Event Details

Date

November 9, 2019

Time

10:00AM - 1:00PM

Location

Strobel Farm
3690 Coomer Rd.
Newfane, NY 14108

Cost

$15.00 per person


$25.00 per farm

Includes morning refreshments and lunch.

Host

NWNY Team - RSVP by Nov. 4th

Brandie Waite
585-343-3040 x138


Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Training - Newfane, NY

November 9, 2019

Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Training - Newfane, NY

Where:  Strobel Farm (classroom and chuteside)
3690 Coomer Rd.
Newfane, NY 
Nancy Glazier, CCE NWNY Team Specialist
Dr. Allen Fournier, Maplewood Veterinary Associates, P.C.

Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Cost: $15 per person or $25 per farm, includes morning refreshments and lunch
RSVP: By November 4 to Brandie Waite at: 585-343-3040 x138 or bls238@cornell.edu

Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is your consumer-friendly story to tell. 

Becoming BQA certified allows you to share your story and ensure consumers that you are responsibly raising safe, wholesome and healthy beef. The checkoff's BQA training teaches you the best management practices for handling cattle, tending to their health and taking care of the environment.

Take the time to become BQA certified. More information about the BQA program and the certification process is available at: www.nybeef.org in the Cattlemen's Corner, or contact Nancy Glazier at: 585-315-7746 or nig3@cornell.edu 


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