At this year’s Cattle Industry Forum which is held at the Cattle Industry Convention, we heard from three speakers starting with Kevin Good, CattleFax.

He made a presentation about the importance of dairy breeds to beef production and the size of herds and the trends for dairy cattle numbers including changes around the country on a regional basis.

He talks about how 2008 was another expansion year in the dairy business but that he doesn’t think the 5-year trend will continue. He also addresses the need to reduce dairy cow numbers.

You can listen to Kevin’s presentation here: [audio:http://zimmcomm.biz/cbb/cic-09-good.mp3]

I was the Beef Board Blogger once again this year and have posted a lot of content on BeefBoardMeeting.com, the official blog of the Beef Board on which you can find all the committee meeting agendas, minutes, pictures, interviews. I created an online photo album from the convention which concludes today which you can find here: Cattle Industry Convention Photo Album