1.0Texas Agriculture Lawhttps://agrilife.org/texasaglawtiffany.dowelllashmetrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6Z8pg3GoEQ"><a href="https://agrilife.org/texasaglaw/2018/09/24/texas-beef-checkoff-facing-legal-challenge/">Texas Beef Checkoff Facing Legal Challenge</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://agrilife.org/texasaglaw/2018/09/24/texas-beef-checkoff-facing-legal-challenge/embed/#?secret=6Z8pg3GoEQ" width="600" height="338" title="“Texas Beef Checkoff Facing Legal Challenge” — Texas Agriculture Law" data-secret="6Z8pg3GoEQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://agrilife.org/texasaglaw/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://agrilife.org/texasaglaw/files/2018/09/3513224997_e8da2d560e_b.jpg1024680In addition to an ongoing legal challenge in Montana, state beef checkoff programs in thirteen more states are now facing legal challenge.  Ranchers-Cattleman Action Legal Fund (“R-CALF”) seeks to expand the injunction it obtained in Montana to also include checkoff programs in Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, and Wisconsin. The current beef checkoff litigation began in Montana where R-Calf filed suit against the United States Department of Agriculture in 2016.  In summary, the plaintiffs argued that because... Read More →