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, …
Category: Perspectives Podcast
Mar 08
On Our Latest Ag Perspectives Podcast- Congressman Frank Lucas Talks with Ron Hays About CFIUS, SEC Scope 3, Farm Bill and More
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 …
Mar 05
On Our Latest Ag Perspectives Podcast- Ethan Lane Talks Packers & Stockyards Rule and More with Ron Hays
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 …
Feb 23
Ag Perspectives Podcast- Ron Hays Talks With Kevin Hafner of Express Ranches Ahead of Their 30th Spring Bull Sale
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. …
Feb 16
On This Ag Perspectives Podcast- Ron Hays Gets a Legislative Update from Steve Thompson
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. As there has been some movement on particular bills in the 2024 state …
Feb 02
At CattleCon 2024- Ron Hays Talks Policy With Executive VP Michael Kelsey of the OCA
Michael Kelsey of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association feels good about policy that was hammered out this past week at CattleCon 2024 in Orlando, Florida. He told Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays that at the top of the list for policy issues that Oklahoma producers were watching was language on traceability. “This has been …
Jan 19
In Our Latest Ag Perspectives Podcast- Ron Hays Talks January 2024 Cattle on Feed with Dr. Derrell Peel of OSU
“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 …
Dec 28
On Today’s Ag Perspectives Podcast- Former USDA Secretary Ann Veneman Looks Back on The Cow That Stole Christmas
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 …






















