USDA has opened the door for a potential producer referendum on the soybean checkoff if enough producers call for it.

Citing disagreement within the industry over a national organic checkoff, USDA nixes the whole thing.

The Agricultural Marketing Service needs to strengthen its oversight of checkoff programs to ensure consistent and clear methodologies are employed to help evaluate results, the Government Accountability Office says.

Any day now, you will know the results of a vote to increase the beef checkoff in Oklahoma, but the uncertainty surrounding how to increase checkoff rates nationally may remain.