The North Dakota Barley Council is seeking approval to increase the state checkoff from two cents to three cents per bushel. NDBC Chairman Nathan Boll testified before the House Agriculture Committee, saying the increase would help growers keep pace with rising costs and shrinking barley acres. “Increasing that one penny would give us more operating funds to continue the projects that we’ve been working on,” explained Boll. “We’re just seeing year-over-year expenses go up and our last checkoff increase was 2009. We’re seeing Minnesota where they didn’t raise a checkoff (rate) and in December they voted to disband. If you don’t keep your commodity relevant, you send barley adrift.”
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