Nebraska is the only state where all nine members of the beef checkoff board, collectors of about $9.5 million per year in mandatory fees, are elected. As the state's beef producers get ready to cast mail-in ballots in November, the number of candidates vying for open seats in four of the nine districts is the highest in recent memory. And at least one of those 10 candidates is suggesting the outcome could send a message about disenchantment with the management of money nationally that's raised at the rate of $1 per head and added up to about $77 million a year in the most recent fiscal year. "I think a lot of states are watching us," said Pam Pothoff of Trenton. And that's just fine with her. "I figure, when somebody pays in a dollar, they ought to get a dollar's worth of good out of it," Pothoff said. "And we're certainly not getting that."...
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