Dennis you are 100% correct about the withholding on the Soybeans. They should at least produce a statement on where the money is spent. I get concerned that the people become like politicians.
I agree 100,% with Dennis. The same thing goes on in the dairy industry. The call it promotion when is the last time anyone has seen a milk commercial.
If that money goes to the government and politicians good luck on finding out were it goes to. They should come out with a statement were the money goes!!
I was too busy during the holiday season to check in but it is nice to be back and enjoy the great Ivers Farms content. I guess George must be down South for vacation by now. Happy New Year!
@jimconnor....If by "normal" you mean the previous administration I'll refer you to an American Journal News article from March of 2020 written by Dan Desai Martin....google it and learn something. Forbes and other outlets had similar articles as well. Respectfully.
Yes, I agree, trim and ditch banks, a holes, the banks in the tree roots, but you should be using the chemical if you trim them is soaks in the cut branches and kills the trees. It won’t grow back.
Dennis you are very correct about our check off money. Big Offices and 3 piece suits never had mud on boots or dirty fingers. I myself am getting tired of the dollar here and dollar there. 😡🤢
You are right , the soybean board should send each and every business { farm } that paid the check off . A detailed accounting of all there expenditures .
Nice video I agree with Dennis there should be some accountability of the Soybeans check off There never has been since it started,Hope they have a good meeting down at the precision planting meeting net week. Looks like beans hauling going good,Keep warm next week.
Absolutely there should be accountability the American people have been taxed to death the American farmers are underpaid for providing us with food, all you farmers are the backbone of this country god bless you all.
Back in the 1980's I was the member information manager for the Land of Lincoln Soybean Association. I left after the 1988 soybean checkoff referendum (1/2 get to 2 cent increase) failed in late '88. That failure of the Illinois increase in the checkoff lead to the national soybean checkoff.. With that said, we published and broadcast as much information as possible to inform checkoff contributors of what, where and how the money was used. Prior to working for Land of Lincoln, I worked at the old American Soybean Association in its communication department. We published a lot of information back then. Today, I am in a different business, but I do own some farm ground and receive some information about the soybean checkoff, finding time to read it and learn more about where the money goes has become more difficult, but that is on me.
I can't speak about soybeans, but I have previously been on the Idaho pea and lentil commission, in the case of pulses each state has a commission voted on by growers, the commission set the checkoff rate and then the checkoff moves thru the commission. The best way to understand how grower groups and commissions work is to get involved in your commodity groups! These are grower run groups, find out who your commissioners are and attend meetings! In most cases these growers are donating there time and if your a chairman it may be a huge amount of time!!!
Yes Dennis, any organization like that should have to give a full Accounting of where the funds go, & if they pass any off to a State Organization they as well should have to disclose accounting from a independent Certified accounting firm. Full public disclosure
When there's no transparency with a money trail, (in any situation) the door is left open for waste, abuse, misuse and fraud. Plus, just knowing how the money is used (for good purposes) supports good will from those who are contributing.
I agree on accountability for where the money goes. Like you I’m sure it goes somewhere good….hopefully. I wonder why the standard for test weight on beans is 60lbs because here as long as I can remember if we have 58lb beans that’s bout good as we can do. We and all my neighbors never have 60lb beans. I would think the standard should be 57-58 or so. Getting paid on a bushel when you never have 60lb beans is a lot of beans in a lifetime. I don’t know just a small rant I guess. Great videos!
The Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board provides an accounting of the check off dollars on their website and newsletters here. Not sure if your State does something similar.
Sounds like a lot like the beef check off,some of the money probably goes to the incorrect things and yes we should get a report where the money actually goes
Well Mr Dennis ,being a past Dairy farmer I hear ya on the ck off moneys 😢. We coop fees back in the day sure wondered about there uses then too🤦♂️🤦♂️. Nice things for the officials in the coops,whit a little advertisement being done. Thanks to everyone at IVERs farms.
yes I would like to know what they do with that money they deduct from you on the soybeans. Also you are getting a new Dollar General store on St Francisville, my buddy will be doing the concrete on the project. Enjoy
dennis i feel your pain, i own a production nursery ie wholesale plants to nurseries and we are charged 5% for all pots that we purchase , so for every $100 i spend on pots i am charged $105 ,it is of course a government charge called a pot levy ,where the money goes i have no idea ps im in australia
Dennis, this is one you may not win. There may be a 77 member volunteer board, but they're a dog with no teeth. The USDA has and will continue to do with the money what they want or rather what the bureaucrats direct. You're right, it's a large of money. We need more people such as yourself asking these questions of the USDA!
