- Author: Julie Finzel
National Cattlemen's Beef Association, California Beef Council and the UC Davis Animal Science Department present
Curt Pate's Livestock Handling Workshop
Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
Animal Science Cole Facility Arena
4 – 5:30 PM
ABSOLUTELY FREE !!!
- Author: Julie Finzel
I read a letter recently addressed to the consumers of agricultural products, a.k.a. everyone. Damian Mason posted a forthright letter to his LinkedIn profile addressing the current attacks on agriculture. See link below. In his article Damian references the Occupy movement that targeted the wealthiest of Americans, the one percent, and he points out that agricultural producers make up only one-percent of the population of Americans also. While his letter calls for an end of attacks on agriculture, I would like to redirect the focus a bit. You, the agricultural producer, make up less than one percent of the population of the United States. Ninety-nine percent of Americans have a very poor understanding of what you do, how you do it, and/or why you do it. The public needs to be better educated about agricultural production. Now I wish I had the answer of how to effectively educate those who are uninformed and re-educate those who have been misinformed, but I don't. I'll take suggestions though. :)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/agriculture-1-percenters-damian-mason
- Author: Julie Finzel
A new app is available for Apple users, it's called BeefTracker, and it is one example of your checkoff dollars at work. To download the app visit the Apple app store and just search for BeefTracker!
UCCE, NCBA, and the BeefTracker Team is currently looking for a limited number of Livestock Operators to participate in testing an initial version of BeefTracker. For more info please contact Dr. James Oltjen at jwoltjen@ucdavis.edu or (530)752-5650.
- Author: Julie Finzel
For all you redbook fans and users out there, now there is an excel spreadsheet that is available as a companion tool and can be used in conjunction with your redbook. To download the spreadsheet for free or to order a mini-cd for $8 go to: http://www.beefusa.org/redbookworksheet.aspx
- Author: Julie Finzel
A video that looks back at the reintroduction of the wolves into Yellowstone National Park and the subsequent rebound in their population is available at: http://www.retroreport.org/video/wolves-at-the-door/