Oct 21
The Oklahoma State University Agricultural Economics Department recently hosted the Rural Economic Outlook Conference. University of Kentucky Extension Professor in Livestock Economics Kenny Burdine was a keynote speaker there, and Oklahoma Farm Report’s Maci Carter caught up with him to talk about the mechanics of Livestock Risk Protection for feeder cattle. Ron Hays is featuring …
Oct 18
The Texas Cattle Feeder’s Association represents feedlots in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, and recently held their annual meeting. Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is featuring comments from Mike Murphy with the CattleFax Organization about several topics including heifer retention. Murphy was a speaker at the TCFA meeting in San Antonio. This is …
Oct 17
The Texas Cattle Feeder’s Association represents feedlots in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, and recently held their annual meeting. Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is featuring comments from Mike Murphy with the CattleFax Organization about several topics including La Nina, corn prices, and beef on dairy crosses. Murphy was a speaker at the …
Oct 16
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays caught up with Dakota Moss, Livestock Risk Services President, to discuss the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage (PRF) Protection Program because the time to sign up is now as the opportunity ends on December 1. The PRF program is a federally subsidized insurance program that protects against yield losses …
Oct 15
In line with their mission to promote beef, the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association has manned a beef tent at the Tulsa State Fair for decades where fairgoers can enjoy a mouth-watering ribeye beef sandwich.. Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays caught up with Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association’s Executive Vice President Michael Kelsey to talk about what …
Oct 14
Oklahoma legislators are in the midst of more than a hundred interim studies, and Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays caught up with Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association’s Executive Vice President, Michael Kelsey to talk about the ones that may impact cattle producers. Kelsey listed several interim studies that OCA is watching including some concerning water, …
Oct 11
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with National Cattlemen’s Association executive director of government affairs, Kent Bacus, about the case for extending the death tax exemption. This is part two of Ron’s conversation with Bacus concerning the tax study that NCBA conducted over the course of a year and a half, and …
Oct 10
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with National Cattlemen’s Association executive director of government affairs, Kent Bacus, about the tax study that NCBA recently released. With the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act set to expire at the end of 2025, NCBA collected survey data to better understand how key tax provisions, …
Oct 09
Recently, the Noble Research Institute announced the release of a free educational program for livestock producers for which they partnered with Certified Angus Beef. The program introduces the six soil health principles and how they work with the ecosystem processes. Land Stewardship, set to launch in November 2024, will be accessible worldwide entirely online and …
Oct 08
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays featured comments from Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Derrell Peel about the current state of drought in the Southern Plains and how it affects producers. For almost a year, meteorologists have anticipated the arrival of a La Nina weather system, but as rain continued to …
