Dec 08
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is visiting with the President-Elect of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Mark Eisele, about regulatory battles NCBA has been fighting for ranchers. “It has been a very busy year, but a very good year,” Eisele said. “We had some wins in Congress, and we are fighting the good …
Dec 07
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with Dr. Tim Parks of Merck Animal Health about the health profile of cattle. This health profile, Parks said, begins at the cow-calf level. “If we can stimulate the immune system in that baby calf and get it prepared as it starts to develop and move …
Dec 06
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back talking with the president of Angus Gentics, Inc. (AGI), Kelli Retallick-Riley, about genomic progress in the beef cattle industry. One of the things Angus Genetics is working on, Retallick-Riley said, is continuing to appreciate the value of the current database and find ways to yield more …
Dec 05
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with the president of Angus Gentics, Inc. (AGI), Kelli Retallick-Riley, about genomics in the cattle industry. “We really hit our stride with genomics in 2010 when we incorporated genomics into our national cattle evaluations at American Angus, and quite frankly, it has been an upward trajectory …
Dec 04
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is visiting with the head of USDA’s risk management agency, Marcia Bunger, about livestock risk management products. The growth of livestock risk management products, Bunger said, has been astronomical. “When I take a look at some of the most recent data, I now believe that LRP (Livestock Risk …
Dec 01
As the 2024 Cattlemen’s Congress edges closer, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays is visiting with the Vice President of the show, Bray Haven. The show will run from December 30, 2023, through January 11, 2024, at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds. “It is really hard to believe we are rolling around on number four …
Nov 30
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, caught up with Donnell Brown of the R.A. Brown Ranch in Throckmorton, Texas at the recent American Angus Convention as they talked his ranch’s role in gene editing. “We have got the first two gene-edited Angus animals, and the company that we are working with has made others …
Nov 29
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is visiting with senior beef and cattle market research analyst at Rabo AgriFinance, Lance Zimmerman, about beef cow numbers and what the January 2024 Cattle Inventory report may have in store. The January of 2023, the Cattle Inventory number was 28.9 million head of beef cows. A second …
Nov 28
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is visiting with Oklahoma rancher and Chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion Board, Jimmy Taylor. The Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion Board is responsible for collecting and investing the dollar/head at beef checkoff. Taylor has been Chairman of the board for nearly a year. Taylor said his favorite part of …
Nov 27
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with the Livestock Marketing Association’s vice president of government industry and affairs, Chelsea Good. Hays and Good talk about the policy that LMA has been focusing on. On the top of that list is the Farm Bill. “The 2023 Farm Bill efforts are now 2024 Farm …
