Agricultural Marketing Service – Organization for Competitive Markets https://competitivemarkets.com Tue, 07 Feb 2017 17:40:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/competitivemarkets.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-logo-square.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Agricultural Marketing Service – Organization for Competitive Markets https://competitivemarkets.com 32 32 41386461 The Beef Checkoff: A Broken and Failed Program https://competitivemarkets.com/the-beef-checkoff-a-broken-and-failed-program/ https://competitivemarkets.com/the-beef-checkoff-a-broken-and-failed-program/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:46:57 +0000 http://competitivemarkets.com/?p=3197

Organization for Competitive Markets In the early 80’s, after several years of losing market share to other meats, especially chicken,U.S. beef cattle producers initiated a Beef Checkoff Program (Checkoff Program) to promote beef. The program came into being on the third referendum and was included in the Farm Bill in 1985 as the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985. In 1996, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) became the prime contractor of the Checkoff Program, receiving the Read More ...]]> https://competitivemarkets.com/the-beef-checkoff-a-broken-and-failed-program/feed/ 1 3197 Breakwater Cattle Company’s Letter to President: Protecting Taxpayer Dollars https://competitivemarkets.com/breakwater-cattle-companys-letter-to-president-protecting-taxpayer-dollars/ https://competitivemarkets.com/breakwater-cattle-companys-letter-to-president-protecting-taxpayer-dollars/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:29:38 +0000 http://competitivemarkets.com/?p=2874

PRESS RELEASE BREAKWATER CATTLE COMPANY 499 Breakwater Drive Benton, MS 39039 August 4, 2014 United States President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20500 Re: Protecting Taxpayer Dollars Dear Mr. President I know we can agree that there are seven continents, and North America is one of them. North America includes 41 separate countries and territories. I also know there are embedded within USDA certain National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) sympathizers that want Read More ...]]> https://competitivemarkets.com/breakwater-cattle-companys-letter-to-president-protecting-taxpayer-dollars/feed/ 1 2874