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What is Beef Quality Assurance? Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is a program to ensure that beef and dairy cattle are maintained in a manner, which will result in a safe and wholesome beef product for the consumer. Specifically, BQA is designed to enhance carcass quality by preventing residues, pathogen contamination and carcass defects such as injection site blemishes and bruises. The Ohio BQA program is based on recommended national guidelines and scientific research. The goal of the Ohio BQA is to increase the competitive base for marketing Ohio cattle. This will enable beef producers to enhance their product and maximize marketability. Ohio's BQA Objectives? 1. Set production standards in your operation, which meet or exceed the National Cattlemen's Beef Association BQA guidelines. 2. Provide technical assistance through certified veterinarians, Ohio State University Extension, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Ohio Beef Council, and Ohio Cattlemen's Association. Visit the Ohio BQA web site at beef.osu.edu/~obqa and test your knowledge. If you receive a 100% on the BQA test, then documentation of attendance will be sent to the Ohio Beef Council and kept on file that you have started the BQA program. If you have questions about how to participate in Ohio’s Beef Quality Assurance program, you can access the website beef.osu.edu/~obqa ...More



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IBS AND AMS TO HOST GRAND OPENING
Integrated Breeders Service (IBS), LLC, and American Marketing Services together are hosting their Grand Opening and Field Day at the IBS Bull Stud facility in Wheelock, Texas, located at the corner of OSR and Texas State Highway 46.
THEM AGAINST US -- PART III HAVE THEY LOST THEIR MINDS?
High yield agriculture has enabled more people to live without hunger while using less land. High yield agriculture, according to its critics, is also responsible for everything from Amazon deforestation, to increased global warming, to an untenable breakdown of societal relationships.
HAPPY DAYS BEEFMASTER SUMMER ROUNDUP SALE HELD JULY 24, 2010
The Happy Days Beefmaster Summer Roundup Sale was held July 24, 2010 in Anderson, S.C.
FOLLOW CRITERIA FOR OPERATING FARM AS A BUSINESS
In hobby loss audits, the IRS sometimes views various types of ranching activities as a means of generating tax losses, rather than a profit-oriented venture.
COW CREEK TO HOLD PRIVATE TREATY BULL SALE AND ANNUAL HEIFER SALE
Cow Creek Ranch's proven track record of supplying reliable, durable, long-lasting bulls sets the foundation of the 200 head Private Treaty Bull Sale going on now.
NEW JUNIOR HEREFORD BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED
Four new National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) Board members were elected as well as a new officer team selected at the 11th annual VitaFerm® Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) July 9 in Indianapolis.
KEEPING YOUNG CALVES HEALTHY CAN BE EASIER THAN YOU THINK
When weaning season is put on fast-forward, maintaining calf health is all about pushing “play” at the right time.
SALACOA VALLEY AND MILLER BRANGUS HOST BULL SALE
David Vaughan of Salacoa Valley Farms, and Bert and Doyle Miller of Miller Brangus, are pleased announce their first joint Brangus bull sale October 2nd at Salacoa Valley Farms in Fairmont, Ga.
BLACK INK -- WHAT INFORMS YOU
Take another look at your cattle. Get out your records and take a deeper look. You think they're the right kind, but you may have plans to “improve” them through breeding and management.
MSU STUDY MONITORS WEED RESISTANCE
Mississippi is one of six states participating in a study monitoring the problem of glyphosate-resistant weeds and trying to prevent any more from developing.
IT'S THE PITTS -- LOYAL TO THE BRAND
I have a multitude of faults and there are many things I don't like about myself. I drive, talk and eat too fast and type too slow. I have no patience, can be hotheaded at times, can't keep a secret, and I worry constantly about things that will never happen. Just to name a few of my many faults.
BEEF BOARD APPROVES 2011 BUDGET
The Cattlemen's Beef Board unanimously approved a $40.6 million budget for Fiscal 2011, down 7.4 percent from the Fiscal 2010 budget and representing a decline of about 24 percent in the last five years.
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HOOTER MCCORMICK -- BOO!
If you've ever had one of those dreams, the kind where you can touch, smell and feel every aspect, then you know why it took Hooter a while to find his bearings.
SIMMENTAL SOLUTIONS SALE HELD AUGUST 7TH
The Inaugural sale of the Fall Sale Season started on a hot and sunny day in southern Alabama.

 

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