Kimberly Adams

I did my old faithful and old fashioned, but to jazz it up, I added some lemon basil lavender tonic that somebody sent me a while back from Sweet Haven Tonics.

So it adds a little extra flavor to it.

So cheers and welcome to the show.

All right.

Let's talk about what's happening in Oklahoma.

And yes, I know the tariff story is the big one.

We're going to be getting into that on another show.

But I do did want to check in on Oklahoma because the agriculture industry has been hit really hard by tariffs.

We can talk about the ag industry in a bit.

But, you know, Anna, you've been on a different story that hasn't been getting a lot of national attention.

The wildfires burning in Oklahoma and Texas right now.

Where are the fires and what's it like where you are?

Oh, right.

They've got specific like breeding lines in each of these herds, right?

You know, it's interesting.

I think people often don't necessarily think of Oklahoma and Kansas as like fire country, but I guess with climate change now, the whole country is fire country.

Well, and the fires are just sort of one issue facing the ag industry right now.

You recently reported on data showing that the agricultural workforce, the federal agricultural workforce in Oklahoma, shrunk by like 18 percent in the first half of 2025.

What's going on there?

And what does that mean for Oklahoma's ag industry?