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      <title>Producer Education</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/producereducation.aspx?id=5162</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Our industry has changed drastically since our predecessor organization was first established in 1898 and change continues to occur almost daily. NCBA takes great pride in being a premier source of producer education information to help NCBA members and producers understand changing times, adjust with them and use them toward working to be as efficient and profitable as possible. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this section you will find some of most successful producer education programs, search a library of topics that will be of benefit to you in learning more about practices that can help improve your bottom-line, read how other producer's have benefited from these programs and much more. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Learn more about what NCBA's Producer Education program has to offer by visiting the pages listed below. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/articles.aspx"&gt;Producer Education Articles&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/beefindustrystatistics.aspx"&gt;Beef Industry Statistics&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/cattlemenscollege.aspx"&gt;Cattlemen's College&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/glossaryofterms.aspx"&gt;Glossary of Terms&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/spacalculationsworksheet.aspx"&gt;SPA Calculations and Worksheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/droughtassistanceforcattlemen.aspx"&gt;Drought Assistance for Cattlemen&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/beefindustryresearch.aspx"&gt;Beef Industry Research&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Beef Quality Assurance&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/videoclips.aspx"&gt;Video Clips&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:33:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>Producer Education</subject>
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    <item>
      <title>Producer Education</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/producereducation.aspx?id=5162</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Our industry has changed drastically since our predecessor organization was first established in 1898 and change continues to occur almost daily. NCBA takes great pride in being a premier source of producer education information to help NCBA members and producers understand changing times, adjust with them and use them toward working to be as efficient and profitable as possible. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this section you will find some of most successful producer education programs, search a library of topics that will be of benefit to you in learning more about practices that can help improve your bottom-line, read how other producer's have benefited from these programs and much more. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Learn more about what NCBA's Producer Education program has to offer by visiting the pages listed below. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Producer Education Articles&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Beef Industry Statistics&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Cattlemen's College&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Glossary of Terms&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;SPA Calculations and Worksheet&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Drought Assistance for Cattlemen&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Beef Industry Research &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Beef Quality Assurance&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Video Clips&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:10:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>Producer Education</subject>
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      <title>Cattle Learning Center</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/producereducation.aspx?id=5162</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/CattleLearningCenterLogo.gif" /&gt;Our industry has changed drastically since our predecessor organization was first established in 1898 and change continues to occur almost daily. NCBA takes great pride in being a premier source of production education information to help producers understand changing times, adjust with them and use them toward working to be as efficient and profitable as possible. In this section you will find some of Cattlemen Learning Center's most successful producer education programs, search a library of topics that will be of benefit to you in learning more about practices that can help improve your bottom-line, read how other producer's have benefited from these programs and much more. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:38:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>Cattle Learning Center</subject>
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    <item>
      <title>Cattle Learning Center</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/producereducation.aspx?id=5162</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/CattleLearningCenterLogo.gif" /&gt;Our industry has changed drastically since our predecessor organization was first established in 1898 and change continues to occur almost daily. NCBA takes great pride in being a premier source of production education information to help producers understand changing times, adjust with them and use them toward working to be as efficient and profitable as possible. In this section you will find some of Cattlemen Learning Center's most successful producer education programs, search a library of topics that will be of benefit to you in learning more about practices that can help improve your bottom-line, read how other producer's have benefited from these programs and much more. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/premreg101promo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/star_free.gif" /&gt;Want to Learn More about Premises Registration? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Take the &lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/courses/premReg101/player.html" target="_blank"&gt;FREE online course&lt;/a&gt; offered by Cattlemen Learning Center!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table style="width: 700px; height: 321px; border-top: #6d7fa3 1px solid;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10"&gt;
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        &lt;tr&gt;
            &lt;td style="width: 25%; border-right: #6d7fa3 1px solid;" valign="top" align="center"&gt;
            &lt;h3 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/prodCattlemen&amp;rsquo;sCollege.aspx"&gt;Cattlemen's College&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
            &lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
