Fewer Dollars for Beef Checkoff

Randall Weiseman July 19, 2007 Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Florida, Georgia

As producersÂ are meeting in Denver this week for the Cattle Industry Summer Conference,Â plans are being made on how to use beef checkoff dollars for nextÂ year. CBB CEO Tom RameyÂ said there are going to be less dollars to work with this year. Â Report (1:30 mp3)

Our good friend Chuck Zimmerman with ZimmComm has been in Denver this week providing web coverage of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board activities. To learn more just Click Here

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