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Looking forward for agriculture
America’s farmers and ranchers have faced a lot of uncertainty over the past several years. With new regulations coming down the pipeline constantly and the threat of higher taxes and consequences of inaction on a farm bill always on the horizon in 2012, our agriculture community has rightly been on edge. This coming year should bring a little more certainty.
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NCBA: A look back at 2012
NCBA has a lot to be proud of in 2012. We continue to be the trusted leader and definitive voice serving the U.S. beef industry.
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Costa calls on Congress to reform RFS
My grandparents scratched out a living in the dairy business when they first came here from the Azores and my parents carried on that tradition. But today in my home state and nationwide, cattlemen, dairymen and livestock producers are facing the perfect storm of shrinking corn supplies and soaring feed prices.
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NCBA invites youth to compete in 2013 contests
Helping young people prepare for future leadership roles in agriculture is a key part of ensuring the beef industry continues to be progressive.
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NCBA Environmental Stewardship Award calls for entries
Program recognizes environmental stewardship practices and conservation achievements of U.S. cattle producers.
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Overreaching regulations continue to be a burden on cattlemen
If you haven’t heard by now, the fiscal cliff is looming. Congress and the White House remain locked in tough negotiations over the “cliff” which is a set of tax hikes and spending cuts that will go into effect in January if Washington doesn't get its act together.
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NCBA reviews 2012, looks at New Year’s priorities
NCBA President and cattle feeder from Pilger, Neb., J.D. Alexander, looks back at the work of 2012 and discusses the priorities that continue to face cattlemen and women.
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Brice Lee and the importance of federal lands grazing
Brice Lee, the newly elected Public Land Council (PLC) president from Hesperus, Colo., speaks to the importance of federal lands grazing and other top PLC priorities.
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Cattle industry faces the consequences of status quo
By now cattlemen and cattlewomen have all heard the news that the results of the election have resulted in a prolonging of the status quo. What that means in real terms to their operation is less clear.
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NCBA kicks off fall membership drive
This coming year, Congress will address many legislative issues that directly affect cattlemen and women including the farm bill, estate tax and environmental regulations.
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Florida ranch educates students about cattle, conservation
If you are in the ranching business, then you are aware that to the general public, ranching and environmental conservation do not typically go hand in hand.
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- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
- Prices for corn and soybeans, five years from now
- Drier weather to give big boost to U.S. corn plantings
- The relationship between retail gasoline prices and futures prices
- Agriculture is expected to remain strong in the coming decade
- What sick day? Farmers take just three a year
