A lot of people have asked Darrell Busby a lot of questions over the years. I’m one of them. He’s not only a great interview source, with years of knowledge and a knack for breaking down research into “why it matters to cattlemen,” but he’s also just plain one of the nicest guys I know.
After nearly 12 years, we did a follow-up with Oberlin, Kan. Angus producer Monte Moore and we can only guess at the number of lives he’s touched in that time.
If you’ve never had a chance to chat with Larry, this is your lucky week. We’re doing something we’ve never done before—hosting a live chat on Facebook this Friday at noon Central Time.
You know those hands: years and age and hard work made them tough as leather. The ones that care for livestock, without regard for heat or rain or inclement weather.
Some “recent” history: I was digging back through some information we researched out of the Iowa Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity (TCSCF) database the other day.
That was Dennis Hendrickson when I was setting up an interview to talk about his job working for a East Coast foodservice distributor.
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