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will review the North Dakota Beef Commission this summer.
The commission and its makeup and operations came under scrutiny during the 2021 legislative session when Senator Ertelt, a Republican from Lisbon, filed a bill to make the state Beef Checkoff voluntary. The bill died by a narrow margin in the House, with all House members who identify themselves as ranchers voting in favor of the change to make the state Beef Checkoff voluntary.
The current statute requires that whenever North Dakota cattle change ownership, the seller must remit $1 per head to the state. If the seller chooses to obtain a refund, he or she must request a refund form within 60 days of the sale and then follow the proper refund procedure within 90 days of the sale. This state Checkoff is in addition to the mandatory $1 per head federal Beef Checkoff, of which half is automatically sent to the national Cattlemen’s Beef Board, and half is retained by the North Dakota Beef Commission for promotion, research an
A new book describing the events leading up to the Beef Checkoff’s implementation and outlining a vast number of happenings since then has caused quite a stir.
Livestock journalist Leesa Zalesky teamed up with former Cattlemen’s Beef Board Communications Director Diane Gumaer to produce a comprehensive textbook style publication that takes the reader through a timeline of events beginning with the rise of Thomas Wilson, a meat packing giant and one of the founders of the American Meat Institute, and ending with details about the checkoff referendum drive and controversial political statements made by the Beef Checkoff’s main contractor, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. The 230 plus pages of “A Buck A Head, The Beef Checkoff: Did Greed, Envy and a Thirst for Power Hijack Beef Research and Promotion?” include information from dozens of meat industry leaders past and present.