POLICY
Democratic candidate Chuck Hassebrook said he would work to lower property taxes, but he’d prefer that most of the benefits go to owner-occupied farms and landowners who actually live in Nebraska.
The Missouri Cattlemen’s Association (MCA) commends the passage of HB 1326, includes issues that MCA members identified as “top priorities” for the 2014 legislative session.
EPA tries to clear up confusion and concerns about its proposed changes to the Clean Water Act, yet farmers remain skeptical.
Members of the NCBA addressed current policy priorities at the 2014 Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver this week, passing new resolutions and directives for the 2014 Policy Agenda.
Importantly for members of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, this bill contains a provision that will ease the burden of the EPA’s Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure rule.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to resume inspections of in-bound cattle from Agua Prieta, Mexico.
While the measure is likely to have limited impact, it does signal the GMO labeling push is gaining momentum.
A turf battle between a southern Nevada rancher and federal land managers has escalated after authorities said they plan to round up cattle that have been allowed to graze for decades on remote public land northeast of Las Vegas.
The group says this is a tremendous roadblock to ordinary land use activities.
Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1459, Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments (EPIC) Act with a vote of 222-201.