I have been told you get that checkoff money back. I personally haven't worked that angle. But you may want too look into. Never been happy with any checkoff. We work hard for our money we need to keep it.
Ya checkoff accountability would be nice, but I’m guessing that if we saw how that money is actually getting spent you would be sick to your stomach. Checkoff is just a tax. If we cant opt out, it’s taxes.
We had a grinder and to slow and on a tractor can’t reach nearly far enough on ditches we usually go along ditches and mow as far as we can with a 20 mower, and side arms on tractors are to slow
I always wondered why the farmer donates 6.2 cents per bushel so that a private company can profit from their own research department. Just a thought of mine.
I remember when the soybean check off started. It was originally established to help promote the sale of US beans worldwide. I didn't know it was still being enforced. You would think there would have been a deadline for that project to end. I don't think (?) it was a Federal thing, I'm thinking is was some Soybean Growers Organization that was in charge. Will be anxious to know what you find out!!!!! Love you, miss you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Garrett is Reese's older brother, son of Dennis Ivers. More elusive than bigfoot! Has no use for the camera. Head down working, his daddy doesn't even attempt to scratch the surface.
In the beef industry we have beef check off. One dollar per head is collected at the sale barn. The money goes to the check off board and is supposedly controlled by the usda. Right. The beef boards payroll has swelled, they have their annual meeting in the most expensive places, most of the time the beef check off money goes against the producers in government half assed programs. It was originally designed to educate the public about the nutritional value of beef😂. Like the people who were buying meat didn't all ready know. In my humble opinion any check off is a scam. Just to put money in a very few pockets that couldn't make it in farming or ranching. Have never liked it never will like it. And will always be against any check off of any kind. It does nothing but provide more jobs at the producers expensive with absolutely no benefits at all.
as an overview I feel the checkoff is robbery! But a couple try harder to service the farmer/rancher, than most. This will start a firestorm, but have been fighting this for 20 for I will tell you MY opinion. The beef checkoff is a global rip off. The money changes hand enough time that it ends up on projects and people that work against the rancher. We have tried multiple time to reform, but the beef states have politicians that are not going to bite the hand that feeds them. Most of the organisations that have their hand in the till, don't want us to know where the money goes. Good Luck
Farm check offs (soybeans, corn, milk, etc) are like union dues and other "donations". Some voluntary and some not. Any organization collecting money should be required to make their financial information publicly available. At least to the people they collected the money from if not to the world. My Dad was a school teacher. He did not join the National Education Association because he knew that his money would go to support political candidates that he did not. If you knew where your check off money is going you might be very happy. Or not.
I’m not a farmer, so I don’t quite understand. The co-op takes a percentage of income from beans with no accountability, right? Sounds a whole heck of a lot like taxes! 30% of our income or MORE is forfeited to govt who not only can’t keep a budget but have made our great-great-great grandchildren debt slaves.
To hear you are getting this bizarre charge is just another example of how industry and government believe "we the people" are here to please them. I am NOT political but I have become more aware of everything these entities do since covid became a thing. You should definitely look into where the money is going.
Dennis you are 100% correct about the withholding on the Soybeans. They should at least produce a statement on where the money is spent. I get concerned that the people become like politicians.
I agree 100,% with Dennis. The same thing goes on in the dairy industry. The call it promotion when is the last time anyone has seen a milk commercial.
Love the music at the start
Stay warm guys.
The government being accountable and transparent with money 😂😂
David Ivers / mechanical genius!
Man, that brush cutter on the end of the excavator is a game changer!
If that money goes to the government and politicians good luck on finding out were it goes to. They should come out with a statement were the money goes!!
I was too busy during the holiday season to check in but it is nice to be back and enjoy the great Ivers Farms content. I guess George must be down South for vacation by now. Happy New Year!
Look forward to Your channel every week. Well Dennis Bidenomics won't be around much longer and things may get back to normal. god willing!
@jimconnor....If by "normal" you mean the previous administration I'll refer you to an American Journal News article from March of 2020 written by Dan Desai Martin....google it and learn something. Forbes and other outlets had similar articles as well. Respectfully.
Yes, I agree, trim and ditch banks, a holes, the banks in the tree roots, but you should be using the chemical if you trim them is soaks in the cut branches and kills the trees. It won’t grow back.
