Past Issue: June / July 2009
Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
In recognition of their vision, inspiration and leadership that has helped shape today’s cattle feeding industry, Paul F. Engler and the late William D. “W.D.” Farr were honored as the inaugural inductees into the newly established Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame.
Chicago to Bid Farewell to Final Piece of Meat Board History
Walt Barnhart, Contributing Editor
Nearly nine decades of Chicago-based consumer outreach for meat will come to an end Dec. 31 as the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) allows the lease on its Culinary Center at 444 North Michigan Avenue to expire. The NCBA will launch a Center for Excellence for Beef in Denver next year.
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
As part of the economic downturn that the United States and the rest of the world are facing, companies are fighting for their very existence. The cattle-feeding industry has seen massive losses, causing a number either to close or to be put up for sale.
Whitt & Wisdom
Jim Whitt
What Do You Stand For?
A couple of years ago a copy of my book, Riding for the Brand: The Power of Purposeful Leadership , ended up in the hands of Southwest Airlines president Colleen Barrett.
The Range of Reason
Tracy Rehberg, Contributing Editor
Pickle Jar Ethics
Because the media has adopted photographs of cute pink pigs to serve as the icon for essentially any hard news report on the spread of human H1N1 influenza, I ought to write about swine flu and its like-it-or-not correlation to social opinion and animal welfare; but, I won’t.