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AFR Joins in Letter Pushing for Separation of Federation of State Beef Councils from NCBA
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:14:36 CDT
Terry Detrick of the American Farmers and Ranchers has joined Presidents of six other State Farmers Unions, along with NFU President Roger Johnson in writing USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to use the full weight of his office to push for a complete separation of the Federation of State Beef Councils from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
In a letter to the Secretary, Detrick and the other farm leaders tell the Secretary that "We believe NCBA is knowingly in direct violation of the Order, and have been for a number of years.
It is not our concern how an organization wants to reorganize itself, but it creates a problem when that reorganization involves furthering their control of our checkoff dollars."
The organizations add that "We believe the beef checkoff is most effective when the Order is followed as Congress intended. We believe there should be a complete separation of the Federation and NCBA. In a statement June 22, 2010, the Executive Committee of the Cattlemen's Beef Board (CBB) called for the complete separation of the NCBA from the Federation of State Beef Councils. We fully support the efforts of the CBB and their attempt to increase accountability and transparency throughout the beef checkoff program."
Click on the PDF file below to read the full letter from AFR, the National Farmers Union and a half dozen State Farmers Union groups.
02796_AFR_062310Letter_SeparationofFederations.pdf
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