Articles Tagged with ''National Cattlemen’s Beef Association''

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai delivers a speech today on the Biden administration’s approach to the bilateral trade relationship with China. U.S. ag groups will have plenty of questions as they listen to her remarks:

While work continues to find nominees for some vacant high-level positions, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says it’s just as important to fill “worker bee” positions throughout the entire department.

The Biden administration is putting an end to the use of chlorpyrifos insecticide on food crops, provoking a backlash from some ag groups.

In this opinion piece, a coalition of livestock industry groups discuss the urgent need for immigration reforms that meet labor needs in the industry.

Members of the U.S. House may want to make note of this: Most teenagers believe unreliable access to high-speed internet and lack of digital skills are driving economic and social inequities in their communities, according to a Harris poll sponsored by the National 4-H Council and a coalition that includes Land O’Lakes, Microsoft and Verizon.

Senate Republicans have forced Democrats to go on the record as protecting existing tax benefits when it comes to transferring farm assets from one generation to the next.

Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wisc., makes a big announcement, USDA names new staff and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers announced their CEO will retire at the end of the year.

Val Dolcini was one of three who recently announced plans to leave the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and Ocean Mist Farms’ president and CEO, Joe Pezzini has announced he is stepping down from the helm.

Val Dolcini is leaving California and heading back to Washington and Charles Santerre has been named the chairperson for Clemson University’s Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences Department.

W. Laird Hamberlin, CEO of Safari Club International, Adam Putnam, CEO of Ducks Unlimited, Niels Hansen, President of Public Lands Council, Marty Smith, President of National Cattlemen’s Beef Association come together to explain how a decades-old partnership between ranchers, sportsmen, and conservationists has recently been rejuvenated with a new sense of purpose.