Kent Bacus

DOT Rejects Ag's Request For Exemption
DOT Rejects Ag's Request For Exemption
DOT Rejects Ag's Request For Exemption
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation rejected a request by livestock and agriculture groups for an exemption to federal driving time regulations that many in farm county say would provide necessary flexibility during certain times of the year...
NCBA Pleased With Japan Trade Deal
NCBA Pleased With Japan Trade Deal
NCBA Pleased With Japan Trade Deal
American ranchers can breathe a little easier after it was announced that the United States has struck a deal with Japan to reduce tariffs on beef imports. The effort is several years in the making. Beef industry officials had been working on reducing costly Japanese tariffs as part of a possible Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal that began during the Obama Administration ...
Bacus: Beef Exports Strong Despite Pandemic
Bacus: Beef Exports Strong Despite Pandemic
Bacus: Beef Exports Strong Despite Pandemic
Over 242,000 metric tons of U.S. beef has been exported to Japan between January 1st, 2020 and early March 2021. Kent Bacus of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association said not only is that a significant increase considering the trade impediments cause by the pandemic it's an indication of the success of global marketing efforts over the last year ...
NCBA Wants Trade Deal With Japan Done ASAP
NCBA Wants Trade Deal With Japan Done ASAP
NCBA Wants Trade Deal With Japan Done ASAP
While there are still details to get worked out, farm country continues to praise the Trump Administration for the bilateral trade deal announced between the U.S. and Japan.  Kent Bacus, Director of Trade and Market Access for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, said like any other trade deal “the devil is in the details,” but he’s still excited about the announcement.  He added this agreem
Insiders Fear TPP Could Really Hurt U.S. Agriculture
Insiders Fear TPP Could Really Hurt U.S. Agriculture
Insiders Fear TPP Could Really Hurt U.S. Agriculture
The TPP, minus the U.S., will take effect by the end of this year, after Australia last week became the sixth of the 11 remaining nations to ratify the trade deal.  The inevitable is happening after President Trump withdrew the U.S. from TPP soon after taking office.  Na...
NCBA Japan Holds Great Promise
NCBA Japan Holds Great Promise
NCBA Japan Holds Great Promise
The U.S. beef industry expects significant gains in its largest foreign market, if the U.S. and Japan reach a new deal in just-agreed-upon trade talks.  From more than 38%, down to 9%, that’s the tariff relief U.S. beef could see from a bilateral trade deal with Japan, based on the TPP deal from which the U.S. withdre...
Beef Industry Discusses the Importance of KORUS
Beef Industry Discusses the Importance of KORUS
Beef Industry Discusses the Importance of KORUS
The U.S. beef industry is the latest in the agriculture community to tell President Trump withdrawing from KORUS, will cost millions of dollars and thousands of jobs.  As the president tries to appeal to blue collar workers in the rust belt who voted for him, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association told the White House, scuttling KORUS is also a ‘job killer’.  NCBA’s trade adviser...