Page 84—Keystone Farm Show Section 1, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 1, 2000 WASHINGTON, D.C. A slate of USDA recommendations to improve accountability in feder al checkoff programs is a big step in the tight direction, the National Farmers Union (NFU) said recently. NFU has long advocated for Glickman Names Members WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman has appointed 37 mem bers to the Cattlemen’s Beef Prom otion and Research Board. All members will serve 3-year terms beginning Jan. 29, except for David J. Means, Mo., who will serve a 1-year term because of a resignation. The board is composed of 110 members representing 37 states, three multistate units, and impor ters. The secretary of agriculture selects appointees from cattle pro ducers and importers nominated by organizations representing beef, dairy, veal, and importer interests. Big Gty Education... Snail Town Environment Dedicating itself to providing academic excellence with practical experience, Delaware Valley College provides you with the skills employers want. Academic programs include • Agribusiness • Agronomy and Environmental Science • Animal Science • Dairy Science • Food Science • Horticulture • Biology • Chemistry & Biochemistry To discover more about Delaware Valley College, call 1-800-2DELVAL or visit our web site at www.devalcol.edu 700 E; Well see you dt PA Farm Show, booths 508-509, 518-519 NFU: Checkoff Reforms Are Big Step In Right comprehensive checkoff reforms and has endorsed the adoption of recommendations made by a spe cial USDA task force. “These reforms will build accountability into the checkoff programs," said NFU President Lcland Swenson. “Producers fund these programs Appointed members represent ing cattle producers by state and unit are Alabama Gregg P. Blythe; Arkansas John W. Tho mas; California Paul T. Came ron; Colorado Danny P. Todd; Florida Kay M. Richardson; Idaho James A. Little; Illinois David W. Bateman; Kansas Duane L. McHenry, Constance M. Kuhlman, and Richard J. Benoit; Kentucky Joseph L. Burke, Jr., and James A. Tipton; Minnesota Jon M. Gorder, Missouri Benny D. Farrell and David J. Means; Montana-Lawrcnce A. Descheemaeker and Jane H. Lind gren; Nebraska Alan J. Svajgr, Norman A. Guenther, and William Delaware Valley College students benefit from: small classes, averaging 18 students a solid, liberal arts based education a 24-week Employment Program to build the experience employers seek a suburban campus that provides easy access to the Philadelphia area a job placement rate that far exceeds national averages 4 w and should have the right to vote them out if they are not operating in their best interests. "We urge USDA to immediate ly hold rcfcrcndums on the pork and beef checkoff since they have tens of thousands of signatures requesting a vote." “We commend Secretary Glick- H. Rishel; New York Justin J. Martin, Jr.; North Dakota L. Jon Erickson; Oklahoma Lisa K. Hefner and Terry L. Wyatt; Pen nsylvania Robert K. Hay; South Dakota —Arnold L. Wienk; Texas John L. Cook, Robert E. Carter, Janet Lee G. Helm, Leo nard H. Cornelius, Jr., and Vera E. Harrington; and Virginia DELVAL Direction man and Under Secretary Mike Dunn for backing all of the task force’s recommendations," Swen son stated. USDA Secretary Dan Glickman announced Dec. IS he is backing all 21 recommendations of a task force set up to find ways to enhance oversight of agricultural Joseph W. Wampler; and Wiscon sin Wayne L. Danielson. Richard E Atkinson, Andrew A. Ralph, Mitchell Pincus, and Andrew N. Burtt have been appointed to represent importers. USDA’s Agricultural Market ing Service, an agency of the marketing and regulatory prog rams mission area, monitors oper ation of the board. commodity research and promo tion programs. Key recommenda tions include bolding mandatory referendums at least once evety five years to determine whether to continue checkoff programs and to require a super majority vote to establish new programs. Other task force recommenda tions include requiring at least one public or consumer voting member on each board, improving diversity on the boards, requiring boards to use accepted auditing standards and competitive bidding, requiring written policies on travel and expense reimbursement, and pro viding more training. Many of die recommendations will be published for comment in the Federal Register. Others will require legislative action.
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