BQA: The Right Thing to Do

BQA program seeks to maximize consumer confidence in beef.

Libby Bigler is confident that a majority of beef cattle producers want to do the right thing. The Colorado Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) coordinator told producers attending the 26th Range Beef Cow Symposium hosted Nov. 18-20 in Mitchell, Neb., that attaining and maintaining BQA certification is, simply, the right thing to do. Bigler was joined by Jesse Fulton, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association director of producer education, who said BQA strengthens the relationship between beef producers and consumers.

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Your Health: Unique Digestion

Humans more unique than expected when it comes to digesting fatty meals.

People have very individualized inflammatory responses to eating a high-fat meal. These were the somewhat unexpected results of a study recently published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry by researchers at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and their University of California–Davis colleagues.

One reason these results are so fascinating is the growing interest in personalized nutrition. Molecular Biologist Danielle Lemay of the ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, Calif., says before personalized dietary requirements can be considered, the variability among people needs to be understood.