NFU Board of Directors Votes to Withdraw from Beef Checkoff Working Group

September 6, 2014Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Andrew Jerome, (202) 314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org National Farmers Union board of directors today voted to withdraw from the beef checkoff working group, effective immediately. NFU President Roger Johnson released the following statement: “After three years of pushing for real reforms in the beef check-off program, NFU has decided that the process has … Read More

Fargo Forum NFU Guest Editorial: Rail Delays in the Dakotas Staggering, Unacceptable

September 2, 2014Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (Sept. 2, 2014) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson called the ongoing rail delays in the upper Midwest ‘staggering’ and ‘unacceptable’ and urged the federal government to press “the local railway monopoly” for better results, in a recent Fargo Forum Op-ed. “If the federal … Read More