Yesterday, I noted how much I enjoyed this article in January’s SimTalk.  I also recommend reading Marty Ropp’s article titled “Winning At Any Cost?” in the Register published this month.  In this article, Marty mentioned the abuses that take place in the show livestock industry.  Specifically, he stated that “the use of illegal drugs on livestock, inhumane [...]

For those of you that know me personally, you know that I am a big supporter of the Simmental cattle industry.  It’s the breed of cattle that my family raises and grew to love the breed throughout my childhood.  I also spent some time in Bozeman, Montana interning at the association’s headquarters.  Last night, I was [...]

I make no secret on this blog my love for the cattle industry and activity with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (“NCBA”) Young Producers’ Council.  I will continue to serve as YPC’s Public Relations Chair for 2010.  Please let me know if you are interested in joining the Public Relations Team as I would like to [...]

Recently Katie Couric’s CBS special on antibiotic use on livestock has the agriculture industry (particularly the National Pork Producers Council) once again defending its practices to American consumers.  The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (“NCBA”) sent Dr. Michael Apley, a veterinary clinical pharmacologist from Kansas State University to Washington to visit with Congress about the use of antibiotics in the beef industry [...]