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Dr. Barry Flinchbaugh discusses the 2012 Farm Bill
Dr. Barry Flinchbaugh, Ag Economics Professor at Kansas State University, discusses the 2012 Farm Bill.
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Yoho turns his focus to the health of America
Going from farm to farm and ranch to ranch, you become acutely aware of how government affects people’s lives and you pick up a kind of “barnyard philosophy.”
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Texas governor joins coalition in requesting ethanol waiver
The request for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson to waive the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) mandate is gaining even more traction across the country, with Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) announcing that his state is joining the coalition.
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Daley speaks out on California abuse case
Federal regulators have suspended operation of a Central California slaughterhouse after receiving undercover video showing alleged abuse to dairy cows.
Officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which inspects meat facilities, suspended operations Monday at Central Valley Meat Co. in Hanford, Calif.
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USDA does right in scrapping Meatless Monday statement
It’s disturbing when those who are supposed to be advocates for agriculture instead choose to advocate against it.
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Two more governors join NCBA in RFS waiver request
High feed costs “taking a terrible toll” on livestock producing states.
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NCBA: US Forest Service planning rule violates law
The Public Lands Council, NCBA and the American Sheep Industry Association filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service, challenging its latest forest planning rule.
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NCBA: HSUS, OCM form alliance to destroy Beef Checkoff
The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) announced it will file a lawsuit seeking an injunction against the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Cattlemen’s Beef Board and the Beef Promotion Operating Committee.
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Waiving ethanol mandate provides relief to producers, consumers
Food or feed? We should not put our nation’s livestock producers in the position of having to choose one over the other. But federal law has done just that.
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House, Senate urge EPA to adjust ethanol mandate
The NCBA stands with 156 U.S. Representatives and 25 U.S. Senators in their quest to bring commonsense to Washington, D.C., and relief to rural America by encouraging Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to implement a waiver to the RFS.
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NCBA Op-Ed: Beef biz better off without big government
When my friends in Washington, D.C. ask me about Florida, like many people outside the state, they often think of Florida only for its sunshine and beaches. Many of them are surprised to hear that Florida is also home to some of the largest cattle ranches in the country.
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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
