The U.S. CattleTrace mission is to develop and manage a nationally significant, robust and globally accepted voluntary animal disease traceability system for all cattle entering commerce.
Progressive Beef™, a cattle management and sustainability system for feedlots, says more than two million cattle have been certified through the program and nearly four million cattle will be certified this year.
Multiple state cattlemen’s organizations from major beef producing regions have partnered together to form U.S. CattleTrace, a disease traceability initiative.
Kansas rancher and influencer, Brandi Buzzard-Frobose was named by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association as the 2019 Advocate of the Year in recognition of her success in advocating for beef.
Designed to identify superior Hereford-influenced feeder cattle, the Hereford Advantage program now offers additional benefits to add value to feeder cattle.
NCBA says it will work with the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) to address the Agency’s longstanding policy on geographic origin statements for beef.
The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association calls for “accurate meat labels” and noted they have asked FSIS to use certain labeling claims to be used exclusively for cattle “born, raised and slaughtered” in the U.S.
At the 2019 North American International Livestock Show in Louisville, Kentucky, nine of the 12 living members of the Prestigious Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery gathered.
