…likely would restrict the buying and selling of livestock, lead to consolidation of the livestock industry – putting farmers out of business – and increase consumer prices for meat.” USDA…
GMO Labeling Law May Avoid Executive Order on Regulations
…the books for every regulation enacted in 2017. As Politico speculates, the GMO labeling law would be exempt from the order because it’s not projected to be completed until 2018….
Farmer Fair Practices Rules Effective Date, Comment Periods Extended
…2017, to ensure the new policy team has an opportunity to review the rules. This is similar to procedures issued by previous administrations. The Scope of Sections 202(a) and (b)…
South Dakota Considering Country-of-Origin Labeling
A group of South Dakota state Congress members has introduced a bill that would require retail beef products sold in the state to bear a country-of-origin label. Online publication Meatingplace…
Record Attendance in Nashville as NCBA Members New Elect Officers
The 2017 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show wrapped up on Saturday with the election of Nebraska cattleman Craig Uden as the organization’s new president. More than 9,300 people…
Insider Shares Political Realities at Record-Breaking Cattle Industry Convention
Dana Perino tells audience to “Expect the Unexpected” Actions of the new administration are like “a dog on ice chasing a marble,” Dana Perino told an audience at the 2017…
ARS Genetics Researcher Named Fairchild Medal Recipient
by Dennis O’Brien, Agricultural Research Service Alan Meerow with Griffinia intermedia (Amaryllidaceae) in Brazil. Photo: Judy Dutilh. Alan W. Meerow, a research geneticist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s (USDA)…
Tomato Growers Evaluate Domestic, Export Markets
…the midst of an adjustment. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated last month that California tomato processors expect to have 11.6 million tons of processing tomatoes under contract in 2017,…
Congressman Gaetz; Why Abolish the EPA
…recognize their environmental assets and to know the correct procedures to protect and manage those assets. However, that was 47 years ago. Gaetz believes states are better equipped in 2017…
Snow Survey Shows Big Gains
…snowpack, a very robust snowpack on the ground right now.” The first four months of Water Year 2017 (October 1 to today) were wet due to atmospheric river storms and…
California Cattlemen File Lawsuit Against Fish and Game
California cattle producers gathered with peers from around the nation at the 2017 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show. The meeting started February 1, just a…
Online Grocery Shopping Poised to Boom in 2017
Researchers suggest online grocery shopping is expected to expand by nearly 50 percent by this summer. NPD Group, a New York-based market research company, reports that an estimated 52 million…
NCBA Cattle Industry Convention Underway
The 2017 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show is underway in Nashville, Tennessee. NCBA kicked off the convention this week with Cattlemen’s College educational sessions focusing…
6 Things to Know About EPA Review of Pyrethroids
…2017. The EPA answered questions regarding the comment period and more information on the review process: Why did the EPA decide to evaluate pyrethroids? <nspb;> EPA is evaluating pyrethroids as…