Ron Hays
Ron Hays is the Dean of Farm Broadcasters in the South Central US- and has been recognized for excellence in serving farmers and ranchers in Oklahoma and surrounding states for more than thirty years. With his signature greeting—“Howdy, Neighbors”—Ron has been the voice and advocate for Oklahoma Farmers and the agriculture industry since 1977.
Ron Hays is just finishing his first year with the Radio Oklahoma Network and Griffin Communications, which has allowed him the freedom to really focus on Oklahoma agriculture in a much more significant way than in recent years with his former network that he helped established.
Ron Hays is a past president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters, is a winner of National Farm Broadcaster of the Year, and has won the prestigious Oscars in Agriculture three times. He has most recently won the President’s Award for service to Oklahoma Conservation- presented by the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts and has been inducted in 2007 into the Oklahoma Broadcasters Hall of Fame, the first full time farm broadcaster to receive that honor.
In his more than thirty years of service to Oklahoma agriculture, Hays has served on the OSU Dean of Agriculture’s Advisory Committee, is the current Chairman of the Oklahoma Ag Leadership Program Advisory Committee, has produced the annual Stars Over Oklahoma Audio-Visual presentation of the Oklahoma FFA Convention for more than 15 years and has been honored by virtually every farm and commodity group in the state. He has literally traveled more than a million miles in covering the business of agriculture, reporting to and for the farmers and ranchers of Oklahoma.
Hays touches farmers and ranchers with more than just his popular daily radio reports- he also writes and sends a daily E-Mail that goes to some 1500 key agricultural leaders each morning- and has just begun a Saturday morning TV segment on top rated KWTV News9 called “In the Field with Ron Hays” which takes a look at a key agricultural story during the KWTV Saturday morning news block. This returns a regular TV farm news update to Oklahoma City Commercial television for the first time in more than twenty years.
Through all the years Ron has remained close to the rural community. They know Ron cares and understands their needs. That is why when they hear “Howdy, Neighbor” they know it is someone who has earned their trust.
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