Ontario still odd man out on beef agency

Ontario remains the only province that has failed to increase its support of the Canadian Beef Check-off Agency from $1 to $2.50 per head.

Last year a vote at the annual meeting of Beef Farmers of Ontario failed to gain the necessary degree of majority to approve the increase.

This year there was no similar vote on the national agency checkoff, but delegates did vote in favour of an increase of $1.50 for the provincial checkoff.

Whether that increase will be passed on to the national agency remains unclear.

Quebec was the other temporary holdout but it is now forwarding $2.50 per head to the agency.