Published Aug 21
World renowned Stockmanship clinician, Dr. Tom Noffsinger, will train Iowa cattlemen on cattle handling techniques based on cattle’s natural behavior and instinct. Attend one of these clinics on Aug. 25 & 26, to improve your Stockmanship and handling skills and become BQA certified. Register now to save your space and benefit from Dr...
Categories: Beef
Published Aug 6
NCBA WASHINGTON (August 5, 2021) – The U. S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA-AMS) announced today that it will begin publishing a National Daily Direct Formula Base Cattle report, which will provide greater information into the foundational prices used in cattle market formulas, grids, and contracts, and a National Weekly Cattle Net Price Distribution report, which will show the volume of cattle purchased at each different level of pricing within those formulas, grids, and contracts. NCBA has long urged USDA to adopt policies that increase transparency in the cattle markets and applauds this effort to provide producers greater insight into cattle transactions. “USDA’s announcement is a significant step toward increasing transparency in the cattle markets,” said NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane...
Published Aug 2
The U. S. House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to examine urgent challenges within the beef supply chain. After hearing testimony from agriculture economists, land-grant university faculty, and cattle industry stakeholders, many members of Congress echoed the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's (NCBA) longstanding call to expand processing capacity. Chrissy Wozniak of North American Ag speaks with Tanner Beymer, Director of Government Affairs & Market Regulatory Policy for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association...
Categories: Beef
