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Guest Editorial:Tracy Brunner, NCBA President

Supreme Court Upholds Landowners Rights Challenging WOTUS Jurisdiction In a significant victory for cattle producers across the country, the Supreme Court ruled in late May in United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., Inc., that landowners may challenge the Corps’ jurisdictional...

Supreme Court Sets Clean Water Act Precedent

By Tracy Brunner, NCBA PresidentIn late May, the Supreme Court in United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., Inc., set a precedent that landowners may challenge the Corps’ jurisdictional determination specifying that a piece of property contains a “water of the United States.” The National...

Guest Editorial: EPA Continues Tide of Covert Propaganda

In April, cattle producers stormed Capitol Hill during the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's Legislative Conference, in part to get to the bottom of why federal grant money from the EPA ended up paying for a public relations campaign against livestock producers. The campaign included a number of...

Election Season is a Good Time to Remind Congress of Unfinished Business

By: Tracy Brunner, NCBA PresidentAs spring moves in, it signifies a busy time across the country. The grass is finally turning green, calves are hitting the ground, and with any luck, Congress will take up a few critical issues that we need addressed.The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is top of mind. TPP has the...

2016: A Year for Growing Market Access not Regulation

By: Tracy Brunner, NCBA PresidentIt’s a great honor to take the reins of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association at a time when there are so many reasons to be optimistic about the future of our industry. My roles in the beef industry have helped me broaden my view of our industry. My family’s...

The Science Doesn’t Support IARC Decision

By Philip Ellis, NCBA PresidentWe learned this week that the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), has voted to tell the world that they believe processed meats are a human carcinogen. Similarly, they have decided red meat is a “probable carcinogen.” Let me be clear, this group did not...

Building and Protecting Demand

Philip Ellis, NCBA President   Beef promotion in domestic and foreign markets is a cornerstone of the Beef Checkoff Program. The program was developed by producers in an effort to utilize every tool available for growing beef demand for their product. According to CattleFax, wholesale beef demand rose 17...

GUEST EDITORIAL: NCBA Celebrates Huge Victory for Western Ranchers

It was no small feat, but after decades of work, Western ranchers have a huge victory to celebrate. As part of the National Defense Authorization Act, Congress passed the necessary provisions of the Grazing Improvement Act, amending the grazing section of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act for the first time...