Beltway Beef

In this week's Beltway Beef podcast, NCBA's Colin Woodall previews the issues facing Congress as they look to finish up their legislative work ahead of the looming 2018 mid-term elections. Unfinished business includes the Farm Bill, Hours of Service rules, and Endangered Species Act modernization. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

From a new NAFTA outlook to aid for agriculture, trade grabbed headlines this week. In this edition of Beltway Beef, NCBA's Director of International Trade Kent Bacus breaks down the latest trade developments for the beef industry and discusses NCBA's support for the Administration's long-term vision.

From a new NAFTA outlook to aid for agriculture, trade grabbed headlines this week. In this edition of Beltway Beef, NCBA's Director of International Trade Kent Bacus breaks down the latest trade developments for the beef industry and discusses NCBA's support for the Administration's long-term vision. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

In this week's podcast, NCBA's Chief Environmental Counsel Scott Yager explains why producers in 26 states are facing a "zombie" WOTUS and hits back against fear-mongering by radical environmental groups.

In this week's podcast, NCBA's Chief Environmental Counsel Scott Yager explains why producers in 26 states are facing a "zombie" WOTUS and hits back against fear-mongering by radical environmental groups. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

In this week's podcast, we talk to NCBA's Senior Director of Sustainability, Ashley McDonald, about NCBA's efforts to engage consumers and producers in the sustainability conversation and demonstrate “continuous improvement.” Ashley explains how the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef is at the forefront of that effort through the development of a sustainability framework, a draft set of resources for the entire beef community that recently underwent a 60-day public comment period.

In this week's podcast, we talk to NCBA's Senior Director of Sustainability, Ashley McDonald, about NCBA's efforts to engage consumers and producers in the sustainability conversation and demonstrate “continuous improvement.” Ashley explains how the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef is at the forefront of that effort through the development of a sustainability framework, a draft set of resources for the entire beef community that recently underwent a 60-day public comment period. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

On August 6, 1968, the Public Lands Council was officially established. Exactly 50 years later, Ethan Lane returns to the spot where the idea of PLC was first set in motion - the historic Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington - to discuss PLC's legacy and the group's upcoming 50th Annual Meeting in Park City, Utah. Visit www.PublicLandsCouncil.org to register.

On August 6, 1968, the Public Lands Council was officially established. Exactly 50 years later, Ethan Lane returns to the spot where the idea of PLC was first set in motion - the historic Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington - to discuss PLC's legacy and the group's upcoming 50th Annual Meeting in Park City, Utah. Visit www.PublicLandsCouncil.org to register. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

In this week's podcast, NCBA's Vice President, Membership and Communications, John Robinson discusses this week's Summer Business Meeting in Denver, the value of NCBA membership, and the upcoming Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show in New Orleans.

In this week's podcast, NCBA's Vice President, Membership and Communications, John Robinson discusses this week's Summer Business Meeting in Denver, the value of NCBA membership, and the upcoming Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show in New Orleans. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

In this week's podcast, Public Lands Council President and fourth-generation Utah rancher Dave Eliason and third-generation Montana rancher John Helle discuss their testimony before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Interior, Energy, and the Environment. At a hearing about grazing on public lands, Eliason and Helle testified about their experiences with how radical political groups have "weaponized" many environmental laws.

In this week's podcast, Public Lands Council President and fourth-generation Utah rancher Dave Eliason and third-generation Montana rancher John Helle discuss their testimony before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Interior, Energy, and the Environment. At a hearing about grazing on public lands, Eliason and Helle testified about their experiences with how radical political groups have "weaponized" many environmental laws. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

In this week's podcast, Ethan Lane of NCBA and the Public Lands Council interviews Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead right after the Governor's testimony before the U.S. Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee's hearing on Chairman John Barrasso's Endangered Species Act Amendments.

In this week's podcast, Ethan Lane of NCBA and the Public Lands Council interviews Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead right after the Governor's testimony before the U.S. Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee's hearing on Chairman John Barrasso's Endangered Species Act Amendments. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)