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Article: LEMASTER SELECTED TO LEAD PENNSYLVANIA CENTER FOR BEEF EXCELLENCE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 30, 2008
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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issued the following news release:
Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff today welcomed J. Willard Lemaster as the new executive director of the Center for Beef Excellence, a non-profit organization designed to strengthen the state's beef cattle industry.
Lemaster brings a diverse and extensive professional background to the position, said Wolff, having worked in production agriculture, marketing, education and research.
"The beef cattle industry contributes $1.9 billion annually to our state's economy and its continued success is essential to our state and our rural communities," Wolff said. "With Willard's leadership in the Center for Beef ...