beef checkoff

My husband and I started selling beef directly to consumers after a surprising conversation at a class on how to grow our business.

Consumers may not realize the extent of products, of promotions, of farm and forest goods, you come across that have a connection with producer funded commodity checkoff programs.  Entities with oversight from the Agriculture Department.  ...

Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah is leading a bipartisan effort to reform agricultural checkoff programs.  Lee was joined by Democrats Cory Booker, Kristen Gillibrand and Elizabeth Warren, and Republican Rand Paul, in reintroducing the Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act.  Checkof...

Issues and obstacles facing the cattle industry were just a few of the highlights from last month’s “Code of the West” convention hosted by R-CALF USA in Deadwood, South Dakota.  The 23rd Annual National Convention saw consumers and industry representatives come together to address a host of issues.  R-CALF CEO Bill Bullard s...

The Supreme Court this week denied R-CALF’s lawsuit against 13 state beef councils and the Beef Checkoff.  The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association said the ruling effectively ends “yet another R-CALF attack on the Beef Checkoff and prevents the activist attorneys at Public Justice, from further diverting Checkoff and beef industry resources.” NCBA intervened in the...

The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., ruled a lawsuit brought by independent ranchers who say the Beef Checkoff Program threatens their livelihood can go forward. The court’s opinion denied a motion to dismiss by the USDA, writing that the ranchers have successfully alleged they have “associational standing” to challenge USDA’s practices. The case will proc ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week granted an extension to organizers of the National Beef Checkoff Petition Drive until October 3rd, 2021. The extension grants extra time for organizers to collect the necessary signatures on the petition calling for a producer vote of the National Beef Checkoff Program ...

The Beef Checkoff is celebrating its 35th anniversary, and the NCBA is talking about the successful promotion and research programs driving beef demand. The NCBA said consumers are more open to the nutritional benefits of beef than at any other time since the Checkoff first began more than three decades ago ...

As the Beef Checkoff celebrates its 35th anniversary, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is highlighting the successful promotion and research programs that drive the demand for beef. The Beef Quality Assurance program has improved beef quality and increased consumer confidence for more than 30 years. M ...

When the coronavirus pandemic started in March and April of last year, it sparked an increase in the buy local movement in the U.S, as well as in Mexico. To try to capitalize on the renewed interest in knowing from where their food comes, The U ...