Beef Industry Innovators and Inventors
Inventors, packers, scientists and organizers who changed how beef is raised, handled, shipped and sold.
16 profiles
International
- AntiquityBranding (livestock)A mark burned into a hide kept ownership clear when herds from many ranches grazed together.International
- 1890sCattle dipWalking cattle through a vat of pesticide was a blunt tool, and it helped clear fever ticks from most of the country.International
- Rinderpest eradicationA virus that once killed up to every animal in a herd is now the only livestock disease the world has eradicated.International
- Rotational grazingA grazing system built on rest and short occupation, rotational grazing is credited to André Voisin and argued over by…International
- Cattle gridA pit covered with bars lets trucks roll through a fence line without anyone stopping to open a gate.International
- Artificial inseminationFrom a New Jersey courthouse meeting in 1938 to frozen straws in a liquid nitrogen tank, artificial insemination…International
- 1900sEar tagA small tag in the ear carries the number that links an animal to its vaccinations, weights and movements.International
- 1970sEmbryo transferA technique that lets one outstanding cow contribute many calves, and a boom that taught the cattle business about…International
National
- Beef Checkoff ProgramCreated by Congress in 1985, the producer-funded checkoff pays for beef marketing, research and the famous 'Beef. It's…National
- Brucellosis eradicationA decades-long state and federal campaign of testing, vaccination and slaughter took bovine brucellosis from a…National
- 1920sBeef carcass gradingA voluntary 1927 program for sorting carcasses grew into the quality and yield grades printed on every steak label.National