Bill Mies Joins Future Beef

William (Bill) Mies, a noted thought leader and long-time beef industry advisor, has joined the staff of Future Beef Operations, LLC (Future Beef) as Assistant Vice President of Supply. Mies is presently a full professor in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A & M University. He joined Future Beef on August 1st.

"Future Beef is dedicated to creating the most highly-rewarded and most well-informed cattle supplier network in the industry", said Darrell Wilkes, Vice President of Supply for Future Beef. "Bill Mies will play a major role in working with our cow-calf network as it relates to informing and educating these critical suppliers. He will work closely with Ronnie Green, Future Beef's Assistant Vice President for Genetic Improvement, in creating a comprehensive training and consulting service that will help Future Beef's cattle suppliers achieve the highest level of success possible."

"I cannot imagine a more capable team than Bill Mies and Ronnie Green, when it comes to helping producers sort through the 'noise' in the marketplace and choosing the most profitable course for their businesses," said Russell Cross, CEO of Future Beef. "We are certain that Future Beef offers more advantages for the progressive producer than any other program in the industry today. Having Bill Mies on our staff adds a new dimension to our ability to deliver those advantages."

Mies has spent the last 14 years on the faculty of Texas A & M. Prior to joining A & M, he worked for Alta Verde Industries and Friona Industries, largely in the area of supply chain integration and management. He has served on dozens of committees and task forces for NCBA and its predecessors. He played a lead role in the now-famous (NCA) Strategic Alliance Field Study, and has been a trusted advisor to the industry's Beef Quality Assurance program since its inception.

"Wherever there has been a leading-edge activity in the beef industry the past 15-years, you can bet that Bill Mies has been involved in it," said Darrell Wilkes. "Industry organizations by the dozens have called on him to sort through the rhetoric and hype and arrive at bottom-line conclusions that are practical and just make sense."

"I have enjoyed my time at Texas A & M, and I dearly love to teach," Mies said. "I'll continue to teach. The major difference is that my new students will be grass-roots cattle producers all over the country. Future Beef is a company that is actually doing all of the things that I have been teaching and preaching about for a decade or more -- plus some innovative things that I hadn't thought of. There is finally a company in the beef industry that is truly committed to changing the way things are done. It is an opportunity that I just could not resist."

Mies will work from his home office in College Station, TX, and can be reached via e-mail (bmies@futurebeef.com) or by calling his home office (979-690-2499).

For more information, contact: Darrell Wilkes (303-209-1850) or Bill Mies (979-690-2499).