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How Much Separation Is Needed to Rally the Broader Beef Industry to Fight for a Higher Checkoff Rate?

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 7:22:54 CDT

The Federation of State Beef Councils would continue to be a strong checkoff entity but would be free from the influence of any policy organization if it were a separate entity from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA). That's the conclusion of a recommendation from the Cattlemen's Beef Board (CBB) Executive Committee this week.


Acting on concerns expressed by industry organizations and the expectations of the Federation included in U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack's May 17 letter to NCBA, the CBB Executive Committee on June 22 unanimously approved a motion recommending separation of the Federation and NCBA. The motion states:


"The Federation should be a strong, independent, checkoff entity. The Federation should be separate from any policy organization, since all funds for the checkoff come from mandatory assessments of producers and importers. The checkoff is owned by, and responsible to, all producers and importers, and no specific organization. It is not the intent of the Executive Committee that this motion has any effect on the structure of state beef councils."


Along those lines- we have been talking with the Vice Chairman of the CBB, Tom Jones from the state of Arkansas. We wrap up our conversation with him today on the BEEF BUZZ. We jump right into the issue of separation- and look at what level Jones is thinking would be adequate to satisfy the perceptions of NCBA having undue influence as decisions are made on how to spend portions of the beef checkoff dollar.


Click here for Part One with Tom Jones from Wednesday of this week on the Beef Buzz.


Click here for our Thursday Beef Buzz- which was part two with CBB Vice Chairman Tom Jones on this issue.


The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the state on the Radio Oklahoma Network- but is also a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the listen bar below for today's show- and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.



   
   

Ron Hays Beef Buzzes with the Vice Chairman of the CBB, Tom Jones. right-click to download mp3

 

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