Items Tagged with 'National Cattlemen's Beef Association'

C.W. (Bill) McMillan, a long-time lobbyist and consultant for the U.S. beef cattle industry and briefly an Agriculture Department assistant secretary, died Wednesday of heart failure. He was 95.

President Joe Biden has signed proclamations to expand the perimeters of several national monuments, a move that will alter the management of millions of acres of western lands.

Ag groups are pushing back against rumors that the Build Back Better bill being crafted by Democrats on Capitol Hill would impose an emissions tax on livestock that would cost more than some of the animals are worth.

The U.S. and European Union are spearheading a global initiative to reduce methane emissions by 30% by 2030, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says it’s ready to contribute to the efforts.

The Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters is moving back to Washington, D.C., from Grand Junction, Colo., the Interior Department announced Friday.

The nation’s largest beef industry group says it wants to demonstrate the sector’s ability to achieve climate neutrality in less than 20 years.

Many political action committees tied to major farm and rural interests significantly slowed down their contributions to members of Congress after the storming of the Capitol Jan. 6, but the groups are now playing catch-up.

Ranchers and gray wolf advocates are at odds over the practice of killing wolves to reduce conflicts with livestock, which, if numbers get low enough, could force the Fish and Wildlife Service to put the animals back on the endangered species list.

More workers and a more diverse food system, including small and medium-sized meatpackers, are necessary for American agriculture to maintain resilience in the face of threats to the system, commenters told USDA as the department embarks on its effort to reimagine the country's agricultural supply chains.