Aug 21
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays spoke with Dr. Carlos Risco, the Oklahoma State University Dean of Veterinary Medicine, about the importance of teaching student vets to cultivate positive relationships with their clients in the future and the importance of the research conducted in the OSU School of Veterinary Medicine. This is the second …
Aug 20
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays spoke with Dr. Carlos Risco, the Oklahoma State University Dean of Veterinary Medicine, about the shortage of veterinarians seen across the country and beyond, but especially large animal veterinarians in rural communities. Dr. Risco says that the shortage is due to a nearly crisis-level, worldwide, societal problem that …
Aug 19
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays caught up with National Cattleman’s Beef Association Beef Cattle Specialist Veterinarian Dr. Julia Herman to further the discussion about the Secure Beef Supply (SBS), which is a biosecurity contingency plan for cattle producers to prepare voluntarily before a foot and mouth disease outbreak. Last week, Hays spoke to …
Aug 16
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays caught up with Gene Lowrey, General Manager of XIT Feeders and Chairman of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, to talk about the Secure Beef Supply (SBS) Plan. XIT Feeders hosted a Secure Beef Plan Exercise on Thursday with approximately 100 stakeholders involved in walking through what might happen …
Aug 15
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is visiting with the Executive Director of Nutrition Research at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Dr. Shalene McNeill, about the value of beef in an infant’s diet. The NCBA Research Team has been looking closely at each of the developing life stages as children grow and their nutritional …
Aug 14
At the recent Livestock Market Association Convention, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays caught up with Joel Leftwich, the Chief Strategy Officer for Kansas Farm Bureau, to talk about a fund created to help tell the story of modern production agriculture, especially animal agriculture. This is the second in a two-part discussion, click here …
Aug 13
At the recent Livestock Marketing Convention, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays caught up with Joel Leftwich, the Chief Strategy Officer for Kansas Farm Bureau, to talk about staying ahead of activists against animal agriculture. This is the first in a two-part discussion so watch for the second part to be posted tomorrow. According …
Aug 12
Spring means baseball and softball, and it also means the kickoff to summer grilling season. This year, the Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. brand, funded by the Beef Checkoff, is excited to announce the perfect partnership between beef and baseball/softball as a proud partner of the Little League® World Series. Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster …
Aug 09
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is featuring comments with Kansas State University Extension Livestock Market Economist, Dr. Glynn Tonsor about his most recent feedlot return study which doesn’t look good for the beef cattle industry into the fall through early 2025. He warned of red ink for the feedlot business beginning in September …
Aug 08
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays had the chance to talk with the President of Lopez Dorada Foods, John Patrick Lopez about how his family’s business became a top ground beef supplier for the McDonald’s Corporation. Lopez Foods was started in the ‘90s and has grown to become one of the biggest suppliers of …
