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The Agriculture Department protects and educates consumers about Oklahoma’s agricultural and livestock productions. Its purpose is to develop and execute policy on farming, agriculture, and food. It aims to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, promote agricultural trade and production, work to assure food safety, protect natural resources ...
^a Agriculture Sector includes establishments primarily engaged in growing crops, raising animals, harvesting timber, harvesting fish and other animals from a farm, ranch or their natural habitats ^b Mining Sector includes exploration and development of minerals, including solids such as coal and ores, liquids such as crude petroleum, and gases ...
In addition, across the state are nearly 100 local stockyards and livestock sale barns, according to the Packers and Stockyards Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural ...
The average Oklahoma yield in 2022, the most recent numbers available, was 25.8 bushels per acre ― based on a statewide harvest of 66.3 million bushels from 2.6 million acres, according to the ...
The Oklahoma Panhandle (formerly called No Man's Land, the Public Land Strip, the Neutral Strip, or Cimarron Territory) is a salient in the extreme northwestern region of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its constituent counties are, from west to east, Cimarron County , Texas County and Beaver County .
An Oklahoma judge ruled that the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry must give greater public notice before authorizing the construction of new large poultry farms.
Agriculture, ranching and lumber have been the mainstays of the county economy since statehood. In 1910, cotton was the main crop. By 1930, the local agriculture industry had diversified to include corn, oats, prairie hay, and peanuts. At the start of the 21st century, soybeans, vegetables, and corn were the main crops.
The county economy has largely been based on agriculture since before statehood. At statehood the principal crops included wheat, corn, oats, alfalfa, and forage sorghum with estimated value of $3.5 million. Farmers and ranchers had more than fourteen thousand each of hogs and cattle as well as almost thirteen thousand horses. [4]