Pierre, SD – South Dakota Beef Producers will be well represented on a national level with three South Dakota Producers being elected to the Cattleman Beef Board and the Federation of State Beef Councils.
The Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, or R-CALF, has a hand in both lawsuits, one challenging the Beef Checkoff program and the other alleging that JBS, Tyson, National Beef, and Cargill conspired to suppress the price of cattle and increase the price of beef. That latter ruling came out of a federal court in Minnesota.
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Published: Friday, December 18, 2020
The following is from Greg Hanes, CEO of the Cattlemen s Beef Board.
You don t have to look too hard to find history s repeating patterns and, as in the past, the call for change is in the air. Even within the beef industry, there s a movement urging producers to throw off traditional institutions, like the Beef Checkoff, simply because it s too old or they weren t alive when it was established.
It s easy to get swept up by the itch for something different, change for change s sake. But it s important to do your homework, because there are many reasons producers of all ages still value the Beef Checkoff.