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Ontario beef farmers recently approved a $1.50 check-off increase to help fund an industry-wide marketing effort.
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Opinion: Check-off fund increases always a challenge

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There’s little that gets people as excited in farm country as a check-off increase. The extra $1.50 that was approved by the delegates to Ontario Beef Farmers’ annual meeting recently is a case in point, and was watched closely by other farmer organizations. Beef Farmers of Ontario has seen the sector decline in the province, […] Read more
The proposal to increase check-off funding for Beef Farmers of Ontario passed with a significant majority this year.
Livestock

The repercussions of a $1.50 beef check-off increase

A proposal that failed last year to boost marketing funds passed at this year’s BFO annual meeting

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Beef farmers have approved an increase of $1.50 in check-off per animal to fund an ambitious industry-wide marketing effort for Ontario beef. The move has been closely watched by other agriculture commodity organizations pondering their own ability to market product more effectively for their members. Farmers at the Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) annual meeting […] Read more
The proposal to increase checkoff funding for Beef Farmers of Ontario passed with a significant majority.
Livestock, News

Ontario beef checkoff increases $1.50 with strong farmer support

A proposal that failed last year to boost marketing funds passed at this year’s BFO annual meeting

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Ontario beef farmers have approved an increase of $1.50 in checkoff per animal to fund an ambitious industry-wide marketing effort for Ontario beef. Farmers at the Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) annual meeting in Mississauga Feb. 20, voted 87 per cent in favour of the plan. A similar plan was rejected at last year’s annual […] Read more
The number of cows on Ontario farms has been in decline and the new checkoff funding, in part, aims to stem that trend.
Livestock, News

Beef Farmers of Ontario look to get check-off increase passed again

The initiative will help fund a joint committee on market growth with the Ontario Cattle Feeders’ Association

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Beef farmers will again vote on whether or not to increase the amount they send to Beef Farmers of Ontario at the organization’s annual meeting in late February. Beef Farmers of Ontario and the Ontario Cattle Feeders’ Association hope to work together to market Ontario-branded beef and engage consumers. Why it matters: The beef sector […] Read more
The Ontario cow herd has been stagnating or shrinking for more than a decade. New BFO programs aim to increase the cow herd.
Livestock, News

Beef Farmers of Ontario look to get checkoff increase passed again

The initiative will help fund a joint committee on market growth with the Ontario Cattle Feeders’ Association

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Beef Farmers of Ontario and the Ontario Cattle Feeders’ Association are hoping to work together to market Ontario-branded beef and engage consumers. The joint committee’s activities would be funded by a checkoff that Beef Farmers of Ontario hopes will be approved at its annual meeting in late February. “This will avoid duplication of costs, make […] Read more

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