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[Market-farming] checkoffs (was "patterns in direct market sales of meat")
- From: "Errol Castens" <castens AT peoplepc.com>
- To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] checkoffs (was "patterns in direct market sales of meat")
- Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 08:30:16 -0600
Robert Farr wrote: And...what are
"checkoffs"???
Liz Pike wrote: A checkoff is money from
producers set aside to increase demand for a particular agriculture
product--basically cooperative marketing.
In the case of beef, it's in the form of
a $1-per-head federally compelled payment. The funds are used some for
consumer-related research but most visibly for commodity promotion such as the
"Beef: It's what's for dinner" campaign. The logic behind it is that all
producers share in paying for what benefits all producers.
Some producers disagree, saying the
promotions benefit processors, most of whom are prospering, at the expense of
producers, many of whom are struggling to survive financially.
Another objection is that such generic advertising benefits the producers
and processors of imported beef as much as domestic. Some producers have even
sued to end checkoffs in the pork, beef and mushroom industries (with mixed
results; the issue will probably have to be settled by the U.S. Supreme Court).
They say being forced to pay for speech with which they disagree or from
which they do not believe they benefit violates the First
Amendment.
If I were raising freezer beef for
direct sale, I'd certainly think the checkoff was compelling me to
support my competition by its implications that all beef -- whether it's
grass-fed and organic or confinement-fed,
antibiotic-laced and hormone-injected -- is equal in quality and
value.
Errol Castens
Oxford,
Mississippi
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[Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Rick Williams, 01/01/2003
- RE: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat, Rick Hopkins, 01/02/2003
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Bob, Kathleen, & Kory Brocious, 01/02/2003
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RE: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Rick Williams, 01/02/2003
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RE: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Rick Hopkins, 01/02/2003
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RE: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Rick Williams, 01/02/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Robert Farr, 01/03/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Liz Pike, 01/03/2003
- [Market-farming] checkoffs (was "patterns in direct market sales of meat"), Errol Castens, 01/03/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Liz Pike, 01/03/2003
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RE: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Rick Hopkins, 01/03/2003
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RE: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Rick Williams, 01/03/2003
- RE: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat, Rick Hopkins, 01/04/2003
- RE: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat, Rick Williams, 01/04/2003
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RE: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Rick Williams, 01/03/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Robert Farr, 01/03/2003
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[Market-farming] Selling of Meat in Minnesota,
Dave Lilligren, 01/03/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Selling of Meat in Minnesota,
Allan Balliett, 01/03/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] Selling of Meat in Minnesota, Steve Sando, 01/03/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] Selling of Meat in Minnesota, Allan Balliett, 01/03/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] Selling of Meat in Minnesota, Alex McGregor, 01/03/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] Selling of Meat in Minnesota, Robert Farr, 01/03/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Selling of Meat in Minnesota,
Allan Balliett, 01/03/2003
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RE: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Rick Williams, 01/02/2003
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RE: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Rick Hopkins, 01/02/2003
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RE: [Market-farming] Patterns in direct market sales of meat,
Rick Williams, 01/02/2003
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