All three members of the state's federal delegation have authored or signed letters in the last month to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, calling for attention to potential price-fixing schemes by the quartet of major companies processing meat.
Billings, Mont. – Leaders of the National Beef Checkoff Petition Committee sent a letter last week to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board (Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB)) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeking their assistance in offering more U.S. cattle producers the opportunity to sign the petition for a referendum of the beef checkoff program. There has not been a referendum of the mandatory National Beef Checkoff Program in 35 years.
Addressed to CBB chair Hugh Sanburg, and the USDA official that oversees the government-controlled national beef checkoff program, Kahl Sesker, the letter asks the two officials to share their electronic databases of persons whose contact information the CBB and USDA have captured through their Web-based platforms as well as the database the CBB and USDA uses to conduct their annual producer attitude survey.
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May 4, 2021 | 1:23 PM
Leaders of the National Beef Checkoff Petition Committee sent a letter last week to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board and the US Department of Agriculture seeking their assistance in offering more US cattle producers the opportunity to sign the petition for a referendum of the beef checkoff program. There has not been a referendum of the mandatory National Beef Checkoff Program in 35 years.
Addressed to CBB chair Hugh Sanburg, and the USDA official that oversees the government-controlled national beef checkoff program, Kahl Sesker, the letter asks the two officials to share their electronic databases of persons whose contact information the CBB and USDA have captured through their Web-based platforms as well as the database the CBB and USDA uses to conduct their annual producer attitude survey.
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Leaders of the National Beef Checkoff Petition Committee sent a letter last week to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board (Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB)) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeking their assistance in offering more U.S. cattle producers the opportunity to sign the petition for a referendum of the beef checkoff program. There has not been a referendum of the mandatory National Beef Checkoff Program in 35 years.
Addressed to CBB chair Hugh Sanburg, and the USDA official that oversees the government-controlled national beef checkoff program, Kahl Sesker, the letter asks the two officials to share their electronic databases of persons whose contact information the CBB and USDA have captured through their Web-based platforms as well as the database the CBB and USDA uses to conduct their annual producer attitude survey.
Tom J. Bechman
SUPPORT FOR BEEF: When these cattle are sold at market, $1 per head will be forwarded to the Beef Checkoff for promotion and research. Indiana’s officer on the board explains how it works and what producers need to know.
The Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board is the national group that oversees the Beef Checkoff. Indiana has one member on the 100-member board, known as the CBB. Currently, Norman Voyles Jr. is secretary-treasurer of the CBB. Here is an exclusive interview with him:
Can you provide a quick history of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board? CBB manages the National Beef Checkoff. Language providing for a referendum to establish the Beef Checkoff was included in the 1985 Farm Bill. By statute, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service oversees it. The referendum passed in 1988 with 79% producer approval.