Agwired sponsor GROWMARK announced several staff changes this week in the company, all effective February 1.
Marshall Bohbrink has been named GROWMARK vice president, finance and risk management, and chief financial officer, and he will also continue to serve as treasurer. Marshall has more than 34 years of GROWMARK System experience, including positions in treasury, insurance, accounting, and order processing. Most recently, he served as vice president, risk management and treasurer since 2008.
Ali Dunlap has been named GROWMARK crop protection supply manager. In her new role, Ali will be responsible for various aspects of acquisitions by working with business leaders to forecast and procure needed crop protection goods with qualified suppliers, as well as developing and preparing short and long range procurement plans for crop protection products. Prior to this promotion, she worked in the FS Seed Division as the seed product and shipping specialist.
Joe Sisco has been named GROWMARK area sales manager for the Plains Region, where he will be responsible for agronomy product sales accounts in northwest Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Kansas, as well as developing and implementing marketing strategies, pursuing new business opportunities, and providing competitive analysis in this area. Joe has a bachelor’s degree in agricultural education from the University of Nebraska and holds a Certified Crop Adviser certification.
Matt Busby has been named general manager, Lincoln Land FS, Inc., succeeding Keith Hufendick, who has accepted the general manager position at Two Rivers FS, Inc. Matt has held various positions in the GROWMARK System, including Certified Crop Specialist and marketing manager for three member cooperatives: Servco FS, Antigo, WI; BLACKHAWK FS, Amboy, IL; and Piatt County Service Company, Monticello, IL. He served as general manager of Piatt County Service Company since 2006.
Agwired offers congratulations to all and hope to meet you down the road as we continue to learn more about GROWMARK to share with our readers.
At a recent grower seminar in Chicago, BASF Crop Protection announced the results of a comprehensive 2010 crop protection study that shows how using a portfolio of BASF products can help increase corn and soybean yields.
Small-scale replicated field studies in soybeans and corn conducted at university and BASF research sites throughout the Midwest found “an average 9.1 bu/acre increase in soybeans and 33.3 bu/acre increase in corn when compared to a low-input glyphosate program,” according to the company. The objective of the research was to evaluate yield responses to BASF crop protection inputs – including Headline® fungicide, Headline AMP™ fungicide, Kixor® herbicide technology and Respect® insecticide.
This year marks the 38th anniversary of National Ag Day on March 15, an event which will be celebrated in classrooms and communities across the country as well as in the nation’s Capitol.
The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) has three major Washington DC events planned this year – Coffee with the Secretary, the Mix-and-Mingle Luncheon, and the National Celebration of Agriculture Dinner. John Deere will once again partner with ACA, as well as Successful Farming and DTN-The Progressive Farmer, to sponsor the DC events.
The events honor National Agriculture Week and mark a nationwide effort to tell the true story of American agriculture and remind citizens that agriculture is a part of all of us. A number of producers, agricultural associations, corporations, students and government organizations involved in agriculture are expected to participate.
In addition to public service announcements and other educational programs, ACA and partners will sponsor students to attend the Washington D.C. events. Representatives from FFA, 4H, AFA, the Consortium, and Student NAMA will visit with legislators, participate in a mix-and-mingle luncheon, and attend special events throughout the day.
The winners of the National Ag Day Essay Contest will also attend the events. High school students around the country have submitted written or video essays about the importance of agriculture with the theme “American Agriculture: Your Food. Your Farmer.” One winner in each category – written and video – will receive $1,000 and round-trip airfare to Washington, D.C., for recognition during the Celebration of Ag Dinner. The Ag Day Essay Contest is sponsored by CHS Inc., the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal, National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB), National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA), Country Living Association and McCormick Company.
This photo was taken in 1909. The men were cutting wheat on the farm which was rented when the family moved to Nebraska from Sedalia, Mo. Soon after this photo was taken, flooding destroyed the entire crop.
Aside from the heartache of losing an entire crop, I found this photo interesting because it captured a harvesting technique called “shocking” – a term I had to have Grandpa explain. After the wheat was cut and bound, the bundles were placed in shocks to allow the grain to dry for safe storage. Two bundles were leaned up against each other with the head ends up. Then, three or four more bundles were leaned against them so that they would stand and shed the rain. At summer’s end, the shocks were hauled by wagon to the threshing floor where the grain was separated from the husks.
