More than 200 young people from 25 states participated in the youth cattle judging contest held in conjunction with the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Trade Show in Nashville, Tennessee last week. The youth competed for honors and cash prizes in the fourth annual competition. The contest is sponsored by Farm Credit, and livestock panels …
Busy Year for Federation of State Beef Councils
There was a changing of the guard for the Federation of State Beef Councils during the Cattle Industry Convention last week after a busy year for the leadership working on changes in the Joint Committee structure between the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB). “It’s obviously been a year of identity,” said outgoing Federation chairman …
NCBA Says Egg Deal Opens Pandora’s Box
If there was one issue that was most talked about at the Cattle Industry Convention, it was probably eggs – and producers are definitely not sunny-side up on the proposed agreement between the United Egg Producers (UEP) and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) that would require larger cages for egg-laying hens. “You might ask why we as …
NCBA Members Pass Policy Resolutions
International trade, cattle payment efficiency and herd health were among the key policy issues members of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association approved as resolutions during the Cattle Industry Convention last week in Nashville. Regarding international trade, a resolution was passed that codified NCBA support of a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that removes tariff and non-tariff trade barriers for U.S. beef to …
NCBA Priorities Include Justice and Transportation
Two of the top policy concerns for National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in 2012 involve justice and transportation issues. The Equal Access to Justice Act is one issue that many may not be familiar with – I know I wasn’t. NCBA Government Affairs Vice President Colin Woodall explains. “This is a long-standing government program that was put in place to allow …
NCBA CEO Sees Strong Momentum for Cattle Industry
The CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association sees the current status of the cattle industry as the opportunity of a lifetime. “There’s a whole lot of market signals in place for growth in this industry,” Forrest Roberts said in his report to the NCBA membership during the annual business meeting at the Cattle Industry Convention on Saturday morning. “NCBA …
NAFB President at Cattle Industry Convention
National Association of Farm Broadcasting president and poet laureate Tom Steever of Brownfield Ag News impressed the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention with yet another of his original poems. Like he did at the American Farm Bureau convention, Tom wowed the crowd in his own special way. His poetic composition for the cattle industry was on the timely topic of dust …
Meet the New NCBA Officer Team
Meet the new officers of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. From left to right, they are: President J.D. Alexander from Pilger, Nebraska; President-Elect Scott George from Cody, Wyoming; and Vice President Bob McCan of Victoria, Texas. We already heard from J.D. and now immediate past president Bill Donald, but below is the audio from J.D.’s executive committee report at the …
Cattle Industry Convention Attendence Tops 8,100
They were excited yesterday when attendance at the Cattle Industry Convention beat the old record of 6,862. But people just kept coming in and registering on-site after that – adding at least another 1200 to the total by Friday afternoon. The last I checked, attendance was over 8,100. People were still signing up when I passed through the registration area …
Top Environmental Stewardship Award Goes to PA Farm
The Masonic Village Farm of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania was named the top winner of the 21st annual National Cattlemen’s Foundation Environmental Stewardship Awards at the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Trade Show in Nashville this week. The Masonic Village Farm, which has been in operation for more than 100 years, raises 180 cow/calf pairs, maintains a …