Max Armstrong offers a look by Congress to look into checkoff programs again. The move called the “Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act” or OFF that was reintroduced by a bipartisan group of senators. The moves include an added measure that would allow farmers not to take part in checkoffs.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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