At about 9:00 this morning, Jesse Womack from San Antonio, Texas was filling out an on-site registration form to attend his very first Cattle Industry Convention. Little did he know that he would become the 6,836th registrant for the convention – a new attendance record that will be beat many more times over today as the line for on-site registration …
NCBA Applauds Child Labor Rule Decision
Just prior to the opening general session of the Cattle Industry Convention, the U.S. Labor Department announced that a proposal which would have barred children from many on-farm tasks will be revised to allow broader exemptions for parents who own or run agricultural operations. “I have got a news flash for all of you,” said National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) …
Better Beef Sales Launched at Cattle Convention
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Beef Checkoff have partnered with Merck Animal Health to launch new online retail-training program for Better Beef Sales. The need for more training of meat-counter employees became evident after Merck Animal Health conducted a series of consumer panels that revealed consumers identify the staff behind the counter as experts. “The consumer that goes …
NCBA Hoping for Permanent Dust Fix
Agriculture won a few battles in the dust-up over farm dust regulation last year, but it remains to be seen who will win the war. Farm dust regulation ranks high on the list of policy priorities for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in 2012, with the goal of getting the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act that was introduced last year …
The Techie Talkers
Agriblogger was one of the “techie talkers” at the first ever NCBA Communications workshop, organized by Mike Deering and Mary Geiger of the NCBA Washington staff, prior to the kick off of the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville Tuesday. State cattle and beef organization staff involved in communications were invited to the workshop and about 40 from around the …
BASF Presents New Herbicide Research at Weed Science Meeting
Weed scientists meeting in South Carolina this week got a look at a new product in the BASF Crop Protection pipeline to help in the war against herbicide resistant weeds. During the 65th Annual Meeting of the Southern Weed Science Society (SWSS), BASF presented research related to Engenia™ herbicide, the company’s next-generation formulation of dicamba. “Engenia will be an important …
Boehringer Ingelheim to Sponsor World Livestock Auctioneer Championship
Sold! To Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) the platinum level sponsorship for this year’s Livestock Marketing Association 2012 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship (WLAC). The WLAC, now in its 49th year, is considered to be the “World Series and Super Bowl” of the livestock auctioneering profession. “We are very pleased to be working with a worldwide leader in cattle vaccine products, …
Foundation for Agriculture Book of the Year
Presenting accurate information to children about where their food comes from is the goal of the 2012 American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture “Book of the Year” – “How Did That Get In My Lunchbox? The Story of Food.” Author Chris Butterworth received the Foundation’s fifth annual “Book of the Year” award during the recent AFBF annual meeting. The book …
Social Media is a Great Tool for Cooperatives
It has never been easier for cooperatives to reach out to members and potential members than it is these days with social media. One cooperative that has taken the social media plunge and found it very worth their while is Frontier FS, which covers the area around Jefferson, Wisconsin – right between Madison and Milwaukee. I talked with Becky Wiedenhoeft, …
BASF Announces Armezon Herbicide
BASF Crop Protection has announced the addition of Armezon™ herbicide to help corn growers deal with resistant weeds and take advantage of strong commodity prices with more complete, comprehensive weed management solutions. According to BASF, Armezon helps growers maximize their yields by controlling tough, yield-robbing weeds while being safe to all corn types. A post-emerge herbicide solution for corn, Armezon …