The Beef Checkoff is marking its 40th anniversary in 2026, celebrating decades of work to strengthen beef demand through research, promotion and education. Created at a time when consumer confidence ...

The Minnesota Beef Council is considering a producer referendum to raise the Minnesota Beef Checkoff. The Minnesota State Cattlemen's Association sent out a notice to its membership in May, informing ...

After a decade of litigation, a federal judge has refused to compel the USDA to release additional records about its audit of the Beef Checkoff program. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in ...

Animal welfare advocates are accusing the USDA of approving beef checkoff promotions that allegedly deceive consumers about the environmental benefits of cattle production. The Animal Legal Defense ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Wednesday issued a stay of a lower court's order that would have halted collections of the national beef checkoff program next week, the Department of ...

A new study commissioned by the Beef Checkoff reveals that domestic-consumer beef-purchasing decisions are less sensitive to retail-beef prices than they previously were. The Masters of Beef Advocacy ...