Sandhusker
Well-known member
mrj said:Surely you jest! How many cattle producers do you think NCBA leaders speak with per week?
Just guessing, but I believe quite accurately, that what leaders say for publication is pretty much based on distillation of what MANY members are saying to many leaders of the affiliates and of NCBA who are out in the country attending the area and state meetings, calling the office, and emailing staff and leaders.
NCBA policy does not just happen! It isn't pulled out of thin air by staff and leaders! Maybe that is how your organization does it, in fact some of it seems to be made in spur of the moment outbursts on auction market reports on some radio stations!
My laundry is finished. I'm out of the office for the day. No 'girls' in my 'office' to take of work while I play on the computer, darn it!
mrj
Nonsense. Part of being in a national organization is so you can have leaders pay attention and be on top of all the issues and interpret them for you so you can spend your time running your business. Those statements attributed to NCBA was not policy, it was your "leaders" (who are "leading" them?) giving their interpretation of what the farm bill would mean to producers. They aren't asking producers, producers are asking them and Stevenson's say those answers being given to producers are not truthful - and you can't refute Stevenson's in any way.