National Cattlemen's Beef Association

Cattlemen contest research that shows dust from feedlots can contaminate irrigation water, leafy greens

A national trade organization representing beef producers is pushing back against a research project that has found that dust from feedlots can contaminate produce growing fields and irrigation water. The

By Coral Beach

/ 16 Jun 2024

Cattlemen contest research that shows dust from feedlots can contaminate irrigation water, leafy greens

Sackett ruling should erase the existing Waters of the U. S. rule, cattlemen say

The Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v EPA, announced on May 25, 2023, was unanimous in that the EPA’s wetlands regulatory jurisdiction is limited to wetlands with a

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Jul 2023

Sackett ruling should erase the existing Waters of the U. S. rule, cattlemen say

It won’t be COOL, but cattlemen say it will improve beef labeling

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) has petitioned USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) for a new labeling scheme for beef products. The petition, assigned to the

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 Jun 2021

It won’t be COOL, but cattlemen say it will improve beef labeling

USDA food safety official reports first meetings with people outside federal government

Since Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue named Mindy Brashears Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, the former Texas Tech University food safety professor is finding herself in demand. Perdue named

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Apr 2019

USDA food safety official reports first meetings with people outside federal government

Regulatory regime for cell-cultured food is on agenda for 2019

Justing repeating its choice for a preferred regulatory agency did not sound like much of a strategy for the meat industry, and the “name game” left the cell-cultured food technologists

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Oct 2018

Regulatory regime for cell-cultured food is on agenda for 2019

Will whoever regulates cell culture technology also get the naming rights?

Analysis Atlantic magazine’s Sarah Zhang may have best captured what went on last month at the Food and Drug Administration’s public meeting on animal cell culture technology. “This

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Aug 2018

Will whoever regulates cell culture technology also get the naming rights?

Country-of-origin labeling has no place in NAFTA 2.0

In public policy, as in life, learning from past mistakes is a cardinal rule for success. That is why it was disappointing to see Thomas Gremillion from the Consumer Federation

By Craig Uden

/ 25 Aug 2017

Beef beef: NCBA chief’s remarks spur R-CALF to seek debate

The chief executive of the nation’s oldest and largest cattle industry association thinks a competing group is in bed with radical activists who want to “undermine the beef industry.

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Jul 2017

Secretary of Agriculture choice not as difficult as farm policy

When the bitter cold began spreading over rural America last month, the parlor guessing game around many a wood stove was guessing who President-elect Donald J. Trump would name as

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Jan 2017

Montana unit of federal Beef Checkoff ordered to stand down

One of the state units of the federal Cattleman’s Beef Production and Research Board (Beef Board) will be effectively sidelined if a federal magistrate judge’s order is allowed

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Dec 2016

More fighting over ‘the dollar’ threatens Beef Checkoff research

Fighting over “the dollar” has intensified during the past 30 days, raising questions about the future of a longtime source of food safety research funding. “The dollar” is the Beef

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Jul 2016

USDA Ends COOL Enforcement With President’s Signature on Omnibus Bill

Effective immediately, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says, USDA will no longer enforce the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements for beef and pork products because COOL was repealed by Congress.

By News Desk

/ 21 Dec 2015

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National Cattlemen's Beef Association

Cattlemen contest research that shows dust from feedlots can contaminate irrigation water, leafy greens

Sackett ruling should erase the existing Waters of the U. S. rule, cattlemen say

It won’t be COOL, but cattlemen say it will improve beef labeling

USDA food safety official reports first meetings with people outside federal government

Regulatory regime for cell-cultured food is on agenda for 2019

Will whoever regulates cell culture technology also get the naming rights?

Country-of-origin labeling has no place in NAFTA 2.0

Beef beef: NCBA chief’s remarks spur R-CALF to seek debate

Secretary of Agriculture choice not as difficult as farm policy

Montana unit of federal Beef Checkoff ordered to stand down

More fighting over ‘the dollar’ threatens Beef Checkoff research

USDA Ends COOL Enforcement With President’s Signature on Omnibus Bill

Your Support Protects Public Health