Mar 14
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is talking with the Senior Executive Director of Scientific Affairs at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Dr. Mandy Carr Johnson, about beef consumer market research. “We monitor their changes in perceptions, their buying habits, and what is truly driving demand,” Carr-Johnson explained. The information is gathered through daily …
Mar 13
Matt Perrier, a Kansas seedstock producer, spoke with Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays about opportunities in the cattle industry of today. “It is an exciting time to be in the beef industry, and all of us look at those supply and demand fundamentals and try to figure out where we fit and where …
Mar 12
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays caught up with Dr. Jessica Lancaster, NCBA Senior Director of Product Quality Research, to talk about modernizing the yield grade system in the U.S. The current system hasn’t been upgraded since 1965, but the cattle certainly have changed. “We are using pretty old estimates that are still directionally …
Mar 11
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays features comments from Kansas State University Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Glynn Tonsor, who talks about beef demand by looking at the lagging data directly from USDA. While there are no numbers yet for early 2025, all of the data for 2024 is in. According to Tonsor, domestic …
Mar 10
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr., a speaker at the National Farmer’s Union Annual Convention held in downtown Oklahoma City this week, visited with Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays about the Cherokee Nation’s 12,000 sq./ft. meat processing facility located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The facility really “beefed” up production during the COVID pandemic. …
Mar 07
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is talking with the Director of Sustainability at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Samantha Werth, about grazing management. Werth offered resources to help producers with their grazing management decisions, from templates to put their ideas on paper to regional contacts to ask about rotational grazing, adaptive management, or …
Mar 06
In today’s BeefBuzz, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is talking with Mike Deering, Executive Vice President of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, about the organization’s success at advancing policy initiatives that benefit Missouri cattle producers. “It is largely because of our membership,” Deering said. “We have a grassroots program called ‘Cowboys at the Capitol.’ …
Mar 05
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays spoke with National Cattlemen’s Association executive director of government affairs Kent Bacus about trade tariffs. President Trump has imposed tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico- and the administration is interacting with them in an effort to resolve the concerns the President has- especially in reducing or eliminating the …
Mar 04
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is continuing his conversation with senior animal protein research analyst David Weaber at Terrain about herd rebuilding. Part one of the discussion can be found here. Simply due to the rising cost of doing business, Weaber feels that herd growth will be modest and intentional. “It takes a big …
Mar 03
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is visiting with animal protein research analyst at Terrain, David Weaber, about herd rebuilding. Like others, Weaber believes the U.S. cow herd is at the bottom as far as quantity is concerned but cautions that growth will likely happen very slowly. “If you look at the January Inventory …
