Cattle Rancher to Congress: Active Management Necessary to Curb Wildfires
Monday May 3rd, 2021 Last week, fifth-generation California cattle producer Dr. Dave Daley testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Daley shared his expertise on wildfire management as an experienced cattlemen, longtime educator, and survivor of the 2020 Bear Fire in Butte County, Calif.
He serves as Chair of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Federal Lands Committee and Chair of the Public Lands Council (PLC) Ecosystem and Environment Committee.
The hearing addressed the intersection of wildfires and climate change, and explored ways to make our Western forests, grasslands, and rangelands more resilient. Drawing on his personal experiences and decades of knowledge handed down generationally, Daley spoke on controlling the risk of wildfire through active land management practices like reseeding and prescribed burns.
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NCBA Calls Biden Cap Gains Tax at Death, Devastating for Producers
Thursday May 6th, 2021 The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says President Biden’s proposed new capital gains tax at death would be devastating for cattle producers.
NCBA’s Danielle Beck says the taxes proposed to pay for massive infrastructure and social spending “threaten the viability” of family farming and cattle operations especially a new tax on capital gains at death that ends the ‘stepped-up basis . “That proposal, in particular, would be devastating for our producers, said Beck. Discontinuing this benefit is not only going to create massive tax liabilities for heirs, when they ultimately upgrade or transfer these assets, or sell the farm. It’s also going to have unintended consequences for some of the constituencies that this administration is really trying to cater to and prioritize, like underserved and new and beginning farmers and ranchers.”
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Conservatives last week gobbled up a false news story claiming President Joe Biden planned to ration red meat. Colorado Rep. Rep. Lauren Boebert suggested Biden “stay out of my kitchen.” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted out a headline warning Biden was getting “Up in your grill.”
The news was wrong Biden is planning no such thing but it was hardly the first time the right has recognized the political power of a juicy steak. Republican politicians in recent months have increasingly used food especially beef as a cudgel in a culture war, accusing climate-minded Democrats of trying to change Americans’ diets and, therefore, their lives.
Red meat politics: GOP turns culture war into a food fight
by Thomas Beaumont And Scott McFetridge, The Associated Press
Posted May 7, 2021 1:14 am EDT
Last Updated May 7, 2021 at 1:27 am EDT
FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2010 file photo, steaks and other beef products are displayed for sale at a grocery store in McLean, Va. Republicans are increasingly using food especially beef as a cudgel in the culture war. In statements, tweets and fundraising emails, prominent GOP governors and senators have accused climate-minded Democrats of trying to push Americans to eat less red meat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
DES MOINES, Iowa Conservatives last week gobbled up a false news story claiming President Joe Biden planned to ration red meat. Colorado Rep. Rep. Lauren Boebert suggested Biden “stay out of my kitchen.” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted out a headline warning Biden was getting “Up in your grill.”