Bison Scholarships Awarded to Four University Students Throlson Bison Foundation Awards $16,000 in Financial Support Westminster, CO (November 9, 2023) – Four emerging livestock industry leaders received welcomed financial support this month as they were named recipients of the 2024 Throlson American Bison Foundation scholarship. The Throlson Foundation scholarship review committee reviewed numerous …
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July 13, 2023 (Westminster, Colo.) – The National Bison Association is celebrating July as Bison month, encouraging consumers to add this uniquely American, delicious, humanely raised, supremely healthy protein to their regular diets. Bison are handled as little as possible. Bison are not domesticated, they spend their lives on grass, with very little or no …
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July 31, 2023 (Westminster, Colo.) – Summer congressional recess is starting, and things are heating up for bison-focused legislation. “We have two leading issues for the bison industry, both important to the integrity of our national mammal. First, continued funding for vital Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) vaccine research and vaccine development which is nearing completion. …
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Westminster, CO (July 10, 2023) -The National Bison Association (NBA) has announced the 2024 Throlson American Bison Foundation Scholarship, an annual scholarship that supports students pursuing studies related to the American bison. The Throlson American Bison Foundation is named after its founder, Ken Throlson, DVM, a pioneer of the modern bison business and awards outstanding …
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July is Bison Month! Celebrate the United States National Mammal throughout the Month July 1, 2023 (Westminster, Colo.) – The National Bison Association announced the kickoff to July Bison Month today, encouraging consumers to add this uniquely American, delicious, humanely raised, supremely healthy protein to their regular diets. The American Bison, whose population once exceeded …
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Bison: Good for the earth and good for you! The Perfect Earth Day Protein DENVER, CO (April 20, 2023) – Earth Day is right around the corner! The National Bison Association encourages consumers to claim bison as their earth-friendly, regenerative protein choice. Why? Because bison are “Regenerative by Nature”. ™ This is exemplified by the …
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For Immediate Release Further Information: Jim Matheson, Executive Director P: (303) 292-2833, ext. 700 E: Jim@bisoncentral.com Westminster, CO (March 17, 2023) — The National Bison Association (NBA) is encouraging members of the U.S. Senate and House Agriculture Committees to include farm bill policies that will foster continued growth in …
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DENVER, CO (January 26th, 2022) -Thirty students wandered around the pens of bison late last week at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, peering intently at the animals, and jotting down notes, before standing before a panel of seasoned bison ranchers to defend their reasons for favoring one animal over another. They were competing …
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Westminster, CO (January 26, 2023) – Over 500 ranchers gathered last week for the National Bison Association Winter Conference, and brought with them about 100 head of live bison to the National Western Stock show to participate in the Gold Trophy Show and Sale. The mission of the Gold Trophy Show and Sale is to …
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Westminster, CO (January 26, 2023) — The InterTribal Buffalo Council (ITBC), a federally chartered Indian organization, with 79 Member Tribes, and the National Bison Association (NBA), representing nearly 1,200 private bison producers, have renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlines specific areas in which the two organizations collaborate to continue to restore bison herds …
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