Here’s NCBA CEO Forrest Roberts being interviewed in the media room here at the Cattle Industry Convention. I had my turn and our interview is posted below. Additionally, I have his remarks today when he gave the NCBA management report at the annual meeting. One thing you’ll notice from talking with or listening to Forrest is his energy level. Even …
Dan Dierschke New CBB Chairman
Welcome new CBB Chairman Dan Dierschke, Texas rancher. Dan took the gavel this morning at the annual meeting and I spoke with him about his priorities for the coming year. Dan says he has three goals as chairman: 1) develop an effective response to the increasing demands of the anti-animal use activists, 2) continue to use checkoff investments to build …
Management Report From Tom Ramey CBB CEO
Each annual meeting of the CBB concludes with a report from the CEO. Tom Ramey reported this morning and I have his comments recorded for you to listen to. Tom detailed the changes in the staff during the last year and says he feels real good about the people who are working on behalf of the checkoff in the office. …
Now Past CBB Chairman Lucinda Williams
At the annual CBB Banquet we honored outgoing Chairman, Lucinda Williams. She’s seen here with one of the quilts she made for the staff and board. All board members were asked to sign them before they left. Then we heard comments from both Dan Dierschke, incoming CBB Chairman and Tom Ramey, CBB CEO. They came to the stage and expressed …
NCBA President Opening Comments
I posted comments earlier this week made by NCBA President Gary Voogt and finally got the video uploaded so you can watch what he had to say. His comments ran longer than YouTube allows but most of them are here. If you didn’t listen to his comments you can still do so here. Cattle Industry Convention Photo Album AgWired coverage …
NCBA President Gary Voogt Addresses Cattlemen
One of our featured speakers at the opening session of the Cattle Industry Convention was NCBA President Gary Voogt. Gary says it’s been an honor to serve as President of the organization for the past year. He logged about 200,000 miles and did a lot of hotel rooms nights. He says cattlemen have their work cut out for them this …
Beef Board Chairman Lucinda Williams
At the opening general session of the Cattle Industry Convention today we heard from Lucinda Williams, Chairman, Cattlemen’s Beef Board. This session also featured leaders from NCBA and ANCW which I will be posting separately. Lucinda spoke about her observations from a year as Chairman of the CBB and offered a number of thoughts for consideration. You can watch her …
Annual Meeting Outlook From CBB CEO Tom Ramey
The CEO of the Beef Board is Tom Ramey, seen here providing information to CBB Chairman Lucinda Williams at the Operating Committee Mtg. I spoke with him this morning about the issues and work being done here from the staff perspective. Tom says this annual meeting is where they go over the financial reports and audits from the last year …
John Becherer USB CEO Honored By St. Louis Ag Club
United Soybean Board CEO John Becherer (left) received the 2009 Agribusiness Leader of the Year award from the St. Louis Agribusiness Club. According to Dale Ludwig, executive director of the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, “John leads one of the most successful farmer-checkoff programs in the world.” Ludwig, a senior staff member of a Qualified State Soybean Board, nominated Becherer for …
CBB and NCBA Officer Previews
The combined meetings of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Cattlemen’s Beef Board have started here at the Cattle Industry Convention in San Antonio. To kick off our coverage I conducted a short interview with an officer from each organization. Pictured are Tom Jones, CBB Secretary/Treasurer (left) and Bill Donald, NCBA Vice President. I caught up with them prior to …