Beef Prices and Politics with Reporter Ron Hays

When you consume a steak or hamburger, you are biting into an industry that is as much politics as beef.  It is also a huge part of the rural economy across the plains and cornbelt.  

I have known Ron Hays for over forty years.  He is the consummate livestock reporter.  He began as a radio farm broadcaster but his communications platforms are now on radio and internet.  Ron knowns the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) from the inside out.  He also knows the workings of the beef packing industry.

We talk about the current drought in the Southern Plains and then wade into the price disparities in cattle and beef prices.  We also explore NCBA politics.  He knows it all and a half hour of your time will give you Ron's take on whether small beef slaughter plants are going to be good for cattle producers and why the politics of the beef industry continue to be like a range war.