At the Cattle Industry Summer Business meeting in San Diego, California, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays had the chance to talk with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association CEO Colin Woodall. One of his responsibilities is planning the future direction of the NCBA. To read and listen to Hays’s earlier conversation with Woodall about the …
Category: Top Beef Buzz
Aug 06
Colin Woodall – We Need to Lower Entry Barriers for Newcomers in the Beef Cattle Industry
At the Cattle Industry Summer Business meeting in San Diego, California, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays had the chance to talk with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association CEO Colin Woodall. One of his responsibilities is ensuring that young people have the opportunity to succeed in the beef cattle business. To read and listen to …
Aug 05
NCBA’s Colin Woodall Assures Producers That Their Beef Checkoff Dollars are Being Invested Well
At the Cattle Industry Summer Business meeting in San Diego, California, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays had the chance to talk with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association CEO Colin Woodall. In addition to his role in guiding NCBA’s policies, Woodall also oversees the organization that is the largest single contractor for the $1 per …
Aug 02
Dr. Barry Whitworth Talks Beef Quality Assurance
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays spoke with Barry Whitworth, DVM, Senior Extension Specialist, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service and currently the statewide coordinator for the Beef Quality Assurance Program (BQA) about the BQA program. The BQA Program began in the eighties to eliminate chemical and drug residue, and later turned its focus …
Aug 01
Tanner Beymer: How Ag Appropriations Help Shape the Regulatory Landscape for Cattle Producers
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, got the chance to visit with Tanner Beymer, Senior Director of Government Affairs at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, about Ag Appropriations. “The appropriations process is how we fund the federal government,” Beymer said. “Very rarely does NCBA go to appropriators with a funding request.” Beymer said that …
Jul 31
Tyson Foods Pioneers Climate-Smart Beef Part 2: A Revolutionary Effort to Reduce Emissions
At the recent Trust In Beef event, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, caught up with Senior Director of Sustainable Food Strategy at Tyson Foods Dr. Justin Ransom to talk about Tyson Foods’ efforts to create climate-smart beef. This is the second part of Hays’s conversation with Dr. Ransom. Part one can be found …
Jul 30
Tyson Foods Pioneers Climate-Smart Beef Part 1: A Revolutionary Effort to Reduce Emissions
At the recent Trust In Beef event, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, caught up with Senior Director of Sustainable Food Strategy at Tyson Foods Dr. Justin Ransom to talk about Tyson Foods’ efforts to create climate-smart beef. Dr. Ransom said that the research isn’t new. For several years, they have been looking at …
Jul 29
Exploring the Future of Sustainable Beef: Insights from Dr. Shalene McNeill
At the Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting, 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 merging nutrition research and sustainability science. Coverage from the 2024 Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting in San Diego is being powered by Farm …
Jul 26
Sigrid Johannes Discusses Strategy Behind Blocking Lab-Grown Protein in U.S. Military Diets
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays caught up with NCBA Associate Director for Governmental Affairs, Sigrid Johannes, about the U.S. Department of Defense’s recent decision not to pursue feeding lab-grown protein to our military. NCBA has worked with agriculture allies in Congress to secure the introduction of several amendments to the Fiscal Year 2025 …
Jul 25
OSU’s Derrell Peel Revisits His 4-3-2 Prediction of a Year Ago
At the 2024 OCA Convention, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is back talking with Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Dr. Derrell Peel about his 4-3-2 prediction from a year ago. At the 2023 Convention, Peel talked about 4-3-2 cattle prices, meaning $4 stocker calves, $3 yearlings, and $2 fat cattle. In …
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