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Burnin’ Daylight
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A podcast explaining and celebrating the intricacies, wisdom and humor of cowboy/ cowpuncher/ buckaroo culture. Enjoy conversations with working cowboys, authors, musicians, business leaders and hilariously offensive news and political analysis from the viewpoint of your favorite feedlot cowboy, Matt McKinley.
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BD Baseball 5/4 – A’s Lead the West, Tigers on Top, Rockies “Not Terrible”
May 400:01:00Tap to summarizeWelcome back, Daylight Burners. Happy Sunday – Monday’s staring us down again – but it’s weekly recap time for Burnin’ Daylight Baseball. Jake was at the Tigers game getting lit up while Detroit was rolling, the A’s and Rockies gave us a little heartburn, and we’re a month into the season with some things starting to feel real. We kick off with a full Sunday scoreboard: Astros–Red Sox in extras, Mets snapping out of free fall against the even‑more‑free‑fall Angels, Twins finally picking one up over the Blue Jays, Dodgers stopping the bleeding in St. Louis, Cubs extending their home streak, Braves finishing a sweep in Coors, Pirates walking off the Reds 1–0, plus the rest of a packed slate. R/H/E, who shoved, who got shelled, and where the “AI is lazy” box scores came up short. Then it’s standings and storylines:– Yankees and Braves looking like the class of each league.– AL Central with Guardians and Tigers tied up, only Detroit in the black on run differential.– A’s somehow two games clear in the AL West despite a negative run diff.– NL Central with every team over .500 and the Pirates flipping the whole thing by sweeping the Reds.– NL West with Dodgers/Padres on top, D‑backs and Rockies streaky, Giants just flat‑out bad. We close with homer segments: Tigers as a real‑ish first‑place team, the “dummies” leading the AL West out of West Sac, and Rockies sitting at “not terrible” after running into the Braves buzzsaw. Let’s go get a hit. Move your ass. We’re burning daylight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Will Warren Shoves, Keller Deals, A’s Get Robbed | BD Baseball 5/2
May 200:14:42Tap to summarizeTitle: Daily MLB Rundown: Scores, Standings & Today’s Slate | May 2 Description: Welcome back, Daylight Burners — it was a wild night around Major League Baseball and not a particularly kind one to the A’s, Tigers, or Rockies. Matt runs through Friday’s scoreboard, updated division standings, and previews today’s pitching matchups so you’re dialed in before first pitch. In this episode: - D-backs blow one late at Wrigley vs. the Cubs - Rangers edge the Tigers in a heartbreaker - Pirates blast the Reds 9–1 behind Mitch Keller’s seven strong innings - Yankees smoke the Orioles 7–2 with Will Warren’s third straight quality start and nine Ks - Rays blank the Giants, Robbie Ray tagged for a pair of homers - Cardinals stomp the Dodgers, Braves stay hot against the Rockies at Coors - White Sox, Royals and Guardians all make noise as the AL Central tightens up - A’s lose a heartbreaker in West Sacramento as Steven Kwan robs Colby Thomas of a go‑ahead grand slam by inches - Full AL and NL division standings rundown - Today’s slate and pitching matchups, including Bradish vs Weathers, Cease vs Prelipp, Nelson vs Imanaga, Rocker vs Montero, Sale vs Bernardino, and Lugo vs Hancock New BD Baseball episodes drop daily, with weekly recaps and betting talk with Jake and Eric all season long. Show notes / links: Listen & watch: - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Ibjbtt7zWtP9KKKaQhNaA - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/burnin-daylight/id1637105763 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BurninDaylightSports - Megaphone: [your Megaphone show link] Follow Burnin’ Daylight Sports: - Instagram: https://instagram.com/burnindaylightsports - Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/burnindaylightsports Follow the crew: - Matt – @moveyerass - Jake – @j_renquist - Eric – @jordanwinkler19 Handles for tags: @burnindaylightsports @moveyerass @j_renquist @jordanwinkler19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Farm Bill Passes, Cash Cattle Smash Records — Friggin’ Farm & Ranch Report (05/01/26)