The resulting grain was either unloaded into a bin with a heavy iron scoop or hauled to town for sale or storage.
My husband’s family raises wheat, but their harvest team looks a lot different than the landscape seen here in 1909. The advent of Gleaner combines (which was another brand I’d never heard of until we went to western Kansas – we bleed green in Nebraska), semi trucks and grain bins has sure changed wheat harvest for farmers today.
Vance Publishing Corp.’s Protein Division now provides subscribers with species business information via daily, weekly, ALERT and monthly e-newsletters as well as species specific websites: DroversCattleNetwork, DairyHerdNetwork and PorkNetwork.
A new partnership with Schoolmenu.com provides the Pear Bureau with a unique opportunity to educate families and school foodservice operators about healthy, fresh pears and their unique appeal to school-age kids.
Alpharma Animal Health introduced Bovatec 2.2, a convenient way to provide ionophore supplementation to pasture cattle.
Cargill announced plans to build a new corn processing plant in Brazil to produce starches and sweeteners solutions.
The 2011 Cattle Industry Convention wrapped up on Saturday in Denver for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) with a new slate of officers and a new vision for the future. The industry unanimously voted to approve the new Beef Industry Long Range Plan with a vision statement of “An industry united around a common goal of being the world’s most trusted and preferred source of beef and beef products.”
Bill Donald, a third generation, pony-tailed Montana rancher, was officially elected as president of the NCBA. Bill says putting the long range plan into motion is the organization’s first order of business this year. “We’re going to have an executive committee meeting in about three weeks and make sure our strategic plan is aligned with the long range plan and then we’re going to get to work and get that implemented,” he said. Like anything else, meeting the goals of the plan will require funding, and Bill says NCBA is prepared to meet that challenge. “We passed a resolution to increase total revenue, both checkoff and non-checkoff, to have $150 million annually. That’s about double from where it is right now.”
NCBA doubled its individual dues to $100 last year and lost some members as a result, but still ended up with more dollars at the end of the year. “We just have to have an outreach program and show them the value of a $100 membership,” he said. “That’s only a little less than $2 a week. HSUS asks for $19 a month and all we’re asking for is $2 a week, and we have to go head to head with them.”
J.D. Alexander, cattle feeder/farmer from Nebraska, moved up from vice president to NCBA president-elect at the conclusion of the business meeting. J.D. says the cattle industry is in a good position right now as far as profitability is concerned. “We’re very optimistic and from the CattleFax information at the convention, our market is still on the right track and doing well,” he said, adding that NCBA’s top priority will continue to be looking out for producer interests on the national level.
J.D. is hopeful that the future will bring more unity within the cattle industry. “We’re in a minority here and you cannot have your own organizations within your industry not working together,” he said. “I think it’s imperative that we all somehow work things out. We’re not going to agree on all items, but my wife and I don’t always agree on everything either and we’re still married!”
Scott George, a dairy and beef producer from Wyoming was elected as the new vice president for NCBA, switching over from leadership within the Federation of State Beef Councils where he just finished a year as chairman. He is optimistic that a unified beef cattle industry can accomplish all that is in the long range plan and more. “If we all can figure out where we fit in this and start working together, the industry will prosper,” he said. “We’re at a cross roads where the industry can really move forward in the next few years.”
They say that nothing is sure in life except death and taxes, so you should be prepared for a combination of both in the end.
Cliff Polk, estate planning specialist and founder and president of Rocky Mountain Financial Group, provdedd members of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Tax and Credit policy committee meeting on Friday with an in depth overview of the tax package passed by Congress at the end of 2010 that included language to reduce the top rate of the estate tax, commonly known as the death tax, to 35 percent and increase the exemption level to $5 million. He reminded producers that proper planning is necessary to ensure they meet estate tax exclusion levels. “Each family has to look at their operation as a business and determine the best succession plan. The next tax law will provide necessary relief from this onerous tax, but family-owned ranches need to take steps today to properly plan for the future of their operations. This industry, your industry, relies on it.”
Another sure thing for agricultural producers in this day and age is environmental regulations and one of the latest is the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) plan to implement the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) rule.
