Alan R. “Bud” Middaugh will be recognized with the 2006 Distinguished Ser...

Alan R. “Bud” Middaugh will be recognized with the 2006 Distinguished Service Award from the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), honoring the first president of the organization on its 30th anniversary. Middaugh joined USMEF in 1976 and helped establish the organization as one of the world’s premier international market development groups. The award will be presented at the organization’s Strategic Marketing and Planning Conference in Cancun, Mexico, Nov. 2.

The Distinguished Service Award has been given every year since 1991 by USMEF to an individual in the red meat industry who exemplifies the exceptional dedication and outstanding capability responsible for the federation’s success.

In addition to his success with USMEF, Middaugh is past chairman of the U.S. Agricultural Export Development Council and chaired the meat and poultry working group of the U.S.-European Community Conference on Agriculture for nine years.

“We were fortunate to have had Bud lead the organization through its formative years,” said current USMEF President and CEO Philip M. Seng. “It was due largely to his hard work and perseverance that USMEF was able to provide the U.S. red meat industry with a process for introducing and promoting its products to the world.”

Before joining USMEF, Middaugh established an international division at Monfort of Colorado, Inc., to handle the large beef and lamb company’s extensive overseas meat trade and consulting services. Previously he had worked with Monfort to promote sales of beef to the hotel and restaurant trade in Europe and the Far East.

Middaugh began his career as a cattle buyer with Swift & Company in Fort Worth, Texas, and also has served as vice president of Miller Feedlots, Inc., in Colorado. Just prior to his recent retirement he was the executive director of the National Potato Council, a non-profit membership organization in Colorado representing the interests of the U.S. potato industry.

The U.S. Meat Export Federation is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, lamb, corn, sorghum and soybean checkoff programs.

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