Texas Beef Checkoff Referendum Results In Favor Of Big Beef Industry
Wed, 07/09/2014 - 16:10
News Staff
Less Than 3% of Texas Cattle Owners Voted For the Program
July 2, 2014 – The tax that Texas cattle owners pay when they sell their animals willnow be doubled, thanks to the results of the beef checkoff referendum vote, just published by the Texas Department of Agriculture. Out of 7,013 people that voted, 4,862 people voted for it. Anyone who owned a cow between June 6, 2013, and June 6, 2014 was eligible to vote. According to the 2012 U.S. Census of Agriculture, there were 151,362 farms in Texas with cattle. The USDA Census excludes anyone with less than $1,000 in annual sales, so an unknown additional number of small-scale cattle owners were also eligible to vote.
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