Beef Quality Assurance Workshops

Come back soon for the 2025 in-person BQA certification dates. Check your certificate expiration date, find a meeting near you, and mark your calendar! These sessions serve as the beef industry’s best source of continuing education and will provide producers with up-to-date standards and technologies to improve animal welfare and beef quality.   

Elizabeth Community Center | December 2, 2025 | Elizabeth 

Kountry Kitchen | December 2, 2025 | Teutopolis 

Reel Livestock Center | December 4, 2025 | Congerville

Greenville Livestock Auction | December 4, 2025 | Greenville 

DeKalb County Farm Bureau | December 5, 2025 | Sycamore

Fairview Sale Barn | December 10, 2025 | Fairview 

“The Illinois BQA program is a proven education system that teaches sensible management practices that help improve the quality and safety of beef,” said Travis Meteer, the University of Illinois Extension beef specialist, and state BQA coordinator. “It clearly demonstrates how a producer’s actions on the farm have a huge impact on the final beef product.”   

Beef Quality Assurance is a voluntary, national program that hopes to raise consumer confidence by offering proper management education and guidelines for the beef industry.   

BQA trainings are free to Illinois Beef Association (IBA) members and a $20 fee for non-IBA members includes the cost of a meal and training materials. Pre-registration is required. Attendees should pre-register online or by calling the IBA Office at (217) 787-4280.