and individuals in the region deal with the challenges they are facing due to our changing climate.

The weather outlook is not looking good in the Southern Plains. Fire danger in the west, severe storms in the east-the next few days will be very interesting in Oklahoma and Texas.    In this episode of the podcast we again talk with Victor Murphy of the National Weather Service in Ft. Worth Texas about the current weather conditions in the region, the ongoing drought and what to expect over the n...

In this episode we visit with Sean Babington, the Senior Advisor for Climate to the Secretary of Agriculture in Washington, D.C.    Sean Talks with us about his work for Secretary Vilsack and about the strategy USDA is undertaking to help farmers and ranchers deal with the challenges they are facing from climate change.

In this special episode of the podcast we again visit with Victor Murphy from the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, Texas.  Victor talks to us about the current southern plains weather conditions and what the outlook is like as we move into the spring and early summer.

In this episode of the podcast we visit with Aliza Wasserman-Drewes, Executive Director of Rural Investment to Protect our Environment (RIPE), an organization working to develop programs that reward farmers and ranchers for good stewardship on the land.  We talk to Ms. Wasserman-Drewes about the work of the group, their focus and what she sees as the benefits of soil health and regenerative agricu...

In this episode of the podcast we visit with Dan Kittredge, the Executive Director of the Bionutrient Food Association about the work they are doing to identify and promote the nutrient density of food grown using soil health practices.  Mr. Kittredge also talks about the tools they have developed to help producers analyze their crops to determine their level of nutrients.

In this special episode of the podcast we again talk with the National Weather Service's Victor Murphy about the current weather conditions in Oklahoma and Texas and what the forecast looks like for the coming months. 

In this episode of the podcast we visit with Debbie Lyons-Blythe, a White City, Kansas cattle producer and the incoming Chair of the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef.  Mrs. Lyons-Blythe talks to us about how the roundtable works to help farmers and ranchers analyze their operations and work to improve their profitability while protecting our natural resources base.

In this episode of the podcast we visit with Dr. John Nielson-Gammon, the Climatologist for the State of Texas and Director of the Southern Regional Climate Center at Texas A&M University about the work of the Regional Climate Center and the weather challenges we are seeing in Texas.

In this episode we visit with Kristy Oates, USDA NRCS State Conservationist in Texas about the work of the agency in the Lone Star State and about some of the initiatives they are undertaking to help farmers and ranchers deal with extreme weather events.    

In this special episode of the Southern Plains Podcast we again talk with Victor Murphy with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth about current conditions in Oklahoma and Texas and what the weather outlook looks like moving into the winter.

In this episode of the Southern Plains Podcast we have the chance to sit down and talk with Dr. Frank Mitloehner, professor and air quality specialist in cooperative extension at UC Davis.  Dr. Mitloehner will be presenting his talk "Rethinking Methane: Animal Agriculture's Path to Climate Neutrality on October 11 at Kansas State University as part of their Henry C. Gardiner Global Food Systems Le...

In this episode of the Southern Plains Podcast we visit with Joel Lisonbee with the National Integrated Drought Information Systems (NIDIS) network about the work they do to help inform folks of developing dry conditions, including their Drought Early Warning System (DEWS).

Dry weather has set in throughout Oklahoma and the specter of "flash drought" has reared its ugly head.  In our latest podcast we visit with Oklahoma State Climatologist Gary McManus about current conditions, flash drought and what the precipitation picture looks like over the next few weeks.  

In our latest podcast episode we had the chance to visit with Mary Knapp, Assistant State Climatologist in Kansas about current weather conditions in the Sunflower state and what the future trends look like.  

In this episode of the podcast we visit with Dr. Renee McPherson, the University Director of the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center in Norman, Oklahoma about the work of the center in helping communities and individuals adapt to extreme weather events, the latest U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report and what it means for the future of weather in the Southern Plains.

In this episode we again visit with Victor Murphy with the National Weather Service in Ft. Worth, Texas about the current weather conditions in the Southern Plains and the outlook for the next few months.