From Washington

I have been deeply entrenched in cattle industry policy conversations last week at the annual R-CALF convention. [READ MORE…]

While Congress continues to be out on their August recess, we are hearing of Farm Bill listening sessions taking place in the countryside. [READ MORE…]

Just as I predicted during our last visit, lawmakers were busy getting last minute business done before they flew back home for the August congressional recess. [READ MORE…]

These pieces of legislation may or may not see the light of day in the next Farm Bill, which could have first drafts coming to the surface in the next few months. [READ MORE…]

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced this week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest $300 million through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to improve measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in climate-smart agriculture and forestry. [READ MORE…]

81 years ago, in 1942, the people population in the U.S. was about 135 million. And the sheep population was 56 million. [READ MORE…]

The Senate Finance committee held a hearing that piqued my interest, called “Cattle Supply Chains & Deforestation of the Amazon.” I’m going to start by saying, it was a big disappointment especially after I was so impressed with the House Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this month on small meat processing. [READ MORE…]

This week Farm Action and the National Dairy Producers Organization sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack calling for the immediate release of federally mandated annual dairy checkoff spending reports, which the Secretary has not filed for the duration of his tenure. [READ MORE…]

This week there was a hearing in the House Judiciary Committee which you can watch for yourself at the House Judiciary committee website or YouTube channel. It sure caught my attention [READ MORE…]