History of the Beef Checkoff
The Beef Promotion and Research Act was part of this year's Farm Bill.
What is the 1985 Farm Bill?
The mandatory per-head assessment every cattle producer pays into the Beef Checkoff.
What is $1 per head?
This body is composed of 10 CBB members and 10 Federation members, and makes funding decisions subject to CBB Executive Committee and USDA approval.
What is the Beef Promotion Operating Committee (BPOC)?
QSBCs are described as this foundational element of the Beef Checkoff program.
What is the foundation?
To receive Beef Checkoff funding, a contracting organization must have been active and ongoing for at least this many years.
What is two years?
This percentage of voting producers approved the 1988 Referendum to continue the Beef Checkoff program.
What is 79%?
This federal agency was authorized to develop the Beef Promotion and Research Order.
What is USDA (the U.S. Department of Agriculture)?
The CBB officer who keeps regular books of account, collects all monies due to the Board, and causes an annual audit.
Who is the Secretary-Treasurer?
The minimum amount per head that QSBCs must remit to the CBB.
What is 50 cents per head?
This acronym refers to the system where national Beef Checkoff contractors submit materials for staff and AMS review.
What is ARMS (Authorization Request Management System)?
She served as the CBB's first Chair and helped establish the program during the beef industry's difficult decades.
Who is JoAnn Smith?
By law, Beef Checkoff funds CANNOT be used for this type of political activity.
What is lobbying?
This committee interviews and recommends a slate of candidates for CBB leadership positions including Officers and Executive Committee members.
What is the Nominating Committee?
These three states have the oldest QSBCs, established in 1954 and 1955.
What are California, Montana, and Florida?
This CBB website system makes Authorization Requests publicly available for producers and stakeholders to view.
What is the CBB website (beefboard.org)?
The Beef Checkoff became effective on this date in 1986. Hint: Start of the fiscal year
What is October 1, 1986?
The sole purpose of the Beef Checkoff, as stated in the Act.
What is to drive demand for beef?
The typical order in which CBB members progress through leadership: Secretary-Treasurer, Vice-Chair, Chair, and this final role.
What is Immediate Past Chair?
The total number of Qualified State Beef Councils.
What is 43?
Beef Checkoff contracting organizations must be this type of entity under sections 501(c)(3), (5), or (6) of the Internal Revenue Code.
What is a national industry-governed nonprofit organization?
This type of vote allows producers to decide on continuing, changing, or terminating the Beef Checkoff if enough valid petitions are collected.
What is a Referendum?
These are the six program areas where Beef Checkoff money can be used: Promotion, Research, Consumer Information, Industry Information, Foreign Marketing, and this sixth area.
What is Producer Communications?
A quorum for most CBB meetings requires a majority of members, but this fraction is required when a budget is being voted on.
What is three-quarters (¾) of members?
This financial review is required annually of each QSBC to ensure funds are spent according to the Act and Order.
What is a financial audit?
All Beef Checkoff work by contractors is done on this financial basis, meaning they are reimbursed for costs incurred.
What is a cost-recovery basis?