The new chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board is Ken Stielow. Ken is a cattleman from Kansas. Ken took over at this morning’s business meeting. I interviewed him afterward. Ken says that making sure the money invested in the Checkoff is goal number one and he’s going to make sure that’s done successfully again this year. Ken says increasing demand …
Beef Backer Award Winners
One of the annual Beef Backer Award winners is Buckhorn Steak and Roadhouse and attending the convention are John and Melanie Pickeral, proprietors. They won their award for the independent category. I interviewed them about what this award means to them and their restaurant. Listen to my interview with Melanie and John here: Buckhorn Interview (4 min. MP3 File) Or …
Mike Johanns Press Conference
After Secretary Johanns gave his speech during this morning’s general session here at the Cattle Industry Convention he held a press conference. My recording starts while he’s talking about the issue of ethanol and high feed prices. He describes how the administration is working to promote and develop alternative sources of biomass to create ethanol. He also answers questions on …
Speech by Secretary Johanns
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns was on hand here in Nashville today. He’s been on the road since announcing the administration farm bill proposal. I was able to obtain a copy of his speech this morning if you would like to listen. I was in the media room posting onto Beef Board Meeting.com so I’m afraid I can’t …
The John John Show
Mike John is on the left and John Queen is on the right. Mike’s the outgoing president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and John is the incoming. The changeover takes place tomorrow. I interviewed them together this morning and asked them about the challenges they faced and will face in the cattle business. I think Mike has a future …
USDA Beef Checkoff Survey Results
The USDA recently announced the results of a nationwide Beef Checkoff survey that they had done by the Gallup Organization. At the Beef Checkoff update session yesterday Gallup representative, Donna Kholpak, pictured here with Kenny Payne, USDA, gave a summary of the survey and answered questions. I interviewed her right before the session. She said she was personally surprised with …
Meet The Ambassadors
Have you ever had a chance to meet one of the National Beef Ambassadors? If not you can listen to an interview with one of the five students who were selected to be the current Ambassadors for the Beef Checkoff. These students do a lot of traveling over the year going to events and talking to consumbers. Amanda Rankin is …
Opening General Session
The convention program was kicked into high gear yesterday with an end of the day joint presentation on stage of the Beef Board and NCBA. Several presenters gave reports on the state of the industry and how the organizations are working to address various issues like trade and consumer preferences and perceptions. Beef Board Chairman Jay O’Brien was on hand …
Beef Board Chairman Interview
Jay O’Brien is the chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and one of his duties today was speaking at the new appointees orientation lunch. Jay started off talking about the need to look professional and that means wearing a nice bow tie. So he showed everyone how easy it is to quickly tie your tie. Before the lunch got started …
Truffle On The ZimmCast
In this week’s ZimmCast I have a conversation with Aaron Gilbertie, Truffle Media Networks. We talk about our new agreement to work together offering new media services to the agribusiness community. I’m excited about the future of online communications and the folks at Truffle share the feeling. Together we can offer more current channels of communication with our established news …