Nominations needed for CBB

The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is seeking nominees for positions on the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board (CBB) to fill 35 vacancies. Vacancies for producer and importer member positions will occur in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming, the Northeast Unit (Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont), the Southeast Unit (Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina), the Southwest Unit (California and Nevada) and the Importer Unit. The deadline for nominations is June 8, 2018. Any beef producer in the United States who owns cattle or any importer that imports cattle or beef may be nominated. Producers and importers must be nominated by a USDA-certified producer organization and submit a completed application. USDA will select appointees from among those nominated producers and importers. — WLJ