NCBA President on Vilsack Trade Mission to Japan

Randall Weiseman April 2, 2010 Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

Cattle producers from various parts of the southeast are in Perry, Georgia this weekend attending the 2010 Georgia Cattlemen’s Association Convention. One person who was able to stop by is the new President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Steve Foglesong, who told me he is pleased with the news that U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will soon be heading on a trade mission to Japan.

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