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Beef Movies!
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The McKeans
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Watch this new 4-minute video clip of the McKean family, as they talk about their beef operation in western Pennsylvania.
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Family Farm Days at Oregon Dairy
Special thank you to Beef Council board member Tim Forry, and his family, for hosting another successful Family Farm Days at Oregon Dairy, June 14 - 16. More than 12,000 visitors, mostly young families, enjoyed visiting the beef booth, testing their knowledge with a "name that cut" board game.
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Did you know that farmers who sell their cattle through direct marketing, such as freezer beef programs or at Farmers Markets, need to remit the $1 checkoff too? Learn more at www.mybeefcheckoff.com or contact Tiffany for private treaty sale remittance forms.
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Summer Grilling Promotion
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Enter to win free groceries in this new summer grilling promotion! Find recipes, and other point-of-sale, in more than 315 stores in the northeast, and PA, through Labor Day.
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 June Newsletter
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Take me out to the ballgame! The Beef Council scheduled three beef promotions at upcoming State College Spikes games. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, June 29; Friday, July 22; and Wednesday, August 10. Contact Kristi Rooker if you'd like to attend a game and show your beef spirit!
In this issue, read more about a national beef quality assurance audit survey. Please click on the hyperlinks and take a few minutes to share your feedback.
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Ag Night with the Reading Phillies!  The PA Beef Council joined several Ag commodity groups for Ag Night at the Reading Phillies on Monday, June 6. Patty Melt greeted fans while PA Beef Ambassador Arika Snyder tested consumer knowledge, asking them to "Name that Lean Cut." Great crowds, including numerous beef lovers, beautiful weather and a win for the Phils helped make this a successful event.
View pictures.
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Cowden is Beef Council Summer Intern
Courtney Cowden, a senior agricultural sciences student at Penn State, will intern with the PA Beef Council this summer. Cowden grew up on her family's 115 acre diversified livestock operation in Prosperity, Washington County. She started showing livestock at a young age, exhibiting at county fairs, state jackpot shows and the PA Farm Show.
Cowden is an active student leader at Penn State, serving as an Ag Advocate and the 95th Little International Show Manager. She also is a member of the Block and Bridle Club, Coaly Society, the meats and livestock judging teams and the meat science quiz bowl team. In addition to her college experiences, she has interned with the PA Department of Agriculture Press Office, serving at the All-American Dairy Show and the Pennsylvania Farm Show.
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BQA Youth Presentations
 The PA Beef Council conducted a Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) training in May at W. B. Saul High School of Agricultural Sciences. The high school is located in the upper Roxborough area of Philadelphia. The mission of W. B. Saul High School is to develop in students an understanding of and appreciation for various career opportunities that are available to them in the many fields of agriculture.
The students engaged in a lively discussion about beef quality and safety. This was a great opportunity to educate youth on how important it is to raise healthy cows for safe and wholesome beef. Watch Lancaster Farming's Quality Care Matters for a feature article about W.B. Saul and other youth BQA programs this summer.
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National Beef Quality Audit -- Take Short Survey
Cattle producers are being asked to provide their input to the 2011 National Beef Quality Audit (NBQA) by taking a short survey at www.cattlesurvey.com. The survey can be completed in approximately 10 minutes.
The 2011 NBQA, led by scientists from Colorado State University and Texas A&M University, is designed to collect and analyze information from cooler audits in the packing sector, face-to-face interviews with beef supply chain partners and for the first time cattle producers including feeders, stockers, cow-calf operators, and seedstock producers will be surveyed. According to Field, producer input is being sought to strengthen the measurement of quality-based practices implemented on farms and ranches that support consumer confidence in beef products and production systems.
The checkoff-funded National Beef Quality Audit has provided important benchmarks for the U.S. beef industry since 1991. According to Tom Field, Executive Director of Producer Education, National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), contractor to the Beef Checkoff Program, the audit has been conducted approximately every four years with the historic focus centered on quantifying the performance of beef carcasses for a number of value enhancing characteristics. Field said the previous surveys have assisted in identifying challenges and opportunities for cattle producers.
Take the survey at www.cattlesurvey.com.
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Meet Logan Bower
 Logan Bower, Pleasant View Farms, received the 2011 Dairy Beef Quality Assurance Award from the PA Beef Council on March 24, at the Pennsylvania Cattlemen's Association annual meeting.
Pleasant View Farms, Blain, Perry County, is comprised of 550 milk cows which produce in excess of 13 million pounds of milk annually. Bower raises 550 herd replacements to support the milking herd. The forage needs for the 1,100 head of dairy animals are raised on 750 acres of cropland of which 150 are owned and 600 are rented. The current crop rotation consists of 450 acres of corn for silage, 100 acres of alfalfa hay, 50 acres of small grain and 150 acres in grass and pasture.
Read more.
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Want to learn more about Beef Council activities? Visit www.pabeef.org or contact us at 1-888-4BEEFPA.
Sincerely,
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