In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Adam Putnam, CEO of Ducks Unlimited after he presented a keynote address at the General Assembly Meeting of the US Roundtable for Sustainable Beef. Put
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays features comments from farm director KC Shepards ' conversation this week at Washington Watch with the Executive Director of Government Affairs for the National Cattleme
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays continues his conversation from yesterday with Tom McDonald, who was recently named chairman of the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef for the coming year. McDonald sa
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Tom McDonald, Senior Vice President for Environmental Affairs and Sustainability for Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, LLC who has been named the new chairman of the U.S
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Executive Director Samantha Werth who says one of the biggest strengths of the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef is bringing every segment of the beef supply ch
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with agricultural economist and professor at Oklahoma State University, Dr. Shannon Ferrell, who says ranch families across the country are recognizing that succession
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Andy Holloway, who says it’s not too late to register for the 2026 Hemphill County Beef Conference set for next Tuesday and Wednesday in Canadian Texas. Holloway s
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Hugh Aljoe, who says the Noble Research Institute has sharpened its mission around helping farmers and ranchers improve grazing land resiliency and ranch profitabi
Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Derrell Peel talked Friday with Senior Farm and Ranch broadcaster Ron Hays about the USDA’s April cattle-on-feed report which shows a modest tightening in supply. &ldq
New World Screwworm Map as of April 16, 2026 Even as the cattle industry is watching the northward movement of the New World Screwworm, Uncle Sam and the industry as a whole is ramping up its defense against the pest with a combination of n
The cattle industry is watching closely as New World screwworm cases continue pushing north through Mexico, with the nearest confirmed detection now less than 100 miles from the United States. During a webinar on April 15th hosted by Nation
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays continues to feature comments from Dr. Bob Weaber of Kansas State from his presentation in the OSU Thursday Ranchers Lunchtime Series on the Tug of War in the
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays features comments from Dr. Bob Weaber of Kansas State from his presentation in the OSU Thursday Ranchers Lunchtime Series on the Tug of War in the Cattle Industry. Dr. Weaber
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Theo Beaumont of Halter, who says the company is helping ranchers rethink grazing management through virtual fencing technology. Beaumont explains Halter uses a so
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Clay McKinney, who serves as Executive Director of Law Enforcement, Brand and Inspection Services for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, about
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays continues his conversation with Greg Hanes, Chief Executive Officer of the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion Board, who says tighter cattle supplies are forcing the industry to get m
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion Board CEO Greg Hanes, who says the long-term investment of checkoff dollars is continuing to pay off as beef demand remains strong—even
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Chief Executive Officer Colin Woodall of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Hays and Woodall talk historic consumer demand for beef, getting re
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Michael Kelsey, who says the clock is ticking fast for cattle industry priorities as the Oklahoma legislative session nears its end.A Shortened Timeline at t
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Michael Kelsey, executive vice president of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, who shares a cattle industry perspective on an unusually early state budget agree
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Andy Holloway, longtime Texas Panhandle Extension educator, who is helping lead preparations for the upcoming Hemphill County Beef Conference—an event that continu
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with Lee McGlamery of MP AgriLytics, who shares insight on key market forces shaping the cattle industry—from Mexico trade uncertainty to rising carcass weights and shi
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with meteorologist and atmospheric scientist Matt Makens, who is tracking a critical weather transition that could shape moisture patterns, drought recovery, and
In today’s Beef Buzz, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays features comments with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, who is signaling a possible shift toward reopening the U.S.–Mexico border to feeder cattle imp
In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with OKC West Auctioneer Jon Cooper, who shares insight on the strong cattle market at OKC West and what’s driving higher prices across the region. For many of you, Jon
