RCALF Seeks assistance from Cattlemen's Beef Board
Provided by RCALF 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 ...