Apr 11
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays had an in-depth conversation with NCBA’s Vice President of Governmental Affairs Ethan Lane and has been featuring highlights from it over the past couple of days of BeefBuzz. On Wednesday, they discussed the necessity of Trump’s tariff policies and why NCBA supports them. On Thursday, they discussed the challenges of getting …
Apr 10
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is back, talking with NCBA’s Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Ethan Lane. Yesterday, they discussed why NCBA supports Trump’s tariff policies. Today, they are talking about the challenge of getting a tax cut deal done in 2025. “One big, beautiful bill continues to capture the imaginations of policy …
Apr 09
President Trump announced his tariff plans this month, and the markets have responded negatively. Many ag groups are concerned, but NCBA and its Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Ethan Lane, are not. They are on board with what Trump is trying to accomplish. Oklahoma Farm Report’s Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, spoke with …
Apr 08
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays caught up with the Vice President of Operations at Farm Data Services and Oklahoma cattle producer Clay Burtrum to discuss the critical importance of risk management programs in today’s cattle markets. “Every time we think these cattle prices can’t go any higher, they go higher,” Burtrum states. “It …
Apr 07
Ron Hays talks with Heather Buckmaster of the Oklahoma Beef Council about her current trade mission to West Africa. “It is a wonderful opportunity for us to educate future buyers for U.S. beef, and I think a lot of producers want to ask, ‘Why Africa?’” Buckmaster said. She said the answer is easy, and it’s …
Apr 04
President Trump announced his tariff plans this month, and the markets have responded negatively. Many ag groups are concerned, but NCBA and its Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Ethan Lane, are not. They are on board with what Trump is trying to accomplish. Oklahoma Farm Report’s Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays spoke with …
Apr 03
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is visiting with the Executive Director of Market Research and Intelligence for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Mike Simone, about keeping up with today’s beef consumer. Despite economic pressures like inflation and higher beef prices, Simone says that consumer demand for beef is at an all-time high with …
Apr 02
Oklahoma Farm Report’s Ron Hays talked with Executive Vice President Michael Kelsey of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association who recently returned from Washington, D.C. where he discussed many topics with legislators, one of which was the New World Screwworm’s northward progress. Hear more about his work on Capitol Hill in yesterday’s BeefBuzz. “What we learned while we …
Apr 01
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays caught up with the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association’s Executive Vice President, Michael Kelsey, who just returned from a trip to Washington, D.C., along with several members of the OCA Leadership team. Kelsey described it as a “great trip,” saying that OCA President Troy Shelby led the delegation and the …
Mar 31
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is continuing his conversation with Andy Holloway about the 10th Annual Texas A&M AgriLife Hemphill County Beef Conference, which will be held on April 29-30 at the Jones Pavilion in Canadian, Texas. Click here to hear and read the first part of their discussion. After last year’s event attracted more …
