RFA Ethanol Podcast

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

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

Video of Stock Dogs In Action

Chuck Zimmerman

Cattle Industry Convention 13Today at the Cattle Industry Convention it was time for the Cattlemen’s College. This year it was held (still going on actually) at the National Western Events Center. They decided to have some live demonstrations about cattle handling. I watched the “Use of Stock Doges in a Low-Stress Manner” session. These are some well trained dogs.

Beef, Cattle Industry Conference, Video

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.

Ag Groups, Audio, Beef, Cattle Industry Conference

CBB Blog To Inform Producers

Chuck Zimmerman

Cattlemen's Beef BoardWhen the Cattlemen’s Beef Board was looking into ways to better communicate with producers about the activities of the next week’s Cattle Industry Convention, especially their committee meetings they turned to blogging and asked us to create and manage the site.

Ag Groups, Beef

Beef Lover Sweepstakes Contests

Chuck Zimmerman

MBIC Report PodcastThe Missouri Beef Industry Council’s weekly MBIC Report this week is with Marketing Director Dawn Thurnau who talks about sweepstakes contests for beef lovers that are being promoted in national magazines in addition to regular beef advertising.

Ag Groups, Audio, Beef, Podcasts

Angus Carcass Challenge Winner Announced

Chuck Zimmerman

National Angus Carcass ChallengeYou have seriously got to be “into” beef for this story. A real steak lover would like a good carcass challenge though. I don’t think I’d do very good at this competition. Heck, I didn’t do a great job on a roast I cooked in the crock pot this weekend. The family units said that eating it was a real challenge.

Ag Groups, Beef