Apr 06
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is visiting with the Director of Performance Programs at the American Angus Association, Dr. Esther Tarpoff, about data collection to improve the cow herd. Working with Angus breeders across the country, Tarpoff said a large portion of her focus is on data collection. Data collected, Tarpoff added, includes …
Apr 05
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back again with the vice president of governmental affairs at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Ethan Lane, talking about animal disease traceability. The ability to effectively trace animal disease, Lane said, in the case of a disease outbreak is critical to help beef start moving again. He …
Apr 04
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back with the vice president of governmental affairs at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Ethan Lane, talking about government spending, cell-based meat, and more. There are politicians on both sides of the aisle looking for more money for their particular projects. One of the big battles the cattle …
Apr 03
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is visiting with the vice president of governmental affairs at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Ethan Lane, talking about the latest on WOTUS (Waters of the U.S.) Recently, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution to stop the Biden administration’s latest WOTUS rule. Senators from both parties, Lane said, …
Mar 31
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is back visiting with Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist, Dr. Mark Johnson for more details about the upcoming Cattlemen’s Conference set to take place on May 24-25 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In the late 1980s, cattle industry leaders came together and held the Blue Print for …
Mar 30
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is visiting with Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist, Dr. Mark Johnson about the upcoming Cattlemen’s Conference set to take place on May 24-25 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Derived from the idea of similar conferences in the past, such as the National Steer Symposium in 1981, the …
Mar 29
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is back visiting with beef advocate and sixth-generation cattle rancher from Throckmorton, Texas, Tucker Brown, about how he advocates for the beef industry by educating and entertaining consumers. Brown is active in his family’s operation, the R.A. Brown Ranch, and is on the Leadership Development Committee at the …
Mar 28
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is visiting with beef advocate and sixth-generation cattle rancher from Throckmorton, Texas, Tucker Brown. Brown is active in his family’s operation, the R.A. Brown Ranch, and is on the Leadership Development Committee at the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. Because of his great advocacy work throughout 2022, …
Mar 27
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is back visiting with the president and CEO of the United States Meat Export Federation, Dan Halstrom, about the beef export fall-off at the start of 2023. One of the countries that has had phenomenal growth over the last few years is South Korea. In early 2023, South Korea’s …
Mar 24
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is visiting with the president and CEO of the United States Meat Export Federation, Dan Halstrom about headwinds on beef exports. Because of high levels of beef exports throughout most of 2022, Halstrom said those numbers were expected to take a hit at some point. “There are some headwinds …
