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—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 28. 1977
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I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Check-off program opposed
Editor, Lancaster Farming
In order to better inform
the nation’s cattlemen of
what the passage of the
forthcoming referendum will
mean to them, I would
advise them to write to their
congressman and ask for
Public Law 94-294 from the
94th Congress, H.R. 7656,
part of which I hereby
submit ;
“Enforcement: Sec. 14 (a)
- The several district courts
of the U.S. are vested with
jurisdictions, specifically to
enforce and to prevent
and restrain any person
from violating any order or
regulation made or issued
EDITORIAL COMMENTS
programs. The idea is to beef up the
cattle market; to leesen or even
eliminate occurrences of poor
markets.
The American Farm Bureau has
come out in favor of the referendum.
Farmers Union is reportedly
disappointed in that the objectives
aren't strong enough. A large number
of producers either beef and dairy
cattle or both are probably still
straddling the fence.
A healthy advertising, research,
sales and promotion program is
desirable, and often even necessary if
the business is to retain profitability.
It's unfortunate that any advertising
the farmer does on his own behalf will
give dairy processors and meat
cutters, for example, an increase in
paychecks without their being
contributors to the cause, but that’s
what we’ve got. It’s also unfortunate
that advertising we do for our own
domestic farm products could benefit
sales of products we import, but
persuant to this Act. Penalty
(b) - Any person who
willfully violates any
provision of any order issued
by the secretary under this
Act, or who willfully fails or
refuses to collect or remit
any assessment duly
required of him thereunder,
shall be liable to penalty of
not more than $lOOO for each
such violation which shall
accrue to the U.S. and may
be recovered in a civil suit
brought by the U.S.
Investigations: - Section
18 - The Secretary may
make such investigations as
he deems necessary for the
effective carrying out of his
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that’s what we’ve got. Finally, it’s
unfortunate that the referendum is
coming at a time when the cattle
business is reportedly heading for
better times, and producers may feel
we’ll soon be doing alright anyway.
That may be true. Economic
forecasts claim the cattle industry
will begin improving this Fall and that
demand and cattle numbers should
be in balance for nearly two years, at
least. Prices are likely to rise, but so
will cots. What’s left after expenses is
still a guess, and that’s realy what it’s
all about.
A beef referendum, such as the one
now facing marketers of beef and
dairy cattle for meat, isn’t conceived
and implemented overnight. So the
fact remains, no matter what the
other signs may be, now is the time to
decide on the beef referendum. If
rejected during either the sign-up or
vote, this opportunity for cattlemen
and dairymen may not come again for
a long, time.
The decision is yours.
reponsibilities under this Act
or to determine whether a
producer or slaughterer of
cattle or any other person
has engaged, or is about to
engage in any acts or
practice which constitutes or
will constitute a violation of
any provision of this Act or of
any order or rule or
regulation issued under this
This is just part of a 10
page Public Law, and of
which every cattleman
should be duly informed. I
further submit part of the
proposed regulations as
recorded in the Federal
Register of Tuesday,
January 25, 1977:
UK PRICE IS RIGHT
Effective Now On CASE Tractors
990 (53 H.P.) 12 spd, synchromesh
995 (58 H.P.) 12 spd. synchromesh
1210 (65 H.P.) 12 spd. synchromesh *9400
*10,400
1210 Power Shift
POWERED RIGHT
GEARED RIGHT
PRICED RIGHT
b A.L. HERR.„dBRO.
Assessments
(ai Each producer-seller,
upon sale or transfer of
ownership of any cattle,
except as provided below,
shall pay to the producer
buyer or slaughterer thereof,
pursuant to regulations
issued by the Board, and
such producer-buyer or
slaughterer shall collect
from the producer-seller an
assessment based on the
value of the cattle involved
in the transaction as follows:
(1) The Beef Board, with
the approval of the
Secretary, the
amount of assessment not to
exceed five-tenths of 1
percent of the sale price:
(2) The assessment rate
for the first three years shall
not exceed three-tenths of 1
percent of the sale price:
(3) In the event that no
sales transaction occurs at
the point of slaughter or
other transfer, a fair
commercial market value
shall be attributed to the
cattle for the purpose of
determining the
assessment;
(4) Cattle slaughtered for
his own home consumption
by a producer who has been
the sole owner of such cattle
shall not be subject ot
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15.000 Watts *1390 25,000 Watts *1590
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assessments provided in this
subpart;
(5) The Beef Board may
provide for the adjustment of
the value of breeding cattle
or classes of breeding cattle,
including those used in milk
production, so as not to
exceed commercial market
value, or it may exempt
collection of the assessment
on such cattle until time of
slaughter;
(6) Each slaughterer shall
remit assessment(s)
collected to the Beef Board
at such times and in such
manner as prescribed by
regulations issued "by the
Board, including any
assessment(s) due at time of
slaughter on cattle of his own
production;
(7) Failure of the
slaughterer to collect the
assessment (s) on each
animal shall not relieve the
slaughterer of his obligation
to remit the assessment(s)
to the Beef Board as
required in this subpart; and
(8) The Beef Board may
collect directly from any
producer any assessment(s)
that he collected under the
provisions of this subpart or
otherwise due which were
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