Checkoff Chat

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat we hear from Sally Thomas, a cattle producer from Paris, Missouri who serves as Secretary for Missouri Beef Industry Council, about how checkoff dollars are invested in the Federation of State Beef Councils.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features MBIC executive director John Kleiboeker discussing beef promotion and research plans for 2013.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat we hear from the current chairman of the Missouri Beef Industry Council, Matt Reynolds, and former MBIC member “Blue” Geier of California about what may lie ahead in 2013.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features an interview with one of the newest members of the state beef council board of directors, Glen Waters of Norborne.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat we learn more about the Masters of Beef Advocacy, or MBA, program in Missouri.

The Missouri Beef Industry Council is celebrating “Beef – Always in Season” during the holidays which means promotions and great recipes for consumers.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features comments from Vickie James, creator and director of Healthy Kids Challenge and Kay Divelbiss, regional director of operations with OPAA food management company, about how beef fit into a recent nutrition education workshop for school food service directors in the state.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat, Katie Holtman talks about where and how beef advertising dollars are being spent in the state.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat, we hear about some of the educational materials available from the Missouri Beef Industry Council.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat, John Kleiboeker talks about the Missouri Beef Industry Council's involvement in the Missouri Academy of Family Physicians Annual Convention.

The Missouri Beef Checkoff participated in another of the "four fabulous marathons" just recently, getting beef information out to runners at the Bass Pro Outdoor Fitness Festival.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat, Kaity Holtman talks about the continuation of a successful program for dietetic interns that provides them with media training and cooking demonstration skills as well as important information about beef in a healthy diet.

In this week's Checkoff Chat, Kaity Holtman tells us how beef was fueling runners for the finish during the recent St. Louis Rock and Roll marathon.

Fall is in the air and that means time for comfort foods like chili, stews, soups and casseroles with beef as a main ingredient so this week's Checkoff Chat features tips for making fall cooking with beef easier and tastier than ever.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat is about how counties can get funding through the Missouri Beef Industry Council to sponsor fun runs promoting beef on the local level.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features an interview with Ada Gallup, coordinator of the Team Beef runners program sponsored by the Missouri Beef Industry Council.

In this week's Checkoff Chat, we hear from MBIC’s Whitney Kinne and beef spokesperson Matt Hardecke about how producers are helping to educate influencers about agriculture in Missouri.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat, Jamie Johansen interviews MBIC's Kaity Holtman about some back to school beef education.

This week on the Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat, Kaity Holtman talks about how they are promoting beef as star of the tailgate at Mizzou football games again this year.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat we hear from Springfield Hy-Vee dietitian Kristen White who recently hosted a Beef 101 class for customers at her store featuring local cattle producer Glen Cope.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features MBIC's Whitney Kinne talking about how beef was part of a Missouri Farmers Care program at the recent Missouri Grocers Association annual convention.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat is an interview with MBIC executive director John Kleiboeker about how the beef checkoff participated in the recent Cattle Baron's Ball in Springfield.

The Missouri Beef Industry Council was busy at the state fair this year with the State 4-H Beef Demonstration Contest and the Missouri Farmers Care food drive. This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features comments from 4H contest winners Alex and Alyssa Engeman from Henry County, Dan Kleinsorge of Missouri Farmers Car, and Kaity Holtman of MBIC.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat, we find out about how beef was a part of some annual training sessions for school food service personnel in Missouri.

This week's Checkoff Chat comes to you from the recent Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver where we caught up with Brenda Black, a very busy cattle producer from Deepwater, Missouri.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat focuses on the Masters of Beef Advocacy program. Kaity Holtman talks about the program and encourages Missouri cattle farmers to get the MBA before the Missouri Cattle Convention in December.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features comments from MBIC Executive Director John Kleiboeker and board of directors president John Ridder about the decision making process for beef checkoff funded projects in the state for the coming year.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features an interview with Leanne Cope, wife of MBIC board member Glen Cope, talking about how she blogs and pins about beef.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features an interview with this summer's intern at the Missouri Beef Industry Council, Austin Steele.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat, Whitney Kinne with the Missouri Beef Industry Council talks about promoting summer beef grilling around the state and through Pinterest.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features the reactions of various participants who took part in a Pasture to Plate tour hosted by the Kansas Beef Council for chefs and other food industry professionals.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat, MBIC executive director John Klieboeker provides an update on work with Missouri Farmers Care.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features an interview with Kaity Holtman of the Missouri Beef Industry Council about a multi-state checkoff-funded Nutrition Adventure for dietitians.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features an interview with newlywed MBIC Director of Consumer Outreach Whitney (Wallace) Kinne about the recent Inside Columbia Food and Wine Fest.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat we hear about how women in central Missouri get the opportunity each year to find out how beef fits in to their healthy lifestyle.

It's May and as thoughts turn to steaks on the grill it is Beef Month in Missouri and Kaity Holtman says the Missouri Beef Industry Council has lots planned for both producers and consumers of beef.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features interviews with MBIC Director of Consumer Outreach Whitney (Wallace) Kinne and Missouri Restaurant Association president Todd Hulse of Jack Stack BBQ in Kansas City about a farm tour for restaurant owners.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features an interview with MBIC Director of Communications Kaity Holtman about recent promotional activities to reach present and feature beef advocates.

This week’s Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features interviews from Go! St. Louis held April 13-15 in downtown St. Louis.

In this week’s Checkoff Chat we hear from Missouri Beef Industry Council Executive Director John Kleiboeker about the state Livestock Marketing Association’s annual auctioneering contest.

In this week's Checkoff Chat, Whitney Wallace talks about the Missouri Beef Industry Council's relationship with the Missouri Restaurant Association and an upcoming tour where restaurant owners will get to see a beef and dairy farm and meet with actual producers.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features an interview with MBIC's Kaity Holtman from the recent annual meeting of the Agricultural Relations Council, an organization that dates back decades but has recently been revived and rejuvenated for agriculture industry public relations professionals to network and share ideas of how to help the general public better understand farming and ranching.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features Leanne Cope, a beef producer from southwest Missouri, about her participation in 417 Cooking Schools that are supported with beef check off dollars.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat, Whitney Wallace tells us about beef checkoff activities in Missouri for March Nutrition Month.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat focuses on the service of a Sedalia cattleman who has been in leadership within the beef cattle industry for over two decades.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat we hear from Whitney Wallace about how beef was part of the recent Working Women's Survival Show in St. Louis.

This week's Missouri Beef Check Off Chat features an interview with Cheryl Landers, a beef producer and high school culinary instructor who participated in the 2012 Missouri ProStart Culinary and Management Competition that features beef provided through the Missouri Beef Industry Council.

This week's Checkoff Chat features an interview with Nina Furstenau, Instructor, Science and Ag Journalism Program, University of Missouri, about the farmer panel discussion class held last week with assistance from the Missouri Beef Industry Council.

This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features comments from a couple of cattle producers who were in attendance at the record-breaking Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville this month. We spoke with Sally Angell of Centralia and Leon Kreisler of Salem.

In this week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat, the director of communications for the Missouri Beef Industry Council, Kaity Holtman, talks about why February is a great month to treat your heart to beef.