National Ag News
Beef Quality Audit identifies transportation strengths and weaknesses
Dec 4, 2017, 17:32 PM
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The latest Beef Quality Audit shows while U.S. livestock haulers have set a high bar, shortcomings remain.
Jesse Fulton with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) says this was the first time the checkoff-funded survey looked at the transportation of market steers and heifers.
“And we see from that cattle mobility has set the bar high for future audits with almost 97 percent of those cattle coming off the truck with no lameness.”
He attributes those high marks to Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) practices used throughout the industry.
