PCA's Mission

The Pennsylvania Cattlemen's Association mission is to be a member driven voice to protect and preserve the Pennsylvania cattle industry through legislation, producer education and youth development.

 2025 Award Applications now available

We all know people who have helped move our Pennsylvania cattle industry ahead - through hard work, promotion, mentoring and more! Now's the time to nominate and recognize those awesome folks who, many times, are comfortable in the background just doing what they can! Our PCA Annual Meeting & Banquet will be held February 22, 2025 in Altoona, PA, where we will recognize several BQA award winners, an Environmental Steward winner and our scholarship winners. We need your help with nominations! Please see the attached forms, fill them out and send them in by November 15th! Let's make this a true celebration of our fellow cattle enthusiasts and recognize them at the Annual Banquet!

 Here are the award categories:
-Environmental Steward of the Year
-Feeder of the Year
-Cow/Calf Producer of the Year
-Educator/Industry Service Person of the Year
-Marketer of the Year
-Dairy of the Year
-Two, $1500 scholarships

                                         

The Goals of PCA

  • Lobby with affiliate input on local, regional, state and national issues;

  • Supporting partner with Beef Quality Assurance;

  • Quarterly Keystone Cattlemen magazine and Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s Association (“PCA”) website to serve as a communication hub; and

  • Conduct youth oriented events.

Countdown to Traceability is on!

The 2024 Cattle Traceability Rule will go into effect November 5, 2024.  We encourage you to read through NCBA's list of FAQs to see how this ruling with affect your cattle business.  Read more from NCBA here.