Yesterday’s Food Dialogues topic was, “TRANSPARENCY AND FOOD: OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO TODAY’S CONSUMER.” This was part two of the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance panel discussion in Chicago on the topic. The event took place at Kendall College School of Cullinary Arts. Panelists included Ellie Krieger, moderator, RD, host of Food Network’s Healthy Appetite, and New …
NAMA Executive Committee Looking to Future
The Executive Committee of the National Agri-Marketing Association has been doing strategizing and planning at its quarterly meeting in Missouri. We had a beautiful setting for it at NAMA President Paul Redhage’s house! We want to encourage all of you to put the 2014 Agri-Marketing Conference on your calendar. It will be in Jacksonville, FL next year before returning to …
Get a Fresh Breath of Farm Air
It’s Peterson Farm Bros parody video time again. This time Greg, Nathan and Kendal tackle Fresh Prince. Share it if you like it.
Truth About Trade & Technology Update
Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. This is episode #400! Seems like a milestone in a weekly agricultural podcast. Ensuring that the Truth About Trade & Technology is told, TATT is hard at work. It has been a while since I’ve had a TATT Chat. But I got my chance during last week’s Bayer 150th Anniversary Celebration. Thanks to Michael …
Working With Former WLAC
Last week I got to work right along side a bunch of champions. Champion like Lex Madden, Torrington Livestock Market and 1998 World Livestock Auctioneer Champion. Lex is pictured next to me second from right. This is the group of judges for the 2013 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship interview judging. In addition to Lex and myself, from the left are …
2013 World Livestock Auctioneer Champion Dustin Focht
A big congratulations to Dustin Focht, Stillwater, OK, who is the 2013 World Livestock Auctioneer Champion! Here’s a photo of Dustin. The Runner up Champion is Blaine Lotz from Edna, Kansas and the Reserve Champion is Brian Little from Wann, Oklahoma. We had a fantastic group of 31 contestants for this honor. It’s the Super Bowl of livestock auctioneering and …
Time For LMA Socializing
We have had a business meeting going on here at the 2013 Livestock Marketing Association Annual Convention for the past two days. Tonight it was time to relax and socialize. Big thanks to Montgomery Stockyards for sponsoring an excellent Fat Boy’s Bar-B-Que Ranch dinner at Union Station. During our supper we heard from several folks and then all the past …
LMA Provides Animal Handling Expertise
Animal handling is THE big priority issue for the Livestock Marketing Association. Members have Laura Marks, LMA Director of Animal Handling, as a great resource when it comes to this issue. Here at the 2013 LMA Annual Convention Laura conducted a workshop on this issue. I visited with her in between sessions to learn what she wanted members to know. …
Former WLAC Bailey Ballou Works for LMA PAC
The 2012 World Livestock Auctioneer Champion is Bailey Ballou. He got to perform for us here at the LMA Annual Convention at the LMA PAC dinner/auction. Bailey auctioned off a number of items to raise money for the effort. Before we got started with that I chatted with Bailey about his year as the WLAC. He says he’s been on …
Priorities for the Livestock Marketing Association
The President of the Livestock Marketing Association is Tim Starks from Cherokee, Oklahoma. He got things started at last night’s LMA PAC dinner and auction. I visited with him to learn about priorities facing LMA and its members right now. Animal handling tops the list and he says, “We want to be very proactive in our approach to get the …