auctionboy
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Does anyone have a itemized list of what all this money went toward? I want something to complain about and most people could probably ban together against how this large sum of money is being spent.
Mike, one reason for this could be that we also export a lot of beef to many of the countries that we import from. I just read in Ga. Cattlemans mag. that Mexico is now the our biggest buyer of beef. Canadian imports of U.S. beef are up significantly this year from last also.MikeC":17ryfd2d said:The main problem I have with the checkoff is that they refuse to promote USA raised beef over the many imports.
auctionboy":2yckmdnj said:Does anyone have a itemized list of what all this money went toward? I want something to complain about and most people could probably ban together against how this large sum of money is being spent.
ga. prime":3bbb564f said:Another good thing the NCBA does is lobby the U.S. legislature for laws that benefit beef producers.
Oldtimer":1kbi6g04 said:ga. prime":1kbi6g04 said:Another good thing the NCBA does is lobby the U.S. legislature for laws that benefit beef producers.
The NCBA is not supposed to get any of the funding off the check-off-- but they do have undue influence over it and thats been the big contention against the checkoff-since they are one of the only organizations (by the CBB charter) allowed to contract checkoff projects--meaning they have access to the funds and contract fees which many contend is then used as NCBA's private funding/advertising source....Since NCBA no longer represents the cattleman that pays the checkoff and supports the Packer/AMI this has caused major problems...
A good example is the fact that both Australia and Canada are using a good share of their checkoff funding to support their countries BEEF-- while the heavily NCBA influenced CBB board still refuses to make the changes necessary to promote USA BEEF-- instead cuddlying up to the multinatinal packers in their support of all generic beef, so the multinationals can more greatly profit passing off cheap imports as US beef...
Even after the USDA poll of checkoff payers showed that 92% wanted all or a portion of their checkoff fee (tax) used to support USA BEEF- born, raised, and slaughtered--NCBA/CBB has fought it...
Now NCBA is now asking the CBB board to raise the fee to $2- and the only way they can do that is by a revote of all cattle raisers- which I think they will get if they agree to use a portion for US beef promotion--but they may stand to lose the entire checkoff if they maintain their old status quo stance....
Promoting US beef kind of brings us back again to NAIS doesn;t it?
dun":2px9ccw4 said:Oldtimer":2px9ccw4 said:ga. prime":2px9ccw4 said:Another good thing the NCBA does is lobby the U.S. legislature for laws that benefit beef producers.
The NCBA is not supposed to get any of the funding off the check-off-- but they do have undue influence over it and thats been the big contention against the checkoff-since they are one of the only organizations (by the CBB charter) allowed to contract checkoff projects--meaning they have access to the funds and contract fees which many contend is then used as NCBA's private funding/advertising source....Since NCBA no longer represents the cattleman that pays the checkoff and supports the Packer/AMI this has caused major problems...
A good example is the fact that both Australia and Canada are using a good share of their checkoff funding to support their countries BEEF-- while the heavily NCBA influenced CBB board still refuses to make the changes necessary to promote USA BEEF-- instead cuddlying up to the multinatinal packers in their support of all generic beef, so the multinationals can more greatly profit passing off cheap imports as US beef...
Even after the USDA poll of checkoff payers showed that 92% wanted all or a portion of their checkoff fee (tax) used to support USA BEEF- born, raised, and slaughtered--NCBA/CBB has fought it...
Now NCBA is now asking the CBB board to raise the fee to $2- and the only way they can do that is by a revote of all cattle raisers- which I think they will get if they agree to use a portion for US beef promotion--but they may stand to lose the entire checkoff if they maintain their old status quo stance....
Promoting US beef kind of brings us back again to NAIS doesn;t it?
ga. prime":1e3g14v3 said:Places I buy beef from must only use US beef. I've never seen any country of origin label on any beef I've ever bought.
ga. prime":3fcjmy28 said:Places I buy beef from must only use US beef. I've never seen any country of origin label on any beef I've ever bought.
Well, don't you have to have NAIS before you can have M-COOL?Oldtimer":399knmze said:ga. prime":399knmze said:Places I buy beef from must only use US beef. I've never seen any country of origin label on any beef I've ever bought.
That is the reason we need M-COOL to outlaw that.....
ga. prime":14y70mgc said:Well, don't you have to have NAIS before you can have M-COOL?Oldtimer":14y70mgc said:ga. prime":14y70mgc said:Places I buy beef from must only use US beef. I've never seen any country of origin label on any beef I've ever bought.
That is the reason we need M-COOL to outlaw that.....
ga. prime":25ukxtko said:Well, don't you have to have NAIS before you can have M-COOL?Oldtimer":25ukxtko said:ga. prime":25ukxtko said:Places I buy beef from must only use US beef. I've never seen any country of origin label on any beef I've ever bought.
That is the reason we need M-COOL to outlaw that.....