May 200:47:19Tap to summarizeFriday, May 1, 2026 — two days folded into one. We didn’t get a Thursday tape out, but the news sure as hell didn’t slow down for us. Here’s what moved while you were doctoring calves and fixing fence: Farm Bill H.R. 7567 PASSES the House 224–200, and the pesticide preemption “Luna 28” amendment gets STRUCK on the floor 280–142. The chemical lobby took a bipartisan ass‑kicking, and producer right‑to‑sue stays alive at the state level. E15 year‑round gets pulled out of the Farm Bill and bumped to a standalone vote on May 13. Corn and ethanol boys have to win it on its own merits now. Cash cattle blow the doors off: five‑area weekly average hits 254.58 on 24,289 head Thursday, with late clean‑up at 256 live and 405 dressed — a new record, up 6.20 over last week’s 248.38. Board took a breather, cash did the heavy lifting. June live cattle settles 252.75 Friday, down 2.50 over the two‑day stretch. May feeders hang around 372.50 and the CME Feeder Index prints 372.47. Lean hogs June get worked, off 2.47 across the fold. UAE officially walks out of OPEC and OPEC‑plus — first time a top‑3 exporter has left — and WTI still drops 4.89 in 48 hours as the Strait of Hormuz stays effectively closed and sea‑mine risk keeps a choke collar on exports. USDA confirms New World Screwworm in Nuevo León, Mexico, now just 62 miles from the Texas border — about 20 miles closer than the April 10 detection we’ve been tracking. APHIS shifts sterile fly dispersal into a 50‑mile polygon inside Texas along the Tamaulipas line. This is the closest the parasite’s been to U.S. cattle since eradication in 1966. SDRP deadline gets pushed: Thursday was supposed to be last call, but USDA extends Stage 1 and Stage 2 out to August 12, 2026 after paying 6.7 billion of the 16‑billion‑dollar pot and bumping Stage 2 to 70 percent. The money’s moving, but you still have to file. Sale barn tape: Superior’s 23,000‑head video sale runs with final tallies due early next week, Torrington sets 21 steer barn records across 5–8 weights, OKC West cranks out 6,500 head with 11 record prints, and light calves look like the new currency in Bassett, Joplin and beyond. Horse side: Billings moves 711 head, top horse at 30,000 with a dozen over 20k, Garfield hammers 350,000 at Premier, and EHV‑1 quarantines in Virginia and New Jersey mean you’d better check the board before you haul into Mid‑Atlantic barns. Drought monitor bleeds across the High Plains, Kansas State’s model pegs Kansas wheat down 31 percent to 240 million bushels at 39.4 bushels per acre, Texas and Oklahoma wheat ratings are ugly, and Sandhills fire damage keeps Nebraska pushing FEMA for a 30‑day extension. Rural business: 417 rural hospitals flagged as vulnerable, UnitedHealthcare follows through on exempting roughly 1,500 from prior auth by fall, livestock theft trends up with high prices and tight herds, and a federal court re‑opens the spigot on wind and solar permitting on federal land while BLM’s 2026 grazing fee lands at 1.69 per AUM. Packer watch: Cargill’s Milwaukee ground‑beef plant still marked for a May 31 shutdown, 221 jobs gone, while DOJ’s criminal probe into the Big Four grinds on and HedgersEdge has packer margins running roughly negative 231 a head with cash at 256 and cutout under 390. Somebody either pushes cutout or slows the chains. Plus: quick hits on the Trump‑Xi Beijing summit, the Fed handoff from Powell to Warsh, a White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter update, bird‑flu testing rules on dairy cows, listener mailbag, and “On This Day” to close it out. Move your ass — we’re burnin’ daylight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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One Month In: A’s Lead the West, Braves Roll, Rockies Alive
