Colin Woodall

Mexico’s National Health Service confirmed a new case of New World screwworm less than 70 miles from the U.S.

Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, said while the cattle industry will continue to monitor the human NWS situation, this isn’t a risk to the U.S. livestock industry.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association announced its continued support of the USDA’s aggressive plan to combat the spread of New World screwworm.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association announced support for the USDA’s decision to close the southern U.S. border to cattle, bison, and horse shipments.   The move was made due to the continued northward spread of the New World screwworm in Mexico.   “USDA’s bord...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Cattle Industry Convention took place earlier this month down in New Orleans.  NCBA CEO Colin Woodall said it was an opportunity to do the business of NCBA.   “We have our policy committees that are meeting this week. They are producers who ar...

President Joe Biden recently signed a National Security Memorandum to Strengthen the Security and Resilience of U.S. Food and Agriculture.  Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, said the memorandum instructs government officials to identify threats to American food and agriculture and respond appropriately.   “What ...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says stopping bad ideas for them, is a “win”, and their CEO says they’ve been busy trying to do that.  NCBA head Colin Woodall said sometimes winning isn’t passing things, but stopping them, including burdensome greenhouse gas reporting.   “Such as being able to fight b...

The Supreme Court this week denied R-CALF’s lawsuit against 13 state beef councils and the Beef Checkoff.  The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association said the ruling effectively ends “yet another R-CALF attack on the Beef Checkoff and prevents the activist attorneys at Public Justice, from further diverting Checkoff and beef industry resources.” NCBA intervened in the...

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association CEO Colin Woodall says terminating the beef checkoff would hurt cattlemen. Back in July, two groups, R-CALF USA and the Organization of Competitive Markets, petitioned USDA to terminate the national beef checkoff program. Woo ...

Ask Colin Woodall, and he’ll tell you cattle producers are caught in a balancing act with the packers, as each side works on leveraging supply and demand. The CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association said it boils down to cattle markets. “That’s ...