Special in-depth farm and ranch issues featured on the Radio Oklahoma Network.
On this Ag Perspectives Podcast- Oklahoma Farm Report's Ron Hays talks with Colin Lotzof, who served as one of two in country guides for Class XX of the Oklahoma Ag Leadership Program. Colin was the agriclutural guide- who, as a third generation farmer, really understood the structure of agriculture unlike anyone few others in the country.
On this Ag Perspectives Podcast, Oklahoma Farm Report's Ron Hays is traveling with Class XX of the Oklahoma Ag Leadership Program in the nation of Israel.
Oklahoma Farm Report's Ron Hays talked at the end of this week with one of the new members of the House Ag Committee, Oklahoma Third District Congressman Frank Lucas.
In our latest Ag Perspectives Podcast, Oklahoma Farm Report's Ron Hays talks regenerative agriculture and ranching with Jimmy Emmons. Jimmy is a long time resident of Leedey, OK. He is the third generation on the family farm in Dewey County. He and his wife Ginger have been farming and ranching together since 1980.
In our latest Ag Perspectives Podcast, Oklahoma Farm Report's Ron Hays talks end of the year issues with the soon to be senior member of the Oklahoma Congressional delegation, Third District Congressman Frank Lucas They talk about the Omnibus package which will fund the government until the end of the current fiscal year, the Congressman's...
Today's Ag Perspectives Podcast, Oklahoma Farm Report's Ron Hays sat down and visited earlier this month with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Vice President of Government Affairs, Ethan Lane, about the midterm elections and what that means for the US Cattle Industry.
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays got on the phone with OSU Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Derrell Peel on Friday afternoon after the release of the latest USDA Cattle on Feed Report- a quarterly version with it being October, which provides us a breakdown of steers and heifers in the pipeline.
In this latest Ag Perspectives Podcast- Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talks with Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Market economist Dr. Derrell Peel about the September Cattle on Feed Report that came out on Friday afternoon, September 23rd..
In this latest Ag Perspectives Podcast- Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talks with OKlahoma State UNiversity Extension Livestock Market economist Dr. Derrell Peel about the August Cattle on Feed Report that came out on Friday afternoon.
On this edition of our Oklahoma Farm Report Ag Perspectives Podcast, Senior Farm and Ranch broadcaster Ron Hays spent a few minutes on the phone with Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt- talking with the Governor about the moratorium on medical marijuana grow houses that will be put into place later this month.
The latest edition of the Ag Perspectives Podcast features the Executive Vice President of the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, Michael Kelsey. Kelsey and Senior Farm/Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talk policy and politics- as they start with a look at the policy discussed at the 2022 Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association annual convention in Norman.
In today's Ag Perspectives Podcast- we welcome Dr.
In this Ag Perspectives Podcast- Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays does a deep dive with Erin Borror, the Vice President for Economic Analysis at the U.S. Meat Export Federation about the latest March Beef Export numbers just out from the USDA, compiled by the USMEF.
In this edition of our Ag Perspectives Podcast- Senior Farm and Ranch Brodcaster for the Oklahoma Farm Report, Ron Hays, talks in depth with the Vice President of Public Policy for Oklahoma Farm Bureau, Steve Thompson. hays and Thompson discuss the latest week of legislative work at the Oklahoma State Capitol.
In our latest Ag Perspectives Podcast- Oklahoma Farm Report's Ron Hays talked with OKlahoma Second District Congressman Markwayne Mullin about he and his wife's decision to run for the remaining four years of Senator Jim Inhofe's seat in the US Senate.
On this editon of Ag Perspectives Podcast, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays sat down and talked with the Director of the National Ag Law Center Harrison Pittman. The Center is located at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Justin Benavidez with Texas Agrilife has reviewed the data for the NCBA 75% plan- and pronounces the third quarter as a success.
In our latest Ag Perspectives Podcast, Radio Oklahoma Ag Netowrk Farm Director Ron Hays talks with Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas about a wide range of issues- from the just passed in the House Continuing Resolution and Debt Ceiling measure(Lucas Opposed) to the the huge $3.5 Trillion dollar Biden Proposal to cattle marketing issues to...
In our latest Ag Perspective Podcast, KC Sheperd talks with the leading animal behavioralist in the world, Dr. Temple Grandin. KC and Dr.
On today's Ag Perspectives Podcast, Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Senior Farm Director Ron Hays recently sat down and talked at lengeth with the head of the Oklahoma State University Wheat Improvement Team, Dr. Brett Carver.
Our latest Ag Perspectives Podcast is with long time weather analyst Dr. Art Douglas, who provided long term weather outlooks for Cattlefax for their Market Outlook Seminars during the annual cattle industry conventions.
Today's Ag Perspectives Podcast is with Jarold Callahan, President of Express Ranches. Jarold talks with Ron Hays about the annual Female Production Sale- the Big Event- set for August 20th and 21st. Learn more by going to Express Ranches' website- available here.
Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director Ron Hays talked with US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on Tuesday morning- discussing several current topics that Oklahoma farmers and ranchers have as priorities.
In our latest Ag Perspectives Podcast, Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director Ron Hays talked with Megan Overby, farm broadcaster with the Red River Radio Netowkr of North Dakota about drought conditions in that state and how the cattle industry is dealing with the extended dry weather.