May 100:29:42Tap to summarizeWe’ve made it through the first month of the 2026 MLB season and the world is upside down in all the right ways. The Rockies close April at 14–18 and somehow not in last place in the NL West, actually playing competitive baseball and keeping me locked in night after night. Over in West Sacramento, my A’s are 16–14 and sitting on top of the AL West heading into a home set with Cleveland. In this episode I run through Thursday’s slate, including the Tigers’ comeback win over the Braves to get back to .500, the A’s taking the rubber game from the Royals, and a rough day for the Orioles against Houston. Then we zoom out to the standings: Yankees leading the AL East at 20–11, Braves owning the best record in baseball at 22–10, the NL Central stacked, and the Angels and Red Sox looking lost. I hit the injury and transaction wire, highlight some minor leaguers to keep an eye on, and preview the key weekend series and pitching matchups you need to know — from Yankees–Orioles and Rangers–Tigers to Dodgers–Cardinals and Guardians–A’s. Follow Burning Daylight Sports and the whole crew on all the socials, and as always: move your ass, we’re burnin’ daylight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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BD Baseball: A’s Still on Top, Tigers Gut Punch, Rockies Hang 13
Apr 3000:26:23Tap to summarizeI’m a little late getting this one out, but we’re talking baseball for Thursday, April 30. The A’s wake up alone on top of the AL West, the Tigers get their guts ripped out in Atlanta, and the Rockies hang a big crooked 13 on the Reds. I go game‑by‑game through Wednesday’s MLB scoreboard straight off mlb.com — Guardians over the Rays behind Gavin Williams and a two‑run knock from Chase DeLauter, Angels getting walked off by Colson Montgomery and the White Sox in the 10th, Mariners beating the Twins even though Minnesota piles up 12 hits, Rangers blanking the Yankees behind Nathan Eovaldi, and the Blue Jays smacking the Red Sox 8–1 with bombs from Ernie Clement and Brandon Valenzuela. Then we get into the homer stuff. My A’s take care of the Royals 5–2 behind seven innings and eight punchouts from Luis Severino, a three‑run shot from Lawrence Butler, and clean work late from Joel Kuhnel and Mark Leiter Jr. I run through the A’s injury and roster notes: Max Muncy’s busted hand, Brett Harris coming up, Brent Rooker back off the IL, and Denzel Clarke and Colby Thomas in the mix. For the Tigers, I talk about Tarek Skubal going out and doing Tarek Skubal things before Matt Olson — the Atlanta kid — walks it off, and what that does to a club that’s sitting just behind Cleveland in an AL Central that might be “balanced” or might just be bad. On the Rockies side, I break down Hunter Goodman’s three‑for‑four, two‑homer night (he’s up to eight and leading NL catchers in homers), Tomoyuki Sugano’s work on the mound, and where the Rockies sit in a stacked NL West. I also hit the Rockies’ injury/roster moves: Kyle Freeland’s IL trip, McCade Brown to the 60‑day, Zac Veen and Mickey Moniak coming back. I wrap it up with a lap around the standings — NL Central with everybody over .500, Braves already seven games clear in the NL East, Yankees and Rays at the top of the AL East, and the West Sacramento A’s leading the AL West — plus a look at today’s lighter travel‑day slate and some live score updates while the Tigers, Rockies, Giants, Astros and Orioles are all going. Move your ass. We’re burnin’ daylight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Cash Cattle Blows Past $256, Crude Screams, SDRP Clock Ticks — Friggin’ Farm & Ranch Report 04/29/26
Apr 3000:50:20Tap to summarizeCash cattle just blew the doors off. Northern trade hit $256/cwt, smashing last week’s $248.38 record by $7.62 in one shot, while Texas printed $250 and the June board tried to hang onto its breakout by 30 cents at $253.45. We talk why the cash bid is this hot — 75‑year low cow herd, shrinking plant capacity, and over a million burned acres in the Sandhills — and what has to break on the demand side before this market finally cools off. Then we go straight into boxed beef, packer margins, and some cleanup. The script overpromised on the inversion flip, the live hedge got it closer, and yesterday’s packer margin number was wrong — we fix it and lay out what it really looks like when packers are deep in the red while cash cattle keep ripping. Markets Flash covers cattle, hogs, grains, energy, metals, and rates: KC HRW wheat up $1.08 on drought and fire, Chicago wheat up 30 cents, beans nudging higher on Trump–Xi summit hopes, WTI crude screaming to $107.68 and Brent to $117.30, AAA diesel