BQA @ Work

Addressing drug use on dairies
03/20/2013 8:20:37 AM
Recently, Dr. Dave Rhoda discussed the WVMA award-winning treatment protocol work with a group of beef and dairy producers at the Cattle Industry Annual Convention. Dr. Rhoda shared the WVMA program which addresses drug use on dairies and encourages dairy producers to have a “mindset shift” when it comes to treatment protocols. FULL STORY »

Maas named BQA Educator of the Year
02/20/2013 10:38:41 AM
Dr. John Maas, DVM, University of California–Davis, is known throughout the beef industry for his passion for animal health and the checkoff-funded Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program. Recently, he was honored as the 2013 Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Educator of the Year. Maas is an integral part of the BQA program, serving in state and national leadership roles, including the BQA Advisory Board. FULL STORY »

BQA certification – online tools
01/14/2013 8:30:00 AM
Today’s consumers want to know more about where their food comes from and how it was raised, and those conversations are happening in our local and virtual communities. The beef checkoff-funded Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program can be a positive influence on this conversation, as it provides research, training and certification that helps farmers, ranchers and dairymen — your clients — provide the best care for their cattle. FULL STORY »

BQA launches new campaign
11/08/2012 2:13:24 PM
In the coming months, at your local auction market, you may see posters and displays for the new Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) residue avoidance campaign, Control residues. Every animal, every time. The communications effort was created to build awareness of the checkoff-funded BQA program and its residue avoidance guidelines. FULL STORY »

NBQA Results Revealed
08/08/2012 9:52:11 AM
The beef industry has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. Yet, in each National Beef Quality Audit (NBQA) the objective has remained the same: to measure industry progress on production issues that affect beef quality and, ultimately, consumer demand for beef. Today, the opportunities for our industry to make quality improvements are significant – in fact, the most recent 2011 NBQA, found that nearly $44 per head was “left on the table” due to lost quality opportunities. FULL STORY »

Veterinarian relationship key to success
06/18/2012 10:10:25 AM
For 25 years, the checkoff-funded Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program has provided the beef industry with valuable animal care tools based on sound animal husbandry practices and decades of practical experience and scientific research. Veterinarians play a key role as beef and dairy producers’ partners in executing BQA management practices, noted John Maas, DVM and Dee Griffin, DVM in a recent BQA educational module. FULL STORY »

Dee Griffin – BQA pioneer and leader
03/08/2012 9:48:42 AM
Dee Griffin, DVM, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, was recently honored as the 2012 Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Educator of the Year. “Dee Griffin has been pivotal in the development and maintenance of the Beef Quality Assurance program,” says Bob Bohlender, DVM, North Platte, Nebr. “He has a passion for beef safety and beef quality that very few people could muster.” FULL STORY »

Protocols key to proper use
02/27/2012 2:15:03 PM
While at the 2012 Cattle Industry Annual Convention in Nashville, dairy producers from around the country had an opportunity to learn more about the responsibilities of antibiotic use in dairy cull cows from Mike Apley, DVM, PhD, DACVCP and Kansas State University Professor of Production Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology. FULL STORY »

Lessons learned
01/11/2012 8:37:17 AM
John Maas, UC-Davis extension veterinarian, BQA Advisory Board member and cattleman was the perfect candidate to take the newly released BQA Cow-Calf Assessment to the field and find its practical applications for veterinarians and cattle producers. This past summer, he conducted his own four-ranch practicum in California. FULL STORY »