Grazing The Facts

Grazing The Facts - Episode 29 - Marshal Sewell

This week we hear from Marshal Sewell, Founder of the Mind Your Melon Foundation to learn about his experiences, creating the foundation, and their project funded this year by the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board. 

Grazing The Facts - Episode 28 - Ray Hodge Part 2

This week we hear from Ray Hodge, Executive Director of the United Dairy Farmers of Florida to learn more about the Florida Dairy Industry. This is part 2 of our conversation with Ray Hodge.  

Grazing The Facts - Episode 27 - Ray Hodge Part 1

This week we hear from Ray Hodge, Executive Director of the United Dairy Farmers of Florida to learn more about Florida's Dairy Industry. This is part 1 of our conversation with Ray Hodge.  

Grazing The Facts - Episode 26 - Pat Durden

This week we hear from Pat Durden, Past President of the Florida Cattlemen's Association to learn about his time as President of FCA, some of the new technologies that are used in the cattle industry and his experience in working with the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board. 

Grazing The Facts - Episode 25 - Jose Dubeux

This week we hear from Dr. Jose Dubeux, Professor of Forage Agronomy at the North Florida Research And Education Center to learn about his experience with the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and his research project "From timber to pastures: tracking soil organic carbon sequestration in a chronosequence in North Florida." 

Grazing The Facts - Episode 24 - Ethan Lane & Dusty Holley - Part 2

This week we continue our conversation with Ethan Lane, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and Dusty Holley, Executive Vice President of the Florida Cattlemen's Association, to learn about how industry research impacts policy, the policy efforts that members haven't heard about and how they work with legislators that don't have a connection with the industry or agriculture. This is the second episode in our two-part series. 

Grazing The Facts - Episode 23 - Ethan Lane & Dusty Holley - Part 1

This week we hear from Ethan Lane, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and Dusty Holley, Executive Vice President of the Florida Cattlemen's Association, to learn about the processes of NCBA that determine it's policy, the work that NCBA and their affiliates perform in Washington DC and the way in which they represent cattle producers from across the state. This is the first in our two-part series. 

Grazing The Facts - Episode 22 - Joao Vendramini

This week we hear from Dr. Joao Vendramini, Professor and Center Director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Stephenville to learn about the center, his research project "What is the feed value of fall fertilized forage in Florida," and his experiences in working with the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board. 

Grazing The Facts - Episode 21 - Rick Moyer

This week we hear from Rick Moyer, President of the Florida Cattlemen's Association to learn more about his path to the presidency, his goals for the year and his experience with the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board. 

Grazing The Facts - Episode 20 - Chad Johnson

This week we hear from Chad Johnson, Florida State Representative to learn about the policy process in Florida, his experience in serving in the House and his experience in advocating on behalf of the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and research's impact on the cattle industry.