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Checkoff reforms face uphill battle in Congress

01/22/20 6:24 AM By Ed Maixner
KEYWORDS beef Cattlemen's Beef Board CBB checkoff Cindy Cunningham Colin Woodard Collin Peterson Dairy Management Inc. Dina Titus DMI Family Farm Action Farmers Union Joe Maxwell Mike Eby mike lee National Dairy Producers Organization national pork board National Pork Producers Association ncba nppc Organization for Competitive Markets Roger Johnson
Some small-farm backers and animal welfare advocates are pushing for tighter policing of checkoffs, but the self-help commodity promotion programs are popular with most farmers, so don't hold your breath expecting new mandates from Congress.
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Ed Maixner
Contributing Editor

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