211 WASHINGTON Talks about changing the beef checkoff are continuing. The American Farm Bureau Federation recently hosted an organizational meeting of major beef production and processing groups to discuss checkoff changes presented by the Cattlemens Beef Board in January.

Jolley: Talking With Jenny Senn, Senn-Sational Jerseys & Cattlemen s Beef Board Member Mention farming and South Carolina and your mind immediately conjures an image of a fine old southern plantation and a long, live oak-lined approach to the main house.

Beef Board: An Entertainer, A Cowboy, A Cattle Producer Just Like You No introductions needed. It s Baxter Black the voice of cattle producers across the country.

Jolley: Talking With Lloyd Deruyter, Wisconsin Cattleman, CBB Member Lloyd DeRuyter was a dairyman, a reasonable occupation for a man practicing agriculture in Wisconsin.

Beef Checkoff & Cryovac Package Up Success Suggested Lead: Walker Stockley, marketing director for Fresh Red Meat with Cryovac Food Packaging Division of Sealed Air, says Cryovac became entrenched in the beef market early on with the advent of boxed beef and that s still their bread and butter .

Source: Beef Board news release The Beef Promotion Operating Committee has recommended a $41.5 million Cattlemen's Beef Board budget for Fiscal 2010, reflecting a slight decrease from the Fiscal 2009 budget but down more than 15 percent from 2008.

Consumers want to hear from you. When asked whom they considered the most trustworthy sources of information about their food, farmers and ranchers topped the list.

Lucinda Williams: Dairy Farmers Are Beef Producers Too Guy Steucek New England Correspondent HATFIELD, Mass. Driving through the Connecticut River Valley in Hatfield, Mass.

Beef Board: Checkoff Hones In On Beef Safety More than 160 people from the beef industry, including farmers and ranchers, harvest operations, processors, restaurants and retailers attended the Beef Industry Safety Summit in March in San Diego, Calif.

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NCBA plans to launch a Center of Excellence for Beef in 2010 and will allow its Michigan Avenue lease in Chicago to expire Dec. 30. The current culinary center based in Chicago is greatly outdated, according to NCBA, and would require a remodel whether the organization stayed on Michigan Avenue or chose...

DENVER Multimedia Interactive The New Cuts ON a stainless steel table in the National Cattlemens Beef Association test kitchen, a meat scientist named Bridget Wasser began dissecting a piece of beef shoulder as big as a couch cushion.

Jolley: Talking With Dave Schubel, Cattleman, CBB Member, Lawyer, Nutritionist Dave Schubel is a small town lawyer turned cattleman. The conversion wasn t sudden and dramatic, mind you.

UNL Work Continues To Yield New Cuts Of Beef LINCOLN, Neb. -- Just about any way you slice it, beef continues to yield new cuts of meat that are expanding choices for consumers and boosting profits for the industry.

Beef Checkoff s Producer Web Site Aims To Inform When it comes to their own operations, producers largely believe the checkoff program has benefited them, and about seven in 10 think that the checkoff helped contribute to their profitability over the years.