Addressing Ranchers’ Concerns About the Beef Checkoff
In this podcast episode of Casual Cattle Conversations with Shaye Koester – Wanner, Kentucky cattle producer and Cattlemen’s Beef Board chair Andy Bishop and North Dakota rancher Jason Schmidt explain how the Beef Checkoff operates and address producer concerns. Learn more about how your contributions are making a difference and get answers to some of your most-asked questions submitted by producer listeners. Listen to the episode here.
The Beef Checkoff program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States may retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.