The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) presented Scarlett Hagins Madinger the BIF Ambassador Award June 11 during the group’s annual symposium in Knoxville, Tennessee. This award is presented annually by BIF to a team or member of the media for his or her efforts in spreading the BIF message and its principles to a larger audience.
Madinger, of Topeka, Kansas, has an enthusiastic passion for the beef industry and has dedicated her career to fostering beef improvement through her role with the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) for the past 23 years. She has built a distinguished communications career at KLA starting as communications program manager to now serving as vice president of communications and editor of the Kansas Stockman magazine and KLA News & Market Report. She also coordinates member and public communications on all KLA and livestock industry matters. Throughout her career she has ensured breed improvement- and genetics-centered articles are printed in the Stockman, authoring many BIF-focused stories through the years.
Madinger has a long history of attending the BIF Symposium and serves as KLA’s liaison with BIF, coordinating KLA’s annual nominations for the Seedstock and Commercial Producer of the Year awards. She attended her first BIF in Billings, Montana, in 2005 and has not missed many since. This is her sixteenth Symposium.
Approximately 500 beef producers, academia and industry representatives attended the organization’s 56th Annual Research Symposium and Convention in Knoxville. BIF’s mission is to help improve the industry by promoting greater acceptance of beef cattle performance evaluation.
For more information about this year’s symposium, including additional award winners and coverage of meeting and tours, visit BIFSymposium.com.