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Hoping for Tax Reform This Year

Dan Cattle

Some are wondering whether we may actually see tax reform this year. That of course includes the Estate Tax, or as some know it, the Death Tax. Danielle Beck, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association director of government affairs, says there is a strong possibility that substantive change to the tax code will happen by the end of 2017.

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U.S. Beef Faces Technical Barriers before Heading to China

Dan Beef, Export/Import

We’ve discussed this week the fact that talks this past weekend between President Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping resulted in a deal in principal to allow U.S. beef into China for the first time since the U.S. outbreak of BSE back in 2003. Kent Bacus, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association director of international trade, discusses the process for regaining access …

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China Lifts Barricade Against U.S. Beef

Dan Beef, Industry News Release

China has agreed to lift a barricade against U.S. beef exports, ending a ban on U.S. beef that’s been in place since 2003. The agreement was struck between President Donald Trump and China President Xi (she) Jinping over the weekend. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports the opportunity for U.S. beef exporters could be significant. The greater China region, which includes …

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U.S. Beef Industry to President Trump: Please Help Get U.S. Beef Back into China

Dan Beef, Industry News Release

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association sent a coalition letter to President Donald Trump, urging him to raise the restoration of U.S. beef access to China when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in April. Leaders from the U.S. Meat Export Federation and the North American Meat Institute also signed the letter.

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NCBA Holding Legislative Conference

Dan Beef, Cattle

Cattle producers from across the country are in Washington D.C. for the annual National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Legislative Conference. It’s a chance for their members to meet with key congressional and agency influencers to talk about issues of importance to the industry. While a variety of issues will be discussed, NCBA President Craig Uden says one of those is …

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President Signs Resolution to Repeal BLM Planning 2.0

Dan Industry News Release

President Donald Trump Monday signed a congressional resolution directing the Bureau of Land Management to repeal their Planning 2.0 Rule. The resolution was supported by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the American Farm Bureau, and others. The American Farm Bureau had suggested the rule, which was finalized in December, would negatively impact federal lands use. Ethan Lane, executive director of …

Meat Groups Want Disease Protection in Farm Bill

Dan Cattle, Farm Bill, Industry News Release, Legislative, Livestock

Beef, turkey, sheep and pork industry representatives all testified in favor of a stronger program to protect animals from disease, especially foot-and-mouth disease. The Hagstrom Report says the groups gave testimony on Tuesday at a hearing before the House Agriculture Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the National Pork Producers Council both testified in favor …