I attended my first swearing-in ceremony today of the new Beef Board members. Representing the Sec. of Agriculture was Craig Morris, USDA Deputy Administrator of AMS’ Livestock and Seed Program. Here you can see them taking the oath. I spoke with Craig prior to the swearing in and he says this is one of the highlights of his job. He …
Hearing From Matthew McConaughey
I’m sure there are some people here at the Cattle Industry Convention who wish Matthew McConaughey was attending but he’s not. That doesn’t mean we didn’t get to hear from him though. At the opening general session we not only got to listen to the new radio ads but also hear a message from Matthew. You can listen to Matthew’s …
AgriTalking Again
Cindy saw them in Orlando and now they’re here in Reno with me. The AgriTalk boys are on the move. Here’s host Mike Adams interviewing CBB member Tom Jones, no relation to the singer, but better looking. Just so you know, I’m not getting paid to put these posts on here. It’s just out of the goodness of my heart. …
Going To Classes and Sessions
The Cattle Industry Convention is now in full swing. It’s a busy place here at the convention center. I sure wish the internet access was better. My AT&T card in my hotel room is much faster. Oh well. I’ve been back and forth to the Grand Sierra Resort for CBB activities and have quite a few interviews and pics to …
Beef Was For Lunch
I hope you enjoy our Zimfo Bytes. Helping put them together and post them on AgWired is Melissa Slagle, pictured here with Steve Barratt, CBB Collections Compliance, after a nice beef burger lunch at Johnny Rocket’s inside our hotel in Reno. Melissa works for the Cattlemen’s Beef Board as Manager of Trade Media. The staff at the restaurant asked when …
Producer’s Perspective of Beef Checkoff
I did some very random interviews with cattle producers as they were getting registered this afternoon about what they think of the Beef Checkoff. I think it’s always interesting to hear their perspective. We’re actively involved in helping communicate the Checkoff activities to cattle producers so you like to think that the message is getting out. Judging from these 4 …
New Specialty Tractors From John Deere
John Deere has announced a new line of specialty tractors. Interesting, because I just recently was talking to a tractor dealer who was saying that he sees a real need for more attention to specialty crop producers from the manufacturers. To better meet the needs of orchards, vineyards, nurseries and greenhouse operations, John Deere introduces a new line of specialty …
Cattle Industry Convention Preview
Things were very relaxed here in Reno last night so I sat down with Beef Board CEO, Tom Ramey (l), Cheri Delgado, Senior Executive Assistant and Executive Dir. of Communications, Lynn Heinze to get a preview of what will be going on. Tom says that this is the beginning of the annual planning cycle for the Beef Board. He says …
Cattle Convention News Center
Joe Schuele and Grace Webb, NCBA, say hello from the news center at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center where the Cattle Industry Convention is getting kicked off. I really didn’t expect anyone to be there working early this morning but there they were with the media room all set up and hot food and coffee. It did start out at a …
Blogging With Daryl in Orlando
This is the first time since we’ve been biodiesel blogging that I can’t be at the National Biodiesel Conference but Cindy and John are there and boy have they been posting some content. You can see posts like this one on the National Biodiesel Conference Blog. Green actress and “sustainable summiteer” Daryl Hannah has been a part of every National …