Sorting Pen: The California Cattleman Podcast California Cattlemen's Association

On this episode we talk about the impact the California Beef Council is making on school nutrition in California and how they are keeping beef on school lunch menus. To have that conversation,  registered dietician and CBC’s Director, Food & Nutrition Outreach Kori Dover is us on the podcast for the first time.

Episode resources:
Click here to see the photo of the school lunch Kori worked with San Diego Unified School District on to create the recipe for Biarria tacos, which we discuss in the episode.To stay up to date with this work, subscribe to the California Beef Council's monthly e-newsletter by clicking here or visiting https://www.calbeef.org/beef-producers.Thanks for listening to Sorting Pen! We want to hear your suggestions for improvement and ideas for topics and future guests to be interviewed. Please fill out this form or contact Katie in the CCA office with any other comments.

CCA Feeder Chair Joe Dan Cameron and Vice Chair Mike Sulpizio provide an update on the feeder sector of California’s beef industry. Learn about Imperial Valley, what it is like feeding cattle in that community and more on this episode.
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CCA's Vice President of Government Affairs Kirk Wilbur provides an update on this year's legislative session, 30x30 and more. 
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Jimmy Maxey and Mike Smith, two California cattlemen and past members of the board that runs the Beef Checkoff, known as the Cattlemen’s Beef Board, join Katie to explain how the Cattlemen’s Beef Board operates, including who is on the board and how decisions of what gets funded are made.

Episode Resources:
Producer Communications Article from current CBB board memberVisit DrivingBeefDemand.com to keep up with the CBB board. Thanks for listening to Sorting Pen! We want to hear your suggestions for improvement and ideas for topics and future guests to be interviewed. Please fill out this form or contact Katie in the CCA office with any other comments.

Having recently been on Capitol Hill, Central Coast cattle rancher Kevin Kester discusses the current situation in Washington, D.C. On this episode hear:
How the odds of a government shutdown became highWhat the road to getting a new Farm Bill passed may look likeWhy dollars given to CCA’s political action committee are crucial. Thanks for listening to Sorting Pen! We want to hear your suggestions for improvement and ideas for topics and future guests to be interviewed. Please fill out this form or contact Katie in the CCA office with any other comments.

This episode is first time we are talking about the  Wolf-Livestock Compensation Pilot Program through the California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Joining Katie to have this conversation and explain what is available to ranchers through this pilot program is Dr. Ken Tate, a UC Davis Professor of Extension in Rangeland Management—who many listening may know for his research on water quality. We also have Dr. Tina Saitone,  a UC Davis Professor of Extension in Livestock and Rangeland Economics.

Episode resources: 
CDFW Wolf Livestock Compensation Grants Webpage Contact Dr. Ken Tate at kwtate@ucdavis.eduContact Dr. Tina Saitone at tlsaitone@ucdavis.eduThanks for listening to Sorting Pen! We want to hear your suggestions for improvement and ideas for topics and future guests to be interviewed. Please fill out this form or contact Katie in the CCA office with any other comments.