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The CattleFax Outlook Seminar at the annual Cattle Industry Convention in New Orleans dug into expert market and weather analysis for the coming year.  Prices and profitability will again favor cattle producers in 2023.  The cattle industry came into the year with the smallest cattle supply since 2015, as drought caused the industry to dig deeper into the supply of feeder cattle and calves.   ...

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 2023 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show is headed to New Orleans next year, and funding is available to offset some costs for producers.  The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association offers a variety of scholarships and grants to help producers attend CattleCon23, February 1-3.   N...

One down…four to go in 2022, following the first in person Agricultural Trade Mission in two years, earlier this year, in Dubai. “We’ll sponsor four additional Trade Mission in 2022," Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack said last week during the Commodity Classic in New Orleans. “We’ll travel ...

Like a lot of other agricultural events, the Commodity Classic will be going virtual in 2021. Due to the restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, America’s largest farmer-led, farmer-focused agricultural and educational experience will be coming right to farms across the country in a digital format March 2nd-5th. C ...

The next Commodity Classic will now be a virtual event. The annual conference and trade show had been scheduled to take place March 4-6, in San Antonio, TX. The change to an alternative digital format became necessary because of restrictions related to COVID-19 ...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association went public with its new list of policy priorities in the year ahead.  The announcement was made during the annual NCBA convention and trade show in New Orleans last week.  It includes some familiar issues and some new priorities as well.  The NCBA policy book wi...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will speak at the 2019 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show February  1, 2019.  Perdue will give his remarks at the Closing General Session of the event, being held this week at the New Orleans Convention Center.  He will...

The 2019 Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show kicks off Wednesday in New Orleans, and organizers say it could be a record-setting event.   "It's a great city,” said National Cattlemen’s Beef Association president elect Jennifer Houston.  “It's a city w...

The American Farm Bureau Federation celebrated the 100th Convention in New Orleans over the weekend.  AFBF President Zippy Duvall used the weekend to highlight the successes of 2018 and the plans for 2019.  Duvall told those in attendance farmers and ranchers faced struggles in 2018, much like they did when AFBF was founded.   “...