BeefWatch, an electronic monthly newsletter from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is expanding to reach Hispanics working in the cattle industry.
The newsletter provides beef producers with timely, research-based information on beef production issues, as well as current issues and topics for consumers.
One to two articles will be translated each month into Spanish, appearing both on the beef.unl.edu website and the podcast version of BeefWatch.
“Our hope is to teach and educate more people involved in creating a healthy, safe beef product,” stated Bethany Johnston, Nebraska Extension BeefWatch coeditor.
“As the beef industry workforce continues to change and diversify, Nebraska Extension is looking to reach new audiences with current information based on research.”
BeefWatch articles are authored by Nebraska Extension beef specialists and educators about various aspects of the industry, from feedlot production, nutrition and forage management to beef economics—focusing on the most important issues producers are facing during that time of year.
Translator Jose Valles, a livestock industry consultant in Kearney, NE, says Hispanic workers are eager to learn and do things right in the beef industry.
“But we need to help them learn what they are doing, and why it is the correct way,” stated Valles.
