Ron Hays talks with OSU’s Mark Johnson about last year’s Cattlemen’s Congress and previews the 2024 Version Cattlemen’s Conference is a type conference based around building and crafting the right kind of cattle. 35 years ago, cattle industry leaders came together and held the Blue Print for the Right Kind of Cattle Conference, focused on building cattle that fit the industry at that given time. Today, the industry has evolved and therefore, our cattle need to do the same. Together, Cattlemen’s Congress, Oklahoma State University and the Noble Research Institute have partnered together to brin ..read more

Ron Hays Ag and More with Former Chair of the House Ag Committee, Frank Lucas Senior Farm and Ranch Farm Broadcaster Ron Hays talks about a variety of issues- including the inclusion of his CIFUS language in the MiniBus Appropriations package, the SEC deciding not to force farmers and ranchers to report greenhouse gas emissions on an individual farm/ranch operation, the prospects of getting a Farm Bill in 2024, his priorities as Chair of the Science Committee(think weather and AI) and even a word on the wildfires near his Roger Mills County home. The post On Our Latest Ag Perspectives Podcast ..read more

Ron Hays talks inside the Beltway issues impacting the beef cattle business with Ethan Lane USDA has released a finalized rule on another aspect of fairness to livestock producers under the umbrella of the Packers and Stockyards Act- Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talks with Ethan Lane of NCBA on this latest rule from the Biden Administration- and what may still be coming under what we have called the GIPSA rules in previous years. Lane is not concerned about the majority of the language in this just released rule- but is very concerned about what might still be coming from the Bid ..read more

Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talked a week ahead of the 30th Annual Spring Bull Sale of Express Ranches with Kevin Hafner, the Vice President for Operations for the ranch. The sale is Friday, March 1, 2024 at 12 noon at the ranch in Yukon, Oklahoma. Details are available on their website, ExpressRanches.Com. They have the sale book, a bull sorter for their Angus bulls and sale videos all online. The post Ag Perspectives Podcast- Ron Hays Talks With Kevin Hafner of Express Ranches Ahead of Their 30th Spring Bull Sale first appeared on Oklahoma Farm Report ..read more

After two weeks of the general legislative session in Oklahoma, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, caught up with Oklahoma Farm Bureau Vice President of Public Policy, Steve Thompson to talk about the latest policy impacting producers in the state of Oklahoma. Ron Hays talks with Steve Thompson of Oklahoma Farm Bureau As there has been some movement on particular bills in the 2024 state legislative session, and Thompson said he feels that this year’s pace is historically fast. “Everybody is truly scrambling to make sure there is not something that anyone has missed or that your ..read more

Ron Hays talks CattleCon 2024 from an Oklahoma perspective with Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Michael Kelsey as the 2024 Convention winds down in Orlando. The post At CattleCon 2024- Ron Hays Talks Policy With Executive VP Michael Kelsey of the OCA first appeared on Oklahoma Farm Report ..read more

At CattleCon in Orlando- Ron Hays talks with Derrell Peel of OSU about the January Cattle Inventory Report from USDA released January 31, 2024 Click here for the full report from USDA- as released on January 31, 2024 Our coverage from CattleCon is a service of Farm Data Services of Stillwater, Oklahoma The post At CattleCon 2024- Ron Hays Talks Cattle Inventory with Derrell Peel first appeared on Oklahoma Farm Report ..read more

Ron Hays talks about cattle industry issues that will be a part of the conversation at the 2024 CattleCon- the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show this week in Orlando, Florida The post At CattleCon- Ron Hays Talks with NCBA’s Ethan Lane first appeared on Oklahoma Farm Report ..read more

Ron Hays talks about the January 2024 Cattle on Feed Report from USDA with OSU Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Derrell Peel “We Nailed It!”” That was the first word from Dr. Derrell Peel of OSU on the latest USDA Cattle on Feed Report- perhaps the biggest news from the report is confirmation that we still have a bunch of heifers on feed- more than any other January On Feed Report in recent memory. United States Cattle on Feed Up 2 Percent Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.9 million head o ..read more

Ron Hays talks with former USDA Secretary Ann Veneman about the Cow that Stole Christmas- the first case of BSE discovered in the United States in December 2003 Today’s Ag Perspective’s Podcast features a conversation that Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays had with former USDA Secretary of Ag Ann Veneman had about the first case of BSE that was found in the US in December 2003. In the mid-1990s, thousands of cattle in the United Kingdom (UK) were affected by an outbreak of a fatal neurological disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly referred to as “mad cow disease ..read more