The Bladen County Cooperative Extension office is sponsoring a Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Certification Class on Tuesday, March 3, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at their office at 450 Smith Circle in Elizabethtown.
The BQA program’s mission is to maximize consumer confidence of beef by focusing the producers’ attention to daily production practices that influence safety, wholesomeness, and quality of beef. BQA includes record keeping, injection site management, feeding, and animal care. Some cattle sales require BQA certification.
This training is open to all beef producers free of charge. For those producers who want to become certified, you must attend the class, pass the test, and pay the fees to be certified. Costs are $15 for 3 years of certification for NC Cattlemen’s Association Members and $40 to non-members (includes a membership to the NC Cattlemen’s Association).
Please bring a check to the training made payable to the NC Cattlemen’s Association.
To register, call the Bladen County Extension Office at 910-862-4591 by March 2nd. Persons with disabilities and persons with limited English proficiency may request accommodations to participate by contacting Becky Spearman, Livestock Extension Agent, at 910-862-4591 or email becky_spearman@ncsu.edu or in person at the office at least seven (7) days prior to the event.