NCBA http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/association/ncba RSS Feed for NCBA en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 10:15:00 GMT NCBA Op-Ed: EPA’s data sharing incident a debacle http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/association/ncba/NCBA-Op-Ed-EPAs-data-sharing-incident-a-debacle-207898561.html The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding yet another chapter to the dismal saga of its strained relationship with American agriculture. House Agriculture Committee moves forward on Farm Bill http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/association/ncba/House-Agriculture-Committee-moves-forward-on-Farm-Bill-207740221.html After a lengthy discussion, the House Agriculture Committee cleared its version of the 2013 Farm Bill during a markup session which ended late Wednesday night. The House markup follows the Senate Agriculture Committee’s much briefer markup of its farm bill Tuesday. Senate Agriculture Committee completes Farm Bill markup http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/association/ncba/Senate-Agriculture-Committee-completes-Farm-Bill-markup-------207412171.html 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. NCBA: Immigration reform, border security benefits beef industry http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/association/ncba/NCBA-Immigration-reform-border-security-benefits-beef-industry-206947021.html 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. FUELS Act will provide relief from overreaching EPA regs http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/association/ncba/FUELS-Act-will-provide-relief-from-overreaching-EPA-regs-205958331.html 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. NCBA: EPA continues to release producers' personal information http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/association/ncba/NCBA-EPA-continues-to-release-producers-personal-information-205858201.html 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. Livestock groups comment on negative impact of the RFS http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/association/ncba/Livestock-groups-comment-on-negative-impact-of-the-RFS--205617771.html 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. Congress to address farm bill, animal health legislation in May http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/association/ncba/Congress-to-address-farm-bill-animal-health-legislation-in-May--205597571.html Congress returns from recess on May 6 and several issues affecting cattle producers will be on the agenda. Food Manufacturers Immigration Coalition applauds worker bill http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/association/ncba/Food-Manufacturers-Immigration-Coalition-applauds-worker-bill-204912341.html House Judiciary Chairman Goodlatte introduces legislation to create new guestworker program. The RFS: Reforming an unworkable federal policy http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/association/ncba/The-RFS-Reforming-an-unworkable-federal-policy-204862501.html 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.