Special Report
Federation directors seek ‘more independence’
Directors of the Federation of State Beef Councils have sent a message to their leadership—they want to continue their close relationship with NCBA, but also want the Federation to be “more independent.”
In a “straw poll” vote on Friday, the Federation directors overwhelmingly passed (59-3) a 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 “straw poll” 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 suggestions will be considered by Federation directors at their business meeting on Saturday.
In a Saturday morning interview, we asked Scott George, chair of the Federation of State Beef Councils, for his thoughts on the what has transpired at the conference so far.
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