            &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
            &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
            &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/CattlemensCollegeLogo.gif" /&gt;Each year during the Cattle Industry Annual Convention and Trade Show NCBA makes available to producers a series of educational and informational sessions. These all day sessions known to the industry as, Cattlemen's College, has since it's inception in 1993 become known as the industry's premier producer education program. &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="width: 25%; border-right: #6d7fa3 1px solid;" valign="top" align="center"&gt;
            &lt;h3 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/stockmanstewardship.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Stockmanship &amp;amp; Stewardship Tour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
            &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
            &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
            &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/SSTourlogoandsponsors.gif" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="width: 25%; border-right: #6d7fa3 1px solid;" valign="top" align="center"&gt;
            &lt;h3 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Quality Assurance (BQA)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;
            &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
            &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
            &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/BQAGraySmall.jpg" /&gt;Mission Statement&lt;/strong&gt; - To maximize consumer confidence in and acceptance of beef by focusing the industry's attention on beef quality assurance through the use of science, research and educational initiatives.&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/CodeGuidelines.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Guidelines&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/StateBQAContacts.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;State Coordinators&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/ProgramResources.aspx"&gt;Program Resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="width: 25%;" valign="top" align="center"&gt;
            &lt;h3 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/prodintegratedresourcemanagment.aspx"&gt;Integrated Resource Management (IRM)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;
            &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
            &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
            &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/IrmlogoSmall.jpg" /&gt;Vision Statement&lt;/strong&gt; - IRM Vision&amp;hellip;a producer-focused initiative to enhance the management of all resources to profitably raise beef in a consumer friendly manner with sound environmental and food safety practices through a viable business plan.&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/prodredbooksandothertools.aspx"&gt;Redbooks and Other Tools&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/prodstandardperformanceanalysis_spa_.aspx"&gt;Standard Performance Analysis (SPA)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
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    &lt;tbody&gt;
        &lt;tr&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/PfizerLogo.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/NationalCattlemensFoundationlogo.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/AngusLogo.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:01:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>Cattle Learning Center</subject>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Cattle Learning Center</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/producereducation.aspx?id=5162</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/CattleLearningCenterLogo.gif" /&gt;Our industry has changed drastically since our predecessor organization was first established in 1898 and change continues to occur almost daily. NCBA takes great pride in being a premier source of production education information to help producers understand changing times, adjust with them and use them toward working to be as efficient and profitable as possible. In this section you will find some of Cattlemen Learning Center's most successful producer education programs, search a library of topics that will be of benefit to you in learning more about practices that can help improve your bottom-line, read how other producer's have benefited from these programs and much more. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/premreg101promo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/star_free.gif" /&gt;Want to Learn More about Premises Registration? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Take the &lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/courses/premReg101/player.html" target="_blank"&gt;FREE online course&lt;/a&gt; offered by Cattlemen Learning Center!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;table style="width: 700px; height: 321px; border-top: #6d7fa3 1px solid;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10"&gt;
    &lt;tbody&gt;
        &lt;tr&gt;
            &lt;td style="width: 25%; border-right: #6d7fa3 1px solid;" valign="top" align="center"&gt;
            &lt;h3 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/prodCattlemen&amp;rsquo;sCollege.aspx"&gt;Cattlemen's College&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
            &lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
            &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
            &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/CattlemensCollegeLogo.gif" /&gt;Each year during the Cattle Industry Annual Convention and Trade Show NCBA makes available to producers a series of educational and informational sessions. These all day sessions known to the industry as, Cattlemen's College, has since it's inception in 1993 become known as the industry's premier producer education program. &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="width: 25%; border-right: #6d7fa3 1px solid;" valign="top" align="center"&gt;
            &lt;h3 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/stockmanstewardship.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Stockmanship &amp;amp; Stewardship Tour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
            &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
            &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/SSTourlogoandsponsors.gif" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="width: 25%; border-right: #6d7fa3 1px solid;" valign="top" align="center"&gt;
            &lt;h3 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Quality Assurance (BQA)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;
            &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
