DALLAS, Texas The Beef Promotion Operating Committee has approved an authorization re quest to fund the oversight com mittee, which will develop a pro cess for implementation of the In dustry Wide Long Range Plan. At its meeting in Dallas, Texas, the operating committee approved $283,000 as its share of the over sight committee’s costs for fiscal year 1994. The funds will be used for implementation of the long range plan. Additional funds for the over sight committee are expected to come from trie Beef Industry Council, Catdemen’s Beef Board, National Cattlemen’s Association, and U.S. Meat Export Federation. The Industry-Wide Long Range Plan, which was released last De cember, calls for the implementa tion of eight “leverage points” designed to recapture beefs mar ket share and for unification of the four national beef organiza tions: Beef Industry Council, Cat tlemen’s Beef Board, National Cattlemen’s Association, and U.S. Meat Export Federation. The beef industry’s Long- Range Planning Task Force re commended the formation of an oversight committee to develop an implementation schedule and an organizational structure for the four organizations to consider. The oversight committee will re commend the allocation of re- * 2 Sizes In Stock * 8 Cu. Ft. Assembled w/Solld Front w/20” Wheels Pneumatic, $129.00 ' 15 Cu. Ft. Assembled w/Removable Front w/26” Wheels Pneumatic, $160.00 Elam M. Ebcrsol 558 Gibbons Road Bird-In-Hand, PA 17505 Call Answering Service 717-354-5561 Daater Inqulrlaa Walcome Beef Promotion Committee Approves Funding sources, both financial and hu man, to be made by all industry organizations to achieve the lever age points. It will also oversee the transition teams and process that will implement the long-range plan. The committee includes three elected officers of each or ganization; four members elected by the long-range plan task force, and the executive officers of the four existing organizations. 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