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U.S. beef has full access into the Japanese market for the first time in 16 years, but it is still not at a level playing field compared to countries who remained in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.
While politicians on both sides of the aisle have differing opinions of the TPP, cattlemen across the U.S. are hoping to get the trade deal signed as soon as possible.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt urges farmers and ranchers to submit official comments on the repeal of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule before the Agency’s deadline of Monday, Aug. 28, 2017.
Last week’s Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show in Nashville, Tenn. shattered the previous attendance record of 8,200 convention goers with roughly 9,300 people attending the 2017 show.
Cattle producers should make plans to visit Ames, Iowa, for the Midwest Summer Stockmanship & Stewardship experience on June 28-29, 2019.
Animal welfare groups have reached a milestone agreement with ranching interests they say would save wild mustangs from slaughter but the compromise has opened a nasty split among horse protection advocates.
After 34 years with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), the past four as CEO, Kendal Frazier announced his plans for retirement.
If you don’t reflect on the lessons you’ve learned before you move forward, you risk repeating mistakes. That’s wisdom well-earned in the beef industry, and one NCBA’s Kendal Frazier is wise to pass on.
If you went to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Trade Show in Phoenix last week, you were probably witness to some strange characters along the way.
NCBA calls lawsuit allegations “without merit,” and R-CALF a “front group for activists seeking to divide the industry, lessen beef demand and drive producers out of business.”
The Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board (CBB) has named Gregory Hanes, formerly with the U.S. Meat Export Federation, as their new CEO.
The production of cell cultured meat or alternative proteins will soon receive federal oversight from three agencies. Betsy Jibben with AgDay has the story.
Attacks on the checkoff is only weakening the beef industry , says John Robinson, vice president of Membership and Communications, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
The dairy industry has been dealing with imitation milk for years. Now cattle producers are seeing meat alternatives starting to crowd their space.
Industry groups react to details of a new United States-Mexico-Canada (USMC) Agreement with Canada and Mexico.
Some 13 years later, tensions remain high over America’s beef checkoff, with a new legal challenge that seeks to deliver a crippling blow to the state beef councils in 15 states.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialists show how injection–site blemishes can diminish the value of beef carcasses at the recent Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Convention in Fort Worth.
“American beef production and consumption is a climate change solution,” South Dakota cattle producer Todd Wilkinson told a U.S. Senate subcommittee.
Disagree with Uma Valeti, CEO of Memphis Meats, a tech startup making meat from self-reproducing animal cells, if you want. Just don’t dismiss his efforts to bring “real meat—without the animal—to the table.”
NCBA responds to a congressional request for increased regulatory flexibility under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA).
Ahead of the holidays the NCBA has released a new two-hour video in hopes to “spice up any gathering and celebration.” The Beef Drool Log video features a prime rib roast cooking to perfection over an open flame.
Secretary Perdue participated in the Opening General Session of the event and spoke with NCBA President Jennifer Houston about the state of American beef production.
The National Cattleman’s Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, has announced the winners of its 2020 Beef Quality Assurance Awards during the 2020 Cattle Industry Convention in San Antonio, Texas.
Twenty-one farm and ranch groups are launching Farmers for a Sustainable Future (FSF), a coalition supporting environmental and economic sustainability that will serve as a resource for lawmakers and policymakers.
Research conducted by NCBA finds at least one-third of surveyed consumers believe that plant-based fake meat products contain at least some real beef.
Beef promotion programs managed by NCBA have shifted in response to the coronavirus pandemic to reflect consumer concerns about their day-to-day health and the availability of delicious, safe, wholesome food, like beef.
As the Senate nears a vote on the Great American Outdoors Act, NCBA and 48 other livestock and natural resource groups oppose the bill because it creates more than $14 billion in new, mandatory spending.
State beef councils around the country are joining forces to invest state-controlled Beef Checkoff dollars in Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. digital advertising campaigns.
On Wednesday, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Policy Division Chair and South Dakota Rancher Todd Wilkinson issued a statement in response to a proposed bill to regulate spot cattle trades.
In response to the ongoing efforts to provide relief to Americans impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane issued the following statement.