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LANCASTER - Beef
producers will soon have an
opportunity to vote in a
referendum on a Beef
Research and Information
Order.
To vote, a producer must
register between January 28
and February 6 at a local
Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service
office. Voting will be Feb. Id
-22.
AH cattle producers would
be affected by the order and
each individual (cow-calf
operator, stocker-grower,
feeder, dairy operator, etc.)
who owned cattle during 1979
is eligible to register and
vote.
,The 1976 Beef Research
and Information Act
authorizes a national
program under which cattle
producers would be assessed
to finance research and
information activities
designed to improve
markets for cattle, beef, and
beef products. This program
will not be established unless
producers vote to approve
the order.
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amended m 1978, for the
order to become effective, at
least 50 per cent of those
registered must vote in the
referendum and a majority
of those voting must vote in
favor of the order
Originally the Act
required approval by two
thirds of the registered
producers voting. An order
voted on in 1977 was favored
by 56.4 percent of those
voting and was not ap
proved.
If the order is approved, a
Beef Board composed of up
to 68 beef producers would
be appointed by the
Secretary of Agriculture to
administer the order, collect
assessments, and conduct a
beef research and in
formation program.
Up to five non-voting
consumer advisors would be
appointed to the board by the
Secretary. The board would
recommend qualified per
sons for these positions.
It would elect 11* of its
members to serve on an
executive committee. This
committee could employ a
staff and direct the program
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within policies set by the
board.
USDA’s Agricultural
Marketing Service would
monitor the program. This
review responsibility would
include approval of the
board’s plans, project* and
annual budgets.
Board members and
alternates would serve
without compensation but
would be reimbursed for
necessary and reasonable
expenses.
They would be appointed
to 3-year terms from
nominations submitted by
certified producer
organizations.
Any organization
representing producers may
request certification by
USDA to participate in
nominating board members.
To become certified, an
organization’s membership
would need to consist of a
substantial number of
cattlemen who produce a
substantial volume of cattle
in a designated geographic
area.
Each state or geographic
area would have
representation on the board
proportional to its share of
the U.S. cattle inventory.
The following geographic
areas would be represented
by one member and alter
nate: Alabama, Arizona,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana.
Kentucky, Louisiana,
Michigan, Mississippi,
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members and alternates
would be: California,
Colorado, Minnesota,
Oklahoma, South Dakota,
and Wisconsin.
Three members and
alternates would represent
lowa, Kansas, Missouri, and
Nebraska.
Texas would have 6
members and alternates.
The board would develop,
and submit to USDA for
approval, programs of
research, consumer and
producer information,
education, advertising, and
promotion for cattle, beef,
and beef products.
The board could, with
USDA approval, allocate
funds for use by a State’s
beef council or other beef
promotion entity to carry out
activities under the order.
Funds could not be used to
influence government policy
or action.
Advertising or promotion
programs could not make
misleading or unwarranted
claims; make any reference
to private brand names of
beef or beef products; or use
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unfair or deceptive acts or
practices with respect to
quality, value, or use of any
competing product.
Assessments would be
made through a deduction by
the buyer each time cattle
are sold. Slaughterers would
collect and send
assessments to the beef
board at the time of
slaughter.
The final assessment
would include the ac
cumulated total of
assessments paid by all
owners of the cattle. The
assessment rate could not
exceed two-tenths of 1
percent of the sale price of
cattle for the first two years
of the program operation.
After that, the assessment
rate could be changed by the
' board with USDA approval
but could not exceed five
tenths of 1 percent.
At the two-tenths of 1
percent level, about $4O
million would be collected
annually.
With an assessment rate of
two-tenths of 1 percent (20
cents per $lOO value) the
assessment process would
work as follows:
A cow-calf producer who
sells a calf to a stocker
grower for $4OO would have
80 cents deducted from the
check he receives.
If the stocker-grower sold
the animal to a cattle feeder
for $6OO an assessment of
$1.20 would be deducted by
the feeder.
If the feeder sold the
animal for slaughter for
$BOO, the slaughterer would
deduct $1.60 and forward it
to the beef board.
Each owner would con
Two PEMA officers
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organization’s president.
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tribute an amount based on
the value they added to the
animal. In this case the cow
calf producer contributed 80
cents and the stocker-grower
and cattle feeder each
contributed 40 cents.
High-valued breeding or
dairy animals would be
exempt from assessment
until slaughter. Since these
cattle reach their peak value
prior to slaughter, rather
than increasing m value
until slaughter, they do not
fit the value-added concept
of assessment
Beef producers not
wishing to fund the program
would have their
assessments refunded upon
request when accompanied
by proof of payment. The
refund request world need to
be made within 60 days after
the end of the month in which
assessments were due. The
board would make refunds
within 60 daysof the request.
Slaughterers would
maintain and make
available to the board or
USDA information needed to
carry out the order. All such
information would be kept
confidential.
The order would be ter
minated if it is not carrying
out the policy of the Act. The
Secretary is required to hold
a referendum to discontinue
an order if requested to do so
by at least 10 percent of the
number of producers that
voted m the i eferendum that
originally approved the
order. An order would be
terminated if a majority of
producers, accounting for
more than half of the cattle
produced by all voters,
favored termination.
was elected to the office of
treasurer.
Two
Other PEMA officers
include Galen Buckwalter,
Greencastle, as vice
president, andE.J. Lawless,
Jr.T Harrisburg, as
secretary.
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