The Biggest Scam in Agriculture, The Beef Checkoff , Podcast 2
By Jim Mundorf
Podcast episode 2
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lonesome-lands/id1693902186?i=1000621044899
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OqE4ls6GRyuk7gK5ukhwd?si=uvFrmhdKR76HN9MgrqkT4A
I always finish these videos and realize I forgot things. This one the main thing I didn’t spend enough time on is that the beef act prohibits any checkoff money from being used on lobbying or influencing the government yet almost all the money goes to lobbying organizations.
Below is where I show my work. All of this information was taken from the Authorizations Requests found here: https://www.beefboard.org/authorization-requests/
If you would like to see how much your state takes from their share of the checkoff dollar and gives straight to NCBA, you can find that here: https://www.ncba.org/Media/NCBAorg/Docs/2022-federation-annual-report.pdf
Click here to purchase the book that gives the complete history of the beef checkoff, A Buck a Head.
Total checkoff dollars currently under contract through the checkoff beef board $69,788,519.
Checkoff dollars currently contracted to NCBA $55,602,375.
Checkoff dollars contracted to all other contractors. $14,186,144.
NCBA’s direct costs $26,166,864 vs. implementation $26,387,700. According to Beef Board members implementation costs can not be looked into.
All other contractors direct costs $10,277,500 vs. implementation $3,606,144.
