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Senate Agriculture Committee completes Farm Bill markup
With the Senate Agriculture Committee markup of the 2013 Farm Bill completed, farmers and ranchers now look toward the House Agriculture Committee markup of its version of the bill, scheduled for May 15.
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NCBA: Immigration reform, border security benefits beef industry
NCBA members have made immigration reform one of the organization’s key issues for my term as president, so I have been pleased to see our elected officials also take it up as a priority.
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March beef export volume down, value up compared to a year ago
March exports of U.S. beef were down in volume from a year ago but edged slightly higher in value.
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FUELS Act will provide relief from overreaching EPA regs
When I talk to farmers and ranchers who run small operations in my congressional district in Arkansas, they consistently tell me how regulations from Washington hurt their bottom line.
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NCBA: EPA continues to release producers' personal information
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is appalled to learn that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to illegally release information on cattle operations to the activist groups Earth Justice, the Pew Charitable Trust and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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AMI creates Facebook page dedicated to meat
The American Meat Institute has established an online community for meat and poultry lovers to share stories, recipes and anything else that would interest a carnivore. The Facebook page is appropriately titled Meat.
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Livestock groups comment on negative impact of the RFS
Seven livestock and poultry groups submitted comments to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the negative effects the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) has had on agriculture, including the high cost of feed facing livestock and poultry producers.
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Congress to address farm bill, animal health legislation in May
Congress returns from recess on May 6 and several issues affecting cattle producers will be on the agenda.
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KLA: Wheels in motion for early CRP grazing
Cattle producers facing continued drought conditions have inquired about the prospects for emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres.
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Food Manufacturers Immigration Coalition applauds worker bill
House Judiciary Chairman Goodlatte introduces legislation to create new guestworker program.
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The RFS: Reforming an unworkable federal policy
Who’s paying the costs of the federal ethanol mandate? The American people are paying for this mandate. Every livestock producer who faces higher feed costs, every family who shops in a grocery store or dines at a restaurant and every motorist who fills up their tank at the gas station pays the price of this unworkable policy.
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