The Southern Plains Podcast

In this new special episode of the Southern Plains Podcast, we again talk with Victor Murphy, Climate Service Programs Manager for the southern region of the National Weather Service about the drought conditions in Texas.

In this episode we visit with Dr. Jaymelynn Farney, Beef specialist at Kansas State University about her research on grazing cover crops.

In this episode we visit with Dr. Jaymelynn Farney, Beef specialist at Kansas State University about her research on grazing cover crops.

In this special episode of the podcast we continue with our series on drought in the southern plains with Gary McManus, Climatologist for the State of Oklahoma.  Gary talks to us about the conditions in the Sooner State and how mother nature seems to be playing "whack-a-drought" with pop up rain events and changing dry conditions.

In this episode of the Southern Plains Podcast we visit with Dr. Andres Cibils, Professor of Range Science in the Department of Animal and Range Sciences at New Mexico State University and the  Director of the Sustainable Beef Coordinated AG Project.   Dr. Ciblis talks to us about their research looking at Raramuri Criollo cattle and other 'Heritage' breeds as options for producers to enhance ranc...

In this episode of the Southern Plains Podcast we visit with Russell Stevens, a strategic consultation manager and a wildlife and range consultant in the producer relations program at the Noble Research Institute in Ardmore, Oklahoma.  Russell visits with us about the work of the Institute, its interaction with agriculture producers and his work in helping landowners and others understand the impo...

In this third special episode of the Southern Plains Podcast we again talk to Victor Murphy with the National Weather Service out of Ft. Worth about the improvement in drought conditions in south Texas.  We also discuss the webinar he took part in on May 20 discussing the current drought conditions-the webinar can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=w0q6UbR2Huc&t=3s  

In this second special edition of the Southern Plains Podcast we again talk to Victor Murphy with the National Weather Service out of Ft. Worth about the ongoing drought in South Texas.  We also discuss the webinar he took part in on May 6 discussing the current drought conditions-the webinar can be see here: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Ib1rbDqtKcc    

In this episode of the Southern Plains Podcast we visit with Jenny Hopkinson, the lead staffer for National Farmers Union on climate change.  Jenny talks to us about the issue of climate change, how her organization is responding to it on behalf of farmers and ranchers and how soil health/regenerative ag, conservation and ag policy all intersect when discussing extreme weather adaptation and clima...

In this special edition of the Southern Plains Podcast we talk to Victor Murphy with the National Weather Service out of Ft. Worth Texas about the ongoing drought plauging the southern part of the Lone Star State.  We also discuss the webinar he took part in earlier in the month discussing the current drought conditions-the webinar can be see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrOWjZaLbXY&t=13s

In this episode of the podcast we talk with Didi Pershouse, soil health educator and the author of our soil health classroom curriculum.  Didi visits with us about the curriculum, how it was created, its use in the classroom and how it has been utilized throughout the world.

In this episode of the podcast we visit with Corey Jager, the legislative liaison for the Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife Conservation.  Corey talks with us about the department, their programs and focus, and how good land stewardship helps not just agriculture and the environment, but it also improves wildlife habitat.

In this episode of the podcast we visit with Chris Clayton, ag policy editor for DTN-Progressive Farmer about the natural resource issues facing farmers and ranchers across the United States. 

It's a new year and we have a new podcast episoded!   We start off 2020 on the podcast by visiting with Cheryle Cheadle, Volunteer Coordinator for the Blue Thumb Program at the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.  Cheryl talks to us about the Blue Thumb water quality education and monitoring program in Oklahoma and the role it plays in conservation's effort to help address water qualtiy issues and i...

In this episode of the Southern Plains Podcast we visit with Amy Seiger, Soil Health Coordinator for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.  Amy talks to us about some of the soil health work going in Oklahoma including efforts by the Commission to work with urban home owners and their education and outreach work with cattle producers.

In this episode of the Podcast we visit with Dannele Peck, the Director of the USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub.  Dannele talks with us about the Northern Plains Hub and some of the tools they've developed to help ag producers cope with the changing climate including GRASSCAST--a computer tool that helps ranchers by predicting potential future forage conditions.

In this episode we visit with Carol Crouch, NRCS Tribal Liaison in Oklahoma.  Carol visits with us about some of the natural resource issues concerning the Tribes in Oklahoma, the role NRCS plays in helping them address these concerns and how the agency and its partners are working to help the tribes deal with the challenges of the future.

In this episode of the Southern Plains Podcast we visit with Julian Reyes, Research Fellow with the Southwest Climate Hub about the Ag Risk Viewer, a tool developed by the Southwest Hub that analyses data from the USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) to look at crop insurance loss trends over time by commodity at a county or state level. (The viewer can be accessed at  https://swclimatehub.info/rma/...

In this episode we visit with Ken Salisbury, a farmer/rancher from Vici, Oklahoma about the impact wildfires have had on his operation.  We also talk about what he thinks can be done to reduce wildfire risk.

In this episode of the podcast we visit with Dr. Corey Moffet, a Range land and Pasture research specialist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) at Woodward Oklahoma.  Dr. Moffet talks with us about wildfire and prescribed fire and how producers can utilize prescribed fire as a tool to get ahead of several natural resource issues including reducing wildfire fuel load.

In this episode of the Southern Plains Podcast I talk with Larry Caldwell, Upstream Flood control specialist with the Oklahoma Conservation Commission and former USDA NRCS state engineer for Oklahoma.  Larry will talk about the history of the USDA upstream flood control program and how it continues to provide real time protection for life and property, especially during the rain events we have see...

In this episode of the Southern Plains Podcast I talk with Larry Caldwell, Upstream Flood control specialist with the Oklahoma Conservation Commission and former USDA NRCS state engineer for Oklahoma.  Larry will talk about the history of the USDA upstream flood control program and how it continues to provide real time protection for life and property, especially during the rain events we have see...

Gary O'Neil, Oklahoma NRCS State Conservationist is our guest for this episode of the Southern Plains Podcast.  Gary visits with us about the work NRCS has done in Oklahoma to help farmers and ranchers deal with natural resource challenges on the land and how conservation programs can help agriculture deal with extreme weather events.

In this edition of the Southern Plains Podcast we visit with Scotty Herriman, a farmer from North East Oklahoma and a leader in the soil health movement.  Scotty is the former President of the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts, a member of the Soil Health Champions Network of the National Association of Conservation Districts, and a board member of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission...

In this episode of our podcast we visit with Greg Scott, former NRCS state soil scientist and the current soil health specialist for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.  Greg is an expert on soil health in the Southern Plains and how soil health concepts and practices can help agriculutre adapt to extreme weather events.  For most of the interview, I simply listened to the wealth of knowledge Gr...