R-Calf USA Friday with Karina Jones
Karina Jones, Field Director for R-Calf USA joins us each Friday from her ranch in the heart of Nebraska covering what’s new and important to the family farm and ranch.
Month: July 2021
The Summer Heat
We have had a lot of hot days this summer. Heat can be even worse when it is accompanied by drought. Look at California – 95% of that state is in severe drought. Even here in the Midwest, North Dakota has 93% of the state under severe drought.
Weekly Sale Roundup
A quick roundup of this weeks offering at THEE BIGGEST sale barns across the Midwest!
R-Calf USA Friday with Karina Jones
Look around your area and remind yourself of the communities around you and their history. Almost every where I look on a map of America’s heartland, you can trace almost every communities existence to the cattle industry.
Issues
The U.S. Supreme Court made a ruling that gives California the right to deny the sale of pork, veal, and other farm products in California unless producers comply with that state’s confinement standards. I thought we had free trade between states.
SPECIAL INTERVIEW: Billie Sutton of South Dakota
Monte James interviews Billie Sutton Rancher, Cattleman and Banker of his many titles on the importance of COOL and avoiding the chickenization of the beef industry.
SPECIAL INTERVIEW: Bill Bullard CEO of R-CalfUSA
Monte James interviews Bill Bullard CEO of R-CalfUSA on America’s ONLY Hot Barn Report!
Weekly Sale Roundup
A quick roundup of this weeks offering at THEE BIGGEST sale barns across the Midwest!
INTERVIEW: Chelsea Good – Livestock Marketing Association
Host Monte James interviews Chelsea Good, Vice President Government & Industry affairs from the Livestock Marketing Association
Executive Orders
Last week President Biden signed a broad Executive Order designed to ensure that we have more competitive markets. We have too many huge corporations. They keep buying up their competitors and just get bigger. Smaller companies compete at a disadvantage. Biden says, “Capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism. It’s exploitation.” Antitrust enforcement has been a priority of the President’s agenda. The use of Executive Orders to get something done is not new. For 20 years our presidents – both parties – have used Executive Orders. President Trump was criticized for making too many Executive Orders.