Two bills dealing with the makeup of the North Dakota Beef Commission dominated the House Agriculture Committee schedule Thursday. Sioux County rancher Frank Tomec testified in favor of a bill that would open up the state beef checkoff program to elections. “House Bill 1436 creates a better avenue for cattle producers statewide to voice their opinion, concerns, and even ideas to their local representatives (and) it will better align all commodity groups in the state by making all commodities elected.” The governor currently appoints members to the North Dakota Beef Commission. Gackle farmer and rancher Warren Zenker likes the current system. “We heard from the proponents that the (North Dakota) Beef Commission is doing a good job, we heard it how many times. Why do we to fix something that’s not broke? I’m not understanding that.” The committee did not take action on either bill. A committee was created to clear up procedural issues with House Bill 1436, which was introduced by Representative Mike Beltz of Hillsboro.
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