The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) continues to advocate on behalf of cattle producers when it comes to environmental policies regarding climate change and the nation’s waterways.

“At the end of the day it’s opposing overburdensome regulation of the cattle industry, and supporting the science,” said Scott Yager, NCBA chief environmental counsel. “Making sure we have good common strategy and making sure that our producers have the opportunity to participate in these carbon markets if they want to, keeping it voluntary, no government mandates.”

Yager said many cattle producers are early adopters when it comes to carbon sequestration, but they can’t get paid for what they’ve already done. He said there is science to prove that cattle are part of the solution and not part of the problem. Yager said NCBA is also following the recent revival of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) legislation as the Biden administration looks to repeal and replace the Navigable Waters Protection Rule that was put in place by the Trump administration.

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