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Momentum building for a bipartisan solution on price and supply issues vexing cattle market. During a Senate Agriculture Committee nomination hearing for USDA’s top legal counsel, the issue of the cattle markets was raised consistently by members as well as a promise from both committee leaders to hold a hearing on the issue. The committee […]
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This last week, a coalition of agriculture and forestry groups — including the American Farm Bureau Federation, the American Forest Resources Council, the American Sheep Industry Association, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and the Public Lands Council — filed motions in court in defense of delisting the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).Three […]
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Drought conditions continue to be historically bad for this time of year and recent USDA data confirms that the situation is critical for the beef cattle industry. USDA reports pasture and range conditions from May through October and the initial reports this year show that U.S. pasture conditions are the worst ever for May in data […]
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This week PLC was joined by a coalition of agriculture groups in moving to intervene in a series of court cases that challenge the delisting of the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act. PLC has spent years working to delist the recovered gray wolf populations. The coalition, comprised of PLC, the American Farm Bureau Federation, […]
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Franklin County Cattlemen's Association 