While others I know are vacationing in Cabo, Padre or back East, Ronny and I spent a “vacation” last week helping my family in Colorado artificially inseminating (AI) our cowherd. It was great to spend some time at home and with my parents – even if it was pretty hard work! I think this is […]
NYC “meating-up” Mondays
“Meatless Mondays” are just too mundane for Chef Christian Ragano of New York Central restaurant in the Grand Hyatt New York. According to Meatingplace.com, the culinarian has turned the idea on its head and introduced “Meat-filled Mondays” at his popular Midtown eatery. As reported by the NY1 all-news channel in New York, the Monday menu […]
Terms in ag sound funny to the consumer
“Let’s go round up that pen of steers from the backgrounding lot to process.” To the average person, this sentence probably sounds like another language. I know sometimes there are even terms that farmers and ranchers use that I’m not used to. It can become confusing when you really don’t know the meaning. I know […]
Serving U.S. Beef to Japan Tsunami Evacuees
Imagine traveling through the Japan countryside, through beautiful, green rice paddies and tree covered mountains when you turn the bend and see the coast. You can easily see the water two miles away because what once was thriving coastal cities, is now a layer of debris, mostly flat except for the piles that workers […]
U.S. Beef BBQ in Japan
I returned from Japan last week on a corn-fed beef trade mission with Nebraska Corn Board and the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) and wanted to share on some my observations. I helped organize this trip as a trade mission to help promote Nebraska corn-fed beef and a way for the Nebraska farmers that organized […]
Wordless Wednesday | U.S. Beef in Japan
I just returned from Japan – more updates to come but I’ll share a few pictures of U.S. beef in Japan: Check out more pictures on our team’s Flickr album.
Which shape do you prefer?
In a high-end Japan supermarket today, my team of the Nebraska Corn and Beef participants, were actually observing the U.S. beef and pork being marketed.But I got really distracted by the art that were these melons. And the outlandish price, but I would probably pay it too if I could get melons this unique and […]
Electric Fence First On XIT Ranch
Part 5: My favorite memory of electric fences is the bag that my dad strapped to the four-wheeler that contained the fiberglass fence poles – a golf bag! I thought it was so silly, but it was the perfect size to hold a lot of small poles and easy to carry as you’re putting the […]
Barbed Wire Shaped Western America
Part 4: I look at barbed wire as a form of art. The hundreds of different designs in the wire, the barbs, the twists, etc. But it was created for a use: to help manage where the cattle could roam. Think of the U.S. before any pastures – one big open range with natural landmarks […]
Refrigeration Heated Up the Beef Industry
Part 3: What was it like before we could ship refrigerated beef all over the country? We had to ship the cattle there! The innovation of refrigeration is truly a technology that has made it more efficient to deliver beef products to consumers. Read the whole article here. Refrigeration Heated Up the Beef Industry From […]
