BB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 8,1980
Cattlemen’s Assn, steps back
to assess Beeferendum defeat
DENVER, Colo. - The
beef cattle industry will have
to reassess its beef research
and information programs
and come up with more
effective plans within the
framework of existing
organizations, Merlyn
Carlson said Monday.
Carlson, who is president
of the National Cattlemen’s
Assn., commented on beef
program needs following the
apparent defeat of the
proposed uniform collection
plan. Based on preliminary
reports, it appeared that the
Beef Research and In
formation Program would
not receive more than 40
percent “Yes” votes in the
producer referendum held
February 19 to 22. A simple
majority was required for
passage.
“In my view, the voting
results were unfortunate,”
Carlson said. “But cattle
producers have spoken. A
majority does not want this
particular program at this
time. Meanwhile, the need
for a strong beef program
particularly in the diet
health research and in
formation area is still
very much with us.
“Even many Beeferen
dum opponents agree there
is a real need for stronger
market development
programs. Now we must
channel that agreement into
greater support of state and
national programs with
the aim of doing a better job
of fighting anti-beef
propaganda at the national
level.
“In the case of cotton and
eggs, markets were badly
eroded before members of
those industries instituted
effective check-off
programs. I hope beef
demand will not have to be
eroded to the same degree
before we undertake
stronger programs.
“We now will have to
reexamine what we are
doing and how we are domg
it We will have to determine
what we realistically can do,
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establish new priorities and
more clearly focus our ef
forts on the greatest needs.
“A really good beef
research and promotion
effort might require $1 per
head. But if a realistic level
is significantly lower than
that, and is obtainable from
only limited numbers of
producers, then we will have
to gear our programs to
meeting the highest priority
needs within that kind of
budgeting. And the industry
will have to accept the kinds
of efforts and results which
can be attained within those
limits.”
Carlson siad a good deal of
the Beeferendum opposition
appeared to stem from false
allegations about “govern
ment control” and the level
of collections. However, he
added, the fact remains that
many cattlemen, with ac
cess to accurate in
formation, apparently did
not agree with all of the cost
benefit and other arguments
in favor of the proposed
program.
Carlson noted NCA and
other members of the
Beeferendum Advisory
Group had not yet had an
opportunity to discuss the
implications of the vote, but,
he said, this no doubt would
be done soon.
The NCA board will meet
in March It is not expected
that another national
referendum will be sought
“The challenges to NCA,
Cattle-Fax, the National
Lave Stock & Meat Board
and other organizations have
increased,” he said.
“NCA will have to assume
a stronger leadership role
Hopefully, NCA and other
industry groups will emerge
as a stronger, more unified
force on behalf of cat
tlemen We hope the recent
anti-government activism
can be translated into
greater and broader-based
support of organizations,
including NCA, which defend
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Carlson said there ap
peared to be a number of
reasons why the 1980
referendum approval level
was considerably less than
that in 1977, m spite of a
major Beeferendum effort
by many dedicated cat-
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Amond these reasons, he
said, were the incorrect but
more widely held perception
that this would be a
“government-run program”
and the collections would be
a “tax ”
Improved feeder cattle
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among some producers to
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fourths filled with soil, pour
in 2 to 3 gallons of water
After this water soaks m,
finish filling with soil.
Leave a slight depression
around each tree to catch
rainfall. Cut off one-fourth of
the tree top and branches
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Do not mix dry fertilizer
materials with the soil m
refilling the hole This may
cause new feeder roots to be
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