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Farm groups urge Sec. Vilsack to question proposed NCBA check-off changes

03/19/10 2:54 PM

By Stewart Doan

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Washington, March 19 – A coalition of ag organizations headed by the nation’s largest farm group has written to USDA expressing its “grave concerns” about a National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) governance plan’s impact on the national beef check-off.

For an audio on this story, click on: http://www.agri-pulse.com/uploaded/CheckoffLetter031910.mp3.

To read the coalition’s four-page letter to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, go to: http://www.agri-pulse.com/uploaded/livestockNCBA.pdf.

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Farm groups urge Sec. Vilsack to question proposed NCBA check-off changes

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