2005 News Archive
Contacts: Diane Henderson 303/850-3465 dhenderson@beef.org
Charlotte Coates 303/850-3451 ccoates@beef.org
CATTLEMEN’S BEEF BOARD TO DISCUSS FISCAL 2006 CHECKOFF DIRECTION
CBB Budget up for Approval at Summer Meeting in Denver
CENTENNIAL, COLO. (July 11, 2005) – The Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) will review a recommended budget for fiscal 2006 and will hear proposals for specific beef checkoff programs for the year during the Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver July 25-30.
The Beef Board’s Executive Committee will meet July 27, when it will receive a financial report from the Board’s treasurer and get an update on the status of state beef council marketing plans and audit reports, among other items.
A CBB Update Session on Thursday, July 28, will give Beef Board members an opportunity to raise any questions, concerns or suggestions they have about current checkoff topics in an open-discussion environment.
“The Update Session provides a real opportunity for all producers who volunteer to serve on the Beef Board to offer our direct input and opinions about how checkoff dollars are being spent,” said CBB Chairman Al Svajgr, a producer from Cozad, Neb. “We want to know what Board members are hearing from their fellow producers back home, too, so we can be sure when we begin planning for next year that we’re on the right track with their checkoff dollars.”
Toward that end, Beef Board members will attend joint program committee and subcommittee meetings on Friday, July 29, to consider proposals from various beef industry organizations requesting authorization to carry out specific checkoff programs in fiscal 2006, which begins Oct. 1, 2005.
During its full Board meeting on Saturday, July 30, the 108-member Beef Board will review a $50 million budget for fiscal 2006, as recommended by the Beef Promotion Operating Committee in June. The budget approved by the Beef Board at this meeting will then be sent to USDA for review and approval before any checkoff dollars can be spent in fiscal 2006.
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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 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.
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