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Tuesday, August 18, 2020
The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef Provides a Framework For Producers To Be Profitable Long-Term
Ben Weinheimer, immediate past chairman of the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, says the USRSB has significantly evolved since it’s inception more than six years ago, especially over the past 12 months.

Weinheimer, who is the vice president for the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, recently visited with yours truly.

If you look back a year ago when the U.S. Roundtable finalized the beef industry sustainability framework, Weinheimer said, that’s the foundation different segments of the industry can address for water, air and land resources, as well as caring for our animals and employees.

"During my tenure as chair we spent a lot of time explaining what the framework means and it is not meant to be a prescription for what producers should or shouldn’t do," he said.

It’s more about here’s some guidelines to evaluate your own operation and identify areas important to you, Weinheimer said.

The USRSB covers all areas from the animal to the dinner table.
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