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 …
Larry Heats Up Cowboy Comedy Club
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 …
Dan Diershcke Looks Back on Year As Beef Board Chair
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 …
Management Report From Beef Board
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 …
New Beef Ambassadors
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 …
First Look At Beef Industry Long-Range Plan
A draft version of the Beef Industry Long-Range Plan 2011-2013 has been presented here at the Cattle Industry Convention. It will be discussed and refined I’m sure. The hope is that it will be adopted in a final version by the end of this meeting so work can get started on the 3 year plan. To get an idea of …
Beef Ambassadors Blogging
If I can get to Denver in time I hope to meet and interview our National Beef Ambassadors. They’re pictured here with Daren Williams, Masters of Beef Advocacy Program. I took the photo from the Beef Ambassadors Blog, sponsored by ZimmComm New Media! The new ambassadors are starting to post on it. Here’s what Austin Joyce had to say: Howdy, …
Raven Industries Sponsors AgWired iPhone App
ZimmComm is happy to announce Raven Industries as our newest sponsor. Raven is taking a big leap into the support of cutting edge information distribution by becoming our first AgWired iPhone App sponsor! Don’t have the AgWired App on your iPhone yet? Then what are you waiting for? If you’ve already got the AgWired App then make sure you get …
Tillage Practice ZimmPoll Results
In our latest ZimmPoll we asked about tillage practices with the question, “Which tillage practice do you employ on most of your farming operation.” It looks like No-Till is the winner with 24%, followed by Conventional at 21%, Other at 9% and Strip-Till at 6%. Our next ZimmPoll is now live and asks the question, “Will commodity prices be higher …
Beef Board Blogging
I was supposed to be Beef Board Blogging by now but am stuck in Missouri snow. Hopefully Cindy and I will make it tomorrow (or sometime). In the meantime, the show goes on as can be seen on the Cattlemen’s Beef Board Blog. Diane Henderson and Melissa Slagle are picking up my slack I see. So, meetings are taking place …