Kent Bacus, director of international trade and market access for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), said regarding the announcement that China has included American-produced beef on a list of proposed retaliatory tariffs: “It is unsettling to see American-produced beef listed as a target for retaliation. Sadly, we are not surprised, as this is an […]
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Wyatt Bechtel March 23, 2018 02:33 PM A spending bill not only passed $1.3 trillion in government funding, but also extended the timeline for livestock haulers to utilize electronic logging device (ELD). ( Wyatt Bechtel ) When President Trump signed a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill it also passed an extension on the electronic logging […]
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Greg Henderson March 21, 2018 01:35 PM Twelve people have died in Serbia this year due to a measles outbreak, including two children, a tragedy blamed on the lack of vaccinations. Last year brought the emergence of “raw water” as a drink craze. Raw water is spring water that’s unfiltered, untreated and unsterilized. […]
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by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. 20 Mar 2018 COMMENTS ↓ AP/Eric Gay In his March 17 op-ed titled “The Case for a Carbon Tax on Beef,” Richard Conniff argues that it is time to break off “our collective love affair with beef” because the cattle industry “has a larger impact on the environment than that […]
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Franklin County Cattlemen's Association 