RFA Ethanol Podcast

Beef Promotion Plans

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmCast75 - Cattle Industry Summer ConferenceThe ZimmCast is coming to you this week from Reno, Nevada and the Cattle Industry Summer Conference. For your listening pleasure I interviewed the Chairman of the Beef Board, Jay O’Brien. Jay is a cattle producer from Texas.

Ag Groups, Audio, Beef

Blogging From The Cattle Industry Summer Conference

Chuck Zimmerman

Joni HarmsA “Country Swing” evening event with Joni Harms is just one of the activities on the agenda for the Cattle Industry Summer Conference that gets kicked off this weekend in Reno. I’m heading back to the city I just drove through for a few days of event blogging here on AgWired and on Beef Board Meeting.

Ag Groups, Beef

Moo-ving On

Chuck Zimmerman

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 …

Beef, Horses

Have a Steak Sundae

Chuck Zimmerman

Steak SundaeI 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:

Audio, Beef, Food

Buy A Blue Bull

Chuck Zimmerman

Belgian Blue BreedersDriving 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.

Ag Groups, Beef, Biodiesel

Give Me Summer Weather To Grill In

Chuck Zimmerman

Beef CheckoffCindy 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.

Ag Groups, Beef

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