Beef Country is in my blood. My wife and I live in Amarillo now, but I grew up near Benjamin in North Central Texas on my grandfather’s cow-calf and stocker …
Beef Checkoff
-
-
Ag News StoriesLivestock NewsNews
New Study Finds Each National Beef Checkoff Dollar Returns $13.41
by Colter BrownA recent economic analysis of the national Beef Checkoff program found that each dollar invested in its demand-driving activities for the most recent five-year period (2019–2023) positively impacted domestic beef …
-
Ag News StoriesLivestock NewsNews
Montana Cowgirl Selected for Beef Advocacy Trailblazer Program
by Colter BrownThe Trailblazers program, developed by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, takes advocacy to an unprecedented level by giving participants the tools and training …
-
Ag News StoriesLivestock NewsNews
Wardner Selected to Head North Dakota Beef Commission
by Colter BrownBismarck, N.D. – The North Dakota Beef Commission (NDBC) has named former consumer marketing and industry relations specialist Nicole Wardner as its new executive director, effective June 1. Wardner replaces …
-
Aside from the national partnership meeting between state beef councils that takes place every October, Wyoming and Montana may have just become one of the first states ever to hold …
-
Ag News StoriesLivestock NewsNews
NCBA Condemns House and Senate Bills Aimed at “Checkoff Reform”
by Colter BrownThe National Cattlemen’s Beef Association called legislation introduced today in the House and Senate, “nothing more than another attempt to allow activists to dictate to producers.” In a press release, …
-
Ag News StoriesLivestock NewsNews
New Report Shows Consumer Beef Demand Remains Strong Among Inflation Woes
by Colter BrownAccording to the newly released “Today’s Beef Consumer” report from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, demand for beef continues to remain strong. The …
-
Ag News StoriesNews
Longest Serving State Beef Council Executive Director Announces Retirement
by Andy SchwabNorth Dakota Beef Commission (NDBC) Executive Director Nancy Jo Bateman has announced her plan to retire after more than 38 years of service to the state’s beef producers and consumers. …
-
By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Don Schiefelbein Six months into my tenure as the President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), I have had the opportunity to travel …
-
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge levied against the Beef Checkoff program by Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America, or R-CALF USA. The December 2021 petition …