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Article: SHADES OF FLORIDA.(Brief Article)
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- Agri Marketing
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- March 1, 2001
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Pork Checkoff Vote Raises Questions and Concerns
Had the pork checkoff referendum voting results hinged on Florida the same way the presidential election did, the call to end checkoff collections would have failed, chads or no chads. Seventy-seven of Florida's votes favored continuation of the national pork check-off program. Only six of the state's 118 total votes were invalid.
Instead, the narrowly failed national vote rose from a lack of support in key production states. But the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) says the real losers are pork producers who became victims to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) decisions. Now, pork producers ...