clinging to $5.464 with a lag that won’t last. If you buy fuel and feed for a living, this one matters. Sale Barn Pulse hits the country tape from Lone Star Stockyards, OKC West, Joplin, and Winter Livestock — head counts, price direction, and how local scarcity and green boards are showing up in actual checks. We also tip our hat to the high‑end horse and youth steer world with the NCHA Super Stakes results and RodeoHouston’s $1.5 million “Zinger” steer. Inputs/Energy and the War Reel connect Hormuz tanker grabs, war‑risk insurance, and EIA draws to what you’ll pay for diesel and fertilizer in May. Rural Americana and Policy/Macro wrap it with the SDRP deadline, rural mental health, rural hospital bankruptcy, the Farm Bill coming out of House Rules, Monsanto v. Durnell, and the rest of the policy noise headed your way. Stick around for the close — On This Day, sports, a quick recap, and your reminder to call FSA before you miss free disaster money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Bobby Witt Jr Knifes the A’s in 10, Yankees Mow the West, Reds Catch Fire
Apr 2900:21:52Tap to summarizeWe blew the morning slot, so you’re getting the full BD Sports whiparound on a sneaky‑wild couple days in MLB instead. We start with a “light” Monday slate of eight games: Rays 3–2 over Cleveland to push to 17–11 while the Guardians fall back to .500, the Cardinals closing in on the Pirates with a win in Pittsburgh, Dylan Cease finally taking his first loss as the Red Sox blank the Blue Jays 5–0, and the Mariners getting blasted 11–4 by the Twins while Luis Castillo wears it. Then it’s Angels–White Sox turning into an 8–7 mess as the Angels fall to 12–18 after a hot start, the Yankees continuing their run of dominance by dropping the Rangers under .500, the Padres outslugging the Cubs 9–7 at Petco behind Vasquez, and the Dodgers quietly cruising to 20–9 with a 5–4 win over the Marlins. From there we move into today’s slate, headlined by the A’s doing A’s things and giving up a three‑run bomb to Bobby Witt Jr. in the 10th to lose 4–1 after a great Aaron Civale start and a Salvador Pérez missile to dead center. Around the league, the Rays win 1–0 in Cleveland behind Martinez and his 1.7 ERA while Tanner Bibee keeps scuffling, the Orioles climb back to a game under .500 as the Astros keep sucking, and the Reds look for real at 19–10 as Chase Burns shoves and the Rockies get roughed up with Kyle Freeland on the mound. We hit the Cardinals beating the hell out of the Pirates 11–7, the Giants continuing to suck as Luzardo and the Phillies shut them out 7–0, the Blue Jays getting a needed 3–0 win behind a strong Savage outing, and the Mets finally showing a pulse with Clay Holmes while Littell wears a 7‑plus ERA. We close with the Braves dropping the Tigers back to 15–15, the Mariners taking it to Joe Ryan and the Twins 7–1, the White Sox quietly stacking wins with Murakami already up to 12 bombs, and a full standings tour that has the Yankees mopping up the AL East, the A’s somehow leading the AL West, and the NL Central completely wide open with every team over .500. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Plains Burn, Cattle Break Out & Oil Slams 100 | Friggin’ Farm & Ranch Report (4/28/26)
Apr 2800:49:11Tap to summarizeThe Plains are on fire, cattle are ripping, and diesel’s lock is starting to crack. On this Friggin’ Farm & Ranch Report for Tuesday, April 28, 2026, we start with over 1 million acres burned across Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma, Nebraska alone pushing 800,000 acres with the Morrill Fire at 643,000 — the biggest single recorded wildfire in modern state history. June live cattle futures close at 253.15, up 4.20, blowing past the 246 breakout level, boxed beef flips back to a 0.96 Choice‑over‑Select spread, and WTI shoves through 100 while diesel hangs around 5.46. We hit: – Markets: live and feeder cattle, record 248.38 cash, lean hogs, corn, beans, Chicago and KC wheat, metals and rates – Cattle & beef: boxed beef inversion ending, placements second‑lowest March since ’96, cow herd at 75‑year lows, packer leverage and DOJ probe – Sale barns & horses: Lone Star Stockyards run, OKC West calf trade, San Angelo, screaming replacement females, Superior & Western Video, NCHA Super Stakes, Billings Livestock, Heritage Place, and a 1.5‑million‑dollar Houston steer – Inputs: WTI 100.45, Brent 110.68, diesel “lock” window, Hormuz war‑risk insurance and what that means for your fuel and fertilizer bill – War Reel: Day 60 of the U.S.