Elaine Utesch, cow-calf producer and cattle feeder from Correctionville in northwest Iowa, was elected chairman of the Iowa Beef Industry Council (IBIC) at the January 2012 board meeting. Utesch will lead the group of cattle producers who oversee the Iowa beef checkoff program.
Scott Niess, Osage, will serve as vice-chairman with Roger Brummett, Bedford, as secretary and Daryl Strohbehn, Boone, as treasurer. Scott Heater, seedstock and cow-calf producer from Wapello, was seated as a new director on the Iowa Beef Industry Council (IBIC). Elected at the IBIC annual meeting in December, Heater will serve a three-year term.
Other members serving on the IBIC executive committee are Bill Northey, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture; Wendy Wintersteen, dean of the College of Agriculture at Iowa State University; and Justin Gibson of Lamoni, representing the Iowa Livestock Market Association.
Eight cattle producers appointed to one-year terms on the IBIC executive committee are Nancy Couser, Nevada; Steve Rehder, Hawarden; Ed Greiman, Garner; Dan Cook, New Providence; Terri Carstensen, Odebolt; Scott McGregor, Nashua; Tom Hotz, Lone Tree; and Helen Wiese, Manning. Retiring IBIC directors include Bob Henderson, Albia and Ken Birker, Vinton.
A number of Iowans are also serving on National Cattlemen's committees
In addition to serving on the Iowa Beef Council, a number of Iowans are also serving on national beef and cattle committees. For example, Iowa has four producers serving on the Cattlemen's Beef Board: Will Frazee, Emerson; Kent Pruismann, Rock Valley; Dean Black, Somers and Jeff Clausen, Carson.
Cattle producers who represent Iowa on national beef promotion committees are serving in leadership positions. Terri Carstensen, Odebolt, chairs the Advertising Committee and serves as Region III vice-president of the Federation of State Beef Councils; Jeff Clausen, Carson and a Beef Board member, chairs the Beef Safety Committee; Scott McGregor, Nashua, chairs the Foodservice Committee. Will Frazee, Emerson, serves on the Executive Committee of the Cattlemen's Beef Board.
The Iowa Beef Industry Council administers the Iowa portion of the national beef checkoff. The 2011-2012 Iowa budget will invest about $1.7 million in state and national beef promotion, research, consumer information, and industry information programs. In addition, Iowa forwards approximately $1.7 million to the National Cattlemen's Beef Board for national beef promotion programs to market beef domestically and internationally. For more information, contact the Iowa Beef Industry Council, P.O. Box 451, Ames, IA 50010, 515-296-2305. Also, visit www.iabeef.org.
Cattle producers from these counties serving on the Iowa Beef Industry Council:
Boone-Daryl Strohbehn, Boone, Treasurer
Carroll- Helen Wiese, Manning
Chickasaw-Scott McGregor, Nashua
Hancock-Ed Greiman, Garner
Hardin-Dan Cook, New Providence
Johnson-Tom Hotz, Lone Tree
Louisa- Scott Heater, Wapello, Elected Director
Mitchell -Scott Niess, Osage, Vice-chair
Sac-Terri Carstensen, Odebolt
Sioux-Steve Rehder, Hawarden
Story-Nancy Couser, Nevada
Taylor-Roger Brummett, Bedford, Secretary
Woodbury-Elaine Utesch, Correctionville, Chairman
Producers representing Iowa on the Cattlemen's Beef Board:
Calhoun- Dean Black, Somers
Mills - Montgomery - Will Frazee, Emerson
Pottawattamie -Jeff Clausen, Carson
Sioux-Kent Pruismann, Rock Valley
Producers serving on the Federation of State Beef Councils:
Carroll-Helen Wiese, Manning
Chickasaw-Scott McGregor, Nashua
Johnson-Tom Hotz, Lone Tree
Sac-Terri Carstensen, Odebolt
Woodbury- Elaine Utesch, Correctionville
Producer-directed and consumer-focused, the Iowa Beef Industry Council is funded by the $1-per-head beef checkoff. Checkoff dollars are invested in beef promotion, consumer information, research, industry information and foreign market development, all with the purpose of strengthening beef demand. For more information, visit www.iabeef.org.