The South Dakota Beef Industry Council (SDBIC) along with the Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative (NEBPI), through the use of Beef Checkoff dollars, hosted the second “Meat Your Beef” retail and foodservice influencer immersion event for May Beef Month. South Dakota cattle rancher and SDBIC board of director Craig Bieber, Leola, SD, attended the first “Meat Your Beef” event at Hedgeapple … Read More
Beef Checkoff Doing More With Less
Doing more with less was a consistent theme at the Cattlemen’s Beef Board summer meeting this week in Denver. “We’re down in funds and the funds are probably going to be lower next year,” said CBB chairman Weldon Wynn of Arkansas. “But we’re doing more with less than we’ve ever done before within this industry and we’re still gaining ground.” … Read More
Beef Checkoff Executive Report
Cattlemen’s Beef Board CEO Polly Ruhland says the summer industry meeting in Denver is about strategy where “the rubber meets the road.” At the general session, Ruhland talked about the new committee structure and shorter format for the conference. “The format focuses more on strategy and the consumer directly than our old format did,” she said in an interview at … Read More
Checking up on Beef Checkoff Dollars
World Dairy Diary has been in Denver this week covering the Cattle Industry Summer meeting which includes the major decision-making meetings of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board regarding the spending of beef checkoff dollars. The Audit Committee of the Beef Board is chaired by Davis Denman (pictured on right). Davis is a dairy and grain farmer in Cortland, Ohio, and was … Read More
Beef Checkoff at Dairy Expo
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) always has a presence at the World Dairy Expo to help dairy producers understand how they are a part of the Beef Checkoff. “All dairy cattle are certainly beef cattle also,” said CBB board member Gary Sharp of South Dakota, who was at the dairy expo at the beef checkoff booth, along with representatives from … Read More
Federation Adds $6.6 Million to Checkoff Efforts
Beef producers serving state beef council boards throughout the country have chosen to supplement national and international research, education and promotion programs funded by the Beef Checkoff Program by about $6.6 million in fiscal year 2013, which began Oct. 1. The supplemental funds, invested through the Federation of State Beef Councils, are to be added to $40.3 million invested through … Read More
Dairy Producer Sees Big Returns on Beef Checkoff Dollars
While dairy producers obviously produce large amounts of milk and milk products, they are also cattlemen, and look to the Beef Checkoff to help market their meat products. One such producer is third-generation Oklahoma family dairy farmer Brett Morris, who also has a cow-calf and stocker operation. He also happens to chair the Beef Board’s Retail Committee. Brett says the … Read More
New York Hosts Veal/Dairy Tour
The New York Beef Industry Council (NYBIC) once again invited more than 50 industry influencers to an educational veal/dairy tour of New York State. The dynamics of this year’s tour was different than the tour of 2010 as this year’s attendees were a mix of chef educators and their students. Six different culinary schools, along with food service, retail, dietitians … Read More
Safety Important to Dairy Member on Beef Board
Beef safety is a top priority for one dairy producer who serves on the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Willie Bylsma of Oakdale, California who is in the dairy business and also raises dairy beef. “We are very involved in making sure that the cattle we sell are good quality and in good condition,” he says. In a brief … Read More
Dairy Forum Focuses on Antibiotics and Residues
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board Dairy Producer Forum at the recent Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville featured Dr. Michael Apley, Veterinarian at Kansas State University who focused on concerns about antibiotic resistance and residues in culled dairy cows and veal calves and what can be done to get rid of them. “One of the unique things about dairy cattle is a … Read More