All the cowboys are coming to town.
This week I'll be in Denver for that National Western Stock Show. The company I work for sponsors several of the cattle events, and the Boy's family will be showing their Hereford cattle. Throughout the week I will get in numerous cabs, and people will have several conversations about cattle and the beef industry. Today's conversation.
Cabbie: You here for the bucking bulls.
Me: Nope my family will be showing cattle here.
Cabbie: You ride bulls.
Me: Nope, we show these cattle in a showring.
Cabbie: Ah, and where do you come from.
Me: My fiancé's family brought 25 head of cattle up from Oklahoma, but people from all over the U.S. will be showing cattle.
Cabbie: Do you bring their food too.
Me: Yes, that came in a separate stock trailer. We bring grain and hay for the to eat.
Cabbie: How much does a bull weigh?
Me: Well taking a guess the big bull they have here might weigh 1,800 lbs.
Cabbie: How much do they sell for?
Me: Well they can sell for anywhere between $3,000 and a $100,000. (This is when you clutch the door real tight, and hope that they don't swerve off the road from shock).
Cabbie: (In shock) Per pound! For meat?!
Me: No our cattle here are for breeding purposes, we won't eat them. However, they do have really good meat producing genetics and the progeny from the bulls may go into the food chain.
Cabbie: Ah I see. Maybe I should get some cows.
It happens every time. But I love it. Nothing better than learning what the consumers think about agriculture in a cab ride down to the Stock Show grounds.
This is a video that I put together last year at the Stock Show. It'll be you a better idea of what will go on this week.
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Monday, January 9, 2012
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PETA and HSUS and Rick Santorum
The power of social media
I posted this note about Rick Santorum on my Facebook page earlier this week, and now wanted to share on my blog. It has been shared nearly a 100 times on Facebook, and I encourage you to click on the link and share with your friends if you feel passionately about this as well.
I posted this note about Rick Santorum on my Facebook page earlier this week, and now wanted to share on my blog. It has been shared nearly a 100 times on Facebook, and I encourage you to click on the link and share with your friends if you feel passionately about this as well.
I don't get to vote yet, but I sure have heard a lot about Iowa politics the past few months. I think there are a positives and negatives in a lot of the Republican candiates, however supporting HSUS would definitely scratch you off my list.
"Jan Swan Wood, columnist in Tri-State Livestock News told readers that have friends in Iowa to be careful who they vote for in the primaries. Rick Santorum, (R-PA) supports PETA and HSUS. Both of those animal rights organizations love him, too. The animal rights political action committee, HumaneUSA, gave $5,00 to Santroum's 2006 re-election bid and has promised to campaign aggressively for him in a presidential big. HSUS's President and CEO, Wayne Pacelle, has nothing but praise for Santorum as well."
Thanks Jennifer Carrico for sharing. And if you have Iowa friends, feel free to share.
Update: Check out this blog to find out which Senate and House members support HSUS.
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