Opportunities in Fairness and Farming
Wednesday Jul 7th, 2021
Legislation under discussion in the House Ag Committee would bring fairness and transparency to the Nation’s Check-Off programs according to its prime sponsor Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada.
Farmers of pork, eggs, beef, and corn are required to pay a portion of their sales into checkoff programs and that money is used by the U.S. government to research and market those commodities.
But for years some producers say their money has gone to the largest ag industry groups whose lobbying efforts work against the same small producers who pay into the checkoff.