NCBA

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the American Farm Bureau, and other members of a coalition applauded an appeals court decision allowing intervention in a case regarding gray wolves.  The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will allow the coalition to intervene in the Defenders of Wildlife versus the U.S. Fish and Wil...

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association is looking for new talent to perform during the 2023 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show in New Orleans come February.  Applications for the National Anthem Contest and the Talent Round-Up are now being accepted. ...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association said it’s not ready to back a cattle competition bill by House Ag Chair David Scott but adds the legislation is a much better starting point than the alternative.  While the NCBA opposes Senator Chuck Grassley’s Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act, Tanner Beymer said they aren’t ready either to back Scott’s Small Family Farmer and Rancher Relief Ac

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association joined a coalition of agricultural organizations in calling for passage of the Beagle Brigade Act of 2022.  The bill would authorize the National Detector Dog Training Center, which trains canines who are nicknamed the “Beagle Brigade.” Allison Rivera, ...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association opposition to the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act hinges on government involvement in the cattle market.  Although there are several parts of the bill that the NCBA approves of, Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane said they do not welcome the idea of the federal government becoming involved with a cattle price mandate. “Our c... Rea

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...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council Tuesday expressed concern over the Biden administration’s National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA rule. NCBA and PLC said the rule undermines progress made over the last several years when efficient regulatory processes are critical to environmental and economic sustainability. PLC Ex ...

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 ...

After returning from a recent trade mission to the U.K., leaders of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association argue it’s the United States that’s standing in the way of a lucrative trade deal. On the latest edition of NCBA’s Beltway Beef podcast, President Don Scheifelbein said a trade deal with the U.K. is key to exporting ...

The recently-passed Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus Appropriations Package funds several programs important to cattle producers. It also maintains key provisions that the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has advocated for, including the Electronic Logging Device Exemption for livestock haulers, important EPA regulatory relief, and an extension of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Program. T ... Rea