Kansas Beef Producers Represented at the National Level
Kansas is one of the nation’s leaders in the beef cattle industry when it comes to overall cattle inventory. Along with leading in quantity, many beef producers serving on the Kansas Beef Council (KBC) executive committee volunteer their time to represent Kansas through various national leadership roles.
These leadership positions are on Cattlemen’s Beef Board committees, where they represent either the Federation of State Beef Councils or the Beef Board. These committees were formed based on the strategies identified in the Beef Industry Long Range Plan.
Kansas is well-represented in national leadership roles with the following producers:
- Stacy McClintock was recently appointed to serve on the Evaluation Committee for the Federation of State Beef Councils
- Jaret Moyer was reappointed to serve on the Finance and Audit Committee for the Federation of State Beef Councils
- Philip Weltmer serves as the co-chair of the Checkoff Nutrition and Health Committee in addition to serving on the Nominating Committee at the 2025 annual convention
- Amy Langvardt was appointed to serve on the 2025 Cattlemen’s Beef Board Nominating Committee
- Randall Debler is the Kansas revenue seat for the Federation of State Beef Councils
These committee functions range from interviewing Beef Promotion Operation Committee (BPOC) candidates to analyzing the effectiveness of various checkoff-funded projects and providing oversight. The overall goal of these committees is to serve beef producers by investing in opportunities that build beef demand. Kansas beef producers should rest assured that they are being well-represented when decisions about checkoff programming are made.
Scott Stebner, KBC Executive Director, also serves on the Federation Advisory Council. This committee is a collective of state beef council executive directors who provide insight on state issues to Federation leadership.
Many other KBC volunteer leaders also serve on specific checkoff programming committees. In these committees, members listen to checkoff contractors speak about their programming results and proposals. These committees then make recommendations to BPOC on funding for their specific program areas.