Thanks for the video Reese. Y'all stay warm this coming week & take care.
Dennis you are very correct about our check off money.
Big Offices and 3 piece suits never had mud on boots or dirty fingers. I myself am getting tired of the dollar here and dollar there. 😡🤢
Always my favorite channel to watch each week.
You are right , the soybean board should send each and every business { farm } that paid the check off . A detailed accounting of all there expenditures .
Nice video I agree with Dennis there should be some accountability of the Soybeans check off There never has been since it started,Hope they have a good meeting down at the precision planting meeting net week. Looks like beans hauling going good,Keep warm next week.
Drone shots of the Ivers estate are the best, thanks Resse&Co.
Totally agree
Thank you for another great video. Enjoying it with a hot cup of coffee while it is -28 out with -58 windchill this morning in northern ND!
Yikes
Absolutely there should be accountability the American people have been taxed to death the American farmers are underpaid for providing us with food, all you farmers are the backbone of this country god bless you all.
Back in the 1980's I was the member information manager for the Land of Lincoln Soybean Association. I left after the 1988 soybean checkoff referendum (1/2 get to 2 cent increase) failed in late '88. That failure of the Illinois increase in the checkoff lead to the national soybean checkoff.. With that said, we published and broadcast as much information as possible to inform checkoff contributors of what, where and how the money was used. Prior to working for Land of Lincoln, I worked at the old American Soybean Association in its communication department. We published a lot of information back then.
Today, I am in a different business, but I do own some farm ground and receive some information about the soybean checkoff, finding time to read it and learn more about where the money goes has become more difficult, but that is on me.
I can't speak about soybeans, but I have previously been on the Idaho pea and lentil commission, in the case of pulses each state has a commission voted on by growers, the commission set the checkoff rate and then the checkoff moves thru the commission. The best way to understand how grower groups and commissions work is to get involved in your commodity groups! These are grower run groups, find out who your commissioners are and attend meetings! In most cases these growers are donating there time and if your a chairman it may be a huge amount of time!!!
Yes Dennis, any organization like that should have to give a full Accounting of where the funds go, & if they pass any off to a State Organization they as well should have to disclose accounting from a independent Certified accounting firm. Full public disclosure
When there's no transparency with a money trail, (in any situation) the door is left open for waste, abuse, misuse and fraud. Plus, just knowing how the money is used (for good purposes) supports good will from those who are contributing.
Same way with churches and yes we have accountability where I am at.
Corruption comes when people not held accountable /Transparency.
I agree on accountability for where the money goes. Like you I’m sure it goes somewhere good….hopefully. I wonder why the standard for test weight on beans is 60lbs because here as long as I can remember if we have 58lb beans that’s bout good as we can do. We and all my neighbors never have 60lb beans. I would think the standard should be 57-58 or so. Getting paid on a bushel when you never have 60lb beans is a lot of beans in a lifetime. I don’t know just a small rant I guess. Great videos!
I agree on the test weight
Good morning reese and all the ivers crew ..
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The Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board provides an accounting of the check off dollars on their website and newsletters here. Not sure if your State does something similar.
I agree 100% u should know exactly where ur money goes I’ve said it for long time
Kind of like Ukraine! Would love to know where the money is going.
Great video Reese
Good video Reese
great video reese
Holy cold!!!
Happy new year Ivers Farms
Dennis , I completely agree with you. You have Evelyn right to know where that money is going!!
Nice Vid! (Absolutely They should be accountable)
Sounds like a lot like the beef check off,some of the money probably goes to the incorrect things and yes we should get a report where the money actually goes
Well Mr Dennis ,being a past Dairy farmer I hear ya on the ck off moneys 😢. We coop fees back in the day sure wondered about there uses then too🤦♂️🤦♂️. Nice things for the officials in the coops,whit a little advertisement being done. Thanks to everyone at IVERs farms.
Are you going to the national farm machinery in February in Louisville stay safe and warm
Yes probably Wednesday and Thursday
Great video. Reese . Dennis how was Nashville we really enjoyed Broadway too
yes I would like to know what they do with that money they deduct from you on the soybeans. Also you are getting a new Dollar General store on St Francisville, my buddy will be doing the concrete on the project. Enjoy
It’s gotten held up so I’m not sure if it’s going to happen or not
@@iversfarms I will do some checking on that. I talked to him last week and it was a go still
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dennis i feel your pain, i own a production nursery ie wholesale plants to nurseries and we are charged 5% for all pots that we purchase , so for every $100 i spend on pots i am charged $105 ,it is of course a government charge called a pot levy ,where the money goes i have no idea ps im in australia
It pays a lot of salaries for people that do absolutely nothing.
