State of Washington
The Washington State Beef Commission is a quasi-state agency of Washington State, formed in 1969 by the Washington Beef Checkoff Act. RCW 16.67 established the Washington State Beef Commission as a producer-developed and directed program through collective funding of a comprehensive system to regulate and promote beef and beef products in Washington state through promotion, research and education. In 1985, with the passage of the Farm Bill's Beef Promotion & Research Act, the already-established WSBC aligned to the federal program and formalized already active coordination of Beef Checkoff activities across the country with existing and newly established Beef Commissions and Councils.
As with our counterparts across the country, the WSBC is required maintain our certification as a Qualified State Beef Council to be trusted to administer local Beef Checkoff collections and promotion, research and education programs. We achieve this status through annual submission, review and approval of marketing plan and budget followed by performance reporting and audits to the Washington Director of Agriculture, WSDA, USDA, Cattlemen's Beef Board and our producer stakeholders.
RCW 16.67
Current Marketing Plan
The current WSBC Marketing Plan includes the Board's Long Range Strategic Priorities, most recent consumer research insights and a prescribed list of marketing objectives and activation tactics. This plan has been adopted by the WSBC Board of Directors, reviewed and approved by the Washington Director of Agriculture and the Cattlemen's Beef Board.
Required State of Washington Reporting
Rulesmaking
No rulesmaking is planned for this year.
Procurement & Contracting
Current Fiscal Year Procurements are closed. The WSBC has not identified need for future Procurements, at this time.
Please check back regularly for updates to Competitive Procurement listings.
Supplier Diversity Leader contact: Jackie Madill, Executive Director, [email protected].
Interlocal Agreements
Current Fiscal Year IAA are closed, and no new IAA are planned at this time.
Please check back regularly for updates to future IAA.
Agreements contact: Jackie Madill, Executive Director, [email protected].
Employment
The WSBC has an opening in our Communication Manager / Consumer Information Program Manager role at this time. Interested parties should contact the WSBC to submit their resume and professional references.
Please check back regularly for updates to future Employment opportunities.
Staff Hiring Leader contact: Jackie Madill, Executive Director, [email protected].
WSBC's Community Engagement Policy
Social Media Platforms
As published on our Meta and other social media platforms: The WSBC does not allow abusive language and holds the discretion to remove comments unrelated to our mission and authority at the Washington State Beef Commission.
Further, the WSBC's Community Engagement Policy for all Meta and other social media properties allows for responsible monitoring of posts. WSBC reserves the decision to ban users who act outside of our community standards of respect. The WSBC may take the action of hiding, deleting and/or reporting of comments if they contain: abusive or offensive language including profanity, vulgarity, hate speech, threats or personal attacks; discrimination or harassment including targeting race, gender, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability; suspected spam or self-promotion including commercial links, repeated identical comments, suspected bot or AI-generated content, or product/service pitches; misinformation or unsupported claims such as factually false statements or wild, unsubstantiated accusations; private information including personally identifiable information such as phone numbers, home addresses, or email addresses; off-topic comments that do not relate to the original post or discussion topic; election-related, political and policy statements, attacks, or arguments are not allowed.