Beef Checkoff worth the cost

Cattlemen’s Beef Board/Beef Checkoff
Aug 15, 2024
Aug 15, 2024

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An independent study finds that the benefits of the national Beef Checkoff’s demand-driving activities are substantially greater than their costs.

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Lynn Grooms

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Cattlemen’s Beef Board/Beef Checkoff

A research study by Harry M. Kaiser of Cornell University, funded and coordinated through the Cattlemen’s Beef Board, had three central objectives.

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