5 Mins w/Chuck Jolley

Jolley: Five Minutes with Jim Avila’s “slimey” tweets

05/11/2012 1:22:50 PM

ABC’s Jim Avila struck ratings gold when he went after BPI. He’s used it as a platform to go after ‘big’ food and the meat industry. Maybe he can strike gold again or build a reputation as a modern day muckraker; a new age Upton Sinclair. ... Full story.

Jolley: Five minutes with John Munsell, E. coli & Salmonella

04/27/2012 3:38:31 PM

John Munsell was born into the meat business. His father ran a small meat packing plant in Montana. He graduated from college in 1968 and worked outside the business before returning in 1971 to take over Montana Quality Foods & Processing. ... Full story.

Jolley: Susan Schneider and the rule of (ag) law

04/20/2012 9:58:03 AM

Professor Susan Schneider, B.A., J.D., LL.M., is the Director of the LL.M. Program in Agricultural & Food Law at the University of Arkansas. ... Full story.

Jolley: Five minutes with Bill Bowman and cattle genetics

04/06/2012 10:10:00 AM

Bill Bowman is a Missouri farm boy who never imagined a career dealing with numbers—like the millions of data points in the American Angus Association’s database. Today he’s chief operating officer of the American Angus Association and president of Angus Genetics Inc. ... Full story.

Jolley: Five minutes with NCBA’s J.D. Alexander

03/23/2012 9:44:12 AM

Just a few days ago, the Ag Marketing Service proposed a rule change that would greatly expand the number of organizations that could do business with the beef checkoff. ... Full story.

Jolley: About that Iowa ‘ag-gag” bill

03/09/2012 9:25:00 AM

Sarah Hubbart, Communications Director at Animal Agriculture Alliance, blogging for Meatingplace.com, wrote, “Iowa’s governor signed a hotly-debated bill into law that makes it a crime for individuals or organizations to fraudulently gain access to a farm with the intent to cause harm. ... Full story.

Jolley: Five minutes with social media agvocate Brandi Buzzard

03/02/2012 9:19:33 AM

I first heard from Kansas State University’s Brandi Buzzard a few years ago when all she wanted was just some equal time. ... Full story.

Jolley: About that farm bill

02/24/2012 9:35:00 AM

Four years ago, the debate about a new farm bill seemed to get a lot more coverage. It was in the news all the time. ... Full story.

Jolley: Five Minutes with Bill Donald, the exit interview

02/10/2012 9:40:00 AM

Last week, Bill Donald wrapped up one of the most interesting and tumultuous years in this industry when he stepped down as president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. ... Full story.

Jolley: Five Minutes - John Nalivka & the shrinking cattle herd

02/03/2012 11:15:00 AM

Last Saturday the Des Moines Register reported the “combination of drought and heat in the Southwest accelerated what was already a tight supply of cattle in the U.S. last year, dropping the total herd to 90.8 million animals, the lowest total since 1952, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday.” ... Full story.

Jolley: Five minutes with animal rights extremism

01/20/2012 9:42:55 AM

The extreme elements of the animal rights movement, led by outfits like the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), had been strangely quiet for several years. ... Full story.

Jolley: Five minutes with the mythcrushing Janet Riley

01/13/2012 10:10:36 AM

Myths about meat – they are as common as the air we breathe. Some have been passed from generation to generation; a disturbingly wrong number have been perpetrated by people who do it simply because they are staunchly anti-carnivore. ... Full story.

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