…to get back to the business of solving problems, rather than creating new ones. We look forward to working with them to do just that. “Cattle producers who read the…
USDA Reminds Producers of Feb. 14 Deadline for Market Facilitation Program
Agricultural producers have until Feb. 14, 2019, to sign up for USDA’s Market Facilitation Program (MFP), launched last year to help producers suffering from damages due to unjustified trade retaliation. Producers can…
Almonds Get $6 Million in Trade Promotion Funding
…included the Market Facilitation Program to provide payments to farmers harmed by retaliatory tariffs, and a food purchase and distribution program to assist producers of targeted commodities. The Almond Alliance…
NCBA Announces Campaign for “Fake Meat Facts”
…manufacturing companies and fake meat activists.” Cattle and beef producers provide consumers with extensive resources on the production of real beef. Learn more about how beef goes from pasture to…
Storms Pile On Snowpack, Big Boost for Southern Sierras
…of average and 17 percent of the April 1 average. Producers have their fingers crossed with almost two full months to go to add to the current numbers. Another storm…
Groups Comment on State of the Union Address
…issue more important to American cattle producers than access to foreign markets. The sooner we can secure our access to Mexico and Canada, the sooner we can focus our time,…
Wool Industry Seeing Benefits of Increasing Demand
…form of better profit margins for producers. “We did have the record prices this past year and wool is on a pretty strong market trend this year too. Maybe not…
NCBA Announces 2019 Policy Priorities
…our producers, and these Policy Priorities will act as our roadmap over the coming year. I’d encourage my fellow producers who are not yet members of NCBA to join us…
Markets Expected to Continue Strong; Leverage Shift on the Horizon
…the last five years of expansion. The beef cowherd expansion cycle is believed to be within 1-2 years of being complete. “Cattle producers, on average, will receive a smaller percentage…
Helping Producers Aid Monarch Butterfly
USDA Helps Producers Manage for Habitat, Improve Ag Operations California agricultural producers can voluntarily help the monarch butterfly on their farms and ranches through a variety of conservation practices offered…
Geaux Time: Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show Kicks Off in New Orleans
…2019, bringing together producers from across the country. “Every year the Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show hosts members from every segment of the beef industry,” said NCBA President…
Study Shows Trade Agreements by Competitors will Threaten U.S. Dairy Exports to Japan
…to counter that,” said Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF). “A trade deal with Japan that significantly expands dairy access would make 2019 a…
Super Bowl Avocados Consumption
…earlier this month sparked fear there may be no guacamole at the party this year, Mexican producers are insisting that’s not true. The President of Avocados of Mexico said they…
Super Bowl Chicken Wings Consumption
…in the 1960s and 1970s, but in the 1980s, U.S. consumers started preferring boneless-skinless breast meat, and wings became an inexpensive byproduct for chicken producers. Restaurants and bars realized they…