While it may not be the best time to write a new farm bill, with little new money after the debt limit-budget deal, a dwindling legislative clock, and a hyper-partisan Congress before a presidential election year, that’s not stopping the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). Their CEO, Colin Woodall, notes they are focused on a few key priorities for the next farm bill, though notably not stressing spending increases.
Woodall, during a recent NCBA Beltway Beef podcast, said USDA research is key to foreign animal disease protection. And he sees another opportunity in the farm bill.
The value of which Woodall says, was driven home during the pandemic, when smaller producers needed an effective tool to manage risk and didn’t have one. Woodall said LRP is that tool.
But due to the various issues that affect the cattle industry, Woodall says that is why they have an office in Washington D.C.