I’m not even home yet and I’ve been asked where the next trip will take this road blogger.
Beef Blogging
There’s a whole lot of beef blogging going on. The latest one is “The Beef Blog.” This is Purdue University’s Department of Animal Sciences. They’re off to a great start with lots of posts.
Finally Saw Some Livestock
Okay. Here’s another ag shot I happened to pass on the way to Salt Lake City yesterday.
Moo-ving On
Missouri Beef Industry Council Executive Director Steve Taylor, one of our favorite “cowboys,” just gave us the news that he will soon be riding off into the sunset. He’s heading west to become the CEO of the Appaloosa Horse Club in Moscow, Idaho. Steve has been ED of the MBIC for 19 years so he thinks it’s time to giddy-up …
Have a Steak Sundae
I just had to post this because of the picture. We just sent out a Talking News Release for long time client, the Missouri Beef Industry Council on the steak sundae. It had me fooled when I first looked at it. I was wondering how beef would go with ice cream. But read on:
Buy A Blue Bull
Driving to Minneapolis from Holts Summit, MO makes for one long day, especially if your email account goes on the fritz half way up and your Palm Treo turns into a “plain” mobile phone. It’s fixed now for any of you who had problems getting through to me this afternoon.
Give Me Summer Weather To Grill In
Cindy wanted me to barbeque something today but I’m not into “extreme barbeque.” At least not when it’s only in the teens outside. But the Cattlemen’s Beef Board wants us to think about grilling. They’re going to be firing up the Summer Grilling Campaign again.
Update On The R-Calf Convention
Since 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.
Interview With CBB Chairman
The 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.
Beef, It’s What’s For Dinner
We 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.