Spent some time this afternoon hearing from @UTIAg on the incredible research partnership between them and @USDA. Thanks to @KC4UTIA for leading the delegation. I look forward to seeing @randyboyd soon. Everywhere you look, UT!
In Agri-Pulse this week, Virginia Houston, ASA director of government affairs, expressed opposition to the use of tariffs as a trade negotiating tactic. Read more from Houston on potential proposals to reintroduce tariffs as a bargaining tool: https://t.co/ySeyOn0goG #AgPolicy
When we arrived in the UT team bus, people brought their cameras out to see which athletic stars were arriving. Boy were they disappointed when they saw the land-grant university stars instead! Great day to show off East Tennessee agriculture.
“When I ate beef,” Natasha Can Der Merwe explains, “I felt like I recovered better from that day of training and I performed better the next day."
Beef: It's What's For Winners - https://t.co/mBj2FGGZjk
#BeefFarmersAndRanchers
Across the South and Midwest, birds account for a major chunk of all calf losses to predators – as much as 1/3 in states like TN! Thank you @RepJohnRose for speaking up for cattle producers and highlighting the urgent need for more tools to control black vulture depredation.