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Opinion by the Arkansas Rice Growers Association
Dear Ark Rice Research and Promotion Board
If you offered a refund 90% of rice farmers would get their money back.
If you allowed a checkoff vote (last one in 1996) you would be lucky to get 20% for the tax.
You won't even allow any dissenting voices to be heard at your funding meetings. "Thank you for your request......the agenda has been finalized and the board will not be taking public comments at this meeting." See the entire email here.
What sort of mandate do you think you have?
Rice Checkoff Tax Vote
They keep telling us what a great job they are doing with our rice checkoff tax money. We want the opportunity to tell them how we think they are doing.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RICE CHECKOFF VOTE SINCE 1996!!
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Everything the Rice Industry does not want you to know, and it's A LOT!
The Arkansas Rice Growers Association is the collective voice of rice growers in Arkansas.
Organized in 2000, the ARGA represents independent voluntary members by leading growers on issues affecting the viability of their business and communities.
Despite the success of the rice industry into one of the most successful rural industries in Arkansas, today's rice growers more than ever need an association that solely represents the interests of the rice farmer and can face the risks and challenges that a farmers takes to make a living.
Goals of ARGA
To provide equal opportunity for all Arkansas rice growers.
To promote market development and market maintenance for domestic sales and export of rough, brown, and milled rice as a united voice and advocate for the Arkansas rice farmer.
To bring foreign delegations to Arkansas for the purpose of promoting trade.
To educate and inform about Arkansas grown rice -- its virtues, dependability, availability, quality, and quantity.
To provide a voice for rice farmers at the government level on legislative matters that directly affect them.
To provide accountability within the industry
To get YOU more money for YOUR rice!
Arkansans Representing Rice Growers Who Want To Make More Money All Over The United States
