This afternoon as I was leaving one of the committee meetings at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference I ran in to two people I had hoped to find and interview. How coincidental is that and convenient too! So I spoke with Sarah Bohnenkamp (left) Program Manager, American National Cattlewomen (ANCW) and Tammi Didlot, President-Elect, ANCW. I spoke first with Tammi. …
NCBA Offers Cattle Producers Drought Resources
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) offers many services to its members (such as the newly launched www.beefusa.org website) including producer education. During the Cattle Industry Summer Conference today, I was able to spend some time with To Field, NCBA’s executive director of field eduction to learn more about some of the myriad of resources available. Field said they do …
Merial Sponsors News Center and Introduces New Products
The sponsor for the news center at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference is Merial. We really appreciate their support of the ag media who cover the conference. Here are some of the things you’ll find new from the company. Merial is putting the spotlight on parasite control through a bold new program called “EPRINEX Kills It.” Because economic losses from …
Beef Board Leadership Kicks Off Summer Work
The leadership for the Cattlemen’s Beef Board kicked off their meetings with the Executive Committee this morning. Leading the way is Acting Chairman Wesley Grau (center). I spoke to him before things got started. He says they’ll be working on industry solutions and “settling some of the dust that’s been stirred up the last few years and we’re basically changing …
Shining Boots at Cattle Industry Summer Conference
A cattle industry conference of any kind is a great place for a shoeshine expert to find work. Lisa Crawford, Solefully Yours, loves her cowboys and has been shining shoes and boots for 30 years! Lisa took care of my shoes earlier this morning. I think the last time I saw Lisa was at a Missouri Cattlemen’s convention. She does …
NCBA Launches New Website
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) has a new look – they have launched a new website that was unveiled during the kickoff of the Cattle Industry Summer Conference 2011 in Kissimmee, Florida. NCBA Director of Communications Mike Deering said the new site incorporates traditional and new media resources for their members and visitors to quickly find news and information …
Preview of Cattle Industry Summer Conference
The officers of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association got casual this afternoon at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference. Here they are with Presidential Candidate Herman Cain who will be our opening general session keynote speaker tomorrow. I spoke with Bill Donald, President, NCBA, to get a preview of this year’s conference. He’s the one with a hat. Bill says this …
Cattle Industry Summer Conference
The next stop on the agriblogging highway for me is the Cattle Industry Summer Conference. I’ll be Beef Board Blogging once again for the Cattlemen’s Beef Board. With me in Kissimmee, FL will be Joanna Schroeder who will be focusing on the activities of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. We sure appreciate their support. If you are wondering what happens …
Beltway Beef Improving Cattle Communications
This week’s ZimmCast is with our good friend Mike Deering, Communications Director for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. We spent most of last week with Mike at the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show in Denver, but he was too busy to do an interview there so I had to catch up with him over the phone after we …
New NCBA Officers Excited About Cattle Industry Future
The 2011 Cattle Industry Convention wrapped up on Saturday in Denver for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) with a new slate of officers and a new vision for the future. The industry unanimously voted to approve the new Beef Industry Long Range Plan with a vision statement of “An industry united around a common goal of being the world’s …