Past Issue: June / July 2005
Southern Hospitality
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
Getting away from it all, whether at a industry convention, an evening with friends or just, in my case, traveling around the country, brings a new perspective for those of us . . .
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
“It is almost anticlimactic,” John Stevenson said of the sudden flurry of activity around individual animal identification. Stevenson should know. As director of the Kentucky Beef Network, he has worked on a major project for the past few years aimed at setting up a cattle ID program in the South.
LeAnn Saunders
Quality Systems Assessment (QSA) and Process Verified Programs (PVP) are both relatively new terms for the beef industry, but both are essential in meeting the demands of our domestic and export markets. What are they?
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
One of the best parts of my job remains getting to visit with so many segments of the industry. It’s a real education. A comment that James Herring at Friona made stuck in my mind. He said that the American public does not care about process. “Nobody cares where their Coke is made. They just want it to be the same every time.” Works for me.
Jim Whitt
I Remember When
I know this never happens to you but I caught myself talking back to the radio while driving down the road the other day. Some talk-show host was railing about the outsourcing of jobs by U.S. companies to foreign workers. The usual suspects were calling in, throwing gas on the fire. Their complaints followed the same old pattern.
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
President and CEO of Friona Industries James Herring oversees both the customer feeding division and Hi-Pro Feeds. The two companies serve over 10,000 customers, including ranchers, farmers and stocker operators as well as packers and retail outlets.