Mark,
Great post. You did a thorough job in your
conversation with Jim Caldwell.
I wanted to weigh in on the issue of arbitration with
the NBB over the use of their Tier 1 test results.
I seem to recall Jim saying something similar a long
while back when I talked to him about a small producer
http://nesoybeans.unl.edu/media_117.html
Actually, the check-off funds on soybeans come via the State soybean
commodity groups, and, really, from the farmer, don't they? So, do the
farmers that funded the creation of the NBB and it's research program
agree that the small producer should be