2015 NE District Ag PAC Summary
Cattle and Forages
Economics of the Beef Cattle Industry for New Producers (Wagoner)
Beef Cattle Management Updates (Payne, Mayes, Okfuskee)
Master Cattlemen Classes as a Tool (Tulsa)
Introduced Forage Management (Pastures) and Improving Hay Production (Tulsa, Sequoyah, Payne, Rogers, Pawnee, Okfuskee, Ottawa, Osage, Muskogee, Mayes, McIntosh, Lincoln, Creek, Craig, Washington, Adair))
Foxtail Control in Bermudagrass (Tulsa)
Grazing School (Tulsa)
Livestock Health Updates (Sequoyah, Creek, Muskogee, Washington, Craig, Adair, Okfuskee)
Feed Rations (Balancing). Traditional feedstuffs and byproducts. (Sequoyah, Osage, Okmulgee, Ottawa)
Dealing with Herbicide Resistant Weeds in Pastures (Sequoyah, Pawnee, Ottawa)
BQA Training (Rogers, Muskogee, Okfuskee)
Native pasture management and fire management (Rogers,Okfuskee, Osage, Washington, Muskogee, McIntosh )
VFD (Rogers, Muskogee, Creek, Okfuskee)
Basic Animal Husbandry for New Producers (Rogers)
Mineral Programs for Beef Cattle (Rogers)
Adding value to not only calves but all classes of cattle (Rogers, Osage)
Education in quality of feed stuffs, advocate value of better hay (Rogers, Osage)
Water Quality for Livestock (Payne, Adair)
Soil Health of Pastures (Pawnee)
Encourage Membership in Associations (Pawnee)
Thistle Control Options and Laws (Ottawa, Rogers)
Johnsongrass Control Options in pastures (Ottawa, Osage)
Post-drought foragemanagementand invasive plant species control (Ottawa, Osage)
Weed and brush control options and timing for best economics (Rogers, Osage,Sequoyah, Pawnee, McIntosh)
Stocking rates (Osage, Tulsa)
Adding value to not only calves but all classes of cattle (Rogers, Osage, Okfuskee Delaware)
Education in quality of feed stuffs, promote the value of better hay (Osage, McIntosh)
Cedar tree control (most counties in the district)
Multispecies grazing (Okmulgee, Craig, Okfuskee, Washington)
OQBN (McIntosh)
Humane animal handling practices (Washington, Muskogee, Creek)
Low Input Pasture Weed Control Program (Adair)
Small Ruminant Production Management (Okmulgee, Okfuskee)
Commercial Horticulture
Beekeeping (Pawnee)
Hoop houses (Pawnee)
Develop a Recommended Tree List for Payne County (Payne)
New emerging pest issues – both insect and disease (Tulsa)
Provide Training to Landscapers (Payne)
Consumer Horticulture and Urban Forestry
Develop Curriculum for Gardening for Low Income Families for Sustainablity (Rogers)
Getting Youth Involved with Gardening (Rogers)
People Moving to Rural Areas and Wanting Basic Information on Horticulture and growing food. (Pawnee)
Master Gardener Program (Osage, Mayes, Washington, Payne, Tulsa, Rogers)
Basic Gardening for Food Production (Osage)
Develop a recommended tree list for Payne County (Payne)
Basic lawn and gardening practices (Delaware, Washington)
Community gardens (Payne, Mayes, Tulsa)
Getting Youth Involved with Community Gardens (Tulsa)
Getting correctional inmates involved with community gardens (Tulsa)
Need for horticulture training (Mayes)
Farmers markets (Creek)
Organic Gardening (Creek)
Public Consumer Horticulture Education for non-master gardeners (Creek)
Water conservation and xeriscaping (Washington)
Wildlife control – mole, gopher, deer (Okfuskee)
Crop Management
Crop Diversity (Pawnee, Ottawa, Osage, Okfuskee)
No -Till Crop Production (Pawnee)
Dealing with resistant weeds in Crops (Sequoyah, Pawnee, Ottawa)
Disease and Insect Updates. (Sequoyah)
Wheat management/utilization for forage, hay and grain production (Payne, Pawnee, Ottawa)
Johnsongrass control in cropland (Osage, Muskogee)
Using crop rotation and cover crops (Osage, Pawnee)
Alternative Crops in permanent improved pastures and their benefits (Osage)
Soil testing as a farm/ranch best management practice (Lincoln, Tulsa)
Ecosystem Management, Conservation and Restoration
Water Rights, WOTUS and Water Quality (Sequoyah, Payne, Muskogee, Lincoln, Creek)
Water conservation (Washington)
Eastern red cedar, blackberries, Honey Locust, Persimmon and sericea control (Rogers, McIntosh, Lincoln)
Johnsongrass Control on Native Range (Osage)
Wild hog control (Muskogee)
Fire Management (Muskogee, Rogers, McIntosh, Creek))
Erosion of pasture/rangeland (Lincoln)
Pollinator Habitat and Protection (Creek)
Pond Health (Creek, Adair)
Wildlife Management (Okfuskee, Creek)
Insect Population/Relationship to Environment (Adair)
Flood control structures (Lincoln)
Cedar tree control (All counties in the district)
Changing weather patterns (Creek)
Environmental Quality and Waste Management
Open burning regulations by DEQ (Creek)
Educate poultry liter applicators on the proper way to apply litter (Mayes, Delaware)
Pesticide recycling (Lincoln)
Disposal of animal waste and remains (Lincoln)
Roads and bridges (Pawnee)
Trash on right of way (Pawnee)
Dead Livestock disposal (Delaware)
Farm and Agribusiness Management
Annie’s Project (Muskogee)
Recordkeeping for ag enterprise (Okmulgee, McIntosh, Okfuskee)
Finding qualified people to do taxes for ag enterprise (Okmulgee)
Value of Mineral Exploration and Damage to the land (Osage)
Transaction Risk Management (Osage)
Estate Planning (Ottawa, Osage, Muskogee, Craig)
Lease Agreements to include pasture, crop, and hunting (Ottawa, Osage, Muskogee)
Ag Tax Updates (Muskogee, Craig, Delaware)
Crop and Forage Insurance (Craig)
Cattle Market Options and Concerns (Delaware)
Agri-Tourism Potential (Okfuskee)
Agricultural Biosecurity
Well water safety and monitoring (Osage)
Biosecurity/Farm and Ranch Safety regarding livestock, equipment, and environment. (Osage, Lincoln)
General safety concerns in rural areas including activity of illegal drugs and terrorists. (Osage)
Other challenges
State Question 777 (Right to Farm) (Most Counties)
Backyard Poultry Production (Creek)
Agricultural Awareness to Public (Wagoner, Muskogee)
Improving Social Media Delivery Methods to Ag Audiences (Mayes)
Improve utilization of Mesonet in farm and ranch decision making (Several Counties)