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Associations and Organizations
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United States
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American Angus Association |
| The American Angus Association is the nation's largest beef registry association with over 30,000 adult and junior members. Their goal is to serve the beef cattle industry, and increase the production of consistent, high quality beef that will better satisfy consumers throughout the world.
Here you will find information about many of the programs the Association offers its members and the commercial cattle producers who use registered Angus bulls. |
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Arkansas Cattlemen's Association |
| The ACA is devoted to improving the cattle industry within Arkansas not only through producer education, but also through representation on legislative and regulatory issues. The site includes information on livestock markets, a listing of events of interest to its members and other information. |
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Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) |
| The federation represents over 40 state and national beef cattle associations. It was formed as a means to standardize programs and methodology and to create greater awareness, acceptance and useage of beef cattle performance concepts. Selection based on objective measures has withstood the test of time and continues to undergo scrutiny by researchers, organizations and the ultimate judge, beef cattle producers.
The site includes links to breed associations, pages with information regarding the upcoming convention and access to the proceedings of the organization's meetings from 1969 to date. The older proceedings are downloaded as a single file while the most current proceedings are available as separate downloads for individual papers. |
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BEEF.ORG - National Cattlemen's Beef Association |
| Beef.org is the homepage of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), the site contains information on Cattle Industry Conventions and Meetings, NCBA government affairs efforts, cattle industry news, addresses and links to members of the Federation of State Beef Councils and other informaion. It also provides access to web sites funded by the Cattlemen's Beef Board and the Federation of State Beef Councils. |
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Cattle Feeding Country |
| Representing the cattle feeding industry in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, this site offers a range of information and services (legislative alerts, a newsletter, industry statistics, seminars, etc. ) that are available to both members and non-members. |
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Feedlot Magazine |
| Feedlot Magazine provides readers with the most up-to-date information on the beef industry in concise, easy-to-read articles designed to increase overall awareness among the feedlot community. |
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Idaho Cattle Association |
| This non-profit trade association is the official voice for all segments of the beef business in Idaho - seedstock breeders, commercial operators and cattle feeders. It is the grassroots policy development organization for Idaho's leading agricultural industry, cattle.
The website provides position papers and news releases on industry issues, a listing of upcoming events, links to related sites and information on how to become a member. |
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Iowa Limousin Association |
| This site provides newsletters, events calendar, member contact information, and links to limousin related information. |
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Kansas Limousin Breeders Association |
| KLBA is a non-profit breed organization working to promote and educate inside the borders of Kansas on the wide uses of Limousin cattle within the beef industry. |
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Maryland Cattlemen's Association |
| Maryland Cattlemen's Association fosters profitability, sustainability and stewardship across the Maryland Beef industry through producer education, beef promotion and political action. |
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North American Limousin Foundation |
| The North American Limousin Foundation (NALF) is a not-for-profit organization established to promote, develop and improve the Limousin breed of cattle. Founded in 1968, the foundation has grown to register more than 60,000 head of cattle each year. Primarily, NALF is entrusted with maintaining,
documenting and recording ownership, pedigrees and performance of cattle in the Limousin Herd Book. |
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OHIO Simmental |
| Created for the purpose of promoting and bettering the interest and welfare of Simmental breeders and prospective Simmental breeders; and to bring about a closer cooperation, unification and coordination of the efforts of Simmental breeders; to sponsor, and assist in sponsoring crossbred and purebred Simmental and Simmental influenced shows and sales; to cooperate with and cultivate the interest of junior prospective breeders of Simmentals; to do any and all things necessary to advance the prosperity of the breed and its breeders; and to advertise Ohio as a Simmental breeding state. |
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Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) |
| It is the policy of the RAAA to promote the financial well being of its members through objective tests, consisting
for the most part of comparisons within herds of factors of known economic importance and known heritability….
This website contains data search tools, registration forms, a listing of sales and events, a resource library of articles on genetics & marketing, access to the ARA Magazine, etc.
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Tennessee Cattlemen's Association |
| A website devoted to providing the cattle feeders and producers in the State of Tennessee with an organization through which they may function collectively to protect their interests and work toward the solution of cattle industry problems; and to building the necessary good-will that will bring both governmental and public esteem and recognition to the industry. The site features include current news stories of interest, links to current weather information, cattle markets, the annual convention, calf sales and so on. |
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United States Cattlemen's Association |
| Website devoted to the aims of the Association -- "To present an effective voice for the United States cattle industry. USCA is dedicated to, and focused on, efforts in Washington, DC to further the interests of cattle producers on mandatory country of origin labeling, international trade, market competition, reform of the mandatory beef checkoff, animal health, welfare and identification, private property rights and other issues that affect the U.S. cattle industry."
The site features current news of interest, the policies and by-laws of the organization, a virtual library on current cattle industry issues, a list of officers and committees, committee chairs and members and other items of interest.
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Vermont Beef Producers Association (VBPA) |
| The VBPA is a non-profit association of beef farmers dedicated to sustainable agriculture in Vermont.
The site contains information about calf clinics, winter beef conference, short courses, sales, veterinary tips, herd management tips, access to the association's newsletter, information on marketing and selling meat in the state among other information. |
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Washington Cattle Feeders Association |
| The Association provides a united voice for Washington's cattle feeders, they protect, collaborate and educate for the continued success of their state's beef industry.
The site contains a listing of events, information on scholarships, and issues of Feeder News (their newsletter). |
International
Other Nations
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Asociacion Mexicana Simmethal & Simbrah |
| Founded in 1973 this Mexican association aims to bring into it ranks breeders of Simmental and Simbrah cattle in their different crosses to establish and pursue national certification of purity levels to protect farmers and other acquirers of the animals or their descendants. |
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Canadian Charolais Association |
| Designed to promote and facilitate the breeding of superior Charolais cattle and the development of dedicated breeders, this site provides research papers, fact sheets, rules and regulations compatible with the Animal Pedigree Act of the Parliament of Canada, a breeders tool box and other resources. |
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Simmental |
| This site encourages the Pedigree Breeding of Simmental Cattle and develops and promotes the use of Simmental Cattle as an outstanding suckler cow and fast growing terminal sire. |
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Simmental NZ |
| The Society's pages for members. It includes news, reports and photos from Beef Expo for 2006 and 2007, sale results, sales catalogs and other information available only to members. |
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