How Are Beef Checkoff Dollars Spent?
Wondering where your Beef Checkoff dollars go? In a new episode of Ranch It Up, Andy Bishop, Kentucky producer and chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board, breaks down the Beef Checkoff’s purpose and return on investment and dives into the 2025 budget. Get answers on how your dollars drive beef promotion. Listen here.
The Beef Checkoff program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States may retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.
