Archive for October, 2008

Prep football scores — week 9

FRIDAY
Class 4A: Piedmont, 36 — Guymon, 12
Class A: Okeene, 63 — Hooker, 0
Texhoma, 16 – Turpin, 0
Pioneer, 34 — Beaver, 33
Class B: Laverne, 44 — Waukomis, 0
Class C: Buffalo, 38 — Boise City, 8
Waynoka, 26 — Forgan, 14
Tyrone, 28 — Sharon-Mutual, 26
Balko open

THURSDAY
Class C: Shattuck, 52 — Goodwell, 6

OK grain prices 10/31/08

Oklahoma City — Here are the closing prices for the cash grain markets for Friday, Oct. 31, 2008, as reported by the USDA.
U.S. No 1 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT: Steady to 4 cents lower. 4.13-4.98

OPSU submits report to NCAA on violation

Goodwell, Okla. — The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recently brought a secondary violation to the attention of officials at Oklahoma Panhandle State University.

3 new studies disagree on value of corn-based ethanol

Two of the new studies were commissioned by the Iowa Corn Growers Association and were favorbale. [Imagine that!] The third study was conducted by Dennis Avery, a senior fellow and director of the Center for Global Food Issues at the Hudson Institute for Competitive Enterprise Institute, who concluded that the only people benefiting from corn-based [...]

Survey: Consumers, fed up with recalls, want COOL

A new survey says consumers are concerned about increasing number of food recalls and want Country Of Origin Labeling.

Vote early Tuesday & other voting news

Texas County Election Board Secretary Melissa Costner has advised voters to go to the polls as early as possible next Tuesday.

Chamber to meet Monday

The monthly general membership meeting of the Guymon Chamber of Commerce will be held at noon Monday, Nov. 3., at the Ambassador Restaurant.

Climate change and world agriculture

Plenty of media reports have been devoted to the subject of global climate change, but farmers and ranchers may still be wondering what the change means for how they´ll grow the food supply in coming years. Well, a USDA scientist has offered insight on climate change and its implications for world agriculture.

Election news

Links to a few election stories affecting agriculture and life as we know it:

NCBA: Economic meltdown and the cattle industry

The chief cconomist of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Gregg Doud, released the following statement yesterday on the economy and its consequences for the beef industry: “Lately, economists and market analysts have been discussing how hourly swings in exchange rates, interest rates, and commodity markets are affecting the cattle business.

Aggies vs. Bulldogs Saturday night in Weatherford

By Scott Puryear
Goodwell, Okla. — It should be a great college football matchup Saturday night when the Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies and the Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs collide in Weatherford. It will be Homecoming on the SWOSU campus and kick-off is scheduled for 6 pm.

GPD offers tips to keep Halloween safe, fun

The Guymon Police Department is urging residents to follow basic safety tips to make this Halloween safe and fun for everyone.