Beef Quality Assurance Chute Side Training at Applewood Farm

The Pennsylvania Beef Council will be conducting a Chute-Side training session on November 18, 2010. Applewood Farm owned by Jeff and Ann Nogan in Scott Twp. will be hosting the event. The address to Applewood Farm is 127 Tompkinsville Road, PA. There will be refreshments provided with the Chute-Side beginning at 6:00 p.m.


The Chute-Side training session includes information about record-keeping, animal welfare, proper injection site and proper drug handling on the farm. This is a good educational event that is very hands-on. We will be having a veterinarian from Penn State come to perform the necropsy.

Chute-Side training is the second part of a two-part program that enables producers and others to become certified in the PA Beef Quality Assurance program. The BQA program is designed to improve the value and quality of beef by training producers in best management practices.


If you haven’t already completed the classroom training, which is the first part of certification, please feel free to still come. The classroom component of the certification can be done online at http://www.pa-bqa.org/ . This can be done before or after you attend the chute-side training.


Please confirm your attendance by calling Nichole Hockenberry at the PA Beef Council, 1-888-423-3372 or via email at nhockenberry@pabeef.org.