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<blockquote data-quote="Texan" data-source="post: 43603" data-attributes="member: 416"><p>Marty, maybe the people you are associated with are misinformed. Or maybe I am. But here is a <em>fact</em>: Total checkoff assessments from 2003 were less than $85 <em>million</em>. That money goes through the Cattlemen's Beef Board. You can link them <a href="http://beefboard.org" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a> to look at everything about the checkoff, including their budget if you want to. How do you figure the NCBA has wasted <em>billions</em> of checkoff dollars? Also, keep in mind that half of all checkoff dollars collected in states with Beef Councils can be kept in those states for in-state promotions! I urge you to use the link I provided and check out the Cattlemen's Beef Board site if you're really concerned about where your checkoff dollar goes! </p><p></p><p>As for what has been produced from the checkoff, how about increased demand through promotions like the "Beef: Its What's For Dinner" campaign? Then there's research, new products, foreign marketing, etc. And don't forget that within two weeks of announcing the discovery of the Washington case of BSE, a $1 million dollar crisis fund was activated out of checkoff dollars to help offset bad publicity and maintain domestic demand for our products. Also, let's don't forget the crucial work done by NCBA, along with R-CALF and other organizations, during that period! </p><p></p><p></p><p>Where did you hear this? Why did they say its the producer's fault? I guess I hadn't heard that one. Of course, I'm not an NCBA member, so I'm not aware of all of their statements.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>I don't know about hating them, but some of us don't like them because of things other than that. In fact, I don't care where they buy cattle. I personally don't like some of their methods. Seems like they're always wanting the government to intervene in our business. And there's other reasons that have all been covered on these boards in the past. No use in repeating all of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texan, post: 43603, member: 416"] Marty, maybe the people you are associated with are misinformed. Or maybe I am. But here is a [i]fact[/i]: Total checkoff assessments from 2003 were less than $85 [i]million[/i]. That money goes through the Cattlemen's Beef Board. You can link them [url=http://beefboard.org][u]here[/u][/url][u][/u] to look at everything about the checkoff, including their budget if you want to. How do you figure the NCBA has wasted [i]billions[/i] of checkoff dollars? Also, keep in mind that half of all checkoff dollars collected in states with Beef Councils can be kept in those states for in-state promotions! I urge you to use the link I provided and check out the Cattlemen's Beef Board site if you're really concerned about where your checkoff dollar goes! As for what has been produced from the checkoff, how about increased demand through promotions like the "Beef: Its What's For Dinner" campaign? Then there's research, new products, foreign marketing, etc. And don't forget that within two weeks of announcing the discovery of the Washington case of BSE, a $1 million dollar crisis fund was activated out of checkoff dollars to help offset bad publicity and maintain domestic demand for our products. Also, let's don't forget the crucial work done by NCBA, along with R-CALF and other organizations, during that period! Where did you hear this? Why did they say its the producer's fault? I guess I hadn't heard that one. Of course, I'm not an NCBA member, so I'm not aware of all of their statements. I don't know about hating them, but some of us don't like them because of things other than that. In fact, I don't care where they buy cattle. I personally don't like some of their methods. Seems like they're always wanting the government to intervene in our business. And there's other reasons that have all been covered on these boards in the past. No use in repeating all of them. [/QUOTE]
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