The Trent Loos Collection

Sporting a black cowboy hat and handlebar mustache, Trent Loos is a farmer, rancher, and radio host with a special love for folks who lead the same life he has chosen.

Trent is a sixth-generation resource provider, originally from Illinois but now in South Dakota, specializing in supplying seedstock to pork producers, and beef cattle.

When he's not busy cutting cattle, Trent's new passion is spreading the word about the many positive things in production agriculture, where it is "individuals, not the institutions, that make a difference."

He does this by traveling the country, meeting with farmers and ranchers, and then sharing their stories on his daily radio programs Loos Tales and The Truth Be Told, heard in nine states across the Midwest. Trent has also developed a series of presentations entitled "Generations of Pride" which he delivers to schools, civic organizations and agricultural groups.

"It's hard for any farmer to keep the big picture in focus when we've got our daily chores to take care of," says Trent. "From special interest groups to bioterrorism, there are many factors affecting the future of food production as we know it. It is vital that we keep up on what is going on in the world in order to ensure the safety and longevity of our industry."

For further information contact: Trent Loos, PO Box 545, Loup City, NE 68853, tel: 970-481-1389, trent@loostales.com, or visit www.loostales.com

The Truth Be Told

Apr. 2003: Commentary on lecture by Gary Yourofsky, eco-terrorist and spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, at Indiana University.

Jan. 2003: Interview with Keith Kaplan, Fur Information Council of America, on the role of pop culture in reviving fur fashion.

Loos Tales

Mar. 31, 2004: On the "fraud" of Farm Aid, a fundraising program ostensibly aimed at helping American farms but whose funds are syphoned off by groups working against those farms.

May 23, 2003: On the importance of farmers communicating what they do to city dwellers; includes interview with New York-based Pamela Rice, author of "101 reasons why I'm a vegetarian."

March 2003: On the importance of selective breeding in livestock industries.

Jan. 2003: Interview with Keith Kaplan, Fur Information Council of America, on the role of new techniques of working with fur in the industry's revival.

Jan. 2003: Interview with farmer and Fur Commission USA board member Ryan Holt on breeding beautiful mink.

Jan. 2003: Interview with farmer and Fur Commission USA board member Ryan Holt on the role of the fur industry in recycling waste from human food production.

Jan. 2003: On why rural farms are the ideal places to raise families.

Jan. 2003: Interview with fur farmer and Fur Commission USA board member Paul Westwood on being on the receiving end of animal rights terrorism.