Completed Competitive Grant

Chariton Valley Beef Initiative

Project ID: 1999-71

Abstract

Chariton Valley Beef Industry Initiative (CVB) was started by producers seeking to improve their herd management skills and simultaneously look into value- added markets. Individualized computer analysis of past carcass data is a key product supplied to CVB members.

Lead investigator: H. Joseph Sellers, ISU Extension

Year of grant completion: 2002

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Animal management and forage, Business management, distribution and marketing, Models and assessment tools

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