Speech By Sec. of Ag Mike Johanns

Chuck Zimmerman

Secretary of Agriculture Mike JohannsOur U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, was on the program early today here at the Cattle Industry Convention. He spoke for about 25 minutes before taking some questions from the floor.

Audio, Cattle Industry Conference, USDA

Cattle Industry Convention Media Forum

Chuck Zimmerman

Media ForumThis is a big head table. Kind of hard to get into one shot. You’ll have to listen to the audio to hear their introduction by Joe Schuele, NCBA. This is the Cattle Industry Convention Media Forum just prior to our reception this evening. The event was sponsored by Merial.

Audio, Cattle Industry Conference, Media

Update On The R-Calf Convention

Chuck Zimmerman

Mike CallicrateSince I’m doing so much coverage of the Cattle Industry Convention and since I couldn’t attend the R-Calf convention Cindy interviewed Mike Callicrate, NoBull Enterprises about the activities of that meeting.

Ag Groups, Audio, Beef

Interview With CBB Chairman

Chuck Zimmerman

Al SvajgrThe chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board is Al Svajgr. I caught him for just a couple minutes this morning in the media room. He’s one busy man this week. In my interview Al talks about the new long range plan and what he most wants cattlemen to know about the Checkoff. He also explains why they decided to blog.

Audio, Beef, Cattle Industry Conference

Beef, It’s What’s For Dinner

Chuck Zimmerman

Sam ElliottWe had a secret mystery guest here at the convention. He’s Sam Elliott. You have hopefully heard his voice on a beef commercial somewhere, sometime. Sam didn’t prepare a speech. He spoke in a very genuine voice about his past, including his first memory of riding a horse. He spoke about how full circle he feels like his career has come to now be the spokesperson for the beef indusry. You can hear his unforgettable words at the end of his remarks.

Audio, Beef, Cattle Industry Conference

CBB Member Explains Blog

Chuck Zimmerman

Charles MillerAs you probably know I’m also blogging the Cattle Industry Convention for the Cattlemen’s Beef Board on their Beef Board Meeting Blog. In case you’re wondering how that came about I interviewed Charles Miller, who’s a cattleman from Kentucky and chairman of the Administration Subcommittee.

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Interview – Cattlemen’s College Organizer

Chuck Zimmerman

Cattle Industry Convention 12One of the main organizers of the Cattlemen’s College here at the Cattle Industry Convention is Tom Woodward, a cattleman from Texas. I interviewed Tom during a break in the session today. He talks about why they chose this venue this year and the importance of the program which is focusing on the low stress handling of cattle.

Audio, Beef, Cattle Industry Conference

Why Blog The Cattle Industry Convention

Chuck Zimmerman

Monte ReeseCattlemen’s Beef Board CEO, Monte Reese talks about why they decided to blog the convention in an interview I conducted with him this afternoon. He starts out providing an overview of the convention as it relates to the Beef Checkoff.

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