For the past few years, Georgia beef producers have continued to support the $1 per head assessment for beef cattle by renewing the Beef Commission Marketing Order.
The Georgia Agriculture Commodity Commission for Beef was established by the Georgia legislature in 2013 and a commission marketing order was created the year following. The order requires an assessment to be collected on all animals sold for beef in Georgia and must be voted on every three years for continuation.
Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman recently caught up with John Callaway, chairman of the Georgia Beef Commission, who talked about the importance of this funding and how it supports various projects important to the cattle industry in the state.
Since the inception of the Georgia Beef Commission, over 2.5 million dollars has been put to work for the Georgia beef producers.