Dennis, this is one you may not win. There may be a 77 member volunteer board, but they're a dog with no teeth. The USDA has and will continue to do with the money what they want or rather what the bureaucrats direct. You're right, it's a large of money. We need more people such as yourself asking these questions of the USDA!
I have been told you get that checkoff money back. I personally haven't worked that angle. But you may want too look into. Never been happy with any checkoff. We work hard for our money we need to keep it.
and you are just one out of a thousand bean farmers. Thats a lot money to skim from . Send a report on the intake and outgo!
Dennis, that sounds like theft to me.
If their keeping money for something they should atleast have to put up a web site for the farmers and the public to see where it is going.
Someone always has their hand in your pocket....
Ya checkoff accountability would be nice, but I’m guessing that if we saw how that money is actually getting spent you would be sick to your stomach.
Checkoff is just a tax. If we cant opt out, it’s taxes.
Free med and shelter for illegals Dennis.
Dennis I’m pretty sure it’s going in a politicians greasy pocket.
Such a slow way of clearing brush wood. Surely a flail tractor mounted hedge cutter would be so much much faster
Thats what I keep thinking but have,nt seen a u.s. farmer using one
We had a grinder and to slow and on a tractor can’t reach nearly far enough on ditches we usually go along ditches and mow as far as we can with a 20 mower, and side arms on tractors are to slow
I always wondered why the farmer donates 6.2 cents per bushel so that a private company can profit from their own research department. Just a thought of mine.
I remember when the soybean check off started. It was originally established to help promote the sale of US beans worldwide. I didn't know it was still being enforced. You would think there would have been a deadline for that project to end. I don't think (?) it was a Federal thing, I'm thinking is was some Soybean Growers Organization that was in charge. Will be anxious to know what you find out!!!!! Love you, miss you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont understand how they Cant b held ACCOUNTABLE just seems like good ole Accounting
Is Garrett in the witness protection plan I don’t recall ever seeing him? And who’s brother is he?
Garrett is Reese's older brother, son of Dennis Ivers. More elusive than bigfoot! Has no use for the camera. Head down working, his daddy doesn't even attempt to scratch the surface.
A bit suspicious Dennis, a lot of the money may go to a good cause, but a lot may also be going to waste causes or to the wrong people.
In the beef industry we have beef check off. One dollar per head is collected at the sale barn. The money goes to the check off board and is supposedly controlled by the usda. Right. The beef boards payroll has swelled, they have their annual meeting in the most expensive places, most of the time the beef check off money goes against the producers in government half assed programs. It was originally designed to educate the public about the nutritional value of beef😂. Like the people who were buying meat didn't all ready know. In my humble opinion any check off is a scam. Just to put money in a very few pockets that couldn't make it in farming or ranching.
Have never liked it never will like it. And will always be against any check off of any kind. It does nothing but provide more jobs at the producers expensive with absolutely no benefits at all.
Check offs are a bad joke. Someone is getting their pockets filled with other people’s money
as an overview I feel the checkoff is robbery! But a couple try harder to service the farmer/rancher, than most. This will start a firestorm, but have been fighting this for 20 for I will tell you MY opinion. The beef checkoff is a global rip off. The money changes hand enough time that it ends up on projects and people that work against the rancher. We have tried multiple time to reform, but the beef states have politicians that are not going to bite the hand that feeds them. Most of the organisations that have their hand in the till, don't want us to know where the money goes. Good Luck
Farm check offs (soybeans, corn, milk, etc) are like union dues and other "donations". Some voluntary and some not. Any organization collecting money should be required to make their financial information publicly available. At least to the people they collected the money from if not to the world. My Dad was a school teacher. He did not join the National Education Association because he knew that his money would go to support political candidates that he did not. If you knew where your check off money is going you might be very happy. Or not.
I’m not a farmer, so I don’t quite understand. The co-op takes a percentage of income from beans with no accountability, right? Sounds a whole heck of a lot like taxes! 30% of our income or MORE is forfeited to govt who not only can’t keep a budget but have made our great-great-great grandchildren debt slaves.
To hear you are getting this bizarre charge is just another example of how industry and government believe "we the people" are here to please them. I am NOT political but I have become more aware of everything these entities do since covid became a thing. You should definitely look into where the money is going.