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Conservation a priority during farm bill season
It’s planting season in Iowa. It’s baseball season across the nation. Grilling season is around the corner.
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House bill introduced to stop EPA manipulation of Clean Water Act
“The problem with EPA is accountability. This administration has made clear its preference to use guidance documents as opposed to going through the rulemaking process."
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Obama administration pulls on-farm youth labor rule
Citing concerns raised in “thousands of comments,” the U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday evening it will withdraw its proposed rule regarding youth in agriculture.
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NCBA: Amendment passes to limit authority under Clean Water Act
Congressman Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) offered an amendment during markup of the 2013 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill to prevent an unprecedented expansion of authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
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Paterson named to coordinate NCBA producer education program
John Paterson, Ph.D., a cattle producer and well-known beef cattle extension specialist has joined the NCBA as the organization’s executive director for producer education.
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NCBA comments on BSE case confirmed by USDA test
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Cattle Health and Well-being Committee Chairman Tom Talbot issued the following statement regarding the USDA's confirmation of an atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a dairy cow in central California.
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Livestock groups concerned with animal production mandates
Lawmakers and representatives from animal agriculture joined forces to educate nearly 100 people about the deliberate emphasis farmers and ranchers place on caring for the health and well-being of their animals.
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NCBA Op-Ed: Fear not the Ides of March
I’m not one who typically quotes Shakespearean literature but one thing I remember from high school is Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, where the soothsayer utters these ominous words to Caesar: “Beware the Ides of March.”
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NCBA Op-Ed: Time has come to end the destructive Death Tax
Yesterday, I joined with 34 of my Senate colleagues to introduce the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act (S 2242).
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Legislation introduced to curb manipulation of Clean Water Act
U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) introduced the Preserve the Waters of the United States Act.
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Cattlemen support Senate bill on permanent estate tax repeal
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association strongly supports legislation introduced March 28, that will fight for full, permanent repeal of the estate tax.
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- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
- Prices for corn and soybeans, five years from now
- The relationship between retail gasoline prices and futures prices
- Drier weather to give big boost to U.S. corn plantings
- Domestic ethanol production starts to grow again
- Agriculture is expected to remain strong in the coming decade
