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West Virginia Beef Industry Council and West Virginia Cattlemen’s Association
James D. Bostic, Executive Secretary
PO Box 668
Buckhannon, WV 26201
304.472.4020

West Virginia Beef Industry Council
West Virginia Cattlemen’s Association

West Virginia Beef Industry Council

WVBIC

 

             West Virginia Beef Industry Council (WVBIC) is the producer directed Board which oversees the collection of the beef checkoff and manages the promotional programs of that checkoff.  The board is made up of nine members appointed by West Virginia Cattlemen’s Association, West Virginia Farm Bureau, West Virginia Dairy Producers, West Virginia Livestock Marketing Association and the West Virginia Packing Industry.

 

             WVBIC collects the federally mandatory one dollar per head checkoff each time a beef or dairy animal is sold.  Of each dollar collected $.50 is forwarded to the Cattlemen’s Beef Board to fund national promotion programs.  The remaining $.50 is used to fund in-state programs.

 

             Each year cattle producers approve promotion and research projects in the areas of retail promotions, consumer information, nutritional education, youth education, beef quality assurance and foodservice promotion.

 

             Producers who wish for more information on their checkoff should contact Jim Bostic at  wvbic@wvbeef.org.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2009

 

Executive Committee

Arthur Bartenslager - Chairman

Bill Martin - Vice Chairman

Rick Woodworth - Secretary

Alvin Hunt - Treasurer

Jim Bostic - Executive Secretary

 

Larry Echols.  690 Crowder Rd, Gap Mills WV  24941.  (304) 772-3710.  WVCA (2010).

Bill Martin.  863 Cunningham Ln, Moorefield WV 26836.  (304) 538-2886.  WVCA (2009)

Terri McCoy.  PO Box 1303, Franklin WV  26807.  (304) 358-7191.  WVCA (2011)

Rusty Linger.  PO Box 688, Mill Creek WV  26280.  (304) 335-6486.  Dairy (2010)

Steve Keeney.  HC 82 Box 98, Rainelle WV  25962.  (304) 438-5427.  Farm Bureau (2011)

C. D. Cole.  PO Box 1100, Jane Lew WV 26378-1100.  (304) 884-8886.  Livestock Mrkts (2011)

Alvin Hunt.  172 Gabe Rd, Clendenin WV 25045.  (304) 548-5869.  Farm Bureau (2010)

Arthur Bartenslager.  PO Box 502, Lewisburg WV 24901-0502. (304) 645-3535.  WVCA (2009)

Rick Woodworth.  RR 1 Box 126A, Burlington WV 26710.  (304) 289-3005.  Packers (2009)

 

Ex-Officio Members

Aquilla Ward, RR 2 Box 208, Lost Creek WV 26385, (304) 622-4394.  CBB

Jean Smith, 4720 Brenda Ln, Bldg 2, Room 200, Charleston WV 25312, (304) 558-2210.  WVDA