I’ve interviewed Amanda Nolz more than once at a previous cattle industry meeting. Once was at last year’s winter meeting and once again last summer. Well, this ambassador for beef is now a blogger and I’m proud of her. Amanda is pictured here talking with Beef Board Executive Committee member Don Hullman at one of the meetings here at the …
New Driver For Team Ethanol
Since I’ve written about Jeff Simmons so many times here I’ve got to let you know that he’s been replaced as the driver of the Team Ethanol car. It’s a tough sport. The new driver is Ryan Hunter-Reay. I wish Jeff and his fiance, Stephanie all the best. So let’s all welcome new Team Ethanol car driver Ryan and hope …
Florida Farm To Fuel
While I’m here in Denver at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference Cindy’s attending the Florida Farm to Fuel Summit. That makes for a nice contrast and a long distance romance. We call each other on our cell phones while we’re in our hotel rooms. She’s doing some posting from there on Domestic Fuel, like this one: Government and industry leaders …
2007 Environmental Stewardship Awards
Taking good care of the land got rewarded last night for 6 farms around the country. The regional winners of the National Environmental Stewardship Award Program were announced. “The six regional winners have made extensive efforts to work closely with their local communities and government agencies, including the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), to implement conservation programs that benefit …
Merial Media Reception
Thanks once again to Merial for not only sponsoring the media room but also last night’s reception. It was in a very cool place, the Buckhorn Exchange. Their website says they have Colorado liquor license #1. According to Evan Slack it’s the oldest bar in Colorado. He should know right? Just kidding Evan. I’m hoping for good weather tomorrow for …
New Beef Board Advertising
Things are kind of quiet here today at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference since it’s committee meeting after committee meeting. They’re working but that makes it a little challenging to get to talk to and do interviews. However I caught John Dudley before his committee got started. He’s chairman of the Joint Advertising Committee. Their meeting is combined with the …
Getting To Know Tom Ramey
He’s no Monte Reese but . . . He’s good and he’s the CEO of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board. This is Tom’s first summer conference in his new position which he took over after Monte Reese retired. Tom’s pictured here at the media reception last night. He’s speaking with Chelsea Good, interning at the Angus Journal. Tom is not a …
Pre-Conditioning With SureHealth
Here at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference I learned more about Merial’s SureHealth program by talking with Dr. Van Ricketts. He’s Director of Corporate Accounts for the company. Let me take this opportunity to thank Merial for sponsoring the media room here at the conference. The main message he had here for beef producers had to do with pre-conditioning of …
New Holland 2007 Ranch Stewardship Tour
There’s still a couple events left on the 2007 New Holland Ranch Stewardship Tour. This is: “. . . a unique educational event with demonstrations and presentations that put Ag-Stewardship principles back into ranching. Using cattle, horses and equipment, experts from across the country cover a wide variety of topics related to everyday farm and ranch work. This 2-day experience …
Learning How NCBA Performs Beef Checkoff Work
You may know that the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association performs work for the Beef Checkoff under various contracts. The man who helps oversee that along with everything else that NCBA does is Terry Stokes, CEO. Terry is being interviewed here by Ron Hayes, Radio Oklahoma Network, in the media room this morning. BTW, Ron was just recently inducted into the …