IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 588 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that research and 

promotion boards support efforts to develop new markets and strengthen 

existing markets for specific commodities while conducting important 

research and promotional activities via pooled resources and stakeholder 

investments. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 13, 2023 

Mr. MOORE of Alabama (for himself, Mr. JACKSON of Texas, Mr. ALFORD, 

Mr. BOST, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. DUARTE, Mr. 

GUTHRIE, Mr. COMER, Mr. BAIRD, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 

COSTA, Mr. BACON, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. MANN, Mrs. 

MCCLAIN, Mr. SELF, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, Mrs. WAGNER, 

Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, and Mrs. CAMMACK) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

research and promotion boards support efforts to develop 

new markets and strengthen existing markets for specific 

commodities while conducting important research and 

promotional activities via pooled resources and stakeholder investments. 

Whereas the sole purpose of research and promotion boards 

is to promote, research, and educate stakeholders on behalf of a particular commodity; 


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Whereas individual farms and businesses collaborate on a 

comprehensive, industrywide strategy to expand markets 

through research and promotion boards; 

Whereas research and promotion boards promote a commodity as a whole instead of by individual businesses, 

creating industrywide benefit through increased sales, 

consumer awareness, and higher overall demand; 

Whereas private spending on agricultural research through 

research and promotion boards increased 44 percent from 

2018 to 2022; 

Whereas research and promotion boards often partner with 

land grant institutions and extension services to conduct 

public research and provide technical assistance; 

Whereas each of the 22 authorized research and promotion 

boards has its own mission to promote its respective commodity through tailored research, promotion, and educational activities; 

Whereas the American Egg Board returns $10.11 for every 

$1 invested; 

Whereas the American Egg Board is investing in research to 

understand the nutritional benefits of eggs, such as the 

positive effects on cognitive function and early childhood 

development via choline intake; 

Whereas the American Lamb Board returns $14.20 for every 

$1 invested; 

Whereas the American Lamb Board is partnering with Michigan and Colorado State Universities to invest significant 

resources into sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction as well as mechanization of quality evaluation in 

lamb processing systems; 


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Whereas the American Pecan Promotion Board utilized 

$153,500,000 in assessed revenue for market development and program implementation; 

Whereas the Cattlemen’s Beef Board returns $11.91 for 

every $1 invested and increased American beef demand 

by 12,800,000,000 pounds; 

Whereas the Cattlemen’s Beef Board is partnering with Kansas State University to research omega-3-enriched feed 

rations to increase feed consumption, rates of gain, and 

finished carcass weights; 

Whereas the Christmas Tree Promotion Board returns 

$13.11 for every $1 invested; 

Whereas the Christmas Tree Promotion Board is conducting 

research on pest management systems and selective 

breeding to combat infestations of Elongate Hemlock 

Scale and Phytophthora root rot; 

Whereas the Cotton Board returns $6.40 for every invested 

producer dollar and $17.40 for every invested importer 

dollar; 

Whereas the Cotton Board is supporting research on pest 

management systems, particularly for the tarnished plant 

bug, which yields growers savings of 100 pounds of lint 

per acre through effective management techniques; 

Whereas Fluid Milk Processors Promotion Board returns 

$4.78 for every $1 invested; 

Whereas the Hass Avocado Board increased consumption of 

Hass avocadoes in the United States by 278 percent to 

8.5 pounds per capita since 2000; 

Whereas the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council returns 

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nual blueberry consumption by 14 percent between 2014 

and 2018, increasing grower revenue by 112 percent; 

Whereas the Highbush Blueberry Council has invested 

$12,000,000 into research in 5 main health metrics including gut health, cardiovascular health, diabetes or 

prediabetes, brain health, and overall healthy living to determine blueberry consumption improves cognitive function and cardiovascular health; 

Whereas the Mushroom Council generated $1,300,000,000 in 

retail sales in 2021; 

Whereas the National Dairy Promotion and Research 

Board’s market development efforts led to a 25-percent 

increase in cheese purchases in 2018; 

Whereas the National Dairy Research and Promotion Board 

has entered into a five-year collaboration with Mayo Clinic to research how dairy food, particularly whole milk 

dairy, impacts cardiovascular health and metabolic conditions, as well as its role on calm, sleep, digestive health, 

and immunity; 

Whereas the National Honey Board increased honey sales by 

15.4 percent to $920,000,000 in 2022; 

Whereas the National Honey Board has launched its Celebrating Beekeeping video campaign to highlight the importance of honeybees and beekeepers to the entire 

United States food system; 

Whereas the National Mango Board increased the commodity’s value 142 percent from $262,000,000 in 2005 to 

$635,000,000 in 2019; 

Whereas the National Peanut Board returns $9.74 for every 

$1 invested; 


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Whereas the National Peanut Board has invested 

$36,000,000 since 2001 into peanut allergy research to 

discover allergen mitigation tactics which are 86 percent 

effective; 

Whereas the National Pork Board returns $25.50 for every 

$1 invested; 

Whereas the National Pork Board is combating the African 

swine fever virus through investments in research to understand the virus, feed formula impacts, testing efficacy, 

and immunity; 

Whereas the National Potato Promotion Board increased potato consumption by 4 percent in 2021; 

Whereas the National Watermelon Promotion Board returns 

$18.80 for every $1 invested; 

Whereas the National Watermelon Promotion Board is researching the relationship between watermelon consumption and body weight management through decreased 

hunger responses, body weight, body mass index, and 

lower systolic blood pressure levels; 

Whereas the Paper and Packaging Board returns $12.41 for 

every $1 invested; 

Whereas the Popcorn Board utilized $1,001,269 of assessment revenue for market development and program implementation supporting domestic popcorn producers; 

Whereas the Softwood Lumber Board returns $85.71 for 

every $1 invested; 

Whereas the Softwood Lumber Board has invested millions of 

dollars into marketplace development for mass timber in 

commercial and residential construction applications by 


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performance testing cross laminated timber and identifying all-wood construction barriers to entry; 

Whereas the United Sorghum Checkoff Program returns 

$28.70 for every $1 invested; 

Whereas the United Sorghum Checkoff Program funded research initiatives that led to the inclusion of whole grain 

sorghum in the Department of Agriculture Food Buying 

Guide as an approved ingredient for school meal service; 

Whereas the United Soybean Board returns $12.34 for every 

$1 invested; and 

Whereas the United Soybean Board has made significant investments to add long-term value for all United States 

soybean farmers through research into high oleic soybeans and American energy production: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that research and promotion boards support 

3 efforts to develop new markets and strengthen existing 

4 markets via research, education, and promotion, including 

5 by— 

6 (1) returning value to producers through com7 prehensive, industrywide strategies to expand the 

8 commodity’s market share; and 

9 (2) promoting a commodity as a whole to create 

10 industrywide benefit through increased sales, con11 sumer awareness, and higher overall demand. 

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