NCBA Opposes USDA Beef Plan

Ag Secretary Proposes Industry Create a Separate Checkoff System

Chris Clayton
By  Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
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Is a second beef checkoff necessary? Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack thinks maybe so. NCBA leadership thinks not. (DTN file photo)
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told members of a beef industry working group earlier this week he was disappointed they had failed to reach a consensus after three years of meetings to change operating functions of the checkoff program. NCBA leaders told...

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