Latest News From NCBA Convention

The Hammons are back on the ranch, after a long and lengthy battle with the Bureau of Land Management. But the journey back to reinstating their grazing permits has just begun, says Ethan Lane, Public Lands Council.

Missing NCBA’s Cattle Industry Convention this year? Here’s the buzz from attendees and speakers.

“There's no other market that can absorb the beef volume and the value of what we're selling into Japan,” said Kent Bacus, NCBA director of trade and market access. “We have level the playing field."

Cattle prices look to hold steady through much of 2019, but trade will have the potential to impact if prices rise or fall, according to analysts at CattleFax.

The major Cattle Inventory report was supposed to be released this week but is delayed. NASS announcing this week when reports will drop. Both Cattle on Feed and Cattle Inventory will be released February.

More than 1,500 cattlemen and women attend informative and engaging sessions to improve their business skills at the 2019 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Tradeshow.

The U.S. will see a shift away from El Niño conditions in 2019, Art Douglas said during the 2019 CattleFax Outlook Seminar, held as part of the 2019 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show.

This year's Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show got underway Wednesday in New Orleans.

With a new U.S. Congress, policy and regulatory changes might be hard to come by for cattle producers.

The National BQA Award recognizes outstanding beef and dairy producers, marketers, & educators that best demonstrate animal care & handling principles as part of the day-to-day activities on their respective operations.

Not only does Arby’s have the meats, the restaurant chain also wants to keep marketing beef to consumers in unique ways.

Commercial cattlemen now have a multi-breed association backed program that will help better market cross bred females using Red Angus and Hereford genetics.

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.

CattleFax released its annual outlook at the Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) trade show.

Jim O'Haco accepts his ranching operation's national recognition as winner of the 2017 Environmental Stewardship Award Program.

“Where’s the beef?” The catchy slogan could be updated to “Where’s the fresh, quality beef?” And the answer would still be the same: Wendy’s.

There is a close connection between nutrition and reproductive efficiency in beef cows. 

During the recent Cattlemen’s College at the Cattle Industry Convention a speaker discussed the importance of protein in maintaining cow condition and some basics for determining supplementation levels.

More than 6,700 attended this year’s convention to engage in grassroots policy process, hear from industry experts, and attend the expansive tradeshow. 

Feedyards found plenty of economic incentive to feed cattle to heavier weights last year, the results displayed in record carcass weights and dismal profits

Insights about the recent market price shocks and potential for future turbulence were discussed today with more than 2,000 beef producers at the CattleFax Outlook Session held during the 2016 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show. 

Steps are being taken by CME Group to address volatility in the cattle markets, although producers will still have to deal with a bearish marketplace. 

CME Group Inc., responding to criticism over price volatility in the cattle futures market, announced measures to help curb price swings while denying that high-frequency traders are to blame.

Many of the big issues facing the cattle industry are being pushed to the back seat as producers, feeders and beef buyers search for answers to major volatility in futures markets.

Will the cattle market keep sliding in 2016? Could there be a rally? See what the analysts from CattleFax have to say.

A recurring discussion in the cattle business, particularly the feedyard sector, has been centered on how to hire and keep good employees. 

During this week’s Cattlemen’s College session at the Cattle Industry Convention in San Diego, Reinaldo Cooke, PhD, Oregon State University, outlined how trace mineral supplementation in gestating cows, perhaps above typically recommended levels, can benefit calf performance.

Home remodeling shows are all the rage on cable television and they have some resemblance of changes needed in the beef industry. You might not consider your cows as a Fixer Upper, but it could be time to remodel your breeding strategies.

The spring 2016 season of NCBA’s Cattlemen to Cattlemen will kick off from San Diego, Calif. on Tuesday, January 26 at 8:30 p.m. EST on RFD-TV. 

Global animal health leader Alltech is launching a new feeding program that aims to give their cattle customers a competitive advantage in the feedyard.

Registration and housing for the 2016 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show has opened. 

The third-annual National Anthem Singing Contest, hosted by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, is now open for entry.

The National Cattlemen’s Foundation is now accepting applications for 2016-17 beef industry scholarships sponsored by the CME Group. 

During the 2015 Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver this past week, 16 beef industry leaders representing every link in the beef value chain presented a plan for meeting aggressive goals to strengthen the beef industry from 2016-2020.

Over 600 cattlemen and women gathered in Denver, Colo., this past week to discuss the policy priorities for the cattle industry for the upcoming year.

Beef and dairy producers from across the country gathered during the 2015 Cattle Industry Convention for the checkoff-funded Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Producers Forum.

BQA partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. provides free certification through April 15.

Country of Origin Labeling remains an item of contention in the beef industry as the World Trade Organization and Congress have yet reach an agreement on the program.

Keith Nantz of Maupin, Ore., has been awarded the Max Deets Leadership Award by the National Cattlemen’s Foundation for demonstrating outstanding leadership in the cattle industry.

This past week, three producers were honored with the checkoff’s annual national Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) award and Dairy Beef Quality Assurance (DBQA) award.

The popular CattleFax Outlook Session today at the 2015 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show gave cattlemen and women reasons to be optimistic.

Agriculture industry groups have come together to determine how to enhance the beef checkoff program, says former NCBA president Scott George.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s 2014 Top Hand Club celebrated Friday the recruitment of 1,340 new NCBA members, all recruited by NCBA members over the past year.

For 2015, it looks like beef producers will see a slight drop off in the market, but profitability should remain high thanks to increasing global demand and lower input costs.

As the Cattle Industry Convention draws to a close we recall some of the top tweets from #BeefMeet.

During the Cattle Industry Convention, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Bob McCan and Sheriff T. Michael O’Connor from the National Sheriffs’ Association announced a partnership to work collaboratively on issues that impact both associations.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association today kicked off its latest Drive for D.C. RAM Truck Auction, sponsored by RAM.

What will the future of cattle feeding look like?

As the nation’s cowherd enters into an expansion, several key factors are at play, says Darrell Peel, ag economist, Oklahoma State University at the 2015 NCBA Cattlemen’s College.

State cattlemen’s associations compete to help boost beef education.