In this latest Ag Perspectives Podcast, Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director Ron Hays spent time on the longline with Third District Congressman Frank Lucas discussing a variety of issues happening in our nation's Capitol- including his take on the Joe Biden proposal to tackle infrastructure needs across the country.
On this Ag Perspectives Podcast, Farm Director Ron Hays talks with the President and CEO of Express Ranches, Jarold Callahan. Jarold offers a preview of the 27th Spring Bull Sale of Express Ranches, set for Friday, March 5th.
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.3 million head on August 1, 2020. The inventory was 2 percent above August 1, 2019. This is the highest August 1 inventory since the series began in 1996.
Oklahoma Farm Bureau hosted live webinar on Monday, Aug. 3 featuring Gov. Kevin Stitt regarding the Oklahoma Commission on Cooperative Sovereignty, created to address concerns and make recommendations to the state and to Congress after the recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings in McGirt v. Oklahoma and Sharp v. Murphy.
The President of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Ross Wilson, believes that a reasonable outcome came out of the intense six hour Live Cattle Marketing Committee meeting earlier this week in Denver.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released an analysis on Wednesday of market conditions in the context of the ongoing beef market investigation.
Our latest Ag Perspectives Podcast features a Thursday morning conversation with Oklahoma Senator James Lankford. Legislation these days has to have a catchy name- so we discuss JUSTICE, CARES and HEROES with the Senator.
Colin Woodall, Chief Executive Officer of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, talked Thursday midday on the long line from his office in Denver, Colorado with Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director Ron Hays- providing an update on key topics that the organization is engaged in.
The 2020 Oklahoma Wheat Crop Report session that was held for the first time in years in a venue other than the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Grain and Feed Association.
On Saturday, Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director Ron Hays talked for a few minutes with the CEO of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association Colin Woodall, getting his reaction to the $5.1 billion in assistance that was announced on Friday for beef cattle producers hurt by the Coronavirus Pandemic Panel because of falling cattle prices.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). This new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program will take several actions to assist farmers, ranchers, and consumers in response to the COVID-19 national emergency.
Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director Ron Hays had the opportunity to sit down on the long line and talk about where the beef cattle industry sector stands after several weeks of continuous shocks that have been delivered by the corornavirus with Don Close, Senior Vice President of Food and Ag Research, Animal Protein at Rabo AgriFinance.
Under strict health and safety measures, the Oklahoma Legislature convened for a historic special session on Monday, April 6 to respond to Gov. Kevin Stitt"s statewide health emergency declaration.
Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director Ron Hays talked with Oklahoma Senator James Lankford on Wednesday morning- discussing the days ahead that the United States faces in its battle against the Wuhan Virus- and talking about the two trillion dollar CARES package passed by the Senate and the House and then signed by President Trump.
Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director Ron Hays talked on Thursday morning with NCBA Vice President for Government Affairs, Ethan Lane, about the surreal times all of America seems to be walking through- and zeroed in on the huge losses that many cattle producers have incurred in recent days.
On Wednesday, the Vice President for Government Affairs for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Ethan Lane, offered a media briefing on what the cattle industry is doing in Washington to engage the White House and the USDA on issues related to the Chinese Coronavirus situation.
The USDA released their twice annual Cattle Inventory report that shows a drop in US Beef Cow Herd down 1% at 31.316 million million head from a revised January 1, 2019 number of 31.690 million(75,000 fewer beef cows than the number of last year) Texas Remains Top Beef Cow State at 4.57 Million head, Oklahoma is Second at 2.099 Million...
Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director Ron Hays talked with OSU Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Derrell Peel about the Friday January 24th Cattle on Feed Report- and more- on Friday afternoon.
President Donald Trump addressed the 2020 American Farm Bureau Convention in Austin, Texas on Sunday- and in the forty three minute address- talked about a laundry list of accomplishments that his Administration has done which benefit rural America and farmers and ranchers.
Today's Ag Persepctives Podcast features an exclusive conversation that Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director Ron Hays had with Kent Bacus, Vice President for International Trade and Market Access at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
Our first Ag Perspectives Podcast for 2020 features a conversation with the US Meat Export Federation Economist Erin Borror. Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director Ron Hays talks about 2020 with Borror as it relates primarily to US Beef Exports.
Our latest Road to Rural Prosperity Podcast has gone live- and it features three members of the Faculty from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Oklahoma State University.
Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director Ron Hays talked with Oklahoma Third District Congressman Frank Lucas on Wednesday morning, December 5th as House Democrats continued their efforts to brings articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
On the final afternoon of the 2019 National Association of Farm Broadcasters Annual Convention- US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue stopped by the meeting and had a thirty minute chat with the President of the NAFB, Lorrie Boyer of Colorado.
On this Ag Perspectives Podcast, Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director Ron Hays reports from the 2019 American Angus Association Convention in Reno- as he talks with the Vice President, Agrigenomics for Neogen, Dr. Stewart Bauck. Hays and Dr.
Guests Tyson Ochsner, Shane Robinson and Paul Weckler join host Ron Hays in this Episode looking at the OSU Rural Renewal Initiative. The future of many rural communities in Oklahoma, as well as elsewhere in the U.S. and around the world, is jeopardized by natural resource degradation, climate change, drought and sociocultural trends.
In case you missed it- here is our P:odcast from the Road to Rural Prosperity series with OKlahoma State Secertary of Agriculture, Blayne Arthur.