Links

BeefLinks.com

USDA Links
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA Ag Marketing Service
USDA Process Verified Program
National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  2000 National Beef Quality Audit  

2006 Beef Improvement Federation Proceedings
information about heterosis, satisfying the consumer,
selection for feed efficiency and other beef industry topics

South Dakota State University
Animal and Range Sciences Department
Beef Extension Extras and Research Reports
      Economics Department (market reports and livestock budgets)
Cooperative Extension Service
Agriculture Experiment Station

Other Universities and Research Stations
Western Forage/Beef Group 
great source of information and ideas on forage/cattle management
Kansas State University Livestock Library
Oklahoma State University Livestock Library
Oklahoma State University - Breeds of cattle
University of Nebraska--Beef NebGuides
Alternative Feeds for Ruminants--NDSU
(contains information that is hard to find elsewhere)
Cattle Research at Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE
(information on breed comparisons and across breed EPD adjustment factors)  

Organizations
American Society of Animal Science (link to the Journal of Animal Science)
National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA)
  Livestock Marketing Assn. Member Links (includes links to SD sale barns) 
Society for Range Management (link to Journal of Range Management)
South Dakota Beef Industry Council
South Dakota Cattlemen's Association
South Dakota Stockgrowers Assn.

Breed Associations
American Angus Association
American Chianina Association
American Gelbvieh Association 
American Hereford Association   
American International Charolais Association
American Maine Anjou Association
American Shorthorn Association
American Simmental Association
North American Limousin Foundation
Red Angus Association of America

AI Companies
ABS
Genex
Accelerated