2008 Cattle Industry Annual Convention & Trade Show

ANCW Meeting and Activities

ANCW Promotion Committee Explores Ways to Promote Beef

      Consumer Education Committee gives a voice to the beef industry

      Newsletter Committee discusses web site, newsletter

      Foundation allocates funds, elects officers

Committee reviews state of current legislation

General Convention Coverage

Click here to access news releases distributed by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association about the conference.

Click here to access news releases distributed by the Cattlemen’s
Beef Promotion and Research Board about the conference.

      Livestock Marketing Council meets Thursday

      U.S./Canada Working Group discusses animal health,
      country-of-origin labeling

      Meet the new CBB chairman

NCBA pays tribute to cattle industry
champion Paul Hitch

Ag Secretary Ed Schafer address convention

Keep up with Cattlemen's Beef Board blog
by Chuck Zimmerman

      Cattlemen "Rush to Reno" for 2008 Cattle Industry Annual Convention

      Issues forum, outlook seminar headline 2008 Cattle
      Industry Convention (332 Kb pdf file)

Nutrition Roundtable to be Feb. 7

ANCW Meeting and Activities

      ANCW Promotion Committee
      Explores Ways to Promote Beef

      Consumer Education Committee
      gives a voice to the beef industry

      ANCW Committee addresses member communication

ANCW Foundation allocates funds,
elects officers

Cattlemen’s College^®

Cattlemen's College® is Feb. 6 (331 Kb pdf file)

Do we still have a cattle cycle?

      Ethanol Industry driven by policy, not economics

      PR101: Beef Briefs: The Bottom Line on Reproduction

      PR102: Control, Manage, Treat What We Can’t Prevent

      PR103: Developing A Disease Control Plan for Your Ranch

      PR201: Low-Stress Cattle Handling with Border Collies

RM103: Estate Planning

MA201: Creating Value with your cattle

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Cattle-Fax Seminar

      Cattle-Fax says corn prices dominate in 2008

      Weakening economy, feedgrain prices, consolidation set the stage for       beef industry

      Cattle-Fax looks a grains, feeds

      Douglas provides weather outlook during Outlook Seminar

      Cattle-Fax shares trade-and-demand picture at Annual
      Outlook Seminar

General Sessions

      Accelerating Growth

      New Ag Secretary Address Cattle Industry

      Cattlemen Request Checkoff Increase

Issues Forums

      Beefing up the world

      Beef quality drives consumer demand

      Forum addresses building beef value in foodservice

     Chuck roll becomes beef's latest B.I.G. Star

     Premises education and identification

     CAB president calls for balance

     New tactics for anti-beef activists

Committees/Subcommittees

      Federal Lands Committee

      Live Cattle Marketing Committee

    Joint Intyernational Marketing Committee

Trade Show

For product highlights, visit the Trade Show page.

Trade Show draws cattlemen to Reno

Award Winners

For highlights of awards presented at the 2008 convention, visit the Award Winner page.

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