Beef Quality Assurance certification offered in-person, online

HARDIN COUNTY – Beef Quality Assurance certification training is scheduled for Tuesday, February 28 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Extension office located at 1021 W. Lima Street in Kenton. Beef Quality Assurance training is for beef cattle producers needing to recertify or certify to sell cattle at auctions and other markets that began requiring producers to have a BQA certificate at the beginning of 2019. Beef Quality Assurance certification is valid for a period of three years.

Certification can also take place online at https://www.bqa.org. Register for this Kenton training at https://go.osu.edu/HardinBQA or call 419-674-2297. Registration is required and space is limited for this local, no-cost in-person training that is good for both initial BQA certification or re-certification.

Reach Dean Brown at 567-242-0409

Dean Brown
Dean Brown joined The Lima News in 2022 as a reporter. Prior to The Lima News, Brown was an English teacher in Allen County for 38 years, with stops at Perry, Shawnee, Spencerville and Heir Force Community School. So they figured he could throw a few sentences together about education and business in the area. An award-winning photographer, Brown likes watching old black and white movies, his dog, his wife and kids, and the four grandkids - not necessarily in that order. Reach him at [email protected] or 567-242-0409.