title: The history of IRM and SPA.
abstract: In Columbus, Ohio, in 1988, five economists prepared an executive summary on competitive issues in the beef sector and, specifically, addressed "Can beef compete in the 1990s?" One of the challenges to the beef industry is that the cow-calf sector needed to become more business orientated and create ways of maintaining or reducing costs to maintain a competitive position in the food production cycle. The IRM concept and the National IRM Coordinating Committee have been focusing on helping the cattle industry to achieve that goal.
authors.affiliation: Cooperative Extension Service, Extension Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Corah
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards; D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000266:history* / Q000592:standards; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000254:growth & development; D005523:Food Supply / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D016730:Program Development; D011786:Quality Control; D012015:Reference Standards; D014481:United States; D016885:United States Department of Agriculture / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration