WASHINGTON (Jan. 28, 2021) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) today hailed the introduction of bipartisan legislation to create new opportunities for cattle producers and processors to market beef products.
Introduced by U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R – At-Large, S.D.) and Henry Cuellar (D – 28th Dist., TX), the Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions (DIRECT) Act of 2021 would allow retail quantities of meat processed under state-inspection to be sold across state lines through e-commerce, providing beef producers and local processors alike with more options to market direct-to-consumers.
“The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted an urgent need for our industry to expand opportunities for state-inspected meatpackers. NCBA acted quickly last year, advocating to allow more beef to be safely sold online across state lines. The DIRECT Act will allow cattle producers and smaller beef processors to more easily evolve to meet th
This week, the Biden Administration announced its plan to tackle the climate crisis. The agriculture industry is watching the climate change plan very closely as this could affect how they do business in the future.
The fact sheet says, “President Biden set ambitious goals that will ensure America and the world can meet the urgent demands of the climate crisis, while empowering American workers and businesses to lead a clean energy revolution that achieves a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035 and puts the United States on an irreversible path to a net-zero economy by 2050.”
Under the Advance Conservation, Agriculture, and Reforestation tab of the fact sheet it says, “The order directs the Secretary of Agriculture to collect input from farmers, ranchers, and other stakeholders on how to use federal programs to encourage adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices that produce verifiable carbon reductions and sequestrations and create new sources of income and jo
Texas, the top cattle producer in the nation, might seem an unlikely backdrop for confusion over the meaning of words such as “meat” or “beef.”
But that isn t stopping an effort in the state Legislature to officially define them by codifying meat, for instance, as derived solely from carcasses of cows, chickens or other livestock, with no lab-grown, cell cultured, insect or plant-based food products included.
The definitions, contained in a proposed law called the Texas Meat and Imitation Food Act, are needed to prevent makers of meat alternatives, such as plant-based burger patties, from duping consumers regarding the contents of their products, according to agriculture groups that are backing the plan.
This must be one of the best branding campaigns of all time when years ago the Minnesota Beef Research and Promotion Council came up with the Beef It s What s For Dinner. I cannot remember the name of the person with the deep voice on the ad but I will never forget how it sounded! Well, very soon you will see Beef It s What s For Dinner at the Daytona International Speedway, and maybe we will hear it too on one of the commercials during the race?
The Federation of State Beef Councils and Daytona International Speedway announced that the historic 40th season-opening race for the NASCAR Xfinity Series at the 2.5 mile venue will be known as the Beef It s What s For Dinner 300. This race will be held the day before the 63rd Daytona 500 and will be part of a double header that will also feature the Lucas Oil 200.
This is the fifth installment of a special multi-part series offering what we might see under the incoming President Joe Biden administration.
The last time there was a significant debate on a climate bill in Congress was 2009, and it failed. Some have even attributed the agricultural sector’s opposition as part of the reason. Fast forward to 2021, and agriculture is no longer seen as the major emitter of greenhouse gas emissions but as part of a potential solution. Climate regulations or stipulations could quickly find their way woven into anything coming out of the White House or advanced in Congress.