Beef Improvement Federation announces new leadership

The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) elected new directors and announced new officers June 22 during the group’s annual meeting and symposium in Loveland, CO. Lee Leachman, Fort Collins, CO, was introduced as the 2018-19 BIF president and Tommy Clark, Culpeper, VA, was announced as the new vice president. New directors elected to serve on the BIF board were producers Kevin Schultz, Haviland, KS, and Gordon Jones, Lafayette, TN. New association representatives elected were Shane Bedwell, American Hereford Association, and Kajal Devani, Canadian Angus Association. More than 600 beef producers, academia and industry representatives attended the organization’s 50th annual convention. More information about this year’s symposium is available online at www.BIFconference.com. — WLJ