Comments on: A New $1 Cow Tax in Oklahoma: Good Money After Bad

By: OCM Opposes California Legislative Attempt to Increase Beef Checkoff – Organization for Competitive Markets

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 02:10:29 +0000

[…] the program open to abuse and scandal, no different than we’ve already seen in states like Oklahoma and Ohio. Today, we wrote to the California Senate Committee on Agriculture to express our […]

By: 10 reasons to vote “No” on the Oklahoma beef checkoff increase – Organization for Competitive Markets

Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:23:31 +0000

[…] million to be managed by the Oklahoma Beef Council, following the discovery that the organization lost $2.6 million checkoff dollars to embezzlement by a staff […]

By: Complaint Filed Over Oklahoma Beef Council and Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association Illegally Influencing Checkoff Vote – Organization for Competitive Markets

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 11:24:29 +0000

[…] disclosed that over $2,600,000 of federally mandated Beef Checkoff fees under their watch have been stolen over a 10-year period. The complaint continues, “from their gross negligence of accountability […]

By: cam

cam — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 12:00:38 +0000

several questions to be asked here….why is this lady not in prison is number 1? when amd how will this money be returned? are the other employees still working there, if so they should be fired for negligence! and who makes up the voting rules? i mean kids and cooperation? why the heck do other states get to vote for what we do here!

By: Candace

Candace — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:02:06 +0000

Absurdity at its best . Does the OBC hold an AGM? If so , where can one find their minutes and review is their financials ? Same question for Cattlemen’s Beef Board ? For the amount embezzled, what is the plan outside of imposing a $1 tax , to pay back this money to cattlemen ?