The sponsor for the news center at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference is Merial. We really appreciate their support of the ag media who cover the conference. Here are some of the things you’ll find new from the company. Merial is putting the spotlight on parasite control through a bold new program called “EPRINEX Kills It.” Because economic losses from …
Beef Board Leadership Kicks Off Summer Work
The leadership for the Cattlemen’s Beef Board kicked off their meetings with the Executive Committee this morning. Leading the way is Acting Chairman Wesley Grau (center). I spoke to him before things got started. He says they’ll be working on industry solutions and “settling some of the dust that’s been stirred up the last few years and we’re basically changing …
Shining Boots at Cattle Industry Summer Conference
A cattle industry conference of any kind is a great place for a shoeshine expert to find work. Lisa Crawford, Solefully Yours, loves her cowboys and has been shining shoes and boots for 30 years! Lisa took care of my shoes earlier this morning. I think the last time I saw Lisa was at a Missouri Cattlemen’s convention. She does …
Excellent Turnout for AgCareers HR Roundtable
More agribusiness employers than ever are represented this week at the AgCareers.com 2011 North American Ag HR Roundtable at Purdue University. AgCareers president Eric Spell says they had over 145 attendees on Monday and today about 190 are at the 9th annual event to discuss recruitment and retention of talent in the agribusiness industry. “Some companies are sending 3, 4 …
NCBA Launches New Website
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) has a new look – they have launched a new website that was unveiled during the kickoff of the Cattle Industry Summer Conference 2011 in Kissimmee, Florida. NCBA Director of Communications Mike Deering said the new site incorporates traditional and new media resources for their members and visitors to quickly find news and information …
Agribusiness Employers Look to the Future
What do agribusiness employers see as the most important challenges for recruiting and keeping the best talent in the future? At the opening of the AgCareers.com North American Ag HR Roundtable on Monday, Dr. Allan Gray, director of the Center for Food and Agricultural Business at Purdue, presented some new findings from a survey of agribusiness company CEOs on what …
Roundtable Focuses on Ag Human Resourses
When we talk about having the resources to feed the world in the future, most of the time we’re thinking land and water, but having adequate human resources is equally, if not more, important. That’s really what the 2011 AgCareers.com North American Ag HR Roundtable is all about. To kick off the 9th annual event, being held this year at …
Preview of Cattle Industry Summer Conference
The officers of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association got casual this afternoon at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference. Here they are with Presidential Candidate Herman Cain who will be our opening general session keynote speaker tomorrow. I spoke with Bill Donald, President, NCBA, to get a preview of this year’s conference. He’s the one with a hat. Bill says this …
Integrating Social Media Into Your Marketing Efforts
Measuring the return on investment of social media is a big challenge. We deal with the question of “how to” all the time. More importantly though is answering the question of what your goal is with social media. This topic was on the agenda at the Agricultural Media Summit. I spoke with Shelly Kramer, V3 Integrated Marketing, an integrated marketing …
Case IH Web Press Room
During InfoExpo at the Ag Media Summit I visited with Case IH to learn what’s new. I spoke with Kristina Hopkins. Kristina says that they are promoting their Web Press Room to ag media. It’s where you can find news releases as well as video, images and a media kit. So ag journalists make sure you bookmark this website. You …