Apr 25
A professor of precision livestock management at the School of Medical and Applied Sciences at Central Queensland University in Australia, Mark Trotter, has been researching smart e-tags, which are an emerging technology in the beef cattle industry. Trotter was a speaker at the recent Oklahoma Beef Cattle Summit in Ada, and Oklahoma Farm Report’s Stevie …
Apr 24
John H. Pfeiffer Jr., a fourth-generation Oklahoma farmer and rancher, has been awarded the 2025 recipient of Governor Stitt’s Outstanding Achievement in Agriculture Award and is the 28th inductee into the Oklahoma Agriculture Hall of Fame. Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays caught up with Pfeiffer to hear his story, which was featured in Tuesday’s …
Apr 23
John H. Pfeiffer Jr., a fourth-generation Oklahoma farmer and rancher, has been awarded the 2025 recipient of Governor Stitt’s Outstanding Achievement in Agriculture Award and is the 28th inductee into the Oklahoma Agriculture Hall of Fame. Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays caught up with Pfeiffer to hear his story, which was featured in Tuesday’s …
Apr 22
John H. Pfeiffer Jr., a fourth-generation Oklahoma farmer and rancher, has been awarded the 2025 recipient of Governor Stitt’s Outstanding Achievement in Agriculture Award and is the 28th inductee into the Oklahoma Agriculture Hall of Fame. Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays caught up with Pfeiffer to hear his story. The Outstanding Achievement in …
Apr 21
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talked to OSU Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Derrell Peel after the latest USDA Cattle-on-Feed Report was released last week. In Friday’s BeefBuzz, Dr. Peel analyzed the numbers. Today, he is discussing rebuilding the nation’s cowherd. Dr. Peel explained that his basic outlook hasn’t changed in about two years, a period …
Apr 17
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talked to OSU Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Derrell Peel after the latest USDA Cattle-on-Feed Report was released on Thursday afternoon, and Dr. Peel analyzed the latest numbers. According to the April Cattle on Feed Report, March placements were up 105% of last year, and March marketings were up …
Apr 17
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays features comments with Dr. Burke Healey, USDA’s APHIS Executive Director for VS’ Strategy and Policy division, about the New World Screwworm (NWS) situation in Southern Mexico. The parasitic fly is known for infesting open wounds on livestock, especially cattle, and poses a significant threat to other mammals, including …
Apr 16
Farm Broadcaster Carey Martin from the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network had the chance to visit with the CEO of CattleFax, Randy Blach, at the 2025 Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Convention. Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is featuring comments from their conversation as they talk about carcass weights and more. Yesterday, they …
Apr 15
Farm Broadcaster Carey Martin from the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network had the chance to visit with the CEO of CattleFax, Randy Blach, at the 2025 Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Convention. Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is featuring comments from their conversation as they discussed beef market fundamentals and tight numbers in …
Apr 14
On today’s BeefBuzz, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is talking with Mark Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist, about strategies for rebuilding the U.S. beef cow herd. Johnson first established that the correct set of cows will breed quickly, produce calves early in the following calving season, and raise good …
