CBB members reject ‘separation’ recommendation

At the Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver, members of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board have voted 62-30 to disapprove of the recommendation from the Cattlemen’s Beef Board Executive Committee that the Federation of State Beef Councils be separated from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.

That decision followed earlier action by directors of the Federation of State Beef Councils, who overwhelmingly passed (59-3) a “straw poll” resolution that reads as follows:

“…the Federation should operate in a more independent structure while maintaining the synergies and efficiencies of the current relationship with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association—and strongly opposes the recent actions of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board Executive Committee, including the separation recommendation.”

The directors then passed a separate resolution calling on the chairman and vice-chairman of the Federation to form a committee to develop recommendations on how to build “a more independent structure” for the Federation. Both resolutions will be officially considered by Federation directors at their Saturday business meeting.

In a Saturday morning interview, we asked Scott George, chair of the Federation of State Beef Councils, for his thoughts on what has transpired at the conference events so far.

AUDIO: Scott George (6 min MP3)

Link to official CBB meeting blog