Congress Reaches Funding Deal

One Provision Would Block USDA From Creating New Beef Checkoff

Jerry Hagstrom
By  Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
One provision in the Agriculture section of a proposed omnibus appropriations bill would prevent USDA from creating a new beef checkoff. (Logo courtesy of the Cattlemen's Beef Board)
The overall Agriculture Department and related agencies bill would cost $20.5 billion for fiscal year 2015, a congressional aide said, down from $20.8 billion in 2014. One provision would prevent USDA from creating a new beef checkoff.

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Jerry Hagstrom