29 groups have sent a letter to USDA formally requesting urgent and decisive action to protect against misuse of the National Beef Checkoff Program.
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The 29 groups that signed the letter are the American Agriculture Movement; the BueLingo Beef Cattle Society; Cattle Producers of Washington (CPoW); Colorado Independent CattleGrowers Assn. (CICA); Dakota Rural Action; the Independent Beef Association of North Dakota (I-BAND); Independent Cattlemen of Iowa (ICI); Independent Cattlemen of Nebraska (ICON); Independent Cattlemen of Wyoming (ICOW); the International Texas Longhorn Assn.; the Intertribal Agricultural Council; the Kansas Cattlemen’s Association (KCA); the Land Stewardship Project, MN; the Michigan Farmers Union; the Mississippi Livestock Markets Assn.; Missouri Farmers Union; the National Farmers Organization; the Nevada Live Stock Assn.; Oregon Livestock Producers Assn. (OLPA); the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM); the Powder River Basin Resource Council; R-CALF USA; the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union (RMFU); the Rural Coalition/Coalición Rural; the South Dakota Stockgrowers Assn. (SDSGA); the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America; the Texas Longhorn Marketing Alliance; the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC); and the World Watusi Assn.