Tag Archives: Beef Quality Assurance
Gill receives Beef Quality Assurance 2018 Educator Award
Media contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Ron Gill, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service beef cattle specialist and associate department head for animal science at Texas A&M University in College Station, recently received the National Beef Quality Assurance 2018 Educator Award. Gill was presented the award during the Best of Beef Award Session at the National Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show in Phoenix, Arizona. Beef Quality Assurance is a national effort aimed at raising consumer confidence through offering proper management techniques… Read More →
BQA: Moving the beef business forward
Writer: Burt Rutherford, burt.rutherford@penton.com One of the most successful and enduring programs that has helped beef producers in their quest to produce the quality beef that consumers demand is the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program. Here’s a look at past success and what the future holds. Consumers demand the very best of what beef producers have to offer. They want the best quality, they want to know that the beef they buy is safe, and they want to know that it was raised with the highest standards of… Read More →
Gainesville, Clarksville Beef Quality Assurance Training programs scheduled in July
By: Adam Russell, 903-834-6191, adam.russell@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Jason Banta, 903-834-6191, jpbanta@ag.tamu.edu OVERTON – Two Beef Quality Assurance Training events will be in North and Northeast Texas during July. The training events are a collaborative effort among the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Beef Council and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. There is no cost to attend, but organizers request RSVPs to ensure accurate meal counts. Steak lunches will be served at the sessions. The trainings will be: – July 20, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Landmark… Read More →
Area cattle producers take part in Beef Quality Assurance training
Food safety, beef quality, environmental stewardship discussed in-depth Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu BRENHAM — Area cattle producers recently took part in a Beef Quality Assurance training certification program to learn more about producing high quality beef in a safe and wholesome environment. The training was sponsored by the Texas Beef Council, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. “Beef Quality Assurance is a grouping of best management practices,” Dr. Joe Paschal, AgriLife Extension livestock specialist, Corpus Christi, told attendees. Paschal conducted… Read More →