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Interior Appropriations Bill Advances through Committee
The House Committee on Appropriations favorably reported the FY 2017 Interior and Environment appropriations bill to the House of Representatives by a vote of 31-18. The bill addresses a number of...
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EPA Violated Personal Privacy of Farmers, Ranchers
The Environmental Protection Agency has violated the personal privacy of tens of thousands of farmers and ranchers, according to a unanimous ruling issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the...
View ArticleNegative Impacts of EPA’s WOTUS Rule
Today, House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) delivered remarks on the House floor to draw attention to the negative impacts of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army...
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NCBA: Senate Report Highlights EPA Enforcement of WOTUS Rule
WASHINGTON (Sept. 20, 2016) – Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released their report highlighting examples of EPA illegally asserting jurisdiction over features traditionally...
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American Farm Bureau Comments on Senate’s Clean Water Act Report
Statement by Zippy Duvall, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Regarding Senate Report on Federal Overreach Under Clean Water Act “The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works today...
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Presidential Contenders Weigh in on Agricultural Issues
FBNews, the online/digital newsletter of the American Farm Bureau Federation, this week began posting responses from the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees on a range of issues that...
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NCBA and PLC File Opening Brief in WOTUS Legal Battle
WASHINGTON (November 1, 2016) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council, along with other industry and municipal stakeholders, filed the opening brief today in the Sixth...
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Obama Administration Sits Idly By as Protesters Wreak Havoc on Private Property
By Tracy Brunner, NCBA President and Dave Eliason, Public Lands Council President As the nation watches protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline escalate and turn violent, Americans are beginning to...
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In the Cattle Markets: Election 2016
What does it mean for the cattle markets? Last Tuesday, Donald Trump became the President-elect. Although the US stock market initially declined, the losses were made up later that day and the market...
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Cattlemen: Pruitt Will Restore Common Sense, Regulatory Sanity To EPA
Craig Uden, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) today released the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Scott Pruitt to be the next...
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Cattlemen Applaud President for Ordering Reconsideration of WOTUS Rule
Craig Uden, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) today released the following statement in response to President Trump’s executive action ordering the Environmental Protection...
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EPA to Cattlemen: “You Care Deeply About Clean, Healthy Environment”
WASHINGTON (March 30, 2017) – U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt addressed cattlemen and women at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association annual legislative conference today in Washington D.C. In...
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Livestock Industry Calls for Relief from EPA’s Overly Burdensome Regulations
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council filed comments this week to the EPA calling for immediate action on several burdensome regulations the agency put forward under...
View ArticleTexas Joins 20-State Coalition Urging EPA to Respect States in WOTUS Review
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a 20-state coalition in requesting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) preserve the role of the states in protecting the nation’s water sources. The...
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Livestock Producers Applaud Withdrawal of WOTUS Rule
WASHINGTON (June 27, 2017) – National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Craig Uden and Public Lands Council President Dave Eliason today issued the following statements regarding the announcement...
View ArticleEPA Supports Monsanto
Oct. 13, 2017 Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced enhancements to Monsanto’s XtendiMax® with VaporGrip® Technology (XtendiMax®) product label that will help ensure farmers have...
View ArticleNCBA Campaign to Prevent Farms, Ranches from Being Regulated like Toxic Sites
WASHINGTON (Jan. 16, 2017) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) today kicked off a media campaign aimed at spotlighting and correcting a recent court decision that will require livestock...
View ArticleNFU Encourages Move to High Octane Fuels
WASHINGTON – In response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s proposed rule to amend certain existing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and greenhouse gas emissions standards,...
View ArticleSecretary Perdue Statement on EPA & Army Corps WOTUS Announcement
(Washington, D.C., December 11, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today praised the announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers that they...
View ArticleFarm Bureau Applauds New Clean Water Rule
State Farm Bureau presidents from across the nation attended an event today at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington to witness the signing of the proposed Clean Water Rule....
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