Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Beef Board Admits CEO Eavesdropped on Conference Calls

The Cattleman's Beef Board has admitted its CEO eavesdropped on conference calls between the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and members of the Federation of State Beef Councils...

The response to NCBA states that Ramey admitted to repeatedly listening in unannounced to NCBA-organized conference calls with state beef council executives, and that he listened to a recording of one of those calls...

Ramey eavesdropped on conference calls during the time NCBA was working to restructure its board, which could have impacted the Federation of State Beef Councils and decisions on checkoff allocations, said Lynn Heinze, Beef Board vice president of communications. (more)

N.B. See this story. ~Kevin