In this public service announcement produced by USDA and the Ad Council eating an apple keeps the ceiling from falling on you and turns it into a world map. Well, that’s not really the message. The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Nutrition and Consumer Services and the Ad Council announce today the launch of a multi-media public service advertising …
Speaking of Beef Kicks Off
The Missouri Beef Industry Council has just kicked off a new program as I mentioned late last night called, “Speaking of Beef.” This program includes preparing volunteer producers for public speaking on key issues important to their industry and then helping schedule them to speak to local civic groups statewide. It’s just another way for beef producers to connect with …
Speaking of Missouri Beef
Cindy and I had a nice trip to Springfield today to conduct the first training session for the Missouri Beef Industry Council’s new “Speaking of Beef” program. I’ll post more on this tomorrow. Here you can see Cindy going over the basics when it comes to public speaking. That’s what these cattle producers will be doing over the next year …
Missouri Cattle Industry Convention
It’s time for the Missouri Cattle Industry Convention. Cindy and I will attending tomorrow afternoon to do a little public speaking workshop for the Missouri Beef Council which meets at the same time. I’ll try to have some pictures for you. Not to make them nervous or anything. The 2007 Missouri Cattle Industry Convention & Trade Show is just around …
NAMA Website Looks Different
I just noticed that the National Agri-Marketing Association website looks different. It really needed a facelift and it got one. I think it’s easier to navigate so take some time to check it out.
Lessing-Flynn Celebrates 100 Years
Congratulations to Tom Flynn for his new job starting January 1, 2008 as President of Lessing-Flynn. Here’s Tom with his wife Laurie. Last week the agency celebrated 100 years in business. What a milestone. We’ve only got about 25 times that many years to go to get there as a company. At their celebration the agency hosted more than 230 …
NAMA Regional Award Ceremonies
Make sure you plan to attend one of the upcoming Best of NAMA regional award ceremonies. Here’s the list: January 10 – Region III Best of NAMA Ceremony This ceremony will take place at The Metropolitan Ballroom and Clubroom in Golden Valley, MN. The event begins with a reception at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the …
Pork Recipes
Since I’m on the subject of pork, how about some recipes. Dave Williams emailed me a link exchange request so I’m happy to bring your attention to his Pork Recipes website. One it you’ll find a lot of good looking recipes. That’s about it. Very simple. It seems like he could develop this into a lot more and maybe he …
Nutrition Efficiency Info on Pork Board Website
A new section of the Pork Checkoff website contains information for producers who want to optimize their feed costs and maximize production efficiencies. The new Nutritional Efficiency section includes information about the recently founded nutritional efficiency consortium; the consortium’s research and activity priorities; the research funded by the consortium and a subsection with links to additional information or resources. Twenty …
Get Your Animart Cowlendar
The new Cowlendars are here. That would be the dairy cow calendars from Animart. ANIMART, Inc. has released its annual, uniquely-themed customer appreciation calendar. This year, the ANIMART calendar features close-up photos with dairy cattle. Displaying playful personalities, these images also serve as timely reminders to dairy producers about seasonal animal health issues. And, as a tool for busy producers, …