NCBA officials blast proposed GIPSA rule
The USDA’s proposal to make sweeping changes to the Packers & Stockyards Act is drawing strong condemnation from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. In a passionate presentation before a meeting of NCBA’s Livestock Marketing Council, NCBA chief economist Gregg Doud said the proposed GIPSA rule is “insanity—it’s legal anarchy.” Doud says, under the rule, the industry “would go back to ‘a #2 yellow corn commodity cattle business’.” And Colin Woodall, NCBA’s vice president of government affair agrees, predicting the rule would be “a disaster” for cattle producers. AUDIO: Gregg Doud (5 min MP3) AUDIO: Colin Woodall (5 min MP3)
Cattlemen concerned about low cow numbers
At the Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver, cattlemen are discussing how to rebuild the nation’s cow herd. Beef cow numbers in the U.S. have fallen to their lowest level in more than 50 years. Montana rancher Bill Donald, president elect of NCBA, says a combination of factors has led to the decline, including dry conditions in various regions of the U.S. and rising land prices. AUDIO: Bill Donald (5:30 MP3)
NCBA president discusses dispute with CBB
In an exclusive interview with Brownfield during the Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver, the president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Steve Foglesong of Illinois, discussed his organization’s differences with the Cattlemen’s Beef Board. Foglesong says it’s important to resolve the issues surrounding the checkoff and to move on to bigger issues facing the industry. AUDIO: Steve Foglesong (6:30 MP3) Photo credit: Chuck Zimmerman, AgWired
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