http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/chuck-jolley RSS Feed for Chuck Jolley en-us Fri, 10 May 2013 21:05:19 GMT http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/chuck-jolley/Jolley-Five-Minutes-with-Dr-Michael-Doyle-and-those-Superbugs-206916021.html You should have read it. The story was in all the newspapers last month. Issued by the Food and Drug Administration, it was called the NARMS (National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System) study and it created panic in the streets. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/chuck-jolley/Jolley-CBB-member-Jimmy-Maxey-knows-beef-from-calf-to-cutlet-203808421.html Jimmy Maxey was raised on a family ranch; actually, it was the second homestead. His father, Jim Maxey, Sr., started raising cattle on Bethel Island, a five-square-mile chunk of river island about an hour east of San Francisco. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/chuck-jolley/Jolley-HSUS-hangs-Wyoming-Premium-Farms-202748251.html Yup, they strung ‘em up from the nearest tree. Left them slowly twisting in the wind. The trial will be held later, but this hanging was done just to save some time. Wyoming Premium Farms was already found guilty in a kangaroo court. Judge Roy Bean presided. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/chuck-jolley/Jolley-5-Minutes-with-Matt-Liebman-and-sustainable-agriculture-202598121.html Iowa State’s Dr. Matt Liebman is a professor of agronomy and holds the Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture. He studied biological sciences at Harvard University and earned his Ph.D. in botany from the University of California-Berkeley. At ISU, he focuses on how to use ecology to maintain or increase agricultural production while reducing dependence on chemicals and fossil fuels. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/chuck-jolley/Jolley-The-pork-business-has-lost-its-butt-202556361.html The competitive BBQ sport is a cutthroat business. Not when it comes to tossing a pork butt on the smoker, mind you, just when it comes to selecting a team name. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/chuck-jolley/Jolley-Five-minutes-with-Scott-George-NCBAs-new-president-200595731.html I can think of few things more exciting and, at the same time, more frustrating than being elected to head up the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Seems like most of the past presidents I’ve talked with start off their term with unbounded enthusiasm. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/chuck-jolley/Jolley-CBB-member-Stacy-McClintock-Kansas--198827511.html Stacy McClintock operates a cow-calf herd in the spectacular Flint Hills region of Kansas. Her ranch is located just south of Soldier, a very small town about half an hour North and a little West of Topeka. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/chuck-jolley/Jolley-5-minutes-with-Clay-Pope-and-the-magic-of-YouTube-198438241.html I didn’t see Clay Pope’s heart-to-heart with President Obama when it was first posted on YouTube. I discovered the now famous video when I read Timothy Egan’s New York Times Opinionator Blog last week. The title, “Hix Nix Climate Fix,” offended me but it was a clever re-use of one of the most famous headlines in newspaper history. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/chuck-jolley/Jolley-Will-sequestration-force-the-sky-to-fall-195041431.html I woke up Saturday morning, fearing the first day of sequestration, remembering that it rhymes with unpleasant things like castration. I thought I would check Facebook before I peeked outside to see if the sky was falling. Lots of people get up before I do so I was looking for an early weather report from some of my rancher friends. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/chuck-jolley/Jolley-Five-minutes-with-sequestering-the-meat-industry-191402861.html Sequestration is an ugly specter that has been haunting us for months like a hoard of brain dead zombies. No matter what is said about the dangers of sequestration or the noble but empty pronouncements by our elected officials, it just won’t die. It just keeps slowly walking toward the federal check book threatening to devour everything in its path.