ethan lane

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association heard domestic and international leaders who spoke during the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show last week. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, Undersecretary Robert Bonnie, and British Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce expressed optimism about the future of the cattle and beef industries. Vils ...

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association said a House Agriculture Subcommittee hearing Wednesday echoed the organization's longstanding call to expand processing capacity. The Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee hearing on the State of the Beef Supply Chain, examined shocks in the supply chain ...

Lawmakers in D.C. continue to discuss spending proposals into the billions of dollars, and some even into the trillions. And while details have yet to be ironed out, many of the funding proposals include an increase in estate taxes and capital gains taxes ...

JBS has left the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association as the group is taking a closer look at market consolidation. NCBA, along with other livestock and general farm organizations, met recently to discuss livestock market concerns. And lawmakers have requested the Department of Justice continue, and provide an update on, its cattle market investigation. Poli ...

arlier this week, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley introduced legislation to address transparency in the cattle market. But not everyone in the industry likes the proposal. Supporters of the legislation say the bipartisan bill intends to foster efficient markets while increasing competition and transparency among meatpackers who purchase livestock directly from independent producers ...

Leadership of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association say moderates will control the power in Washington, D.C. over the next few years. In addition to Democrats controlling the House, Senate and the White House, they also control new leadership overseeing the Senate and House Agriculture Committees. How ...

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association has responded to the Biden Administration's recent Executive Orders tied to climate change and American farming. NCBA Vice President Of Government Affairs, Ethan Lane, said the NCBA is pleased that the Biden administration has made it clear that they intend to start by having conversations with the Ag community and cattle producers across the country. &qu

On Wednesday, the USDA released a report on its ongoing boxed beef and fed cattle price spread investigation. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the closure of the Tyson beef packing plant following a fire at the facility in Holcomb, Kansas, and the COVID-19 pandemic, “clearly disrupted the markets and processing systems responsible for the production and sale of U.S. be ...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association applauded the introduction of the bipartisan, bicameral PASTURE Act of 2020. PASTURE stands for Pandemic Authority Suitable To Utilize Easements. The Bill was introduced in the House by Kansas Republican Roger Marshall and Minnesota Democrat Angie Craig. Comp ...

Meat plant illnesses from the coronavirus are still rising, despite extensive efforts by the major packers to protect workers. According to an analysis by the Washington Post, the number of workers with COVID-19 at Tyson, Smithfield and JBS, increased dramatically from just over 3,000 a month ago to more than 11,000 at last count ...