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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Callicrate [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 6:45 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: NCBA, the primary contractor for beef checkoff funds is selling us down the river
The PRIMARY CONTRACTOR for beef checkoff funds wants to gut mandatory COOL and kill it completely. It's little wonder. Importers pay the beef checkoff as well - at a formula that equates to $1 per head. In America, only fifty cents of the dollar per head collected is actually mandated for the Beef Board, which gives the majority of the money to NCBA for "contract work". Individual states have the option of keeping the other fifty cents and some do. Guess where the beef checkoff primary contractor's loyalties lie? Certainly not with American ranchers. NCBA's recent track record: 1) open the Canadian borders immediately to live cattle and beef; 2) opposes mandatory COOL; 3) supports CAFTA. The primary contractor for beef checkoff funds is selling us down the river and we're funding the movement.