NPPC Study Shows Labor, Supply Chain Problems Not Profits, Pushing Pork Prices

A report on retail pork prices released by the National Pork Producers Council indicates wages, input costs and supply chain…

NCBA Watching USDA Rollout of Expanded Beef Processing Capacity

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is awaiting USDA’s decision on funding plans for new packing-plant capacity. NCBA Vice President of…

Taiwan Voters Reject Ractopamine Ban

Taiwan voters have rejected a renewed ban on ractopamine-treated pork, lifted ten years after one on treated beef. U.S. Meat…

NCBA Reviews 2021 Policy Wins

As 2021 comes to a close, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is chalking up several policy wins for the industry.…

American Seed Trade Association Refutes Seed Treatment Claims

The American Seed Trade Association disputes claims by the Center for Food Safety that neonicotinoid seed treatments are destroying the…

Center for Food Safety Suing EPA Over Seed Treatments

The Center for Food Safety filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency for the agency’s failure to regulate seed…

Iowa Cattlemen’s Resolutions Include Broadband, Climate Change and Meat Labeling

The Iowa Cattlemen’s Association adopted policy at the Iowa Cattle Industry Leadership Summit and Annual Meeting covering the areas of…

Build Back Better May be Dead???

The Build Back Better plan has stalled in the Senate and may be dead for now. Democratic Senator Joe Manchin…

SD Farmers Union Adopts Special Orders at Convention

South Dakota Farmers Union members adopted three special orders of business at their annual meeting addressing ag consolidation and the…

Grassley Asks for DOJ Investigation on Fertilizer Prices

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for the Department of Justice to investigate…