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Oklahoma Beef Council Names Winners of the 2016 Oklahoma Beef Quality Assurance Awards
Mon, 22 Aug 2016 09:18:56 CDT
The Oklahoma Beef Council recently announced the winners of the 2016 Oklahoma Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Awards. Bill Clark of the Clark Ranch of Ada, Oklahoma was named Producer of the Year and Dr. Robert Wells of the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation was named Educator of the Year. The Oklahoma Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program is a program designed to help maximize consumer confidence and acceptance of beef by focusing producers' attention to daily production practices that influence the safety, wholesomeness, and quality of beef and beef products. Every year the Oklahoma Beef Council recognizes those that demonstrate outstanding BQA principles on their farms and ranches or those have dedicated their time and effort to ensure the success of the state's BQA program.
The 2016 winner of the BQA Educator of the Year, Dr. Robert Wells of the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. According to Tom Fanning, chairman of the Oklahoma Beef Council and a feedyard manager from May, Oklahoma, "BQA training would not happen without the initiative and dedication of Oklahoma trainers such as Dr. Wells. We are fortunate to have him and his leadership as part of our BQA team."
The winner of the Oklahoma BQA Producer of the Year, Bill Clark of Clark Ranch in Ada, Oklahoma which is predominately a commercial cow-calf ranch consisting of commercial angus cows. The Clark Ranch leads by example with BQA principles and practices woven into nearly everything they do. According to Bill, "We manage our ranch based upon BQA principles because it is the right thing to do for our cattle, it is the right thing to do for the ranch and ultimately it is the right to do for the consumer of the beef we produce."
To learn more about the Oklahoma Beef Quality Assurance program, click here.
Source - Oklahoma Beef Council
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