Road to Rural Prosperity

Today's Episode features three members of the Faculty from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Oklahoma State University. Our Podcast spotlights Oklahoma State University scientists who are teaming up with peer researchers at Kansas State University and USDA-Agricultural Research Service in El Reno to enhance cropping systems in the southern Great Plains. Host Ron Hays talks with D...

Episode 12 of the Road to Rural Prosperity features host AJ Griffin talking with Carter Kimble, who is the deputy secretary of health and mental health for the Kevin Stitt Administration. They discuss the state of healthcare in rural Oklahoma and the efforts being made to improve the delivery of healthcare- especially in more rural areas of the state. Carter also offers his concerns about State Qu...

Host Ron Hays sat down at the recent Oklahoma Farm Bureau Convention with two of the finest Ag Producers you can find anywhere- Monte Tucker of Sweetwater and Brent Bolen of Idabel- and we talked about their farm and ranch operations- their passion for the business and where they see production agriculture fitting into the quest for Oklahoma excellence. Today's Podcast is powered by the Oklahoma R...

Episode Ten of the Road to Rural Prosperity Features a conversation with JD Strong who is the Director for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. Strong tells host Ron Hays that this position is his dream job and they talk about the Agency, hunting prospects in the coming months in Oklahoma, the economic impact of hunting and fishing in rural Oklahoma and more.

The Podcast goes on the road to Indianapolis and the 2019 National FFA Convention where Host Ron Hays talks with three high achievers from Oklahoma participating in this national gathering of young people interested in agriculture. Ron talks with National FFA Officer Ridge Hughbanks of Alva, National Prepared Public Speech Contest Participant Bree Kisling of Chisholm and National Finalist in the S...

In Episode 8 , Host AJ Griffin talks with Dr. Ariel Lufkin of Mercy Healthcare about providing quality healthcare in rural areas of Oklahoma- lessons that can apply across our state and across much of rural America. Today's Episode is presented by the Oklahoma Public School Resource Center.

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. Those threats are draining away human talent, expanding a techn...

Episode 6 comes from the 2019 Tulsa State Fair, where host Ron Hays talks first with Roy Lee Lindsey of oKPork about making sure that the animals brought to the fair and other public events are healthy and disease free- followed by a conversation with one of the high achievers at the 2019 Show- the owner of the Grand Champion Market Hog- Pace MIttelstaedt, a Senior from Amber Pocasset FFA.

Episode Five of the Road to Rural Prosperity features host Ron Hays talking with Blayne Arthur, Oklahoma Secretary of Ag. The Secretary talks about her journey to the office of the Secretary within the Kevin Stitt Administration and the opportunities that are ahead for Rural Oklahoma and those that are a part of Agriculture that live and work in Rural Oklahoma.

The Executive Chairman of BancFirst, David Rainbolt, sat down with hosts Ron Hays and Tyler Norvell to talk about Oklahoma's Economy, including the economic health of Rural Oklahoma as well as a closer look at the Step Up Campaign that Rainbolt was a key player in in 2018. Rainbolt also offers his vision of where Oklahoma has the potential to go in the years ahead. Today's Podcast is powered by th...

Ron Hays talks with Teresa Rose Crook of the Communities Foundation of Oklahoma about efforts to make rural Oklahoma a Top Ten Place to live and work as Oklahomans help one another through charitable giving.

In the second episode of the Podcast series, the Road to Rural Prosperity, host Ron Hays talks with Brent Kisling of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce about how the state of Oklahoma is working to become Top Ten in every measure possible.

This podcast looks at the efforts by Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt to establish a culture in Oklahoma to become Top Ten in all ways. Ron Hays talks with the Governor about his drive to become Governor- and the first eight months in office- and what's ahead.