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Dave White talked about that issue at the NCBA Property Rights and Environmental Management Committee meeting on Friday. An NRCS report, “Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Chesapeake Bay Region,” came up with very different estimates of pollutant loads to the Chesapeake Bay compared to EPA. White believes EPA’s data is flawed when it comes to agriculture.
“Where we have a problem is we think this Bay model is not 100 percent accurate when it comes to agriculture,” White said. “There is just some erroneous stuff in there. We believe 88 percent of cropland (in the Bay areas) is under no-till. EPA is saying 50 percent. That’s a big, big difference.”
The NRCS chief was also at the convention Thursday night to honor the winners of the 20th annual national Environmental Stewardship Awards (ESA) program, which recognizes American farmers and ranchers as the number one stewards of the environment and annually pays tribute to the best of the best around the country.
The 12-point “Federation Charter of Principles” details independent functions, such as financial practices, while also retaining beneficial business ties the two entities have shared during their 15-year relationship. A Federation Structure Working Group drafted the charter in response to a resolution passed by Federation directors at the summer 2010 cattle industry conference.
“The board gave us the job of finding a way to better communicate how we operate independently from NCBA, without ending our long partnership,” said Scott George, a Wyoming dairy and beef producer who chaired the Federation in FY 2010 and led the working group. “This charter spells all that out in black and white, so our intentions and operations are transparent to our fellow beef producers and stakeholders.”
Scott has switched hats now as he was elected to be vice president of NCBA. The new chairman of the Federation is David Dick, a cow-calf producer from Sedalia, Missouri.
I’ve talked with David a couple of times over the past year for the Missouri Beef Industry Council about the Federation structure. He says the Federation spent a good deal of time working on this charter to clarify their role, but there is still some work to be done. “We need the framework and then we have to put the details in that,” he said.
Listen or download some comments from David Dick about the Federation charter here: David Dick
The last business conducted during the Board of Directors meeting of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board was the electing of new officers. The nominating committee announced their slate and a vote passed their nominations.
New officers include Chairman, Tom Jones, Arkansas (pictured), Vice-Chair, Wesley Grau, New Mexico and Secretary/Treasurer, Weldon Wynn, Arkansas.
I joined with Ron Hayes, Radio Oklahoma Network and Stewart Doane, AgriPulse, in interviewing Tom as the new chairman right after the meeting. Tom says getting to work right away on the new Beef Industry Long Range plan is his priority.
At the Cattle Industry Convention a lot of work gets done but there are social enjoyment opportunities. At this year’s convention that included the Cowboy Comedy Club and comedian Larry The Cable Guy. Larry was funny I don’t care who you are. He got ‘r done.
Cindy and I made it through most of his performance before needing to call it a day. I took more photos of Larry and you can find them in our photo album.
The now, just past, Chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board is Dan Dierschke, Texas, pictured being interviewed in the media room at the Cattle Industry Convention. One of the officer duties is to be available to the media during the summer meeting and annual convention. Hopefully, it’s a mostly enjoyable task!
I was one of Dan’s interviewers and got him to take a look back at the last year and a look ahead. Dan is especially interested in exports of beef since that’s an area he’s worked in for a long time and recently export sales have seen significant increases which brings a good return to cattle producers. He is very gratified to see the strong producer support of the Beef Checkoff as shown by the most recent producer attitude survey.
During the CBB Update Session at the Cattle Industry Convention Tom Ramey, CEO, gave his management report. He started out by saying that as a new year begins with new members coming onto the board, he can’t imagine any that will work any harder than those he’s had the honor to serve this past year. Tom says that some CEO’s are drivers of change in their organization and forces to be reckoned with. He, however, sees himself as a servant leader, serving all beef producers across the country. He believes he’s put together a professional staff that he’s extremely proud of and thinks producers should be too.
Tom details a number of major projects that have been worked on in the past year and says that the Office of Inspector General has selected the Beef Checkoff for an audit this year. To date though the staff have not received any requests for information or a time frame on when auditors would begin their work.
