Things are kind of quiet here today at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference since it’s committee meeting after committee meeting. They’re working but that makes it a little challenging to get to talk to and do interviews. However I caught John Dudley before his committee got started. He’s chairman of the Joint Advertising Committee. Their meeting is combined with the …
No Travel Necessary in Search of Rural Dream Home
You no longer have to log the miles in your search for that great, rural escape. Thousands of rural properties are now available online at myfcsfinancial.com. FCS Financial recently partnered with LandsofAmerica.com, LLC, an online real estate marketing service provider, to display more than 30,000 rural properties on its web site. Properties for sale on www.myfcsfinancial.com include farms, investment properties, …
Getting To Know Tom Ramey
He’s no Monte Reese but . . . He’s good and he’s the CEO of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board. This is Tom’s first summer conference in his new position which he took over after Monte Reese retired. Tom’s pictured here at the media reception last night. He’s speaking with Chelsea Good, interning at the Angus Journal. Tom is not a …
Pre-Conditioning With SureHealth
Here at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference I learned more about Merial’s SureHealth program by talking with Dr. Van Ricketts. He’s Director of Corporate Accounts for the company. Let me take this opportunity to thank Merial for sponsoring the media room here at the conference. The main message he had here for beef producers had to do with pre-conditioning of …
New Holland 2007 Ranch Stewardship Tour
There’s still a couple events left on the 2007 New Holland Ranch Stewardship Tour. This is: “. . . a unique educational event with demonstrations and presentations that put Ag-Stewardship principles back into ranching. Using cattle, horses and equipment, experts from across the country cover a wide variety of topics related to everyday farm and ranch work. This 2-day experience …
Learning How NCBA Performs Beef Checkoff Work
You may know that the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association performs work for the Beef Checkoff under various contracts. The man who helps oversee that along with everything else that NCBA does is Terry Stokes, CEO. Terry is being interviewed here by Ron Hayes, Radio Oklahoma Network, in the media room this morning. BTW, Ron was just recently inducted into the …
USB Sticks with O&B
Osborn & Barr gets a vote of confidence in its communications capabilities. The United Soybean Board rewards a job well done from O&B by renewing the communication company’s contract. The United Soybean Board (USB) selected Osborn & Barr Communications (O&B) to remain its communications contractor. The decision was made at the USB board meeting, July 5-8, in Columbus, Ohio following …
AgriTalking at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference
If I didn’t post a picture of Mike Adams he might start to get a complex and think I’m ignoring him. I am not. Mike’s one of several farm broadcasters here at the conference. Today he had CBB chairman Ken Stielow on as a guest. If you didn’t hear AgriTalk today you’ll be able to find it archived on the …
How The Dairy Checkoff Works
I don’t know about you but I’ve always been a little confused about how the different dairy checkoff and promotion groups relate to each other. To help explain that I spoke with Tom Gallagher, CEO of Dairy Management, Inc. (DMI). Tom spoke at the joint beef/dairy issues forum held here yesterday. He starts out explaining that DMI is a combination …
Zimfo Bites
Thanks to a new incentive package, timed-event ropers at the 2007 World Championship Appaloosa Show will compete for more than $40,000 in added cash and prizes. This year’s show is set for Oct. 26 to Nov. 3 in Fort Worth, Texas. Contestants in five open and non-pro roping classes will divide a cash purse of $10,500. Fund donors include Mike …