BeefCast

BeefCast 0509 - Have Consumer Prices Risen To Ration Beef Demand?

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:54:40 -0500

BeefCast 0509 Show Notes:

A quick check on what's up in the New Mexico beef industry as Truffle's John Blue checks in with Farm Credit of New Mexico's Greg Carrasco.

BeefCast 0508 - Better Outlook For Feedgrains From Industry Analyst Joe Kerns

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:41:08 -0500

BeefCast 0508 Show Notes:

Speaking at the recent Kansas State Swine Day, Analyst Joe Kerns with the International Agribusiness Group had some soothing words for producers dealing with volatile feed costs. He speaks with AgToday's Eric Atkinson.

BeefCast 0507 - How Will New Free Trade Agreements Impact Beef Exports?

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:58:12 -0500

BeefCast 0507 Show Notes:

Recently signed Free Trade Agreements with U.S. trading partners, especially South Korea, appear especially bullish for ag exports. K State economist Glynn Tonsor reports on research funded by the U.S. Meat Export Federation on just how big a bonanza it could be.

BeefCast 0506 - Drought Continues Pushing Cattle Herds To Slaughter

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:03:38 -0500

BeefCast 0506 Show Notes:

Devastating drought conditions in the southwest continue to bump slaughter numbers. How and why with Oklahoma State livestock economist Darrell Peel as he talks with Eric Atkinson.

BeefCast 0505 - Agriculture Amid Global Economic Uncertainty

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:45:28 -0500

BeefCast 0505 Show Notes:

In this conversation with Jim Kielkopf, economist for AgriBank, we look at how economic uncertainty has impacted producer decisions and what role speculators and hedge fund industry play in agriculture along with the global increase in commodity prices.

BeefCast 0504 - True Cost Of Proposed GIPSA Rules

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:53:50 -0500

BeefCast 0504 Show Notes:

Key livestock organizations joined forces to underwrite a deep analysis of proposed rule changes in GIPSA. Dr. Rob Murphy, Sr. Vice President of Informa Economics shared their findings during the recent National Association of Farm Broadcasters meeting in Kansas City. I also spoke with economist Steve Meyers for his perspective.
GIPSA summary from Informa Economics
Link to comment page at NCBA

BeefCast 0503 - Feeding The World - Saving The Planet

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:57:37 -0500

BeefCast 0503 Show Notes:

From the Leman Swine Conference, Dr. Jon Foley, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota presents current concerns and long-term prospects in addressing the growth of the world's population and the demands we are placing on the environment.
Link to the full video presentation courtesy of the University of Minnesota.

BeefCast 0502 - Digging Deep Data Yields Productivity Improvement

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:34:23 -0500

BeefCast 0502 Show Notes:

K-State livestock specialist Justin Waggoner discusses a new analysis of twenty years of feedlot cattle performance data in the High Plains.

BeefCast 0501 - Protein Markets Perspective From Wall Street

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:14:29 -0500

BeefCast 0501 Show Notes:

From the recent Leman swine conference, keynote presentation featuring Ms. Farha Aslam of Stephens, Inc. How Wall Street views the protein markets and what it means in the greater picture for the industry future.
Link to full video presentation here.

BeefCast 0500 - Will The Real Trent Fredenburg Please Stand

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:59:29 -0500

BeefCast 0500 Show Notes:

Trent Fredenburg has been found! Hooking up with Trent for his next chapter at his old chapter!

BeefCast 0499 - Keeping An Eye On The Regulators - GIPSA 2010

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:04:45 -0500

BeefCast 0499 Show Notes:

Jacob Bylund, attorney with Faegre & Benson in Des Moines, discussed major concerns in the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) debate. The comment period is open and can be entered here or send an email to comments.gipsa@usda.gov.

BeefCast 0498 - Make Estate Taxes Your Leading Issue For Returning Congressmen

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:48:43 -0500

BeefCast 0498 Show Notes:

Estate planning efforts may roll off the table according to American Farm Bureau Federation Tax Policy Specialist Pat Wolff. Yes, we may still see action but if not, the tax clock roles back ten years come January 1. You need to talk to your congressman because you really don't want that to happen.

BeefCast 0497 - Export market updates from Asia - part 2

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:38:54 -0500

BeefCast 0497 Show Notes:

Joel Haggard, US Meat Export Federation Vice President for Asia, updates us on the export picture for US beef in Asia and the Pacific communities. Part 2 or 2 (Catch up on Part 1).

BeefCast 0496 - Export market updates from Asia - part 1

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:22:26 -0500

BeefCast 0496 Show Notes:

Joel Haggard, US Meat Export Federation Vice President for Asia, updates us on the export picture for US beef in Asia and the Pacific communities. Part 1 of 2 (Follow-up with Part 2).

BeefCast 0495 - Will the grain market rally change your feeding plans?

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:12:55 -0500

BeefCast 0495 Show Notes:

Livestock economist Darrell Mark of the University of Nebraska looks at the impact of the recent grain market rally on feeders and cow-calf profitability and encourages pricing distillers grains in coming months.

BeefCast 0494 - What is the outlook for US beef exports in the global marketplace?

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:25:42 -0500

BeefCast 0494 Show Notes:

Erin Daley, Economist for the US Meat Export Federation, weighs in on the outlook for US beef exports in the global marketplace.

BeefCast 0493 - What does the Supreme Court decision on Roundup Ready Alfalfa mean?

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:17:45 -0500

BeefCast 0493 Show Notes:

Roger McEowen, Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation, explains the affects of the recent Supreme Court case on Roundup Ready Alfalfa.

BeefCast 0492 - What the beef industry is up to down under

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:53:33 -0500

BeefCast 0492 Show Notes:

Kevin Dhuyvetter, Kansas State University Agriculture Economist, highlights his recent trip to Australia. He comments on cattle marketing and animal identification approaches in Australia that could have appeal to the U.S. beef sector.

BeefCast 0491 - Once heat stress is identified, what do we do?

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:13:30 -0500

BeefCast 0491 Show Notes:

Now that we have identified heat stress, Dr. Larry Hollis, Kansas State veterinarian, takes us through the action steps that we should take.
Heat Stress Chart

BeefCast 0490 - How to properly detect heat stress in your herd

feedback@beefcast.com (BeefCast) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:56:40 -0500

BeefCast 0490 Show Notes:

Today we learn how to properly and accurately diagnose heat stress with Dr. Larry Hollis, cattle veterinarian at Kansas State University.
Heat Stress Chart