Resources & Links
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Links
USDA Supplemental Q&A on BSE 
Statement by USDA on 2012 BSE Detection
www.BSEInfo.org
USDA BSE Information Center
Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB) "Pink Slime" Links
www.BeefisBeef.com
www.MeatMythCrushers.com
American Meat Institute - Questions and Answers about Lean Finely Textured Beef National Meat Association - Fact Sheet on Lean Finely Textured Beef
Helpful Cattle Industry Links
Ag in Uncertain Times
RFID Costs Spreadsheet 
BVD Resource Page
FACT SHEET: Modern Beef Production 
- Describes the stages of beef production and includes information on production technologies used today (antibiotics, growth promotants, etc.).
FACT SHEET: Critical Analysis of Livestock's Long Shadow
Beef Improvement Federation
Beef Reproductive Strategies
PNW Dairy Monitor
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD)
Risk Management
agmanager.info/crmil
IRM Links
Links for Profits
This time of year many of us are evaluating how to improve our operation as we review our records from the past year. As you look to your records and information sources, you might want to consider some Internet information resources. At NCBA we strive to bring you the most current industry information and resources. Listed below are some sites that we find useful.
Sidebar – Do you have a favorite cattle or beef industry website? Send it to us and we will publish it in the next issue of IRM NEWS in National Cattlemen.
Production Information Sites
Cow Calf Corner – Oklahoma State University: cowcalfcorner.okstate.edu
Iowa State University SPA: www.exnet.iastate.edu/Pages/ansci/beef/spa.html
University of Kentucky IRM Programs: www.uky.edu/Projects/BeefIRM/
Kansas State University Ag Management: www.agmanager.info/livestock/
Temple Grandin’s Cattle Handling: www.grandin.com
Western IRM Center – Colorado State University: www.wcirm.colostate.edu
Montana State University Extension Beef Site: animalrangeextension.montana.edu/Beef/BEEF.HTM
University of Missouri Extension Publications: agebb.missouri.edu
Kansas State University Stocker Cattle: www.beefstockerusa.org
Oklahoma State University Ag Economics: agecon.okstate.edu/faculty/ffmr.asp
Texas A & M University Animal Science: animalscience.tamu.edu/ansc/
University of Nebraska Beef Cattle: beef.unl.edu
Iowa Beef Center/ Iowa State University: www.iowabeefcenter.org
University of Illinois: www.traill.uiuc.edu/beefnet/
North Dakota State University: www.beeftalk.com
Breeds of Cattle
Oklahoma State University: www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds
Market Information
Cattle-Fax: www.cattle-fax.com
Livestock Marketing Information Center: www.lmic.info
Kansas State University – Jim Mintert: www.agmanager.info
IRM/SPA Certified Software
BRS Records: www.beefrecords.com
Back in the Black: animalscience.ucdavis.edu/extension/livestockmanagement.html
CattleSoft: www.cattlesoft.com
CHAPS 2000: www.chaps2000.com
CowCalf5: www.cowcalf.com
Cow Sense: www.midwestmicro.com
Texas A&M SPA: agecoext.tamu.edu/spa/
USDA Links
General: www.usda.gov
Farm Service Agency: www.fsa.usda.gov
Risk Management Agency: www.rma.usda.gov
Ag Marketing Service: www.ams.usda.gov
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: www.aphis.usda.gov
Grain Inspection, Packer and Stockyards Administration: www.usda.gov/gipsa
Ag Research Service: www.ars.usda.gov
Food Safety and Inspection Service: www.fsis.usda.gov
Foreign Ag Service: www.fas.usda.gov
Natural Resources Conservation Service: www.nrcs.usda.gov