–Israeli war on Iran, tanker seizures, Iron Dome to the UAE, UAE leaving OPEC and the downstream hit to ag – Rural Americana: UnitedHealthcare’s rural prior‑auth reversal, ReConnect broadband money restored, Plains fire fallout, Colorado River drought, SDRP deadline – Policy/Macro: Farm Bill H.R. 7567 hung up over pesticide preemption and E15, Monsanto v. Durnell at SCOTUS, HPAI in dairy, screwworm program, Trump–Xi ag summit, FY27 ag appropriations – Reading the Herd: how the calls on cattle breakout, boxed beef flip and diesel lock did, plus a quick Kentucky Derby nod It’s not a “get rich” market, it’s a “don’t screw it up” market. Get to your sale, lock your diesel if you need to, and file your SDRP paperwork before the deadline. Brought to you by Lone Star Stockyards in Wheeler, Texas. Sale every Tuesday at 11 AM Central. Bill Martin: 970‑302‑5834 Sheldon Field: 806‑736‑0040 Office: 806‑677‑0777 lonestarstockyards.com Move your ass — we’re burnin’ daylight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Farm Bill Showdown, Cattle Breakout & Hormuz Pressure | Friggin' Farm & Ranch Report | 04/27/26
Apr 2700:46:38Tap to summarizeMonday’s show covered the live farm bill fight, a cattle market that keeps firming, and why the Strait of Hormuz still matters to ranchers. June live cattle closed at 244.875 for a third straight session above Matt’s 242.875 floor call, while USDA’s April Cattle on Feed report confirmed 11.6 million head on feed, placements down 7%, and marketings down 6%. Boxed beef flipped back with Choice at 387.00 and Select at 386.07, and Joplin’s 4-weight steers were sharply higher even as heavier cattle stayed under pressure. The show also hit SCOTUS arguments in Monsanto v. Durnell, SDRP payment changes from USDA, rural hospital pressure from UnitedHealthcare, and the crude/diesel risk tied to continued Hormuz escalation. Want the full behind-the-paywall write-up with links and source notes? Go subscribe at Burnin’ Daylight on Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Blackouts, Sweeps & McGonigal Mania | Rockies Stun Mets, A's Lead AL West - BD Baseball
Apr 2701:34:03Tap to summarizeThe A's are in sole possession of the AL West, the Tigers are climbing the ladder in the AL Central, and the Rockies are NOT awful. Matt (A's/Rockies) and Jake (Tigers/Rockies) break down a wild weekend in MLB. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: • Rockies SWEEP the Mets in doubleheader (Mets scored 1 run in 18 innings) • Chase Dolander dominates: 7 IP, 0 R, 7 K vs NYM • Connor McGonigal leading MLB in WAR (.333 AVG / .963 OPS) • A's take sole possession of AL West - Kurtz breaks Rickey Henderson's 1993 record • Red Sox fire Alex Cora and 5 coaches • Spencer Torkelson's 5-game HR streak • ABS challenge system at 54% overturn rate league-wide • Bobby Witt Jr finally homers • Munetaka Murakami - the "Japanese Adam Dunn" • NL Central: All 5 teams above .500 • MLB TV blackout rant TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro & Welcome 02:30 MLB TV Blackout Frustrations 08:00 Rockies Sweep the Mets 14:00 Chase Dolander's Gem 18:30 AL West: A's Take the Lead 24:00 Kurtz Breaks Rickey Henderson's Record 28:00 AL Central: Tigers Surging 32:00 Connor McGonigal Leading MLB in WAR 38:00 Spencer Torkelson HR Streak 42:00 AL East Breakdown 46:00 Red Sox Fire Cora & Coaching Staff 52:00 NL West Roundup 58:00 NL Central: All 5 Teams Winning 01:04:00 NL East: Mets in Disaster Mode 01:10:00 ABS Challenge System Analysis 01:16:00 Refsnyder Drama 01:20:00 Murakami Breakdown 01:24:00 Series Previews 01:28:00 Closing Thoughts ABOUT BD BASEBALL: Daily MLB talk for fans who love the game. Matt reps the A's, Jake reps the Tigers, and together we have a love/hate relationship with the Rockies. We cover everything from box scores to ballpark experiences. Subscribe and follow for daily baseball coverage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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