Missouri Beef Industry Council

Beef Food Safety Efforts Include Ethanol Co-Product Research Increasing numbers of Missouri beef cattle producers are feeding their animals with a by-product of ethanol production known as distillers' grains and research is showing that this practice provides a nutritious, low cost feed supplement for cattle and a healthy final product for consumers. Missouri currently has six ethanol plants in production and Missouri Beef Industry Council (MBIC) board member and cattle producer Jim Freeman of Salem says the use of distillers' grains for feed is widespread across the state. More

Auction Market BQA Video Released Beef checkoff and Livestock Marketing Association team up to release training video. The beef industry, through the checkoff-funded BQA (Beef Quality Assurance) program and the Livestock Marketing Association (LMA), recently released an auction market BQA training DVD titled "Focal Point, an Auction Market BQA Guide". More