Tom says that in the last six months he thinks “the biggest challenge we have faced is our own anxiety, of our future, of change, of the unknown.” He says the industry is under siege on many fronts and the future is unclear and this is frightening. But he says that by embracing change and looking to the future confidently while trusting each other and working for the good of the whole amazing things happen.
Members of the new team of National Beef Ambassadors showed up at the Cattle Industry Convention. Pictured are (l-r) Kelli Fulkerson, Michigan, Jessica Sweet, California, Kristen Stufft, Pennsylvania and Austin Joyce, Texas. Not with us is Maddy Ruble, South Dakota. I interviewed them all together.
I first asked them why they chose to pursue becoming a beef ambassador and you’ll hear some very different answers. The team is obviously very passionate about the beef industry and I think they’ll be good advocates for us. We also talked about the events they’ll be going to and they made a point of saying that if anyone has ideas for a place they should be to please contact the American National CattleWomen. Please check out the Beef Ambassador Blog too!
Government activities that affect cattle producers and cattle health were among the topics discussed at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Cattle Health and Well-Being Policy Committee Friday at the Cattle Industry Convention in Denver.
Committee chairman Tom Talbot, a veterinarian and cow-calf operator from California, says the committee’s objective is to provide guidance and develop policy to ensure cattle health and well-being issues are addressed in an efficient and effective manner to maintain the health and quality care of cattle; and to provide consumers consistent, high quality, safe and wholesome beef. “The majority of things that we talk about are things that affect each and every producer across the United States,” he said.
During Friday’s meeting, Devin Koontz, with the Food and Drug Administration’s district office in Denver, updated the committee on the FDA’s draft guidance on antimicrobial resistance. Brian McCluskey, western region director of APHIS’ Veterinary Services, was on hand to provide an update from APHIS.
The committee also heard about herd health management from Dr. Dan Thomson of Kansas State University, and Dr. Guy Longeragan from Texas Tech University gave an update on the current state of the science regarding pre-harvest tools. Read more about the meeting here.
“Obviously, animal health, food safety and animal welfare all come under cattle health,” Tom said. “We want the consumer to know that we do our best to make sure that the product comes out at the end is extremely healthy and safe and has been handled well its entire life.” Tom is pictured here with NCBA staff veterinarian Dr. Elizabeth Parker.
In addition to several great packages already on the auction list, Rove donated a vacation at his personal Florida panhandle property – which ultimately sold for almost $10,000.
During his address just prior to the auction, the former White House advisor mentioned the importance of the political action committee for a policy organization like NCBA that is working daily for the interests of cattle producers in the nation’s capitol. “You want to have a role, you want to have a voice, you want to have an influence in making our country what you want it to be,” Rove said. “The first thing you ought to do is you ought to write a check to the PAC.”
Thanks to Karl’s generous contribution and NCBA Communications Director Mike Deering’s enthusiastic auctioneering, the PAC has a few more dollars for lobbying efforts on behalf of the cattle industry in Washington. If you want to help, contributions to the PAC can now be made on-line.
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association CEO Forrest Roberts is thrilled at the turnout at this week’s Cattle Industry Convention, which was exceptional even without considering the bad weather.
“We started the week with expectations that we would set a record for attendance over the past ten years,” Forrest said. “We had a little bit of a scare with Mother Nature with some bad weather across the entire US, but we’re right at about 6,000 cattlemen that have come into Denver with a real focused effort to make good business decisions for this industry.”
Forrest says the producers have come together with a sense of optimism. “We’ve obviously had good levels of profit throughout just about every segment of the beef industry and that’s not a situation we’ve ever had. So when you seen that type of an opportunity, you tend to see people come into it with their spirits high, despite the weather.”
Forrest talked about the beef industry long range plan and how NCBA hopes to implement those long term goals.
The proposed GIPSA regulations and the impact of the recent Eastern Livestock bankruptcy case were the top issues on the agenda for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Live Cattle Marketing Committee meeting today.
Allie Devine, VP & General Counsel for the Kansas Livestock Association, gave an update on both at the meeting. While the outcome of GIPSA is still up in the air, Allie says there are lessons cattle producers can learn now from the Eastern Livestock bankruptcy situation.
