AgView.net Podcast

Let's meet the 2014 National Beef Ambassadors. Rachel Wolters from Tennessee, Sierra Jepsen from Ohio, Tori Summey from Arizona and Emma Morris from California. They discussed what it means to be a beef ambassador with agview's Ken Rahjes.

Dr. Joe Dedrickson, Field Veterinary Services Director with Merial visits with agview's Ken Rahjes about a de worming program using their new product LongRange.

Dan Halstrom, US Meat Export Federation Senior Vice-President for marketing and communications discussed another successful year around the world. He talked with agview's Ken Rahjes at the Beef Industry Conference in Nashville.

Cevan Jones, a Idaho rancher gave agview.net's Ken Rahjes an update on activities of the Federation of State Beef Councils at the recent Beef Industry Conference in Nashville.

Darrell Holaday with Country Futures was one of the featured presenters at the Kansas Commodity Classic. He visits with agview's Ken Rahjes about what has happened in the markets? They discuss grains and livestock.

Mitch Holthus, the "Voice of the Kansas Chiefs," is involved in many projects from play by play duties of the Chiefs and major college basketball, His family is taking on a restoration project of birthplace of the Kansas State Song "Home on the Range." He talks with agview's Ken Rahjes about how things are going.

Changing consumer preferences and a production model tailored to the production of top-shelf steaks has put the U.S. cattle industry in a position losing market share to competitive proteins, according to a new report from the Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research (FAR) and Advisory group. agview's Ken Rahjes talks with Don Close with Rabobank about the report.

Brian O'Hearne with eWeatherRisk discusses how you can manage weather risks. He talked with agview editor Ken Rahjes.at this year's No-Till on the Plains conference.

Doug Hilbig, DVM, Cattle and Equine Technical Services with Zoetis visits with agview's Ken Rahjes about the importance of a strong start for calves which begins at spring turnout.

At the Beef Industry Conference agview's Ken Rahjes discussed the VetGun with Randall Tosh, VP of Business Development with SmartVet and Steve Schram, President/CEO of AgriLabs. It is a new breakthrough method of delivery for the treatment of horn flies available exclusively through AgriLabs.

Former pro NFL quarterback Archie Manning spoke about challenges in business and life at the Beef Industry Conference in Nashville, TN. He admits he is now more famous as father to Cooper, Peyton and Eli. This podcast is the speech and a few questions from the audience at the conclusion of his presentation.

Jared Moyer, a Lyon County Kansas cattle feeder serves as Chairman of the Kansas Beef Council. agview's Ken Rahjes caught up with him at the Beef Industry Conference in Nashville on February 6, 2014.

K-State Radio Network's Agriculture Director, Eric Atkinson talks with the director of the Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation at Iowa State University, Roger McEowen. They highlight a few of the unsung features of the new federal farm bill which has now been passed by Congress, including language dealing with the Clean Water Act and eligibility for food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Deputy secretary of agriculture with the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Chad Bontrager, discusses with Eric Atkinson from the K-State Radio Network, a study of the likely impacts if the corporate farming law in Kansas was repealed...an official judicial review requested by the Kansas Legislature last year indicated that the current law may be unconstitutional.

Randy Blach, President of Cattle-Fax talks with agview editor Ken Rahjes about current status of the industry, herd expansion and price outlook.