More lectures and presentations today... Some good and some that weren't exactly the most exciting. The highlight was easily a man named Peter Trefort with his explanation of meeting his consumers needs by identifying their demographics. He's an older bloke who frequently cracked jokes to keep your attention. His enthusiasm rubbed off on all the students and it was easy to tell that he was passionate about the co-op he represented. Unlike yesterday, we had a speaker after dinner which was "interesting" to say the least. Other than that there isn't too much else to say besides the contest starts tomorrow!
Catch you 'round like a rissole'!
Brogan
Hey everyone!
Today we had another day of great lectures in the morning and afternoon. We heard from a representative with AACO, Australian Agricultural Company, they are Australia's oldest agricultural company formed in 1824. They manage 600,000+ head of cattle and own 1% of Australia's land mass, about equivalent to West Virginia! WOW! We also heard from Peter Trefort on the sheep processing sector and he gave us an enjoyable insight into sheep processing. After dinner we had a sobering lecture on the cattle producers prospective. It is sad to see the Australian producers struggling and now wanting to change their old practices. On the upside, it is good to see the U.S. not following in this train of thought and is continually moving forward. Now for the rest of the night we will study and get ready for the start of the contest.
Till next time,
Chris
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