If you haven’t seen this commercial for electric cattle from General Electric (GE), you have to see it! Even if you have, you probably want to watch it again. These cattle really put on a show that is totally electric! I mean crowd surfing cows? ROCKIN! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY97UpBIWE8] Cattle Shows Rock! I’ve never seen a cattle show like that, but I… Read More
Three Days in Another World
Having spent time in the Soviet Union, Turkey, China, etc., I thought I knew what it felt like to be in a different world. But those were easy to prepare for. The languages were different, I had long hours on airplanes, etc. This week’s trip to the North American International Livestock Expo (NAILE) felt similar in someways. Now before anyone… Read More
Started learning before I even got on the plane! #NAILE #moo #beef
As I said, I’m making this learning vacation trip to NAILE… And while I have learned a bit from tweeps & tweets the last few days, I’m excited to finally be on my way! Right now, I’m tapping this from 30,000 feet or so – we haven’t made it far out of Memphis. I wanted to go ahead and start… Read More
Learning about #NAILE & I’m not even there yet!
Okay…. I’ve had a few learnings already and I’m not even in Kentucky! First, I’m seeing stories about and photos of the expo posted… It will definitely be a lot of fun and a chance to learn alot! Those are some of the Simmentals Mike & Pam have at the show in the photo at right. And did you… Read More
Tips for a livestock newbie?
I’ve been talking with quite a few of my tweeps about animal agriculture over the last several months and realized it is something of a hole for me. Sure I helped twitter #moo. Then again, it was hard to say no when a farmer asked so nicely and other farmers like Ray Prock gave it there all — Will Gilmer… Read More
