Beef Production Links

Iowa is known around the world for its high quality, mouth-watering grain-fed beef. As one of the largest segments of Iowa agriculture, beef production is important to the state's economic well-being.

The beef industry is a key part of Governor Vilsack's mission to make Iowa the Food Capital of the World. More than 56,000 people in the state owe their livelihood to the beef industry. The Iowa cattle industry supplies more than $5 billion gross economic output to the state's economy.

Check out the following industry links (note these links will open in a new window):

BSEinfo.org

Cattle and Beef Handbook

Cattlemen's Beef Board

Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers

Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Iowa Beef Center

Iowa Beef Expo

Iowa Beef Industry Council

Iowa Cattle Industry Facts and Figures

Iowa Corn

Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Iowa Plan for Open Feedlots

Iowa Renewable Fuels Association

Iowa State Fair

Iowa State University Extension

National Cattlemen's Beef Association

Nebraska Weighted Average

United States Department of Agriculture

USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service