Jun 27
This is day 5 of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, Kansas Grain and Feed Association and the Kansas Cooperative Council. Harvest is progressing steadily across parts of Kansas, with yields generally around average despite challenges like strong winds, scattered rain and wheat …
Jun 27
The halls of the Oklahoma state Capitol are once again empty after a busy 2025 legislative session. The first session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature commenced on the first Monday in February and gaveled out on Friday, May 30. Of the thousands of bills filed at the first of the year, Oklahoma Farm Bureau closely monitored …
Jun 27
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talked to Congressman Frank Lucas about the escalating concern over the New World screwworm. This pest, once eradicated from the United States, is now encroaching from the south due to “lax monitoring and enforcement.” Congressman Lucas emphasized the severe threat this poses to livestock, wildlife, and even humans, …
Jun 27
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) and stakeholders from the veterans, foster youth and homelessness communities spoke out against Senate Republican efforts to take food away from these vulnerable populations by adding bureaucratic paperwork requirements to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). In a bipartisan deal struck in the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, …
Jun 27
As of mid-June 2025, agricultural stakeholders are increasingly aware of claims by clean water advocates and regulatory concerns that land-applying municipal sewage waste (biosolids) may contaminate soil and groundwater with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In 2023, approximately 60% of U.S. biosolids were land-applied, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Also, according to the EPA, PFAS …
Jun 27
RON’s Ron Hays has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Jun 27
Congressman Frank Lucas, Third District Congressman and former chairman of both the House Agriculture and Science Committees, is seeing significant progress on key legislative priorities that impact both national security and the future of American agriculture. Speaking with Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays, Lucas shared updates on a bill aimed at safeguarding the …
Jun 26
Rep. Neils Hays, R-Muskogee, today expressed strong support for Gov. Kevin Stitt’s new “Make Oklahoma Healthy Again” (MOHA) executive order, which targets artificial food additives and environmental toxins. He also reaffirmed his commitment to House Bill 1264, legislation he authored to address those same food dye concerns. “These artificial dyes don’t add value to food and …