“I would tell any cattle producer today, there’s nothing wrong with writing contracts, they’re not hard,” she told me. However, she acknowledges that goes against the grain of the people in this business. “The handshake is the hallmark of the cattle industry,” she said. “For the vast majority of them, they’re honest and hardworking and their word is their honor.”
“It’s tough, but when we’re talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars, it’s better to put it in writing,” Allie advises.
It was a full house for the CattleFax Annual Outlook Seminar this morning in Denver, showing how important future trends in weather, prices, grain markets and exports are to members of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
According to CattleFax market analyst Brett Stuart, global beef demand is increasing alongside tighter world beef supplies.
“2011 will be the fourth consecutive year of global beef production declines,” said Stuart. “This will not correct quickly. We will see very tight supplies moving forward.”
A major contributing factor to increasing demand comes from outside the borders of the United States. Stuart said business in the international marketplace is growing quickly as improvements to infrastructure and logistics are made. Beef exports are witnessing substantial growth with 75 percent of all U.S. beef exports going to Mexico, Canada, South Korea, Japan and Vietnam.
“Korea is very aggressively buying beef from the United States,” said Stuart, adding that the foot and mouth disease issue is causing substantial reductions in Korea’s domestic meat supplies. “Last week we had outstanding sales to Korea at 24,000 tons, which is up from 9,000 tons a year ago.”
Stuart projects the increasing demand from outside the United States will continue the upward trend. He suggested an 8 percent to 10 percent increase in U.S. beef exports in 2011 compared to last year. He said it could even surpass his expectation.
“I am not saying exports will be up 18 percent (from 2010), but I’m not saying they won’t be,” he said.
Members of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Long Range Plan Task Force unveiled the core strategies and goals for the industry going forward.
I talked with task force member Homer Buell of Shovel Dot Ranch in Nebraska about some of the six core areas – improving domestic consumer preference for beef, global growth opportunities, strengthening the image of beef, protecting the freedom to operate, improving industry trust and positioning the cow herd for growth.
“We developed a three year plan.” said Homer. “We really wanted to set out a vision, a mission, and then locked together six core strategies to make that happen and as we move forward, if the things in our plan can be made to happen, then we can continue to have success.”
The vision statement is, “An industry united around a common goal of being the world’s most trusted and preferred source of beef and beef products” and the mission statement is “To provide the safest, highest quality, most consumer-friendly beef and beef products in an environmentally and economically sustainable manner.”
Agriculture often gets a bad wrap on the sustainability scale but growers know that they aren’t going to jeopardize their livehoods and they are great stewards of the land. But for those growers who are still looking for some unique ways to be a little “greener” with their operations, they should consider algae.
Kent Bioenergy has its roots in aquaculture. The company was a pioneer in fish farms and needed a way to clean the water. Enter algae. Over time, the company has discovered how to harvest the algae and the co-products can be used for a variety of things depending on where the nutrients came from to grow the algae.
For example, Barry Toyonaga, Ph.D. who is the Chief Business Officer for the company, explained that they have been working with growers and livestock, dairy and hog producers to use algae as a way to reduce normal agricultural run-off.
Most of the waste is unused fertilizer coming straight off farm land and so if our algae is just recapturing the used fertilizer, and we’re harvesting that algae, its really a renewable resource for fertilizer,” explained Toyonaga.
What is especially interesting about using algae to capture run-off is that the agriculture industry is being criticized for causing “Dead Zones” in the ocean, areas where marine life cannot be supported due to depleted oxygen levels. Integrating algae can reduce this run-off, and help to remove the criticism that agriculture is causing this problem. It’s also beneficial for the grower because once the algae is harvested, it can be “reused” on the farm as an organic fertilizer, reducing costs and reducing another common criticism launched against agriculture – using fossil-fuel based inputs.
Toyonaga truly believes that his company is on to something and they are trying to interest both the agricultural community and the USDA in the technology. So if you’re a grower who is open to trying something new, considering reaching out to Kent Bioenergy.
To learn more about how integrating algae into your farm or livestock operations, listen to my interview with Barry here. Barry Toyonaga interview
In this week's program Chuck talks with David Armano, Global Innovation and Integration.
David conducted a presentation on delivering expert opinion via social media to an audience at the start of International Poultry Expo week. He's got some great information about who consumers trust and how you can use today's consumer behavior to help communicate your message.
