Sep 05
Listen to Ron Hays talking with Andy Bishop about the Operating Committee meeting going on in Denver, CO. Ten members from the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion Board are meeting with ten Federation of State Beef Council board members on, September 4-5, 2024, in Denver, Colorado, for what is known as the Operating Committee Meeting. Senior Farm …
Sep 04
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays caught up with Chairman of the Cattleman’s Beef Promotion Board Andy Bishop about why he wants to serve on the Beef Board and as a chairman. In 2007, Bishop moved back to Kentucky, the state he was raised in, and immediately got involved in the Kentucky Cattleman’s Association …
Sep 03
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with National Cattlemen’s Association executive director of government affairs, Kent Bacus, about U.S. Trade deals. According to Bacus, the overall government approach to pursuing new trade agreements has seen a shift. “When you go back to previous administrations, from Bush and Clinton, all the way up …
Aug 30
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, caught up with Abbi Prins, Livestock Industry Analyst with CoBank, who, like many experts believes that herd rebuilding will be slow. Prins authored an article for CoBank regarding the current status of the U.S. beef cow herd and the challenges of rebuilding it. Prins said the project was …
Aug 29
A high-level rodeo stock contractor in Canute, Oklahoma, lost over seventy head of bucking horses after feed containing sodium monensin, a common additive intended for cattle, sheep, goats, and poultry. Known by the brand name Rumensin, when fed to the correct species, it is known to increase milk production, control ketosis, reduce bloat, control coccidiosis, …
Aug 28
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is back talking with Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Dr. Derrell Peel about wheat pasture prospects and stocker demand. “There is always interest in grazing wheat in the fall,” Dr. Peel said. “If a producer is interested in forage, it’s about getting wheat in in late …
Aug 27
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays contacted Dr. Jessica Lancaster, NCBA Senior Director of Product Quality Research, to talk about the increasing carcass weights and what it means for beef production. Lancaster says carcass weights have experienced an annual 5-pound increase over the past thirty years. Carcass weights are now at levels that earlier …
Aug 25
The USDA’s #Cattle on Feed report came in within expectations on Friday. The Aug. 1 feedlot inventory totaled 11.1 million head, up 0.1% year-over-year. July placements were 5.8% higher at 1.7 million head. Marketings rose 7.7% to 1.86 million head. Click here for the full report as released by USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service on …
Aug 23
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, spoke with the Vice President of Governmental Affairs at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Ethan Lane about USDA’s proposed rule to clarify unfair practices in the livestock, meat, and poultry industries back in June. This conversation brings us up to date with the USDA’s Fairness Rule’s extension for …
Aug 22
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talks with NCBA Senior Director for Producer Education Michaela Clowser about foreign objects found in beef, namely, buckshot and birdshot. Birdshot or shotgun shell pellets have been found and reported in the beef supply since the first National Beef Quality Audit in the early nineties. Still, the presence …
