Tom Ramey, CBB’s CEO sure has his hands full dealing with some challenging times for the Checkoff. This morning he made a presentation at the second general session of the Summer Conference. You can listen to his presentation below. I also interviewed Tom and found out that there are two main issues of special importance to the Checkoff here at …
Web Savvy Beef Ambassadors
The red-shirted Beef Ambassadors have been wandering the halls here at the Summer Conference. I spoke with two of them this morning, Leticia Varelas, NM (L) and Jennifer Rassler, PA. They wanted to make sure I pointed people to their blog: Raising The Steaks. I hope you’ll take some time to see what these ambassadors of the industry are doing. …
Vance Buys CattleNetwork.com and CattleStore.com
Some web publications have been bought by Vance Publishing. Vance Publishing Corporation has acquired two Internet-based businesses that market to and serve the farm and ranch communities, CattleNetwork.com and CattleStore.com. Both were purchased from Integrated Management Information, Inc., of Colorado. “This is another significant acquisition for Vance Publishing,” reported company Chairman William C. Vance. “It reinforces our position as the …
Profiling Beef Producers
By now you know that the new CBB website is MyBeefCheckoff.com. I just realized that it’s what you get when you type in the old CBB web domain too. One of the features you’ll soon find on the new CBB website will be producer profiles. The idea is to find out what producers (beef and dairy) think about the programs …
MyBeefCheckoff.com Launch and Zimfo Bytes
The Zimfo Bytes you see several times a week have been a very well received feature of AgWired. It allows us to post more nuggets of news to help keep the agrimarketing community informed. Melissa Slage, Cattlemen’s Beef Board, is the author of Zimfo Bytes. She’s pictured with Lynn Heinze at yesterday’s CBB Admin Subcommitte mtg. This morning I talked …
Cattlemen’s Beef Board Down To Business
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board Administration Subcommittee got things started here at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver today. I spoke with CBB Chairman, Dave Bateman, about what we can expect to see happen during this meeting. Dave says that producers come together here at the summer meeting to do the work of the industry. He says that the committee …
Denver Soul Food
The first thing I did after getting into Denver today was go to lunch with my buddy, Evan Slack. He took me out for some excellent comfort food. Catfish, greens, cornbread, candied yams and sweet tea. Mmm, mmm. Tom’s Home Cookin’ Then he and I went to the Apple Store and AT&T store. I’ve got to wait until the end …
Public Affairs Division at Osborn & Barr
Osborn & Barr has created a public affairs division led in part by Missouri’s just-past Director of Agriculture. The new group will allow O&B, North America’s largest agency focused on agricultural and rural markets, help its current and future clients manage critical public policy priorities. Specifically, the public affairs group will monitor key issues as they relate to agriculture, alternative …
New Media Musings
One of my favorite new media commentators is Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine. Here’s some comments from his latest post. My most striking realization since getting my iPhone (love it, thanks for asking) is that radio is doomed. Pandora is a wonder, creating my own radio station, live and on the fly without need for a broadcast tower. And then there’s TV. …
Peanuts on the Beach
Southern peanut growers know the place to party and this week that’s Panama City, FL. While I get ready to go west to Denver, Cindy is attending the Southern Peanut Growers Conference. In this week’s program you can hear several of her interviews. We’ve got Randy Griggs, Alabama Peanut Producers, several guys from Trimble and Ag Technologies, the companies sponsoring …