2025 Agri-Marketing Conference

Kansas Ranch Wins Environmental Stewardship Award

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The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) announced the 2024 Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) National winner is Downey Ranch in Wamego, Kansas. The award, which annually recognizes the outstanding stewardship practices and conservation achievements of cattle producers, was presented to Barb Downey and her husband, Joe Carpenter, during CattleCon 2025 in San Antonio. “We are stewards of the land; we’ve …

AgWired Animal, Animal Agriculture, Audio, Cattle Industry Conference, Environment

San Antonio Welcomes CattleCon 2025

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The biggest cattle industry event in the country kicked off today in San Antonio with thousands of cattle producers, industry partners and stakeholders attending CattleCon 2025. The day started with a issues update from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association team of policy experts. The opening general session featured the return of Buzz Brainard, host of Music Row Happy Hour, as …

Audio, Beef, Beef Checkoff, Cattle Industry Conference, NCBA

Ethanol Report on Working with New Administration

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President Donald Trump has been very busy since his inauguration issuing executive orders, making changes, and freezing funding, but how will his actions impact the ethanol industry? In this edition of the Ethanol Report podcast, Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper comments on some of the actions President Trump has taken and where ethanol’s priorities stand in the …

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CattleCon 2025 Preview

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s time for the 2025 CattleCon. To get a preview of this year’s event I spoke with Kristin Torres, Executive Director of Meetings and Event, NCBA. She covers all the activities and if you’re interested you can also just link to the schedule here. CattleCon is where the beef industry meets! We’re headed to San Antonio February 4-6, 2025! At …

Ag Groups, Animal Agriculture, Audio, Beef, NCBA

ZimmCast 741 – Clean Fuels in 2025

Chuck Zimmerman

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. While Cindy was home during the major snow storm in Florida I was attending the Clean Fuels Conference in San Diego, CA. The weather was delightful for the conference. However, in the Pensacola, FL area there was eight to ten inches of snow, something that hasn’t happened in over 150 years! But it has …

Ag Groups, Audio, Biodiesel, Biofuels, Clean Fuels Alliance, Energy, ZimmCast

Clean Fuels Chair Confident Moving Forward

Cindy Zimmerman

Kent Engelbrecht serves as director of North American Biodiesel Trade Policy for ADM, one of the world’s leading biodiesel producers, oilseed crushers, and suppliers of soy and canola feedstocks for the renewable liquid fuels industry. Engelbrecht is also Chairman of the Clean Fuels America Alliance, and he is Chairman of the California Advanced Biofuels Alliance (CABA), as well as Advanced …

Audio, Biodiesel, Biofuels, Clean Fuels Alliance

USDA Nominee Faces Senate Ag Committee

Cindy Zimmerman

The Senate Agriculture Committee hosted the confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Agriculture on Thursday. Brooke Rollins is the president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute and worked in the previous Trump administration in the White House Office of American Innovation and United States Domestic Policy Council. Prior to that, she was the president …

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Clean Fuels Celebrates Conference in Important Market

Cindy Zimmerman

The 2025 Clean Fuels Conference is being held this week in a very important market for biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel – California. “Biodiesel and renewable diesel have displaced 75% of all diesel sold in the state,” said Clean Fuels CEO Donnell Rehagen in his opening remarks Tuesday. “It’s now harder to find diesel fuel in California than …

Audio, Biodiesel, Biofuels, Clean Fuels Alliance

CattleCon to Feature World Without Cows Screening

Cindy Zimmerman

What would a world without cows be like? It would certainly be a different world for the people who raise cattle, so Alltech is offering an exclusive screening of the World Without Cows documentary at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Cattle Industry Convention & Trade Show, CattleCon. The screening will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m.– …

Alltech, Audio, Beef, Cattle Industry Conference, Environment, Livestock

Conference Highlights Biodiesel, Renewable Diesel and SAF

Cindy Zimmerman

The 2025 Clean Fuels Conference is underway in San Diego bringing together industry leaders in the biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel markets with the theme “Accelerate.” Clean Fuels Alliance America CEO Donnell Rehagen says the meeting theme refers to the rapid growth and transformative progress of the biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel industries. “We’re now a …

Audio, Biodiesel, Biofuels, Clean Fuels Alliance, SAF