            &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/BQAGraySmall.jpg" /&gt;Mission Statement&lt;/strong&gt; - To maximize consumer confidence in and acceptance of beef by focusing the industry's attention on beef quality assurance through the use of science, research and educational initiatives.&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/CodeGuidelines.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Guidelines&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/StateBQAContacts.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;State Coordinators&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/ProgramResources.aspx"&gt;Program Resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="width: 25%;" valign="top" align="center"&gt;
            &lt;h3 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/prodintegratedresourcemanagment.aspx"&gt;Integrated Resource Management (IRM)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;
            &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
            &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/IrmlogoSmall.jpg" /&gt;Vision Statement&lt;/strong&gt; - IRM Vision&amp;hellip;a producer-focused initiative to enhance the management of all resources to profitably raise beef in a consumer friendly manner with sound environmental and food safety practices through a viable business plan.&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/prodredbooksandothertools.aspx"&gt;Redbooks and Other Tools&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/prodstandardperformanceanalysis_spa_.aspx"&gt;Standard Performance Analysis (SPA)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
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    &lt;tbody&gt;
        &lt;tr&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/PfizerLogo.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/NationalCattlemensFoundationlogo.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/AngusLogo.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:57:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>Cattle Learning Center</subject>
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    <item>
      <title>Cattle Learning Center</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/producereducation.aspx?id=5162</link>
      <description>&lt;h1&gt;Cattle Learning Center&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/CattleLearningCenterLogo.gif" /&gt;Our industry has changed drastically since our predecessor organization was first established in 1898 and change continues to occur almost daily. NCBA takes great pride in being a premier source of production education information to help producers understand changing times, adjust with them and use them toward working to be as efficient and profitable as possible. In this section you will find some of Cattlemen Learning Center's most successful producer education programs, search a library of topics that will be of benefit to you in learning more about practices that can help improve your bottom-line, read how other producer's have benefited from these programs and much more. &lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/prodCLC.aspx"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to learn more about the Cattle Learning Center.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/premreg101promo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/star_free.gif" /&gt;Want to Learn More about Premises Registration? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Take the &lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/courses/premReg101/player.html" target="_blank"&gt;FREE online course&lt;/a&gt; offered by Cattlemen Learning Center!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p  style="text-align: left;"&gt;
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            &lt;td style="width: 25%; border-right: #6d7fa3 1px solid;" valign="top" align="center"&gt;
            &lt;h3 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/prodCattlemen&amp;rsquo;sCollege.aspx"&gt;Cattlemen's College&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
            &lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;
            &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/CattlemensCollegeLogo.gif" /&gt;Each year during the Cattle Industry Annual Convention and Trade Show NCBA makes available to producers a series of educational and informational sessions. These all day sessions known to the industry as, Cattlemen's College, has since it's inception in 1993 become known as the industry's premier producer education program. &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="width: 25%; border-right: #6d7fa3 1px solid;" valign="top" align="center"&gt;
            &lt;h3 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/stockmanstewardship.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Stockmanship &amp;amp; Stewardship Tour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
            &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/SSTourlogoandsponsors.gif" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="width: 25%; border-right: #6d7fa3 1px solid;" valign="top" align="center"&gt;
            &lt;h3 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Quality Assurance (BQA)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;
            &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/BQAGraySmall.jpg" /&gt;Mission Statement&lt;/strong&gt; - To maximize consumer confidence in and acceptance of beef by focusing the industry's attention on beef quality assurance through the use of science, research and educational initiatives.&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/CodeGuidelines.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Guidelines&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/StateBQAContacts.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;State Coordinators&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bqa.org/ProgramResources.aspx"&gt;Program Resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="width: 25%;" valign="top" align="center"&gt;
            &lt;h3 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/prodintegratedresourcemanagment.aspx"&gt;Integrated Resource Management (IRM)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;
            &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/logos/IrmlogoSmall.jpg" /&gt;Vision Statement&lt;/strong&gt; - IRM Vision&amp;hellip;a producer-focused initiative to enhance the management of all resources to profitably raise beef in a consumer friendly manner with sound environmental and food safety practices through a viable business plan.&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/prodredbooksandothertools.aspx"&gt;Redbooks and Other Tools&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/prodstandardperformanceanalysis_spa_.aspx"&gt;Standard Performance Analysis (SPA)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:54:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>Cattle Learning Center</subject>
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