A3t-Lancaster Famine, Saturday, October 25, 1956
Pork Checkoff
(Continued from Page Al) date of sale to apply for a refund,
program was 29 percent, which Within 24 to 30 months after the
yielded just under $55,000 on the program goes in force, producers
total of $189,000 checked off last will vote on the checkoff, but
year. refund requests will be honored
“So Pennsylvania itself will regardless of the outcome of the
probably only realize in the referendum, says Wingert.
neighborhood of $20,000 more,” Funds will be targeted only for
says Wingert, pointing out that promotion and research; no
refund requests are expected to checkoff money will be used to
chip away at the projected $82,500. organize additional pork councils
Producers have 30 days from the or fund legislative activities.
Beef Checkoff Causes Confusion
The idea is good, but the
execution leaves something to
be desired. That seems to be the
concensus among those
responsible for collecting beef
checkoff funds.
Mandated by Farm Bill ’Bs’s
Beef Promotion and Research
Act, the sl-per-head checkoff
has been in force since Oct. 1.
The present procedure calls for
the buyer of the cattle to deduct
$1 on each head from the
seller’s proceeds and send it to
the Pennsylvania Beef Council.
The money is then used for beef
promotion at the state and
national level.
The program guards against
multiple assessments by
exempting cattle from
reassessment if they are resold
within 10 days of the first
purchase. Much of the current
confusion regarding the
program seems to center on the
exemption form called the
“Certificate of Non-Producer
Status,” notes the Beef Coun
cil’s executive director, Robert
Coleman.
“It’s set up so that the auc
tions never have to fill out these
exemption forms,” says
Coleman. “They are required to
collect $1 (per head) unless they
receive an exemption form
from the consignor.”
When a producer sells his
cattle through auction, the
auction gives him a bill of sale
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and then sends his $1 to the
council. Monthly checkoff
receipts are due on the 15th of
the following month.
Coleman stresses, however,
that if the auction refuses to
collect checkoff funds, the
producer is still obligated to pay
the dollar on each head that he
sold through that auction.
If a dealer buys the cattle and
resells them within 10 days, it’s
the dealer’s responsibility to
supply the new buyer with an
exemption form instead of an
additional dollar.
In an effort to clarify the
program, the Beef Council sent
examples of a number of buy
sell transactions to the state’s
auctions, livestock dealers and
packers this week, says
Coleman.
Coleman said the current
system of keeping records of
exemptions is being evaluated
by the National Cattlemen’s
Association’s Beef Promotion
and Research Board executive
committee. He added that the
council is seeking constructive
comments on the collection
procedure from those involved
in livestock marketing. Com
ments will then be referred to
national board chairman,
JoAnn Smith.
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to Pennsylvania Beef Council,
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PA 17109. Phone: 717-54M000.
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Although the program em
phasizes pork promotion, Wingert
urges producers to be patient.
“There seems to be a perception
that there’s ail kinds of dollars now
and all kinds of promotion, and
that our prices will increase
significantly, but you just can’t see
results overnight,” Wingert
cautions.
Herbert Schick, Pennsylvania
Pork Producers Council’s
secretary-treasurer, agrees,
pointing out that producers should
not expect miracles from the
projected $lB million in national
checkoff fluids to be raised an
nually. “It sounds like a lot of
money, but when you talk ad
vertising it’s still really a drop in
the bucket.” Nevertheless, says
Schick, it’s a good start.
Schick, who heads PPPC’s
promotion committee for 1986,
reviewed some of the committee’s
activities for the current year.
Included were one-minute radio
advertisements for pork aired
during every other Phillies
baseball game. Currently un
derway is an October Pork Fest
promotion, involving radio stations
in the eastern half of the state. Cost
of the above two programs came to
$33,000 and $20,000, respectively.
Recently the pork council signed
an advertising contract with a
radio show entitled “Dining
Around,” aired on Philadelphia’s
WCAU. “We’re going to try to get
more pork used in the
restaurants,” says Schick, adding
that this contract will carry over
into 1967.
In the realm of research, Penn
sylvania’s voluntary checkoff has
also funded studies at Penn State
and the University of Penn
sylvania. This year the council,
in cooperation with lowa and
NPPC, contributed $2,000 to the
development of a merchandizing
manual directed at chain stores.
“Hie state did real well on a
voluntary basis,” observes Schick.
“If it wasn’t for that, a lot of these
(producers) wouldn’t even be in
the hog business today. We have a
good product, but we have to go out
and sell it.”
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