Quam Appointed To Cattlemen’s Beef Board

The United States Department of Agriculture announced Terry Quam of Lodi, Wis. will serve on the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board.

Quam is the fourth generation on Marda Angus Farms. The family runs 250 purebred Angus cows along with 900 acres of crop ground. This is Quam’s second term with the Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB). He has previously participated in global conversations with the United States Meat Export Federation (USMEF) about foreign beef markets and demand for protein. USMEF is a contractor to the Beef Checkoff.

Quam joins three other Wisconsin residents on the board: Arin Crooks, Lancaster; Steve Springer, Linden; Tammy Wiedenbeck; Lancaster.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the appointment of 40 members to serve on the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Thirty-nine members will serve three-year terms and one member will serve a one-year term. The term of board members appointed to three-year terms start February 2023 and end February 2026.

The board is authorized by the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 and is composed of 101 members representing 34 States and 5 units. Members must be beef producers or importers of beef and beef products nominated by certified producer organizations. More information about the board is available on the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Cattlemen’s Beef Board webpage.

Since 1966, Congress has authorized the development of industry-funded research and promotion boards to provide a framework for agricultural industries to pool their resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight to 22 boards, paid for by industry assessments, which helps ensure fiscal accountability and program integrity.

AMS policy is that diversity of the boards, councils, and committees it oversees should reflect the diversity of their industries in terms of the experience of members, methods of production and distribution, marketing strategies, and other distinguishing factors, including but not limited to individuals from historically underserved communities, that will bring different perspectives and ideas to the table. Throughout the full nomination process, the industry must conduct extensive outreach, paying particular attention to reaching underserved communities, and consider the diversity of the population served and the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the members to serve a diverse population.