oversight
The Oklahoma Beef Council Board of Directors is a board of beef and dairy producer volunteers all who pay the Beef Checkoff. To ensure the integrity of the Beef Checkoff in Oklahoma, we have taken the following steps:
- Undergoes annual independent audits with a regional accounting firm
- Institutes an Audit/Risk committee with an independent advisor to the committee with significant audit experience
- Contracts with a third-party accounting firm with circulating accountants for all accounting services
- Utilizes a five-step review process for monthly financials
- Regularly review bank statements received from the bank against online bank statements
- Empoys a director of compliance to provide oversight of beef checkoff collections.
2020 OBC Annual Report
Building beef demand by inspiring, unifying and supporting an effective state and national checkoff partnership. Making a positive difference for Oklahoma's farming and ranching families and the greater beef community.
2019 cattlemen's beef board annual report
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board provides oversight of the Beef Checkoff programs and approves the budget for all national and international beef checkoff programs.
2019 federation annual report
As a state with more cattle than people, the Oklahoma Beef Council annually invests in the Federation of State Beef Councils. The reports shows how all partners in the checkoff work together to assure producers that their checkoff dollars are invested in an appropriate, efficient and effective manner.
2019 usmef annual report
The Oklahoma Beef Council invests annually with the US Meat Export Federation, the organization responsible for promoting US beef worldwide.