Jul 13
Attorney General Gentner Drummond today announced a nearly $44 million settlement resolving the State’s 21-year lawsuit against six companies over poultry litter pollution in the Illinois River Watershed. Oklahoma sued Tyson Foods, Cargill, George’s, Peterson Farms, Cal-Maine and Simmons Foods in 2005. A federal judge found the companies liable in December 2025, then rejected a …
Apr 08
The long-standing battle over the Illinois River Watershed took a dramatic turn on Wednesday as Oklahoma state leaders and poultry producers face a new wave of uncertainty. In an interview on Wednesday afternoon with senior farm broadcaster Ron Hays, State Republican Representative David Hardin of Sallisaw detailed the fallout from a federal court’s decision to …
Jan 09
Oklahoma Farm Report’s Ron Hays caught up with Michael Kelsey, Executive Vice President of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association at the 2026 Cattlemen’s Congress and talked about the value of Congress to the Oklahoma cattle industry- and then moved on to spend most of their time previewing the 2026 OCA Winter Policy Meeting, set for January …
