Ryan Goodman Agriculture 101, Food For Thought, Podcast

Raising Texas Cotton with Jeremy Brown | Agriculture Proud Podcast 027

Beyond the fence post also means that I must be involved. There are so many different aspects to agriculture. The more I learn through involvement, the better I can be as a farmer. I believe that it is important to “AgVocate” for agriculture at the local level and beyond. - Jeremy Brown, Beyond the Fence … Continue reading Raising Texas Cotton with Jeremy Brown | Agriculture Proud Podcast 027

Ryan Goodman Advocacy, Beef, Feedlot, Social Media

Feedlot Employees Tweet Experiences Raising Cattle

During the past few years, I've frequently shared my experience working in and with a cattle feedlot. From a young age, my family sent our cattle to feedlots in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles and our Spring Break "vacation" involved a drive to Amarillo to see those cattle. During college, I had the opportunity to … Continue reading Feedlot Employees Tweet Experiences Raising Cattle

Ryan Goodman Agriculture 101, Beef, Feedlot

Explaining Cattle Feedlot Aerial Images

What’s really going on in the cattle feedlot aerial images you see on Google maps or online stories? Google cattle feedlot aerial photos and you come up with a number of results that describe the "horrors of industrial beef". People like to make these images out to be scary and damaging for conventional cattle operations. … Continue reading Explaining Cattle Feedlot Aerial Images

Ryan Goodman Beef, Feedlot

People Behind The Beef | What Happens in a Cattle Feedlot

(In case you missed it, check out the first part of this series about my introduction to feedlots as a kid to learn where my interest for feeding cattle began.) During the next few years, my interest in the cattle business grew even stronger. I focused on college courses in nutrition and managing feedlot cattle. … Continue reading People Behind The Beef | What Happens in a Cattle Feedlot

Ryan Goodman Beef, Feedlot

My Introduction As A Kid | What Happens In A Cattle Feedlot

So what really takes place at a cattle feedlot? Many folks refer to these places of business as factory farms. There is strong fascination among activist groups to uncover acts of cruelty and abuse from these locations, not only animal abuse, but irrevocable harms to the surrounding environment and communities. I have been lucky enough … Continue reading My Introduction As A Kid | What Happens In A Cattle Feedlot

Ryan Goodman Agriculture

Tifton 85 Bermuda is a safe hybrid, GMO adverse effects not verified

Earlier this week a frenzy began in the media and on social networks when a CBS affiliate in Austin Texas incorrectly reported that a genetically modified grass releasing cyanide gas and caused cattle deaths. I wrote a brief post describing the condition known more commonly as prussic acid. The news station has since clarified the … Continue reading Tifton 85 Bermuda is a safe hybrid, GMO adverse effects not verified