editor NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 Joe has previously served as Managing Editor of Urban Tulsa Weekly, as the Arts & Entertainment Editor at Oklahoma Gazette and worked as a Staff Writer for The Oklahoman. Joe was a weekly correspondent for KGOU from 2007-2010. He grew up in Bartlesville, Okla., lives in Oklahoma City, and studied journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma. NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 Joe Wertz Sat, 11 Sep 2021 16:09:54 +0000 https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Joe Wertz On a brisk and busy January morning at the Oklahoma National Stockyards, cattle arrive for auction in trailers pulled by pickup trucks — and leave in double-decker cars towed by semis. The Oklahoma City auction is one of the largest markets for young calves that aren’t quite old enough or fat enough to be slaughtered. The day’s haul was a good one: More than 10,000 head of cattle were sold off. These large auctions and ones in much smaller sale barns across the country collectively take in about $80 million every year from a $1-per-head “check-off” fee paid every time ranchers and producers sell an animal. The check-off is administrated by the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board , a network of 45 state-based boards and councils that collects the money to promote the beef industry. The program is perhaps best known for it’s “Beef, It’s What’s For Dinner” ad campaign and radio and television commercials featuring dancing western fiddles and narration by actor Sam Elliott. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/oklahoma-embezzlement-probe-adds-questions-about-oversight-federal-beef-promotion-program 58 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:27:00 +0000 Oklahoma Embezzlement Probe Adds To Questions About Oversight Of Federal Beef Promotion Program