5 Mins w/Chuck Jolley
Jolley: Five minutes with Tom Ryan, Chief Concept Officer of Smashburger
Many of you dear readers probably don’t remember the first big premium burger boom. It was three long decades ago and gave us some now familiar places like Fuddruckers and Red Robin. The concept was simple – “If McDonald’s can sell quarter pounders for as much as half a buck, there might be room for a better burger in the two dollar range.”
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Jolley: Five minutes with Jon Wooster - Going to Washington with USCA’s Cow Boss and Friends
Jon Wooster is the Cow Boss at the United States Cattlemen’s Association. One of the primary movers and shakers of that organization, he rounded up a few of his friends and traveled to Washington a few weeks ago.
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Jolley: Five minutes with Mitch Johnson and today’s cattle feeding challenges
Even with record highs in cattle futures, cattle feeders are concerned with corn prices in the $6-7/bushel neighborhood, continual declines in the cowherd, and higher fuel prices.
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Jolley: Five minutes with Kevin Carrazzone, ShopRite meat director
Kevin Carrazzone is an Easterner, “meat head,” leader and protein-pusher—all those titles fit, too.
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Jolley: Five minutes with CJ Hunt, the perfect human diet and a great steak
We’ve all heard about the pop-diet gurus who push a vegetarian or near vegetarian diet on the public, usually by quoting each other as ‘trusted’ sources. That pop-science flick “Food, Inc.” traveled down that same well-worn path to perdition.
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Jolley: Five Minutes with Mark Pickering, hotel food supplies in Barbados
The day-time temperature in Kansas is starting to mellow out to the point where I’m not afraid of finding freeze-dried beef on the hoof out in the pasture.
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Jolley: Five minutes with Bruce Hafenfeld, NCBA’s policy man
I spent three full days in Denver talking with people at the Cattlemen’s Convention. I talked with people who didn’t want to say much, especially when they saw that yellow “press” ribbon hanging around my neck.
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Jolley: Five minutes with Mary Rickert, Prather Ranch & third party verification
It has always been hard to cover missteps. With the internet casting a non-stop electronic eye on everything, there is no hiding bad practices. Loudly proclaiming you’re one of the good guys does little; the public eye is a bit too jaundiced.
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Jolley: Five Minutes with Bill Donald, incoming NCBA president
In just a few days, Bill Donald will pick up the reins of the big and occasionally unruly horse that’s the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Yeah, Bill Donald, one of the founding fathers of R-CALF.
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Jolley: Five Minutes With Craig Knowles And My Mid-Winter Caribbean Dream Job
I’m sitting in my office here in Kansas City, prepping for a trip to Denver for the Annual NCBA/CBB dustup. It’s freezing outside and my weather alert just sounded off. I looked at the message on its nasty little screen and it said “winter storm warning.”
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Jolley: Five Minutes With NCBA’s Forrest Roberts & The Rocky Mountain Roundup
The center of the cattle universe will be in downtown Denver February 2-5. Thousands of cattlemen and cattlewomen will gather for the Annual Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade, show filling the city with a sea of cowboy hats, dress boots and Silverados.
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- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Cornell genetic testing process cuts cost by up to 75 percent
- Angus Foundation receives $28,500 from “The Card Challenge”
- Commentary: In praise of animal foods
- 100K Pathogen Genome Project maps first genomes
- Beef exports depend on quality reputation
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
