7 C.F.R. § 1260.141 : Agriculture — REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE — AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE — BEEF PROMOTION AND RESEARCH — BEEF PROMOTION AND RESEARCH ORDER —CATTLEMEN'S BEEF PROMOTION AND RESEARCH BOARD — Membership of Board

(a) Beginning with the 2020 Board nominations and the associated appointments effective early in the year 2021, the United States shall be divided into 38 geographical units and 1 unit representing importers, for a total of 39 units. The number of Board members from each unit shall be as follows:

TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (A)-CATTLE AND CALVES1

State/unit (1,000 Head) Directors
1. Alabama 1,313 1
2. Arizona 1,003 1
3. Arkansas 1,763 2
4. Colorado 2,850 3
5. Florida 1,670 2
6. Georgia 1,080 1
7. Idaho 2,430 2
8. Illinois 1,190 1
9. Indiana 877 1
10. Iowa 3,950 4
11. Kansas 6,350 6
12. Kentucky 2,153 2
13. Louisiana 800 1
14. Michigan 1,163 1
15. Minnesota 2,360 2
16. Mississippi 907 1
17. Missouri 4,317 4
18. Montana 2,567 3
19. Nebraska 6,683 7
20. New Mexico 1,473 1
21. New York 1,477 1
22. North Carolina 810 1
23. North Dakota 1,837 2
24. Ohio 1,303 1
25. Oklahoma 5,133 5
26. Oregon 1,303 1
27. Pennsylvania 1,613 2
28. South Dakota 3,967 4
29. Tennessee 1,820 2
30. Texas 12,600 13
31. Utah 807 1
32. Virginia 1,480 1
33. Wisconsin 3,500 4
34. Wyoming 1,317 1
35. Northwest Unit:
. Alaska 15
. Hawaii 143
. Washington 1,163
Total 1,321 1
36. Northeast Unit:
. Connecticut 48
. Delaware 16
. Maine 81
. Maryland 192
. Massachusetts 38
. New Hampshire 35
. New Jersey 29
. Rhode Island 5
. Vermont 260
Total 702 1
37. Mid-Atlantic Unit:
. South Carolina 342
. West Virginia 397
Total 738 1
38. Southwest Unit:
. California 5,167
. Nevada 460
Total 5,627 6
39. Importers Unit2 6,874 7

12017, 2018, and 2019 average of January 1 cattle inventory data.

22016, 2017, and 2018 average of annual import data.

(b) The Board shall be composed of cattle producers and importers appointed by the Secretary from nominations submitted pursuant to the Act and regulations of this part. A producer may only be nominated to represent the unit in which that producer is a resident.
(c) At least every three (3) years, and not more than every two (2) years, the Board shall review the geographic distribution of cattle inventories throughout the United States and the volume of imported cattle, beef, and beef products and, if warranted, shall reapportion units and/or modify the number of Board members from units in order to best reflect the geographic distribution of cattle production volume in the United States and the volume of imported cattle, beef, or beef products into the United States.
(d) The Board may recommend to the Secretary a modification in the number of cattle per unit necessary for representation on the Board.
(e) The following formula will be used to determine the number of Board members who shall serve on the Board for each unit:
(1) Each geographic unit or State that includes a total cattle inventory equal to or greater than five hundred thousand (500,000) head of cattle shall be entitled to one representative on the Board;
(2) States which do not have total cattle inventories equal to or greater than five hundred thousand (500,000) head of cattle shall be grouped, to the extent practicable, into geographically contiguous units each of which have a combined total inventory of not less than 500,000 head of cattle and such unit(s) shall be entitled to at least one representative on the Board;
(3) Importers shall be represented by a single unit, with the number of Board members representing such unit based upon a conversion of the total volume of imported cattle, beef or beef products into live animal equivalencies;
(4) Each unit shall be entitled to representation by an additional Board member for each one million (1,000,000) head of cattle within the unit which exceeds the initial five hundred thousand (500,000) head of cattle within the unit qualifying such unit for representation.
(f) In determining the volume of cattle within the units, the Board and the Secretary shall utilize the information received by the Board pursuant to §§ 1260.201 and 1260.202 industry data and data published by the Department.

7 C.F.R. § 1260.141

51 FR 26138, 7/18/1986, as amended at 55 FR 20445, 5/17/1990; 58 FR 12999, 3/9/1993; 60 FR 62020, 12/4/1995; 64 FR 3815, 1/26/1999; 67 FR 11412, 3/14/2002; 70 FR 7005, 2/10/2005; 73 FR 60098, 10/10/2008; 76 FR 42014, 7/19/2011; 79 FR 46963, 8/12/2014; 82 FR 27612, 7/17/2017; 85 FR 39463, 7/1/2020