Jan 09
Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is featuring commentary from Radio Oklahoma Ag Intern, Maci Carter’s interviews with various breed executives, including American Simmental Association’s Luke Bowman and American Salers Association’s Sherry Doubet. Bowman is in the outreach department of the American Simmental Association and works primarily with SimGenetics. “We might be the biggest breed …
Jan 08
At the fourth Cattlemen’s Congress, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays had the chance to talk with the Executive Secretary and CEO of the American Shorthorn Association, Montie Soules, about the strengths of the Shorthorn breed. “It has been a great event for our breed this year,” Soules said. “We are right here within …
Jan 05
At the 2024 Cattlemen’s Congress, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, caught up with the CEO of the American Angus Association, Mark McCully, and talked about the state of the Angus industry and the fourth year of Cattlemen’s Congress. “We are four years in, and it has really matured into a fantastic event,” McCully …
Jan 04
At the fourth Cattlemen’s Congress, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, caught up with the Executive Director of the North American Limousin Foundation, Mark Anderson, about the state of the Limousin breed. This will be the third year in a row that NALF membership has met in Oklahoma City during Cattlemen’s Congress for an …
Jan 03
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back talking with the Executive Vice President of the American Hereford Association, Jack Ward, about technology in the beef industry. While genomic technology has been used frequently at the seedstock level, Ward said he sees potential for growth in the commercial industry and the feedlot sector to identify what …
Jan 02
At the 2024 Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, had the chance to catch up with the Executive Vice President of the American Hereford Association, Jack Ward, about the year 2023 for the Hereford breed. “Our fiscal year ends in August, and so we came out of that year …
Jan 02
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with Grant Crawford of Merck Animal Health about the value of deworming. Dr. Crawford is an Associate Director for Cattle Technical Services at Merck. “If you look at all of the different animal health technologies available for cattle, the one that provides the biggest return for …
Dec 31
Cattlemen’s Congress is back for the fourth time at the OKC Fairgrounds- and is poised to once again be easily the largest beef cattle show in North America as it gets underway for its fourth show. The numbers are impressive- over 8,000 entries spread out over 25 beef breeds with shows happening daily December 30 …
Dec 28
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays talked in recent days with the Director of Producer Engagement Kara Lee about the Certified Angus Beef Ranch to Table program that was established in 2023- and is expected to gain momentum in 2024. Lee says “We really see the Ranch to Table line extension as a producer …
Dec 27
2003 was in it’s final days- everyone had their mind on the Christmas holiday- and then the cattle industry in the US got a hard jolt of reality about the fragile state of it’s well being. Michael Kelsey is one of those who lived through the event that was coined by some in the business …
