Jun 30
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is visiting with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Chief Counsel Mary-Thomas Hart about NCBA’s fight against the Biden Administration on the Waters of the U.S. rule. The NCBA has joined a broad coalition suing the Biden Administration over their reluctance to move off their rule and rewrite the new …
Jun 29
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back talking with the executive vice president of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, Michael Kelsey, with more information about the upcoming Annual OCA Convention and Trade Show. The OCA’s 71st Annual Convention and Trade Show will be held on July 21st and 22nd in Norman, Oklahoma, at the Embassy Suites Convention Center. There may …
Jun 28
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with the executive vice president of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, Michael Kelsey, about the upcoming Annual OCA Convention and Trade Show. The OCA’s 71st Annual Convention and Trade Show will be held on July 21st and 22nd in Norman, Oklahoma at the Embassy Suites Convention Center. The …
Jun 27
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with senior beef and cattle market research analyst at Rabo AgriFinance, Lance Zimmerman. Hays and Zimmerman talk about the 2023 barbecue index. Rabo AgriFinance has developed a BBQ index, which is a read on the expense of enjoying barbecue this summer with family and friends. “Sitting …
Jun 25
While USDA posted a headline in their June Cattle on Feed report that there is a three percent decline in total on feed numbers in this latest report- the number that jumped off the page to just about everyone was the five percent increase in placements in May 2023 versus a year ago. According to …
Jun 23
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with Rancher and Chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board, Jimmy Taylor. Hays and Taylor talk about the work that the Cattlemen’s Beef Board has been doing to spread the word about the benefits of eating beef. The Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion Board is responsible for collecting and …
Jun 22
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking about cattle genomics with professor of animal science and extension beef genetics specialist, Dr. Matt Spangler of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “I think genomics does represent an exciting change in the ability to identify genetically superior beef cattle,” Spangler said. “Really, it is a change that …
Jun 21
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition Specialist, Paul Beck, about the rise of dairy beef. “A 100 percent dairy steer is very low in value,” Beck said. “So, the dairies have treated those like they are a biproduct or just kind of a waste. …
Jun 20
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with the Director and Senior Agricultural Economist at the Livestock Marketing Information Center, Katelyn McCullock. Hays and McCullock talk about wholesale boxed beef trade, the cattle futures markets and more. “The cash side of things closed Friday, really strongly at $3.43 for Choice and $3.10 for …
Jun 19
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with the president of Certified Angus Beef, John Stika, about consumer research for CAB. Stika said through research, he has learned that consumers like to use Certified Angus Beef as a centerpiece of celebration with family, friends, work colleagues, and more. “We love to say that …
