Links

Consumer
	Beef It's What's For Dinner Website Consumer website for recipes, cooking tips, nutrition information and more!
	American Dietetic Association With nearly 70,000 members, the American Dietetic Association is the nation’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. ADA serves the public by promoting optimal nutrition, health and well-being.
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	Best Food Nation BestFoodNation.com offers the facts about the U.S. food supply, which is among the safest, most affordable and most abundant food supplies in the world.
	Culinary School CookStreet.com offers a wide variety of culinary courses for everyone from the aspiring professional chef, to the backyard grill master.
Media Resources
	Beef Bytes
	BSE Information
	FMD Information
Nebraska Agricultural Organizations
	Nebraska Department of Agriculture Nebraska is a world-class leader in producing a high-quality, abundant, and an affordable food supply, made possible by our state's farmers and ranchers. The products that are raised here are diverse, and representative of the ingenuity of Nebraska producers to address the varied climate and geology found in this state. The Nebraska Department of Ag is a resource for all.
	Nebraska Agricultural Industry Partnership An information resource provided by the Nebraska Agricultural Industry Partnership designed to help all Nebraskans understand the importance of the livestock industry to the state.
	Cow Sense Cow Sense is the recognized leader in herd management software since 1993. Performance records, age and source verification, and decision aids in Cow Sense all lead to greater profitability. Our mission is to help you maximize return in your operation!
	Nebraska Farm Bureau The Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, founded in 1917, is the state’s largest voluntary agricultural organization. It represents more than 50,000 member families in all 93 Nebraska counties and has 86 organized County Farm Bureaus.
	University of Nebraska The Department of Animal Science at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln website. The Department of Animal Science is located on East Campus in a design award-winning facility that encompasses extensive animal teaching and research rooms, including a 475-seat arena, and state-of-the art classrooms and laboratories.
Beef Industry Organizations
	Cattlemen's Beef Board The Cattlemen's Beef Promotion And Research Board, usually referred to as the Cattlemen's Beef Board or CBB, consists of 108 members, including domestic beef, dairy and veal producers, as well as importers of beef and beef products. The Beef Board oversees collection of $1-per-head on all cattle sold in the U.S. and $1-per-head equivalent on imported cattle, beef and beef products.
	National Cattlemen's Beef Assocation Initiated in 1898, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association is the marketing organization and trade association for America's one million cattle farmers and ranchers. With offices in Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C., NCBA is a consumer-focused, producer-directed organization representing the largest segment of the nation's food and fiber industry.
	R-Calf USA R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America is national non-profit cattle producer association representing the interests of independent producers, stockers, and feeders. R-CALF USA's mission is to represent the U.S. cattle industry in trade and marketing issues to ensure the continued profitability and viability of independent U.S. cattle producers.
	US Meat Export Federation USMEF is the most vertically integrated trade association in the meat and livestock industry. USMEF represents beef/veal producers and feeders, pork producers and feeders, lamb producers and feeders, packers and processors, purveyors and traders, oilseeds producers, feedgrains producers, farm organizations and supply and service organizations.
	State Beef Council List Listing of all Qualified State Beef Councils in the United States. Email and website addresses available, as well.
Nebraska Beef Industry Organizations
	Nebraska Cattlemen The Nebraska Cattlemen (NC) association, originated in 1889, serves as the spokesperson for the state’s beef cattle industry and represents 5,000 professional cattle breeders, ranchers and feeders, as well as 52 county and local cattlemen’s associations.
	Sandhills Cattle Association The Sandhills Cattle Association is a clearinghouse of information making available not only the listings of cattle for sale by members of the Association, but also providing information about feed for sale, pasture for rent, ranch jobs, ranch employees.
	Nebraska CattleWomen The Nebraska CattleWomen believe in the importance of the livestock industry to the world's existence. Committees include promotion, in-store promotions, education, project ag-venture, pen-pal program, beef ambassador, and legislation.
	Independent Cattlemen of Nebraska Independent Cattlemen of Nebraska (ICON) is a Nebraska organization that was formed to represent, promote, and protect the interests of only independent cattle producers and feeders. ICON is an affiliate of R-Calf USA.
	Nebraska Brand Committee The Nebraska Brand Committee was created by the Legislature in 1941 to inspect cattle and investigate missing and/or stolen cattle. It is a self-supporting cash fund agency. Its operating funds come solely from fees collected for brand recordings, brand inspections and registered feedlots and dairies.
	Cattlemen's Ball The Cattlemen's Ball of Nebraska, Inc. is established to promote beef in a healthy diet, to showcase rural Nebraska, and to raise money for health care research. Uniting beef producers and businesses in a fight against cancer, the seventh annual Cattlemen's Ball will be held June 3, 2006 at Bob & Marg Dickinson's Feedlot in Milford, Nebraska.
Resources
	Beef Foodservice Website
	Beef Nutrition Website
	Beef Retail Website
	Teachfree.com Website
	Youth Beef Website
Nebraska Wineries
	NE Winery & Grape Growers Assoc.
	Vintage Nebraska