doing a rough survey...

[bucket]

How many would like the word "mandatory" taken out of the checkoff industry to "refundable " or "voluntary" where you would have a choice to not give to organizations not helping primary producers...

Why can people not ask for my money instead of taking it without permission or without results...

Pulse crop prices are in the shitter and I don't see a ROI on my checkoff dollars...

[fjlip]

Yes OPT IN is how all these should be, anything else is dictatorial, EXTREMELY socialist. We should be able to see a benefit or VOTE with our wallets.

[farmaholic]

I already got two of my refund checks back.

Am I supposed to feel guilty?

[15444]

All commodities should have voluntary checkoff. There is certainly no shortage of useless jackoffs in the beef industry. I don't like subsidizing jackoffs. That being said, Ontario's beef checkoff goes up $1.50 to $5.50 on November 1st. So the jackoffs keep taking more. Apparently the majority of Ontario beef producers are homosexuals because they love to take it up the ass.

[Hopalong]

Expect everyone has a little different memory of check off establishment.
Recall success and popularity of soybean check off in USA.
That was time of wheat board here in Canada.
Some said board was ultimate check off, it takes all the money and pays grower whatever it has left after expenses and however else it decides to spend it.
Also recall North Dakota check off, for a time had special extra levy used against CWB.
Check off money often matched by governments, made check offs more palatable to growers and governments.
At time of EEP, export enhancement program, wheat board sold wheat to US when taxpayers were paying for export of their own production.

[AC man]

I already got two of my refund checks back.

Am I supposed to feel guilty?

No you don’t have to feel guilty! I sure as the hell don’t. They should ask you first if you want to contribute to the check off and not the other way where they take without asking! I am getting really pissed off in my old age!

[bucket]

I am thinking about a resolution to the SASKPULSE AGM to the effect of having voluntary checkoff where the elevator has to ask if you would care to donate to the saskpulse charity fund........

Because there is zero return on what they are doing for my farm and since they don't give a shit....I don't either...besides my halftons could use some new tires which would be a better investment for my farm at this time...

[walterm]

When did the check offs come in and who implemented them? Did farmers get a say in how they were implemented?

[bucket]

When did the check offs come in and who implemented them? Did farmers get a say in how they were implemented?

Doesn't matter...there is zero value...gotta start cutting costs somewhere...and mandatory checkoffs with no results or representation is not worth it...

Like I said a new set of tires is better value than having representatives that don't understand 5.75 peas isn't cutting it while the processors are getting handouts...

Meanwhile I think producers are still waiting for ILTA payment ....its been sold and producers are the last guys paid...

I haven't seen any contrary comments so far....but I do have a formidable challenge in getting this done by November 15...10 producers to sign a resolution...thats a lot of driving...

[walterm]

When did the check offs come in and who implemented them? Did farmers get a say in how they were implemented?

Guess what I was getting at is there any way of measuring value for $ paid or penalties for not getting full value when money is spent?