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Membership changes proposed for Cattlemen’s Beef Board

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is proposing to adjust membership on the Cattlemen’s Beef Board to reflect shifts in cattle inventory levels since the last board reapportionment in 2017. Under the proposal, total board membership would increase by two members, to 101.

Domestic cattle producer representation on the board would increase from 92 to 94 members. Nebraska, Texas and Wisconsin would each gain one member. The Southeast Unit, made up of Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, would be dissolved. Alabama and Georgia would become stand-alone states because each has enough inventory to qualify for a position on the board. South Carolina would be added to the Mid-Atlantic Unit, which would then consist of South Carolina and West Virginia, and would qualify for one member. A state, or multi-state unit has to have at least 500,000 head of cattle to be represented on the board.

Maryland would move from the Mid-Atlantic Unit to the Northeast Unit, which would then consist of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont, and qualify for one member.

The proposed adjustments are based on requirements of the Beef Promotion and Research Order, authorized by the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985. The order provides for a review of geographic distribution of U.S. cattle inventories and the volume of imported cattle, beef and beef products every two to three years.

The AMS is seeking public comment on the proposed changes.

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