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Didn't you get this reversed? Some SDLMA people recruit actively for R-CALF, mostly by fabricating lies about NCBA.... frequently claiming that NCBA gets checkoff dollars "to work against you to open the Canadian border". FACT: NCBA Policy/Dues payer division gets NO checkoff dollars.
NCBA Federation of State Beef Councils division does contract work for the Cattlemens Beef Board on a cost recovery only basis....which means that any money from the beef checkoff goes directly for the work of specific projects and if the work can be achieved under budget, the money saved does not go to NCBA, but back into the CBB for other projects....absolutely NO profit goes into NCBA from the Beef checkoff.

It is admittedly difficult to recruit NCBA members among SD ranchers when "leaders" in their trusted organizations offer only mis-information and outright lies about NCBA. Another frequent one being that NCBA represents the interests of packers and others. The facts being that NCBA members want to better understand all segments and facets of the beef industry. Having packers and others as extremely minority members offers us that opportunity without giving them even a hint of control of our organization. We are able within NCBA to disagree without being disagreeable. There isn't enough of that in agriculture today!

SD farmers/ranchers have a very strong history of Farmers Union membership and the philosophy of needing someone else to take care of the "hard problems" such as government programs, regulation, etc. is a factor. The difference in philosophy of independence versus government control and assistance via the farm programs, makes it more difficult to sell memberships in an organization like NCBA. However, ranchers who see potential for success rather than seeking to blame some one for possible failure will see the value of membership in NCBA. That said, those who are producers of various crops, not just cattle, may well put their dues and effort into multi-commodity organizations like Farm Bureau. Some of us are members of both NCBA and AFBF.

MRJ

<blockquote data-quote="mrj" data-source="post: 37147" data-attributes="member: 205">Didn&#039;t you get this reversed? Some SDLMA people recruit actively for R-CALF, mostly by fabricating lies about NCBA.... frequently claiming that NCBA gets checkoff dollars &quot;to work against you to open the Canadian border&quot;. FACT: NCBA Policy/Dues payer division&nbsp; gets NO checkoff dollars.NCBA Federation of State Beef Councils division does contract work for the Cattlemens Beef Board on a cost recovery only basis....which means that any money from the beef checkoff goes directly for the work of specific projects and if the work can be achieved under budget, the money saved does not go to NCBA, but back into the CBB for other projects....absolutely NO profit goes into NCBA from the Beef checkoff.It is admittedly difficult to recruit NCBA members among SD ranchers when &quot;leaders&quot; in their trusted organizations offer only mis-information and outright lies about NCBA. Another frequent one being that NCBA represents the interests of packers and others. The facts being that NCBA members want to better understand all segments and facets of the beef industry. Having packers and others as extremely minority members offers us that opportunity without giving them even a hint of control of our organization. We are able within NCBA to disagree without being disagreeable. There isn&#039;t enough of that in agriculture today!SD farmers/ranchers have a very strong history of Farmers Union membership and the philosophy of needing someone else to take care of the &quot;hard problems&quot; such as government programs, regulation, etc. is a factor. The difference in philosophy of independence versus government control and assistance via the farm programs, makes it more difficult to sell memberships in an organization like NCBA. However, ranchers who see potential for success rather than seeking to blame some one for possible failure will see the value of membership in NCBA. That said, those who are producers of various crops, not just cattle, may well put their dues and effort into multi-commodity organizations like Farm Bureau. Some of us are members of both NCBA and AFBF.MRJ</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mrj, post: 37147, member: 205"] Didn't you get this reversed? Some SDLMA people recruit actively for R-CALF, mostly by fabricating lies about NCBA.... frequently claiming that NCBA gets checkoff dollars "to work against you to open the Canadian border". FACT: NCBA Policy/Dues payer division gets NO checkoff dollars. NCBA Federation of State Beef Councils division does contract work for the Cattlemens Beef Board on a cost recovery only basis....which means that any money from the beef checkoff goes directly for the work of specific projects and if the work can be achieved under budget, the money saved does not go to NCBA, but back into the CBB for other projects....absolutely NO profit goes into NCBA from the Beef checkoff. It is admittedly difficult to recruit NCBA members among SD ranchers when "leaders" in their trusted organizations offer only mis-information and outright lies about NCBA. Another frequent one being that NCBA represents the interests of packers and others. The facts being that NCBA members want to better understand all segments and facets of the beef industry. Having packers and others as extremely minority members offers us that opportunity without giving them even a hint of control of our organization. We are able within NCBA to disagree without being disagreeable. There isn't enough of that in agriculture today! SD farmers/ranchers have a very strong history of Farmers Union membership and the philosophy of needing someone else to take care of the "hard problems" such as government programs, regulation, etc. is a factor. The difference in philosophy of independence versus government control and assistance via the farm programs, makes it more difficult to sell memberships in an organization like NCBA. However, ranchers who see potential for success rather than seeking to blame some one for possible failure will see the value of membership in NCBA. That said, those who are producers of various crops, not just cattle, may well put their dues and effort into multi-commodity organizations like Farm Bureau. Some of us are members of both NCBA and AFBF. MRJ [/QUOTE]

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