MBA Sets Single Month Graduation Record!
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As high schools and colleges around the country enter graduation season, the checkoff-funded Masters of Beef Advocacy (MBA) program just set a single month record adding 254 new graduates in April. The breaks the previous record of 211 set in March. As of early May, the program boasts 1,366 graduates and 1,484 current students (2,850 total participants to date).
And, there is an online application to make it easier for new students to enroll.
“This is a significant milestone for the MBA program,” says Daren Williams, executive director of communications for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, which contracts to manage the MBA program for the beef checkoff. “We are facing tough accusations from critics about our modern food production, and we have no choice but to take our story directly to consumers in our local communities and in the global online community. That’s what graduates of the MBA program are doing every day.”
The MBA program was launched in March 2009 and within less than a year, hit the 1,000 mark for number of participants. Since then, the number of producers, students, University and industry representatives becoming actively engaged in reclaiming our legacy as the original stewards of the land, caretakers of animals and producers of safe, wholesome and nutritious beef, has almost tripled.
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The Beef Checkoff Program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.
Funded by the Beef Checkoff.
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