I know posting has been a little light here but there’s a lot you can find on the other two sites I’ve been posting to this past few days. You can see the full picture of me here with Emily Richards if you visit them (Domestic Fuel – Biodiesel Conference Blog). I thought you might enjoy this. Here’s your chance …
Merle Haggard Press Conference
One of the newest stars to advocate biodiesel is Merle Haggard. The legendary country star performed for attendees at this year’s National Biodiesel Conference after meeting with the press and the board of the National Biodiesel Board. Before coming to the auditorium where he performed though his bus got a fill up with biodiesel. During the press conference Merle said …
A Beefy Media Room
One of the best media rooms you’ll find at a major sized conference is managed by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Joe Schuele and Grace Webb are always there during the event to help with any question and never lose their patience. Before the Cattle Industry Conference ended last week I interviewed Joe Schuele about how they run the media …
Super Dairy Bowl
It’s Super Bowl time and the dairy industry is ready for it. Regardless of whether the Colts or the Bears win Super Bowl 41 in Miami, dairy producers have already scored big thanks to another successful year teaming up with the National Football League to increase milk, cheese and yogurt sales. Brian Baxter has more in this report. Download and …
Meet The New Beef Board Chairman
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 …