Marshall Bohbrink has been named GROWMARK vice president, finance and risk management, and chief financial officer, and he will also continue to serve as treasurer. Marshall has more than 34 years of GROWMARK System experience, including positions in treasury, insurance, accounting, and order processing. Most recently, he served as vice president, risk management and treasurer since 2008.
At a recent grower seminar in Chicago, 
This year marks the 38th anniversary of 
Bill Donald, a third generation, pony-tailed Montana rancher, was officially elected as president of the NCBA. Bill says putting the long range plan into motion is the organization’s first order of business this year. “We’re going to have an executive committee meeting in about three weeks and make sure our strategic plan is aligned with the long range plan and then we’re going to get to work and get that implemented,” he said. Like anything else, meeting the goals of the plan will require funding, and Bill says NCBA is prepared to meet that challenge. “We passed a resolution to increase total revenue, both checkoff and non-checkoff, to have $150 million annually. That’s about double from where it is right now.”
J.D. Alexander, cattle feeder/farmer from Nebraska, moved up from vice president to NCBA president-elect at the conclusion of the business meeting. J.D. says the cattle industry is in a good position right now as far as profitability is concerned. “We’re very optimistic and from the CattleFax information at the convention, our market is still on the right track and doing well,” he said, adding that NCBA’s top priority will continue to be looking out for producer interests on the national level. 
Scott George, a dairy and beef producer from Wyoming was elected as the new vice president for NCBA, switching over from 
They say that nothing is sure in life except death and taxes, so you should be prepared for a combination of both in the end. 
Another sure thing for agricultural producers in this day and age is environmental regulations and one of the latest is the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) plan to implement the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) rule. 
The 
Scott has switched hats now as he was elected to be vice president of NCBA. The new chairman of the Federation is David Dick, a cow-calf producer from Sedalia, Missouri. 
The last business conducted during the Board of Directors meeting of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board was the electing of new officers. The nominating committee announced their slate and a vote passed their nominations.
At the Cattle Industry Convention a lot of work gets done but there are social enjoyment opportunities. At this year’s convention that included the Cowboy Comedy Club and comedian Larry The Cable Guy. Larry was funny I don’t care who you are. He got ‘r done.
The now, just past, Chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board is Dan Dierschke, Texas, pictured being interviewed in the media room at the Cattle Industry Convention. One of the officer duties is to be available to the media during the summer meeting and annual convention. Hopefully, it’s a mostly enjoyable task!
During the CBB Update Session at the Cattle Industry Convention Tom Ramey, CEO, gave his management report. He started out by saying that as a new year begins with new members coming onto the board, he can’t imagine any that will work any harder than those he’s had the honor to serve this past year. Tom says that some CEO’s are drivers of change in their organization and forces to be reckoned with. He, however, sees himself as a servant leader, serving all beef producers across the country. He believes he’s put together a professional staff that he’s extremely proud of and thinks producers should be too.
Members of the new team of National Beef Ambassadors showed up at the Cattle Industry Convention. Pictured are (l-r) Kelli Fulkerson, Michigan, Jessica Sweet, California, Kristen Stufft, Pennsylvania and Austin Joyce, Texas. Not with us is Maddy Ruble, South Dakota. I interviewed them all together.
Government activities that affect cattle producers and cattle health were among the topics discussed at the 
Karl Rove helped the 
The proposed GIPSA regulations and the impact of the recent Eastern Livestock bankruptcy case were the top issues on the agenda for the 
“I would tell any cattle producer today, there’s nothing wrong with writing contracts, they’re not hard,” she told me. However, she acknowledges that goes against the grain of the people in this business. “The handshake is the hallmark of the cattle industry,” she said. “For the vast majority of them, they’re honest and hardworking and their word is their honor.”
It was a full house for the 
A major contributing factor to increasing demand comes from outside the borders of the United States. Stuart said business in the international marketplace is growing quickly as improvements to infrastructure and logistics are made. Beef exports are witnessing substantial growth with 75 percent of all U.S. beef exports going to Mexico, Canada, South Korea, Japan and Vietnam.
Members of the 
In this week's program Chuck talks with David Armano, Global Innovation and Integration.
