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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

By John Greig March 11, 2019
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 […] 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

By John Greig March 11, 2019
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 […] 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

By John Greig February 20, 2019
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 […] 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

By Jennifer Glenney February 15, 2019
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 […] 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

By Jennifer Glenney January 25, 2019
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 […] Read more


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