Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is a national program started in 1987 that provides management guidelines for beef cattle production. Food safety and quality are the most important consumer benefits of a quality assurance program. Producers have embraced BQA because it is the right thing to do; but they have also gained through increased profitability. The BQA influences the management of more than 90% of cattle. As an educating program, BQA helps producers identify management processes that can be improved. www.BQA.org

The Western Regional BQA Program comprises partners from 12 western states to provide a core curriculum for Beef Quality Assurance trainers and producers. Who is this program for? All segments of the industry including cow/calf, feedlot, dairy, veal, and non-fed beef producers can benefit from this program. http://www.bqa.wsu.edu/