Max Armstrong reports strong support of the beef checkoff continues. Max reports on an petition effort to call for a referendum on the program, but the petition did not garner enough support to move forward. Max shares insights about the role of the checkoff and its work to support beef research and marketing.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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