After any event I blog I like to upload my pictures to Flickr. I probably should look at some new ways to use them. I’ve got thousands in there now but they are categorized into sets at least.
You can see a selection of my photos from this past week’s event in Reno by visiting this link: Cattle Industry Summer Conference Photo Album
You might think that with only this one post today that it’s a kind of lazy day in Holts Summit. I wish. For the RW, it’s time to mow the yard, weed and trim, run errands, get in a proper workout, help with house cleaning and cook supper. While supper is cooking I am taking the time to do a little bit of computer work.
It looks like Evan Davies is getting a whole new level of responsibility at McCormick Company. He’s just been named Executive Vice President.
Usually you don’t brag about being 90 years old but the Farm Credit System is. Actually their birthday will be July 17. To let the world know, the Farm Credit Council just sent out a Talking News Release through AgNewsWire.AgWired.com.
It must be nice to pick up 20,000 customers just like that. That’s what DTN Meteorlogix just did by obtaining the customers of Surface Systems, Inc.
Is there anyone who doesn’t know Monte Reese? The Beef Board’s Chief Operating Officer was on the program at this morning’s board meeting to give a report on the activities of the Checkoff.
The last thing to get done here at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference is the board meeting. This is a combined meeting of the Beef Board and NCBA, although the official meetings are held separately.
North Dakota has traditionally led in confection sunflower acres. However, this year if estimates prove true and projections are on, Manitoba may have more acres than North Dakota. “It has to do with alternative crops,” said Fred Parnow of Seeds 2000, Crookston, Mn. “When we got into spring time here, the farmers finally realized that confection contract prices were not going to be to the price levels they were in previous years. Wheat futures had a pretty good boost coming into spring.”
Two of Beef Ambassadors attending the Cattle Industry Summer Conference are Melissa Green (left) and Amanda Nolz.
The President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is Mike John, from Missouri. Mike took over the reigns in January at the annual convention. Here at the Summer Conference he said he was happy to hear about how beef demand has been good recently but knows that there’s a lot of work to do to continue to grow demand for his product.
