Media Room Getting Busy

Chuck Zimmerman

Cattle Industry Convention 14As the action starts to heat up here at the Cattle Industry Convention the media is rolling in. It was a little lonely here in the media room yesterday but a lot of reporters have arrived and some of them are even working!

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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.

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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.

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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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Checking Out The Lay of the Land

Chuck Zimmerman

Cattle Industry Convention 1Here’s my home for the week. Got in this afternoon and had a long blog training session with one of our clients. It’s not public yet but will be soon. Then we went to supper and ate one of the best steaks I’ve had in a long time. You sure better be able to get a good steak here this week.

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