Cattlemen are banding together to fight Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack's intention to resolve a stalemate in the beef industry over amending the national beef checkoff by establishing a supplemental, secondary beef checkoff under a 1996 generic promotion act. Click here for the full story
Idaho processors have cut potato acres under contract for the coming season by roughly 3 percent, officials with Southeast Idaho Potato Cooperative recently learned.
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The Idaho Bean Commission resigned its 2013 membership from the U.S. Dry Bean Council because commissioners say growers weren't getting their money's worth from the group.
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Organic growers need a “megaphone” to promote their crops, an industry leader says. One option Marty Mesh, executive director of Florida Organic Growers, offers is a checkoff similar to those used by other commodity groups.
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A proposal to increase the national lamb checkoff fee by 40 percent has been delayed at least six months, the apparent victim of controversy surrounding similar proposals for other commodities.
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A bill that would raise the cap for Idaho's barley checkoff fee from 2 cents to 4 cents per hundredweight was sent to the House floor with a do-pass recommendation.
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A bill that would increase the ceiling of Idaho's sheep checkoff fee would also give the Idaho Sheep Commission authority to assess the fee on goats. How the commission would go about doing that could turn out to be a little tricky.
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A bill backed by Idaho's sheep industry would give the Idaho Sheep Commission authority to raise the current grower checkoff fee of 6 cents per pound of wool to 12 cents if necessary.
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